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Mr Do! ?Not exactly a new idea (at least twenty-seven years old now :-o), but how about a port of Mr Do! to the Spectrum? There was never an official one, ev…
... of the sprites, plus 8 for the width of ... screen will still need to scroll vertically. This requires a ... -states in uncontended time, 8 T-states when contended. ... / 48K Spectrum is 128T (16*8 ) contended, 96T (24*4 ... covered in notes. This way, whenever I get stuck ... -
Mr Do! ?Not exactly a new idea (at least twenty-seven years old now :-o), but how about a port of Mr Do! to the Spectrum? There was never an official one, ev…
... screen will still need to scroll vertically. This requires a buffer ... T-states in uncontended time, 8 T-states when contended. The ... / 48K Spectrum is 128T (16*8 ) contended, 96T (24*4) uncontended ... paper covered in notes. This way, whenever I get stuck on ... -
Just for funJust for fun, imagine the Spectrum had a graphics mode where there were two attribute bytes per 8x8 block and each block had 2 bits per pixel choosin…
... . It's more like the way that the lo-res colour ... windowed area that games would scroll. The C16 and C64 actually ... four from a palette of 8 isn't all that exciting ... -
Just for funJust for fun, imagine the Spectrum had a graphics mode where there were two attribute bytes per 8x8 block and each block had 2 bits per pixel choosin…
... . It's more like the way that the lo-res colour ... windowed area that games would scroll. The C16 and C64 actually ... four from a palette of 8 isn't all that exciting ... -
The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... could have been the only way to survive the unforeseen ...
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full_scroll
shadow_off
scroll 64,64
screen_on
Sprites masterclassHi All, You guys are probably tired of explaining sprites but I'd like to clarify a few things if possible. I've sorted the vertical aspect of scro…
... made a little man scroll right smoothly but with ... done in a more efficient way tho.
... br /> djnz loop ;repeat 8 times
ld hl, ... ix
djnz loop2 ;repeat 8 times
ret
... br /> defw 18432 ;row 8 (new segment 8-15)
defw 18688 ...Valve are gits (hopefully the headcrabs will get them!)I've just read that Valve have banned a bloke from using his account (and therefore his games) just because he talked about selling the account! Alri…
... but Steam is obviously one way of getting people to pay ... /software packages theres about 8 pages to scroll through and read, you ... you just click 'accept' or scroll down to the bottom quickly ...50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... -pixel wide window and pre-scroll them 2 pixels at a ... /> But still, there's no way you could pull a word ... it writes to over by 8 pixels sometimes, and thus writing ...Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... crown away from the other 8-bit versions.[/QUOTE]
< ... a 'better' version on an 8-bit machine is not an ... version, even down to the way the pixel-scrolling foreground blocks ... , with wider pixels, a pixel scroll only has to run at ... gain on speed on the scroll.Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... Spectrum can go a long way to covering up its deficiencies ... 's face it, 99% of 8 bit games fell squarely in ... most 8-bit games would be 2D ones that don't scroll ... of 2D scrollers than most 8-bits, although I'm not ...The most powerful 8-bit machine, and CPU?Further to the discussion in: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=621787[/url] What actually is the best 8-bit ma…
... instruction which can multiply 8-bit by 8-bit in 11 cycles ... />
For a super 8-bit, you could look at ... the CoCo2/Dragon, some hardware scroll (vertically per pixel, horizontally per ... /> Sadly, in that usual Tandy way, they decided that they could ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... /> 220 LET C1=C+(A$="8")-(A$="5")
230 IF ... =C1
250 PRINT PAPER 8;AT 9,C-1;" ";AT ... ,128,96,48,16,24,8,140
1070 DATA "D ...Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... /> ;print car
;scroll road
;random road left ... display.
The complicated way is the Display file, ... screen.
The simple way is the Attribute file, ... a third of the way along the top line ... 8 ;print car
ld (hl),a
ld hl,23263 ;scroll ...While I remember, and before I forget...Which one of these makes more "sense" visually? [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/FWxtV.png[/IMG] VS. [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/n2vPb.png[/IMG] I know that e…
... name or pic-link some 8-bit examples where either style ... yard, and you work your way down into catacombs?)[/QUOTE]
scroll to keep a large playing ... some sort of coarse attribute scroll (wonder if that is possible ...Mini scroll routineI'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen downwards and replaces it with nothing, 2 x 2 charcter blocks to be precise, to …
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ld (hl),0 ;this way it looks the screen is ... counter
djnz scrlp ;repeat scroll loop 'B' times
ret ... a,h
add a,8
ld h,a
ld a,d
sub 8
ld d,a
windows 8 !!!!!!!!I've just tried windows 8 on a new laptop, and I hate it already ! You're not supposed to close windows anymore, just keep opening new ones and windo…
... forced to recommend "Windows 8 for Dummies - Senior edition ... even more than "Windows 8 for Dummies". But since ... Also, those who have 8 Pro already have downgrade ... Photos app. The intuitive way would be to right- ... cursor to help you scroll tiles left and right ...Horizontal Scrolling/Per Character gamesHello. Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playin…
... methods - one is to scroll some data in-memory or ... works by having a scroll routine with a different list ... loops around the lot 8 times to do each row ... too is rotated. That way it only scrolls the character ... of scenery. It could scroll at any speed and refresh ...Horizontal Scrolling/Per Character gamesHello. Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playin…
... works by having a scroll routine with a different ... loops around the lot 8 times to do each row ... too is rotated. That way it only scrolls the character ... of scenery. It could scroll at any speed and ... had any problem with the scroll and noticed any jerkyness. ...Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... at $c5d0 reaches 8, problems will occur (8*8=64 bright black ink ... ]You can't finish level 8.3 as the exit which ... . But you can skip level 8 totally at the end of ... should read can't finish 8.4. $d8f7 (55543) holds one ...The making of R-Type on the speccy book, free downloadBob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [u…
... 's true for most 8-bits and you usually ... the Atari 8-bit has fine and coarse hardware scroll and a ... there's ways to smoothly scroll bitmaps [i]really[/i] ... then you discover that the way it reads the screen ... or even overscanned smooth scroll can be done in ...SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…
... 't get much in the way of promotion.
These are ... character support: UDG 1.
[*]8-bit character set support: UDG ... 0.
[*]8-bit mode can be used ... $() supports UDGs and 8-bit character sets.
[*]Scroll counter increased.
SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…
... back through threads).
Way back in 1999 when I ... to the stored palette
[*]SCROLL?text scrolling
[*]SOUND?play ... between block graphics/UDGs and 8-bit character sets[/list]
What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […
... setting PAPER colours. That way they could scroll downwards just by moving ... . a fixed number of sprites, 8 or 12 max) then it ...ScrollsHello. Ive been working in scroll routines and I want to show you them. First, one vertical 2 pixels scroll routine with 13 sprites [youtube]D-T3…
... find you have scrolled it" 8-)
Captain Kirk : "This ... advices Ive developed an optimized scroll routine but...
with ... 50pfs and with 7 or 8 sprites it can go well ... message and Ill explain the way it works.
[youtube ...ScrollsHello. Ive been working in scroll routines and I want to show you them. First, one vertical 2 pixels scroll routine with 13 sprites [youtube]D-T3…
... advices Ive developed an optiomized scroll routine but...
with ... a game.
The scroll routines goes in 50pfs and ... with 7 or 8 sprites it can goes well ... message and Ill explain the way it works.
[youtube ...Porting Blues Brothers CPC->ZX...just an ideaI've just watched a video of the CPC version of the Blues Brothers games by Titus [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DOj-Ta3Ek4...Based[/url] on th…
... a sort of fast-swipe scroll technique, that doesn't really ... boundaries where the screen would scroll. I don't know if ... being able to find a way out - even with an infinite ... the Amstrad was the only 8-bit release, but at least ...Test screens for ZX PrismNot sure that this is *really* the right section for this request, but it's relating to new hardware I'm developing so let's start it off here - a mo…
... d already gone a long way into ZX Prism's ... colours to be defined with 8 bits per channel; The ... . I'm in no way trying to compete with ULA ... scope. If you could hardware scroll them (whilst hiding one character ... how to make the tiles scroll around. I jotted a ...Demo of multidirectional scroll 50fpsHello!!! Im working with scrolls, and I want to show you a demo of a posible game. It works at 50fps and can manage about 7 sprites in the screen w…
... different combinations as things scroll horizontally: grass -> ... by a byte (8 pixels). That means ... only 8 pixels wide plus one scroll step ... the way Miner Willy animates, they scroll sideways ... within a 16x16 block then the whole frame jumps 8 ...Demo of multidirectional scroll 50fpsHello!!! Im working with scrolls, and I want to show you a demo of a posible game. It works at 50fps and can manage about 7 sprites in the screen w…
... different combinations as things scroll horizontally: grass -> ... by a byte (8 pixels). That means ... only 8 pixels wide plus one scroll step ... the way Miner Willy animates, they scroll sideways ... within a 16x16 block then the whole frame jumps 8 ...Opening my new game projectHi I am working to a new game (tentatively called "Donkey Kong Reloaded Done Better"...i was not happy with the graphics of Donkey Kong Reloaded) whi…
... to make it move in 8 directions i had to make ... cannon that works in a way that is more similar to ... starfield, instead of particles, and scroll it depending on the ship ...
