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Buffer to screen - how much?[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I am starting to build a new game and am researching different ways to accomplish what I need to do. My question is, is it poss…
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Game of Life.Last year (I think) or maybe the year before, I entered a Game of Life simulator into the CSS CGC compo but for the Sinclair ZX81. I decided to port…
... ZX81 codez recently to an 8-bit machine which has a ... the Carp Gaming Compo. That way, no one will notice how ... -
Arcade conversions, automatically convertedHi! My first post, be gentle with me :smile: I was creating for a hobby project of mine (a completely non-speccy-related, unfortunately) a postproce…
... results 8*8=64 pixels should be read but that is way too ... like this before, and probably way better than what I've ... -
8-bit Artwork including SpectrumJust saw this pop up on Twitter. [img]http://38.media.tumblr.com/2cfaa58145f1111a7b3a62bcb87b5ef7/tumblr_nakmi1Fy4y1s335jfo1_500.gif[/img] There's…
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Dumping Microdrives (to a PC, not to a skip)Morning/Afternoon/Evening chaps, What do people use for getting their data off a microdrive quickly? I know of at least one project which does it ra…
... I doing it the hard way? Probably. It does allow me ... /> Attach probes to ground (pin 8 ), Data 1 and Data 2 ... /> Export the analyser data using 8-bit data, and only exporting ... -
LOAD "" CODE in machine code/store 128 bank dataHow do you LOAD "" CODE from machine code? I have written the following MC routine that fits into a REM statement in a basic program. I want to cal…
... colours.
xor a ; quick way to load accumulator with zero ... 2.
ld a,8
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Spectrum preservation/clean up questions.I’m sorting out my 5 Spectrums trying to make them look a bit better, and to package them up how they should be, and to get them to be reliable…
... /> [3] What’s the best way to remove stickers and their ... square ones), is there a way remake them, as buying them ... to put back?
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Tinkering with DMASo, some afternoon tinkering... [img]http://photo.alioth.net/tmp/dma_small.jpg[/img] The purpose of this all is to see what's possible using the Xi…
... /> On the Z80, the fastest way is using PUSH HL, which ... thing with changing the upper 8 bits of the port address ... Xilinx recommend no more than 8 simulataneous switching outputs (and this ... -
Zombie Apocalypse 8-bit weaponry!So its all kicked off outside and undead are roaming the streets, you look around for a suitable weapon but can only see (and indeed use) an 8-bit ma…
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New Game: Escape from Colony 8[I]I can't really tell what happened, when they first attacked our base or where they came from, but Colony 8 is lost. My only chance is to get to ha…
... they came from, but Colony 8 is lost. My only chance ... />
[B]Escape from Colony 8[/B]
[IMG]http ... /jjm/colony8/"]Escape from Colony 8[/URL] (get the .tap ... -
Edge Grinder, how would YOU do it?I always meant to post about this and AndyC reminded me in the 'vs' thread in games. [QUOTE=AndyC;808887]The thing I love about threads like this is…
... how well the CPC can scroll when programmed properly!
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I suppose the best way would be the Zynaps/Cobra ... , the frame rate would be way down. Surely?!
The ... for the Chronos solution (RLD Scroll, smooth sprites) but with colour ... -
Masterfile 8Another item I am seeking: Masterfile 8. This is another part of my "might have been" system - and Masterfile 9 is, on the face of it, unsuitable.
Another item I am seeking: Masterfile 8. This is another part of my "might have been" system - and Masterfile 9 is, on the face of it, unsuitable. -
Commentaries on ZEUSDAZ retro game channelHi everyone, I thought i'd better drop this thread as I keep seeing comments between many of you saying that I should do commentaries on my retro gam…
... .youtube.com/user/ZEUSDAZ[/url]), scroll down a little and you ... on there, it's all 8 & 16bit game commentaries across ... -
My FREE kindle bookOk so in no way Spectrum related but I'm a member here - and excited by my own news ! So just sharing... My self published short story collection '…
Ok so in no way Spectrum related but I'm ... &qid=1418463388&sr=8-1&keywords=unforgotten+tales ... -
Pagan influences in speccy gamesPossibly due to its Englishness, the Spectrum seems to have quite a fair share of games that have pagan influence. Obviously the sword n sorcery tol…
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10 line contest (until April 8)The ABBUC people in Germany are hosting the fourth BASIC 10 liners contest this spring. No machine code including calling ROM routines directly, cert…
... 11, which effectively means Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64/128 and ... for remote entries is April 8.
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More SpecBAS funHere's a neat little effect I lifted from a thread about displaylists and stuff from an Amiga forum - although SpecBAS has no hardware to assist, it …
... GRAPHIC circles
20 CLS 8: LET b=0: FOR a ... TO 1: CIRCLE INK b*8;160,128,10*a FILL ... c=SIN d*((MOUSEx/SCRw)*8): LET e=SIN d*((MOUSEy ... /SCRh)*8)
120 IF a+e ... of PEEK$ and POKE$ - lovely way to bang pixels around!
Raycasting (3D Games!) with SpecBAS<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see …
Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see if SpecBAS can handle a raycasting engine - which doesn't mean doom-style texture mapping (though I may try that later!) but a rather nice algorithm that matches nicely up with the old "3D Maze" games you ...New game released: EXPLORER<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Courier New';">- EXPLORER -</span></div><div><span style="font-si…
... Spectrum POKE 23692,0 to scroll vertically the whole screen. I ... , including an Assembly routine to scroll a screen window, in order ... cursor-joystick:LEFT = 5 / RIGHT = 8 / FIRE = 0
Keyboard controls ...Multiplying. Again.Is there a faster way of hl=a*32 than doing add hl,hl 6 times?<div><br></div><div>I get the feeling that working with 8 bit registers for most of it …
Is there a faster way of hl=a*32 than doing add hl,hl 6 times?
I get the feeling that working with 8 bit registers for most of it would be faster, but can't quite see the route...Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…
... free anyway.
Easiest way to get the tools is ... ’m sure there is a way to prevent this but don ... something better than the default scroll, you can easily just pick ...ZX-Assembler version 0.8 (beta) releasedDear readers, yesterday I've published ZX-Assembler in its first version 0.8. It offers you some interesting features, even if I know there are …
... in its first version 0.8.
It offers you some ...new Free App To Manage Your Collections!Hi Guys, Firstly, hope this is OK to post. As a collector myself, admittedly not of spectrum particularly (saying that it was the ZX Spectrum when…
... - if there's a a way we can integrate directly into ... an easy, manageable and convenient way.
The Main Features ... /id1013962601?ls=1&mt=8"]Store Link[/url]Could use some help improving some controls.Back when Dingo was released many people said they had problems controlling it, so I've decided to improve the controls on it, so you no longer need …
... the "slide into an opening" way that it uses now - ... ]ld a,(PlayerCoordX)
sub 8
and %00011111
... why the controls works the way they do - ie. why ... can only go a specific way if the xoordinate matches the ... and get it working the way I want it to ...The 'Vulcan' and 'Desert Rats' Massive expansion pack is here.There is a MASSIVE update for the classic game 'Vulcan.' It is 100% historical, NOT a 'strange' hacked version. Everything has been tested for rea…
... 11 scenarios. It has been 8 years in the making. Depending ... least, if anyone knows a way to fix the bugs described ...Subtract 4 from an addressThis is a novice Z80 question really: I'm trying to vertical scroll my back buffer, but I'm not sure of the quickest way to apply an offset and mo…
... /> I'm trying to vertical scroll my back buffer, but I ... not sure of the quickest way to apply an offset and ... area I need to vertical scroll is therefore 18 chars wide ... above. Which is the quickest way to do this?
Top 10 WoS requests for improvements?Since WoS administrators are now requesting feedback on possible ways to improve WoS, I would like to share my thoughts about this subject, and encou…
... 's simply no reasonably easy way for people outside the existing ... manuals all over again. Either way, it all depends on WoS ... everything again.
[b]8.) Detailed credits.[/b] WoS archive ...The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... DivIDE has its roots way back in 1995, the ... stable version of esxDOS: v0.8.0!
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8.1 BETA version for Alessandro ...Crash: On The Screen compo scansAs the work on Microhobby's Pixel A Pixel printed loading screens restoration is going well lately, I would like to start preparing for making the sa…
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