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What 80's games authors are here?I realise there may be some who are keeping a bit quiet about who they are, but I'm using my real name as my WoS name and I know there are some other…
... there are some other original 80's Spectrum authors here who ... -
DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
... ,9,10
80 NEXT n
90 PRINT x(1)
100 PRINT x(2)
110 PRINT x(3)
120 PRINT x(4)
130 PRINT x(5)
170 PRINT x(9)
180 PRINT x(10)
How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…
... anyone have a routine to print a logo/graphic like game ... .
Oh and a print routine too that I can ...48/80 Forth (East London Robotics) PDF user manualThere is an incomplete (four pages are missing) OCRed plain-text version of the [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007878]48/80 F…
... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0007878]48/80 Forth[/url] user manual on ... /> I recently got a 48/80 Forth user manual with some ...What's wrong with this code?[code]10 LET X=1+INT (RND*99999999): LET Y=1+INT (RND*99999999) 20 INK 4 30 PAPER 0 40 PRINT "Quest for ye flask!" 50 PRINT "?2014 Yoshiatom" 60 PRIN…
... flask!"
50 PRINT "?2014 Yoshiatom"
60 PRINT "Made for the ... "
70 PRINT "Press any key to start..."
80 PAUSE 0 ...
90 CLEAR
100 PRINT "Choose the ... AND Y=y THEN PRINT "Well Done!": PRINT "You have found ye ...Python script to scrape Amazon.com book reviewsI've been meaning to read the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks (roughly 40 books) and Sci-Fi Masterworks (roughly 100+ books) lists for a while now, but …
... .replace('{{SEARCH}}', query_substring)
print(query_url)
# download amazon ... += ',' + str(total_rating) + '\n'
print(csv_string)
# write rating ... amount in the final column. Once all the data ...Column and row numbers to attr address?[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]Can anyone provide me with a code snippet the will convert the column and row numbers into the screen attribute address. For ex…
... snippet the will convert the column and row numbers into the ... be 22528. If de = 256 (column = 1 and row = 0) then ...3D Games in SpecBAS!Not really :) Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master" [code] ZXASCII AUTO -1 PROG CrapCastleMaster 1 REM Crap Ca…
... : GO SUB 7000
40 PRINT AT 19,0;"(Press Any ...PLOTTER - display file utilityI've been disassembling Gyron and needed something to help with working out where things were being put on the screen, so I wrote this program. I was…
... , and the program will
print both coordinate & address forms ... a square from row 10, column 12 to a point 42 ... a keypress. (I can't print a message anywhere at this ...Double Buffer UtilityHi Folks, I've been experimenting with double buffering on a 48k Speccy for a small project I'm working on. After reading lots of good advice here…
... copying this rectangle starting from column (character) 2 in the buffer ... /> def doPrint(self,text):
print(text)
#Class ...Sinclair Print UtilitiesHi all, Can anyone provide me with a 'decent' scan of the instruction manual for Sinclair's PRINT UTILITIES? Mine came without instructions and I w…
... instruction manual for Sinclair's PRINT UTILITIES?
Mine came ... and I would like to print a set off to put ...ZX 80 emulatorsDoes anyone know any ZX 80 emulators for Windows or Linux? If you do, let me know :smile:
Does anyone know any ZX 80 emulators for Windows or Linux?
If you do, let me know :smile:Boomshine in SpecBASHere's a little game called "Boomshine": [url]http://www.k2xl.com/games/boomshine/[/url] It's a really nice, relaxing puzzle game about exploding b…
... TO nb+1
80 LET blobs(f,7)=RND ... : IF palinc=target THEN PRINT SCALE 2,2;CENTRE 6 ... np=target-1 THEN PRINT SCALE 2,2;CENTRE ... TO 570
550 PRINT SCALE 1,2;CENTRE 6 ... nb,target
570 PRINT INK 247;SCALE 2,2 ... 2+66,246 FILL : PRINT INK 247;CENTRE 27;PAPER ...English text proof-readingHi, I'm a non-native speaker of English, and within few weeks (or earlier) I am supposed to give my technical report for evaluation. I don't want to …
... . I don't want to print out something that might contain ... problems? :-) Talking here about approx. 80 pages divided into individual chapters ...80's fashion the good the bad and the fugly.Ok so it seems it's 80s season on WOS so here's another 80's thread. Fashion in the 80s? Was is good, bad, fugly? I appreciate that all decades have…
... WOS so here's another 80's thread.
Fashion ... good fashion but was the 80's extremely in both goodness ...Bowie's effect on the 80'sDid bowie influence a lot of 80's bands/music? Example,'the politics of dancing' sounds like a bowie track. He was cross dressing in the seventies a…
Did bowie influence a lot of 80's bands/music?
Example,'the politics of dancing' sounds like a bowie track.
He was cross dressing in the seventies and wearing weird makeup and costumes.Memorable Film theme tunes from the 80'sHi, I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread on memorable film theme tunes from the 80's. Firefox theme tune. [url]http://youtu.be/YNZ-…
... film theme tunes from the 80's.
Firefox theme ...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 ...Back to the 80's!Some day, you take a wrong step and fall into a time machine that happens to sit on the sidewalk. <:-P<br><br>You find yourself in a busy shopping…
Some day, you take a wrong step and fall into a time machine that happens to sit on the sidewalk.BASIC to Python - bringing a modern view on an 80's obsession...Howdy! I don't know how relevant this will be here, but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on my blog where I convert an old 1K ZX81 basic pr…
... in 87 (amazingly the thermal print is still readable after all ...Print WizardHere is the instructions for Print Wizard by Softcat Micros. [url="http://www.thespectrumshow.webspace.virginmedia.com/DL/pwiz.jpg"]Download here.[/…
Here is the instructions for Print Wizard by Softcat Micros.
[url="http://www.thespectrumshow.webspace.virginmedia.com/DL/pwiz.jpg"]Download here.[/url]My experience with a ZX Spectrum clone called Elwro 800 JuniorAfter a long break in using this forum (modellrailroading is my main hobby) I'm back and want to tell something about an interesting ZX Spectrum clon…
... . The "teacher version" has a print "wyk. 01" on the label ... " without the controller with a print "wyk. 02" that was cheaper ... and have been replaced by 80 track ones which were of ...My Top 100 Spectrum games 80 to 71Hi The next installment of my Top 100 Spectrum games, 80 to 71 is now on youTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xksb5VOg5MA Hope you enjoy :…
Hi
The next installment of my Top 100 Spectrum games, 80 to 71 is now on youTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xksb5VOg5MA
Hope you enjoy :).Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …
After the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes.
This one was quite good fun, and can form the basis for a number of game types, one of which being [url=http://www. ...Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
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80 FOR x=0 TO 7 ... VARIABLES AND START VALUES, PRINT IN PLACES READY FOR COMPOSITION ... DRAW 0,-56
910 PRINT AT 15,2;"\:: \:: \:: \:: \:: \:: \:: \:: \:: \::"
... LOOP KEYSCANS BACK TO HERE *** Print the variables in their relevant ...Calling machine codeOccasionally I see on ZX computers (mostly the spectrum, but I think also the '80 and '81), how someone made their machine code and wrote the bytes i…
... , but I think also the '80 and '81), how someone made ... it like this:
[code]PRINT USR 60000[/code]
If ...Shadow Gangs, 80's arcade inspired ninja game.Hi Everyone; It's my first post here and I would like to introduce a new game in the making, in an effort to give it as much visibility as possibl…
Don Priestley - Around the World in 80 DaysApparently Don Priestley was working on a Speccy game called "Around the World in 80 Days", though it was never finished. I believe WoS lists such un…
... called "Around the World in 80 Days", though it was never ...So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…
... WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at ... the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at ... I will always see the 80's as my favourite decade ... /> From a culture perspective the 80 was just one sub-culture ... />
Looking back at the 80's I think it was ...
