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Longest Loading TimeWhat game do you blokes think had the longest loading time My vote is for "Driller"
... section was a BASIC program that copied itself into the RAM disk.
the (slightly smaller) +2A version, it ... gap between each section in the original which padded it back ... /> If anyone wants to check the original, be my guest - I ... -
Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
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It can list the Basic contained in a z80 snapshot ... 'hidden' numeric values, lines with the length modified, and several other ... snapshot you have already copied the program ;) -
Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
Some of the Ultimate games (Speedlocked? ie Knight ... merge protection.
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... wrote was a dire BASIC program to draw the Indian flag (my dad ... /> The first BASIC game I wrote was a catch-the-ball-with-the-bucket ... integrating machine code with BASIC. The MC did the scrolling.),a Bingo game ... -
The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... /> The second funniest thing was trying to teach my sister BASIC :D ...
The third was recording ... it. I even had the voice program saying DJ-like stuff on ... Smolko, hope you like this program etc.
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Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…
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Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…
Thanks for the plug for my gw03 ROM ... characters in an OCR'ed BASIC program.
It will also ... usage - to show how your program utilizes memory - a fascinating screen ... -
Sinclair basic creation/editing programHi guys I'm just starting to write a game in +3 Sinclair basic and was wondering if there was a program out there that would alow me to write the pro…
... (I most shamelessly admit) the best program for the job.
If ... you would rather take SE-BASIC ... the 48k BASIC at the moment. There is the possibility that it will include the ... -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... load 5000 bytes of data (the machine code) starting at address ... /> You can't 'hide' a BASIC program, any Speccy hacker worth his ... -
Download a lot of gamesI red instructions to download a lot of games in the archive section ("If you want a lot of games, you will want to use a proper FTP program and conn…
... it does the job.
its a program to ... its only a very basic way of accessing em.< ... like wsftp you enter the ftps server details (address ... you have one, mostly the ftp program logs in annonymously, ... want to save the files (on the left hand side ... -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
As in what happens when you load in your BASIC program, and then loading up MCoder 3. The data is compiled automatically. That's what you said in your previous post. -
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... think Splat! is written in BASIC? It looks like machine code ... to me. [EDIT] ...and the [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org ... /> [/quote]
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Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... BASIC program with machine code routines...
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Any idea what the ... ratio of BASIC to machine code was? For the purposes of the "best BASIC ... game" question, I'm not sure where the ... at least a BASIC loader.
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... BASIC program with machine code routines...
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Any idea what the ... ratio of BASIC to machine code was? For the purposes of the "best BASIC ... game" question, I'm not sure where the ... at least a BASIC loader.
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... BASIC program with machine code routines...
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Any idea what the ... ratio of BASIC to machine code was? For the purposes of the "best BASIC ... ! was mostly BASIC, certainly all the game logic was in BASIC. The menu screen ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... a BASIC program lacks is speed which can be achieved with the use ... use the IDEAL extension from the White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This ... afternoon I'll try the ...The incredible shrinking screendumpIn this topic I stated that I would be impressed if the screendump could be smaller than 37 bytes. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewt…
... /> (13) from table as counter. The program looked like this after some ... can be solved by the call from the BASIC.
LPRINT ... IT IS!
The MC-program is now also 32 Bytes ... (hl)
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The program sends 2 bytes extra to ...Movie PokesDoes anyone have any pokes for the game Movie. I used to play this all the time and now I'm to weak to play without help.... Thanks everyone
... instructions sets issued to the game program to change a value ... is the location of that part of the program
In the ... good old days we used to type in a little BASIC program ... to let us access the main game program then ...Epson do it again!Just found a program which fixes "dead" epson printers, after x amount of uses the epsons have a built in couter which says the printer has failed an…
... should no about this. Ps the program also can overwrite epson monitoring ... program if you wish for better ... you can get carts for the basic Epson models from around ?2 ... if you shop around on the net (check ebay dealers!)ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... ) and disable the LOAD/SAVE streaming from the menu there. ... 2
Consider the following assembler program...
ORG 50000 ... gives a 'C Nonsense in Basic' error. It does not ... that code here, I got the following program:
[code ...Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…
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i looked through the basic manual on the site but it isn ... , the Orange Book) then you'll find everything you need to program ... a game in BASIC. It tells you ... how program lines are stored, how ...Help with loading knowledgeHi. I'm new to spectrum coding and have a few questions to do with how the spectrum loads programs. You press LOAD "" and play the tape, and it find…
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The loader is a program in basic that might look ... loaded into. the [B]length[/B] is the program length, which ... the code was loaded to. in this case 32768
the Basic ... loader at the beginning of this post ...SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
... a program, of course - it won't work from the ... they'll stop the message and the key-wait respectively.< ... a one-shot solution - the POKEs will revert back ... their normal values when the next error message (D ...
/me adds it to the BASIC FAQ.
D.Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
... time restrictions involved in creating the ZX Spectrum ROM, this was ... feel that if BASIC didn't have to do the linear string ... sure about that either, given the floating-point overhead.
[/ ... mean, at no notice, a Basic program could pause for seconds while ...MCODER III - PSS softwareDoes anyone here have any instructions/documentation for PSS software's MCODER III compiler?
... ; the single paragraph on operation reads:
Load your BASIC program into ... your Spectrum in the normal
way ... can save the compiled program
as normal. To run the program, use GOTO ...So how does this Bit Torrent thing work then?Hi, How do I go about setting this up? Is it safe to use? How much does it cost? Derek
... i have downloaded the client program from the Bit Torrent website ... [/quote]
the normal basic actual bittorrent client?
that is very basic, you dont get any control ... download link on the website, or save the required download ...Emuzwin / Spin AssemblerHello lads. Wondering if anyone can help. I've decided to look into playing about with some code using the Emuzwin or Spin built-in assembler. Are th…
... the Basic command CLEAR before you assemble your program. This sets the RAMTOP for Basic ... colliding with some stuff that the BASIC Operating system uses. So enter ... /> To return to BASIC your machine code program must end with a ...SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
... 65368 from within your BASIC program. The routine copies BC (6912 ... 32768) and returns to BASIC. Basically it copies your ... BASIC,
SAVE "name" CODE 32768,6912
Change the ... ORG to assemble the code elsewhere:
...SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
... USR 65368 from within your BASIC program. The routine copies BC (6912) ... HL(32768) and returns to BASIC. Basically it copies your ... about this - it's pure BASIC, folks:
10 ... than BASIC
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