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this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …
... ld (23693),a ; set our screen colours.
xor a ; ... call 3503 ; ROM routine - clears screen, opens chan 2.
; Initialise ... br /> mushlp ; put mushroom on screen. ;-------this is the bit we ... ),a ; set our temporary screen colours.
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Any emulators supporting a background image?I have linux on my computer and the terminal program I use allows me to specify an image file (.jpg, .png etc) to use instead of any areas on 'screen…
I have linux on my computer and the terminal ... use instead of any areas on 'screen' that are 'black'. Are they ... I might run, maybe based on a checksum?
Perhaps ... what's being shown on the speccy's screen, so that title ... -
How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... /> [b]A) Drawing a scrolling screen[/b]
We ... , we will draw a player on screen:
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... move the player outside of screen, causing an error. therefore, ... score right after scrolling the screen.
And we increase ... -
Speccy 4A board problemHi all. I was hoping for some help with my Speccy (with 4A Board) before I send it off for repair. When I power it on all looks fine (i.e. copyright …
... repair. When I power it on all looks fine (i.e ... with the command appearing briefly on screen before disappearing (just leaving a ... white screen). Any subsequent key presses results ... at the bottom of the screen. I've swapped the ULA ... -
Looking for a utility (keyboard and joystick tester)Hello everybody! I'm looking for a utility program of the Spectrum (hope this is the correct place to post it!). It showed the keyboard on screen,…
... it!). It showed the keyboard on screen, flashing a key each time ... -
New Spectrum ROM: Arcade Game DesignerIn the last few days I've completely rewritten the Spectrum ROM from scratch to include AGD. Some of the functionality from version 4.8 has been los…
... ROM from scratch to include AGD. Some of the functionality from ... editor routines in the ROM, AGD users have a bigger playground ... zip file at the AGD forums and on my page at itch ... this hasn't been tested on real hardware yet, but if ... -
Whats the smallest amount of time to precise emulate a Spectrum?Whats the smallest amount of time to completely emulate a Spectrum? Maybe the ULAs timings as mentioned here: [url="https://opencores.org/projects…
... get a proper display whats on the screen, we may need to ... screens: One which displays "whats on screen" at this step. And another ... -
Fighting Warrior's protection systemThis is one of those bizarre cases where cracking the loading system is orders of magnitude more fun than playing the game. (Indeed, discovering I wa…
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2) The screen is loaded by reading two ... off tape for a screen address, then 8 bytes ... attribute. This allows the screen to be drawn in ... After the screen is loaded, the remaining bytes on the tape ... takes the code hidden on screen, puts in the top ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... I liked to play games on it. But it was also ... since I loved to draw on screen.
The first computer ... not many tools for programming on a Mac.
The ... can't design or program on a Playstation.
So ... -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... scene. Perhaps, at least on the Spectrum it was original ... the number of polygons on screen), just because on the Spectrum the range ... tactical warfare titles, and on the Spectrum games of this ... , gameplay and historical accuracy) on the Spectrum would have been ... -
spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …
... a cable. The other end on Speccie. Speccie wil sent a ... cable. Speccie will display it on screen.
By this way ... not yet with DIR-command on speccie. -
Tzx-list?Hi, I was wondering if someone has put together a Missing Tzx-list? I feel it is a little awkward trying to look through the entire list of already e…
... , I want to see the on screen instructions of RanaRama when loading ... see the way a loader screen is drawn, I want to ... -
Comcon programmable interfaceRemember this beast, back in 83/84? You used plugs to determine what key each direction on your joystick responded to. It apparently had two fire but…
... each game, and answered the on-screen options for the direction and ... -
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... /> LD (HL),A ; put screenbyte on screen
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line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... error yet.
Faster screen calculation can be obtained by ... ,(screenadresslow) ; in fact x-pos on screen
ADD A,C
line routineWondered if anyone can help me out. I have been programming a 3d graphics library for the spectrum, in Machine code. The line routine that I have i…
... that's 470 pixels max on screen - before you do anything else ... 'll need to refresh the screen too. Not that you've ...Interface 1Hi, Just got myself an Interface 1 only to find it does not work. That is to say that I can't use any of the extended commands on it,e.g. CAT 1, LOA…
... and tryied the interface 1 on that machine, and it sort ... microdrive spinning but returns nothing on screen. I eventually have to reset ...spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…
Thanks for the insight on this, I had done some ... to create orange and so on, if this is what you ... great thing Ive been taking on a little project to make ... say. These screens may appear on SCREEN$ Museum of Computer Art at ...Keyboard fontCan anyone tell me what font was used for the printing on the ZX Spectrum keyboard?
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One is the speccy on-screen font
One is the ... />
I found all 3 on a freeware font site (can ...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…
... ludicrous thing I could get on screen was.
One game ... Understand'
The screen read;
''WHAT NEXT ... You Have Finished the Hobbit' screen shot. It had a fictional ...Games that are more fun than they should beI've just been playing Gnasher, my fave pacman clone on the speccy. And it occurred to me, that i could easily play the arcade original pac-man on ma…
I`ve been playing Nightshade (Ultimate) just to create and find out how many active fires I can have on screen at the same time - I`m currently at 5. It`s a noisy game.
I`ll get a life one day. :)ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
Isn't the fastest way having the sprites pre-rotated in memory before shoving them on screen as quick as possible?
Uses loads of memory but there shouldn't be much speed difference vertically or horizontally this way?ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... machine code to scroll the screen horizontally - It was easier to ... - Cybernoid was a great flip screen game - If it had been ... had to have less enemies on screen, less scope for colourful graphics ...Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
I remember telling my friends at school that OperationWolf were like the coin op but in black&white and without gun.
actually, I wonder that speccy version has even more sprites at time on screen.. =)Machine CodeOk i had a spectrum when i was younger and only used it for playin games and typing simple BASIC programs - i mean really simple! Things like 10 Pri…
... which gave the BASIC-lines on screen with an equivalent of this ... was edited by: dr beep on 2002-07-23 08:04 ]Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
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I ...Game Idea.I got an idea (haaaleluyah.=) a game idea. synopsis: You form an eighties game company.. you must to get as many topsellers as you can. You may for…
... of games along these lines on the Spectrum.
Software ... ' from different magazines popping up on-screen.
Any of you ... -gurus fancy taking this one on?
love'n'thugswhats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... slightly rewritten to be played on the C64.
... games physics were far superior on the Sinclair machines. I remember ... playing Batman the Movie on both machines, and being ... other way round. the sprite collision on speccy games was appaling!! ...Whats wrong with my spectrum 48 kWhen i startup, instead of copyright messsage i get gray screen with black square in middle.
But if it is the RAM then it must be the range 16384 to 32768 (?) for it doesn't start and gives wrong values on screen. If it were higher adresses then the Spectrum would start, but will not use all memory due to the memory test.Spectrum helpHello all I run a website which is some sort of community/game information hybrid. It's dedicated to most gaming platforms (currently 62 of them). I…
... voltage the brighter the colour on screen. The bright bit of the ... is added, the voltage drops on the RGB lines and the ... actual design of the colour on the Spectrum is a way ...
