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Code optimisation - can you help?Hi Folks, I have been looking at the following code fragment for days and I have been able to improve its performance quite a bit. However, it is a…
Hi Folks,
I have been looking at the following code fragment for days and I have been able to improve its performance quite a bit. However, it is a time critical section and I was hoping that the collective wisdom on WOS might be able to spot ... -
University ChallengeNearly two weeks ago Manchester University won the first University Challenge semi-final to get into the upcoming final against Pembroke College, Cam…
... bit (term) e.g. x+y
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28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…
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B: Ink Y, Background
C: Ink Y, Background
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E: Ink Y, Background
A: Ink Y, Background
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Atari 520STFM & Commodore C16Hey all, Got some more of my vintage computers for sale. C16: Complete with PSU and Datasette ?20 posted Atari 520STFM: Up for sale I have an A…
... condition. It comes with a Mouse, Joystick, and brand new RGB ... -
Basil the Great Mouse Detective missing creditsAfter the music ends at the title screen you are given a high school table, after this you have a credits page which lists. Music Ben Daglish
After the music ends at the title screen you are given a high school table, after this you have a credits page which lists.
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Gaz and Jon from Gary Lineker's Hot ShotThe Gaz and Jon on Gary Lineker's Hot Shot may well be Gary Priest and Jon Harrison. They worked together on Mickey Mouse, Techno Cop and Basil the …
The Gaz and Jon on Gary Lineker's Hot Shot may well be Gary Priest and Jon Harrison. They worked together on Mickey Mouse, Techno Cop and Basil the Great Mouse Detective all by Gremlin and on the latter, Gary Priest is credited as "Gaz" Priest. -
GAC Adventure Writers HandbookI can't find any reference to this anywhere except on a Spanish Wiki page. Does anyone know where this came from? Whilst continuing to dig out and …
... .es/Graphic_Adventure_Creator[/url]
Ampliaciones y ayudas
Una de las ... uso con Amstrad, Spectrum, Commodore y BBC, y, sobre todo, con t ... -
ZXDS 0.9.9 beta 1OK kids, here we go: Let me announce the latest and greatest [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]ZXDS release[/URL]. Mouse emulation, tape recording, stats …
... .raxoft.cz"]ZXDS release[/URL]. Mouse emulation, tape recording, stats tracking ... -
Dimming the screen...Hi Folks, I was hoping someone on here could help me with a wee machine code routine. I have written the following example in BASIC: [CODE]100 REM…
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120 BRIGHT 1: FOR y=0 TO 21: FOR x ... =0 TO 31: PRINT AT y,x; PAPER RND*7;" ": NEXT ... x: NEXT y: PRINT #0;AT 0,0 ... -
Time to write a gameHallo, just wanted to know how long are you coders working on a (released) game. Minimum, maximum and average. Mine are: Minimum: 3 Days ("Ultra refl…
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Protect & Survive Bargain Collection (Northern Underground)According to the Northern Underground advert in From Beyond Issue 12... [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/FromBeyond/Issue12/…
... ?id=0010799[/url]
Mouse Man
[url]http://www ... to in the advert as Mouse-Man)
The date ... -
Joystick interface for divIDEMy first prototype of joystick interface for DivIDE. Work as kempston joystick and must be connect to socked instead EEPROM chip. Final version will …
... (is possible connect real AMIGA MOUSE)
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What's wrong with this code ?OK, working my way through Jonathan Cauldwells 'How To' tome and I can't get the following to run in either spin or basin. ( iused the assembler in b…
... hl,ply ; remember, y is the horizontal coord!< ... (hl) ; subtract 1 from y coordinate.
ret
... (hl) ; add 1 to y coordinate.
ret
... ply defb 0 ; player's y coordinate.
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CMWC random number generator for Z80Seeing the interest regarding the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=23070"]Xor-Shift random number generator for Z80[/URL]…
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ld c,(hl) ; y = q[i]
... hl,bc ; t = 255 * y
sbc hl,bc ; t ... = 254 * y
sbc hl,bc ; t ... = 253 * y
ld c,d ... add hl,bc ; t = 253 * y + c
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Two more M.I.A.sI wrote two simple educational games in 1988 called "Easy Time" and "Easy Maths" (may have been "Easy Math"). They were written in compiled BASIC, a…
... shown on the clock, a mouse in a red car drove ... -
Using a joypad on a PC?I've been asked to recommend a joypad for use with PC gaming, but I've not used a joypad with a PC game for years (and then it was only with the emul…
... via Windows to emulate the mouse movement on one analogue stick ... joypad buttons to emulate the mouse buttons and keyboard keys?
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SpecBAS 0.747 Now available!Hiya folks - it's update time again! SpecBAS has had a load of new fixes, as well as some new additions! Firstly, as you all wanted it, SpecBAS can…
... work - they now return the mouse coordinate in the current window ... -
Divide add onsMorning all I'm aware that you can use an add on in divide called divideo,but is there any others available?.I have seen this one [url]http://www.you…
... to be used with a mouse to,which has confused me ... -
More ponderings and general questions1. You know how DOSBox (a brilliant program, by the way) comes complete with DOS? How come that's not a copyright violation? Presumably it uses a non…
... just plain annoying for keyboard/mouse usage), plus the fact that ... -
Publisher for these Animagic games (Spanish)Shouldnt these 2 games by Animagic be listed with MCM Software as publisher? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000714[/url] [u…
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As Mortadelo y Filemon 2 is listed as ... -
Moar TR-DOS to tape conversions!I have posted three lame disk-to-tape conversions through snapshotting before, now (I guess) it's time to bring the rest of my complete collection he…
... clone, which also supports Kempston mouse. In English.
[B][URL ... game, which also supports Kempston mouse. The translations, as well as ... -
SpecBAS 0.752 Now available!Ok, after the heroic efforts of ASH-II and Galileo finding as many bugs as they can, the result is a more stable and capable interpreter! Here's wha…
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Sprites when moved disregarded Y-coordinates in their delta calculations ... -
INKEY$ giving me troubleHello, I have been using BASin (great program by the way...) Sad though it seems during the typhoon here I have been re-learning my spec-skills an…
... get INKEY$ to capture Y or y or N or n ... forever until the user hits Y,y,N or n
... about was separating the Y/N code into a ... /> 45 IF Q$="Y" OR Q$="y" THEN GO TO 100 ... PRINT "DO YOU UNDERSTAND NOW?(Y/N):"
107 LET ... br /> 108 IF Q$="Y" THEN GO TO 120
SpecBAS 0.753 Now available!Hi again - Thanks to the efforts of ASH-II and Galileo, there's been another round of nice quick bugfixes: [code] v0.0.0.753 ========== Bugs fixe…
... runs out
Key and mouse flags are cleared before a ... INPUT with print-seperators
Mouse delta functions no longer require ...
