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The "hearing and reading the same things" coincidenceWhat I'm talking about are those rare coincidences where you read a specific word or sentence on a screen or in print, and at exactly the same time y…
... be waiting" - and lo and behold, it came up in the ... -
Dun Darach text missing from WOS.I'm currently giving Dun Darach a bash. My aim is to get a nice solution for my web site and to try and do it without looking up solutions on-line. …
... Darach out. And low and behold there was a tips sheet ... -
Trying to remedy a bug in this gameStruggling with this project, the character shifts the crates around no bother but kills baddies that are one space to the left or right even though …
... is remedied by adding CALL ATTR first thing when the STING ... ATTR (punching) routine is called.
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The flash feature (graphics attr)Flash feature on speccy is not an artist-friendly thing. But sometimes it is useable... Do you know any good use of flash in games? For example I re…
Flash feature on speccy is not an artist-friendly thing. But sometimes it is useable...
Do you know any good use of flash in games? For example I remember some cool loading screens with tricky use of flash (the big classic is JSW).
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ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…
... the screen char by char (attr+8pixelrows)
// Can compress rectangle ... start to start of buffer attr space
(*store_c)=0; // ... byte >=24 or in attr space >=6144bytes
... /> ;;
;; move de back to attr space
ld a,d ... -
z88dk sp1lib with fzxThe numbers dont seem to display properly? fzx by itself works [quote] // for targets supporting fzx // zcc +zx -vn -startup=31 -O3 -clib…
... ;attr_mask = cmask;
c->attr = colour;
}
// Variables ... -
Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
ive found an attr scrolling routine but i want to remove the smaller scroller within it, etc.https://pastebin.com/K4nG3xbX also i would like to be able to change the colours and not have a shadow. http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sin…
https://pastebin.com/K4nG3xbX
also i would like to be able to change the colours and not have a shadow.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils/DoubleMessageScroller.tap.zip
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub ...No-tearing (“vsync”) Full Screen FadeSeeing as most screen fades exhibit visible tearing, I wrote my own routine which does away with that problem. Simple, effective, short, and fully re…
... ld hl,$5800 ;beginning of attr area
halt ... fade1 ld a,(hl) ;read attr into A
and 7 ... a,(hl) ;reload A with attr
and $38 ;isolate ... /> ld (hl),a ;write attr
inc hl ;next cell ... 5b ;past the end of attr area?
jr nz, ...Unexpected issue with +3DOS port of Pro BMX SimulatorI'm continuing to port my tape-based games to 3-inch disk (you may have noticed my previous post about PSSST!). Today I started on Pro BMX Simula…
... the change) and lo and behold the game now runs properly ...ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 24 October 2020Saturday 24 October 2020 Hopefully it won't be another 6 months, he said. Joke about Corona still going, he said. Oh, blimey! * Yes, it's been a…
Saturday 24 October 2020
Hopefully it won't be another 6 months, he said. Joke about Corona still going, he said. Oh, blimey!
* Yes, it's been another 6 months since the last update. Mostly due to me being busy doing other things.
Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
Pity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the ZX Spectrum 48K. It was for a text/graphic adventure I'm working on. The algorithm is based on [url="http ...what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... to the folks. Lo-and-behold! A spectrum under the tree ...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…
... time because it changes the ATTR area faster than the electron ...Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…
... what would happen. lo and behold, a new set of levels ...How to print with colour using DiscipleHi! I was wondering if there is any way of printing in colour using the Disciple. I am using an Epson Stylus 600 Printer with one of my +2s and I wo…
Rudy Biesma has written a routine to print in
color. Although it's a large routine (with buffer up to 2K) it can do the job.
It analyses the ATTR-file and then prints the wanted colors.New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…
More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... works out. he got 8x1 attr. like MB02 but can only ...Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... pixel, one color each with attr.- mock screens at my site ... have the same bright/flash attr.)which you already know, i ...More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... one color in a 8x8 attr. that the colors are right ...unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... it was a joy to behold, hah :) because I have an ...Another Name That Game Thread!! (Yay!)Can anyone help me with the name of this game. Its a graphical adventure, and the screen is split in two. In the top half is a side view of your ski…
I just typed in a swear word and lo and behold (after about what seems like 14 days) a small fellow comes along a hits you, and you turn pink (of course)Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... within the same 8*8 attr., so technically it's 8 ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... easy to finish...lo and behold i pressed start and just ...Speccy Emulator for GP32??OK, I'm getting a GP32 at the weekend (see here if you've never heard of one :) [url="http://www.gbax.com/gp32review.html"]http://www.gbax.com/gp32re…
... -Type is a joy to behold :)
>C64 *cough* (erm ...Worst game ending....Sorry if this topic has been discussed before.. But whats the worst ending to a speccy game you have seen? Whats the best? Mine was probably Willow …
... darknes....'
Lo! and behold Fairlight 2 was called Trail ...
