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New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
... entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I thought I’d ... able to find was the BASIC file; the rest of the ... how to load a headerless BASIC file to reduce the overall ... beginner’s tips on loading BASIC using machine code can be ... -
So, is the loading noise in Start Trek IV Speccy noise, or something else?I grew up thinking that a few scenes in Star Trek IV had, without a doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again a couple d…
... I could swear it's Sinclair BASIC. However, a quick Google search ... -
New Game: A Yankee in Iraq (2017). A shoot-em-up.Last year, I [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old shoot-em-u…
... , which I’d written in Sinclair BASIC. It was a fun project ... all the limitations inherent in BASIC.
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SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... as they are, same as Sinclair BASIC
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Talk about time consuming!This is an aside, not a request or a grump, just an observation. Yesterday I cut and pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggl…
... pasted all the messages from BASIC relating to my struggle with ... should be possible whereas in Sinclair Basic on Fuse it would run ... -
UFO Defence Command: XCOM without the tactical battles!I've got it into my head to create a Spectrum game that's basically XCOM, only without all the parts where you're personally guiding soldiers around …
... since I programmed anything in Sinclair BASIC! But now that I've ... -
Numeric arrays: floating point or integer?I've just started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas, although I'm going to call it ZXCOM ;) ).…
... started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence ... since I programmed anything in Sinclair BASIC that I can't remember ... -
I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right.
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Can an emulator send and receive via a PC's USB port?Interesting little question arises out of a conversation today with my son who is taking a Rockwell automation course. His latest test was to write …
... I can do that via Sinclair Basic using graphics to show the ... thing is to stay with Sinclair Basic because I like it and ... -
ZX Spectrum PETSCII Viewer aka "Commodore 64 simulator"It was a long time that I was designing a "C64 simulator" for ZX Spectrum, the weird idea had been spinning in my head for several years now, but whe…
... friend Francesco published his font "Sinclair" for C64 he gave me ... and therefore usable normally in SINCLAIR BASIC and the PETSCII SLIDE SHOW ... /commodore-petscii-reader-on-the-sinclair-zx-spectrum/ -
Anyone got a ZXOmni 128 laptop?If you bought an Omni laptop from RetroRadionics how is it, are you pleased with it, do you have any doubts or complaints? Reading a few messages…
... I can start to learn Sinclair Basic all over again and this ... -
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…
... in the code editor, unlike Sinclair BASIC. It's time to take ... -
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... is the comp.sys.[b]SINCLAIR[/b] Crap Games Competition, ... I'll accept entries for "Sinclair-esque" machines - the SAM ... s some kind of recognisable Sinclair lineage in the machine, ... features of Spectrum BASIC (or any other Sinclair BASIC, for that matter ... -
Direct drive LCD screen - looking for information on previous projects people may have attempted.Hi All, My first post, so please forgive and guide if I've posted in the incorrect section. I'm a speccy user from way back in the 80's, but m…
... nostalgic, I can look at attribute clash until the feeling passes, without ... -
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'…
... (unless you're including the attribute memory, which if you're ... pixel scrolling pattern to avoid attribute clash - it's really very easy ... work this way to avoid attribute clash and hence I completely fail ... -
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…
... . How do u handle the attribute clash?
And wot is ... -
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…
... . How do u handle the attribute clash?[/quote]
You don ... colours and made any unavoidable clash not noticeable by not allowing ... -
Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …
... to do so entirely in Sinclair BASIC, and demonstrates it running on ... -
Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …
... to do so entirely in Sinclair BASIC, and demonstrates it running on ... -emulator on the Spectrum in BASIC would be poorly slow. I ... -
Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …
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On 2002-07-12 07:17, Jazzbeaux wrote:
entirely in Sinclair BASIC[/quote]
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Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …
... , Jazzbeaux wrote:
entirely in Sinclair BASIC[/quote]
I am ... -
Opinions about Lemmings on speccyHi, whats your opinion about Lemmings on speccy??
... colour, dont you think so?? attribute clash would not be major importance ... I find lovely the attributte clash =}
would be cool ... -
Book listingsI used to spend hours typing in programs from books. I had a whole box of them books and typed in hundreds of programs. Some good, some bad and some …
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On 2002-12-17 00:05, aowen wrote:
Maybe the SE Basic forum should be a more generic Sinclair Basic forum for discussing this sort of thing?
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ANN: Write Spectrum Games in C with speclib121 Announcing the sprite pack C library for the z88dk C cross compiler available from: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/main.htm"]http://justme895.tr…
... anyone wishing to progress from Sinclair BASIC. If I can find the ... -
ANN: Write Spectrum Games in C with speclib121 Announcing the sprite pack C library for the z88dk C cross compiler available from: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/main.htm"]http://justme895.tr…
... anyone wishing to progress from Sinclair BASIC. If I can find the ... disk access, tape loading and basic graphics primitives (circle, draw, plot ... -
File viewerI need a program for viewing files in hex and preferably edit them. It must be a Windows program and free. I have been using a dos program for much…
... /> "Discussions about Sinclair Basic and announcements about the new Sinclair Extended Basic"
BASIC routine) with no complaints.
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…
You couldn't actually remake Terra Cresta with that particular graphics configuration in game without serious attribute clash or clunky scrolling.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…
... configuration in game without serious attribute clash or clunky scrolling.
attribute assigned to overwrite what it ...YS MegaBasicHas anyone got any other information on this utility apart from the YS articles published by Mike Leaman (which now seem to have gone missing)?
... br /> I suffered Speccy BASIC for a long time [...]
BASIC? What did you not ... need to do that Speccy BASIC did not? Please, if ... or other things that the BASIC could not do... I' ... harsh :D I love Sinclair Basic dialect, the thing I ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... ARE ALL BROWN! Okay no attribute clash, but it's all brown ...
