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Pivot, it's like Star Quake but with a twist[B]Pivot[/B] by Podbot is a very recent Flash/browser game which is a perfect idea for a ZX Spectrum game. [url]http://jayisgames.com/archives/2013/…
... can rotate a single screen when standing in a corner of a platform.< ... Spectrum probably can't do a screen rotation animation. However ... gt; player/chest move in quarter circle on a black background -> ... each sprite individually. Only a few sprites would need to ... -
Just part of a video I'm working on.[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?list=UUaWxV2cLO5Cng2P4LwisbDw&v=V_R2qk8yIyk&feature=player_detailpage[/url] I did it using Xara Photo and Graphic …
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Things your head knows aren't there but your heart believes in still...So there we were, in the pub, and the conversation got a little weird. Apropos of nothing, one of the group tells us that he harbours a belief that …
... we were, in the pub, and the conversation got a little weird ... but our hearts still believed in.
Ignoring the ... religion and live after death in this context - which was ... either actual or hopeful belief in a variety of cryptozoological issues: sea ... -
SpecBAS 0.789 releasedHi all! Back with another SpecBAS release - this one's mostly just about sprites and bug fixes. One new addition I do quite like is the expression c…
... in the editor
MENUBOX can now take a string array rather than a ... list of options. LET a=MENUBOX("Title",a ... in the editor when mousewheel scrolling
Loading of string ... enough
A bug in the sprite frame address ... -
JSW1 - The Attic Bug In ActionThe well known "attic bug" caused by invalid arrow data. By applying a couple of extra pokes in addition to the usual lives / fall height to remove s…
... By applying a couple of extra pokes in addition to ... possible to carry on in a fashion as the game continues ... long sometimes you stay in a room. Its also ... /> MegaTree is starting to look a bit unwell:
The attic is in full swing:
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MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... although these need not be in a 1:1 ratio; multiple DISPLAY ... were selected with a platform game in mind the routine ... to move into a square with the specified attributes (ie. collision ...
DISPLEN:equ 15 ;bytes in a DISPLAY row
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The online emulator - need a bigger windowHello, I noticed the site is using the ZZ Spectrum emulator for playing online the games in browser using Java. My question is if it's possible to r…
... for playing online the games in browser using Java.
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Wow! This is really a staggering achievement (programming, but still interesting!)The subject of good/clever programming came up in the SE BASIC topic, and I thought I'd mention this, but then that thread went back on topic (er, no…
... clever programming came up in the SE BASIC topic, ... programming is off topic in a thread about SE BASIC, ... managed to make a (playable, apparently) Chess game in 1KB;
in less than 100kb. ... game, click here for a load of screenshots - ... -
What would you do with four joysticks?Anyone got some inspiring ideas for four-player games, or twin-stick two-player games..? I can think of, for four players: [I]Warlords[/I] (Atari) […
... screen rotating attributes as a game map, maybe double-res attributes on a 128K ... )
Or do a ... .g. IN 63 instead of IN 31, and IN 0xEFEF instead of IN 0xEFFE ... .
I'm keen to have a go ... -
computer nerds - is there a way to do this?copy (in text form) the title of every file in a certain folder on your desktop, so you can paste the list into a word document. Instead of methodi…
... ) the title of every file in a certain folder on your desktop ... can paste the list into a word document.
Instead ... do this, so is there a way? -
Some *** accessed my home network?!?I'm not completely stupid (supposedly) but equally I'm hardly bordering on the all-knowing end of the scale either so I wondered if any of you more t…
... my old PC and spotted a phone in the "other devices" section ... . I grabbed a screenshot of its ... password is a string of gibberish that I couldn't remember in a million ... from their MAC address is a little slim (if not impossible ... -
Dan Antohi or other Interface 1bis GurusHi Dan I've been getting acquaited with the IF1bis and am starting to appreciate how much more it can do than what Im using it for. I've been using…
... specs (8 devices - 50 files in CAT etc).
Can ... if there are any calls in the BIOS that I can ... call from Basic?
A couple that would be very ... - Getting an extended CAT into a string or memory
I ... -
Retro computing in south east of France (Model-Show Avignon)Hi all, With my aeromodelling club (I'm its proud President) we participate every years since 1998 to a big meeting in Avignon, The Model-Show (mode…
... years since 1998 to a big meeting in Avignon, The Model-Show ... some old things sleeping in their cellars : a C64 will arrive soon ... that (with some Atari too) in a garage, but don't want ... /> Complete thread, more pictures, but in french :
[URL=" ... -
FZX Driver for z88dkAn fzx library for z88dk can be downloaded [URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWM2hWNjAxMVkxaEk/edit?usp=sharing"]here[/URL]. The libr…
... how much of the string will fit in a row. You can keep ... chars if they are contained in the string.
[B] ... /> As the string version above but with a buffer instead.
char **fzx_fonts_names is a NULL terminated array of string font names (like ... -
Say a naughty word and Microsoft ban you!I thought this was a joke, but there's lots of people apparently going through it, some even posting about it on the official Xbox forums; [COLOR="b…
... after uploading gameplay clips in which they swear ... app ? or even swearing in a private Skype call, according ... using the app in question with a message that asks ... Live users have posted in a thread on the Xbox ... a video and said a bad word (not really a swear in ... -
Indie spectrum games advertised in magazinesDid anyone ever buy a spectrum indie game that was advertised in magazines? e.g. [url]http://www.crashonline.org.uk/04/lguide17.htm[/url] What was …
... ever buy a spectrum indie game that was advertised in magazines?
in a bunch of numbers, e.g ... -
Just found a FB conversation with Joffa Smiff.Awwwww, I just found this while browsing through my old conversations. Thought I'd post it here. Conversation started 11 March 2009 Mark Jones 11/03…
... and its doing my head in!
But slightly less then ... 'It is' doing my head in! Easy when you think about ... !)
I've got a copy of 'MIKIE' on ... Massive pain killers are for a reason!
I just got ... /> I'm fine! And in a strange way, liking all this ... -
SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
... TEXTURE$ converts a string to a graphic-string for use in, i.e., ... fills
LET can now assign a ... ups, results in a respectable speed boost
String operations should ...
READing into a string array with one dimension ... -
Need Help Finding a BookPerhaps a slim chance, but im wondering if anyone else remembers a particular book. This book i think was in hardback. I borrowed it from my local li…
... This book i think was in hardback. I borrowed it ... idea was, you typed in this code and you could ... produce a text adventure set in the same location ... my Speccy patiently typing in lines of Basic code, ... that the story was set in a haunted house. I think ... -
Tom and Jerry ever released in the UK?I have the feeling that this game was only released in Spain, as we havent seen any copy in UK all this time, and nor there is a review in a British …
... this game was only released in Spain, as we havent seen ... time, and nor there is a review in a British magazine...
Any ... -
Composite picture qualityI have read many many discussions here about the composite video modification of the Spectrum 16/48K models. I have choosen one of the simplest comp…
... but there is a light vertical shadow in the background of ... side of the "i" in the Sinclair string. Is this usual?
ISSUE6A Spectrum 48K in a Lo Profile keyboard, when shadow ... IMG]
ISSUE6A Spectrum 48K in a Lo Profile keyboard, when shadow ... -
What's the deal with hash tables, anyway?As there's nothing in the [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/0-surc-contents.htm]Compendium[/url] about hash tables, and as I've …
... MOD hashtablesize", where hashcode for a string of length 'n' characters ... unassigned hash keys is needed in order to choose suitable ... program uses the original function in reverse (less the middle ... & "cow" entries have collisions in the 'h' column but not ... -
"pets" a social networking thing.The firts social network I was in (way before Facebook) was Hi5. pretty much all of my friends were on it (some 10 years ago, now that I think of i…
... firts social network I was in (way before Facebook) was Hi5 ... (I haven't been there in years).
lately I ... how people "have bought me" in a "fun game" called PETS.
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SpecBAS 0.802 Released!Hi folks - It's that time again when I release the latest round of features and bugfixes to SpecBAS :) New for this version are ZONEs which act ver…
... POSIX-ERE regular expression parser in there, with the MATCH() function ... a string array and a separator - LET b$=JOIN$(a$()," ") will compile all of a ...
CONST errors in string slicer assignments - in fact, Slicers in general weren't ... -
A hello and a questionFirst of all I'd like to introduce myself (it would be rude not to :D !). My name is Ben and I am the proud owner of a rubber keyed 48K and a 128k+2…
... 128k eventually ended up in a box in the loft where it ... remained for many years.
A ... couple of years back I went in the loft ... 70ish). I plugged it in and was pleased to see ... , I put it back in it's box and forgot ... -
Need help finding a movieI think it's about fifteen years since i saw it on TV. The actors spoke english but with an accent (french?) wich make me think it might have been Ca…
... been Canadian. It was a comedy in the same vein as " ... />
In one scene a guy is on a date and waiting in a woman ... 's apartment as she's getting ready in the ... />
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Spectrum loading sound, in a sound file.Does anyone have, or know where I can find, or know how I can create, the sound of Spectrum loading (just the first two meeeeeeee/beep parts is all I…
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City Connection, help requested to get a tap. or tzxHello people, This good game is only available as z80. and I would like to play it in a real Spectrum, but I need another file, as a tzx or tap. Is…
... would like to play it in a real Spectrum, but I need ... another file, as a tzx or tap. Is there ... -
12v in a Spectrum +2My Speccy 128 +2 requires a 9v 2.1a PSU, all my 9v PSU's are much below 2.1 amps :( I do however have a 12v 2amp PSU, if I reverse the polarity so t…
My Speccy 128 +2 requires a 9v 2.1a PSU, all ... />
I do however have a 12v 2amp PSU, if I ... hoping that the 128 has a voltage regulator that will allow ... me to go a few volts over. -
SSD on an old laptop - a question for the system builders among you.I'm upgrading an old laptop from Win XP to Win 7. I've bought one of these [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-crucial-m500-slim-msata-ssd-msa…
... drive, but this increase in speed is not matched by ... performance of Win 7. (In fact the SSD drive speeds ... What happens is there's a big delay whenever the system ... again.
As a consequence, everything is appallingly slow ... and put the SSD in a cupboard!
