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  • Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…

    I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here...

    What are the general rules about designing and coding platformers (eg JSW)? I have tried messing ...
    Scoops Scoops October 2004 Development
  • If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…

    ... clash, ie keeping the 8 basic colours with their respective BRIGHT ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Trying to track down Speccy game authors for RGHi, I hope some of you read and enjoyed my Konix feature (and video) in Retro Gamer issue 8! For my next few articles, I'm looking at featuring abs…

    ... so I can start the ball rolling.....

    So, if ...
    cately999 cately999 October 2004 Games
  • Retro Gamer Issue 9[Vicky Pollard mode=ON] Ohhhhhhh Myyy Goddddddddddd!!! [Vicky Pollard mode=OFF] Anyone else got Retro Gamer Issue 9 yet? A Spec-chum heaven for sur…

    ... /> _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…

    ... dead mummified skin.

    BASIC - The idea of whole commands ...
    Foebane72 Foebane72 October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Denied WordsI have noticed a new member on the forums who is only 14. As this could be the start of a new generation of spec-chums, I would like to suggest that…

    ... words. I will get the ball rolling:-

    Feck
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…

    ... , i do know a little basic, but not much.
    10 ...
    miner_willy miner_willy October 2004 Games
  • What's wrong with YS94...Hello, I'm Steve Anderson. You might remember me from such magazines as Your Sinclair and, um, that's it. I was the one who wrote a platform game in …

    ... wrote a platform game in Basic and then attempted to explain ...
    Stevatron Stevatron October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • OT - PVRsAnyone got one? I'm interested in getting one because my VCR keeps chewing up tapes and shutting down when it tries to record - which is most unhelp…

    ... would consider getting a new, basic, VCR but frankly they are ... be to implement the most basic PVR system - simple input signal ... from SCART, basic software encoding and functionality, small ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 25 October 2004Monday 25 October 2004 A busy old month - LOADS of POKEs, new tips, maps, and some Spanish solutions! * Found a cracked title in Tipshop - Sub is n…

    ... Zero, Planet of Shades, Plasma Ball, Quondam,
    Rocman, Sabotage, Score ...
    hackersanon hackersanon October 2004 Announcements
  • Idea for site - High Score ChallengeHi all An idea for the site.. CPC Zone (cpczone.emuunlim.com) has run a sucessful High Score Challenge for the past 12 weeks.. The organiser choo…

    ... and that and set the ball rolling..

    What does ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 October 2004 Games
  • Wildly OT: Computing Today's slagging-off of PascalIn the late '70s or early '80s (at the beginning of the home-computer era anyway, just before the dawn of the Speccy), there was a mag called [I]Comp…

    ... the workspace of an interpreted BASIC program! :D Needless to say ...
    robert@fm robert@fm October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Jeff Minter - But who was YOUR first coding hero?Im still massively a fan of anything Jeff does, despite the fact he usually picks likely to die platforms. I remember in 88 when I was first discove…

    ... I suppose were really crap Basic games.

    Amongst these ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Archive Bugreports 'NONSENSE IN BASIC, 2020', component #2. Could someone please confirm

    reports 'NONSENSE IN BASIC, 2020', component #2. Could someone please confirm
    dalmudlee dalmudlee October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Once again about saving data in emulatorsI have already posted a topic asking how to save data in zx32. Now I have the same question concerning Real Spectrum emulator. I have already found o…

    ... found out how to save BASIC programs in Real Spectrum but ...
    tanium tanium October 2004 Emulators
  • im looking for this kind of games...simple, futuristic, cybernetic or whatever.. we dreamed it in the 80?s how futur would be, examples ---> vector ball, zona 0 , xeno... something in…

    simple, futuristic, cybernetic or whatever.. we dreamed it in the 80?s how futur would be,

    examples ---> vector ball, zona 0 , xeno... something in this mood..
    morning morning October 2004 Games
  • CPC 464 plus - technical help please.I set up my CPC464plus today. With a cartride inserted, it works. Without a cartridge inserted, it displays just a green screen. I have one cart, …

    ... I can either start in BASIC or play the game. The ... />
    If I start in BASIC, and try to load a ...
    thx1138 thx1138 October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Alan SugarFor all those people that want a new speccy, console, handheld, etc., NOW IS YOUR CHANCE!!!! The UK version of 'the apprentice' starts next year, an…

    ... the company & get the ball rolling.
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Free Listing Day on eBay this Thursday.Just a reminder for those that missed it. [url="http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/1tnov04/"]http://pages.ebay.co.uk/sell/1tnov04/[/url] They can be a ri…

    ... prolly list all my old BASIC programming books
    thx1138 thx1138 November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Great gag..In the early to mid 80's my brother and I would go into shops like Boots or W H Smiths which had Spectrums on display. We would type in a bit of BAS…

    ... type in a bit of BASIC code that made it look ...
    mrmessy mrmessy November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best use of colour in a spectrum gameEven though the spectrum couldn't manage individual colours per pixel like the Commodore and Amstrad, some games managed to achieve very effective fu…

    ... ?

    To start the ball rolling I nominate:

    dmsmith dmsmith November 2004 Games
  • Is there much ?Do you think there`s much cooperation, and in fact co-development now goes on within the 8-bit community.. in fact is there any? I know that`s a daf…

    ... `s a shame.

    Basic coders too, I think it ... who know a lot about Basic too, and yet I rarely ... see discussion on Basic (least `til miner_willy came)... I ... what they could offer the Basic Coder as little add ons ...
    CKay CKay November 2004 Development
  • BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…

    ... updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure!

    BASIC Manual integrated for full BASIC context sensitive ... br />
    Added - Very basic help on BASin, and the ... Drag and Drop support for BASIC files (.bas), CODE files (. ...
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana TrumanHappy 26th birthday Allana! Today I release my new game, [I]Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman[/I] (MM:N-AT), a tribute to my favourite charact…

    ... and solving physical puzzles. The basic controls are left, right, jump ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad November 2004 Games
  • Docking in EliteThis is a pretty complicated game, but I want to learn how to play it since some people think it's the best game of all time. I've got the insruction…

    ... can then see a white ball in the distance which I ...
    Spector Spector November 2004 Games
  • BASin Release 11a outHi again folks... Seems to be a short period between releases, but there were a couple of issues that needed resolving, so here's a maintenance rele…

    ... Wearmouth's changes to the BASIC manual (Paul E Collins)
    Dunny Dunny November 2004 Emulators
  • Problem with saving picture for game!Thanks for the code guys! The auto-start code is very sweet! And thanks for telling me about programming it to pick up items etc. There's only one p…

    ... also save it as a BASIC REM LINE if you compress ...
    pottyboy pottyboy November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • loading techniques I never worked outFirstly, how do games that load with LOAD "" CODE autorun? Secondly, how do you save a basic program as a CODE file (but not as BASIC compiled into …

    ... , how do you save a basic program as a CODE file ... (but not as BASIC compiled into machine code, I ... mean the actual BASIC program)?

    any help ...
    mulder mulder November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Name the (CRAP) gameI've had a heated discussion with a friend over what was the 5#!++!35+ speccy game we've ever played...he argues that it is Jet Set Willy, and I say.…

    ... like it was written in Basic...the weird thing was, the ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie December 2004 Games
  • Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…

    ... disc, but is that just basic programs or will it let ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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