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Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... of this large size (since my Russian knowledge is basic).
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Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... works (and this may change as the implementation is completed ... groups. The first group is basic i/o, another group ... inserted. Other filters may include character set translation (think zx81), ... by fdopen would forward character output to the filter fd ... -
zx81 help neededHi, I got a ZX81 today supposedly in working order, it was for the first two minutes, but after that the keyboard produces the wrong letter, number …
... then it's unlikely your BASIC program would run.
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Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... at address 05E6. The main change I made to the routines ... binary files of any custom size, even if they're not ... via a SAVE command under BASIC? Let's say I have ... be able to send custom size binary files (rom dump, ram ... -
z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…
... If I do not myself change the UDG sysvar, it ... be the same in all BASIC programs, is that correct ... contains the address of the character set, minus 256. ... listing will use this character set. It's useful ... use the BASIN character editor to define character sets for ... -
2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…
... do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was ... routine need to check A$ character by character, do a clockwise search ... with 10 characters (unlike M$-basic where you can store 10x10 ... DIM W$(10) : REM ALWAYS SIZE 10 for ANY word in ... -
Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... wrote a BASIC 64-column font routine which generates the character set ... for each standard character and setting a half-size pattern based on ... -
Advanced Soccer SimulatorAdapted game Advanced Soccer Simulator for disk system +3DOS. Adaptation full, it is made even load/save the postponed condition of game. [URL="http…
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1. Naturally basic – preservation and loading of a ... " is added. Earlier in the basic menu it was possible to ... the disk catalogue finishing change of the size of a shipped file ... scattered mixed up with the basic code of game, therefore the ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... can't read your basic program because the character set is screwed ... memory, then copy the original character set out of ROM to ... system variables at it, then change the characters you wanted to ... listing that re-defined the character set for the game graphics ... -
Memory concerns with z88dkI've retaken my old spectrum project and sadly I've reached a dead end very fast. I'll try to explain my worst problem in a few lines. I'm not a vet…
... upward from 32768. You can change the default assembler address with ... .LIB update array for full size screen 32x24
53 ; ... map contains 10 bytes per character managed). The rotation tables are ... are using a full 256-character 'UDG' set for backgrounds. ... -
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... . just try edit a long basic line.
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character can be used to place ... when I change the paper colour?!
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The official Doctor Who threadOH MY GOD! I did [b]NOT[/b] see that coming at the end of the episode!
... consider now to be the basic Doctor's traits - compassion, ... strong willed, single minded, powerful character determined to do what he ... how little he understood the character, as in the first episode ... Davis had no right to change that. But Davis gave us ... -
Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
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[B][SIZE="5"]DELTA TAU ONE - PENETRATE ... ALIEN CONTROLLED SPACE[/SIZE]
At first sight ... to eliminate you. The basic scoring is 10 for ... br /> [I]Unfortunately the size and quality of the original ... I've done is change the black and white ... -
The Making Of Manic Miner"Matthew Smith talks us through every level of his classic platformer Sat at the very desk where it was written, Matthew Smith watches Miner Willy l…
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3) "A" returns to basic. You can run it again ... not compressed so easy to change level layouts (with an ... drawing routine!
* Only character cells which need redrawing are ... , etc.)
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Z80 compressorIs there one available? Is it any good? Peeps have been suggesting we should look into this, so here's a new thread! I'd do the compressor on the …
... is one of three (initially) basic types; ASCII text, binary data ... based on this separator character. The actual separator character (and any \r ... specify an optional fixed 'chunk size', e.g. '32' for ... series of chunks of this size. (There is no optional ... -
How do you destroy an enemy or object?Hi guys I allways wanted to know this, but how would you go about making and destroying enemies in basic or any language? What, do you use a huge ar…
... I would use a fixed size array and not bother with ... library and for data block size needing to be stored with ... is another basic option in the mojontwins four spriter for character movement ... . That will work well with boriel's basic ... -
Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... called from a simple Basic program. From Basic all you can do ... screen conversion tools and small Basic and machine code routines ... /> The program's window size keeps changing during conversion.
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My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
... -5x hand written asm in size. Additionally, sp1 is a very ... any border colour, then simply change the border with a C ... /> //Call the library function to change the border colour
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My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
... sprite of a different size than the default. ... br /> sp1_CreateSpr fixes the character height of the sprite ( ... sprite 8x8 pixels in size (one char by ... actually straddles an additional character when drawn. Eg, ... * means don't change the current graphic). ... -
New game out now: Final Fantasy ZXEver since I played the games on the SNES, I thought that it should be possible to make a strapped-down version for the Speccy. Just minus any super …
... WoS on a screen the size of a matchbox :D[/QUOTE ... I do the maths for character stats and multipliers calculating damage ... .zip]Download[/url]), a crappy BASIC demo I made (in German ... Fantasy influence. Well, a crappy BASIC demo it is but the ... -
Beepola v1.01A new version of Beepoa, v1.01, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/Beepola_v1.01.00.zip[/URL] (650KiB) …
... drums in MS are quite basic.
[QUOTE=Mister Beep ... ... Aren't you tempted to change one or several bit of ... first to finish all the basic features and fix any bugs ... code to keep the code size to a minimum for game ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... to put more than one character at a time anyway. (I ... getting put into the ZX BASIC routine library, I'll take ... :
1> print a character anywhere. (This does need to ... > A good compromise on size and speed for a fill ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... and or subroutines for ZX BASIC - and that really means ... /> ;save off Counter, Address of Character Data, Screen Address, Screen Address ... to split the Rotated Character Data over a Character boundary
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How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... Elliott;448089]In +3 BASIC, the bitmaps also live in ... 10 ;print current character
inc hl ;increment character pointer
... ret
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Arrays in asm ?Just following the idea to make the menu entirely in asm, how can i handle arrays in asm to store the each game loader to be loaded ? thx in advance
... i use the cursors to change the selection from one line ... am ? Maybe printing some special character at the end of each ... ?
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Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... good balance between speed and size, if you do want to ... colour clashes - imagine Printing a Character to position 6,6 and ... the Attributes of 4 different Character Locations! If you really have ... than what's in the BASIC manual - though the thought occurs ... -
Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... main sprites at this size - and all of ... -shifted blocks as you change screen or something.
character grid of 64X48. ... certainly has to have character square movement beaten hands ... pixel steps to save size, and were quite successful ... -
1K ZX81 "Chariddy" games competition mate..I'm trying to put together a Cronosoft 1K ZX81 gamestape in the style of the old "JK GREYE" 10 games tape that I remember owning about 28 years ago. …
... get rid of the Newline character which would be executed as ... a fairly simple fix; just change the 22 to a 16 ... 's possible to write a BASIC program that can also be ... in mind that the ZX81 character set is rather different to ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... a machine code double height character printing routine. I know this ... write a double height character routine in BASIC that is as quick ... of memory to store the character maps.
Anyway, ... The first program creates the character maps based on the set ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... a machine code double height character printing routine. I know this ... write a double height character routine in BASIC that is as quick ... of memory to store the character maps.
Anyway, ... The first program creates the character maps based on the set ...
