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Best Type-In GamesWhat type in programs did you think the end result was worth the effort of typing them in? Even though most of them were not of the quality of com…
... very short Lunar Lander type game in INPUT that ...
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Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
... To load games of this type, all you have to do ... is type LOAD "" CODE - as ... keyboard, and how it tokenises BASIC keywords, however, you should ... or the Control key. Check the emulator help for the ... have trouble getting this type of game to load ... -
speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
... game on it - some adventure-type-in-commands thing. We both ... better and had alot better basic. theres also a graphics mode ... in total if you wanna check them out:
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what features?.............hi there, what features would you like to make emulators even better? :)
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My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... high res modes.
The basic idea is that the default ... understand working as a monitor type program and be able to ... top of memory, with a variable starting point making the selection ... -
New commands workingSE Basic is no longer being developed.
... reproduce, simply select 128 basic,
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10 print rnd ... is still lowercase like a variable. and when you run program ... you will get "undefined variable" error.
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Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
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Arda, cyborg is right. Basic is a linear system. So ... of a nonconformist/inventor type. This is real unorthodox ... 're just writing a basic program to listen to ... mode, or goto 128 basic type USR 0 and then load ... t remember. You can check and see or just turn ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... There's a simple basic one for beginners which ... title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant ... exciting. could even use compiled basic.
okay, but ... were some sort of variable that says game=0 ... can do manic miner type games, if the sprite ...Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…
... be detected by the memory check - only the memory activity of ... one of the basic routines which you can type in and leave ...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?
... music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games ... why again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... to get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask ... .... It depends on the type of person you are...[/quote ... throwing links at me to check out about the goings- ...where to find ql gameshi, where can i find sinclair ql games ?? please reply by mail n.
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AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…
... "" CODE the same as Sinclair BASIC, but it allows you to ... prompt.
Similarly with type-in programs, you can copy ... text into BASin and then check for errors using the emulation ...BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…
... doesn't force a syntax check when you press return, but ... rather keeps a running check on your syntax as you ... .
It's one BASIC statement per line - typing a ... pressing return allows you to type a new line in. I ...Retro Gamer and Type-InsWell, Retro Gamer is apparently looking out for some good type-ins to include on its cover CD (maybe, ok?). They'd like some from WoS, and I thought …
... as I understand they want type-ins from a magazine or ... games there. Impressive demonstration of BASIC programming.
GOC: Mega ... archives, so I couldn't check it out.
Thanks ...Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... match any screen modewith any type of sprites (hi res or ... when i've made some basic games or something, colour clash ... screens and everything correct, i check over and over and over ...Hi Folks - message from Pitcalc manWow - only just come across this site - very impressive indeed. I'm amazed at how well Spectrum emulators etc. have developed (just downloaded Z80)si…
... like key-words, just type in 128K BASIC mode.
And ... emul's power You can check out while demos working. And ...Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
... work in 128k with Hisoft Basic too. also a while back ... . maybe You'd like to check out Screen Machine's demo ... to explore.
for type-in adventures i guess it ...How do I know if I have Sasser virus?Ask a silly question, but how do I know if I have the Sasser virus? I use Windows XP Home. Thanks! (I have Norton Antivirus, updated 3rd May - a…
... . Even the very basic Windows XP Firewall blocks these type of attacks ... be OK..
Also check for LSASS.EXE errors in ...Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…
... . It's from the book, "BASIC & FORTH in Parallel" by ... 'some' knowledge of BASIC ) as it takes BASIC examples and shows how ... can do that goes beyond BASIC. I happen to like Forth ... listings? You type them in and double, triple, quadruple check them, and ...Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…
... be rich rich rich. Check out Jonathan's entry ... it together using some type of coding or pseudo ... was kind enough to type up the instructions for ... more powerful BASIC like Laser Basic or Beta Basic among others ... and recalling SCREEN$, and basic things like that that ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... games and if you check out Jonathan's minigame ... they also made a Basic Lightning for doing games ... think the Spectrum needed a Basic Lightning, since IDEAL can ... as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.
[ ... like HURG and that type of thing and it ...Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and ...
then use a short BASIC prog:
10 ... object. A player could type in something like "pick ... multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me ... it is stored in a variable. If the command matches ...Input Magazine Type ins...I remember writting out the input magazine type in programs at school so as to input them at home, though the one that i realy wanted most was teh ad…
... could be saved as a basic listing, and slapped onto a ... , as you couldn't spell check basic!!! and it would take longer ... finding scanning errors, than to type it all out again!!New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... BASIC.
Sinclair BASIC, although very powerful for application type ... type-casting for variables. What do you compile as for a variable ... ? Integer? Word? Float? There's no way to tell from BASIC ... using only compiled BASIC with no extensions!< ...Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…
... the lottery number-picker ZX BASIC program, caused by running it ... the 3-byte FRAMES system variable is copied to the system ... . How often is the system variable FRAMES updated?
A ... includes FRAMES.
If I type RUN within around a couple ...Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
... interest - how slow is BASIC for what I am ...
[quote]I recall a type in listing years ago that ... faster raw Z80 is than BASIC. Copying such data would ... a long time for BASIC to to its interpretation ... would recommend it. Also check out the Z80 stuff here ...
