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  • Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…

    ... it's slow in regular basic although I compiled the program ... on the other hand goes fast and i don't seem ... mistaken, so it's very fast. )

    I disagree ... well and be more than fast enough. the only thing about ... that's because it's Basic and it's doing ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... /> So for a very naff BASIC implementation, you would:

    I suspect that your BASIC probably doesn't allow this ... , your emulation will go nowhere fast.

    Again, see the ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Development
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... your question about the BASIC. As far as I ... far, the best BASIC (it was fast, had loads of functions ... and the worst was Commodore BASIC, in which, apart from ... in comparison to the other BASIC adaptations. I seem to ... recall that the BASIC got better with the ...
    GOC GOC September 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... the crummybore64 had a pathetic basic and was hopeless at non ... 1571 disk drive was as fast as a tape loading....
    biolaboy biolaboy September 2004 Games
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... DOS based, and run ridiculously fast, or have a crap user ... ask, well, with the four basic building blocks of ANY true ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers September 2004 Games
  • 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…

    ... they also made a Basic Lightning for doing games ... the Spectrum needed a Basic Lightning, since IDEAL can ... be used in Basic programs also and the ... more than half as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.

    basic by Glen Cook (who ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... (before it crashes) with Laser BASIC, design hundreds of identical 3D ... to create mind-blowing multicolour, fast paced smooth action games with ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2004 Development
  • New Turbo-Load version of Tales From A Parallel UniverseNot very interesting to most, but I know some of you still use 'real' Spectrums. While fiddling around with a program I created ages ago to build c…

    ... reason why it's so fast to load. It's so ... WOS. If you check the BASIC loader you'll see I ... second block and returns to BASIC at line 30 once loading ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks October 2004 Games
  • can someone make manic miner in b.a.s.i.c (oh, the horrors!)can someone make manic miner (or it's first level) in b.a.s.i.c . yes i know this is stupid, but i would like to know what would happen! from matthew

    That`s remarkably fast for basic, pleasantly surprised, although it`s very very tricky to control and it doesn`t seem to wanna jump when your not pressing left orright first/ at same time.
    CKay CKay October 2004 Games
  • Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …

    ... /> You have to completely disable fast loading to get it to ... back into BASIC for some reason (if you leave fast loading on ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle November 2004 Games
  • 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…

    ... game which will win COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO
    [/quote]
    fast though - is pretty painful at ... two and a half decent BASIC games. If that's really ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... games written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I ... ) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some ... White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll ... does not produce very fast code but has a plethora ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... /> [quote]
    The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... a graphics module to provide fast drawing, scrolling, etc. And ... compiler, not the BASIC.

    Sinclair BASIC, although very ... smooth sprites using only compiled BASIC with no extensions!
    ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... -iterate that the implementation of BASIC provided by Sinclair is in ... , a graphics module to provide fast drawing, scrolling, etc. And you ... that a game requires smooth, fast sprites, scrolling and music. Why ...
    Rael Rael March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... that a game requires smooth, fast sprites, scrolling and music. Why ... The Quill or PAW with BASIC?

    Tell you what ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • Help me with something important here pleaseHello everybody, I was wondering if anybody could help me. I'm trying to load a "picture" from the real tape into emulator. I used to create many …

    ... are required to produce the BASIC keyword "LINE"?

    (No ... original Rubber keyboard).

    Fast as you like...

    monty.mole monty.mole March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... best suited for a Speccy Basic game, the M-Coders can ... many sprites or how fast a compiled basic game `could` be, but ... anything in basic (even compiled), or that arcade games require fast movement ... well suited to compiled speccy basic, such as the old early ...
    CKay CKay March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... qualms.

    As for BASIC games... does anyone know what ... game that doesn't need fast speed/smooth sprites etc.
    fast indeed. To most games players ... the resultant games WERE compiled BASIC.

    The Spectrum has ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers April 2005 Development
  • Why emulators are not as good as the real thingI think I remember thx1138 saying before that emus didn't cut it for him. Well, I agree. They are good fun, and I got into the Speccy for a second ti…

    ... see the Speccy reset to basic in the familiar way it ... of mood usually ill just fast foward coz lets face it ...
    Speckled10 Speckled10 June 2005 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... news) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some neat ... still believe that what a BASIC program lacks is speed which ... White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll try ... , which does not produce very fast code but has a plethora ...
    radastan radastan July 2005 Development
  • Disable BREAK 128 basicDoes anyone know how to prevent BREAK in 128k basic?

    ... of preventing a BREAK into BASIC but they crash the machine ... hold of a BASIC compiler, either HiSoft BASIC or ZIP BASIC compiler and ... use that. No breaks, nice n fast ... . The +3 version of HiSoft BASIC is very good. :)
    absorbentgnome absorbentgnome July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... old recorder... Speccy basic WAS better than c64 basic..but again..this ... 1/4" disks.
    The Basic is part of the machine ... were a very reliable and fast data storage unit.
    [quote ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2005 Games
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