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  • Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…

    ... /> My BASIC attempt rather quickly ran out of memory (too many UDGs, custom ... , because of snippets from other BASIC dialects, however the real nerve ...
    NRA NRA January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…

    ... br /> Profiling of your BASIC code to identify speed ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and variable. ... files, and will rip BASIC and UDGs from both, including 128k ...
    Assembler/Debugger - very basic at the moment, but should ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2005 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…

    ... br /> Profiling of your BASIC code to identify speed ... expressions in speccy BASIC. Can use any BASIC construct and variable. ... files, and will rip BASIC and UDGs from both, including 128k ...
    Assembler/Debugger - very basic at the moment, but should ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…

    ... be used generally by a basic program) so when I want ... bog standard 48K Sinclair basic.

    Many thanks

    Mark ...
    Toxitalk Toxitalk May 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy

    Hi Folks,

    Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC?

    Many thanks

    Paddy
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…

    ... would have been awesome. For many games I would have paid ... probably convert the graphics into UDGs (would involve a lengthy "please ... , though.
    [/QUOTE]Dunny, how many UDGs are available? I am doing ... relevant tile data into 4 UDGs (A,B,C,D), Then ...
    48K 48K February 2007 Development
  • 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…

    ... =Rickard;382426]I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded ... have to save out the Basic part to some format and ... fine, but I see no BASIC listing.)[/QUOTE]

    Pop ... create one. Then SAVE "BASIC": SAVE "UDGS" CODE USR"A",168
    Dunny Dunny September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …

    ... way: To play samples using Basic would be like reducing the ... a sound digitiser/player in Basic many years ago, thinking I could ... intended to be accessible from Basic. It's an undocumented feature ... from machine code. The commands Basic offers can only use the ...
    zxbruno zxbruno May 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy

    ... bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC?

    Many thanks

    Paddy ... link will compile with HiSoft BASIC, whereas there's no compiler ...
    chev chev August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…

    ... methods for using UDGs in BASIC?[/quote]

    UDGs are kind of ... a custom font and 128 UDGs.

    [quote]Is it ... any handy tools for designing UDGs[/QUOTE]
    There are heaps ...
    chev chev June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…

    ... in custom fonts in BASIC.[/QUOTE]

    UDGs and fonts both ... suggest you dip into the BASIC manual, specifically the +3 version ...
    chev chev June 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • Ben Heck modifies a Zee X Spectrum.Gahh, one of the differences between Americans and Europeans right there in the title. Anyway, we know better ;) ...and this isn't about that anyway.…

    ... is between SE BASIC IV and OpenSE BASIC?

    Many thanks
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman July 2014 Hardware
  • Usefullness of program listings in magazinesEarly computing magazines had printouts of program listings. I always felt this was a nice thing in that you might read the code and learn something,…

    ... almost everything was made on BASIC. Then, most people realized ... problems. Most programs were BASIC using UDGs, so no problem there ... began to submit programs with BASIC and machine code mixups ... dumps. They still published BASIC programs and utilities (mostly ...
    Zup Zup September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…

    You can have as many UDGs as will fit into RAM, but they can only be addressed in banks of 21. Just change the UDG pointer at 23675/6 to address the bank that you want to use.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • ZXUDGedit - Android app for making UDGsHello I made a little Android app for creating 8x8 Spectrum UDGs very quickly. It produces a binary file that can be loaded straight into a Spectrum…

    ... view". The user specifies how many UDGs wide & high the sprite ... the sprite made up of UDGs, if a user clicks a ...
    textvoyage textvoyage April 2017 Software
  • creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…

    ... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ... cant remember how to make UDGs.

    the way I ...
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree April 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Printing UDGs in BASICAfter looking a little through Winer Milly's code, it struck me that I might be able to speed up my Cybernoid editor by replacing: FOR a=0 TO 31: PR…

    ... A STRING OF THE 32 UDGs I WANT PRINTING]"

    BASIC program in a Text Editor ... (TextMate with a Sinclar Basic plugin).

    EDIT:
    UDGs.
    ...makes sense? :-)

    48K 48K March 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • SE Basic IV 4.1 Buffy previewSE Basic IV 4.0 Anya was released back in December 2012. You can read about it here: [url]http://cheveron.github.io/sebasic4/[/url] But here's some …

    ...
    * A fork of OpenSE BASIC.
    * Supplied with FUSE (> ... BASIC 78 standard. It still retains many of the characteristics of OpenSE BASIC ... it easier to deal with UDGs and BLOCK graphics, in ... number keys and mapping the UDGs to the equivalent letter ...
    chev chev July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic?how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r only supposed to be 21 but is there a way of getting more in basic? i know its doable…

    ... i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there ... way of getting more in basic? i know its doable in ... do i do sprites in basic?
    digital digital August 2017 Development
  • TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…

    ... properly in all or as many browsers as possible.
    ... Sprites, Screen$, Characters, and UDGs. It currently includes an Image ... will not contain a basic interpreter/compiler or anything like ... this purpose and already support many different modes. The Commodore ...
    Sadako Sadako July 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... including multiple action descriptions. In many text adventure games, there were ... many ways to do an action ... have multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me use ... the command matches one of many words, it will then go ...
    pottyboy pottyboy November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • !Warning Vapourcompo! A BASIC competition with a twistI have an Idea for a Games compo with a twist, 1. BASIC because I don't Know Machine Code (selfis reason I know :) ) 2. The actual game is supplied …

    ... a twist,

    1. BASIC because I don't Know ... unplayable without the sprites or ::UDGs:: (ducks from flames)
    and ...
    guesser guesser March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASin Release 13 is now availableI'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is now available at [url="http://homepage.ntlw…

    ... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
    Added - 128k Snapshot saving - many thanks to BadBeard and Marko ... 't lose the last two UDGs.
    Added - RAMDisk commands to ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Emulators
  • BASin Release 13 is now available[unashamedly x-posted from Emulators forum] I'm still at it. BASin is now in it's 13th incarnation (disregarding the inter-version updates) and is …

    ... that you can create your BASIC programs with consummate ease.
    Added - 128k Snapshot saving - many thanks to BadBeard and Marko ... 't lose the last two UDGs.
    Added - RAMDisk commands to ...
    Dunny Dunny January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum BASIC Programs listings MagazinesHi to all, I'm an Italian newbie of this forum, but i know this site since long time ago. I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of …

    ... .
    I am an old BASIC Programming Magazines collector (and of ... saw you have so many scans on BASIC programming magazine in the ... Italian Magazine which has published many BASIC programs for Spectrum and others ...
    Bimbo72 Bimbo72 May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... to continue producing MULEs, the basic workhorse of plot developments. No ... be generated in just 256 UDGs. Instead plot graphics must be ... multiple lines (you can store many lines in a string, with ... 's explained, even for the basic people. The code will only ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • Can someone ID this Basic listingthe basic is on [url=http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/review_soundcard.html]this page[/url] at the bottom, I think it could from an Oric? Never having …

    the basic is on [url=http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/review_soundcard.html]this page[/url] at the bottom, I think it could from an Oric?

    Never having an Oric I would not know for sure, or what BASIC it is from.

    many thanks!
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) February 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    SINCLAIR BASIC Keyword Reference

    The ... Mode : Keypress

    Sinclair BASIC has several modes of entry ... colours within strings in a BASIC listing.

    ... in March 2008.
    Many thanks to Dunny for providing ...
    icabod icabod March 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • I want to learn basic.My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted. Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start.…

    My apologies if this sort of thread has been posted.

    Anyhoot I would like to start programming in sinclair basic. But I have no idea where to start. I lost my original manuals many many moons ago :S
    Countvarg Countvarg May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • 48k disk basicWhen trying to use the CP/M colossal cave adventure .DSK file at [URL="http://www.alchemistresearch.co.uk/"]the CP/M section of this site[/URL] I got…

    ... comes up as "48K Disk BASIC IMC 1985/88", which I ... was quite surprised by how many BASIC extension programs are on WoS ...
    Jimmy Jimmy June 2008 MIA/STP/SDP
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