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Play By Mail gamesBack in the late eighties when Speccy gaming was in its heyday, I remember Play By Mail games being popular too, and a few of my mates were into them…
... in its heyday, I remember Play By Mail games being popular ... me to get into a play by mail game he was ... something! Did anyone else ever play these? -
Turning .src files in z80 source code into .tap files.Does anyone know how I might go about turning z80 source code in 5 .src files into a .tap or .tzx file so that I can play it into my Spectrum +3? …
... file so that I can play it into my Spectrum +3 ... even describe myself as a basic programmer, I don't really ... -
New "let's play" video - Disposable Hero (Amiga)Hi guys and subs to my channel, just to announce my latest "let's play" video, this time I play and review the brilliant although sadly rather unotic…
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Survey: How did you play Knight Lore?Joystick or keyboard? Directional or not? Which keys? Knight Lore lets you use pretty much every key on the keyboard to play. I'm in the later sta…
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Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…
... ) and is mostly written in BASIC.
Perfect for a ... reduced to two or three channels. Is there any upbeat, brass ... does the classic loading of BASIC as code from 16384 whilst ... -
TommyGun updatehttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwXFKYO5i1IlN2U4MUtrRVZZWUE/view?usp=sharing Hi, I have updated my TommyGun application and since we can't uplo…
... . These can be compilers (c, basic, forth), assemblers; and these are ... has been missing?
o Play button now does it all ... -
ZX Basic interpreter in the Forum Postings. It would be so nice to do this in our forums [basic line=1] 10: BORDER 1: PAPER 6 20 FOR N = 0 to 7 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday Dear Joe Bloggs…
... in our forums
[basic line=1]
10: BORDER ... .5,7: BEEP1.5
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Any basic Z80 code to get me started?Basically looking for keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would then improve upon. My first game would be a simple Ro…
... keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would ... -
My favourite b-list gamesBack in my Spectrum days I had a BASF tape. Onto this tape went all my favourite games as the years went by. It started off with Manic Miner, then Ha…
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Run Baby Run - Compiled basic Friebird game. Only slightly better ... /> Ground Attack and Orbiter - Compiled basic scramble and defender games. Ear ... pacman clone. Still fun to play now
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Something is missing from my life.I've been bandying around with the idea of why it's just not quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as it was back in the eighties. . A…
... the gaps for the most basic of games and graphics. Remember ... it that weekend and only play the accumulative library. Of course ... -
140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …
... in the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC that will fit into 140 ... of the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC syntax
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Play Expo Glasgow 11th - 12th JuneAnybody going to the Play Expo Glasgow at Braehead Arena this weekend? I'm popping along on the Saturday with redballoon jr.
Anybody going to the Play Expo Glasgow at Braehead Arena this weekend? I'm popping along on the Saturday with redballoon jr. -
TommyGun with Debugginghttp://goo.gl/HfSXev?gdriveurl Ok, so this is a pretty big release for me and I have added a lot of stuff into the code editor. Mainly of course …
... debugging (pause emulation). Pressing play will continue emulator execution.
play will reset the game ( ... -Added (missing) Boriel ZX Basic demo with all the example ... the last 5 minutes of play.
Snapshot Rewind
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Why didn't I RTFM when I was a kid?!?!?!I've just been reading this: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128Manual/sp128p09.html And it got me thinking 'Why didn't I Read The F*%…
... huge step from BEEP to PLAY, but, I never thought about ... manual and even playing 3 Channels at once would have been ... -
Some BASIC programs - may be of interest?Found these on a C15 in a bundle.. one of them is listed in the archive, I don't think the others are. I suspect these are all type ins but I don't …
... ://www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stilton.z80"]Stilton Patience[/url ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Missile-Attack.z80"]Missile Attack ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Race-Chase.z80"]Race Chase ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stock-market.z80"]Stock Market ... -
Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…
... a Polish program written in Basic.
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Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …
... ridiculously simple, as the following basic code doesn't work.
Manic Mower - 24th Anniversary editionHi everyone, I'm pleased to be able to release Manic Mower (24th Anniversary Edition). This is a remake of my **** poor 1992 original that mana…
... /> The game's still pretty basic, but I did this just ... game, and Alex Gledhill for play testing and suggestions.
bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …
... , doesn't matter) with custom basic part?
Of course ... create separate tap with basic, and later save basic+code manually. But ... have more automatic solution.
Basic will contain clear, request from ...Retro Asylum 148 - Time To Play[img]http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/148turtles.png[/img] A few weeks ago we asked our listeners what games they would like us t…
... , Mads Kristensen & Dean Swain play and review P.C Fuzz ...The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... game, despite having nothing to play it on. Oh, and ... his on some evenings to play games, he was also ... through the usual introduction to BASIC (10 PRINT "peter is ... the tapes in, pressed play and the game would be ... downstairs at 7am to play again at Donkey Kong ...So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
DEFW #2DA2 ; unstack ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... call routines in the 48-BASIC ROM, there is no need ...How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…
... import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums recognize any ...The secret of success is failure32 years ago when I first started learning to program thanks to the Speccy, I didn't worry about not getting the anticipated results. I wasn't confi…
... old 'lightbulb effect' came into play. Oh wow, I wonder if ... up my own series of Basic lessons and small programs that ...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…
... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... do I call them from BASIC ?A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…
... I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use ... routine and use it from BASIC but is this not the ... make something two player in BASIC since I use INPUT INKEY ...
