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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?
... 's better etc etc" .... make up your minds. many of you ... . last time i brought it up was when that dumb ass ... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true ... to have a better all-round presentation on the machine, because ... -
Retro Remakes competition results... I won 3rd place... woop woop!1st Place - SWIV - coded in Delphi with some game lib. 2nd Place - R-Tronic - created in MultiMedia Fusion (I think). 3rd Place - Impossaball - cre…
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Forgotten hardwareDuring the mid-eighties I became aware of a new hardware platform which I believe was released by Sinclair, it was obviously unsuccessful as I?ve not…
... was capable of displaying up to 256 colours on ... sound. although it's basic seems tobe very similar ... to spectrum basic, and probably better. spectrum basic can be ... and is easy for spectrum basic programmers to use. if ... the most capable all-round 8-bit and the ... -
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…
... /> Tried BASin? Might be right up your street.
up an object. A player ... and the character will pick up the axe, no matter ... multiple action descriptions, but BASIC will only let me use ... know how to get round this problem? I'm ... -
Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…
... a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic.
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Stupid Question... but: BMP2SCRI have downloaded bmp2scr, and produced a couple of pictures in the hires formats, I can see that there are 3 binary files, a red,green,and blue, how…
... is actually the other way round - you need to specially generate ... get good results in 128K Basic by saving the screens into ... RAMdisk and then loading them up in sequence. Anything more advanced ... 'Bytes:' messages screwing the display up). R80 happens to be a ... -
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…
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OT : Camputers LYNXAnybody got one of these - or any info on it. Managed to pick a couple up recently and am trying to decide what to do with em. Cheers
The basic is woefully slow - but it' ... bit limited the first time round with only 8 colours, but ... a user show and picked up a few games including Delta ... -
School SpeccysLook, i know you guys had Spectrums in school (only fair, you guys had to wear uniforms, we didn't) I'm 15. We have crappy macs. Sooooo what games di…
... for things like writing up text and doing basic charts. The big ... either mind, so swings and round-abouts :)
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Probs with PC can anyone help ???I'm having problems with my computer so have to write this email at work. My machine at home is giving me real problems and I wondered if anyone can …
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The basic reason for defrag failing is ... /> Of course the easy way round this problem is not to ... . Hardware normally fails on boot up when power is first supplied ... -
"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]
... that and not back it up with reasons.
And anyway ... think you'll find many round here agreeing with you.
The Spectrum Basic was miles better the C64 ... basic. Writing anything for the C64 ... -
"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]
... and not back it up with reasons.
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The Spectrum Basic was miles better the C64 ... recorder... Speccy basic WAS better than c64 basic..but again.. ... speccy was a sooped up calculator that relied on ... -
Retro gaming/gaming history quiz!!!Located here [url="http://retro-traders.com/"]http://retro-traders.com/[/url] I must warn you some questions are HARD I even got some wrong after w…
... that BBC users often use BASIC (which was marked wrong) ... - is BBC BASIC not famous?
BBC Basic is famous but because it ...
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PS2 Resident Evil 4!!Just played the PS2 demo of RE4....fantastic!! Anybody else played it yet?
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total eclipse remake.myself and the ovine boyo's are currently doing a remake of total eclipse , the old freescape game. its early days yet but here's a few w.i.p shots …
... - it's one thing to up the resolution, adjust the colours ... instead of a round guy... but messing with the basic physics is ... -
What were the most addictive games?You dont seem to experience the same level of addiction with modern day games like you did with Spectrum games, or maybe that was just because it was…
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Chuckie Egg: Basic jump around puzzly goodness.
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... /> I tend to pick things up very quickly. If I find ... can't get my head round something within a week or ... on. Hence going with the basic suggestion and introduce machine code ... /> But I am going the basic route with the spectrum because ... -
SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
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[INDENT]This is a BASIC program which appears in a ... each copy is made up of records 0,78,79 ... very difficult to be backed up to tape.[/INDENT]
... [INDENT]There's no way round this, but you need to ... ]
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NEW games for you chaps (and girls too) ;-)Okie, did some .TAP versions of NEW original games that were only released on TRDOS disk format. Some of you might have seen some (one or two are eve…
... a TRD and convert the BASIC loader to a TAP ... loader is contained in the BASIC one so we need to ... at $66FF (26367) so our BASIC loader needs to CLEAR 26366 ... 'cos it's a nice round number). It then loads the ... other words, we end up with a BASIC loader like this:
Screen$ disappearanceGreetings to all developers :D As you know, I have been playing around with Professional Adventure Writer and was making a few tests in the adventur…
... the first bit of basic after your screen. This ... br />
To get round this you MUST use the ... loads up, you'll find that the bit of basic immediately ... You have replaced that basic file with your own version ... tool to remove that basic program from the tape. ...New Spectrum Game! Cannon BubbleAs some of you already know, our new game "Cannon Bubble" is available to download in our web page! Go get it and don't forget to tell us what you th…
... change of plan -- I ended up hacking the tape version instead ... couldn't get my head round some of the +3 loader ... can't face converting the BASIC loader and all 9 blocks ... cleanest hack; I ended up dumping all the code after ... I'll still tidy it up and create a +D ...Database + web programming queryI was thinking of the best way to implement the a book type-ins database thingy, and I thought something along these lines would be nice and simple: …
... host that supports PHP - round here, that probably means ... just as easy as Basic to pick up, incidentally, and if ... i.e. a string of up to 255 chars)
publisher ... the same as the basic plain-text approach, except ... that easy to pick up unless you already had ...Some more off-topic questions...Just some more things I wonder about, especially when I can't sleep (I hate insomnia)... 1) Do jet packs actually exist? You never see them, even…
... known that the Earth was round going back to ancient Greece ... know that they were moving. Basic inertia, no opposing forces are ... one might say...hey hold up!! and he might yell back ... ....huh?? you hold up!!!
A good example ...128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
... power it up, dows the menu say +3 BASIC or 128 BASIC? If ... , or is it a small round thing with a single hole ...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…
... -wide properties including level, current round, global variable pool, etc
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up all over the place, hence ... end of string "s". The basic equivalent to this would be ...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…
... and development phase of each round. The "struct plot" (from plot ... /> ...
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First up a few variables are initialized ... anything normally done in Sinclair basic, but you should be starting ...SupadriveHere's an MDR image of Supadrive. Works with Spectaculator, but I haven't tested it with any other emulators. [url="http://www.superfudge.demon.co.u…
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[INDENT]This is a BASIC program which appears in a ... each copy is made up of records 0,78,79 ... very difficult to be backed up to tape.[/INDENT]
... [INDENT]There's no way round this, but you need to ... ]
3. Finish up
[INDENT]If ...New Spectrum GameAs some of you may be aware I've been busy working on a Shoot-Em-Up Designer utility for the past few weeks. As the program is pretty much there now…
... , for those who struggle with BASIC loaders. You'll need to ... can even add up to 3 effects - multicoloured chasers round the border ...New Spectrum GameAs some of you may be aware I've been busy working on a Shoot-Em-Up Designer utility for the past few weeks. As the program is pretty much there now…
... , for those who struggle with BASIC loaders. You'll need to ... can even add up to 3 effects - multicoloured chasers round the border ...Interface 1 emulation issuesFor Virtual Spectrum v3.0 I am implementing virtual Interface 1 and Interface 2 options! The I/F2 ROM option works already, and I have got the I/F1 s…
... way through with "Nonsense in BASIC". Normal speed loading works fine ... see EightyOne appears to lock-up. However, if you check the ... grow and grow). I gave up at 1.25Gb!!! :o
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