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Sprite MaskingI was looking at the sprites in some games, and noticed they have sprite followed by mask. Usually a row at a time (so the mask is sort of interleave…
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The basic idea is, when copying blocks ... can jump to the next scan line in a character cell ... -
Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... game doesn't need to scroll or anything :???:
Here ... box, bright with bright or basic with basic, no mix, correct pixel ... -
Androids... everybody needs an Android. Or do they. + Bonus topic F*** OFF GoogleWell I've got a brand new phone a Sony Xperia X10 and I'm up trying to get it to sync with outlook. Its an andoid phone and on the face of it seems q…
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Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... as it was a very basic shooter.
I could ... 've got a great colour scroll and some multi coloured sprite ... -
Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…
... as it was a very basic shooter.
I could ... 've got a great colour scroll and some multi coloured sprite ... -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
... fact, if you get a Scroll prompt in a program and ... a 128 or NEW from BASIC. On opening it, it is ... -
Mr Do! ?Not exactly a new idea (at least twenty-seven years old now :-o), but how about a port of Mr Do! to the Spectrum? There was never an official one, ev…
... screen will still need to scroll vertically. This requires a buffer ... instructions will take one ULA scan-line precisely. A program can ... -
Mr Do! ?Not exactly a new idea (at least twenty-seven years old now :-o), but how about a port of Mr Do! to the Spectrum? There was never an official one, ev…
... screen will still need to scroll vertically. This requires a buffer ... instructions will take one ULA scan-line precisely. A program can ... -
Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... fails me now... I'll scan through my YS magazine scans ... is mandatory). All written in BASIC and not too shabby even ... -
Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
... so routines are the most basic building blocks that many programs ... easy to begin with a basic program library shell when starting ... - Map/collision editor
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The Programmers Development System (PDS)Hi everybody, I recall this system has been mentioned several times on WoS forums. Last time was, I think, when those sources from Maz Spork (Buggy …
... the above.
The basic specs on the Mega-Drive ... round on itself... so to scroll the screen, you only need ... />
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scroll 64,64
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Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
... sprite. You still have to scan the objects once, so that ... /> You could improve on the basic idea I provided by having ...Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
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scroll.
BGCOLOR 0x001F7708 DWORD ... DWORD Playfield 0 horizontal scroll.
PF0YSCR 0x001F7710 ... DWORD Playfield 1 horizontal scroll.
PF1YSCR 0x001F771C ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... trying to get numbes to scroll within a character cell (bottom ... is a bit flickery in BASIC, suspect this one needs MCODE ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... trying to get numbes to scroll within a character cell (bottom ... is a bit flickery in BASIC, suspect this one needs MCODE ...Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... actually poked test data using BASIC to create that simple map ... to BASIC.
Here's how I think the scroll works ...Import text files of type insThere are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run…
... never tried working from a scan, and your average OCR package ... isn't optimised for recognising Basic keywords as opposed to plain ...Import text files of type insThere are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run…
... ] routine, explained from ROM to BASIC. Ended up typing it in ... think that with a better scan resolution (mag code font was ...LCD interfacingHas anybody interfaced [url=http://mdfs.net/Info/Comp/LCD]an LCD[/url] to a Spectrum? I'm toying with putting together an interface, a small 32x8 dis…
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[CODE]; Some basic code for driving LCD alphanumeric ...
DB 06h ; set no scroll, cursor shifts right.
Sound card mysteriously vanishesSince a power outage my on board sound card hasn't been showing up in lspci or anything. It's as if it's not there. And I had a look in my BIOS since…
scan have been a total headache ... just down the road from scan.. in reality.. soo they should ... tab > device manager > scroll down to sound , video
Is converting Microdrive formats possible???Hi. First post. I'm a long-time Speccy owner, was lost, but found my way home! :D I have a Disciple as well... Now to my question, but first the …
... itself! I have attached a scan from my scribble in the ... -removed code, though with the scan-info,anyone competent could modify ... open MD.FILE's from Basic? If I knew that the ...Recursive 4-way floodfillHi guys) Shortly, I wanna find out whether there's a way to some object. Perhaps some of you have already encountered such an issue which is relativ…
... asker for I needed a BASIC scanning routine which I once ... ]5 CLS : PRINT TAB 5;"BASIC RECURSIVE FILL"
10 CIRCLE ... rather have it as a BASIC atm. Yet if my memory ... running? I mean I only scan for some 32x24 area (char ...Recursive 4-way floodfillHi guys) Shortly, I wanna find out whether there's a way to some object. Perhaps some of you have already encountered such an issue which is relativ…
... running? I mean I only scan for some 32x24 area (char ... a separate window while the BASIC runs.Recursive 4-way floodfillHi guys) Shortly, I wanna find out whether there's a way to some object. Perhaps some of you have already encountered such an issue which is relativ…
... running? I mean I only scan for some 32x24 area (char ... the recursion goes. Since this BASIC program only stores the RETURN ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... when reading a horizontal scan (Chris may confirm or ... The maximum available pixels per scan that can be hold in ... previous, inside the same scan: again a 8-bit ... moving vertically from one scan to the next ( ... to account why is Sinclair BASIC rather slow?
yeah - unix for zx spectrumI started a new hobby project. An operating system for ZX Spectrum. A unix clone. Talked to my friend about it and he asked me what if after I'm done…
... context switch. If a keyboard scan is going to need to ... can map certain combinations to basic or even ram configurable unix ...Roulette for T/S 2068Wrote a simple roulette game for my T/S 2068 years ago with some graphics and sound effects. Can anyone tell me how to save it so I can share it her…
... 't see any specific TS2068 Basic commands, therefore it should run ... you could either:
1-Scan the inlay (check any other ...The Commodore 64xI was reading my Daily Mail this morning when I espied an announcement that the Commodore 64 was back with Blu-ray drive and other accoutrements. [u…
... its unique features like HW scroll and SID but soon I ... course then that nonsense called BASIC V2 - why on Earth they ... put such an obsolete basic into a 1982 computer? Saving ...
