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Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... onto the screen. Despite the sprites graphically occupying 2x2 characters, ... which is automatically called for sprites not needing any rotation. ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
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Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
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To use a Basic analogy, imagine having to write ... a Basic program where every 3 statements ... every branch taken in your Basic code takes exactly the ... the problems with providing multicolour sprites are similar (though easier to ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
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Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... its 32 sprites, and multi channel sound. The BASIC-G language looks ... of the best versions of BASIC I've seen, with labels ... numbers, interrupt driven sprites and keyboard handling from BASIC, and windows. With ... -
Tough paging questionOK... Take this: 1. We have a program compiled and run from within GENS under a Pentagon 128K environment. 2. The program works perfectly. 3. We sav…
... 've read the wrong data (sprites whose coordinates are stored in ... the program breaks up with BASIC from line 1. It does ... not access any BASIC feature, it disables interrupts and ... not designed to return to BASIC.
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Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…
... be adding any AMOS or basic style coding to TommyGun, mainly ... graphics for levels and characters(sprites) and sounds are the difficult ... -
Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…
... a character code, with sprites floating over top of these ... . Dunny mentions that the basic is translated into assembler and ... New Basic keywords could be invented to read joysticks, mice, move sprites ... be a way to specify Basic keywords and assembly functions ... -
Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…
... you to reference the tiles, sprites etc in your program from ... a supplied language such as BASIC or a hybrid. This also ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... into the blockiness of the sprites and the abuse of the ... of memory to store detailed sprites ??). In fact, the C64 architecture ... slap a scrolling background w/sprites on the screen, exploit the ... talking about a computer whose BASIC doesn't even have a ... -
Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... game, which was written in BASIC, i detected platforms from color ... ". Screen should be drawn from sprites using information about level. Collision ... , screen routines are slow (in BASIC). How to create model: for ... -
Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... 're building each screen using 16x16 pixel tiles. You're already ... only as a "mask" so sprites could pass behind background objects ... -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... are talking absolute rubbish. Spectrum BASIC acted as a stepping stone ... what the first two letters BASIC stand for? "Beginners All- ... logic are covered by Commodore BASIC too, anything else isn't ... way that some people claim sprites do? Nope.
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... logic are covered by Commodore BASIC too, anything else isn't ... way that some people claim sprites do? Nope.
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
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You learn Spectrum BASIC and get two commands; border ... with what was learnt in BASIC. Commodore BASIC sucks, but at the ... you make the transition from BASIC expert to novice machine code ... just a matter of slapping sprites on the screen and using ... -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... characters and 4 attributes, getting 16x16 pixels tiles. Is this the ... 're going to have fixed 16x16 patterns there is no benefit ... could just have a small basic tile unit with no more ... shouldn't be an issue (16x16 seems a little large for ... -
Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
... 't seem very impressive: no sprites, those awful rubber keys, crappy ... inexpensive, it has a superior BASIC, it doesn't occupy a ... -
Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... the same. mentioning hardware sprites to argue that it will ... can be drawbacks. Sometimes software sprites are better in certain situations ... to something comparable. Software sprites on the C64 with its ... when i've made some basic games or something, colour ... -
1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)
... with all the features like sprites, background, sounds, to make it ... . i think it will do Basic, C, Z80asm, and Forth is ... to manually drag tiles, place sprites in position, select properties and ... -
1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)
... the translation of DithvIDE to Basic, but it must be a ... around for some C to Basic converters for you a long ... TommyGun, the part to create sprites/ maps/ tiles/ udgs/ character sets ... know how to code ( either Basic, C, asm - and probably Spectra ... -
T.I.M. - A New Interlace - Demo for DOWNLOADHere's something that's been in the works for quite a while ( mostly in my head ) and recently I've aquired assistance to help it come to fruition. …
... makes it impractical for a basic 48K machine. However it is ... is out, but doing the sprites only or small parts of ... can be done on a basic 48K.
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Martianoids Map Editor Yup, I`ve managed to get instructions written it`s now ready for downloading at [url="http://www.angelfire.com/retro/carcass/index.htm"]www.angelf…
... to write it in AMOS Basic for the Amiga - no memory ... to write an editor in BASIC,
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EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
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256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
... locate and re-colour the sprites without too much hassle, I ... /> Sometimes, the sprites are stored in 8x8 or 16x16 cells, while the ... -
256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
... /> Sometimes, the sprites are stored in 8x8 or 16x16 cells, while the ... and can only locate the sprites, but not the backgrounds. :( I ... -
Any coders in need of a graphic artist?Is there anyone working on a game thats needs some graphics doing?
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256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
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256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
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new games you want?some questions about games for Speccy you want to see/play: 1. type? (strategy, action etc) 2. maybe sequel of some cool old game? ;) 3. 48k/128k? 4…
... it amounted to hastily rendered sprites, or even worse, slight improvement ... any noticable improvement to the basic game mechanics.
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Print 'n' Plotter SPRITE MACHINEJust got this from an ebay seller this afternoon. I just TZXd it and sent it to the Steve at the vault, yet it might be a while before it gets put up…
... work in 128k with Hisoft Basic too. also a while back ... using altered characters/udgs or sprites to print over a screen ...
