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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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Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…
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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…
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WYE Compiler Infoi wonder that nobody knows about this masterpiece... for example games BLUE THUNDER or some of AUTOMATA games were compiled by this tool... it is lim…
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Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …
... that writing a PC-based BASIC compiler for the Spectrum would ... already exists commands for drawing sprites, etc.).
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Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…
... finished Sprite Machine and Spectrum Sprites for spectrum, and still need ... final official version of Blitz Basic because I heard it is ... . Now they only do Blitz Basic for Windows. Bah. Also got ... -
Finishing my Ragnar game...Hi all, Way back then, in my youth, I worked on a game for the Speccy called "Ragnar", which was a 3d isometric style mcoded game written from scrat…
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SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
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Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …
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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…
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ImageType currently implements Sprites, Screens, Tiles, Character Sets ... /> Tool currently implements the basic paint toolset, and image ... to create and some basic painting tools.
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... hard to modify for wider sprites.
Timing for 32 ... ;Preserve IY for return to BASIC
LD (SPSTORE),SP ;Preserve ... are used. One for shifted sprites,
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Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... game you have 5-8 basic enemies you draw them by ... i suppose five or six sprites on screen is enough.
IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
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16000 cycles for 32x32 sprites allows around 4 per frame ... done to take care of flicker, shearing, clipping or colour ...The Perils Of WillySorry if this is a really obvious question, but did anyone ever convert the V20 Perils of Willy to the Speccy?
... an assembler I wrote in BASIC on the CPC which was ... trying to decompress CPC+ HW sprites in a limited frame time ...3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
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@ Dunny, Basic is indeed great for short ... capable... like any coder though, basic or MC, it was about ... of going from a confident Basic coder to a crap MC ... `s giving me hardware scrolling, sprites etc etc
Although ...3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... of going from a confident Basic coder to a crap MC ... an abyss - the jump from BASIC to Machine Code - I know ... screen code, then some simple sprites, and double buffering of screens ... won't look back at BASIC!Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
... am getting major "tearing", or flicker. I have used IM2 so ... /> LD B,30 ; 30 Ball sprites
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PUSH BC ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... enhanced basic by Glen Cook (who did a program called Sprites Alive ... and through (except for the basic program for the menus etc ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... 2 AND Spectrum Sprites and found out the Sprites program for ... as the individually released Spectrum Sprites. Wasted money. I'd ... enhanced basic by Glen Cook (who did a program called Sprites Alive ... t know better. Pixel smooth Sprites and scrolling, etc. Really ...Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…
... the same time to avoid flicker I am confused about
flicker.
So, to create flickerless sprites you just ... , erase the bits of any sprites that were on that line ...8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... /> Despite not having the hardware sprites etc etc, if anything was ... ... jeez, over 440K (approx) of Basic to play with, 4 distinct ... colours, Amazing sound quality, Best Basic EVER - beating even most 16 ...making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…
... been lots of good compiled BASIC games too - FRANK ... compiling a text adventure. BASIC is very, very ... be able to use Sprites (or any pixel by ... and the Amiga - Dark BASIC, Blitz BASIC etc etc.
... development language or compiled BASIC nowadays, you'll get ...Sprite Graphics TutorialHi everyone, Would like some feedback on the following: I am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to best program and implement …
... routines for masked wrap around sprites, so I will send you ... to explain the raster and flicker avoidance.
2. Screen ...Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
... on from Cyborg's comments, flicker can be avoided by either ... the screen are where the sprites move around in, then you ... routine has finished drawing the sprites before the raster gets back ... in which to draw your sprites. Timing's vary slightly between ...Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
... all sprites, repeat... you will see a huge amount of flicker. ... This is because the time needed to erase all sprites ... If you care about eliminating flicker totally, you can do what ... not give a damn about flicker. Surprisingly, many Spectrum games ...OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... were in place to avoid flicker on the Speccy can be ... of shifting necessary when drawing sprites etc. So although you have ...
