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Pocket Clive - 2 QuestionsHello, I've just started using Pocket Clive on my iPaq pocket PC, excellent emulator BTW. 1. I have just wrote a small BASIC program to randomly pi…
... previous post, then the sprites start to flicker.
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What new game to write...Now that Dominetris is out I'm wondering what to set about coding-up next... ...So I'm asking what kind of new games are people wanting to play? A …
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how about using massive sprites whose individual pixels were actually ... set symbols which divided the basic sqaure into four...
speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …
... , but is very compatible with BASIC commands.
Both of ... run. (remember to save your BASIC source code beforehand !)
Sprites, though it's not the ...Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
... and starting again (e.g sprites, scrolling etc). I think i ... how I will do the sprites etc[/B]
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[B ...What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…
... the C64's POKE riddled BASIC, and of course the ... port, specific hardware for sprites and scrolling, and a ... Spectrum has s superb BASIC, a manual that wasn ... a rudimentary and underpowered BASIC that was part of an ... of valuable RAM, and some basic (i.e. cheap, ...Was there never a good Mr Do! type game on the SpeccyI've just replied to a post about MAME on these forums, and it reminds me of something I've always wondered; was there a decent Mr Do! type game on o…
... be there, and using 16x16 sprites (how anybody could do this ... . not sure if it was BASIC or machine code. I suspect ...Resource LibraryChaps, I am re-writing the Sinclair-Heaven scripts & adding some new sections. One section I would like to add is a resource library. I'm after id…
... work best for this. Especially sprites. However, I am happy to ... ), can't be looked into BASIC right by browsing.
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... I know was written in BASIC cos'I broke into it ... this was written in basic because the sprites in the game all ...3D Star Strike - best unofficial conversion ever?A copy of Star Wars as we all know, but I didn't realise how good a copy it was until I played the arcade game on MAME a couple of days ago. The bit …
... 1 and 2 with different sprites.
Totally useless trivia ... of which were written in BASIC, and most of which were ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... - to be flicker free. The usual flicker free strategy is ... picked another strategy to avoid flicker - don't erase anything. ... used for pre-shifted sprites but sprites are also automatically drawn ... isometric elements represented by sprites, this can be a ...Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... basic physic. while doing this you find out limitations (no. of sprites ...New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... up to 255 "characters" (or sprites) which you can in theory ... the mask.
Unfortunetly (sp?) basic doesn't have an AND ... that would break its Sinclair BASIC compatibility - which is not good ... anding (NOT AVAILABLE IN SINCLAIR BASIC!!!)
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New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... the mask.
Unfortunetly (sp?) basic doesn't have an AND ... use to generate machine code sprites :)
Obviously, UDGs don ... . I could use the alternate sprites as masks, or I could ...New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... that displays/moves/animates the sprites from FN() commands, but the ... can see expect to see sprites working in BASin?
This ... assembler built in.
Sprites are in as I type ... will all parse out to BASIC, naturally.
D ...TommyGun 0.8.9 availableShould be available by the utilities pages soon. Lots of bug fixes. Its close to 95% complete. So close to becoming a 1.0 release. Still a few minor…
... a new version of Spectrum Basic, that had all the original ... a command 'PRINTSP' which printed sprites to the screen, and 'PRINTRM ... the map.
The Basic would be compiled into machine ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... create ten masked 16x16 pixel sprites and move them around ... from SP1.LIB (for the sprites), BALLOC.LIB (block memory allocator ... what kind of sprites I needed. The available sprites are listed in ... br />
There are five basic sprite types: MASK, OR, XOR ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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struct sp1_Rect cr ... , just as you would in Basic.
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// ... the IY register. Unfortunately, Basic assumes it has a monopoly ... got to do with the Basic system? Nothing usually, but ...Graphics : CPC -> SpectrumOk my CPC game is nowhere near done (the actual coding for the CPC hasn't even begun yet as I'm still preparing enough graphics and animation and doi…
... you clues or whatever. The basic gameplay is a hack n ... 'll stick with making the sprites and background tiles in mono ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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When using pre-shifted sprites in SP1, the frame graphic ...
And done, pre-shifted sprites! Notice that the total memory ... . It will appear that sprites move behind the "background".
Basic's "PRINT AT". These ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... 5:0 = number of occluding sprites present + 1
uchar ... // +3 BIG ENDIAN ; list of sprites occupying this tile (MSB = 0 ... logical coordinate space. When sprites move into the area that ... in_Inkey() works like inkey$ in Basic: it returns the ascii code ...Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…
... allow code generated by a basic compiler to use functions in ... it is possible to compile BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, etc programs under ... has 32 8x8 pixel hardware sprites (mono-colour, 4 per scan ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... This is the mode Spectrum Basic runs in and the ROM ... Europe). Under normal operation the Basic System is in "im 1 ... a constant rate.
[*] The Basic system's interrupt routine at ... sourceforge.net/z88dk/z88dk/libsrc/sprites/software/sp1/spectrum-customize.asm ...What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... of factors. It had the basic capabilities of colour graphics and ... hardware to do things like sprites and scrolling which tended to ...Spin GFX ripper helpwell, I?m not skilled in these things but IMHO I?m not stupid and can learn by trying or after my mistakes.. but this is something I?m not able to di…
... memory looks when looking at sprites as opposed to code - even ... look at any of the BASIC flags for the address of ...compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
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text, pixel precise sprites (a pointer maybe?), UDG-style ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... of this extras(input.h, sprites,...) will come out soon! And ... an update. There are some basic instructions on setting this up ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... , and a better version of BASIC, but as it had no ... /4 didn't have hardware sprites or a SID.
It ... can handle quite a few sprites in software at the same ... largest free memory spaces for BASIC of any 8 bit. It ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... /> And I hated the new BASIC interface. Typing was terrible, as ... speed up the notoriously slow BASIC. In fact, it was even ... and the system variables in BASIC, but they could have set ... hardware scrolling, and maybe some sprites? Alright, so the Spectrum never ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... erasing 10 sprites and then redrawing all 10? No flicker at all ... frames per update). Yet the flicker problem was resolved by using ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... graphics in Basic if you have hardware sprites. You don ... do software sprites in several versions of BASIC (e.g ... and Ocean's Laser BASIC) on the Spectrum. ... the whole, whilst hardware sprites are a nice feature on ... the Amiga where sprites went by the wayside.
