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  • I Ball - is .tap version available?Hi all, I'm after a .tap version of I, Ball (released by Firebird). The original game used the dreaded bleeploader. I checked WOS and other web site…

    You can also MERGE "" the basic loader and add those pokes by entering ... ,33

    Type RUN and load with pokes. Although when ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2009 Games
  • Kong by C*TechHi guys There is a guy on youtube who does some nice speccie vids. He has been doing Kong games of late and I suggested he uploaded one of C*Tech Ko…

    ... nothing.

    Any tips?

    And yes, if I remember ...
    mickmog mickmog June 2009 Games
  • Kong by C*TechHi guys There is a guy on youtube who does some nice speccie vids. He has been doing Kong games of late and I suggested he uploaded one of C*Tech Ko…

    ... nothing.

    Any tips?

    And yes, if I remember ... a 16k machine enter "KK16" and "KK48" for a 48k game ... in CAPS LOCK (shift+2) and to see the truly honorific ...
    ASH-II ASH-II June 2009 Games
  • conversion of tape game to other formatHi All I've read many of the posts on this subject but I'm a bit stumped. I've recorded a WAV file from a taped spectrum program using Audacity - so…

    ... />
    Thanks for all the tips and advice ? I did get mtzx233 ... my tape of Atic Atac and the tzx file plays just ... volume levels on different machines? and still no luck. I?m ... the filter switches a try and see what happens. Or is ...
    roytom roytom June 2009 Games
  • Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…

    ... apparent disagreement between you and karingal and I guess its ... forums is the generally friendly and civil atmosphere.

    and some basic words and phrases - but ... particularly with Russian idioms and jokes! (of which the ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn June 2009 Games
  • Speccy meetup, Oxford, 27th JuneOver on CSS the esteemed Paul E Collins has declared that there shall be a meetup at the Gloucester Arms, Oxford, on Saturday 27 June, from around 1-…

    ... and optimized Spanish 128 editor
    1: Fully bug-fixed 48 BASIC ... work with the original 48 BASIC ROM
    3: ... The original 48 BASIC ROM

    ... to the original 48 BASIC ROM and lock down the ... the bug-fixed 48 BASIC without locking down the ...
    chev chev June 2009 Announcements
  • The Reaper....WTF?!?If anybody wants to check out a short video of me playing my least favourite Speccy game ever 'The Reaper', and hear me ranting about it at the same …

    ... Death Pit, Saboteur and Saboteur 2....and then churn something ... tiny ninja animations - with basic basic physics and collisions.
    I ... way to travel, and then probably make a basic map.
    ... After working out where the gadgets are and ...
    andrew_rollings andrew_rollings July 2009 Games
  • Ten years ago next month.......[url=http://retrospec.sgn.net/users/rjordan/klass/]Klass Of '99[/url] was released. Bloody hell! Am going to re-read its short story this weeke…

    ... ago when I finished it and haven't played it since ... 't gat back til' 02' and that's when the JSW ... for real (had the BASIC editors and maybe a really primitive JSWED ... ' to play, it was good and was actually a lot easier ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek July 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +2A/+3 compatibility fixes thread!It might be a good idea to keep these fairly common +2A/+3 compatibility fixes (and requests) in a single thread for quick reference ;) Let's start …

    ... /> 1) load game via basic loader and before start game find instructions ... (with K-MOUSE support) with basic loader.
    [url]http ... br /> Or original TAP with basic loader:
    [url]http://velesoft ... to USR0 or 48kB mode and load basic via MERGE "". Insert to ...
    velesoft velesoft August 2009 Games
  • Assembly code in The TerminatorSo I was watching The Terminator on T.V today. What a great movie eh? Anyway, towards the end of the movie when the terminator reaches the Tiki Mot…

    ... a simple calculator, and a version of BBC BASIC.[/quote]
    ... fully integrated into the BASIC interpreter and shared variables with ... language code, but also BASIC code to emit assembly ... generation techniques and even write simple compilers in BASIC.[/quote]< ...
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2009 Chit chat
  • New Spectrum game - HomebrewWell, I finally got around to finishing the game I was supposed to finish at Urbis. Featuring lots of rather nice brightly-coloured graphics by Jarr…

    ... the game later.

    And by the way, BinMan, did ... , since they are quite good! and it would be nice if ... to work for Hi-Tec, and How was everything there. Turbo ... all the invisible platforms and tricks.

    And also, what is that ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx August 2009 Games
  • La Abadia Del Crimea - The definitive pollOn a scale of 1 to 10, vote on the score you think LADC deserves. Try and be honest at it while you can. ;) EDIT: This poll is effective for 2 week…

    Yes, you could upload your entire collection here.

    By the way, do you know about the Radastan contests?? They are usually for Basic programs, and there is one still open for the IF cartridge!
    Ivanzx Ivanzx September 2009 Games
  • La Abadia Del Crimea - The definitive pollOn a scale of 1 to 10, vote on the score you think LADC deserves. Try and be honest at it while you can. ;) EDIT: This poll is effective for 2 week…

    ... ?? They are usually for Basic programs, and there is one still open ... you have shown so far and they're very interesting. I ... most the west bank clone and the 3d ball one.
    apenao apenao September 2009 Games
  • bee-keeper manager?random idea. how many variables could be fit into this? - number of hive colonies active...amount of honey harvested (maybe in in a set time)... need…

    ... animation to the Queen bee, and will add little clouds of ... to make sure that the basic buying and maintenance screens work properly ... before adding the hazards and all the fun stuff.
    Graz Graz September 2009 New game ideas
  • 128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…

    ... end in one file, and it just works. On ... stick that line in there and forget about it...[/QUOTE]< ... which produce a TZX, and then I just copy them ... above), along with the basic loader and the loading screen, to ... produce the final game. And all done by a one ...
    bobs bobs September 2009 Development
  • 128K dev / PASMO (or alternative) question...When I assembly my code, I have it set up so that PASMO automatically creates a TAP file complete with loader, and this works great for 16/48k Do y…

    ... which produce a TZX, and then I just copy them ... above), along with the basic loader and the loading screen, to ... produce the final game. And all done by a one ... single pasmo assemble statements and move to a batch ... all the paging in your basic file

    ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2009 Development
  • Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…

    ... for Arjun's guide to BASIC. For a bit of extra ... grab a copy of HiSoft BASIC Compiler and type-def your variables ... . And don't be afraid to ...
    chev chev September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Renumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…

    ... /> You can ditch the BASIC loader and use the SCREEN$ which contains ... /> This doesn't handle compressed BASIC but meets all your other ... a subroutine beginning at 3000 and all references in the main ... 's fully compatible with 128K BASIC.

    Try it ...
    Geoff Geoff September 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…

    ... 've tried it last night and...

    * Well, it ... return to BASIC, type LOAD "" and the screen remains white and the computer ... />
    * And if I select a TAP file, return to BASIC, reset ... the computer using the NEW BASIC keyword, and go back to the ...
    Hernán Pablo Álvarez Hernán Pablo Álvarez September 2009 Development
  • ZX games for fixingExist any games/software which need fix any bugs ? - incorrect graphics - incorrect or bad keyboard controll - too fast games (need slow-down) - game…

    ...

    MERGE "" then basic loader and insert these pokes before the ...
    FrankT FrankT September 2009 Games
  • Coming soon...[IMG]http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/binman/trooper1.gif[/IMG] and [IMG]http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/binman/gbomber.gif[/IMG]

    ... what people have posted there and I actually blushed it never ... crossed) with just the basic elements and some of the graphics of ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN September 2009 Games
  • Coming soon...[IMG]http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/binman/trooper1.gif[/IMG] and [IMG]http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/binman/gbomber.gif[/IMG]

    ... crossed) with just the basic elements and some of the graphics of ... something you're working on and the next minute they're ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek September 2009 Games
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    It's doable:
    The Jof can do it in BASIC, blindfolded and with both hands tied behind someone else's back.
    ZnorXman ZnorXman October 2009 New game ideas
  • JSW for consolesI was thinking if it was possible to develop a version of Jet Set Willy 1 or 2 (Final Frontier) for some of the 8-bit and 16-bit consoles, namely the…

    ... - who has enough free time and desire to do that.
    and even Basic compiler, and the MD has enough ... game on the real console, and the game carts itself contains ...
    Shiru Shiru October 2009 New game ideas
  • looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…

    ... for their educational (as in BASIC knowhow) and fun aspects:

    BASIC.

    * [URL="http://www ... dictator-like game but in BASIC. Pretty addictive!

    * [URL ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • Transfer DivIDE +3 DiskHow I can transfer games (tap, dsk) from DivIDE to 3" disk on ZX Spectrum +3?

    ... can page the memory and have access to the ... can access the divide+ and transfer files. Or the other ... of the basic loader and the start address and number of ... merge the basic program, load the code and save it ... my divide on thursday and had my first real ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN October 2009 Hardware
  • Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …

    ... it to work in the basic prompt? and when you access it ... /> if you can get the basic prompt, try
    OUT 32765 ... on my div-ide 128 and now do..

    Hercules ...
    fog fog November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old peripherals on the Spectrum +2I have a Wafadrive and an Alphacom 32 (ZX Printer clone), neither of which work in 128 BASIC, but both of which work flawlessly when you run them in …

    ... it to work in the basic prompt? and when you access it ... /> if you can get the basic prompt, try
    OUT ... it to work in 128 BASIC (if that isn't ... - because programming in 48 BASIC with no keytops is really ... to initialise it in 128 BASIC (by typing NEW *), it ...
    Muzer Muzer November 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…

    I have no idea TBH.


    Anyway, I might start writing it. I'll make a draft in bash (that operates on plain-text detokenised basic files) and then maybe progress onto a full version that operates on tape files in C++... who knows...
    Muzer Muzer November 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.

    ... the system variables and the start of the BASIC area aren't ... left is available to BASIC.
    [quote]And if the ROM's ... the ability to relocate the BASIC program.[/quote]
    The original ... code routine to relocate any BASIC you'd already entered, switch ...
    chev chev November 2009 Emulators
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