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just thinking about ...compo for zx 16k ? anyone ?
... far i know, BIN2REM generates BASIC line
0 RANDOMIZE ... is valid BASIC program and can be loaded by LOAD"" and if it ... is autorun basic then it will ... -
Making TZXsI would like to be able to make new TZX files containing new software/data. If at some point I do manage to complete the writing of a little game or…
... correct sequence of mouse-clicks and key-presses to get the ... via Spin's Tape Browser, and had become somewhat overwhelmed by ... Pure Tone, Sequence of Pulses and stuff like that). It ... expected (i.e. using BASIC commands and starting-and-stopping the 'tape'), but ... -
is ay2midi possibleIs it possible to convert Ay files to midi as im working on a project and would like to use a zx game sound but the program i'm using does not recogn…
... only be at a very basic level, and certainly won't preserve ... the ZX game "sound". AY and MIDI files are fundamentally different ... the low-level audio data and make 'intelligent' guesses about which ... for simple things like 128K Basic PLAY tunes, but of course ... -
Randomize usrHi, I've often wondered why/how they came up with RANDOMIZE USR <memory address> to invoke machine code couldn't they have used a better keyword (e…
... like the 128 Basic (because of the editor) and almost never used ... it.[/QUOTE]
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possible Sam Coupe tape for saleok, I don't know what this is, but I have a tape here by Miles Gordon Technology plc called "Sam Cassette", and it says it has the following on it: …
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Games not compatible with real grey +2There are many threads about Spectrum+3/2A incompatibility issues but what about grey +2? I've found that games like Marauder and Skate Crazy don't w…
... games which require the original BASIC ROM (e.g. Travel With ... ). These are the original BASIC ROM and the UK 128 editor (patched ... to work with the original BASIC ... -
What are the keys for Penetrator?Q - Up, A- Down, O-Left P- Right Space - Bomb. So what's fire? When I press the P button, it fires bullets, but that's the 'right' key. Surely they…
... typed it in the 128 Basic mode and then typed RUN. From ... -
Spectrum machine language filesHopefully this will get moderated to the correct forum, if I'm in the wrong place.. I've failed to get my old 48K Spectrum microdrive files, via the…
... which allows you to create and edit ZX tape files (plus ... can't really LOAD a BASIC file as binary into 23813 ... create a normal 17 byte BASIC header and then import you BIN ... -
Spectrum machine language filesHopefully this will get moderated to the correct forum, if I'm in the wrong place.. I've failed to get my old 48K Spectrum microdrive files, via the…
... datablock" and clicked on the TAP tab? (*not* the BASIC tab - ... the length of your BASIC program, and I'm assuming you ... on the folder icon and select your BIN file.< ... file is not tokenised BASIC. You did remove the ... header? If your first BASIC line is line 10, ... -
Games Notorious for F*cking UpThis is a thread dedicated to games notorious for f*cking up or crashing mid-game (48K and 128K games). :) Music demos are also welcome. My experien…
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The game crashes and resets to BASIC if you try to ... interrupt the save process - and you ... level, it crashes to BASIC occasionally, and sometimes the game looks like ... game pulls the plug and crashes to BASIC.
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Usr 0I have noted there are some games / applications / demos which have to be loaded in USR 0 mode on a 128K Machine ("Randomize USR 0" in 128K BASIC the…
It doesn't retain all 128k features. You lose the 128 basic PLAY and SPECTRUM commands. Programs that have them will not work.
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Building a WoS FAQ - contributions and thoughts please!Hi there, as you may have read in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28168]a nearby thread recently[/url], Martijn has boug…
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- Where can I find tips and maps?
- Where can I ... Section 4 is a kludge and would be better off being ... sections... or just being broken and folded into the other three ... -
Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... new way of reading and saving files bigger ... such, but both ResiDOS and the +3e have been ... +3DOS calls for reading and writing files, ie:
and in the +3 manual.
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How long do Speccy game tapes last?The last real cassette I loaded was back in 2005, when I had to sell my Speccy stuff (lack of room, sadly), but I remember being surprised that games…
... was mostly my own BASIC programs recorded on bad ... It was a very nice and strange feeling to see ... great twenty years ago.. and perhaps not always was.[/QUOTE ... stupidly threw away my BASIC programs and stuff I did when ... moved on to Amigas and such later on. I ... -
How long do Speccy game tapes last?The last real cassette I loaded was back in 2005, when I had to sell my Speccy stuff (lack of room, sadly), but I remember being surprised that games…
... ]I stupidly threw away my BASIC programs and stuff I did when ... I moved on to Amigas and such later on. I'd ... /> Even as most of the BASIC games was not of any ... cassettes had stood against time and I still has a few ... -
Favourite/Least Favourite Arcade Conversion?The Speccy was home to some great arcade conversions considering it's relatively miniscule power. I've put my ten favourite and least favourite up o…
... bad, in fact. Rather basic graphics and sound, but the gameplay's ... Nemesis, Gemini Wing, Jackal[/I] and [I]Dynamite Dux[/I] in ... to [I]Double Dragon[/I] and [I]Jail Break[/I] - ... which caused otherwise unexplained deaths. And what about other concentrations of ... -
What's everyone played that you haven't? (Confessional)Everyone else seems to have played it and knows it inside-out, you've not even seen the title screen. Mine: Underwurlde. Embarrassed face goes here. …
I've played The Sentinel. And read the instructions and tips. And I still don't understand it. -
ZX Spectrum + Revision b Power IssueHi all, I'm trying to repair a ZXSpectrum + revision 3b and at the moment the -5v is missing from the board. I've replaced the TR4 and will be soon…
... so does your SMPS, and therefore your -5v supply.
and some kind of switch ... coil is the inductor and the transistor is the ... to make the most basic SMPS - and of course it has ... seems the most fragile and failure prone IC in ... -
How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... other peoples code and listings from magazines, forums and other sources... ... In the course of copying and pasting and typing other peoples code ... began with type in basic programs, and that taught me a ... routine for Boriel's ZX basic compiler. (See [url]http ... -
Pimania for ZX81Is there a tape/.p/.81 file around anywhere of the orignal [I]ZX81[/I] version of Pimania by Automata UK? WoS infoseek only yields the Spectrum ver…
... aid of breaking into the BASIC program and poking about in the ... -
Help wanted to finish That's the Spirit[img]http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/8269/spirit11.png[/img] I've reached what I think is the final screen of [I]That's the Spirit.[/I] I managed t…
... always looking for new tips,pokes,maps and solutions to games.
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Defenda (Interstella) makes resetDefenda from Interstella makes a reset if I take No. 1 Kempston joystick. My jockstick interface is from Ram Electronics (Fleet) Ltd. Joystick is a C…
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Type this short program and press your joystick buttons. You ... Kempston then MERGE "" the basic loader and insert POKE 36111,223: before ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... bytes around, performing some basic operations and jumping on some conditions. It ... is, however, very hard and tedious to [I]use[/I ... , instead of letting the compiler and its libraries to do the ... -
Moggy Adventure (Mojon Twins, 48K)After travelling across the world to become a gentleball and leave all his vices behind (mainly alcohol and the riverside weeds, but rumours suggest …
... 31 days has Septober, Octember and Knowonder. All the rest have ... , which has 29 sometimes and then 28 when the years ... he went afterwards and designed the C64 BASIC interpreter. And the way you ... keyboard in an Amstrad CPC. And introduced the almighty "wasted bit ... -
Moggy Adventure (Mojon Twins, 48K)After travelling across the world to become a gentleball and leave all his vices behind (mainly alcohol and the riverside weeds, but rumours suggest …
... he went afterwards and designed the C64 BASIC interpreter. And the way you ... keyboard in an Amstrad CPC. And introduced the almighty "wasted bit ... />
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Microdrive Games CartridgeI've just noticed that Ant Attack on the microdrive [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0014815"]Games Cartridge[/URL] (also bundl…
... to the command line with BASIC, variables and machine code in place ... -
How do you destroy an enemy or object?Hi guys I allways wanted to know this, but how would you go about making and destroying enemies in basic or any language? What, do you use a huge ar…
Yeah, in BASIC you would use an array ( ... 1 letter names in Sinclair BASIC too, and numeric arrays take up ... fixed size array and not bother with malloc and free since that ... (from the malloc/free library and for data block size needing ... -
Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…
... it can load from and save to disk? I ... of both the book and the movie. Plus it ... only saves to tape, and would love to get it ... it does repeat again and again and again, but then that ... with header (BASIC loader, SCR$ and another BASIC block) and 1 headerless block ... -
Some help needed, pretty please! :-)Hi there WOSsers! Long time no see! :-) I'm going through a process to get all my tape games (some real, some downloaded from here) onto +3 disk. I'…
... it does repeat again and again and again, but then ... the game and finding the save routines and changing them ... with header (BASIC loader, SCR$ and another BASIC block) and 1 headerless block ...
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Midi out on a ZX SpectrumYears ago (may be over 15 years...) I soldered a small adapter that lets a keyboard or synthesizer connect to the ZX Spectrum 128K's midi/RS232 port.…
Could you please share the basic listing and the routine code?
