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Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
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I hope the coding tricks we all discovered will continue ... may still be further oneliner tricks to be found.
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Attic attack (geddit?)Just been cleaning out the loft and was chuffed to find an old 'Sinclair Programs Has Got It Licked Badge' ... [url]http://www.yootha.com/images/sin…
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best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…
thanx for all the tips!
[QUOTE=Ivanzx;248950]You have to try "Insert Coins" and "Pandemia" two Basic games from Octocom, in my opinion, the best 2 basic games I have ever played.[/QUOTE]
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New protection systemsAs a follow-up to [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14311&page=2"]this[/URL] thread regarding relatively new protection sy…
... have more fun with the BASIC part. The bulk of it ... . No interrupt nor any other tricks. The only more challenging part ... -
BBC microI was often made aware by people at the time that the beeb was the "best computer in the world." Even my next-door neighbour ( who was a bit of a co…
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At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…
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At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…
... I cannot not tell. Any tips greatly appreciated.
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New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... scroll game implemented 100% in BASIC and it's reasonably fast ... into it to see what tricks you used?
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2 Spectrums (synched) playing AY tunes?After listening to a few Turbo Sound FM MP3s, I wondered... For those of us who can't build this card, couldn't we synch 2 128Ks and play these tunes…
... ) and b) to do cunning tricks where you use different combinations ... simple splitter, one line of BASIC and a joystick is all ...Official WoS Apprentice 2008 ThreadIt's Wednesday night, and we're up to episode 3. Any body else watching ? First episode, the Toff got fired- Nicholas. Second Episode, Shazia got fi…
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definitely - the lack of basic common sense in these would ... were asking their customers for tips to make a bit of ...ULA Book - Target Audience?This is probably of most intrerest to hardware chaps, but a greater community input would be good. I've been turning all my ULA analysis into a love…
... into RAM). Pretty good with BASIC (though I'm sure there ... - yet!). Know some of the tricks and pokes that can achieve ...Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... Shoot 'Em Up Construction Kit. Tips on using SEUCK and a ... projects.
* TOK64 - Commodore 64 BASIC interpreter for DOS. Converts ASCII ...Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
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About the conversion of Basic from ZX Spectrum to a ... forum can give a few tips. I wish I knew how ...Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
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About the conversion of Basic from ZX Spectrum to a ... forum can give a few tips. I wish I knew how ... noticed that ZX-81 Sinclair BASIC doesn't have READ, RESTORE ...New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... probably more tricks left in the box of "Sinclair BASIC" too.
mea culpa!I have just sent Digital Prawn another entry for CCG 2008 which might shock a few people! It is a program which emulates a Commodore Vic 20 - yes, yo…
... and knew little about CBM BASIC. I did hope that it ... use it to enter CBM BASIC programs!
After writing ... set allowed all sorts of tricks to be done (if only ... 50 MHz). You can type BASIC programs in on this emulator ...'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... of all the Speccy-stretching tricks I've seen since 1993 ... simple POKEs into the short BASIC listing. It is possible to ...BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …
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a few tips for it:
-You ... time ago, I wrote a Basic-tracker, based on something like ...I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
You are asking very basic question, so my answer also ... will be very basic, assuming you don't have ... /> The aren't any special tricks to display so called sprites ...I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
... ;324132]You are asking very basic question, so my answer also ... will be very basic, assuming you don't have ... /> The aren't any special tricks to display so called sprites ...Questions about registers, stack, etc.I was told that if I wanted to export code and create unprotected versions of games I should do the following: 1-Find the starting address by using …
Thanks for the explanation and tips. I've been doing what ... to the start address from BASIC, whenever possible. It also makes ...Assembler snippetsI was just thinking that a thread for small but useful assembler snippets to do useful things would be cool for people learning z80 coding. Not to me…
I won't post any assembler tips, but I will post a link to a page of useful ones (including some of the DAA tricks that have been mentioned elsewhere)
[url]http://baze.au.com/misc/z80bits.html[/url]Wireframe GraphicsI'm trying to get my head round 3d / wireframe graphics and not really having much luck. I've had a good look on google, but mostly come up with wir…
... how to do it in Basic, with variables and DRAW. X ... a BASIC perspective I am sure you find some good tips there ...Wireframe GraphicsI'm trying to get my head round 3d / wireframe graphics and not really having much luck. I've had a good look on google, but mostly come up with wir…
... is even possible under ZX BASIC - it doesn't differentiate between ... use precalculated tables even in BASIC. Maybe something along the lines ... are all sorts of optimization tricks, precalculated tables and so on ...User reviewsAs often requested (e.g. [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18135"]here[/URL]), user reviews are now possible through the s…
... place for these sorts of tips, so I'll just post ... by simply looking at the BASIC source in BASin, for example ...Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
I got lots of BASIC programming tips, and ideas for game projects, ... , so I was converting ZX BASIC statements to SuperBASIC as I ...** New Game In Development **As one or two of you may already know, Jonathan (Joffa) Smith is currently developing a brand new Spectrum game. The program is called 'SAUCER' It'…
... ones. I made all possible tricks that were possible to achieve ... (Squeeker) but it's in BASIC and it's totally impossible ... 's a crazy idea) but basic editor for Squeeker is above ...Newbie Loading IssuesSo I just bought some [I]new[/I] games from the internet to bolster my new spectrum collection but I have having trouble loading a couple of them: F…
... ;348836]Awesome, thanks for the tips guys. So what does the ... machine code rather than a BASIC program - thats what the Bytes ... />
If your loading a BASIC program you get Program:Image to ZXSpec 1.0Hi, I've written a piece of software (still not finished) that outputs any kind of image onto a Spectrum having being converted on a PC. It takes a…
... I'm still writing the BASIC outputter, code commenting and ... png and BAS (just basic). If creating a TAP ... really fast. Due to Dark Basic slow POINT() function (synced ... X, and use even more tricks to speed anything up. ... the XIDE to compile BASIC programs too...Image to ZXSpec 1.0Hi, I've written a piece of software (still not finished) that outputs any kind of image onto a Spectrum having being converted on a PC. It takes a…
... really fast. Due to Dark Basic slow POINT() function (synced ... I learned to use some tricks. Now I use PureBasic ... , and use even more tricks to speed anything up. ... on the XIDE to compile BASIC programs too...[/QUOTE]
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