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  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... . It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games ... written in BASIC, back in the day?
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…

    ... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2022 BASIC
  • How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…

    ... when I later return to basic.

    I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …

    ... added a few bits of basic stuff on algebraic notation in ... something too. "L2" and "L3" clear the status line, and "L1 ... 5 seconds until you get Basic. Now you can type RANDOMIZE ... the program has not overwritten BASIC, or protected it with system ...
    Ed Ed February 2002 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... 't write you own basic programs on them unless ... you actually buy a basic package."

    ... br /> Like your gripe about BASIC you only have yourself to ... not quite crap Spectrum BASIC games on one hand ... (Hugh, you're a clear innovator in this field I ...
    cyborg cyborg November 2001 Games
  • WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…

    ... /> From the above, it is clear that the difference between Issue ... .7 V.

    The BASIC program used above is relatively ... 254 is typed at a BASIC prompt, the speaker is called ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP November 2001 Sales
  • what features?.............hi there, what features would you like to make emulators even better? :)

    ... to tinker with.
    4) Variable emulation speed
    5) Fast ... bout all emulators having some basic functionality towards this end?
    Arjun Arjun July 2002 Emulators
  • what features?.............hi there, what features would you like to make emulators even better? :)

    ... to tinker with.
    4) Variable emulation speed
    5) Fast ... needs coding :)
    9. Done - basic debugging, needs more features.
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 Emulators
  • The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…

    ... programm that would capture any BASIC runtime error and display ... programm consisted of only one BASIC part, containing my ASM routine ... . Once loaded, it would clear RAMTOP, making room for the ... started it. After that the BASIC programm deleted itselt (NEW). ...
    NicAdi NicAdi August 2002 Games
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    To use another font:
    CLEAR addr-1
    LOAD "yourfont" ... code and accompanying instructions in basic.

    To prevent 'scroll ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    Let me make this clear,
    The C64 is a ... cry!
    C NONSENSE IN BASIC! (The text of the (string ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2002 Games
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    If you only use BASIC, you don't really need ... .

    Just state in BASIC the next command and every ... you want.

    10 CLEAR 56063 : REM 56064 and higher ... have the memory reserved. Your BASIC-program may grow up to ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... high res modes.
    The basic idea is that the default ... top of memory, with a variable starting point making the selection ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... ? I made my self entirely clear that this was the case ... program with the instructions for BASIC etc? Or is it some ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…

    ... which will effect a numerical variable. The program's reaction depends ... on the value of that variable.

    [I] PRINT "Will ... />
    This will make everything clear about AI Now! :D :lol ...
    Tkrap64 Tkrap64 December 2002 Games
  • Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.

    ... what this is - keyword or variable?" sort of thing.
    [quote ... . Are you planning to extend Basic to support the host hardware ... just meant to run Spectrum Basic programs fast and make it ... the speccy community, although loading BASIC from a .sna or .z80 ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2002 Sinclair Basic
  • New commands workingSE Basic is no longer being developed.

    ... /> to reproduce, simply select 128 basic,
    and type
    10 ... is still lowercase like a variable. and when you run program ... you will get "undefined variable" error.


    ---
    Arda Arda January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... second i'm back in basic except i cant see anything ... couldn't be cleared with clear, cls or make it go ...
    Amigo Amigo February 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... about the compiler" wasn?t clear enough? ;) But if you mention ... to give away uncompiled Laser Basic games, but you are not ... them away together with Laser Basic.
    LCD LCD April 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... There's a simple basic one for beginners which displays ... game and return to BASIC. This is so you ... own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant ... the game doesn't clear the status panel area ... for title screens, music, BASIC or whatever you want, as ...
    jonathan jonathan April 2003 Games
  • BASin Release 4a available for Download[Cut'n'Paste from CSS] Ok, after a reasonably successful test in #speccy, I've released BASin's latest version to an unforgiving world. New in this…

    ... whole new system of writing basic programs.

    there is ... spectrum emulator with very friendly basic editor or is it an ... />
    it isn't quite clear.

    I know it ...
    Arda Arda April 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…

    ... adventure with loader...
    10 clear 52000
    20 load""code ... Make a copy of the Basic adv.core prog. VERIFY as ... br /> 7.Add remainder of BASIC prog(verbs, on screen data ... ( the following....
    10 CLEAR number
    20 LOAD""
    BadBeard BadBeard April 2003 Games
  • Let a=val "1"I see some basic programs which use Let a=val "1" instead of let a=1 syntax. what is the difference between val "1" and 1? is it an effect of some …

    ... , sickhappyidle wrote:
    in my BASIC games i had variables for ... way. Storing it in a variable will mean you have to ... look up the variable and fetch the value, rather ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall April 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…

    aahh.. maybe it's the clear statement wiping the screen, not ... is a fault which a basic 1's / 0's write ... actual data - and this simple basic routine may just not be ...
    GP GP May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASin Release 4a available for Download[Cut'n'Paste from CSS] Ok, after a reasonably successful test in #speccy, I've released BASin's latest version to an unforgiving world. New in this…

    ... like an implementation of Sinclair BASIC for PCs, I suppose. ... - .bas files convert to a BASIC program, .scr import as SCREEN ... order to get *authentic* Sinclair BASIC simulation, you really can't ... ]
    it isn't quite clear.
    [/quote]

    ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Extract files from Plus D IMG files ?Hi folks, I've recently dumped a load of +D/Disciple disks for someone and they have a number of MIA titles on them. Does anyone know of a utility t…

    ... BASIC (if they don't autostart, and of course, after a CLEAR ...
    GOC GOC July 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... right spot to get that variable rotation. He also went through ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
    [/quote]

    Cross ... save it to tape from BASIC.

    I now prefer ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... a whole Basic routine, or an entire Basic program for ... learning this but my basic has gotten very rusty ... more than 9999 lines in Basic. Again when it comes ... be RUN ) it'll clear the Poke, the same way ... be better off compiling your basic program - but this has ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…

    ... evening - that the CLEAR value for the example BASIC loader given in ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 July 2003 Games
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