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Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
Hi BB,
You could even store a complete drawing in a string by adding a value 4 to the first byte indicating a PLOT. You would then step through the string PLOTting or DRAWing as you go (hope that makes sense).
Paddy -
Authors of unreleased/MIA games?Browsing through my few remaining physical issues of YS, I came across much late-Speccy-era activity by Beyond Belief. Now a YS article notes they ha…
... the Spectrum - Shove Off - which BB were going to publish. The ... -
2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…
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2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…
... from basic to C. Then BB who is a basic guru ... are different versions, for example BB's version does not allow ... -
What are your favourite music videos?I can't remember the last time I saw a really good music video, or the last time I actually watched a music video. Anywho, here are my all-time favo…
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2016 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2016 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found some…
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... for the Souls games but BB is probably my all-time ...flash in a stringhi, is it possible to store flash in a string? u can store colours, bright, etc.
That looks pretty much on the money BB!
Congrats - although I'm not in a position to try it just now....User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…
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Thanks BB but this didn't work ...Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
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db %01000001;line BB ;line 64 (41)
db ...Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
... (04)
db %01000001;line BB ;line 64 (41)
db ...Project: ZX OpusHello my friends, I have been in need of a push lately so I thought if I post some of the work for this project here you guys (and gals) can help me …
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BB = screen block 0-2 : the ...Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
Here's the listing:
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1 POKE 23674,0: POKE 23673,0: POKE 23672,0: POKE 65281,0: FOR q=0 TO l-1: RESTORE 130+t(q+1): READ w: FOR e=1 TO w: READ r,c: LET n=q*320+r
2 LET f1=PEEK 23672: LET f2=PEEK 23673: LET f3=PEEK ...Is it possible to add a listing to a screen?I made this picture (see next message for link) deliberately in the bottom half of the screen hoping to be able to have another display in the upper …
Great BB! Thankyou - that'll be worth seeing and I can change the text. Was going to try for a startup screen with the talking head saying the name of the game. Then switch to text pages to tell the story.Is it possible to add a listing to a screen?I made this picture (see next message for link) deliberately in the bottom half of the screen hoping to be able to have another display in the upper …
A quick and sincere thanks BB! Its a busy day for me, won't get to check all this out until later.Nice job on the picture.How to improve my program using oversized numbersI'd like my dice program to print out the number four times bigger than normal if possible. Anyone know how to do this? Or I could write a sub rou…
... on a different mechanism to BB's, but it should suffice ...are there any machine code to basic converters?i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of…
... ba=a-e1*2: LET bb=b-e2*2:
LET ... b=e2:
IF ba+bb AND ba+bbc THEN LET ...Speeding up PRINT code in ROMHi Folks, I seem to recall that someone stated the PRINT command is rather slow because it has to handle screen and printer printing - is this cor…
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Thanks BB. Hardly seems worth the effort.Photof**kwit bait and switchI have for many years had an account with Photobucket, because few forums allow uploading of images for use in posts, and those that do have severe r…
Just use the BB code link, and paste the bit between the {img} code tags, like this [code][img]https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/34434138956_6766ae9c9e_o.jpg[/img][/code] ;-)ULAplus palette levels of blue in emulatorsTell me somebody, why ULAplus palette levels of blue are $00,$6F,$90,$FF in ZXSpin, SpecEmu, Zero and ZEsarUX, instead of $00,$55,$AA,$FF as they sho…
... the other two blue bits (Bb becomes 000 for 00, and ...