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  • Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…

    ... are there any other good compiled Basic games ? Of any type, does ... Alien Kill (Mastertronic) as being compiled Basic. Although the former is quite ... that's a hybrid of Basic and assembly, and as far ... I can tell its not compiled Basic for the assembly part.
    spider spider July 2020 Games
  • BASIC games that could be better if compiled?I was looking [url=https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/57843/best-compiled-basic-game#latest]this thread[/url] and I was wondering is speed…

    ... ://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/57843/best-compiled-basic-game#latest]this thread[/url] and ... is speed advantages using a compiled BASIC could make games better. There ... , but I don't think compiled BASIC alone could work (instead of ...
    Zup Zup July 2020 Games
  • Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …

    ... always determine what is/was compiled it may not of been ... ://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/57843/best-compiled-basic-game"]here[/url] to see ...
    spider spider July 2020 Games
  • Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …

    ... ://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/57843/best-compiled-basic-game/"]here[/url] :)
    spider spider July 2020 Games
  • Best basic game to port to another machineI want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/url]. What are the best basic game for this? For example [url="http://www.e…

    ... want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise ... [/url].
    What are the best basic game for this?
    For example ... .htm"]this is an EP basic game[/url], that show EP can ...
    endi endi March 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Best type-in game?Was wondering what people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum. There were a few half-decent ones if I remember rightly... I never h…

    ... what people thought the best type-in game was for the Spectrum ... in stuff was done in basic though!
    daveysludge daveysludge November 2011 Games
  • Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …

    ... 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and ... (yes I know) this was compiled Basic or part of it was ...
    spider spider July 2020 Games
  • Best snooker/pool game?Which was the best snooker/pool game for the Spectrum?

    Which was the best snooker/pool game for the Spectrum?
    kevlight kevlight August 2003 Games
  • Why has no one remade 3D Deathchase?Why is 3D Deathchase, which is about 8k of code running on a 16K Spectrum, still unmatched (as far as I know) for a game of it's type? Since 3DD I'…

    ... terrible by comparison. Or some game (Atari ST, I think ... in a 3D Deathchase game. But when I finally ... .

    The best I have seen is the ... a different style of game, and not the all ... ago, surely even a compiled BASIC game on a modern PC should ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2007 Games
  • Best type-in gameApart from the excellent shorties in program pitstop, what was the best type-in game? Pixy the micrdot stands out for me after all this time.

    Apart from the excellent shorties in program pitstop, what was the best type-in game?

    Pixy the micrdot stands out for me after all this time.
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty July 2007 ZX Shed
  • New Spectrum game - Isotopia by OctocomOctocom, the guys who made BASIC programmed games such as Pandemia or Insert Coins, released yesterday their very first compiled BASIC game: Isotopia…

    Octocom, the guys who made BASIC programmed games such as Pandemia ... , released yesterday their very first compiled BASIC game: Isotopia.

    It's ... a new puzzle game only for 128k models. Have ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain December 2007 Games
  • The best ... beginning with "M"Been a long time since we did the letter "L", so here's the next one: Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per…

    ... br />
    [B]Best game:

    Best text adventure:



    [B]Best game: [/B]Manic Miner. There are ... and Mined Out! (the best Spectrum BASIC game ever, if you ask me ... ).

    [B]Best text ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Games
  • The best simcity type game?Which is the best city-building game, please? I especially want to be able to drive around the cities, and view them from street-level. It's years si…

    Which is the best city-building game, please? I especially want to ... I've played a Simcity game, and I've never tried ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2015 Chit chat
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC game jam over on itch.ioHello, everyone. Apologies for the prolonged absence. (It's been almost 4 years, yikes!) Just wanted to let everyone know there's a [url="https://itc…

    ... .io/jam/zx-spectrum-basic-jam"]Sinclair Basic game jam[/url] starting on ...
    Felix Felix May 2017 Announcements
  • Breaking the Ice (another 1 line BASIC game)@Patters pushed me to do it... This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions discussed. The mission: to save 10 penguins that a…

    ... /> This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions discussed ...
    IvanBasic IvanBasic August 2019 Brand new software
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... />
    How about discussing the best type of games that are ... or could be best suited for a Speccy Basic game, the M-Coders ... sprites or how fast a compiled basic game `could` be, but whereas some ... arcade action games of the best sort.

    (Sorry ...
    CKay CKay March 2005 Development
  • Little Demons: The Angel Hunt (Download)[url=http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd4/78741/the_angel_hunt.zip]Download[/url] My first Compiled BASIC game. Enjoy!

    [url=http://www.filelodge.com/files/hdd4/78741/the_angel_hunt.zip]Download[/url]

    My first Compiled BASIC game. Enjoy!
    xfa84 xfa84 April 2006 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... have been lots of good compiled BASIC games too - FRANK 'N' ... you can tell it's compiled BASIC just by looking at ... the days of selling your compiled BASIC game to a software house are ... a games development language or compiled BASIC nowadays, you'll get laughed ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2004 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... something like COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO. don't care about people, existing compiled basic game is ... still better than non-existing machine-code game.
    Fikee Fikee March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... br /> Plus not every BASIC game is rubbish. Compiled BASIC can give you the ... that were done in compiled BASIC, for example the earliest ... Other were coded in half basic, half machine code, namely ... my point: better a compiled BASIC game than a non existing ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... ) and the game which will win COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO :D

    you are right, BASIC ... evolution: first game in compiled BASIC, the second MC/BASIC mix and ... ...
    if anyone starts BASIC GAME COMPO then i join in ...
    Fikee Fikee March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... dont like this type of game but friends says that it ... WORM :)(lost) and the game which will win COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO
    [/quote ... Wall: not actually a decent game.
    Football Manager: Again, OK ... two and a half decent BASIC games. If that's really ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... fight a compiled BASIC game against a MC game, the MC game is playing ... really shitty MC game and a great BASIC game), so using a ... />
    For example, pure BASIC could be multiplied by 1 ... ), pure BASIC + MC by 0.8, compiled BASIC by 0.8, compiled BASIC + MC ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    Graf Spee, great fun especially if you broke into the program and gave yourself a load of fuel and torpedos..

    Oh and wasn't Frank'n'stein a compiled basic game?
    Vanamonde Vanamonde April 2005 Games
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    [quote]
    Oh and wasn't Frank'n'stein a compiled basic game?
    [/quote]

    Don't know about that, but I seem to remember that I read that Dr. Franky and the Monster was a compiled basic program. However, I would not call it good :)
    Frankie Frankie April 2005 Games
  • Writing for MultifaceI was just wondering, is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use the Multiface to run it? I'd like to write a small util to edit te…

    ... /> I once made a ROM game for the crap games competition ... tape routines with a simple compiled BASIC game. I'm not sure anyone ... , hence wanting to compile the basic.

    [code]

    mulder mulder November 2005 Development
  • Games Club WC 27/5/06Heres the options for next week.

    ... Mr Do/Dig Dug type game with a bit of a ... [i]look[/i] like a compiled BASIC game, but it definitely plays like ... the ground and ended the game!
    Malc74 Malc74 May 2006 Games
  • Why has no one remade 3D Deathchase?Why is 3D Deathchase, which is about 8k of code running on a 16K Spectrum, still unmatched (as far as I know) for a game of it's type? Since 3DD I'…

    ... it's not the easiest game to code, but if the ... years ago, surely even a compiled BASIC game on a modern PC should ... /> M. J. Estcourt's next game Full Throttle was certainly much ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2007 Games
  • Games that looked absolutely fantastic, but turned out to be a pile of steaming......Following on from the games that shouldn't be good thread hows about the games we expected to be good, REALLY good, but actually turned out to be a s…

    ... Dog - again, great graphics, terrible compiled BASIC game (but at least you got ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey March 2007 Games
  • Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…

    ... />
    The accuracy of Speccy BASIC isn't bad, random usually ... the time beats standard Atari BASIC by over 2 minutes and ... in around 31 seconds. The best compiled BASIC so far was BASIC09 on ... the 6309 CoCo3 with neither BASIC patched to really take advantage ...
    JamesD JamesD December 2007 Sinclair Basic
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