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New game Sea Dragon (beta)Hi. Over at zx.pk.ru there is a lot of talk of a new game for spectrum called Sea Dragon. It is a VERY nice underwater side scroller... technically V…
you guys just do this to ruin my "best 2010 Spectrum game" poll, right??? :D
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New game: Stamp QuestHappy new year speccies! [URL="https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=0ByxiMYbPnlUdMTQ0MmZlMDctMTNjNS00NmJhLTg3NTQtMTU3ZTQwY2ViZWMx&hl=en"]https://docs.goo…
... doing this. In my original basic game I programmed a random reappear ... -
The Double (Footy Management Game)Hi All I'm new to the forum and wanted to talk about The Double - the classic Speccy 128 game which I believe was the best footy management game eve…
I have probably mentioned before but i personally think that "the boss " by peaksoft is the best footy management game on the spectrum . -
Amiga 1200 death (1996-2011)I'm off work this week so i thought i'd dig out my old Amiga 1200 and play some old games. My Amiga is in a cupboard next to the front door, to my …
... utter classic. Probably my favourite game [U]ever[/U].
... B]Colonization[/B] = fantastic strategy game, prefer it to Civilization in ... br /> [B]Syndicate[/B] = wonderful game, I also enjoyed Syndicate Wars ... it's the best football strategy game i have ever ... -
Amiga 1200 death (1996-2011)I'm off work this week so i thought i'd dig out my old Amiga 1200 and play some old games. My Amiga is in a cupboard next to the front door, to my …
... PM3, it's the best football strategy game i have ever played ... -
Amiga 1200 death (1996-2011)I'm off work this week so i thought i'd dig out my old Amiga 1200 and play some old games. My Amiga is in a cupboard next to the front door, to my …
... PM3, it's the best football strategy game i have ever played ... -
Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
... /> And if you want your Basic game to work on real hardware ... worry about memory if my game used a lot of memory ... /> I love games coded in Basic. I'm eager to see ... -
SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…
... ? what would be your ideal BASIC sprite implementation? Bear in mind ... that I'm not a BASIC programmer any more, so my ... different to any beginning aspiring BASIC game programmer. I guess they would ... are no record types in BASIC). In which gfx$ can be ... -
My little project with my netbook. Idea's wantedOk i didnt know where to put this on the forum so i thought i would put it here and if the mods want too they can move it...anyway..... I wanted a s…
... ), which when I selected a game I could go into X128 ... to play the odd PC game on there, every so often ... PCs, still plays the odd game on them now and then ... help it if the best Unreal Tournament game is PC only. And ... -
Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
I thought you could throw everything in DD: Advance (which is still the best official DD game to date IMO). -
Where any games programmed in C?Were any Spectrum games written in C on a secondary computer that could compile Z80 code?
... early games were written in Basic and compiled basic however.
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Where any games programmed in C?Were any Spectrum games written in C on a secondary computer that could compile Z80 code?
... only a little better than compiled basic. I have not seen every ... -
Empire Strikes Back ( Parker Bros, not Domark )I may be going doolally but I'm sure I've seen a conversion of the Atari 2600 Empire Strikes Back on the Speccy, but it was called something else. A…
... an updated version of this game on his website that's ... :
3D defence - a basic game, my first attempt at 3D ... -
A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
Is it compilable? Could be worth trying. If it's a well designed BASIC game, you usually end up adding delays to the gameplay loop, but gaining speed on screen rendering and stuff is always a win. -
A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
In spite of being a BASIC game, nice. Good graphics.
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Games Where The Sequel Outshone The OriginalAs the title says , what game for you was the one that outshone the original the best? In many cases with movies , the original is the best , but for…
... is to me the best 2D platform game ever (obligitory yes I ... /> Dr Beep's second Wiwo game (The Case of the Lost ... -
Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…
... suggest UDGs, character-movement and compiled BASIC. Although that's not particularly ... -
Sabre Wulf - don't you just hate itThere's lots of Speccy opinions that divide us, but one thing I seem to stand alone in is my dislike for Sabre Wulf. I'm not joking now, I don't like…
... , which IMHO is still the best Isometric 3d game on the speccy. -
Official CSSCGC 2011 Competition ThreadHello fellas. The site is up and running. We are already accepting submissions. [url]http://www.mojontwins.com/csscgc2011/[/url] Rules, info, and e…
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Really is a great BASIC game though, very impressive. :) -
Official CSSCGC 2011 Competition ThreadHello fellas. The site is up and running. We are already accepting submissions. [url]http://www.mojontwins.com/csscgc2011/[/url] Rules, info, and e…
... (even for a crap game), I end up with ... converted it into a lander game. yes it's fluid, ... key. I tested the game at least once before sending ... it, but...Anyway, being a basic game, it's really crap. < ... />
MEMPTR Snake, that game doesn't need my scoring ... -
Minigamecompo 2011 ??????In the Minigamecompo 2010 I received only a handfull of votings. So I started a [URL="http://minigamecompo.weebly.com/forum.html#/minigamecompo-2011…
Just sent my first attempt at a 1k game, a very basic game of catch called Catch The Cash coming in at a whopping 999bytes complete with frantic gameplay, full colour graphics & sound ;-)
Will also load to WOS
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Games You Still Hate to This Day Like...Dream Warrior... I can't even understant what's the dam point of the game... and why did they have to chose those horrible colours???
... with much horror I discovered compiled basic :-o , although there are some ... -
Games You Still Hate to This Day Like...Dream Warrior... I can't even understant what's the dam point of the game... and why did they have to chose those horrible colours???
... with much horror I discovered compiled basic :-o , although there are some ... good compiled games I know.[/QUOTE]
Best Basic games ?Any thoughts on what are (were) good games purely written in basic ? Any type be it adventure / platform / whatever. Nothing compiled although tiny…
Insert Coins 1 and 2 (although they may have been tweaked a little? They go way above and beyond any other BASIC game I've ever seen).Hi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
Hello, nice to meet you. :)
Games in compiled Basic can be very good or even brilliant.
If I recall, "Insert Coins 2" has been written this way, and it was one of my favourite games. :)Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…
To show different compiled BASIC statements I shall jump ... [B]GOSUB[/B] statements are compiled into a simple CALL instruction ... [B]RETURN[/B] statements are compiled into a simple RET instruction ... [B]GOTO[/B] statements are compiled into a simple JP instruction ...Famous 8 x 8 graphicsHi All, Part of a game I'm writing involves collecting falling 8x8 graphics, one level will be fonts (got this bit sorted) and another will be 8x8 g…
... use them, even in a BASIC game. I'd really love to ... also try re-drawing larger game sprites that small.
Famous 8 x 8 graphicsHi All, Part of a game I'm writing involves collecting falling 8x8 graphics, one level will be fonts (got this bit sorted) and another will be 8x8 g…
... use them, even in a BASIC game. I'd really love to ... also try re-drawing larger game sprites that small.
basic game called 'YTS' my brother wrote ...GTA IV vs Earlier GTA gamesOne of the regular discussions (or arguments, depending on the age of the participants - how I wish no one under twenty could post on the forums :() …
... is something wrong about a game called Grand Theft that makes ... pointless driving is in the game...[/QUOTE]
true but ... playing, it is the best sort of game to go on a ...Why doesn't my routine work?I have a "level" defined by 504 bytes (28 squares across x 18 squares down) I'm trying to write a routine that will take an X,Y coordinate in pixels…
... work out which method best suits my game.
@ ... 've coded for the game already. Some routines may ... between finishing the adventure game that I had in ... of having written a full game (taking Timmy's advice ... And then my adventure game can come a bit ...
