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  • The best ... beginning with "N"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "N", which do you think are the: [B]Best…

    Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, ... /> Best Demo:

    Best sound or music (in a game):

    Best graphics ... [/B][B] (in a game ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The best ... beginning with "O"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "O", which do you think are the: [B]Best…

    Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, ... /> Best Demo:

    Best sound or music (in a game):

    Best graphics ... [/B][B] (in a game ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The best ... beginning with "P"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "P", which do you think are the: [B]Bes…

    Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, ... /> Best Demo:

    Best sound or music (in a game):

    Best graphics ... [/B][B] (in a game ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Due to rampant voting abuse for this gameI tried voting on La Abadia del Crimen for the first time in my life and got this message. The reason being its too high in the list of best games a…

    ... its too high in the list of best games and ... version. Its not a great game in my eyes.

    game lower. :(

    ... The only game I've ever voted for ... .

    Effing politics in ZX scene.

    ...
    FrankT FrankT June 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • OMFG! That game was terrible!!!!I was bored so I looked around the dark forgotten parts of WOS and found an "ewgf type thread" Emulator. So I loaded it up to see what it would come…

    ... of best of threads, Best Megadrive/Genesis games, Best SNES games, Best ... versions) for being the hardest game in the universe.

    ...
    [b]Worst Master System Game[/b]

    Alien ... />
    [b]Worst Game Gear Game[/b]

    Double ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2009 Chit chat
  • Writing internet servers in ZX BASICNew Spectranet news! I have just finished adding the code to allow listening sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example: [code] 10 %listen #4,…

    ... sockets to be used from BASIC. A simple example:

    in BASIC now :-)
    Winston Winston August 2009 Hardware
  • Best Spectrum game from 2009Ok, its almost 2010, and we have to decide which was the best game this year :) Miles Mad Mission [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cg…

    ... to decide which was the best game this year :)

    Miles ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx December 2009 Games
  • PLEASE HELP ME: favorite zx 48k games onto game boy advance with FooN injectorDear World of Spectrum forum users, as first a very [B]big thanks[/B] for your great database and the effort to bring up [I]the world largest zx spe…

    ... one explained that the best is to use EmuZWin ... correct key set for every game?[/B]

    ... right setting to get every game in "full screen" inside FooN ... attempt was to inject the game [I]Batman(TheHitSquad)[/I]. ... and help.

    best regards
    drache drache May 2010 Games
  • Building a menu in ASMWEll as probably some figured, i am learning asm at least to make the basic menu i did in basic. It is a menu where we can select games to be loaded.…

    ... 's i programmed a lot in basic and always wanted to make ... Name of some Spectrum 48k game. Example:

    1 - Alien ... some var that contains the game loader, example:

    alien8 ... /> knight
    scape

    In basic was easy to build all ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…

    ... /> more and more programmers in the recent time are using ... Software. This makes their game running well on Emulators, ... a selection of the best programs we found. But ... surely one of the best demos I ever saw. ... is. Just put the loader in Basic.

    Thanks ...
    Speccyman Speccyman August 2010 Development
  • Untitled Zombie GameBought a Speccy 48k (wanted a 16k with a 32k Cheetah rampack and Kempston interface, but couldn't find a 16k) and started writing BASIC for the first…

    ... ) and started writing BASIC for the first time in about 20 years ... ... Decided to write a zombie survival game ... ), which I've stuck up in a post on my site ... is why it's all in BASIC (which I reckon will be ...
    Dabnorfish Dabnorfish November 2010 Development
  • A game called Jetpack (not to be confused with Jetpac)This actually sat on my hard disk for ages (months, a year?) before I bothered playing it. I suspect I downloaded it thinking it was a DOS version of…

    ... version of the famous Ultimate game. In fact, not only does it ... it's a completely different game altogether. Despite being for MS ... 's very 8-bit in feel, best described as a mixture of ...
    Zagreb Zagreb November 2010 Chit chat
  • Need in beta-taster`s helpHello to all. I have developed hard-soft emulator of ZX Spectrum 48, but there are problems in work. My topics is: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…

    ... 48, but there are problems in work. My topics is: ... stops at some point. Basic 48 shows the next problems ... any loader of the game from the tape it ... the number must be printed in BASIC, for example, PRINT 2 ... Anyone who can help enters in the history of developing ...
    Vasil Vasil February 2011 Emulators
  • Nightshade - best game ever - programmer needed for nightsahde iiI thought Nightshade by Ultimate was the best Spectrum game of all time - I don't know anybody else who feels this way - it had a mystique about it. …

    ... Nightshade by Ultimate was the best Spectrum game of all time - I ...
    ZX TV 9INCH ZX TV 9INCH April 2011 Games
  • Best chess game?Thought I'd ask which Spectrum chess program plays the best game? Never had chess on the speccy myself. Used to play a chess cartridge on the vic-2…

    ... Spectrum chess program plays the best game?

    Never had chess ...
    FrankT FrankT April 2011 Games
  • Personal comments in instructionsSomething that I do not feel is right, is personal comments in instruction files. Surely the purpose of instruction files is to preserve the origina…

    ... is right, is personal comments in instruction files. Surely the purpose ... agree it's not the best game ever, but my feelings and ... DESCRIPTION
    A maze game with you in control of a motorcycle ... /> as well as appearing in the game. Most people would think it ...
    Mousey Mousey April 2011 Infoseek database
  • Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…

    ... 20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun ... any segment of memory) in ZX BASIC without resorting to a ... LDIR in machine code, but using only standard ZX Spectrum BASIC - ... explanation is in the spoiler box below, in case you want ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Name of game needed - sort of robot wars...Well, I reckon this one's a tricky one. Can't quite remember the year, maybe mid-eighties. Have tried WOS searching to no avail. It was: - a 2 pl…

    ... /> - a 2 player robot combat game
    - you & the other ... robots just shuffle along in a horizontal line in 2D (one from ... have been a BASIC game, or at least partly in BASIC as it was ...
    Morkin Morkin April 2011 Games
  • 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…

    ... (were) good games purely written in basic ?

    Any type be ... snippets of code are OK in the basic itself.

    I ... don't really have anything particular in ...
    spider spider May 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    ... many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but ... whatever reason. Maybe the game code isn't too ... all, not sure which) in BASIC. It's surprisingly addictive -- ... as a type-in listing in a magazine. It ... Kayde release, appeared in Outlet electronic magazine[/url ...
    mark_k mark_k May 2011 Games
  • Help identifiying a very old gameHello, first post here although I've lurked for a while :) Great site! This is a long shot, but I wonder if anyone can help me find a game I played…

    ... find a game I played way back in 1982/ ... 83 or possibly '84. It was a Scramble type game ... , I think it was written in basic. The ... just levels within the game and not the ... game itself.

    I'm almost sure it was written in BASIC ...
    jaydee jaydee June 2011 Games
  • Game Selection Menu for DivIDE (& others)I retro game on a few other machines and one of the common things is a menu front end on a hard disk to all the games/disc images stored on it. The m…

    I retro game on a few other ... The menu typically shows the game box covers and allows selection ... the screen showing the highlighted game from a list on ... covers rather than just the game name itself, e.g. ... the skills to do something in basic but I suspect my ...
    brownb2 brownb2 July 2011 New game ideas
  • Collision detection in Arcade Game DesignerI've been playing with Arcade Game Designer recently but I can't get the collision detection work between two sprites of the same type even though I'…

    ... 've been playing with Arcade Game Designer recently but I can ... />
    I made this small "game" in testing purpose.
    There are ... />
    You can download the "game" here. It's a snapshot ...
    matti1234 matti1234 July 2011 Development
  • New game: Dex[b]DEX - A painty-maze game for the 48K/128K Spectrum.[/b] [IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/ip5zeu.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i56.tinypic.com/euqyv6.png[/IMG]…

    ... a decent 1982-style arcade game purely in BASIC. It turns out I ... variety of different Spectrum-based BASIC compilers. This met with ... read in the WOS forums about boriel's ZX BASIC compiler ... modern-computer-based, fully Speccy BASIC compatible *and* offered a ...
    Lee Tonks Lee Tonks August 2011 Brand new software
  • Unlisted game - The Battle of MaidaI've just moved back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida". I really loved this game back in the 80s and I believe a friend of…

    ... ". I really loved this game back in the 80s and I believe ... in BASIC).

    It is a turn based tactical war game with ... have a tape of the game, and although its not a ... how to cheaply transfer the game into a TZX would be ...
    takapa takapa August 2011 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Casstte 50 compilation emulator game questionHi - Hope this is the right place to put this question? Wasn't sure? But I have just downloaded the 'Cassette 50' compilation from wos but can't w…

    ... . The tap file loads each game one after the other but ... they were BAD ! and written in BASIC.... but just for nostalgic reasons ...
    retromad retromad August 2011 Games
  • First Speccy Game in 25 YearsI've decided to get back into the speccy scene, guess it's been about 25 years since I've used one. Got a 48K and 48K+ coming in the post tomorrow. …

    ... a 48K and 48K+ coming in the post tomorrow. I'm ... /> As it is my first game on a speccy for a ... while gonna make a game of reversi/othello, should keep ...
    fortyeightkay fortyeightkay September 2011 Development
  • Captain Blood different in-game screenshotsMartijn, the in-game screenshots for this game in its entry and in the compilation "Special action" are not the same. I guess you will have to decid…

    Martijn, the in-game screenshots for this game in its entry and in the compilation "Special action" are not the same.

    I guess you will have to decide for one of them! :P
    Ivanzx Ivanzx November 2011 Infoseek database
  • Help with a game errorIm trying to load this game called "O Sole Mio" from this website: [url]http://www.oocities.org/superballena/homemade.htm[/url] but as soon as the …

    Im trying to load this game called "O Sole Mio" from ... soon as the game finishes loading, it gives "nonsense in basic..."

    Ivanzx Ivanzx January 2012 Games
  • BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…

    ... to try a few in Basic. He chose Game #8: Shadok et Gibi ...
    NRA NRA January 2012 Sinclair Basic
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