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Mystery games or Who the hell is Philip Nendick?Some games I found on an old tape; Bomber - version of City Bomber & Crazy Race (a.k.a Death Driver according to listing) - variant of Death Race whe…
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In need of a Poke (ooer!)Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a scary thing. I think I advanced as far as 'LD HA' (or something!) before giving up. However, so…
Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a ... able to enter into my basic programs simple one-off Pokes ... -
My geeky timeline...1982 - Dad bought me a ZX81, started getting interested in computers. couldn't do much with 1k though :) 1983 - Dad bought me a ZX spectrum. Really …
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3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
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Where do you start!I am fairly new to spectrums, and have only been programming for a couple of years starting on bbc basic. where do you start programming a game. Is a…
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what extra port for extra memory ? (256K, 512K, 1024K, etc.)I know that Pentagon uses some extra bits from port 7FFD for extra memory pging: - for 512K model, bit 6 & 7 of port 7FFD - for 1024K model, bit 5, 6…
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I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
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BASin problemsDunny, I seem to have some problems with BASin under WindowsXP. BASically (sorry.ahem), if I maximise the screen it crashes giving me an access voila…
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Emulators and the SAVE"" commandIs there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typin…
Is there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typing SAVE"" but nothing was saved on my hard disc. -
Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
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I cant belive this website and the activity round here!Hi! I?m new to this site (hope i have not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months I have got my self a PC to play games on from…
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8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
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SAVE *"b" formatIs there anywhere online which details SAVE *"b" format?? I don't know if I ever had an Interface 1 manual, and I certainly don't have one now.? Nor …
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Best/worst endingsPity this cheap'n'nasty UBB-clone doesn't have polls, one of the many features it lacks. :roll: :) What does anyone think are the best, and worst, g…
How do I save to tape, as it wereSo I've written my game, I've written a loading screen, I want to now put everything together with a loader etc so that it is the same as loading str…
... from tape.
ie. Basic prog load "" code 16384, then ...Universal Hero remakeHi all! For those that might be interested, Im currently working on a PC remake of the old Mastertronic game, Universal Hero (written in Blitz Basic…
... , Universal Hero (written in Blitz Basic).
Gameplay wise Ive ...ANN: Gosh Wonderful ROM new version 1.31All those other version were just leading up to this one - The Gosh Wonderful ROM gw03.rom is a replacement for the standard ROM in emulators that al…
... that allows you to enter BASIC
one letter at a ...Cracking softwareIn the 80-ies I programmed a cracking program to crack exact 48K sized programs like POLE POSITION and A VIEW TO A KILL - CITY HALL. I still have it …
... simple code to enter the BASIC for the loader, but full ...Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…
I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here...
What are the general rules about designing and coding platformers (eg JSW)? I have tried messing ...If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... clash, ie keeping the 8 basic colours with their respective BRIGHT ...Retro Gamer Issue 9[Vicky Pollard mode=ON] Ohhhhhhh Myyy Goddddddddddd!!! [Vicky Pollard mode=OFF] Anyone else got Retro Gamer Issue 9 yet? A Spec-chum heaven for sur…
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[ This ...The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…
... dead mummified skin.
BASIC - The idea of whole commands ...What's wrong with YS94...Hello, I'm Steve Anderson. You might remember me from such magazines as Your Sinclair and, um, that's it. I was the one who wrote a platform game in …
... wrote a platform game in Basic and then attempted to explain ...OT - PVRsAnyone got one? I'm interested in getting one because my VCR keeps chewing up tapes and shutting down when it tries to record - which is most unhelp…
... would consider getting a new, basic, VCR but frankly they are ... be to implement the most basic PVR system - simple input signal ... from SCART, basic software encoding and functionality, small ...Wildly OT: Computing Today's slagging-off of PascalIn the late '70s or early '80s (at the beginning of the home-computer era anyway, just before the dawn of the Speccy), there was a mag called [I]Comp…
... the workspace of an interpreted BASIC program! :D Needless to say ...Jeff Minter - But who was YOUR first coding hero?Im still massively a fan of anything Jeff does, despite the fact he usually picks likely to die platforms. I remember in 88 when I was first discove…
... I suppose were really crap Basic games.
Amongst these ...Archive Bugreports 'NONSENSE IN BASIC, 2020', component #2. Could someone please confirm
reports 'NONSENSE IN BASIC, 2020', component #2. Could someone please confirmOnce again about saving data in emulatorsI have already posted a topic asking how to save data in zx32. Now I have the same question concerning Real Spectrum emulator. I have already found o…
... found out how to save BASIC programs in Real Spectrum but ...CPC 464 plus - technical help please.I set up my CPC464plus today. With a cartride inserted, it works. Without a cartridge inserted, it displays just a green screen. I have one cart, …
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If I start in BASIC, and try to load a ...
