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How were game loading screens composed back in the day?I've often wondered while waiting for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually made prior to saving them as code or screen$…
... for loading screen to materialise line by line how these were actually ... can create and run a BASIC program to draw lines and ... -
Game loopJust working on my first ever Spectrum game, and am struggling to work out what the game-loop should look like. I've got interrupts enabled (mode 2)…
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BASIC games.I remember back in the day, there was a way you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as Football Manager or Johnny Reb. I can't rememb…
... you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as ... it just goes into the BASIC listing? Can you still do ... which games were written in BASIC? -
Listing protected BASIC programsHi, Is it possible to list protected BASIC programs at all? like the ones that are protected from being merged. Thanks. [I](sorry if this has al…
Hi,
Is it possible to list protected BASIC programs at all? like the ones that are protected from being merged.
Thanks.
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Programmer Cursus BASIC (Kluwer Technische Boeken)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0014639"]Programmer Cursus BASIC (Kluwer Technische Boeken)[/URL] Only an unidentified TZX in…
... .cgi?id=0014639"]Programmer Cursus BASIC (Kluwer Technische Boeken)[/URL]
INPUT help?Hi folks. :) Brace yourselves, this is probably a very silly question, my BASIC knowledge is very... well, basic... Let's say, for example, I'm mak…
... silly question, my BASIC knowledge is very... well, basic...
Let ... you play. I write a line to generate the random number ... /> I'm thinking the next line should be something like "IF ...eVALuating $ in +3 BasicHi all, I was very interested in the thread below about re-starting Basic, and remember reasonable amounts from zx81 and early Spectrums. But I now h…
... thread below about re-starting Basic, and remember reasonable amounts from ... works of course in 48K Basic etc. but returns missing vars ...Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
... />
;No return to BASIC
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never_end
ld ... /> pop de ;get start of line
ld a,e
Learning a programming language from scratchSome advice please... At work I use an Excel/Calc spreadsheet of my own making to get address information from various csv/txt files I download ever…
... to do with the command line.
I have virtually ... any language apart from Sinclair BASIC, but can usually hack my ... best place to start? Visual Basic? C#? Python? Something else ...Creating your own BASIC-commands on IF1bisThe old Sinclair IF1 has offered an easy possibility to create your own new BASIC-command: The use of the shadow variable VECTOR. This is described i…
... to create your own new BASIC-command: The use of the ...Need advice on multi monitor problem.I've just got my new pc setup and have it connected to an LCD pc monitor via VGA and analogue speakers and also my flatscreen tv via hdmi (both audio…
... tinkering with the Windows 7 multi desktop settings but it seems ...TAPlist - the emulator versionI've got this working reasonably well; there's just a couple of small extra features which I want to add. (Recall that TAPlist writes a formatted lis…
... formatted listing of the BASIC program in memory to ... wrote the program in BASIC and it takes a ... as the last completed BASIC line is written out to ... which isn't a BASIC line number, as it confuses ... uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/taplist.bas]BASIC listing[/url] and some ...how can we create .trd imagedisks with zmakebas and mctrd?hi again! from a long time i were using zmakebas for converting zxspectrum-basic code from .txt files into .tap files. now i were trying to work on…
... using zmakebas for converting zxspectrum-basic code from .txt files into ... .trd files via mctrd (command line on linux), and i don ... these tokenized zxspectrum-basic files into there (zxspectrum-basic files named as ...Beta Disk v4 resets Spectrum while inserting DisketteHi, has anyone discovered the following himself ? I have some old disks which should be in Beta-Disk format. Most of them I?m able to view the cat…
... disks which should be in Beta-Disk format.
Most of ...Creating Boriel ZX Basic Project in Xcode OS XFollowing on from the z88dk Xcode Project post below, the link below describes how to set up an Xcode External Build Project to Edit and Compile Bori…
... Edit and Compile Boriel ZX Basic .bas and .asm source files ... /21/creating-xcode-boriel-zx-basic-project-in-os-x/"]http ... /21/creating-xcode-boriel-zx-basic-project-in-os-x/[/URL ...Double-Buffer ScreenFor my Alien Breed Speccy re-write I decided to use a Double Buffer (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto, before shuffling the whol…
... write sprites without worrying which line or zone they are on ... . You can now make huge, multi-block sprites and shift them ...
ld (cline),a ;Set LINE Counter
loop1:
ld ... :
.db 8 ;Counter for LINE
cfield:
.db ...Something I made in Minecraft...So, this is what I do in my spare time these days (when I'm sure a lot of you will be screaming for me to come back to Speccy-land; I assure you I wi…
... there, somewhere, is a very basic computer (of sorts) built using ... available when Minecraft was in beta testing. As it is now ...Interface 1 putting me in 48kHi All, I have a 128 toasty with interface 1 connected to a PC via serial. If I save a basic program using 'SAVE *"b" LINE 10', all is well. If I …
... I save a basic program using 'SAVE *"b" LINE 10', all is ... 1 cannot merge a basic program saved with LINE...)
But ...Pacman monster helpso I am trying to write a pacman game in Specbas [youtube]0R4XmkzBfHs[/youtube] got it working ok so far.... now the tricky bit the monsters in p…
... to work it out in basic.
so the red ... to pacman (in a straight line), it then takes that route ...Read Data from memoryHi there. Not been on this scene for a long time. Does anyone know how to do a routine to read data from memory(peek..etc) rather than using lines of…
... using lines of data in basic...
My normal routine ...Identify more games ...Hi all, I apologize for using this forum to prop up my memory (I was very, very young when i had my Spectrum), but this is another one of those thin…
... /> This thing was about as basic a wargame as you get ... across the screen, with limited line of sight. How a battleship ... be signified by a black line trailing it.
Game ...Beta disk schematic requestedHello, I am urgently looking for an original schematic for the 48k Beta Disk Interface of TR Ltd. The Files at WoS are Not usefull I think. Ingo.
Hello,
I am urgently looking for an original schematic for the 48k Beta Disk Interface of TR Ltd.
The Files at WoS are Not usefull I think.
Ingo.RST hooks in OpenSE BASICHi, any possibility of OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to a small table in RAM containing jumps back to apropriate ROM locations? :grin: It i…
... ,
any possibility of OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to ... /dbg code cohabitating besides OpenSE BASIC?
Regards,
TomazNear new condition 48k Spectrum for sale.I'm starting my spring cleaning with this. I have a Sinclair Spectrum 48k, bought many years ago but has had only about a week's use (at my then gir…
... other packaging. The ring-bound BASIC manual is still present and ... . There is an Alphacom 32 line printer still boxed; this was ...SkoolKit 4.0SkoolKit 4.0 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into ASM format or into a bunch of …
... is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software ... a TAP file containing a BASIC loader
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Autorun for BASIC programs on DSK files?I recall there being a way to save my BASIC program to a +3 Disk and have it RUN automatically. I have saved my program as 'DISK', which seems to ha…
... a way to save my BASIC program to a +3 Disk ...BEEP & PLAY jingles in BASIC sourceI've been digging through the +3 manual and checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128+3Manual/chapter8pt19.html"]great musi…
... 're making a very simple BASIC program (akin to the CSSCGC ... use when making pure source BASIC games?fastest Sound FX methods in ZX BASIC?Right now I'm doing an alternating footstep sound in my game using this following Beep statement. [code]beep 0.008,-4 + tog+tog+tog+tog : let tog=1-…
... able to get out of BASIC, but it still slows down ... do music and sounds from BASIC? My emulator (Spectacular) emulates those ...Basic program malfunctionHello. Please does anyone know why this basic program 10 LET x=0 20 LET x=x+0.1 30 print x 40 if x<>1 then goto 20 50 STOP does not properly work o…
Hello.
Please does anyone know why this basic program
10 LET x=0
20 LET x=x+0.1
30 print x
40 if x1 then goto 20
50 STOP
does not properly work on the speccy?MISSING M1 LINE ON +48????I was posting questions about my DIVMMC enjoy not working on one of my +48`s and have now got round to testing if its cpu related.Trouble is the one …
... little about the faulty m1 line and i think i understand ...
