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Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... "set_searching_border", "set_pilot_border" and "set_data_border", that poke different numbers into the "border ... need to perform extra calculations beyond just poking a couple of ... -
Arcade games with home-only sequels (i.e. Target Renegade)I'm trying to build up a list of these... arcade games that had a sequel that was only released on home platformers. Stuff like Target Renegade, Pap…
Bomb Jack II and Renegade III, of course.
There's always Elite's "Beyond the Ice Castle" which was originally supposed to be a loose follow-up to Ghosts n' Goblins. -
Arcade games with home-only sequels (i.e. Target Renegade)I'm trying to build up a list of these... arcade games that had a sequel that was only released on home platformers. Stuff like Target Renegade, Pap…
... 's always Elite's "Beyond the Ice Castle" which was originally supposed ... -
Getting aquainted with the IF1bisToday, fifteen days after dispatch, the IF1bis arrived at my door. In perfect order. No customs, no TVA and no handling fee involved. The arrival of …
... be anywhere in between and beyond. It looks as if 1994 ... in BAS-rom
50 POKE 5438,53: REM new year ... /> 1003 REM #######################
2000 POKE 60000,0: POKE 60001,0
2010 ... -
Animated attribute revealA new challenge to solve next. I would like to create an animated attribute reveal in machine code by having my 768 byte attributes held in ram whic…
... set with BORDER 0 and POKE 23624,0 (BORDCR). (Actually, I ... think that probably just the POKE would do.)
The ... /> jp nc,SKIPDE ;skip if beyond attributes area (>=$5b00)
Fire n' Ice, is it possible to convert it tp tap. or tzx?Wathching a little bit the video from this game in rzxarchive, and it is really outstanding. So I was wondering if its possible to make the trd file …
... -ip.biz/spectrum/fire-n-ice.zip[/url][/QUOTE]
a) POKE 33060,0 - remove one HALT ... )
b) POKE 33060,0
POKE 26513,205,194,191 ...
POKE 49090,205,60 ...UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... done with something like:
POKE 23676,222+(PEEK 23676=222 ...More SpecBAS funHere's a neat little effect I lifted from a thread about displaylists and stuff from an Amiga forum - although SpecBAS has no hardware to assist, it …
... , stuff like that is way beyond my aching brain. :)[/QUOTE]
POKE$.
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40 ... IN [0 TO 255] THEN POKE$ 0,((a+offy)*SCRw)+c ... go then we use POKE$.
POKE$ writes bytes from a ...The RZX Request ThreadI have no idea if anything like this has ever been tried - but given that I am only a very occasional visitor these days I'd hope you all don't mind …
... a brief look at The Ice Temple yesterday - immediately I see ... infinite energy or infinite lives POKE, and if there's anyone ...Setting the sceneWhich games do you feel had the best backstories and manuals? I loved the novellas that came with Elite, Cholo and Starglider, and the manual for …
[i]In the Winter Palace of Ushgarak, the frozen mist ... was to no avail. The ice-fear rushed homewards and sank ...Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
... useful (or superfluous, for those beyond that point). (I haven't ... )
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8001 POKE da,rlo: POKE da+k1,rhi
1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
... ]Trafalgar Square[/b], [b]Buckingham Palace[/b], or suburbia. And if ... 's not overcomplicated, it's beyond overcomplicated, too many items, too ...Remove colour clash from Everyones a WallyWonder what the game would be like if the main sprite attributes were 8 hence avoiding the awful colour clash. Surely a handful of pokes would remed…
... is your friend :) [b]Poke 59320,24[/b] does that ... useful one is [b]Poke 43308,201[/b] which stops ... bit 'lifeless'. The ideal poke would be one that allows ... hacking than entering a single poke.[/quote]
Yes I ... code I say - way beyond my skill level :(how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... you want to scroll.
Poke 23659 (DF SZ) with the ... coding at that level is beyond me as yet but thanks ...how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... you want to scroll.
Poke 23659 (DF SZ) with the ... coding at that level is beyond me as yet but thanks ...Spectrum 48+ 4S - Upper RAM issue, and now a self-created problem!I recently picked up a known-flaky spectrum off eBay, to have a bit of fun fixing it and reliving youth. It was labelled as 'keyboard duff, shows…
... 30, up to 42986, and beyond that it tests cleanly to ... with 85 and 170 as poke values.Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... knowledge and skill of electronics beyond "I can make a crystal ... to do it - I can poke around with my trusty Gunson ...How many interfaces can be paired up together (as a combo) on the Speccy's back edge connector?Well some would say none as it puts too much of a power strain on the Speccy's power supply . So ignoring this aspect the same question can be asked …
... into the "specialist sector" and beyond an average DIYer's "everyday ... ) of whether the DivvMCC can POKE games on its own so ..."ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
... between the redefined character set (POKE 23607,249) and the standard ... character set (POKE 23607,60) to ensure the ... 10^38 to be entered (beyond which the program will stop ...Print vs 23659To be honest I could not think of a better topic title, although its not ideal. Anyway, I do recall reading ages ago that the reason you cannot no…
... first routine BUT set the poke back to 1 instead of ... 2
30 POKE 23659,1
this ... anything, as it never goes beyond the AT control code. This ...Spectrum +2 grey ear mod?Is it possible to turn the sound port on the back of a grey Spectrum +2 into an ear input? I know it's possible for the black +2 but I can't find muc…
... RAM packs that went way beyond its usual capacity - Memotech did ... of memory that allowed a POKE to switch banks, or was ...Alternative to Poke 23659,0 to prevent a 'break in' to a Basic Program.Good morning everyone, My memory fails me these days but in the early days of programming I used to use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering so…
... ;935384"]I still remember POKE 23659,0, one of those ... restored to normal by POKE 23659,2 within the ... than normal. So after POKE 23569,Y the upper screen ... PRINT position got to or beyond 24-Y,0.
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[b]10 POKE 23692,0: POKE 23659,10
20 ...1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... prawns, asparagus, mint choc chip ice cream, and BBQ beans on ... so f*cking bad is beyond me?
[b]2 ...run statement clears dimensional arraysis there any way round this? id rather not type goto 1 all the time, to stop this
... by changing VARS to point beyond them before STOP and ... RANDOMIZE VARS:
POKE RAMTOP+1,PEEK 23670: POKE RAMTOP+2,PEEK ... +484:
POKE 23627,PEEK 23670: POKE 23628,PEEK 23671:< ... 2000 GO SUB 3000:
POKE 23627,PEEK (FN p(23730 ...Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... may be a risk of ice bergs?
The lack ... - all have worsened this pandemic beyond what it needed to be.Climate ChangeI have listened to both sides in this debate. But I cannot help feeling a bit skeptical at times still. I think both sides are getting it a bit wrong…
... testing trapped air in artic ice and comparing it to present ... occurring. That is, it’s beyond reasonable doubt.
Yes ... areas where there is normally ice and snow, as the temperature ... .
Also as more ice and snow covered land losses ...I can't remember the title!!Hi! I'm looking for a wonderful game I played very often on the Spectrum, but I can't remember its name! It'a sport game, even if this sport doesn'…
... exist... you are in an ice stadium and you have to ...EliteHave got some problems with Elite. I?m not able to dock, and that?s quite deadly. I remember that there was a cheat to get lots of cash (to buy a doc…
... someone knows a really working poke (with an Emulator)
or ...Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... .
I used to POKE a game before the RANDOMIZE ...spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…
... mail, or if Peek n Poke will put them on his ...
