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  • Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…

    ... even tho they were very basic. Does anyone remember some cheap ... was a murder in a big manor house and you was ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr May 2003 Games
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... , because was mentioned, that CPC big sucks.

    What ... music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games ... again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... and so has a new big beautiful home, and say ... your Gaystations, you suck big you no wot. you ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... keyboard attached.

    The Basic is non-existent, meaning it ... at $25. This was a big deal in the mid '70s ... Basic. It was quirky. It featured the same processor as the big ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…

    ... only problem, which is a big problem, is that it's ... too big, and altering the SIZE="x ... 1024*768 display its rather big, and ontop of it i ... unless an alternate proper spectrum font can be found, or if ... from the size being too big it does make the page ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • *** CRONOSOFT *** help a little so it can Serve YOU betterSalud if you believe in what [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk/"]Cronosoft[/url] is doing and would like to help out a little bit, you could mention…

    ... -forth and z80 assembler, blitz basic ( amiga ) and/or amos and ... chance or whatever, like a 'big-bang' if you will, so ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…

    ... Amstrad. (who thought it was big and clever to add a ... /> _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …

    ... to programming (I only mastered BASIC back in the early 1990 ... way I'm a very BIG fan of the Double Dragon ...
    retrogod retrogod July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

    ... crazy buit its not a big deal t ome im used ... qbert vbut it is in basic ( and i was surprised its ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

    ... , Michael's written a Blitz Basic version which is pretty much ... complete, it's a big improvement over Earth Shaker, with ...
    +CotL-DS +CotL-DS July 2003 Games
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... />
    The C64 was a big ugly chunky plastic thing, but ... much of the blue/purple BASIC screen though.

    Perhaps ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... the Spectrum's Beep in Basic is one thing ( and even ... "Little Dragon" Lee vs. the BIG BOSS. and we all know ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... the Spectrum's Beep in Basic is one thing ( and even ... "Little Dragon" Lee vs. the BIG BOSS. and we all know ...
    Yerz Yerz August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fire Ruby - More HelpI cant pass the spikes in the fire ruby by lawrence creighton, can someone please help? [ This Message was edited by: welsh_brawler on 2003-08-08 21…

    ... 146
    HELP 147
    FONT 148
    1 149
    Font 1 {152} Font 2 changes the font{6}{6 ... which boasts minimal furnishings.A big desk with one drawer stands ...
    BadBeard BadBeard August 2003 Games
  • ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…

    ... before asking?! " ... what's the big deal? if soemone knows the ... have to write it in basic, i dont know not nearly ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…

    ... />
    I have hundreds of BASIC books in my lounge.
    BIG book.....


    perhaps ...
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2003 Games
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... C64 seemed to be a big boring beige box with no ... dad wrote a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Games
  • SevenuP and fontsIs it possible to use SevenuP to create replacement Spectrum fonts? If not, can anyone suggest a windows-based Speccy font editor? I've got plenty fo…

    ... write a small BASIC program to convert the font data in the ... /> On the other hand, the font editor of Art Studio is ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan August 2003 Development
  • SevenuP and fontsIs it possible to use SevenuP to create replacement Spectrum fonts? If not, can anyone suggest a windows-based Speccy font editor? I've got plenty fo…

    ... scratch, you may create a BASIC program that prints all chars ... a new 256x24 graphic. The BASIC program can be this one ... />
    There's also a font editor included in BMP2SCR Pro ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain August 2003 Development
  • Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…

    ... by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you ... i recall they were quite big and i dont think there ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…

    ... know that there is a big Spanish community but it ... actullay see a resemblance to basic. it's not as ... , RET=Return ... etc etc. knowing basic helps cause you can kind ... were to do this in basic it would be like ' ... it is high level like Basic, and has a bunch ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Uncle Clive speakLink to an Uncle Clive interview: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/CliveSinclairInterview1982/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/CliveSinclairInter…

    ... BBC basic for the Spectrum, etc.

    im a big Amiga ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... br />
    The annoyance with Basic compilers is that you have ... to fit compiler, source basic and resulting code in memory ... your final compiled basic program isn't too big to then run ... asm a decent knowledge of basic is great ... unless i misunderstood ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Unknown Games For ZX-Spectrum For Spectrum in period from 1980 to 1993 was made more 15000! games ...Where other 9000?(Don't check info) Also i find Names of very good games fo…

    ... titles released by 'real' companies big or small, but anyone who ... software houses were not as big and these titles are hard ... they made of pong in basic 15 years ago when they ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • New BASin (Alpha Release 9) upHi all, Since you're more interested in here about BASin, here's the new update announcement. There's no major changes to the way the system work…

    ... no particular order (and a big shout of thanks to the ... find from the start of BASIC memory)

    A bug ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2003 Development
  • create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…

    ... 's present. Using a real BASIC compiler in a real Spectrum ... + GFX + sounds. This would rock big time.
    na_th_an na_th_an September 2003 Development
  • BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…

    ... so far of a speccy font-based text editor - due to ... .

    It's one BASIC statement per line - typing a ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2003 Development
  • Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…

    ... or something). they worked from BASIC and allowed you to put ... 32c (that's an 8x6 font) or 64c x 32c (a ... 4x6 font). i have them on an ...
    icabod icabod October 2003 Games
  • The WoS Type-Ins ProjectGood folks of WoS! Lend me your ears (figuratively speaking of course)! At long last, the kind and noble Martijn has cleared the Type-Ins project for…

    ... Utility: Astronomy/Astrology
    Basic Utility: BASIC Related
    Copy Utility: Copier ... /> Elec Utility: Electronics
    Font Utility: Font/UDGs
    Math Utility: Mathematics ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZXed without real tapeEverybody, who knows, answer please... I have lot of ZX games, which not presented in WOS database. But they are in PC format (as dat.files, for exa…

    Exactly as Dunny said - I would go that way. BASIC will need a big of fiddling with, but it should work.
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat December 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... C, Delphi, Java etc: the big three. I don't know ... questions. I can set you basic programming assignments if you wish ...
    cyborg cyborg January 2004 Development
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