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new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
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The sprite engine is designed for games ... There is another nearly complete sprite engine and others germinating that ... (or assembler) using different sprite libraries. But the jaw-dropping ... -
Getting a DISCiPLE/+D to work on a +2A/+3?Does anyone know how compatible the two interfaces could be made with the +2A/+3? I remember that there were a couple of POKEs that could get a +D t…
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New ZX Spectrum Development Site Soon...Hello, I am collating as much info as possible on programming the ZX Spectrum with the hope of more people getting into Z80 ASM, 'C' (z88dk) with Sp…
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... hand would catch things. and man did it catch things. they ... to think of it a big ass kicking gorilla isn't ...Any news on the Minigame compo ?I was just wondering, does anybody have any idea as to when the next minigame compo will take place ? I'm eager to send my next crappy creation - per…
... done, man !!! (Although the lower part of Fizzog's sprite does seem ...Best version of FroggerI was on Atariage asking about what the best version of this game was on the 2600. There are two, and most agree that the tape based game is the bett…
... ! played. I had the four pack, bought from Woolworths in early ... titles were Munch-It!(Pac-Man), Climb-It!(Donkey Kong) and ...elevator game - pls helpHi guys, back in the 80's i've had got the good speccy as a birthday gift and there was a bonus game, of which i forgot the name. The main characte…
I can't belive it man! That's really it. If ... , but now it has a big nostalgic value :)
Meraviglioso! Molto ...New vault updateWell, it's interesting to see how totally underwhelmed most people are about the new update! Or are they still busy downloading everything ;) The on…
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I had ... see them. It's no big deal. When you get to ...need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... 'm planning to use a big variety of middle-size sprites ... width and height for each sprite, and there are many different ...Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... programmers don't use generic sprite routines! :)
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yeah, sure, shifted sprite routines are faster, but i ... each level. they are rather big but you have only 48k ...Speccy AY versus 64 SIDWhich is best?
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Fraid not man, they still sound rubbish compared ... .. the SID can do nice big sawtooth filtered noises and stuff ...Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... and Sidewize style is a BIG deal. Comparable quality has also ... /> Regarding to your question about sprite colision. All depends on your ...Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... wage cock up then the man (The MAN ?) deserved more.
At the very least a healthy big ...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…
... have a modulator and power pack built in as one? [quote ... />
Yep, it was a big clunky thing not dissimilar to ...Things that make you go D'ohI could probably keep this thread going for eternity on my own, but I'll start with the best... When I was still at school, a friend of mine had a p…
... tiring day of work, our man decides he needs to make ... the ceiling leaving a nice big black patch on it.
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…
... the ball and not the man"
and once again ... , C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for ...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…
... , C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for ... it simply wasn't a big enough player.
The ... then also spout out a pack of lies saying things like ...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…
... it simply wasn't a big enough player.
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If it wasnt a big enough player, how come it ... with proper collision detection and sprite colouring.
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Again ... speed can be, a software sprite on the CPC with arbitary ... than a Spectrum or C64 sprite) but in 4 colours it ...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…
... the ball and not the man"
and once again ... , C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for ...Sparky eZX-BASIC Project in need of FPGA ExpertYou probably are not familiar with this project, but it is a computer system based on Zilog's new eZ80 chip and the OS is a superset of ZX BASIC. Ju…
There's a very big difference between the those retro ... flash memory for program rom, sprite rom, background rom, etc..sometimes ...NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASESHi all, A few things happening at the moment, which may be of interest ... PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER ----------------------- A surprise this one... …
... simple art package, map designer, sprite designer etc etc (oh and ... get together to achieve something big like this..
I ...Trying to track down Speccy game authors for RGHi, I hope some of you read and enjoyed my Konix feature (and video) in Retro Gamer issue 8! For my next few articles, I'm looking at featuring abs…
... down well, especially as the man himself is such a innovative ... />
I was always a big fan of the artworks by ...is boat run the worst game everi think that boat run (unpublished) is the worst game ever! (or at least very bad). i know that without it one man and his droid would never of been …
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Also try playing Big Bad John, Harry Price's ... pirate version of Molecule Man; it seems quite good (if ... , like me, you like Molecule Man) -- until you get all the ...Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
... background
2. Draw sprite into background
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5. Change sprite coordinates
... mentioned -- time your sprite drawing so that it ... click on "examples" under Sprite Pack. This particular algorithm has other ...OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
... you to make such a big statement ?
What makes you ... in Iraq based on a pack of lies.
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... the computer show, the main sprite for Hunchback II, the ones ... try the K-Lite codec pack (no worries, Im not suggesting ... installing Kazaa).. just the codec pack, (and media player classic comes ...
