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  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... /> The | character simulates the DOS cursor. Replace with whatever you want ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... $ 7 = Edit
    Chr$ 8 = Cursor back
    Chr$ 9 = ,, further ...
    zx_if1 zx_if1 April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Quickest-Play-Through Game?Hi all, I was actually going to ask hints for games that offer gaming pleasure in, say, 2-3 minutes, but the question goes: what are to your knowled…

    You can complete Gyron Atrium in about 10 seconds if you crash into the wall whilst holding fire with the cursor in the right place - but I think that's more of a bug :)
    Neil^P Neil^P April 2005 Games
  • Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …

    ... a string of CHR$ 8 (cursor left) characters before your message ...
    gasman gasman April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Emulator feature ideaMany games use only a small part of screen for the playground area (where the actual action happens), how about resizing it larger? I think it would …

    ... one has to have the cursor within the program window then ...
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2005 Emulators
  • Cruiser Power play and a game with a forgotten name problemI have a cruiser power play joystick connected to a +2B but i don't know how to identify it (kempston, cursor, interface 2 ... ) The other issue is…

    move the joystick when in BASIC. If it gives you 5,6,7,8 and 0 then it's a cursor joystick. 1,2,3,4 and 5, or 6,7,8,9 and 0 it's a Sinclair joystick.

    Kempstons won't do anything, but I don't know about the others.
    enzo1701 enzo1701 May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What control keys for Jungle Trouble?I feel a bit embarrassed asking this,but what are the correct control keys for playing Jungle Trouble? I've managed to find the left and right but no…

    ... are:-

    5 or Cursor Left - Left or Strike Monkey ...
    8 or Cursor Right - Right or Chop Tree ...
    6 or Cursor Down - Down
    7 or ... Cursor Up - Up or Jump
    < ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous May 2005 Games
  • I NEED A HAND FINDING A 3D CHESS GAME......WITH A HAND IN ITOk.Firstly - It's not one of the chess games in the archive with the word chess in the title. ##(Although - The ChessMaster2000 LOOKS very familiar e…

    ... chess game with a hand-cursor to move pieces with???
    alanspec alanspec May 2005 Games
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…

    Ooops! Runing a program with the cursor between lines will delete the line right below it

    Is it expected to do so? ^_^'
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi July 2005 Emulators
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…

    ... ! Runing a program with the cursor between lines will delete the ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2005 Emulators
  • Help with loadingI made a simple input game, and saved to tape/verified it (I bought the spectrum for ?1 at my church fete on saturday) and when I go to 'loader' on t…

    ... can press one of the cursor keys (you can press any ... key, but cursor keys are safer) to view ...
    pottyboy pottyboy July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…

    ... buttons.
    Kempston, Sinclair & cursor joystick emulated with xbox pad ...
    Crabfists Crabfists July 2005 Emulators
  • Challenge II: Warcraft: Orcs vs. Humans on the speccyThis should be challenging!

    ...
    ->Kempston
    ->Cursor
    ->Game
    -> ...
    iforeve iforeve July 2005 Development
  • Help with dead Spectrum +2aHello. My Spectrum +2a died some time ago. It was powered on, I looked away and next time I looked at it, screen was black. I have replaced the 4 r…

    Are you using the modulator output or the monitor socket? The TEA2000 IC is essential for the modulator. I had to replace one once. Is there sound at the headphones socket when pressing the up or down cursor buttons?
    Fraser Fraser July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help with dead Spectrum +2aHello. My Spectrum +2a died some time ago. It was powered on, I looked away and next time I looked at it, screen was black. I have replaced the 4 r…

    ... pressing the up or down cursor buttons?
    [/quote]
    I ...
    Timppa Timppa July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Dragon's Lair 2: How To Complete It?Does anyone know how to complete the last level in Dragon's Lair 2 ? When I had a Speccy I used to play this game a lot but I still haven't completed…

    ... do with the eye either blinking or staring when you jump ...
    MarkSprue MarkSprue July 2005 Games
  • ArmalyteI am sure a lot of folks here remember Armalyte, the fabulous C64 shoot-em-up that almost came out on the speccy. I think there was a demo on some of…

    ... ,A,O,P to move cursor.

    N,M - cycle ... the tile at the current cursor position.

    1 - flips ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Games
  • Trans Siberian MysteryThe Trans Siberian Mystery New interface-based adventure for the Speccy, coming soon. Download demo from [url="http://rspecced.balder.prohosting.c…

    With the cursor keys!
    retrospecced retrospecced July 2005 Games
  • Spectrum Circuit ImageActually, this is about the development of a remake but it seemed the best and most techy place to ask. What I'm after is a decent shot of the Speccy…

    ... distinguished as it has triangular cursor keys and 'OPEN' 'CLOSE' instead ...
    Geoff Geoff July 2005 Development
  • Redefining Keyswondering if there is any way that keys can be redefined in games that don't allow it (E.g Hunchback 1). (at the minute, it is some crazy config like…

    ... .

    When done, the cursor keys and Ctrl will work ... you don't like the cursor keys then you can use ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2005 Emulators
  • Redefining Keyswondering if there is any way that keys can be redefined in games that don't allow it (E.g Hunchback 1). (at the minute, it is some crazy config like…

    ... playing hunchback 1 on the cursor keys via the keystick.
    Dunny Dunny July 2005 Emulators
  • virtual compo Antique Toy 3 (2005) virtual ZX Spectrum music and graphics contest --- 1. ORGANIZERS ------------------------------------------------------------…

    ... ----------------------------------------------

    You can move cursor with arrow keys. Also there ...
    kyv_triumph kyv_triumph July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Redefining Keyswondering if there is any way that keys can be redefined in games that don't allow it (E.g Hunchback 1). (at the minute, it is some crazy config like…

    what the hells wrong with Q for left?

    QAOP space is the best

    but

    QWPL SPACE would be second best

    better than those crappy cursor keys anyroad
    mel the bell mel the bell July 2005 Emulators
  • Castle MasterWhat do you think about this game? I have been trying it for the first time today and I have to say that I like it a lot, Its been one of the game I …

    ... " where if you placed the cursor on a door (near or ... know if it used a cursor)?

    Skarpo
    Skarpo Skarpo August 2005 Games
  • Games Club - Week 23Hi all, Last week I asked you to nominate games written by Chris Hinsley and I received the following nominations Pyjamarama Equinox Frost Byte …

    ... the way) and the occasional blinking mutant or somesuch to give ...
    Zagreb Zagreb August 2005 Games
  • How to play Alone in the Dark on the PC?I have all three Alone in the Dark games, and they all run fine, but I don't have the manuals, so can anyone tell me the control keys, please? I don'…

    ... same time as the [UP cursor key].

    FRGT/10 ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2005 Chit chat
  • Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…

    ... my +2. Guess what? With cursor type set to fixed and ...
    Gimilzor35 Gimilzor35 August 2005 Games
  • Starglider 128k TZXNow I would if I could, but I simply don't have a copy of the game on tape handy, but is there any possibility that someone could upload a working ve…

    ... keystick, the bullets follow the cursor - ie, they shoot to the ... tests showed that setting the cursor type didn't have any ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2005 Games
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