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  • T.I.M. - A New Interlace - Demo for DOWNLOADHere's something that's been in the works for quite a while ( mostly in my head ) and recently I've aquired assistance to help it come to fruition. …

    ... makes it impractical for a basic 48K machine. However it is ... /> For a full-ish screen effect in a game, it might ... a typical full display. This effect depends on TV interlacing to ... can be done on a basic 48K.


    [ This ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2004 Development
  • 256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…

    ... coloured everyhing in basic solid colours just so the effect is there ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins April 2004 Games
  • Games and Programs written in BASinHi all, The new version of BASin is about to be released in the next few days or so, and I'm gathering up example programs to include with it. I se…

    ... some BASIC tricks require near-perfect speccy emulation to get the effect ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Games
  • Games and Programs written in BASinHi all, The new version of BASin is about to be released in the next few days or so, and I'm gathering up example programs to include with it. I se…

    ... some BASIC tricks require near-perfect speccy emulation to get the effect ... , which is not necessary for BASIC.

    Also, reading the ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2004 Games
  • BASin Release 10 releasedHi all, A quick note to let you know that BASin_r10 is out as of now. I've gone off on something of a tangent now with BASin, it's more like what …

    ... , I was a decent basic programmer once, but I ... I tried some of those basic compilers ages ago, but ... be to automatically translate the basic code into mc , ... the creation of new basic programs a little more ... emulator to have the effect, but I still think ...
    Arm73 Arm73 June 2004 Emulators
  • InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…

    ... be missed entirely. A second effect can occur with very short ... 1 (as used by Spectrum BASIC), the processor simply executes an ...
    Fraser Fraser July 2004 Development
  • Atlas Assignment - questions...(1) How do you know you have to fly to Quimper? If it's in the inlay of the "proper" version of the game, that's why I don't know - my copy was on a…

    ... ]
    It's all in BASIC anyway so you should be ... /> [/quote]

    ...which in effect is what I did - turned ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2004 Games
  • Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…

    ... 's too good for Basic it runs like crap ... , or something to that effect. So you are contradicting ... one-joke 3-lines-of-BASIC effort either...[/quote]
    ... br /> for wire frame in Basic and that balance between detail ... this nature written in BASIC. That is why it ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…

    ... necessarially have to be in BASIC this means that screens does ... have to be loaded as BASIC would od so.

    effect (for example, loading the attribute ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …

    ... change, to get the desired effect. What I would see is ... I'd need is a BASIC loader somewhere along these lines ... =97 for exactly the same effect, visually.

    Am I ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…

    ... get this or that sound effect; you?ll have to try ... find the right one. Some basic tricks:
    - Increasing or decreasing ... or less) random bits. The effect is even better if you ...
    cascarria cascarria November 2004 Development
  • JFK reloadedAnyone see BBC Breakfast news yesterday? They had an article about a game being produced based on the JFK assasination. The makers claim (Well Kirk…

    ... into this, here is a basic explanation.

    Glass has ... , you will see a warped effect as the glass has indeed ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • please help to find certain speccy art page........that I found sum time ago. (and can?t find now, of course..) On that site one guy has put his own remakes of Dizzy loading screens, there was o…

    ... />
    When I coded this effect ages ago, I could only ... , the fullscreen effect is not *really* done by a basic Speccy, which ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG January 2005 Games
  • Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…

    ... to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic.
    [/quote]

    BASIC draws arcs and circles. Using ... /> Your large number is confusing BASIC - it knows it has to ... lines to form the spirograph effect.

    Offhand, I'd ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Dame Ellen MacArthurWell Done , She smashed the previous mark, set in 2004 by Frenchman Francis Joyon, by nearly 33 hours. Steve(spt)

    ... . But it doesn't really effect my life. If she hadn ... /> _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Popeye 1 no colour clash?How was Don Priestley able to get rid of the colour clash in this classic game (and the Trapdor etc)??? Was it because he was doing the fast switchi…

    ... effect was less noticeable.

    _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC ...
    Refrenz Refrenz February 2005 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... ... I like the skewed perspective BASIC text in the background there ... though, I think - but your effect isn't bad :)

    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... in VARS for start of BASIC and POKE the first two ... ]

    ====================

    * General BASIC tips
    --------------------

    * Place ... contains various flags controlling the Basic system and generally should not ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • 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. …

    ... line could have any ill effect on the program other than ... as easily happen with any BASIC key scanning code. A clearer ...
    gasman gasman April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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 …

    ... only one copy of the BASIC program in memory (would be ... the 0 PROTECTED BY SPEEDLOCK effect. Secondly, when you enter a ...
    gasman gasman April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the best graphics to be seen on a speccyI'd like some opinions on that, out of interest. I except loading screens. Tir Nan Og was a landmark for sure, but what bettered it?

    ... even though it was very basic, the effect and made it look ...
    CUCHULAINN CUCHULAINN July 2005 Games
  • Mayhem Accelerator in actionI've put together the first video of the prototype Mayhem Accelerator running on the Sam Coupe. The video shows the Sam running a ZX Speccy emulator …

    ... increase in speed have any effect on the clock in the ... Accelerator down & Speedup from Basic ie, is it programmable? for ... BASIC or code?

    Great ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) July 2005 Announcements
  • Mayhem Accelerator in actionI've put together the first video of the prototype Mayhem Accelerator running on the Sam Coupe. The video shows the Sam running a ZX Speccy emulator …

    ... increse in speed have any effect on the clock in the ... Accelerator down & Speedup from Basic ie, is it programmable? for ... BASIC or code?
    [/quote]
    < ...
    Quazar Quazar July 2005 Announcements
  • The incredible shrinking screendumpIn this topic I stated that I would be impressed if the screendump could be smaller than 37 bytes. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewt…

    ... by the call from the BASIC.

    LPRINT ... 33 Bytes, but the BASIC-call uses 1 Byte ... B,D" and in effect the first seems redundant.< ... on predefined addresses) +1 in BASIC.
    Total : 33 Bytes ...
    This will probably not effect your print.

    ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2005 Development
  • Smallest Reason for Loading a GameHi folks, Every so often I keep loading some games merely for seeing the loading screen or, as in the case of Jet Set Willy, trying to catch the mag…

    >>>>
    loading noise
    Ashley Pomeroy Ashley Pomeroy September 2005 Games
  • Lerm MicroMate - SDPHi All, I'm having a go at preserving a microdrive version of Lerm MicroMate. I?ve got a few problems, though, as the software has been unbelievably…

    ... problems with MicroMate ? a 40k BASIC file? Yeah, right... that's ... were numerous copies of the BASIC program, with each copy occupying ... [intentionally] missing, producing the 40k effect. When I transferred this file ...
    jp jp October 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Smallest Reason for Loading a GameHi folks, Every so often I keep loading some games merely for seeing the loading screen or, as in the case of Jet Set Willy, trying to catch the mag…

    [quote]
    On 2005-09-30 21:12, Ashley Pomeroy wrote:
    >>>>
    loading noise
    JonNorth JonNorth October 2005 Games
  • 42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…

    ... system variables and before the BASIC area. There's not much ... 'm unsure how permanent the effect might be.

    Of ...
    jonathan jonathan October 2005 Development
  • 42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…

    ... system variables and before the BASIC area. There's not much ... 'm unsure how permanent the effect might be.

    Of ...
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm October 2005 Development
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