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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
I once used OUT (well, to be exact I think it was OTIR) in a short machine-code routine (12 bytes or so) to give an "earthquake" effect to a BASIC game, by rainbow-striping the border and sounding a short burst of white noise on the beeper... -
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... consider a game "written in BASIC" if the main portions of ... it are written in BASIC, i.e., the main ... on screen, do a nasty border effect or draw a chunk of ... 't make the game "less BASIC". That's the case of ... main loop written in pure BASIC which use M/C to ... -
Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... consider a game "written in BASIC" if the main portions ... screen, do a nasty border effect or draw a chunk of ... make the game "less BASIC". That's the case ... loop written in pure BASIC which use M/C ... loop was actually written in BASIC; compare with, say, Mined ... -
Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…
... silly example - making "aquaplane" border effect in Basic :-D Later I discovered how ... -
MULTITECH pictures[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/data-gear.htm[/url]
... before RAND.USR in basic loader insert POKE 29752,146 ... before RAND.USR in basic loader insert POKE 32067,146 ... before RAND.USR in basic loader insert POKE 33614,146 ... places, often spoiling the effect on screen. DMA demo ... it's all in the border, so no /WAIT ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... of a one-liner in Basic...
[B]PATHFINDER[/B ... generator has an unfortunate side-effect: it has a strong tendency ... :
[CODE]
1 BORDER USR 7766^0:
POKE ... -
48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…
... " at the top of a BASIC program).
[I]On a ... games that draw in the border area (such as Paperboy and ... any game, but the 'snow' effect (setting I register between $40 ... " SCREEN$. This will only affect BASIC programs.
13) The ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... Basic, but I can't even get the alternating red/cyan border ... . Instead the tape just runs with no effect.
Basic works fine. I've given ... -
Interlace demoSorry to reference another thread like this, but in the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=313428#post313428[/url] …
... multiplexer, which switches between paper/border colour and ink depending on ... of NOR gates, the ULA basic gate type]
[code ... -
The 256 colour spectrumIt's amazing what you can do these days. [img]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/multi64.png[/img] D.
... in machine code, not BASIC[/quote]
effect. It's a bit like you can do 10 BORDER 0: BORDER ... 1: BORDER 2: BORDER 3: GO TO 10 in BASIC ... and you'll get a multicoloured border, ... but it's not really a useful effect. -
The 256 colour spectrumIt's amazing what you can do these days. [img]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/multi64.png[/img] D.
... I] be done from BASIC, but you won't ... effect. It's a bit like you can do 10 BORDER 0: BORDER ... 1: BORDER 2: BORDER 3: GO TO 10 in BASIC ... and you'll get a multicoloured border, but ... it's not really a useful effect.[/ ... -
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... . just try edit a long basic line.
[QUOTE]< ... colour?!
[/quote] as said, basic system uses bottom of screen ... including text in border. basically it is very similar to multicolor effect. -
Sinclairean A3[B]Sinclairean[/B], a new ZX Spectrum emulator written in machine code for x86-compatible, OpenGL-capable computers. Features: [LIST] [*]Fast machin…
... viewport background, so the border color always filled the whole ... running a demo with border FX would render horrible artifacts ... in BASIC, for example, to get a giant white border that ... without black stripes. When any border effect happens (real tape loading, ... -
The Spectrum screenshot odd-one-out round - medium skill levelHere's the medium level questions for the official [COLOR=DimGray][No it's not official, bugger off - Martijn][/COLOR] WOS Spectrum screenshots odd o…
... of the handlebars in the border effect. Did any of the others ... had a countdown in the border. I don't recall anything ... .
On a more basic level, Paperboy, Time-Gate and ... employ some sort of 3D effect. Other than a bit of ... -
Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
... delay routine from the pure BASIC version.
It first did ... the border
on the GAME OVER screen loosing the colorful effect ... -
Creating bootable menu +3 disksCan anyone tell me how to create a bootable menu? (ie, select loader and up comes the menu or disk inserted at power off, power on, straight to menu …
... make the configuration change take effect)
4. load disk
BASIC now I see a program ... blank screen with a black border and some dots visible. Trying ... blank screen with a white border and a colon at the ... -
Creating bootable menu +3 disksCan anyone tell me how to create a bootable menu? (ie, select loader and up comes the menu or disk inserted at power off, power on, straight to menu …
... make the configuration change take effect)
4. load disk ... I go to +3 BASIC now I see a program ... blank screen with a black border and some dots visible. ... screen with a white border and a colon at ... You did save the "disk" basic program with a line number ... -
Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…
... after each statement of BASIC, so the compiler will ... change doesn't take effect until the following line ... the original BASIC line):
[B]BORDER 0[/B ... This address is inside the BORDER routine.[/CODE]
[B ... REM #0
15 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK ... -
machine code loadercan someone have a look at this loader and break down what its actually doing and also how i can stop it from executing the 2 loads of headerless blo…
... BORDER colour [*8] to 0 black. However that won't take effect ... no way to return to BASIC after the load, even using ... -
BUZZSAW+ Demo No. 3Right, another demo of BUZZSAW+. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap"]Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_3.tap[/URL] The default con…
... byte buffer which contained my border timing markers during development, ... them dynamically according to the effect required (rising/falling/random pitch ... font down over the Sinclair BASIC RAM area to free ... list that does that wave effect on the title screen. ... -
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... remember The Boss had a border effect when the Red and Green ... page run right through the border. Or might not have been ... it was one of those BASIC footy management games. -
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... vote for the best border effect goes to "The ... effect" - try for Yourself :
1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER ... 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER ... , even in BASIC ;) -
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... "effect" - try for Yourself :
1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER ... was so easy, even in BASIC ;)[/QUOTE]
very impressive ... -
A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... , 2, 28, 20}; // full screen - border
struct sp1_Rect levelbrect = {0 ... -
Help loading these games, screenshots needed!Hello everyone, Im having problems to load these games to get in-game screenshots for their entries in WoS, if anyone could help me, I would apprecia…
... don't match) as that basic listing is not for the ... , just a multi colour border and a sound effect.
Sound ... -
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... "effect" - try for Yourself :
1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER 6 : BORDER ... was so easy, even in BASIC ;)[/QUOTE]
Sorry Stojan, but ... ...
Show me that in BASIC. -
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... are mixing up something. Your effect is a horizontal bar, something ... ...
Show me that in BASIC.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http ... bars... ...but not in border !
On border there are two blue ... -
Help wanted: BIFROST* 1.1 on real hardware?[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027405"]BIFROST* ENGINE[/URL]'s latest release 1.1 implements support for all standard Spectr…
... /> [*]If you use the Sinclair BASIC version from [URL="ftp://ftp ... the z88dk or compiled ZX BASIC versions from either [URL="ftp ... -this is using the Sinclair BASIC version.
Will be ... timings on start up (the border effect in my next game judders ...
