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  • Can you write in the border?Is it at all technically possible in any way to get stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour? I believe the C64 used the border a…

    ... stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour?
    ... the screen can draw the border changing colour completely. With ... of course the rolling border effect in Anfractuos that springs ... Has a more closely controlled border usage already been done?< ...
    Vertigo Vertigo November 2007 Sinclair 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…

    In 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 it. I thought the answer might come up in such a thread. As such, only interested in games, and not demos ;)
    p13z p13z November 2011 Games
  • Smax?I've got SMAX v0.0.1, has anybody got any information about it? It isn't on WOS any more as far as I can see. What language does it use (seems like…

    ... "Here's a nice likkle border effect for you..."

    DO ... j%=0 TO 7
    BORDER j%
    NEXT j%
    mulder mulder May 2006 Development
  • UGH! - a solved mysteryNot too much information can be found about this game but I played a lot with it long time before. Nice music, interesting setups (just see how many …

    ... joystick type), sweet graphics (split border effect in game with sounds) but ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri September 2009 Games
  • 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 ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2012 Development
  • Incorrect Spectrum +3 emulation: different results on Fuse and SpecEmuWhen developing and testing [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027591"]Rotatrix[/URL], I noticed different results on Fuse and S…

    ... demo using "RUN 41". The border effect will work properly in Fuse ... demo using "RUN 41". The border effect will work properly in SpecEmu ... T-states delay in the border control (in addition to the ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas April 2012 Emulators
  • Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …

    ... ) and keep pressing BREAK during border effect.

    3; Now you ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri November 2017 Games
  • GZX 2020.1 ReleasedHi, I just released [url="https://github.com/jxsvoboda/gzx/releases/download/v2020.1/gzx-2020.1.zip"]GZX 2020.1[/url]. [youtube]3AOQETbfrPA[/yo…

    ...
    [*]Configure how much of border you want to see
    border effect in Darkstar)
    [*]Avoid missing ...
    Chip Chip March 2020 Emulators
  • Graphics in bordersI am 50% certain that I remember a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we wonder why none of the other games did. Am I right or h…

    gutz had an amazing border effect when you pause (128k only i think).

    no idea how they managed it.
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree October 2004 Games
  • Games that won't work with the +2a/bIs there a list of all the games that don't work with the +2a/b? Like Fairlight for example. Ta :)

    ... demos not exposing a desired border effect that depends massively on timing ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann November 2004 Games
  • Suggestions for games to test emulators?I'm going to be doing a comparision of a few different emulators, and was wondering if anyone had good suggestions of games to use as a 'benchmark' t…

    ... 45, NickH wrote:
    Fancy border effects are used in Paperboy ... high score table) and Starion (border+paper used to display giant ... /> Aquaplane also has a cool border effect. The line where the sea ... should extend perfectly into the border.

    Daren
    Daren Daren February 2005 Games
  • A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…

    10 PRINT "GOOD EBAYER":FOR A=1 TO 7:BORDER A:PAUSE 1:NEXT A: GOTO 10

    For a nice rainbow border effect.
    chaosmongers chaosmongers May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • more than 2 colours in an 8x8 sqaure?something that came up in the misc. forum - it was something I always wanted to see. In which games was this acheived? Both Black Lamp and Popeye ha…

    ... up and down in the border :)

    [/quote]

    border effect, and is easier to do ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 May 2005 Games
  • 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…

    ... you can get a sound/border-effect with this:

    [code ... portvalue is depending for sound/border effect, the value for the color ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... can get a nice stripey border effect by multiple OUT statements followed ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... can get a nice stripey border effect by multiple OUT statements followed ... .
    [/quote]

    Same effect with the command BORDER
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... on screen, do a nasty border effect or draw a chunk of ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2006 Games
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... on screen, do a nasty border effect or draw a chunk of ...
    Matt_B Matt_B March 2006 Games
  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... to draw things in the border (well, extending the horizon ... the first to use a border effect, but it's hardly ... is a much more sophisticated effect. The best exponent of ... actually playing on the border, although it's a ... on screen. A pretty effect, but doesn't add ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2007 Games
  • Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…

    ... to draw things in the border (well, extending the horizon)
    border effect, but it's hardly drawing ... is a much more sophisticated effect.[/QUOTE]

    In some ... to worry about the border. Changing the border half-way through the ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall February 2007 Games
  • 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…

    ... really silly example - making "aquaplane" border effect in Basic :-D Later I ...
    omega omega May 2007 Emulators
  • Which packer is the best?Hello folks, we are currently preparing an update to our Disk-Magazine SCENE+. However, looks like more and more coder groups in the Spectrum-Scene d…

    ... that famous fzzt-fzzt-fzzt border effect, which was apparently enough reason ...
    gasman gasman March 2008 Development
  • Which packer is the best?Hello folks, we are currently preparing an update to our Disk-Magazine SCENE+. However, looks like more and more coder groups in the Spectrum-Scene d…

    ... that famous fzzt-fzzt-fzzt border effect, which was apparently enough reason ...
    icabod icabod April 2008 Development
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... a disciple disk interface (The BORDER flashes in exactly the same ... this is just a colourful BORDER effect that looks identical to a ... purely tape based. The sound effect reveals it is not actually ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2008 Games
  • Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…

    ... , it does not have any border effect:
    [img]http://www. ... warning, do not touch the border!:
    [img]http://www.veanewmedia ... br />
    With a stationary border, maybe it's possible to ... the same play area without border effects. it still look nice ...
    Arda Arda May 2009 New game ideas
  • River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…

    ... you couldn't have the border effect. To make it more interesting ...
    joefish joefish May 2009 Development
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