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Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…
... were and are done in BASIC. If speed becomes an ... a more powerful BASIC like Laser Basic or Beta Basic among others.
Basic programs, like POKEing to make ... making sound effects, loading and recalling SCREEN$, and basic things like that ... -
IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
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call 8859 ; set permanent border colour
LD HL ... 56 ;for smooth return to Basic
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Wanted: Code to wait until Border has been drawnWhen my IM2 interrupt fires, I want to wait until the ULA is past the first line of display before drawing. I know I need to wait about 14300T after…
... T states. If doing multicolour effects, you can still be cavalier ... states spent in the top border, of course, and this you ... -
Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…
... (before it crashes) with Laser BASIC, design hundreds of identical 3D ... with awesome graphics and sound effects[1].
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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…
... the 'theory' behind getting sound effects to actually sound like anything ... is a game written in BASIC with few pieces of MC ... -
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…
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On 2003-05-27 11:29, Dr BEEP wrote:
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1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 2: BORDER 3: PAUSE 1 : BORDER 4: BORDER 5 : BORDER 6 : GO TO 0
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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 …
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The best sound/sound effects on a Spectrum gameHi, wot do you think was the best sound and or sound effects on a Speccy game. I ask cos I think good sound effects sometimes definetly added to some…
I loved the sound effects on those early games by BLABY software - stuff like BARMY BURGERS, DO-DO AND THE SNO-BEES, SHUTTLE, GOTCHA etc.
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Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…
... some parts with switching color effects ("hi mama, I'm on ... | Save screenshot (F5). With/without border, Stretched / not stretched, with autonaming ... -
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…
... find the right one. Some basic tricks:
- Increasing or decreasing ... tune gives you some nice effects (lasers, screams, balloons deflating or ... -
Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
... `ve ever seen written in Basic (at least on an 8 ... , which was just better sound effects and some `Palette C,CC ... -
Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
... `ve ever seen written in Basic (at least on an 8 ... , which was just better sound effects and some `Palette C,CC ... -
I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
... a game I wrote in Basic on Boxing Day, 1989! It ... ) Drive faster?" It had sound effects as well...well, it had ... -
I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
... a game I wrote in Basic on Boxing Day, 1989! It ... ) Drive faster?" It had sound effects as well...well, it had ... -
There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... /> So then I rewrote the basic, one byte type instruction side ... it is just typing in BORDER 3... Tell me something though ... -
fzx32 on GP32 progressing nicelyJust to let you know that Rlyeh is working hard on his ZX Spectrum emulator fZX32 for the GP32 and should be released in the near future. Its based…
... audio box emulation,
- Accurate border emulation,
- AY-3-8912 ... /> - Preliminary contended memory emulation (multicolor effects),
- Preliminary floating bus emulation ... -
Spectrum loading screen on Ch4?Hi all, this evening I caught a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a brief flash, with the borders and some big writing in the m…
... Miner loading screen, complete with border and loading bars.
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Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... a good grasp of the basic emulation details that need to ... of analysing all the (non-border) timing oddities of the 48K ... -
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,…
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... : RANDOMIZE USR 32768' in Basic and press enter. Using the ... ROM functions like PRINT, INK, BORDER, CLS, etc.?
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void border(unsigned char colour)
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1st Spectrum Game you ever played!I remember the very 1st spectrum game I ever played was Hunchback in my garage with a friend on a mini black and white TV in about 84... I was hooked…
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It was a basic (and BASIC) shoot-em-up. You had ... [/I] had really cool sound-effects - particularly if you held down ... -
TZX formatQuick question: What is the current pulse level at the start of a TZX file? Difficult question: Why does the format say that the final pulse shoul…
... the one which restores the border. BTW, note that this value ... real world due to the effects of memory and I/O ... -
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. …
... usr 1234 gives a nice border but is not useable.
BASIC-entry List?"
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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. …
... usr 1234 gives a nice border but is not useable.
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List of RANDOMIZE USR code effects?Hi chaps, Does anyone have one of these please? Thanks.
... the ROM for the Spectrum BASIC. A RANDOMIZE to such an ... do a piece of the BASIC. Since the variabels for running ... with the right values the effects are different then when called ... -
Help with +3 in comaHi everyone Had a spectrum +3 under the bed for some time and when replacing its drive i accidentally connected the 5v and the gnd of the led. Now…
... black screen with a coloured border, the colour showing which chip ... start up (with some strange 'effects' on the screen) and helped ...
