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Very Long Folded Cassette Inlay Card Games.The Kixx Edition of "Footballer of the Year" 1986 has a folded inlay card of about 20 ins (about 52 cms) with 8 folds. So that is 8 pages each side …
The Kixx Edition of "Footballer of the Year" 1986 has a ... . These are marvels of "creative comression" the likes of which has not ... Kixx kept the pages clear of the "cassette plungers" . The type ... this in the exact type of basic cassette case used . So there ... -
pixel exact printingis there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using a completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like…
is there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying ... but i want some kind of basic interaction...
i also ... have to copy each frame of a sprite many times...
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Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …
... that can handle the complexity of Basic and floating point arithmetic, just ... look at HiSoft Basic. But with todays PC?s ... way, as I know, lot of excellent russian coders will surely ... -
who owned a zx81 before the spectrumHow many of you owned a zx81 before getting a spectrum and did it make you want to get a spectrum. I owned a zx81 first but all my mates had a spectr…
... a Spectrum ( for education purposes of course) and never looked back ... only just over one screen of BASIC which was very limiting! -
Amstrad telephone plays Spectrum games?Hi, I have been absent from this forum for a long time now, mature student these days! I was perusing a home shopping catalogue, when I noticed an…
... out page 206 of Feb 2002 issue of Computer Shopper (issue ... company placed a couple of advertisments asking the copyright holders ... on the verge of launching some form of basic games console. Shopper ... use basis, or as part of subscriptin service {quote}
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NosferatuOne thing I never worked out: what does the window at the bottom right hand corner of the screen signify? You see the moon rising and setting in it. …
... /> The window shows the passing of time in the game - the ... that during the night, the colour of the game area changes and ... days) to complete each section of the game, but I don ... -
HELPHas anyone got any hints or even a solution to the following adventure games: Starship Quest Magnetic moon a shadow on glass moon magic
of topic a bit but does anyone know an arcade adventure type called 'the colour of magic' i think. It had MASSIVE big sprites. And it had a wyvern in it. whats it called cos i cant find it? -
HELPHas anyone got any hints or even a solution to the following adventure games: Starship Quest Magnetic moon a shadow on glass moon magic
Colour of magic is based on the Terry Pratchett Novel.
The games your after is Heavy on the Magick, or its sequal Price of magick -
INPUT magazine.Howdy folks! Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze gene…
... /assemble by hand), this piece of Basic interests me - all I have ... few scraps and bare remnants of the originals. If you could ... appreciate it. I was thinking of porting it to DOS with ... -
Where are you from / who are you / do you still use the real SpectrumJust three questions to see how divers the Spectrumworld is and how many users are still around. If you want to stay anonymous, just answer the last …
... was to practice a bit of basic and play the odd game ... I played games. It was of course crap. Has anyone else ... -
Nodes of Yesod - HELP !!!Can anyone help me with this game please ? I have reached the monolith with all Eight alchiems (colour red), but, voil?, nothing happens...did I made…
first you have to find an alcheiem that canot be taken - it will indicate what colour of the alcheiems you should seek for
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The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... classmates were gasping the basics of BASIC (man, this sounds kinda ... that would capture any BASIC runtime error and display ... stuff). The programm consisted of only one BASIC part, containing my ... started it. After that the BASIC programm deleted itselt (NEW). ... -
How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…
... is to merge 2 pieces of Basic - any lines existing in the ... second piece of code will overwrite ones that ... in the normal way the Basic doesn't execute and is ... -
Programming:How can I make a "Multicolour" border for one of my games? I know how to make one, but that makes the border flash colours, then do the next command,…
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CyberunHello everyone.Was it possible to complete Cyberun or did it just loop continuosly?
... the same map, just the colour of the landscape changes.
of the ship.
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Book listingsI used to spend hours typing in programs from books. I had a whole box of them books and typed in hundreds of programs. Some good, some bad and some …
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Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.
... going to be a simple BASIC interpreter back then.
BASIC editor had to get around.
SE BasicSE Basic is no longer being developed.
... will the basic compiler improve the speed of basic programs after compiled ... into machine code? the other basic ... to older extended basic programs like laser basic/megabasic/betabasic ... the available version of se basic soon.New Spectrum Game Released - Egghead 3Just to announce that I have finally completed the third outing for the little fellow, Egghead In Space. Anyone wishing to download a 48k version of…
... Win2K computer.
The Sprite editor is progressing and it will ... enough. The user interface of Sprite editor is finished now and needs ...Looking for the following...Do you have any of the following Sinclair software titles? Good money paid for working originals with inlays and instructions. Please let me know pri…
I think that Colour of Magic is probably highly sought after by Discworld / Pratchett fans.
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a small ad in this monthly e-mail might yield a resultList of "funny" pokes?Hello! I'm looking for a list of "funny" pokes. Pokes that do strange things with my Speccy, like POKE 23607,0 scrambles up the keyboard. Regards …
Enter a line of basic like
10 REM This is a test
and then
POKE 23756,0
Now you have the uneditable zero line in your basic listing!Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
... did what I needed - start of BASIC program by RAND. USR call ... adress of your BREAK-routine (MC) and you return to BASIC through ... PRINTREADY:
LD HL,(.....) ; IN BASIC LAST LINE EXECUTED 23621????
It's ok. Addresses of PPC and SUBPPC are correct ...Run BASIC program by R. USR xxxxxGuys, please help. Suppose I have BASIC program in my Spectrum 48K starting with line 10. I'd like to start it by RANDOMIZE USR xxxxx. Which paramete…
... did what I needed - start of BASIC program by RAND. USR call ... adress of your BREAK-routine (MC) and you return to BASIC through ... PRINTREADY:
LD HL,(.....) ; IN BASIC LAST LINE EXECUTED 23621????
It's ok. Addresses of PPC and SUBPPC are correct ..."New" Games in archive ?Just a query, will "new" games such as Hop 'n' Chop, Flash Beer, or the new Chronosoft titles (see other threads) be added to the archive? I know tha…
... : "Besides keeping every single piece of software ever created"; I take ... download them.
However, what of BASIC games which were printed in ..."New" Games in archive ?Just a query, will "new" games such as Hop 'n' Chop, Flash Beer, or the new Chronosoft titles (see other threads) be added to the archive? I know tha…
... , martinball wrote:
However, what of BASIC games which were printed in ...Any info on 'Fred Loder'?Does anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder'? I'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, but I can't find any reference to it a…
... reason, the title in header of BASIC program was "FRED LOADER". Being ... the loader for the rest of game. It confused more people ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... Prepare a tape for copy of Code generator with data ... /> 3.Make a copy of the Basic adv.core prog. VERIFY ... tape B. Make a note of CLEAR number
5. ... len
7.Add remainder of BASIC prog(verbs, on screen data ... 8.SAVE at the start of blank tape (by GOTO 30 ...Spectrum problemHi I've just been trying to resurrect my 48k spectrum. I'm having some problems loading some of my games, but if it does completely load, it crashe…
yeah! - I reminded myself that needed to go in then completely forgot to.. doh.
seems like the speccy basic editor was actually good for something then :)Scans of actual tape labels?Are these worth doing? My trawl of old tapes has turned up five STP titles, and two unlisted (admittedly very dull) ones so far. Just wondering if …
... a note of the colour of the tape housing and the colour of the actual ...More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
POKE 23756,0 (and 23755) only work on a 48K Standard machine. If you use IF1 you need to poke another adress. You need to find start of BASIC first, which is different due to more SYSTEM VARS.
