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Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
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Programs detecting Spectrum modelsHi. I'm curious about knowing how some speccy games detect if they are runnning in a 128k or 48k model. What tricks can be used to make this in a Spe…
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Not so BRIGHTOk, on the Spectrum I'm a crayon man so I don't know much about the coding. If I create a graphic in, say, SevenUp or TommyGun and the graphic is not…
Ok, on the Spectrum I'm a crayon man so I don't know much about the coding.
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Fun with MAMEI'm having a look at history.dat, an add-on for Mame containing history, trivia and tricks about the games. Here are some funny/bizarre bits I found …
... Mame containing history, trivia and tricks about the games. Here are ... -
Xevious release dateI swear I played the Spectrum conversion of this arcade classic during Christmas 1986, and there's an advert for it in 1986 Spectrum magazines, but o…
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Need help with TommyGun manualI know this is a loooog shot, but I'll try anyway. I need someone to help with writing a manual for TommyGun. Someone with a technical writing backgr…
... , mapping sound/music creation and coding. What other tool offers that ... -
"chunky" gfxHas anyone some experience with coding "chunky" gfx routines ? (chunky is something like this [url]http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=13204[/url])
Has anyone some experience with coding "chunky" gfx routines ? (chunky is something like this [url]http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=13204[/url]) -
Little Britain the Computer Game wouldnt be out of place on the speccyI was told that a little britain was coming out on the PC/PS2 and had a search and it is indeed. After reading what its about it is in fact just 8 m…
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Your favourite free tools.Which free (non-speccy related) softwares/tools do you use? Share your favourite along with a line or 2 on why you recommend it. Maybe some of us wil…
... ever require!
[B]Coding tools[/B]
Visual C ... -
don't go Vista matesaGreetings. As you well know, there has been a massive campaign to push Vista into the users. I'm against it and always will be. Most of the ancient s…
... revolving main menu and other tricks to keep the interface clean ... -
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…
... /> Aquaplane - first use of timing tricks to draw things in the ...
Gyron - use of timing tricks to generate extra colours on ...
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Printing UDGs in BASICAfter looking a little through Winer Milly's code, it struck me that I might be able to speed up my Cybernoid editor by replacing: FOR a=0 TO 31: PR…
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Anybody fancy coding this?blah de blah de blah Please ignore, poting error.
blah de blah de blah
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Where to start?Hi all, I wanna start coding something for the speccy. I have good experience at C/C++ and some other languages. I have coded asm on pc too, and ma…
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Name the (Board) GameWhen me and my brother were kids (so it must have been mid 70's) We used to have a Board game (although I don't think there was a board as such) that…
... just my old age playing tricks:-
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My little first set of routines.Hi all, I just coded a little set of routines just to draw a screen on video mem and a fade out. I could have just copied the screen rendering rout…
... polish my little z80 asm coding habits if you could help ... -
Scr to vectorBack in 1989 I saw 2 m.c. routines that impressed me. One could convert a certain area of the screen (up to 6144 bytes) to vector images. And the sec…
... was a tool for people coding adventures, etc.
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ZXF11 coding compoThe competition was abandoned due to lack of interest.
The competition was abandoned due to lack of interest. -
ZXF11 coding compoThe competition was abandoned due to lack of interest.
The competition was abandoned due to lack of interest. -
Bird Sanctuary 5th BirthdayMy web site, which chronicles the history of Telecomsoft and the games we published under the Firebird, Rainbird and Silverbird labels, is celebratin…
... for Carrier Command, Cybercon III, coding on Xenon 2 and Interphase ... -
Going to see Derran Brown tonight.I'm off to see Derren Brown tonight in Cardiff. Anyone seen his live shows, and know what they are like. We are going with a blind friend and it's…
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Best Spectrum Pinball Game?The only Pinball game I played on the ZX Spectrum was the 1983 classic [B]Pinball by Sagittarian software[/B]. It was great! The only thing missing …
... years and advancements/improvments in coding my question this Saturday morning ... -
New Discussion Group? Sinclair Machine Code/AssemblyHello, What do people think about whether we should have a new discussion group relating to machine code for Z80? We have a Sinclair Basic discussi…
... to be all about advanced coding, but could help other (traditionally ... -
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…
Why I Hate PES online...first time I tried PES online (PES5) I was really excited with the idea of playing with somebody else that was not in my close group of friends... a…
... all: first of the dirty tricks it chosing brasil...only sissies ... who turn all the downloading tricks of theyre broad band so ...The Amazing Rocketeer[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017643"]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think it may offer Ke…
... only:confused: Is there a coding reason why someone would do ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
The 'Must read' threads.Ahhh, memories! There's been a hell-of-a-lot of great WoS over the years, and many fantastic threads currently being reminisced over, like the X-Box…
... we MUST read? The useful coding tips, the great game debates ...
