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User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…
... to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC ... a string
20 LET S = 0
30 INPUT "Type in a number " ; A ... $
40 LET B = LEN ( A$ )
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A videoaventure in 16K - Cartridge for IF2Hello all, After an intermitent work I am near of reléase my new game: a videoaventure (exploration game) in 16K ROM carttridge. Your objetive is…
... my new game: a videoaventure (exploration game) in 16K ROM carttridge.
a spaceship base.
[img ... the result is a complete game 48K like in a 16K native cartridge ... 1 April at Retropixel event in Malaga (Spain). -
How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
... ram.
So looking in games like Starquake, Lords Of ... to use this. In fact the binary in Knightlore around 23606 is ... entirely empty, Exolon has a pointer ... -
how do i input a text file in a zx spectrum emulator?simply that. i have a basic listing i dont want to have to type in.
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Interest in a Videopac game?Hi, I released a couple of prototype ROMs on the Videopac years ago and I have a few copies left. I released Night Fighter and Robot City I'm just…
Hi,
I released a couple of prototype ROMs on the Videopac years ago and I have a few copies left. I released Night Fighter and Robot City I'm just wondering if there is any interest in buying the last few copies?
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Bruce Lee Completed in "6:04", is this a Speedrun WR?!Hi all, as some of you are aware during a livestream recording yesterday I managed to speedrun Bruce Lee from start to finish on the ZX Spectrum in a…
... you are aware during a livestream recording yesterday I ... finish on the ZX Spectrum in a time of 6mins 4 ... or records anywhere showing a faster run and many ... to share this with you in both pure recorded form ... sorry I've placed this in two places but the other ... -
Revolver - Help needed. Get stuck in a room.So, I'm playing [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004127&loadpics=3"]Revolver[/url], and need your expert hands at hacking, cra…
... 't move, no enemies appear, a big fat nuthin' happens.
A preliminary map to guide you ... the way. The game starts in the jail. Oh, and the ... error happens in both files in the WoS archive. I ... -
Alternative to Poke 23659,0 to prevent a 'break in' to a Basic Program.Good morning everyone, My memory fails me these days but in the early days of programming I used to use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering so…
... fails me these days but in the early days of programming ... use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering some ... />
I then recall using a new way which rendered the ... end up crashing the program in a 'Break-in' attempt.
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A recollection of a Bug in a "good" game:the mystery of the bug and the game will be revealed later!Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game. So what! Well , I should explain: it was a good very popular game and I have to watc…
... is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game. ... remembered the said bug in the said game and ... my vague recollection of a major flaw in this popular game ...
So I set myself a challenge . I would give myself ... play them .But back in the the 1980s when I ... -
is there a way of reading characters off the screen and turning that into a string? this has to be done in basic. i know it would have something to do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change due to programs r…
this has to be done in basic. i know it would ... change due to programs running in the memory? i also need ... the cat command to program a commander in basic for the +3e. -
looking for a bin2tap-like tool in python/lua/perl/ruby/bash/etc.i was about coding a tool for converting binary files to .tap in a language like python, lua, perl, bash, ruby, etc. (i think i actually coded someth…
... converting binary files to .tap in a language like python, lua, perl ... i actually coded something alike in Amos or sdlBasic that i ... -
The unspoken question in 2001: A Space OddesseyFrom childhood I have watched this film probably more times than I can remember. As I got older it kind of appealed to me on a different level from…
... they played Chess against a computer, and in this case the computer ... be human-like, and responds in a Eliza like manner, but also ... who were not in hibernation, prematurely, and as a result this ... or concealment and resulted in HAL entering a "H moebius loop" ( ... -
Anyone interested in a brand new Sinclair ZX80 case?A member of the Sinclair ZX World forum is trying to get a run of brand new Sinclair ZX80 cases manufactured. He says this: [quote=jomac] I've b…
... working hard recently in getting together different manufacturers in order to ... and cut out using a CNC, screen printed in exactly the same ... but after discussing the idea in the FaceBook groups i was ... So if you are interested in buying one or more, please ... -
Use PC mouse in a spectrum game (eg Footballer of the year)Hello, Is there any emulator that lets you use a PC mouse inside a normal spectrum game (that doesn't support Kempston or AMX mouses). The idea ca…
... that lets you use a PC mouse inside a normal spectrum game ... but it could be used in many other games too.
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Is there a simple way to type a Spectrum BASIC Program into notepad, save, then open in emulator?Hello. I have two emulators 1 under linux:- Fuse. 1 under windows 7 :- spin, also downloaded and run zx-editor. I just want to be able to type in …
... to be able to type in a BASIC program using notepad or ... image files.
However, loading in a basic file from notepad or ... wrappers.
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A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... Loader, or typing LOAD "" in 128 BASIC? And was there ... to be used, effectively, as a command in this instance? Also, why ... program that holds a small machine code routine in a REM statement:
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Spectrum in a BoxI had a Spectrum+ sitting around for quite some time collecting dust. The case wasn't much to look at, and the keyboard was already missing two keys.…
... interface. Physically it's a USB type A socket, so I can ... keyboard connectors. Additionally it provides a joystick port (joystick actions get ... Microdrive emulation when connected to a PC via USB (https:// ... the yellow and red LEDs in the Spectrum logo at the ... -
A Family Man's Lament of Wifes, Family, Mother In Laws and New Cars.So after working tirelessly in the USA since my wife asked me to emigrate in 2013 our family has grown and the car I brought when we came (a Subaru F…
... I had gotten a pay rise and promotion in the past ... hard toil a man feels is a well earned reward in return ... the nice family SUV and in a month it will be covered ... I explain what a state her car is in and that ... not grow up in an environment where a nice car was ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
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Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... we can put a different color (temporarily) in the board to indicate ... consider the positions with special colors in the total score, like this ... solution above will show a special color in the wrong position when ... the end of the long string. This way, if there ... -
New RZX Block Type Suggestion -- AnnotationWho is maintaining the RZX specification at the moment? I'd like to ask for the feasability of the following request. Annotations embedded within th…
... display time in a non-decreasing sequence. Shall a Text violate ... />
Text String: The Text string is encoded in UTF-8, with ... breaking process may result in a box narrower or wider ... a decent emulator can handle this as well :) ).
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SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... leading character
ld a, (de) ; store it in A
cp ' ' ; ... br />
; THE 'EXPECT NUMERIC / STRING EXPRESSIONS' SUBROUTINE
org 0x1c79 ... br /> call co_temp_4 ; change temporary colors
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SE Basic IV Buffy v4.1 source (WIP)I've been doing a major refactor on the SE Basic source and I'd appreciate a code review from anyone who has time to look at it. I've almost certainl…
... (iy + _flags) ; signal string variable
rst next_char ; next ...
cp ',' ; comma in A?
jr nz, def_fn_6 ; ... call temps ; set temporary colors
call print_2 ; ... ; call stk-fetch if string
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Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... Having to wait at a blank screen while nothing ... need to rebuild the string every time the sky ... (day & night colors) in just one loop at the ... />
I played a couple of times for refreshing ... morning, would make the effect a bit better...
Kempston problems in XPOK, I've been running ZX32 on Win98 for a year or so and using my Sidewinder Pro pads with games providing the Kempston joystick option. Everything …
... running ZX32 on Win98 for a year or so and using ... option. Everything working fine. Get a spanking new SB Audigy Platinum ... has decided to continually move in a South-Easterly direction no matter ...loading programs using taper on a spectrumHello, I have the taper program and a bunch of games in a tzx and tap file format. I'm trying to load them to my spectrum/or make copies on new caset…
... the taper program and a bunch of games in a tzx and tap ...Speccy Ringtones for your mobile :)Hi guys Im sure i cant be the first person to think of this, but with the aid of a few software packages, I spent this weekend converting some class…
... :)
Heres a few in standard RTTTL format
string on a single line in a separate text file then ... your favourite speccy music beep in the background. simple tunes ... and temporal errors. filling in a few that may be missing ...A lovely shoot 'em up...This one sort of resembled 1942, but it is not, for the plane was a "standard", not double-hulled one. Same concept, though, same sort of WWII flavou…
... not, for the plane was a "standard", not double-hulled one ... monochrome, I think). You had a limited number of bombs you ... on an old tape, "pirated" in a way, and I don't ...A moron asks a question about Multiface POKEsI've just got a multiface, and I want to type in a poke for a game that goes like: POKE 36301,201 How do I do that? In what way do I use the multifa…
I've just got a multiface, and I want to type in a poke for a game that goes like:
POKE 36301,201
How do I do that? In what way do I use the multiface to make the POKE work?What games shall I put on 1 floppy disc for a work colleague? Which emulator?Someone at work, in his 50's was talking to me about the ZX Spectrum. He has a Windows 98 PC, and mentioned that his kids used to like playing Head O…
Someone at work, in his 50's was talking ... the ZX Spectrum. He has a Windows 98 PC, and mentioned ... , I offered to take him in a floppy disc on Monday, with ... onto 1 floppy disc for a 'newbie' to use? :)
