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ForthSo would it be worth my while learing Forth, can I write crap games with it?
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WooHoo!!!I have the next 10 days off work and I want to spend a lot of it playing Speccy games! Ok, here's the question! Which games do all you good people …
... Scuba Dive - old school Speccy game. Something about it sums up ... Sir Clive.... in a game... very basic game really but kind of fun ... )
Colony - Great game, a bit like a RTS ... br />
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... still read my self-programmed BASIC-game called "Cherryman".
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Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
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basic game I would forget about ... for you while your basic program is running and ... ""CODE it when the basic program starts and then ... I right a siimple basic program on BASIC64 and ... -
Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
... simulator for the c64? full basic emulator, and loads tapes directly ... ! You can load a Spectrum BASIC game in (like Mined Out) and ... -
Looking for a Windows based Z80 compilerCan anybody recommend a windows XP based Z80 compiler that lets you export your code as a Z80 snapshot or TZX or TAP file? If not, what is the best …
... fact, one of the devs compiled an MSBASIC program into a ... might be of interest to basic programmers around here, once he ... z88dk's sprite libraries from compiled basic isn't far off...
The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…
... emulator ) per task, maybe a compiled basic too. Then there would be ...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…
Lords of Midnight - Whole world (well 32,000 locations) in 48k
Football manager - first basic game worth a shit (cept my self written ones)
Stonkers - First generation command and conquor :PAnother Brick in the WallMartijn, actually this game doesnt exist, the only one released was "Another Brick in the wall 2", that was an entry for the 2004 bytemaniacos compo.…
... wall". It was a BASIC game for the Bytemaniacos BASIC compo '2004:
game, re-programming some routines in ... /index.php?lang=esp&game=abotw2[/url]
Cheers ...Best Speccy footy games?What are you guys favourite Speccy footy games in order of best to worst? Mine are: 1. Italia 1990 2. Match Day II 3. Kick Off 4. Manchester Utd…
... crashes, I've played this game so many times over the ... find out how this simple basic game keeps you hooked with it ...Listing games codeHow do you break into and list the programming for a game? I know Football Manager just required you to press the BREAK key, but what about others w…
Mined Out is a good BASIC game. X128 and Genie (via Multiface emulation) are good for looking through code, but you'd probably be better with an emulator that allows dissembly and maybe editing.20 tons([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000024[/url]) has anyone played this true gem? do you believe all levels are possible to fini…
... 't need more than a BASIC game to create some fun. IIRC ... created A Whole New Ball Game and Room 10. Both are ... Tons is not my favourite game but good on you Cichlasoma ...20 tons([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000024[/url]) has anyone played this true gem? do you believe all levels are possible to fini…
... of my life. A crappy basic game most people never want to ...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. …
... ! You're no longer a BASIC virgin ... feel like a man ... thinking of adapting a Blitz Basic game of mine. Now, like all ...Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
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I think the hisoft basic compiler is generally regarded as ... articles on making games using compiled basic in ZXSF magazine, which you ... />
Some examples of compiled basic games that can give an ... what can be done from basic:
[url]http ...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…
... would work perfectly if the game checked for the existence of ... want to slow down the game. Depending on the position of ... frustrating to play a board game against the computer and have ... we decided for a 100% BASIC game, that would not have been ...What was the worst game you brought ?Only games you paid for please :) Myself i think it was Alien Kill (Mastertronic) Apologies if the author is on here :oops: But even at the time…
[QUOTE=spider;218900]:( ... It was compiled basic and i was capable of better at the time too...[/QUOTE]
Time for you to show it!! :pOneliner 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…
... br /> 2. "Intro": Introduce the game Othello and indicate the original ... basis. Perhaps explain the basic game structure (so even readers ... without much knowledge of BASIC programming can understand most ... with one screenshot from each game (more like [url]http ...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…
... until the OTHELLO game was written) that oneliner BASIC games would have ... think the best one-liner BASIC games are maybe worthwhile submitting ... be very surprised if a BASIC game ever won the 1K compo ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
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The accuracy of Speccy BASIC isn't bad, random usually ... the time beats standard Atari BASIC by over 2 minutes and ... around 31 seconds. The best compiled BASIC so far was BASIC09 on ... the 6309 CoCo3 with neither BASIC patched to really take advantage ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... around 31 seconds. The best compiled BASIC so far was BASIC09 on ... Z80... but the CoCo BASIC doesn't support integers so ... if the T100 BASIC does the speed difference ... different processors based on their basic interpretters' performance is very ...Benchmark timeWell, the BASIC benchmark posted in Creative Computing back in the 80s came up as a topic on the AtariAge forums. The article is available online an…
... CP/M system. Probably a compiled Basic and no idea how fast ...New Spectrum game - Isotopia by OctocomOctocom, the guys who made BASIC programmed games such as Pandemia or Insert Coins, released yesterday their very first compiled BASIC game: Isotopia…
... , but I'm doubting a compiled basic program would required anything special ...games likes you and ppl dislikes???Hi there, which games you think are good meanwhile magazines and ppl gaves them bad reviews?? to me Is speccy version of Salamander. Ok, its not a …
[QUOTE=Benway;232713] [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005770]Xadom[/url] too: A simple but really fun game :)[/QUOTE]
nice one! that was always my favourite BASIC game. it was pretty ambitious really.best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…
[I]Gangsters[/I]? That's a basic game, I think.best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…
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Sinclair BASIC is just too slow to ... of arcade games written in compiled BASIC. Frank N Stein and Barmy ...best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;249362]compiled BASIC[/QUOTE]Care to share, in short words for an idiot?
