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How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
... a large number of small basic programs as my compiler used ... in REM statements, which were compiled to set locations of memory ... them all into a master game file. -
Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... because Im beginning to think basic is just going to be ... do or is my in game logic and methodology sound?
How much difference would a compiled version make?
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... do or is my in game logic and methodology sound?
How much difference would a compiled version make?
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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…
... cool, but its broken my game (boo hoo)
TTFN[/ ... in Runtime which may poke compiled program). It's very solid ... almost every basic program, it's very compatible. But compiled program enlarges ... is done, just save your compiled program: SAVE "name" LINE ... -
Possible great ideaHello there everybody, I have been toying with the idea of doing a project here with the help of the gurus on the forum. The idea is to start the de…
... /> I happen to have a game in development now that is ... important display stuff and some game logic. Graphics have been mostly ... there, where a playable game could be compiled (though AI would not ... totally alien to basic peeps.
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Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
[B]Source and compiled tap program can be ... the majority of low level game logic and data structures which ... programs using printf() can be compiled and run on both the ... simply declare numbers with the basic interpretter automatically converting to integer ... -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... that are written in BASIC (and then usually compiled), but as a ... set required to make a game is much lower? Or, am ... point? Therefore, getting a decent game on an ancient 8-bit ... -
Can someone compile Mined Out, please?For those of you who are unaware, there is a great Spectrum game called [I]Mined Out ( [/I][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=000…
... a quick look at the game code I noticed that the ... the new compiled code.
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Sudoku on ZX Spectrum 48KZX Spectrum 48К Sudoku game 25 years Spectrum and 300 years Leonhard Euler anniversary. 6000 (and more) puzzles, 8 levels. [url]http://www.t…
... is using the compiled version - I suspect the BASIC version will take ... by the way - both the game and the scrolling message! ;) -
Minigame compo 2008What happened to the compo site 2007 and the pre-announcement 2008? The site seems to be down.
... , it's not a great game to visualize at the best ... ]
You mean ; the compiled C-code is 4.5 ... but then from BASIC to MC. The most BASIC MC Othello (exactly ... the same as in BASIC) was only 450 bytes in ... -
Minigame compo 2008What happened to the compo site 2007 and the pre-announcement 2008? The site seems to be down.
... of a good 4K game with some added monsters ... is very nearly a good game; it just needs multiple ... of slack. Even batari BASIC is a fair bit harder ... to grips with than most compiled languages, although it's ... to be a ZX Spectrum game)[/QUOTE]
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Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…
... have some experience with different BASIC compilers and the general outcome ... compiler in mind so your game works, except for MCoder III ... matter of identifying where the compiled code doesn't work and ... of getting it to run compiled. I've been using MCoder ... -
Trouble compiling my BASIC programI've been trying to get a compiled BASIC version of Swift Turtle with no luck so far! I first tried MCoder 3 and it [i]seemed[/i] to compile the prog…
... bundle it with the MCoder3 compiled code to Digital_Prawn to update ... version in the online crap game arcade.
I agree ... version. (we have at least BASIC, assembler, Forth and C sources ... -
A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
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Finally: I've compiled a 4 in Row program ... can download the original .TAP BASIC version from here: [url]http ... ]
And this is the compiled (.TZX) version: [url]http://www ... /> The 4 in a row game is nice, and it won ... -
River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
... in 1980-something (done in BASIC and compiled). This was following on ... developing the code for a game and developing good progressive levels ... -
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... be simply poked from basic or the equivalent m ... user events which are compiled into machine code every ... in memory as a game develops. However, redefining ... />
When your game is finished and you have ... final version of your game, use your emulator to ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... am mucking around writing a game in BASIC. I'm aware there ... as a BASIC monkey to maximise the efficiency of the compiled result? -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... am mucking around writing a game in BASIC. I'm aware there ... as a BASIC monkey to maximise the efficiency of the compiled result ... ?[/QUOTE]
Use HiSoft BASIC and typedef ... . Most of the time HiSoft BASIC is fast enough. It will ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... as a BASIC monkey to maximise the efficiency of the compiled result ... perhaps fp-compiler and design game about posibilities you have. even ... of best approach to writting game it could look like:< ... game designer is going to be very interesting tool)
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My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
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Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... his editor for Cybernoid in basic. Everything is pre-calculated from ... gun from Exolon into the game, new patterns for the aliens ... still have some of it compiled that I could re-rip ... no real changes to the game, just new level design and ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... thing as hacking into the game's loading routine, it's ... still something that the game's author could object to ... the game is a multiload on a 48K system, to a compiled ... version of the BASIC classic Mined Out!, a ... -
Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …
... reduce the area the actual game runs in. Most games ... you can go -- the basic system does not need to ... type of game and how much a game is planned ... room for library code and compiled code.
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Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
... the 128/+2 syntax the game won't work in +2A ... several UDG sets for your game "sprites".
A UDG ... ) for this game which is coded in BASIC and compiled using HiSoft BASIC compiler ... #menu[/url] )
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Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... with a simple flip-screen game written 27 years ago. ... there on it. Developing a game to the same level * ... ideas in games, 3) compiled C code occupies 5-7x ... client/server model with a basic 48k, eg, acting as ... get pooled and give game authors the leap on ... -
Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
... . To draw your current game frame, you have to ... an action game where you need every tick. BASIC is ... disk operations in interpreted basic. I've done this ... was coded in BASIC with the engine compiled and the ... the day: a driving game. I had animations for ... -
Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
... might not be usable unless Basic is compiled (something about interrupts). If ... ram disks... but the actual game engine would be limited to ... -
Specific memories attached to certain gamesThought it might be interesting to share a few memories attached to certain games. For me a few spring to mind... [B]Agent X[/B] One morning I had …
... I even bothered as the game was a load of old ... analogue clock programmed in Sinclair basic :)
1987(ish) Finally ... enter those hex dumps (which compiled the listing into machine code ...
