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Suggestion for ZX Uno improvementsI really enjoy my ZX Uno, however, I do see some improvements that I think could be made to the Uno. 1) When you press CTRL-ALT-Backspace or when …
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UDG BankIf you have any cool UDGs that you wouldn't mind appearing in a game (credited natch) could you share them here? It's not just for me but I am looki…
If you have any cool UDGs that you wouldn't mind appearing in a game (credited natch) could you share them here? It's not just for me but I am looking for some nice ones to use.
Maybe if I started with a theme?
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Character Based SpritesHi, I'm working through Jonathan's excellent guide to writing games, and have mastered the animation of single UDGs. Before or move onto Pixel…
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New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
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How to get the different cursors in BASin ?I just tried BASin, it really is a fantastic tool. I noticed it had a UDG editor. But how do I bring up my characters that I have created? How do I g…
I just tried BASin, it really is a fantastic tool. I noticed it had a UDG editor. But how do I bring up my characters that I have created? How do I get the G cursor for example ? -
How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…
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Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…
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Twilight ZoneJust been playing the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005483"]Twilight Zone[/url] game. It reminds me of Cookie by Ultimate, …
Just been playing the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005483"]Twilight Zone[/url] game. It reminds me of Cookie by Ultimate, or is it just me? -
INPUT Magazine (1984-85)Out of curiosity (and possibly also trying to find the listing for a character-enlarger program I used to create part of a larger UDG editing suite) …
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Screenshots from my old BASIC gamesI have written several dozens of games in 90's. They haven't remained, so I show only screenshots 'for history'. Some screenshots are real, but all…
... chapter – REY+ (on screenshot) – with UDG
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SkoolKit 6.0SkoolKit 6.0 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into assembler-friendly ASM forma…
... [/i], [i]#SCR[/i], [i]#UDG[/i], [i]#UDGARRAY[/i] - outside ... -
z88dk sp1lib with fzxThe numbers dont seem to display properly? fzx by itself works [quote] // for targets supporting fzx // zcc +zx -vn -startup=31 -O3 -clib…
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Boots compilation "10 Titles for the Spectrum Plus" protected by speedlock 2http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013156 it appears that the first tape uses speedlock 2 protection scheme for the following ultim…
... /> Jetpac
Atic Atac
Cookie
Pssst
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Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
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Spectrum games collection for saleHi all I'm having a clear out and all my old ZX Spectrum games must go. The reason being is I'm now marrried and I need to give the other half so…
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Confusion Melbourne House
Cookie Ultimate Play the game tape ... -
Thoughts on "Slippery Sid"I did always quite like this, as for the game type I found it quite straightforward to play although I'd be interested to hear suggestions of alterna…
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50 ZX Spectrum game endingsA compilation of 50 speccy game endings... Oh, and spoiler alert! :) https://youtu.be/B4wcrtL_V_c The list of games included is as follows: […
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Need help with keyboard scanning ?After getting frustrated with learning ASM for a while I'm back into it. The little listing below is using the ROM's PRINT AT routine to draw me a sp…
im looking for a double size, height and width character programi want to be able to stretch and scale up udg's
i want to be able to stretch and scale up udg'sScreen$ (x,y)Hi everyone As you know, Screen$ doesn't recognize UDG characters. Is there any way to solve this problem? I want to "identify" an UGD character o…
Hi everyone
As you know, Screen$ doesn't recognize UDG characters.
Is there any way to solve this problem?
I want to "identify" an UGD character on screen...
ThanksThe R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…
... could be and having discovered UDG's I went into learning ...How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…
... be made up of several UDG's. However its early days ...Will a snapshot (.sna) save my UDG's?If so can anyone recommend a site to put it up at where it can be retrieved or linked to? I spent all bloody day making a pretty crappy tank with mov…
If so can anyone recommend a site to put it up at where it can be retrieved or linked to? I spent all bloody day making a pretty crappy tank with moving tracks thats currently sitting on a straight line. I hope to eventually get it able to be moved by ...Have I got a mystery for you!All morning I worked on this set of 12 UDG's to draw a better looking tank. I created the UDG's and wrote the program in Basic using BASin for Beginn…
... on this set of 12 UDG's to draw a better ... looking tank. I created the UDG's and wrote the program ... commands, it just displays the UDG based image and thats that ...Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... /> 10 FOR f=UDG "a" TO UDG "a"+63: READ ... a" SpecBAS provides a UDG function. Specify a single ... 14,400 - and coincidentally UDG "a" returns 14400! ... DATA from a Speccy UDG to a SpecBAS UDG. Simple! :)
And that concludes the UDG tutorial. I hope it was ...Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
... 320 POKE DEFADD,FN l(udg):
POKE defadd ... +1,FN h(udg):
LET s$=a ... RESTORE 1310: FOR a=udg TO udg+8: READ v: ... 1340 POKE DEFADD,FN l(udg):
POKE defadd ... +1,FN h(udg):
LET s$= ...
