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Wow! This is really a staggering achievement (programming, but still interesting!)The subject of good/clever programming came up in the SE BASIC topic, and I thought I'd mention this, but then that thread went back on topic (er, no…
... came up in the SE BASIC topic, and I thought I'd ... in a thread about SE BASIC, I'm sure Andrew ... experience of staggered disbelief, download and run Kkrieger from;
< ... s a Windows PC game, and it's one .exe ... t be bothered to download and try the game, click ... -
Spectrum Missing -5vMy Spectrum is "almost" booting, just when you expect the (C) 1982 Sinclair Research to appear it just displays flashing squares on the screen :( I …
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Born again Speccy user with problemsHello all, Firstly I'd like to say a big hello - this is my first post! When I was 8 or 9 or so my dad bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and a whole bunch o…
... never really got past BASIC programming though, and now I'm ... really into programming microcontrollers and started messing around with ... I wanted to learn and master it, and so, in a ... /> I started writing simple BASIC programs and everything was working well. ... -
Game evolution over the lifetime of a systemDo modern consoles exhibit the same type of game quality evolution as in years gone by? I was just playing the original Super Mario Land on my Ninte…
... couple of years, the graphics and presentation had improved beyond all ... appear, as developers and programmers have learned new tricks, and generally been braver ... . Same with the C64, and even ... -
Luca Bordoni Lost Treasures....For some reason today I came across Luca Bordoni's name. That ringed a bell so went and checked it out. Luca was the author of one of the most ambiti…
... one of the most ambitious and fun BASIC projects : "Jungle King" which ... game in BASIC (to me really a non trivial task) and if ... /> they are all written in BASIC and some of them are really ... sure this one in in BASIC too) and "Save the Whale". on ... -
Haunted House (Tyler / Howarth)I've spent a little time typing in the listings of [i]Haunted House[/i] from [i][url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000424]Write Y…
... [/url][/i], including the Spectrum and ZX81 versions.
... ports -- to Ansi C, and to Inform 6. The latter ... , sound, redefining the font, and upper and lower case.
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Starquake 2 for the Atari ST video.Here's my long lost demos of what was done for 'Starquake 2' on the Atari ST. I did the graphics and Paul Hughes programmed it. There's 3 versions sh…
... ST. I did the graphics and Paul Hughes programmed it. There ... shown starting with the most basic version and moving along to the ... -
ZX-Assembler file handling concept[QUOTE=clausjahn;777075]Dear readers, At this time, it's a good time to ask you, the future users, how to implement the file usage. Let's suggest so…
... . Of course with cut-and-paste abilities.
This ... the important column data, comments and (not yet) implemented repeaters ... reader now recognizes the BASIC program and variables area, as well ... or Lbl_... for normal labels, and - which cannot be prevented ... -
Spectrum sometimes boots with graphic issuesA while ago, my Spectrum 48K (issue 3B) broke down after fiddling with a brand new joystick interface in combination with DivIDE. Today I tested the …
... every now and then it boots to the BASIC prompt and I can ... even type in and run programs ... Never mind the poor lightness and video disturbance, which are artifacts ... problem occurred, it worked flawlessly and since it is not entirely ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 19 September 2014Friday 19 September 2014 Welcome to the August update (eh? Ed). A tad late, but hopefully worth it! * Fixed the links to the scanned pages of Smash …
... * Pgyuri sent in tips and a cheat for Sokoban and a cheat for ... with a massive pile of tips.. DEEP BREATH - corrections ... Wombles, The and Yie Ar Kung-Fu and tips for Jumbly and Lemmings. PHEW ... The Lamberley Mystery and Treasure Island and tips for King Arthur's ... -
The Biz - missing audio extrasI've been playing the excellent music management game by Chris Sievey and wondered if there was any mp3s of the accompanying audio stuff? Apparently …
... management game by Chris Sievey and wondered if there was any ... (by Frank Sidebottom), some hints and tips for the game plus some ... -
JHCon 2014Hello, not sure if this is the right category but JHCon 2014 will take place[B] from 28. to 30.11.[/B] at usual place - gymnasium in Jindrichuv Hrad…
... Timex 2048[/B] and completation of [B]ZX Basic megademo named Cowina ... megademo (in BASIC, surprisingly)
--- type a BASIC program and save it with ... x
--- use normal 48 BASIC and 48K memory
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Strange keyboard port reads on 48+Hi all, I don't know whether it was already discussed (I also searched forum, but there are too much of results searching "48k keyboard" so I didn't…
... membrane, i googled it and found only "gummy" ... the screen by basic program and test is executed ... again.
BASIC part:
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Help with DragoniaI enjoy playing Dragonia but I would enjoy it even more if I knew what the aim of the game was. There is a complete lack of instructions in the Arch…
... 'm just looking for a basic plot and a general idea of ...TR4/TR5 replacementHi guys, I've got another Spectrum I'm working on now - an Issue 4S this time. When I originally got it, I powered it up and did the basic tests a…
... powered it up and did the basic tests and it seemed to ... of RAM. Not surprising, and I've now got ... longer turns on and displays a black and white image only ... very low - missing the +12V and -5V rails.
... with a new ZTX651 and installed it as per the ...ANN: Tipshop updated Thursday, 26 February 2015Thursday 26 February 2015 Happy New Year! Happy Valentines! Happy .. Oh, forget it (Yes, you're just a tad late. Ed) * Philip M. Anderson sent in P…
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* Einar Saukas, Ub880d and MattLamb provided tips for X=Y=Z ... />
* PopoCop provided tips for Space Crusade.
and Turbo Out Run
and tips for Dodge City ... and Gordello Incident, The.< ...ZX Resets when loading programs?Hello, I have a weird issue with my new ZX Spectrum issue 2 16K. The ZX is in great condition, BASIC works and the RAM Diagnostic PEEK 23733 reports …
... is in great condition, BASIC works and the RAM Diagnostic PEEK 23733 ... to load, show the header and blue/yellow bars, but halfway ... tested many 16K .TZX games, and a test program, which loaded ...ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 06 June 2015Saturday 06 June 2015<br>Welcome to the May update (eh? Ed).. Shh! Archie Robins appears to have decided sleep is something that happens to other peo…
... The, Assault Course, Asterix And The Magic Cauldron, Asteroids, ... Miner , Nelo & Quqo and the Last Butifarreisson ,
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hacks for Intercepteur Cobalt and tips for Zepherus.
... for Land of Mire Mare and Retroinvaders.
* ...ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 31 July 2015Friday 31 July 2015 JUST in time for July! * I FINALLY got round to fixing the links to maps hosted on WoS. Shout loudly if you spot any I've ma…
... Grussu sent in a map/tips/solution for Young Ones, ... c64.tin.at, a C64 tips site. I contacted the ... /> * Einar Saukas sent in POKEs and tips for Complica DX.
and
Zombo.
...ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 30 October 2015Friday 30 October 2015 Lots of new POKEs, tips for a SAM game and a rather belated compilation of RZX Archive updates * Andy Ford provided new P…
... of new POKEs, tips for a SAM game and a rather belated ... 8; POKES for Knight Lore and tips and POKEs for R-Swype.
and Red Planet
* ...
Reverse Manic Miner, Spindizzy and Young Ones, The.
Apologies ...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 30 November 2015Monday 30 November 2015 Happy 20th Birthday, World of Spectrum! * Mike_Myers provided additional POKEs for Dun Darach, Riddler's Den and Super R…
... Hood;
bug reports, tips and solutions for Jaws: The ... , SKURFF, Sun Bucket, Tea And Sympathy, Thunderturds,
... the Wasp
and Zombi Terror and tips for Sir Ababol 2 ... Set Luis,
Jumpcollision and Rabbit in Nightmareland.
ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 31 January 2016Sunday 31 January 2016 Happy New Year (bit late? Ed) * The more perceptive may notice the NUMBER of tips hasn't changed in any significant way s…
... So the number of tips on the database will stay ... field and modifying the perl script used to display Tipshop tips. ... , bug report, partial solution, tips and additional POKEs for
... them!), Skool Daze and additional
POKEs and tips for Everyone's ...APII am currently writing the API for publishers. I have set the API to return the following formats:- PHP (a multi-dimensional array) JSON JSONP …
... will be a list with basic filter, and get will accept either ...MEGA HACK PACK - MAGICAL TOWERThis is a real cool little game and I hope Timmy goes on to make a full length version. I have not hacked any monster variables as it seems a little …
This is a real cool little game and I hope Timmy goes on ... ). Thanks Timmy for a really cool game.
Yellow keys ...My favourite b-list gamesBack in my Spectrum days I had a BASF tape. Onto this tape went all my favourite games as the years went by. It started off with Manic Miner, then Ha…
... Commando, Saboteur, Ghosts and Goblins up to Firefly ... adventure, but good humour and nicely solvable.
... Run Baby Run - Compiled basic Friebird game. Only slightly better ... /> Ground Attack and Orbiter - Compiled basic scramble and defender games. Ear ...Hacker QuestionHello hackers, as some of you might know, I am supervising the work on converting games from TR-Dos or TAP to the +D or Opus disk format for our SC…
... forums/discussion/50247/ )
The Basic loader looks very simple:
and therefore a dot is ... change the Basic Loader and insert disk commands, as the Basic Interpreter will ... of course is WHY? And second question is how it ...Usefullness of program listings in magazinesEarly computing magazines had printouts of program listings. I always felt this was a nice thing in that you might read the code and learn something,…
... of assembly programs with minimal BASIC loaders, and the listings in magazines ... less about learning about code and more about being a ... software distribution media - and cover discs (or cassettes) ... between the two; a basic program might benefit from a ...New Game - Strange Kitchen (Boriel version)Further Greetings, O People of the Spectrum! This is Strange Kitchen written in Boriel ZX Basic. You have to prepare recipes by destroying unwant…
... Kitchen written in Boriel ZX Basic. You have to prepare recipes ... of Strange Kitchen in normal Basic + CharADE, you might have ... But I found Boriel Basic recently and I'm happier with this ... version has more recipes and more ingredients...and is a little more ...Incentive games official solution sheetsI have four official solution sheets for Driller, The crypt, Starting hints for Castle Master, Castle Master ( one solution ), Total Eclipse. I am…
... to use for the hints and tips, they came with other stuff ... or flashy, they are photocopied and stapled, but the Driller one ... the Incentive logo on it and contact details.
If ...NEW RELEASE: "Willy's New Mansion" Special EditionOn the twelfth anniversary of the [url="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/manicminerandjetsetwilly/conversations/messages/4593"]release[/url] of my…
... message, an animated decorative guardian and some music;
and wonderfully efficient involvement with ... the BASIC loader and the final TAP and TZX files, and ... /> Please download, enjoy, and [url="http://www.jswcentral.org ...
