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The secret of success is failure32 years ago when I first started learning to program thanks to the Speccy, I didn't worry about not getting the anticipated results. I wasn't confi…
... same process all over again and I'd forgotten that revelation ... whole bunch of numbers and I was surprised and delighted to get ... this site but these experiments and revelations are the spur to ... up my own series of Basic lessons and small programs that demonstrate ... -
New Game: Rediscovered RealmsA compilation of my BASIC text adventures from the 80's, re-visioned using Boriel's basic compiler and released as a set, complete with companion gui…
A compilation of my BASIC text adventures from the 80' ... , re-visioned using Boriel's basic compiler and released as a set ... Spectrum Show (episode 57 now) and the magazine (issue 14).
Bubble Bobble remake!After playing Pietro Brothers and marvelling at the colors with the Nirvana+, I think the prime candidate to be remade to me Bubble Bobble. While ver…
After playing Pietro Brothers and marvelling at the colors with ... lacked the lots of secret tricks and items too. I do realize ...Look whats possible in 924 bytesSo, finally after over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I first designed the graphics, I've actually made it to the point where this i…
... over a year of development and nearly 25 years since I ... up 4k for the pieces and 4k for the board.
and there, but as a fully ... it possible to write a basic GUI and chess game functionality?
ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 27 February 2017Monday 27 February 2017 Happy New Year. And Valentine's Day. And - oh - you get the idea.. Things have been a tad busy in Real Life * Andy Ford …
... provided maps, tips and solutions for Atic Atac and Masters Of The ... provided cheats for Impossible Mission and Judge Dredd.
and Steeplejack and tips for Day In ... br /> * Steve Nichol provided tips and solution for When Alex Didn ...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…
... s written in Python, and runs wherever Python 3.4 ... new features in 5.4 and 6.0:
and can expand image macros - ... .py --basic[/i] (which lists BASIC loaders and other BASIC programs in ... (enabling you to inspect and act on the mode of ...How do I dev for the speccy on .a mac?Hiya :) Any hints and tips for what the best approach would be for doing dev for a speccy 128 using a mac and / or linux? I'd ideally like some…
Hiya :)
Any hints and tips for what the best approach ... speccy 128 using a mac and / or linux?
I ...WORMS on the speccyseems to have been a few genuine efforts to make Worms for the spec back in the late 90s... obviously it would never have been released as it was too…
... one is the most basic effort and plays way too fast when ... one is the most playable and seems to have had the ... you select just looks like basic bazooka when you fire it ... effort gone into the 2nd and 3rd ones above...Shaken But Not StirredDoes anyone have a working copy of this unlicensed James Bond adventure game? (The TZX at WOS doesn't load in any of my emulators - it seems to be co…
... into it during play and seeing the BASIC code, and always regretted not ...TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
... 's job is to create tricks for professional magicians (real world ... mean, the sort who do tricks on stage, the program is ... a geek who loved magic tricks and had his dream job of ... creating magic tricks for a living. But in ...Custom Menus on the ZX Spectrum +3Today, my Friends, i have the pleasure of presenting a program i have written which gives a set of custom menus on the +3. The main features of my p…
... without leaving the +3 BASIC editor
and
2: permitting ... the same as [b]+3 BASIC[/b] in the standard menu ... the Calculator withing the Editor, and with the already existing abilitiy ... SPECTRUM[/b] keyword, and to return to +3 BASIC with [b]RANDOMIZE ...Zx81I have a working ZX81..the external appearance is extremly good, I typed very recently a BASIC program and it is working....but the keyboard has a co…
... typed very recently a BASIC program and it is working....but the ...New BasinC v1.7 I was away from sinclair scene for a long time, I cannot find any time to log on to wos forums. I hope everybody is doing well here. As many of…
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Keep up the good basic coding and have fun.
and triple size fonts, find and replace was ... (clears profiling results and starts new profiling) and Refresh (shows immediate ... File menu. (quickly saves basic as a tap file) < ...Clever, yes. Useful? Not so sure. Re: LOAD ""CODE gamesI was always curious about how the (few) games that require that you type LOAD ""CODE, rather than the usual LOAD "" worked, but only just now decide…
... /> You write your normal BASIC loader and then execute the following command ... the last command (RUN), KSTATE, and LAST K. When the data ... overwrites the memory with your BASIC loader and “presses” the Enter key ... know how to save a BASIC program so it auto-ran ...Pyjamarama remake, players wanted.I've been spending some time recreating Pyjamarama using Mono (C#) on the PC. Why? 1. I started pulling apart the original Z80 and published the [u…
... pulling apart the original Z80 and published the [url="http://www ... version that people could edit and change.
3. I started ... original graphics,
has basic sound and only runs in a small ... in C#/Mono and only using the basic resources it is highly ...FUSE keeps losing my files!Its infuriating that I saved the Basic program I just wrote as a Snapshot and when I went to load it, I couldn't find it! FUSE always opens my Downl…
... saved the Basic program I just wrote as a Snapshot and when ... forgotten what I called the Basic file) and once again it doesnt ... folder that FUSE goes to and yet the Search finds it ... and lets me load it but ...Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... with new one's, and do a basic composite mod with capacitor ... a working keyboard and entering in a few basic commands, the odd ... colored block started to appear and ... tested again typing in some basic commands and the glitches came back ...ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 03 November 2018Saturday 03 November 2018 Happy "Eat All Of Your Kids' Halloween Sweets" week! There's lots of good stuff this update - keep up the good work, folks…
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* I fixed tips for Sentinel, The which had ... POKEs for Zolyx; POKEs, cheats and tips for Ottifans, The.
... report, cheat and POKEs for Hover Droid; POKEs and tips for Comet ... Game, The and
POKEs ...Jet Set Willy - The Mr Noseybonk Versionhttp://jswmm.co.uk/files/file/120-jet-set-willy-the-mr-noseybonk-version/ For this special version of Matthew Smith's classic ZX Spectrum game 'Je…
... an email exchange last year, and for his 'A Miner ... its very useful tone chart and general advice on scoring music ... his assistance with compiling the BASIC loader, and Richard Dymond for his ... index.html).
Enjoy - and don't have nightmares!!!
DCP Interpacks - New Old Stock Still Available (Limited)!We rarely see New Old Stock of interfaces for ZX Spectrum appear - Never mind Still being on sale from the 1980's! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.c…
... I decided to post here, and give Spectrum fans the first ... sensors - all with BASIC programs and one of these and many unlimited other ... using ball bearing micro switches, and begun a Robot project that ... lots of 8-bit computers and once the relevant computers ...Creating artwork for pseudoSpectrum gameHi all, I'm currently programming a game that mimcs a Spectrum BASIC game and it's original code (which will be posted here in the forums when it'…
... game that mimcs a Spectrum BASIC game and it's original code ... using Graphics mode and the number key blocks) and a victory or ... days that can scan images and present them as though they ...Technically terrible games you likeHighrise Harry by Blaby is technically awful. It's got tiny UDG graphics, no animation, rubbish jump mechanism, dodgy collision detection, poor keybo…
... . It's probably compiled basic too.
And yet, despite all of ... actually enjoy playing this game and find it addictive. Part of ...WiP New Utility TAPonDSKThere are a few utilities that transfer tape contents to +3 disk but most, if not all, require manual intervention to change the loader and/or rename…
... utility which decodes the basic loader and attempts to re-write ... /> | -d add a simple basic loader file called DISK so ... additional file just rename the basic loader to DISK
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| be the BASIC loader and rest of code following.
ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 24 October 2020Saturday 24 October 2020 Hopefully it won't be another 6 months, he said. Joke about Corona still going, he said. Oh, blimey! * Yes, it's been a…
... of thanks to Lee Fogarty and David Lodge for getting Tipshop ... back up and running.
Twice. When ... as transcribing ones from YS and Crash).
When I ... /> characters. I did some digging, and discovered that they were ones ...Really obviously terrible design choicesI've developed a little fondness this weekend for a game I never rated back in the day - Firebirds by Softek. https://youtu.be/Bvd8FUu-YtU?t=360 …
... and Gorf, and I've been enjoying its minimalist aesthetic, cool zwangy noises and ... - come on all in red and then switch its yellow spinning ...Questions about microdrivesHi! Bought an Interface 1 and two microdrives along with around 10 microdrive cartridges. Installed (great but very expensive) vdrive zx into one …
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Bought an Interface 1 and two microdrives along with around ... one of the microdrives and replaced couple of bad ...
2. Converted Jetpac, Pssst and Cookie Z80 snapshots to MDR ...
5. Any fun hints and tips and/or ideas regarding the microdrive ...ZEsarUX 10.0ZEsarUX 10.0 is out! Download it from : https://github.com/chernandezba/zesarux/releases/tag/10.0 Changes: Version 10.0 - Clive Sinclair edi…
... /> - Can now browse Basic variables on ZX Spectrum, ZX81 and ZX80
-Can now browse Basic variables on ZX Spectrum, ZX81 and ZX80
basic line and current line on menu ...Emulators for .TAP & .TZX FilesCan someone help. I have recently started playing Spectrum games on my PC but I am having severe difficulty loading *.TAP & *TZX files. It comes up…
Try to make a .TAP file yourself. Save a simple BASIC-program and re-load it.
If it works, then other progs should work too!Games cracking...A question for the crackers out here.... What was your very first game you cracked and for how long were you 'in clouds' of it? My very first progr…
... " conversion to three-part: Basic, screen and one code, the other one ... poked directly into memory from Basic. My first real crack with ... lot of other YS craks and found out that SU do ...which software firm..................in your opinion which software firm made the best games for the spectrum and why? :) octave
... , not licences.. simply cool.
Also Ocean and GremlinGraphics were nice.
