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  • New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!

    ... superior is giving orders and shows damage and points.

    ... a book that had screnshots and tips for dozens of arcade games ... i havent 'started' the first and im already thinking about the ... an adventure without screens. and it may have 42 cloumn ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…

    ... a civilised chat with him and convince him to send a ... 3 categories: most BASIC programs, most compiled-BASIC programs, and Caverns of Kontonia ...
    GOC GOC August 2003 Games
  • New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!

    ... superior is giving orders and shows damage and points.

    ... like Invaders, Galaxian etc. and incorporated it into one ... book that had screnshots and tips for dozens of arcade ... [/quote]

    Sounds good... and brave - not using an adventure ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers August 2003 Development
  • Translating games from RussianThe recent arrival of biotoxin and his obvious enthusiasm for Russian games has set me thinking: Will any Russian games ever be translated into Engl…

    Not all translating engines are that stupid. A good number of them can even figure out some basic grammar and transformations, i.e. recognize that "going" is a form of the verb "go".

    But how does one hack the text out of Dizzy games ?
    GOC GOC September 2003 Games
  • create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…

    ... breakpoint on z80 instructions and a step / ... all and end-all of Speccy BASIC coding... and I ... coding in BASIC.

    2. A BASIC compiler.
    BASIC debugging tools, but ... ie, get all the BASIC tools finished completely first ...
    Dunny Dunny September 2003 Development
  • tzx to tapehow do i put a tzx file to a audio tape, i want to back up my old speccy games to play on my speccy

    ... to load speccy games (cool no rewind and instant seek). It'd ...
    zster zster September 2003 Games
  • Cholo helpI downloaded this weird game today and I have not the foggiest what I am supposed to be doing as there don't seem to be any instructions. Can anyone…

    The Stairway to hell has hints and tips and a solution.
    Fraser Fraser September 2003 Games
  • Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…

    ... for the capital letters and numbers, and made one character set ... a free row top and bottom, and a column of free ... stand-alone BASIC program to redefine capitals, lower case and numbers ... TZX file containing a short BASIC loader and the character set loading ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2003 Games
  • Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…

    ... I save game as ****.z80 and want convert it in .tap ... SNAtoTAP can save both BASIC files and CODE files as TAP ... to know the start-address and the length.

    and wanted to construct a ... save (e.g. the BASIC loader) may well have been ...
    andrewbroad andrewbroad October 2003 Games
  • POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…

    ... before the start of the basic ascii and the two bytes before ... .
    RUN the program and replace all the spaces ( character ... />
    23755 and 23756 normally hold the start of BASIC but this ... be changed using 23635 and 23636 ( start of BASIC).

    ...
    dave_beer_uk dave_beer_uk October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Emulators without attribute clash?I know a spectrum wouldn't be the same without the attribute clash, but I was wondering do any of the emulators have a 'turn off the clash' feature? …

    ... it would have a 48 Basic Option for playing many older ... all the old AMOS and Blitz Basic programs, and if they used AGA ... ended up taking their blueprints and business elsewhere. So I consider ... inadequate help lack of time and finally disinterest he just stopped ...
    Sadako Sadako November 2003 Emulators
  • Hi! I'm new here! :)Hello, I mainly use my Amiga(!) nowadays but i have always been a fan of the ZX Spectrum computers. I used to own a 48k and +2 range. I now play the…

    ... that those programs fro Windows and Deluxe Paint for Dos, ... is all installed and you get great colours and resolution. Sound ... )

    last alternative and probably the best, although i ... at least what's cool about WinUAE ( and unfortunate that other UAEs ...
    Sadako Sadako December 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bootable emulator?Just had a look at the page of the 'bootable emulator' by Emanuele. Sadly, the translation from Italian to English by Babel Fish leaves much to be de…

    ... fun with others Italian members and make a little joke. < ... /> Seems that Alessandro liked it and had a big laugh !! ( ... posting such great technical information and tips that makes this site so ... interesting and enjoyable .

    No ...
    Arm73 Arm73 January 2004 Emulators
  • C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…

    ... That way the display and sprites interlace without colour clash ... some talk about Spectrum display tricks and then the pictures. I ... to multitech using BMP2SCR and then viewed them under ... that allows these pictures (and multitech pictures generated by BMP2SCR ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Games
  • C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…

    ... some talk about Spectrum display tricks and then the pictures. I've ... these to multitech using BMP2SCR and then viewed them under Timex ... PaintShop (if I remember right) and a whole lot of discipline ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Games
  • C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…

    ... some talk about Spectrum display tricks and then the pictures. I' ... Spectrum. They were edited and rearranged when necessary, because ... Dragon's Lair 1 and 2 and Double Dragon. Maybe some ... that allows these pictures (and multitech pictures generated by BMP2SCR ...
    Sadako Sadako February 2004 Games
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... asm or C, and thus will turn to BASIC to learn to ... with BASIC, I learnt programming basic first, and then moved onto Z80 and then ... many other languages.
    And ...
    Kiwi Kiwi February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... mentions that the basic is translated into assembler and then assembled. ... functions for free. New Basic keywords could be invented to ... be to attach new Basic keywords to a specific ... a way to specify Basic keywords and assembly functions attached to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Over the hill?Seem to recall a rock group management game with the above title, anyone remember it or know where I can get it?

    ... recall it being a fairly basic game and if you didn't ... you were "over the hill" and had to start again. Its ...
    Grobber Grobber February 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Tasword 2 files as TZXWhere can I download resp. upload tasword 2 text files as snapshot (Z80, SNA, ...) or tape file (TZX, TAP). Are there websites for tasword files? Tha…

    It would be a good thing to have such site. Right now we have a archives of games, sometimes archives of basic prorgams and screenshots. The archive of TW2 files would be a great place!
    kmatveev kmatveev February 2004 Emulators
  • How rare is R@RE?Yes, I've been wondering this 'rare' thing. How rare, in fact, are the old Spectrum-items? I mean it seems that some Ultimate games fetch hefty piles…

    ... much people want it and it's not necessarily ... were sold in zillions and there are still lots ... basic ZX stuff is quite common (at least in the UK) and ... a normal user like me can quite easily get the basic ... hardware. And with a bit ...
    Yanek Yanek February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AY MusicHi all. Happy new year! I'm new to spectrum programming, and am interested in writing some music for the +2 AY chip. The problem is...I cant find a…

    ... 3 songs and i couldn't believe it was just Basic. this ... Spectrum website that reads the Basic Program and then plays uninterruptable music ... the program, even for a Basic program it will just play ... helpful one on Soundtracker and SQTracker, and i think one other ...
    Sadako Sadako February 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • 42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…

    ... this sometimes give you hints and tips and I remember seeing something about ... went along for a peek and lo and behold it turns out ... how to extract the code and use it yourself with a ...
    BadBeard BadBeard February 2004 Development
  • Anyone heard of these?I recently found a list of spectrum tapes I intended to buy (but never did) years ago. Most of them seem to be already dumped - or at least known of …

    ... Lightgun games (Robot Attack etc) and I'm not sure that ... they are available on compilations and may have only been released ... also refers to a preview and tips. I wonder if it was ... released on C64 or CPC and never made it onto spectrum ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker March 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • UDG/sprite HelpRestore 5: For N=20 To 21: Read G$: For R=0 To 7: Read B: Poke Usr G$+r,b: Next R: Next N

    ... like others - it's a BASIC development environment. I *think* the ... - it will extract the BASIC program and UDGs from it. Nothing else ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Gamebase ZX progress reportSorry for the delay in the next release of Gamebase ZX. I have had to restructure the whole damn thing to resolve a serious bug that crashed the prog…

    What will really be cool, is getting and maintaining a set of compatible ... , AY, JPG, TZX, DSK images and everything !!!.

    I'm ... />
    One problem with CLRMame and DatUtil is that it doesn ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2004 Announcements
  • EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…

    ... host for my efforts,and thanks for the compliments ... useful to learn a few tricks. By the way , ... along the way !
    And yes, I was looking ... uses lots of tricks and different sprite formats) and I think it ... the updated bmp2raw converter and maybe I can add ...
    Arm73 Arm73 April 2004 Emulators
  • Hi Folks - message from Pitcalc manWow - only just come across this site - very impressive indeed. I'm amazed at how well Spectrum emulators etc. have developed (just downloaded Z80)si…

    ... , just type in 128K BASIC mode.

    And about emulz - yes ... them are enough for games and other simple stuff. But all ... check out while demos working. And then RealSpectrum appears much more ...
    Yerz Yerz April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sound DreamJust daydreaming, don't beat me for this, if any of you assembler guru's (especially emulator developers) ever are in need of new ideas, it would be…

    ... rather have rewritten Sinclair BASIC for the PC, but ... is an IDE for Basic programs and it will/does see ... enhance the Basic is a good one, and is especially ... can't get past Basic, and Basin has the potential ... allow them to stick to Basic.

    Addition ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2004 Games
  • Making GAC games on an emulatorHi, this is my first post here but I had a question that I hope someone might be able to answer. This may sound like an incredibly stupid question, …

    ... basic loader though to load you CODE you saved and ... you Basic loader first then save your code after and avoid ... if you save your basic loader * and screen if you want ... the order putting the Basic loader first then a ... 6.1 allows editing and managing TZX/TAP or ...
    Sadako Sadako May 2004 Games
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