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What was the first Spectrum game you bought.Mine was Technician Ted and Gift from the Gods. What were your first game you bought for the spectrum?
... (1982-1985) used the BASIC font and are good games. Now I ... -
Come and compete :)Hi If you feel like competing in Spectrum games or just wants to show your talent in your favourite Spectrum games, come and join the fun on HARP Sp…
But I'll take a look on Gyron. Is it even possible to complete? Has it ever been done?[/QUOTE]
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Classical music on the Speccy?While I was watching CVP409 videos on YT, I found a few movie scores and it made me start yet another topic about the AY chip. I know the beeper and…
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I wanted to see and hear more.[/QUOTE]
and posted to Google and I wish there ... visit WOS dig out that BASIC listing and upload it. -
Porting C64 text adventures to ZX Spectrum?I would like to port some of my text adventures from the C64 on over to the ZX Spectrum. Is this easy to do? Can someone with knowledge of the Spectr…
... the entire "Orange book" (BASIC manual) and full help built-in, both ... the app itself and for every aspect of BASIC - even context help ... you type them.
And of course, I'm available ... -
What's wrong with 128k Spectrums...Prolly best posted here in the chit-chat section: 1. The "Delete" Key You've spent a good deal of your time working with a "dead flesh" 48k, and yo…
... them used a spoon(!), and others replaced the broken ... mostly used it for Basic programming, and only loaded games ... the new Delete, Extended Mode and cursor keys. :D
and still is, if you ... one of those games. And the in-game music ... -
Porting more adv games to the ZX SpectrumIf anyone is up to the task, I'd love to see a port of some of my other games on the ZX Spectrum. I myself need to find a manual for Sinclair BASIC b…
... ... sorry it lost all formatting and uses assembly for the VZ ... cleaning it up. Globals everywhere and the original post mentions some ... able to win in the BASIC version and I don't know ... think this is the original BASIC I started with:
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[WANTED] ASM routinesHi there, 1.) i really need 5-6 working and well commented routines, showing assembler capabilities. They should be simple, but not too much complic…
... address, and call routines - it is made usually from Basic.
Download ... TAP files with all Basic code and some pictures for specific effect ... archive. After it may look (and run) in some emulator. It ... -
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 …
... rare circumstances since ZX Basic can automatically promote ints ... ZX Basic compilers and targetting a better version of basic to ... using subroutines from C, Basic and asm linked together to make ... could be linked into the basic compiler (in particular sprite ... -
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 …
... ZX Basic compilers and targetting a better version of basic to ... using subroutines from C, Basic and asm linked together to make ... (currently ZX Basic only uses __CALLER__ and __FASTCALL__ scheme).
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ANN: Spud v0.7...won't be ready for a very long time :razz:
... Yes, I know the composer and the normalization are a little ... bit too much and I agree they could ... .
Drag and drop works on some emulators ... when using the Basic editor.
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Silent Hill OriginsHas anyone played this yet? I was looking at it a couple of weeks ago and will get it soon. Hopefully it will be better than the less than stellar SH…
Bought it earlier and I was just playing it ... bit. It's really cool so far and I've already run ... already lost a lump hammer and a scalpel while fighting a ... nurse and I don't think it ... -
Silent Hill OriginsHas anyone played this yet? I was looking at it a couple of weeks ago and will get it soon. Hopefully it will be better than the less than stellar SH…
... 279482]Bought it earlier and I was just playing it ... It's really cool so far and I've already run ... lost a lump hammer and a scalpel while fighting ... a nurse and I don't think ... Sounds annoying, but quite realistic, and I should imagine having your ... -
System 15,000Anyone got an opinion about [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005106]this one[/url]? It looks quite interesting, wonder how it p…
System 15000 (and Satcom) are good games.
< ... with the number 672-3427 and type in code "SL312"
BASIC program and have a look at ... -
Spectaculator - 8 Microdrives problem?Hi, If I run 48k spectrum or 128k+ / +2 with an IF1 and 8 microdrives, everything goes pants if I try to format the 8th drive. Is it my config? I'm …
OK, two things:
1. You appear to have an acrylic spectrum. HOW COOL IS THAT? (and where how why what who etc - how did you get that?) :-o
2. The "Hard Connector" - it can't be that "hard" to fabricate, surely?
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Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... much my early stoner days, and the only Speccy related antics ... was changing the text in BASIC games and letting my friends play ... them.
Then low and behold instead of saying game ... -
Your views on...Sir Lancelot[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004520]Sir Lancelot[/url] I only played this game a couple of times and I was quite impress…
... judge when to fall down and quickly move inside the guard ... produced. The gameplays brilliant, basic graphics and sound but just an excellent ... -
The HobbitOK, I can get out of the goblin's dungeon, can get the ring, wear it, kill Gollum and escape; but I can't get Thorin out with me, getting caught agai…
The Tipshop has pleeeeenty of hints and tips for [URL="http://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/info.pl?wosid=0006440"]The Hobbit[/URL]. -
Gigs you've been to...Thought I'd try to find some footage on YouTube of gigs I've been to, can't believe I actually found some... Velvet Revolver at Brixton Academy (gig…
... other going "Que?"... Just me and my brother shouting "Yeeeeeaaaaaahhh Londoooooon ... their stuff a little cheesy and maybe a little too political ... . The Drum and Bass stuff was really cool, intelligent stuff, and the rap ... -
'orange' on a spectrumalways wondered why spectrums could never seem to achieve the colour orange? wasn't one of the default colours, and don't remember seeing anything th…
... didn't exist. With 128K BASIC, who knows what obscure ... lurk, without examining the 128K BASIC ROM, or at least ... and active screen selection), can be done well enough in BASIC ... the second screen using ordinary BASIC PRINT and graphics commands. Until today ... -
Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
... with just the screen and then adding in the ... back to the drawing board and considering all devices from ... takes 58 seconds in 128 BASIC. So it's fair ... /2 speed of the Sinclair BASIC at present.
On ... seconds on BASIC II and 5.4 seconds on BASIC IV (which ... -
Help save zx planet from disappearing forever[url]http://www.zxplanet.thulehost.co.uk/[/url] Most of you guys know of this site but don't visit and i can see why! But there are not that many s…
... Hi Digital Prawn (cool name btw) and welcome to the forum ... play with the settings and see what happens.
Enjoy the forum (and point as many people here ... to use WoS nowadays and discussed how this affects ... the current role and indeed the future ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
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I'm a poet and didn't know it!
and then consider writing one![/QUOTE ... embedding into the tape mag BASIC program and the reformatting to fit ... them on file until needed and I will make sure that ... -
help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
The Quill, GAC and PAWS have all been used ... all do the same basic job and just differ in the amount ... of whistles and bells they offer.
and objects. None of them are ... -
help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... =Matt_B;301505]The Quill, GAC and PAWS have all been used ... all do the same basic job and just differ in the amount ... of whistles and bells they offer.
and objects. None of them are ... -
The definitive Spectrum project??We know that the Spectrum has been put almost to its limits after all these years of life, but I would like to know which would be the definitive pro…
... could be basic (Bit like the first GB mono version) and could ... on the Amiga had very basic graphics and granted a Speccy version ... -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... program generates a Nonsense in BASIC error and stops the editor from ... -
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... program generates a Nonsense in BASIC error and stops the editor from ... it doing it's thing - and never got around to it ... -
Changing the way SCREEN$ is loadedThe way the speccy loads in a SCREEN$ is interesting - top two-thirds first, then middle and finally the bottom, which is due to the way the speccy d…
... matter of taking the above and changing it to your needs ... usual blue and yellow to something more cool like black and blue, or ... -
Forum Improvements[quote=Dunny;307892]Yebbut, I'm not interested in reporting any threads that are off topic, so long as they stay in the off topic area. What I would …
... users did the spectrum have and does this forum have? The ... refer to Tap files or basic code and have it emulated within ... ][/INDENT]
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BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …
... for the help with this BASIC sound routine.
[/ ... the timings a little and it's working great. ... from the previous edition and I can't be ... bothered relocating it all and changing all of the ...
Adding the extra BASIC scroller and BEEP routines used a bit ...
