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Manic Miner Basic Source?Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making…
Is there any sinclair basic source for Manic Miner going around on the net? also does anyone have any good guides which can get one started on making basic games for the speccy? -
ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
... a VERY fast restart to basic (as if I didn't ... /> - Get this - I could enter basic programs normally !!! I.e. it ... to a point when they crash.
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Crash mags up on ebay including issue 98 (last issue) Just been clearing another load of Crash mags out of the loft, all are in good condition and are issues between 70 and 98 (including 98 the last ev…
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IN command in BASIC to read keyboardThis weekend on a Sinclair meeting we had some BASIC-games using IN to control the character. The maker of the game assumed that the result of an IN …
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SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
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Signed Crash magazine - what would it be worth?Hello. So I got a copy of Crash at the PCW show in 1986 or 1987 (the one with Dan Dare on the cover) and went around and got everyone to sign it. As…
... I got a copy of Crash at the PCW show in ... Hananh Smith. So all the Crash team, together with a bunch ... -
Crash and Ace mags up for sale (doubles to clear)I have about 20 ace and 5 crash doubles left all at 99p starts, need the space so they have to go. [url="http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZzzapmort…
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Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…
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Strobe effect on 48kHiya, I wonder if anyone else has experienced this or knows what causes it. I`ve got 3 Spectrums - a 48K, +, and a +2B. I`ve noticed that with the di…
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Brainstorm editor?Hello all.. According to one of the tips printed in Crash, Brainstorm by Firebird has a hidden level editor, accessible by pressing 1, 3 and 5 toget…
... of the tips printed in Crash, Brainstorm by Firebird has a ... a real Speccy, to no effect.
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Retrogamer Newsfield article published at CRASH OnlineI've just updated CRASH Online with Matthew Uffindell's Newsfield article from Retro Gamer issue 2. (In case anyone's wondering, I had permission fr…
I've just updated CRASH Online with Matthew Uffindell's Newsfield article from Retro Gamer issue 2.
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MC TipPlace your MC tip here: Here is my first: When using alternate registers (EXX) the HL register must not be affected on return to BASIC. Also the IY…
... be affected on return to BASIC. Also the IY must not ... 16).
or return to BASIC might crash
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Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been testing ... until the size of the BASIC program crept above 14K and ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ... -
Crash Mags/BindersI only need a few more issues of Crash to complete the set. Does anyone have a copy of issues 81, 83, 86, 97 or 98 they don't mind selling? Also, do…
... a few more issues of Crash to complete the set. Does ... /> Also, does anybody have any Crash binders for sale?
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Loads of issues of Crash.I am in the process of organising my spare issues of Crash, at the moment I have about 80 issues that are duplicates (in some cases there are several…
... organising my spare issues of Crash, at the moment I have ... -
Rainbow processor effectMost people think that Uridium was the first game to use the 'rainbow processor' effect (so called due to the type in from Dominic Robinson in YS). …
... to use the 'rainbow processor' effect (so called due to the ... , but Hypersports used a similar effect to give the impression of ... the earliest instance of this effect. Can anyone prove me wrong ... -
How times change!PHP error message:- [quote] Warning: Unknown(): Your script possibly relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4.2.3. Please be advise…
... relies on a session side-effect which existed until PHP 4 ...
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BASIC 2005 Competition - a lot of games for downloadA lot of BASIC games in Bytemaniacos competition, all in spanish for download now: [url="http://www.bytemaniacos.com/html/basic2005.html"]http://www…
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Sinclair Extended BASIC...Sinclair Extended BASIC is on hold, pending the completion of the Open82 project.
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speccy-basic compilerHi everybody! i'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to make them work faster. I've tryed a lot of compilers running on speccy but i …
... 'd like to compile spectrum basic programs to z80 asm to ... program that I type a basic program and it compile and ... -
more than basic gamesHi, I was wondering if profession games were programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people are saying you can only do …
... programmed by using software beyond basic, because in this forum people ... any way of saving your basic program, half half way through ... -
Detecting TR-DOS from BASICIs there a simple (or contrived :D ) way to detect the presence of a TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC? For fairly obvious reasons this can't rel…
... TR-DOS/Betadisk interface from BASIC?
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Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
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GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxes, listboxes, editboxes, or something similar?
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
Are there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc?
The Spectrum BASIC manual only glosses over them without going into a lot of detail.
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Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ... -
Save Crash Magazines From Recycling Bin!Hi there. Previous possible taker for these in the 'Wanted' section here found weren't what he was looking for. So anyone else interested... Recent …
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Homing missile routine - help neededI am attempting to write a routine which will allow a missile to home in on a player. Basically the sort of thing you see in most shoot-em-up games. …
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Crash's poor attempt at an April FoolOn page 8 of Issue 63 of Crash (April 1989), there was an April Fool joke (see if you can spot it [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/ma…
... 8 of Issue 63 of Crash (April 1989), there was an ... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue63/Pages/Crash6300008.jpg"]here ... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/Crash/Issue64/Pages/Crash6400008.jpg"]apology ...
