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Pseudo-3D map renderingHave been mulling this over for a while, until that isometric thread prompted me to ask. I'm not sure if this is officially classed as 2D, 2.5D, or 3…
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I know what you are saying, but in games completing is not necessarily visiting every single ... .e. hidden objects should not be required to finish a game.
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DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…
Not quite sure what you are asking, but to 'shuffle' the contents of the array, you can ... Slightly faster/better is to choose random values to swap to the end of ...
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middle management and working with friends...So as you guys probably remember for the past year I've been working as a scriptwriter. I've never been so happy with a job, or felt so fulfilled and…
... sure the idea was there for a long time now... but ... I know exactly what it's like to land your dream ... not-very-well-paid job). You want to throw yourself into it to prove to ... everyone that you're capable, even doing stupid hours. The thing is there are ... -
WOS updatesI wish the WOS updates would hurry up. Two new games I wrote are not in the archive yet but they are everywhere else. Even Tipshop and YouTube and lo…
... br /> Not sure what you mean by that as I'm not trying to spread ... which could have happend, it can easily be abused.
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New Game:Killer BeesI have ported one of my favourite games for the Phillips G7000 to the ZX Spectrum. Killer Bees, I spent hours playing this as a kid. The original g…
... line. What made this difficult is that ... frame, it was impossible. The closest you could ... change is made.
There are ... you are in contact with an enemy swarm. So it is possible to ... get into a tight spot and escape, harmed but not ... -
IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…
... while it should hold the ROM Data. Is is possible that you accidently did ... I agree with BloodBaz on what a fantastic write up. ... br />
Ahhhh now there's a good idea..... investigating ... 757106]I'm not sure where you are but if you want to test your IF1bis ... -
Help with 1-bit sampled soundHi all, I've been sent over this way from the CPC Wiki forums as you guys may be able to help me more specifically with a programming query. Firstly…
... /> For sure you can twiddle ... but what they really mean is using the BEEP command that is what you ... in there ... is not linear in displacement -- you need more to push it ... but the three channels' output is actually tied together logarithmically, so it is possible towriting incrementally to tape without leadersI want to be able to write intermittently & incrementally to some sequential medium which is supported on any Spectrum (emulator, ie. tape); eg. [cod…
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However, I think what you are saying is that you want to call some code with ... that byte to an emulated tape file. That's not possible as a ... /> What you're essentially trying to do is OPENOUT("tapefile") and write bytes to it, to do ...Creating your own BASIC-commands on IF1bisThe old Sinclair IF1 has offered an easy possibility to create your own new BASIC-command: The use of the shadow variable VECTOR. This is described i…
... what you are saying, it is my code in RAM I am querying before it even starts to ... to 0496H if it fails. But I think the code is wrong in that it ... checks against 92 and not 42 ... character in the line is already added to A register and ...Finding the graphics I want to edit...I'm trying to find the car graphics for Run Baby Run in SGE, but I'm having lots of issues. Can anyone help me find the graphics, or does someone kno…
... it's the only way I know :-P)
You need to ... POKE the following:
26004 to 26011 and 26014 to 26021 ... to 26081 = car right
As has been pointed out there ... of 8 - I'm not sure what they are, but they shouldn't be over ...New bicolour game: El Stompo.Phew! Finally finished my first game using Einar's fantastic Nirvana engine. [B]El Stompo.[/B] [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/davey…
... -states to do something interesting! I'm not sure what that would be exactly, but ... would be to do it in the smallest amount of code possible.
it is a puzzle game and people complained that there were nothing but puzzle ...A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... to do something interesting! I'm not sure what that would be exactly, but ... it is a puzzle game and people complained that there were nothing but ... />
I guess there are 2 possible solutions:
... will compress nicely), you'd lose something like ...Plea for new hardwareI'm posting this as a poll as I want to judge if I'm a solo loon going on about this, or if people really are interested in either of the following S…
... poll options I suppose are overstated.
But there's absolutely [I ... 'm not sure what you were expecting? This is entirely to support new projects. And how are ... pushing it, but any sort of FPS simulator would just look *awesome*. Sure there ...How much would you pay for this FPGA clone?...given that a mint 128 goes for around ?125. [img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/chloe280seboxed.jpg[/img] Features: [list] [*]100%…
... , but that extra 150 pounds sure looks expensive once you do ... is to do what the ZX-Uno guys are doing and print up stickers to ... not satisfied with that solution.
[quote]Now if there ... printing. Yes it is possible to add an extra tray to the keyboard ...Spectrum screen layoutSeeing the thread on displacement I was wondering why the spectrum had the stupid screen split into three sections and the addresses for each section…
Not sure how much you're already aware of, but I'll ... .
What about reading a pair of ... by the Z80 (but is in practice handled by ... />
It turns out that there are plenty of other ... yourself why it's possible to patent something that you're forced ...[NEW] Speccy for Android ReleasedHello, All! A while ago, I have released the Android version of [i]Speccy[/i], my ZX Spectrum emulator. It emulates Spectrum 16k, 48k, 128k, +2, +2A…
... /> I am not sure what "spectrum emulation options" you are talking about. If it is the Advanced ... Settings menu, then you are not supposed to touch it unless there is absolutely ...MISSING HACK PACKSI've just gone through my downloaded games for 2014 and realised I missed quite a lot of games. I've published about 15-20 new hack packs. HAVE I MIS…
... and beginning to find life difficult[/B]. Can somebody explain what is happening ... here?[/QUOTE]
I know exactly how you ... feel :lol:
Not sure which bits are the problem but in ...New Platform GameHello everyone, I'd just like to introduce myself and announce my first ever ZX Spectrum game, called [I]CAP'N RESCUE [/I]which I uploaded to World o…
... can't make you like the graphics but I'm not sure what you mean by ... /> if you look at the tzx file it says direct recording not the ... usual basic loader, screen and game even though they are thereCopyrights (was: "What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?")I created this new thread here as an attempt to extract the current off-topic debate about copyrights from [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forum…
[QUOTE=ewgf;807455]under the present unfair laws, which are made by lawyers and the government[/QUOTE]
Not sure what you're suggesting here as an alternative...
Bloody revolution? :lol:Copyrights (was: "What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?")I created this new thread here as an attempt to extract the current off-topic debate about copyrights from [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forum…
... guesser;807457]Not sure what you're suggesting ... is on Friday, then on the preceeding Monday to Thursday, there ... con supporters saying why you should vote ... ] Copyright should not expire, as long as it is used only for ... to make decisions is asking for trouble. But ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
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Impossible Mission = I don't ... Ghostbusters. Some games are just equal on ... it's unofficial (not sure it was ever released?) The C64 one is okay, but not ... not sure how you can say that Summer Games is ... (imho) is far superior to the Amiga version ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... Impossible Mission on C64 first and didn't like it, so no, not ... ]I'm not sure how you can say that Summer Games is equal on ... />
As you agreed, it's personal taste. To me they are equal.
Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
[QUOTE=Jim M;809018]But I don't think that ... to effect such an obvious improvement.[/QUOTE]
I know what you are saying ... for the simple reasons that it is (a) larger; (b) more ... spectrums palette is not bad per se; its simple. What the spectrums ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... is what you accidentally discover on YouTube when looking at all these videos. Not sure ... know what tricks are being used and their limits, but I think it would ... big IMO.
It's difficult to say which colour scheme ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... the words used are[I] opposite[/I] in meaning to what is intended; just ... , I've tried to keep quiet but I'm not sure you actually know the ... .
If you are unsure of intention, it is the opposite of exuded.Hip Hopspecially newer stuff. after a chat me, chris and boozy had in the chatroom of the radio station during my show thought we could chat about hip hop …
... meaningless words, it does not matter what you say, as long as it scans, has ... claims that you are somehow superior. SAD !!!
When you hear a ... six year old saying that he is going to kill ...SDCC DivuIntwhen I divide an integer sdcc wants to import a function called divuint I think it used to be in z80.lib but now it doesnt seem to be in there. Im …
... z80.lib in the build but I still get the error ... " will cause the z80.lib to be linked against.
you know what you are doing there. Other than that, I ... line because it sets up the memory map. I'm not sure if ...Testers for new z88dk clibA long (long, long, long) time ago a few people offered to help test the new clib in z88dk. Much time has passed since then and I won't hold people,…
... file but it produces a .opt file
it doesnt seem to expose the ... 'm not quite sure what you are trying to do.
The .opt file is an ... code / data that is part of your utility. There should be no ...Denied GamesA friend of mine said that the copyright laws for games only last for 30 years. If this is the case all spectrum games made before 1985 become freew…
... is to not buy and not download and support those you want to by only buying what you ... want everything for free. There are some people who say that ... recipe, etc)? I'm not saying that this should be the ... it's easily possible to be fair this way, but my point is ...Who wants to play with my Willy?While cleaning up my PC a few weeks ago, I stumbled across an old Jet Set Willy mod I started back in the early 2000s. Although I don't quite have th…
... It is nice to hear a new title-screen tune. What is it? Have you composed it ... but it is not extremely simple, either, and it ... not attempt such a jump because of the altitude.
Furthermore, it is possible to ... lot, there are a lot ...
jetsetdanny
June 2015
Games
