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Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... spectrum magazines, try to unprotect basic loaders, type apps and games ... first Pacman written in Basic, for eg. Did any of you had ... ? All those tapes with simple basic+m.c. routines games and ... -
Some more off-topic questions...Just some more things I wonder about, especially when I can't sleep (I hate insomnia)... 1) Do jet packs actually exist? You never see them, even…
... . And to pre-empt any protests, I really don' ... HLE1? Please don't give any spoilers, though.
... and white classics on TV any more (well, apart ... as I only have the basic package :x ). Presumably they ... (does anyone know of any good ones?) and ebay ... -
How to compile a BASin program with Hisoft Basic Compiler?If I write a Basic program with the BASin application and then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine code, what are the steps to a…
If I write a Basic program with the BASin application ... then wants to use Hisoft Basic Compiler to compile to machine ... then load the basic program. But must the basic program be in ... -
Converting m$ to dataI created a maze using a matrix of 704 characters. In order to save memory, and since the maze it's just walls and spaces which could be interpreted …
... a better way.
Any help would be appreciated.
BASIC program request. But I was ... -
Anyone used WinAPE before?Erm ... sincerest apoligies all around ... yes, I'm trying to run a game (Death Pit) in WinAPE but the silly bugger who made the emulator doesn't mak…
... the face with either "f1 basic" or "f2 burning rubber"
basic part to load the game ... autoload ... oh, well.
Any help appreciated.
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How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…
... game start by itself, without any BASIC loader with Randomize usr command ... -
Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... wondering if there is any easy way to improve ... also unsure if there is any "convention" (like good ... br /> I am grateful for any comments and help.
basic
ld b,8 ... B]
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Warlord - Japan StrategyMorning All. This game has been on my computer for some time and I can't find a reference to it on WOS. There is a ZX81 version listed (I assume its…
... Japan strategy game written in BASIC.
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Mailstrom[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002992[/url] I've uploaded a couple of TAP versions of the game to /incoming. One is the TZX …
... with POKEs added to the BASIC loader which cause it to ... if the POKEs are of any real-world use but they ... -
Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... movement enermy display and collision detect.
What happens is ... the code slow (for a basic program) I really dont want ... far as possible in basic (maybe compiled basic) and will run ok ... -
Name this Microcomputer Book!!!Hoping somebody can pull the name of this book out of the hat! I've tried google searches, wild-card searches, eBay searches and loads more, and no …
... size between machine code and basic (and presumably to serve as ... of this paperback.
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A New 21 UDG Plotter BASIC ProgramHello All, Here goes... My first proper Spectrum program for 20 years! And the reason why I've been asking about multiple banks of UDGS recently. …
... past few days.
Any comments or suggestions are welcome ... -
Can I help with any of thisThe following is the games I just won on Ebay, as far as I can tell the cassettes look complete. Anyone know if any of the following can help with t…
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Anyone know if any of the following can help ... -
Best beginners guideHi folks One of the girls in work is looking towards learning the very basics(1) of programming. She has never written any type of program or even a…
... . She has never written any type of program or even ... simple programs written in Sinclair Basic (in the forums somewhere) ... excellent Basin and downloaded "Beginning BASIC With The ZXSpectrum" for ... but besides that are there any plain written, assuming nothing, ... -
The Non Randomness of Sam BasicHows about this for weird. Hardly ever bothered with such simple stuff before but this is what I just did on the Sam ( as in a real one now I've got …
New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... as good a time as any (business is a bit slack ... (at least)
ZX BASIC compatible BASIC interpreter (with extra keywords) on ... the design.
7. Any thoughts?Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
... right-hand side, and a basic "radar" along the top & ... don't anybody go having any fits or anything!)Remakes.org remadeHas anyone been there recently? Its changed just a lil bit. Trouble is I cant find the downloads any more... Looks brill though. Looks like they a…
... I cant find the downloads any more... Looks brill though.
any comments about it?
basic to try and write an ... think wether to recode something basic friendly or go down the ...How do I clear only a specific area of a screen (quickly) in machine code ?I'm looking for a machine code routine which will clear the first 20 rows of the Spectrum's display (or any number of rows or columns) . I have found…
... Spectrum's display
(or any number of rows or columns ... , is no quicker then the basic FOR F=0 TO 19 ...Retro Fighter shoot-em-up development updateHi all, Some of you might recall I was developing a little shoot-em-up with the working title of Retro-Fighter. Well after a long hiatus I managed …
... am afraid I cannot make any promises about when I will ... which were much better than any of my own and which ... P M , Space - returns to basic
[URL]http://www ...Buying a new TV - any advice?My faithful ol' television has just ceased to be, become bereft of life, started pining for the fjords, etc, so I've got to get a new one, and I was …
... spend about ?300). Are there any brands to look for or ... yet, but if there's any problem in existence then knowing ... 's)?
Thanks for any answers.Collision detectionI understand the basic methods for testing for collisions but I have question about the trickier situation of testing for when shots hit the backgrou…
I understand the basic methods for testing for collisions ... obviously should not trigger collisions. Any idea on how this can ...cant format answereHi all, I am writing a short basic program that will convert a frequency to a length. 10 print "Spectrum antenna length conversion." 20 let w = 468 …
... /> I am writing a short basic program that will convert a ... see it.
Any help please as this is ...Can anybody recommend any good podcasts?I currently listen to the Ricky Gervais show, the best of Chris Moyles (available once a week) and the best of Scott Mills (probably the funniest of …
... .)
Can anybody recomend any similarly funny/amusing podcasts and ...I woke up this morning and wanted it sooo bad!I woke up this morning next to my girlfriend and the first thing that came into my mind was.... "I wanna play R-Type II on the Spectr…
... other than a bit of basic back in the day (don ... who you are! ;)
Any way I'm sure this ..."10 Pack, by Gremlin" - any ideas?I have a YS Chart Entry for "10 Pack", by Gremlin, in the Top Ten for Feb 1988. The only match I can find in Infoseek that could be it was released i…
... very probably made a mistake - any guesses as to what it ...super-quick games in BASIC?do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed? (i wonder, speccy is rare…
do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed?
(i wonder, speccy is rarely used in this way - it's even more platform independent then JAVA! :-))) )How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... .tap file?
Is there any utility that you can load ... have to extract as a basic programme as I don't ... Striker was written in basic.
Any help would be greatly ...Port Chuzzle Deluxe for Windows to the ZX Spectrum?Hi all, I've been looking around for a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", but haven't b…
... haven't done any Spectrum machine code programming - only BASIC programming, but ... non-commercial programming in Visual Basic, and I know a few ... basic programming concepts as well so ...
