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Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…
... . It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games ... written in BASIC, back in the day? -
BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…
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How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…
... when I later return to basic.
I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ... -
TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... possible. At the most basic, they detect ROM loaders and create $10 ... as MakeTZX - I'll probably detect ROMloaders and that's it ... -
TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.
... software by Elite; and the BASIC loader of some CPC versions ... as MakeTZX - I'll probably detect ROMloaders and that's it ... -
New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…
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New SPIN 0.3a releaseHi all, here's the next version - mainly a maintenance release, with new bugs :) Here's what's new: V0.3a - Bugs and more tapes -------------------…
... a crash. Exits to the Basic prompt (not Reset).
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Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... Pro is written in Dark Basic Pro, so it will work ... the program could for example, detect how many shades there are ... DithvIDE program from C to Basic, please contact me. -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... addresses. There's a simple basic one for beginners which displays ... the game and return to BASIC. This is so you could ... screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress and then call ... it for title screens, music, BASIC or whatever you want, as ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... . There's a simple basic one for beginners which displays ... screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress and then call ... exciting. could even use compiled basic.
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emuzwinyeah i ran my game and i can't get back to the programming screen bit! when i used to have a speccy i'd just bang the keyboard a few times and it'd …
... programs which use it to detect disk presence, should work. Loading ... . Fixed.
[-] When "48 BASIC" menu item was selected in ... , following Reset were to 48 Basic again. Fixed.
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an idea that could be very very good...but also very very bad...Hello all! I've been having a chat with some of my friends round here that once loved the spectrum (well...2...as they're all heathens round here...)…
... how to add sinclair basic.
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Input Magazine Type ins...I remember writting out the input magazine type in programs at school so as to input them at home, though the one that i realy wanted most was teh ad…
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How to detect 48k modeHow can you detect if a 128k machine is in 48k mode (from an emulation point of view, not via BASIC or machine code)? Checking the current rom? But …
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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
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When BASin intercepts a keypress, it looks up what you ... possible to use these from BASIC, though I have scribbled notes ... *must* have used them from BASIC, as I couldn't code ... 'll add it to the BASIC faq.
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Scart - S videoWhat is the difference, I know they are both RGB. I want to make a Scart cable for my speccy, and my tv card has s video input, however I don't know …
... all new TV will automatically detect the presence of an svideo ... comment ...
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divIDE issuesI discovered a few issues with the divIDE hardware and FATware software that may be of interest to some people. 1. ROM paging If your Spectrum is a…
... runtime features and so). Good BASIC loaders for Ultimate games MUST ... execution time, no software can detect this technique.
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horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …
... real Basic (emulator) but in Basin it keeps [I]the keypress[/ ... because it remembers the last keypress from previous running...stupid, ... it only in Spectaculator?s Basic, which is not that ... I]choosing options - waiting for keypress[/I] and after MERGing together ... -
SoftRom emulation possible?Hello. Quick question to all emulator developers: How easy would it be to emulate a SoftRom? The mastering utilites for my protection system XLR-8 a…
... error in one of the BASIC programs, fixed what appeared to ... it was waiting for a keypress. d'oh!) and saved out ... it saved wasn't a BASIC loader at all but something ... -
Keyboard emulation accuracyWhen the IN function checks the keyboard how accurate is it in a real speccy? For example, say you had lightning fast hands and a keyboard that coul…
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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. …
... very crude example of a basic homing missile (well.. it's ... some drawbacks to such a basic approach. The most obvious is ... rather than single coordinates to detect collisions. In the example I ... -
+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... the protection system can therefore detect a copied disk. If the ... the Spectrum's). Return to BASIC, peek the variables out and ... " etc). Then goes into a BASIC loop which, depending on the ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
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OpenZXRom v2006-05-17 releasedJust knocked out a new release of OpenZXRom last night - a GPL licensed functional replacement for the original Spectrum ROM. [url]http://matt.west.…
... in keeping compatibility than enhancing Basic's capabilities, but if ... intention of incorporating an actual Basic editor, so it won' ... an attractive platform for general Basic fiddling. You never know though ... loading stripes! And it can detect the end of a leader ... -
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…
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Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…
... returned. I'm assuming to BASIC - if I can return to ... BASIC I think I'm covered ... all of this... and to detect if a key is pressed ... -
Detect if program was loaded from tape or microdriveHow (if at all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from tape or microdrive? This can be helpful to then load the screen or more machine code…
... at all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from ... microdrive? Any solution for this (BASIC or machine code)?
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Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
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Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
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Ways to use double buffering in basicI was meddling with woody's print stream code where you can print characters at any pixel location on screen. I was playing with 12 sprites, very ann…
... with basic commands, as there is no way we can detect a ... vbl under basic. it's too ... gotta search for a raster detect code. (heheh)
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