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Sultan's Maze - Potential remake of CPC game?One of the games I liked on the CPC was Sultan's Maze.. In it, you have to go through Hampton Court Palace's maze and get six jewels, get back, avoi…
... Sultan's Maze..
In it, you have to go ... right, the game was written in BASIC with possible machine code and ... !)
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How to tell a Spectrum +3BAnyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B? I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic. How rare are th…
Anyone know if there's a way to tell externally (from the case) if a +3 is a +3B?
I know about the typing 'Spectrum' once in basic.
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Manic Climber, help!I know this is not the best game around, its actually a BASIC game, but I have very fond memories of it, as our cousins and us used to play it a lot …
... game around, its actually a BASIC game, but I have very ... reach... as the game is in BASIC, could any expert check the ... =0017129[/url]
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JHCon 2014Hello, not sure if this is the right category but JHCon 2014 will take place[B] from 28. to 30.11.[/B] at usual place - gymnasium in Jindrichuv Hrad…
... completation of [B]ZX Basic megademo named Cowina[/B] ... - ZX Spectrum BASIC part for a new megademo (in BASIC, surprisingly)
... --- type a BASIC program and ... the last command of the BASIC program must be LOAD ""< ... -
Astronomy Compilation - SkysoftHi all, we talking for this [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011498[/url] :) I receive small lot with microdrive cartridges and…
... /astronomy.mdr[/URL]
in basic read see cassete inlay and ... -
Air Traffic Control RomeLuca has taken an old game he wrote in basic back in 1987 and with a bit of help from me and Einar he's managed to get it into 16k. [IMG]http://www.…
... an old game he wrote in basic back in 1987 and with a ... for download.
A BASIC program for the 16K/48K ... originally dedicated to my father in 1987, who played Hewson's ... map of the Lazio region in Italy, stored inside the Spectrum ... -
Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
... input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could ... write them super fast in C/ASM via z88dk, but ... - there is something wholesome in writing them in BASIC
So what ... B]" contains a restricted character in the first index it is ... -
PongyQuite boring pong game i made in basic a few years back i forgot about this. After playing spectrum for over 25 years I was so happy to finally make …
... boring pong game i made in basic a few years back i ... -
The best Tetris game on the Speccy?The recent [B]Tetris Ultimate[/B] debacle on the PS4 and XBox One* made me wonder what was the best version of Tetris on the Spectrum. I'm not famil…
... a few new (well, made in the last ten years...) games ... write a good Tetris game in BASIC on most computers 8 bit ... -
48k Music Software?Hi Guys, I need to create a short soundtrack for an art project, and Id like to use my 48k Speccy - Is there any music production software that w…
... apart from the 'beep' command in Basic?
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ZX games - music only / effects onlyYou know any ZX games using in main menu setup: MUSIC ONLY / SOUND EFFECTS ONLY ? I have one idea for Turbo Sound (2x AY chip) card. This games can …
... know any ZX games using in main menu setup:
MUSIC ... very easy. Before loading game (in basic loader) can be detected TURBO ... if exist then active patch in game code for support both ... -
Weird Island adventure game for the ZX SpectrumHello! Here's a new text adventure, and written in BASIC! It's a conversion of an Android game I wrote in 2014 called "Weird Island". I wanted to wri…
... text adventure, and written in BASIC! It's a conversion ... an Android game I wrote in 2014 called "Weird Island ... wondered what a Spectrum BASIC version might look like. ... want to play it in the old school way ... are more things going on in the Android version.
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What would have been the hardest game to write?<div>I was recently think about Code Masters' Fruit Machine Simulator and what a piece of **** that would have been to code. I bet it brought in some…
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New game released: EXPLORER<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Courier New';">- EXPLORER -</span></div><div><span style="font-si…
... Luca Bordoni
PREFACE*******In far 1981, EXPLORER was ... alternate vertical-scrolling version in a TV show, I ... Atari.So in 1989 I've written a Basic version ... of this game was written in Basic in far 1989, known as ... with Boriel's ZX Basic (www.zxbasic.net), ... -
New game: WordBlasterWords. Do you ever think that you have too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports, books, small print, documents? Wor…
... too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports ... to blast them to bits in order to feel free?
in BASIC!
Like other Android ... -
Oh MummyA game many CPC owners are familiar with as it came free with the £100 software pack withe CPC 464. A fun if limited little game. So when Amstrad …
... needed to bundle some games in with the +2 they had ... looks like it was coded in BASIC.
Anyone had a ... the code? Is it indeed BASIC? Is there a story behind ... -
SuperFo Harlequin crashes on EnterHello there, I currently have a SuperFo Harlequin at hand which suffers a crash/freeze each time I try to enter a line in basic. Doesn't matter if …
... try to enter a line in basic.
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Turbo RAM Glitch or feature ?I have been testing a Spectrum [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]RAM Tur…
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After a few basic tests, I find that everything ... line / basic editor to check for key strokes in other modes ... this a problem/feature of basic editor (not support striking ... /> I believe the problem is in Basic Editor does not support simultaneous ... -
Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…
... while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended ... manage a successful return to BASIC without crashing."
... of op-codes and hex in the appendices and manage to ... I enter this in (via some DATA statements in BASIC, starting at address ... -
Tasword file format - for transfer to/from PCHaving worked out that it's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from the memory card on a DivMMC Enjoy!, I'm keen to see what else can be done…
... 's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from ... and save routines are all in BASIC and can be customised for ... does it store anything else in there that I'd need ... -
Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…
... time) and is mostly written in BASIC.
Perfect for ... the elements I found frustrating in the original (movement for ... :[/b]
Apologies in advance to any Norwegians but ... does the classic loading of BASIC as code from 16384 whilst ... -
UDG generator doesn't work, why?Typing in the UDG generator from the manual I get integer out of range when I run it. I'm going nuts trying to figure out whats wrong. Can someone pl…
Typing in the UDG generator from the ... a UDG generator that runs in basic but no luck. The guilty ... -
Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
... offerings?
Only in my twenties did I find ... I'd further assume that in BASIC it could be controlled with ... br /> LET x=x+(IN 31=*value1*)-(IN 31=*value2*) where *value1 ... /> (Aside: does putting "timedata joystick" in quotes and getting one hit ... -
Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…
... a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC from the magazines on the ... spectrum back in the early 80's.
in the production of Android 2 ... , this somewhat defeats the point in creating anything.
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"ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
... Starfire, the early, mostly BASIC-based release from Virgin ... made some routines work in BASIC that I could never ... br />
- Loaded in the ZX80 character set (which ... I've written it in +3 BASIC which goes mad ... character sets on the BASIC editor, I've had ... -
User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me ... one could easily integrate, say, in BASin.
Appreciate any ... -
Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…
... try to write a program in BASIC so huge that it required ... does that bouncing ball program in the 128K+/+2 manual. -
Jump AlgorithmAfternoon all, trying my hand at a liitle basic coding ( it's a quiet work day :) ) and wondered if anyone has coded a platformer type jumping routin…
... my hand at a liitle basic coding ( it's a quiet ... a platformer type jumping routine in basic.
I came up ... just goes up and down in diagonals and frankly looks s ...
