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  • VOTE FOR SPECTRUM!!!!!Hi there! Which comp has the best music? Go and VOTE for ZX SPECTRUM (withought logging this time, so it's easier). This is the link: [url="http:/…

    ... above can use AY in 48 Basic mode. the AY music ... in my demo/intro/ ... music actually better when loaded in 48mode than 128mode. why ... beyond my knowledge. but in 128 models it slows ... is almost all entirely done in Basic, the main core of ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... that (botched conversions aside) the differences in gameplay mechanics between are two ... are negligable.
    NB: In Edge this month, there is ... 's a little more gameplay in the Speccy version, oddly enough ...
    Spector Spector May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... spectrum, but commodore programming (Even in BASIC) was the most ackward and ...
    Cambaccio Cambaccio May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ELITE HELP!I start playing Elite (first part). And I have some problems. I need any documentation on this game. Can anybody help me?

    ... cant figure out the subtle differences in controls, and still cant target ...
    thx1138 thx1138 May 2003 Games
  • Graphics in bordersI am 50% certain that I remember a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we wonder why none of the other games did. Am I right or h…

    In BASIC

    1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 2: BORDER 3: PAUSE 1 : BORDER 4: BORDER 5 : BORDER 6 : GO TO 0
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2003 Games
  • Worst game - sort ofAny suggestions for worst game - but not just worst game period - the worst game that has had a lot of work go into it and ought to have been good, b…

    What about Voyage into the Unknown by Mastertronic. It was totally awful though I am sure that it crashed anyway after a while and was written in BASIC.

    I don't remember liking Rambo that much which I bought on the back of the license.
    Scoops Scoops May 2003 Games
  • OK... Another name the gameYeap... notorious bJohnnyBravo is back with the name the game :)... OK... here it goes... Should be very old(maybe written in basic)... all I can r…

    Sounds suspiciously like Jet Pac (that fuel thingy does anyway)! But it ain't in BASIC, it ain't UDG and u already know bout it methinks.

    Nope. I give up! Over to other specchums then....
    Arjun Arjun June 2003 Games
  • May I be the first then? ... Well Happy ( almost ) Birthday to WOS!So, you're 7 and a half years old. Hot Da*n!!! Has it really been??? WOW! I can't believe it. I just saw it, I just came on for the first time today.…

    ... it would encapsulate WOS visitors in general and be a thanks ... who has helped from visitors in general to show appreciation, even ... comment that could be place in the demo, but if not ... routines i know i do in basic and they have to do ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • FifthDon't know if this is the right forum, but anyway... Anyone remember a Basic extension called "Fifth"? It was supposed to enhance game programming. R…

    ... it is faster than normal basic but compared to betabasic or ... laser basic, especially white lightning ( forth ) ... make those complex games done in basic, that on the surface look ... that can be done in regular basic. it might have been ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Games
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... but the IS compiler results in much faster programs. this, is ... writing a perfectly good program in basic then to have a compiler ... images fro a custom short basic program to do interlaced screens ... know what some of you in your opinion is the best ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…

    ... 48k spectrum from games done in basic which were blocky to such ... t see any kids involved in any PS2 adverts do ... all to the MAX and in your face

    ... What will it be like in 20 yrs from now and ... have all been brought up in...

    Play Station ...
    Collin Addie Collin Addie June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ...
    a "Double Dragon III" in Basic in your bedroom for mockery: no ... your advice rather than mine in the first place.
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi June 2003 Games
  • Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…

    ... ]

    The Speccy 128 in Paul's 2nd design is ... />
    _________________
    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bug on Cronosoft's Dead or AliveI can't believe this wasn't spotted before... I was recently puzzled to read a couple of reports of a bug on Cronosoft's Dead or Alive and as the pr…

    Isn't there a Cassette 50 on the C64? He could be forced to play all the games on that instead. And look at the listings in basic and work out what all the POKE statements do.
    John H John H July 2003 Games
  • Message for LCD and Anestis1) LCD Hi LCD! It seems that you were once named "Tiger's Claw". I've got a little question for you. Do you remember translating a game "Bitwa O Wys…

    ... C60 tape that I purchased in poland short before the copyright ... KINGS BOUNTY version around, written in Basic (Russian)... Maybe a good project ...
    LCD LCD July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bug on Cronosoft's Dead or AliveI can't believe this wasn't spotted before... I was recently puzzled to read a couple of reports of a bug on Cronosoft's Dead or Alive and as the pr…

    ... tape that was reasonably reasonable (in a reasonable sort of way ... />
    True, it was written in BASIC, but it did have a ... on the screen.

    In fact, that game would be ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

    ... Michael Batty! i was writing in such a hurry i messed ... cause i might use it in the intro if i decide ... a qbert vbut it is in basic ( and i was surprised its ... mean the original ones, 48k in partuclar, but on 128k, and ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... a whole Basic routine, or an entire Basic program for ... learning this but my basic has gotten very rusty ... youll get a C Nonsense in Basic error.

    ... more than 9999 lines in Basic. Again when it comes ... better off compiling your basic program - but this ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... :07, Woody wrote:
    Oh, in that case I'll have ... can be loaded after a basic loader and create colored striped ... a bit of MC in data lines in basic, and playing around with ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... br /> To use a Basic analogy, imagine having to ... write a Basic program where every 3 ... that every branch taken in your Basic code takes exactly the ... with ay music in a intro i made in basic, and it ... me then the stops in sampling woudl be so ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... , with ay music in a intro i made in basic, and it came ... to me then the stops in sampling woudl be so quick ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2003 Games
  • Big K, SU, C&VG ProgsHow Do!!! I was just wondering if anybody has scans of any of the type-ins from Big K, SU, C&VG etc. The reason I ask is that I remember two excelle…

    ... , written by Matthew Smith in BASIC, and published in (I think) C& ...
    Ed Ed August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... can find one of them in a Timex Sinclair model.
    in Basic is one thing ( and even ... short enough durations and variations in pitch + there's white noise ... .com/pics/mayhem_01_anim_screen_ZX.gif"]Mayhem in Monsterland[/url] on the C64 ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... can find one of them in a Timex Sinclair model.
    in Basic is one thing ( and even ... short enough durations and variations in pitch + there's white noise ... .com/pics/mayhem_01_anim_screen_ZX.gif"]Mayhem in Monsterland[/url] on the C64 ...
    Yerz Yerz August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AssemblersOk, two quick questions for you guys: 1) Can anyone give me a link to the Prometheus Assembler ? 2) Does anyone know of an assembler that satisfies …

    ... at 40000
    (this comes in easy when coding new ROM ... )

    Further : controls as in TASWORD
    SShift+Q = delete ... /> E-cursor = Back to BASIC

    In BASIC is a menu for ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…

    ... goto the setup and type in news.whatverisp.net.
    in my head though, with ... have to write it in basic, i dont know not ... way to get them all in "one" file and "compressed ... to save memory ) but in one code file, loading individual ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... did and I saw it in action BEFORE I ever set ... then dad wrote a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Games
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... then dad wrote a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone August 2003 Games
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... i could write little programs in Basic or type out 20 pages ... a new release coming out in a month or so was ...
    psj3809 psj3809 August 2003 Games
  • ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…

    ... , I tried something like that in BASIC. It was pitifully slow but ... I stored all my programs in and restore it! I could ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Games
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