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Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…
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1.- BASIC loader, that loads (or have ... would be hidden in machine code in step 1 and ... but produces more garbage in screen. The advantage of ... game that were executed in +2A/+3 all-ram mode ( ... />
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Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…
After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor editors? If so, was the lack of memory the root problem or there were more?
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Missing XFAWorld Software games?I finally got around to looking at the PC compilation "Spectrum AllStars - Volume 1", and discovered several games by XFAWorld Software that are not …
... Cargo 2
Lunar Cargo 3
Lunar Cargo 4
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is there a way of adding a define procedure command to zx basic?i know you can add things like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as you…
... . this would be so helpful in basic as you would no longer ... didnt add this feature to basic. this would have to be ... -
Amiga chit chat (sorry but it never really was a commode designed machine)I wish there was a forum like this for the Amiga, perhaps there is but I tried a few and they mostly seem pretty moribund and lots of the links at Am…
... have - and barely struggled by in Basic, it was always hopeless to ... graphics capability that attracted me in the first place. However I ... tons of fun with DPaint 3 - still the best art ... images that had got scrambled in transmission and needed massaging until ... -
A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... in 128 BASIC? And was there some extra routine in the +3/+2A ... , effectively, as a command in this instance? Also, why ... any references to USR0 in the +3 or +2A manuals? ... small machine code routine in a REM statement:
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Randomised data samplingHere is something that could be written in BASIC, if anyone is interested. Lets say we want to sample a subset of a larger population, we can do t…
... something that could be written in BASIC, if anyone is interested.
This short BASIC program fills a population table ... random selection between 0 and 3.
It then prints ... 49999
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Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …
... to code some BASIC with my daughter.
In the tips ... ways to perform routine tasks in BASIC.
However, after ... about how much time each BASIC command takes to run.
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How Historically Accurate Were ZX Spectrum Battle Games?And I do have a game in mind to "kick this one off". It is "Vikings?" (Challege) 1989 .This set of 3 battles comes with a manual included . and it d…
... ) 1989 .This set of 3 battles comes with a manual ... So why were they put in the game as "heavy ... need some too.
3) Game designers have discretion over ... had a good chunk written in BASIC , so maybe they can ... they come with a manual in English so you can ... -
How to write a simple game in C+asm.This is just a link to an old post in Development, about a post of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. It was suggested that this thread shou…
... link to an old post in Development, about a post ... of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. ... this thread should belong in this C forum as ... explains a bit more in BASIC what the game is doing ... -to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]( ... -
ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about ... aspect just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought about ... therefore the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some extent ... GOOD non UK software titles in BASIC that could be given this ... -
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…
... locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games written in BASIC, back in the ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... unless you actually buy a basic package."
... somewhere, there's a BASIC in the ROM no-one ... br /> Like your gripe about BASIC you only have yourself to ... not quite crap Spectrum BASIC games on one hand ... a decent disk drive in the +3 rather than their ... -
Books on Programming (ZX Assembler )Before you ask I trawl eBay on a daily/hourly basis. Any books in VGC wanted on programming games for the ZX Spectrum 48K. No creased, defaced or mi…
... Ewbank consisting of 21 games in Basic at ?5
49 ... Spectrum by Tom Hartnell being Basic listings of 49 games at ... 24 games listings in Basic at ?3
In addition two books in good condition ... the Sinclair ZX Spectrum at ?3 each.
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Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…
... written in BASIC.
The Fall of Rome
3. In Raid ... multi-event sport game set in various Italian cities.
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For those who load TAPE games off Minidisc...I think a few of you guys use an MD device to load games onto their speccies... I want to do the same, but I was wondering... did any of you guys tri…
... MD :) But in MDLPx4, I can noticeably hear differences in audio quality, but ... minidisc, and I record in standard mode in mono, which gives 150 ... , games will load between 2-3 minutes- that's faster than ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... unfortunatly. I was born in 1986) but I have ... couldn't read 48k Spellbound in TZX format on a ... world what was left behind in the Z80 machines. Because ... . Actually it was written in Basic and translated other to Z80 ... The CPU will be at 3.5mhz. The OS will be ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... Actually it was written in Basic and translated other to ... tip to compile from BASIC!??! I'll stick to ... /> Can you actually program in assembly? What would XOR A ... The CPU will be at 3.5mhz. The OS will ... 're writing your software in BASIC and then compiling it... ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... this actually is a +2a/+3?
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in basic, and expects us to ... And neither are a +3 in a new case, which is ... />
"oh, erm, a 3.54mhz Z80"
"Surely ... mean one of the new 3.54Ghz processors?"
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did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... a catch the ball in a bucket written in Basic.
... the numbers. 90 per cent BASIC. 10 per cent MC was ... br />
3) A text adventure game written in BASIC. First attempt. Helped ... conversion of an original Basic adventure listing in a book. 1 more ... -
did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... a catch the ball in a bucket written in Basic.
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3) A text adventure game written in BASIC. First attempt. Helped ... conversion of an original Basic adventure listing in a book. 1 ... game in a ONELINER.
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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…
... your own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress ... know where to return to in the basic program? will it return ... predetermined line the user sets in his basic program, or game=1 ... sequence is displayed.
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Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... dilligently learnt to program in basic and poorly learnt to ... I figured that at ?3.50 a week and adding ... />
So, as in later years I have learnt ... Duly it was plugged in and in awe and wonder the ...
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Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... Artworx but if they work in conjunction I don't know ... compressor to allow more than 3 screens, but it seems like ... just this dumb C: Nonsense in Basic error i get 'all the ... -
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…
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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…
... logo eats up nearly 1/3 (approx) of the page!
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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…
... 0 and INT PI for 3. Can anyone remember if ... youll get a C Nonsense in Basic error.
So ... /> 2 REM TEST
3 REM TEST
4 REM ... get more than 9999 lines in Basic. Again when it comes ... be better off compiling your basic program - but this has ... -
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 statements you ... every branch taken in your Basic code takes exactly ... a BEEP at exactly every 3 statements. This is very ... with ay music in a intro i made in basic, and it ... -
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 …
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(this comes in easy when coding new ROM ... )
Further : controls as in TASWORD
SShift+Q = delete ... +U = Del. line
SShift +3 = Page up/down (I mix ... /> E-cursor = Back to BASIC
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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…
... graphics game planned, still in my head though, with ... ill have to write it in basic, i dont know not ... again to save memory ) but in one code file, loading individual ... that will compress more than 3 screens, and that still ... at the top 2/3 of the screen as ...
