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Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
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... release number like Beta Basic 3.1 v345 (I can ... programs will be in the Beta Basic Neswletters. I have ... 1 will be ready in the next day or ... -
RGB values for Spectrum colorsDoes anybody know the true rgb color values for the spectrums 15 colors. I'll assume that black is 0,0,0 White is probably 255,255,255 But what are t…
... I really havent done anything in true colour or even ... probably a couple redundancies in the code i could ... and not even that good in Basic either, but it does ... even, colour 5 mod 3 is actually different than ... colour 3 mod 5, for example ... -
Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…
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Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…
... s too good for Basic it runs like ... throwaway one-joke 3-lines-of-BASIC effort either...[/ ... />
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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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OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
... you are no longer in your private room when ... Bin Laden anymore
[3] Took the USA to ... a completely avoidable war in Iraq based on a ... America just voted him back in, and you're offended ...
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OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
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There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... So then I rewrote the basic, one byte type instruction ... just sort of typing in anything that came into ... Build, Compile and Execute in Visual C++... and it ... some error somewhere else in it that I'll ... it is just typing in BORDER 3... Tell me something though ... -
Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... . Cost of 2 or 3 pints or a packet or ... ; Hedges (?1.55 a pack in 1988)
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... do. Although there are small differences in price, but it's ... at all. Bearing in mind also, that in 1988, my hourly ... -
OT: Spock`s BeardSpock`s Beard have a new CD out . Octane [url="http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography.html"]http://www.spocksbeard.com/discography.html[/url] Got th…
... can keep you mesmerised for 3 hours (as they did with ... of the 5 greatest bands in the world.
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
... 'PAUSE 0: RANDOMIZE USR 32768' in Basic and press enter. Using the ... effort.
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1st Game Club GameThe announcement of our first game is here and it is BOOTY, the classic platform puzzler. remember you are to dedicate all your playing time this we…
... instructions mention Moonlight Madness, and 3 things struck me after a ... ever played with 2-channel in-game music!!!
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Battlecars Corrupted?Hi all, can't find Battlecars (the game of deadly driving, by some RPG blokes) at all. I've found what says is a perfect TZX, but the designer (Sid…
... too - I had the "all in one" 128k version which used ... 2 silicon disk to page in/out the game and ... my own 128k version back in '86. It was pretty ... all the control code is in BASIC.
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... put at fight a compiled BASIC game against a MC ... br />
For example, pure BASIC could be multiplied by 1 ... 3 points out of 10, no matter if it is coded in BASIC ... it gets 3/10 if it was coded in BASIC and 1. ... 5/10 if it was coded in C ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... 'The thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can make ... />
Cyborg - ' The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... code in) to competition with 3 sections comprising of BASIC, Compiled BASIC ... the chance to code in BASIC and thanking you for ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... the joystick (Kempston for instance) in BASIC routines?
2) Pokes ... stripes in Borders.
3) The poke to make first line in BASIC ... start from 0.
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... the joystick (Kempston for instance) in BASIC routines?
2) Pokes ... stripes in Borders.
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Kilroy's Caravan CapersWell, my entry for the comp.sys.sinclair crap games compo 2005 is now available for download at: [url="http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/speccy/cgc2005/…
... up the snippet of BASIC code in the +3 manual that lets you ... presenters. (or ex-presenters, as in Kilroy's case...)
in it?
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Game being created with Platform Game DesignerBeen playing with this since yesterday when i bought it from Cronosoft. To someone like me who cant program its excellent to create a Manic Miner st…
... it? It usually takes around 3 Kb.
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in Wham though.
According ... there some sort of text in basic to add to the main ... tune to a childrens program in the UK - Captain Pugwash)
Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... ran at 3.5mhz (ish) and how to program badly in BASIC. I ... , but also to the community in general.
D ...Cruiser Power play and a game with a forgotten name problemI have a cruiser power play joystick connected to a +2B but i don't know how to identify it (kempston, cursor, interface 2 ... ) The other issue is…
move the joystick when in BASIC. If it gives you 5,6,7,8 and 0 then it's a cursor joystick. 1,2,3,4 and 5, or 6,7,8,9 and 0 it's a Sinclair joystick.
Kempstons won't do anything, but I don't know about the others.What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... whole slew of crap stuff in Basic - all of which should be ... time owing to crap +3 disks. Included in the softography is Wordman ... the appropriate points.
In some of them a bloke ...What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... programs it was a great 3 part batman epic
in 3 goes, gotham was toast
all written in basic (and ... very bad basic at that), sorry to ...Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
... you could type in from many mags.
3) Simple addictive ... games you could easily write yourself in BASIC.
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5) Hardware and ...TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…
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3) The go or walk command ...
4) Inconsistent exit descriptions. In the first location the exit ... compass directions like you used in the kitchen.
Considering you are coding in BASIC, I think you've done ...TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…
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Considering you are coding in BASIC, I think you've done ... I put the Cronosoft plugs in there in the first place, just ... re-working in an adventure game utility program, not BASIC. I shall ...
