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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…
... in 2 ways, with 2 different USR addresses. There's a simple basic ... your own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress ... where to return to in the basic program? will it return ... predetermined line the user sets in his basic program, or game=1 ... -
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…
... in it or including in it your own music made in ... dont like the built in ones drawing with lines, ... different than a couple of the others. first it loads a basic ... i get a C: Nonsense in Basic error + line number but ... to write my own in compiled Basic ( which i'd ... -
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 ... several and load them at different addr. or alter a screen ... just this dumb C: Nonsense in Basic error i get 'all the ... -
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, ... writing a perfectly good program in basic then to have a ... fro a custom short basic program to do interlaced ... VERY anal as to what commands i use and how ... what some of you in your opinion is the ... -
Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... sprites are moved around at different speeds. They all share the ... bankswitched display but at a different location in memory.
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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 ... hours though - to learn the commands, how to use them, and ... -
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 ... hours though - to learn the commands, how to use them, and ... -
What was your favourite Speccy magazine?What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]
... beginner's course to advanced in basic and Machine Code, awesome utilities ... i dont need anymore like basic games listings, but i ... the surface it looks completely different.
another thing. ... of cool tricks could do in Basic and MC, crazy pokes and ... -
Unknown Games For ZX-Spectrum For Spectrum in period from 1980 to 1993 was made more 15000! games ...Where other 9000?(Don't check info) Also i find Names of very good games fo…
... program they made of pong in basic 15 years ago when they ... going to get some very different numbers.
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create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…
... these two implementations would have different functions. In theory the first could ... an idea of BASIC - whether they have an interest in the Spectrum ... or not (in fact I intend ... -
clueless spectrum usersI was quite young when I owned a speccy and didn't know much about how it worked. When I loaded games via the tape recorder it said in the manual so…
... /> I saw that each ZX81 BASIC statement had an ASCII code ... machine code program in BASIC by substituting the letters, numbers, commands etc. by ... the famous Sinclair error "BOLLOCKS IN MACHINE CODE AT 10:0" -
whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... /> You learn Spectrum BASIC and get two commands; border and paper; ... with what was learnt in BASIC. Commodore BASIC sucks, but at the ... the transition from BASIC to C! BASIC does things at a ... held while programming BASIC will hinder you in this process. You ... -
Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... The Z80s nowadays have two basic addressing flavours - those with MMUs ... you refer to the BASIC way of scrolling then ... BASIC is slow - done in machine code scrolling PAPER is no different ... to INK. BASIC is ... -
AY tracking newbieHey everyone, I'm about to embark on tracking for the Spectrum's AY chip. I was interested in knowing some things: 1) Which are the best trackers o…
... chips. And they are all different and nice. I would like ... of any tutorials for trackers ( in English PLEEEEASE :) ) please do pass ... tape file of music done in basic which is outstanding considering it ... is basic. if i didn't know ... -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
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9100 GO ... GOSUB 9100 is my routine. In BASIC it is slow as hell ... , in compiled Colt it is slow ... to have the data in memory and just PEEK ... and POKE each byte in each tile instead of ... -
Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…
... can recompile it to a different org address - it was ... py) to the routine from BASIC?[/quote]
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It's essentially your BASIC code efficiently translated into machine ... and all the associated codes in BASIC (like INK, PAPER, BRIGHT, ... -
Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... C64. It's a completely different thing. In fact, I love the ... two colors, which can be different from the screen colors).[/quote ... the same colour in a cell at two different intensities, i ... made some basic games or something, colour clash comes in really handy ... -
COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…
... /> So how would you make different frequencies in the sound?
in the ambient air. The ... What makes musical instruments sound different is the volume applied to ... relies on precise timing. Basic is no where near fast ... -
Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
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4. Best graphics in a Speccy game
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BRAVO magazine. What in the HELL was I thinking ... a couple of these in Basic better than some ... -
Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
... Cult (boring, boring, usually written in BASIC and did I mention boring ...
7. Best 'beeper' music in a Speccy game
1985. Spectrum reached its peak in that year.
... really great articles, reviews for different systems and much more. ... -
Forgotten hardwareDuring the mid-eighties I became aware of a new hardware platform which I believe was released by Sinclair, it was obviously unsuccessful as I?ve not…
... sound. although it's basic seems tobe very similar to ... spectrum basic, and probably better. spectrum basic can be ... and is easy for spectrum basic programmers to use. if you ... have any colours, and even different intensities in the same cell. just ... -
Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... so that it was a different maze...and instead of ghosts ... note, I faked a screen in Basic and programmed a simple enter ... -
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 ... not even that good in Basic either, but it does ... mod 3 is actually different than colour 3 mod ... the third pattern gives different results with those same ... -
An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…
... ) doing it in good old Master Basic with MasterDos ... best version of Basic for the SAM? ( in your opinion ... problems with doing it in Basic... but will need ... /> That`s heaven to a basic coder :)
... it might not be much different on the SAM.
PokesDoes anyone know where I can find a list of Pokes for my Speccy games? I am trying to find some for On the Bench ! Thanks
... figured it was probably written in BASIC :p and it is ( ... up questions) simply merges in some blank BASIC lines to overwrite some ... program GOSUBs frequently for input commands during the game) from the ... overrides the original line 9994 in the main game loader.< ...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…
... I thought I could code. In Basic, obviously - nobody of that age ... machine code. I knew the BASIC commands and what they did. And ...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…
... simply be called with a different RND USR so that a ... also made a Basic Lightning for doing games in Basic and something called ... , since IDEAL can be used in Basic programs also and the Spectrum ... as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.
[quote]< ...Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
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In extension to the above just ... necessarially have to be in BASIC this means that screens ... have to be loaded as BASIC would od so.
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... just a lot of different methods with their own ...You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
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