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If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... just need to manipulate the different areas of the memory that ... to the new screen modes, in order to produce graphics.
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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…
... of it made a different choice than you would ... you are no longer in your private room when ... you'd have a different opinion by now.
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Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
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Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
... I`ve ever seen written in Basic (at least on an 8 ... I think) gave it away in a slightly updated version for ... `Palette C,CC Line Y` commands to make it look nicer ... -
I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
... a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day ... was a game I wrote in Basic on Boxing Day, 1989! It ... tune consisting of random BEEP commands after every answer. Spookily, I ... -
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 ... are implemented as control codes in the printf statements.
< ... plot, draw, circle, cls (clg) commands. To use them, you'll ... the stack grows down in memory (think in terms of pushes) to ... -
Games ClubWould anybody be interested in starting a games club (a bit like richard and judy's book club) each week we nominate one game for the members to play…
... (seeing as we all have different likes and tastes) ... how about ... 're all well-versed enough in the art of speccy gaming ... />
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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…
Nice games written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I ... news) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some ... but has a plethora of commands to work with sprites ... pop. Discouraging to code in BASIC is not a good policy ... -
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…
... many good games were written in BASIC" is true, but "No good ... good games can be written in BASIC.
Also note that ... of your program is written in BASIC, compiled or not. I ... !-the music factory", plus two different sets of alternate characters 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…
... has much more commands than the original, runs in a 16 megabyte ... interpreted than the original ZX BASIC does compiled (the 50MHz ... Sure, assembler is faster, but BASIC writes like a person thinks ... to see a game coded in BASIC than assembler. Although the ... -
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 ... code in) to competition with 3 sections comprising of BASIC, Compiled BASIC and ... at the chance to code in BASIC and thanking you for providing ... is going to be no different from any other. -
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 chance to code in BASIC and thanking you for ... I just thought of the BASIC stuff 'cause I thought ... 'cause everyone can code in BASIC. Later, when I saw ... shouldn't be focusen just in BASIC, I changed my mind ... going to be no different from any other.[/quote ... -
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) ... poke to make first line in BASIC start from 0.
< ... just read "IN 31" and it'll give a different number depending ... s IS compiler, (and sometimes in BASIC) you can get some really ... -
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…
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Amiga (AMOS): Platform game in basic, in which you are a dot ... thrust game, levels designed in D-paint. Was simple ... , block based levels, several different block types including water, lazers ... -
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…
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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…
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I got my PGD in the post today, but haven ... loading routines are deliberately done in BASIC so they can be changed ... Spectrum. You'll know the commands for your particular disc system ... -
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…
... , as the parser is very different to others.
Malc74 ... . This will hopefully be fixed in the full version, once I ... reason why I did it in BASIC in the first place was because ... -
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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4) Inconsistent exit descriptions. In the first location the exit ... compass directions like you used in the kitchen.
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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…
... support the "examine" and "inventory" commands. They are part of every ... />
Considering you are coding in BASIC, I think you've done ... put the Cronosoft plugs in there in the first place, just ... re-working in an adventure game utility program, not BASIC. I ... -
Programming MC : first stepsIsn't nice to collect all kinds of short routines to help making the first steps into MC for everyone who never touched MC? What I mean is mostly th…
... displaying a screen quickly in the BASIN thread the ... the Basin 12 thread in the emulators section). Spooky ... who just stuck with BASIC and only ever learnt ... that can be called from BASIC as well? E.g ... maybe they require a different thread in the Basic forum? -
Programming MC : first stepsIsn't nice to collect all kinds of short routines to help making the first steps into MC for everyone who never touched MC? What I mean is mostly th…
... people who just stuck with BASIC and only ever learnt a ... that can be called from BASIC as well? E.g, sprite ... , maybe they require a different thread in the Basic forum?
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+3 upgrades advice neededI`ve just bought a +3 after years of wanting one here, [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ZX-SPECTRUM-3-128K-c-w-BUILT-IN-3-FLOPPY-DISK-DRIVE_W0QQitemZ5234…
... to read +3 DOS headers in basic are really useful. I upgraded ... is no different than accessing a +3 disk (at least in BASIC).
different OS options. And at such ... -
sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …
You can't do anything like JSW (pixel-based movement) in BASIC. You'll either have to understand the sprite tutorial or find a different hobby! -
sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …
... looking to write a game in BASIC that implements pixel perfect collision ... said, BASIC isn't really the language to do it in. ... / used, with examples based around BASIC commands rather than machine code ? Your ... easier to give examples in that rather than BASIC. -
sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …
I am a games developer in my spare time, and I use the PC language DarkBASIC which is very different to +3 BASIC. Anyhoo, I have a Spectrum +2a with +3 BASIC and 48BASIC. So how do I get machine code? Surely you can tell by now that I am really stupid! -
z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
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Definitely interested in this, thanks! Also found links ... I discovered yesterday that the BASIC trick of "switch to ... an entire Spectrum-size screen in memory (6912 bytes) for ... a codepage idea for different windows in the next version and ... -
It's near halloween so here is a true ghost storyWhen I lived in Sweden(here I go again). I stayed for a in cabin deep in the woods with my gf for a bit. For 3 nights she was called to work and I wa…
... ; I stumbled across them in a university library once. ... pretty fallicious. People have basic social instincts because humans ... effective tool for instilling basic tribal instincts. It is ... and hell had very different meanings in early Christianity than they ... -
horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …
... , I thought it would be in BASIC. :(
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RARE/Ultimate games!I recently bought an XBOX 360 and Perfect Dark Zero, and it made me realise how much i missed RARE and Ultimate - Play The Game. Anyone else have an…
... the T1000 morph into different forms in Terminator 2, or ... , and given to a different group of desingers/programmers, ... (mostly) as advanced in their playability as in their graphics.
... configurabilty, and even today it commands a loyal folowing.
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