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  • Uridium possible with more colour??Having seen the MSX version of Uridium mentioned in another thread I wondered if the Spectrum could produce anything similiar, and had a go at a mock…

    ... colour and using lengthy BEEPs in BASIC together would not work well ... the wrong forum to post in.

    Maybe if ... I]this sort of game in terms of background graphics [/I ... smoothness in movement much as with Lightforce, but scrolling a different direction ...
    dmsmith dmsmith January 2015 New game ideas
  • Testers for new z88dk clibA long (long, long, long) time ago a few people offered to help test the new clib in z88dk. Much time has passed since then and I won't hold people,…

    ... />
    the spectrum said:nonsense in basic[/QUOTE]


    ... pre-made crts are in z88dk/libsrc/_DEVELOPMENT/target/zx ... the m4 macros in that directory with different terminals attached to ... complete list of pragmas is in:

    z88dk/ ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2015 Development
  • Video ZX Spectrum+ 48k<span>Good day ... is a bit of time that I try to fix my zx spectrum ... I replaced the ram 4116, all electrolytic capacitors ... but the monitor loo…

    ... ULA from your Spectrum in the known working Spectrum ... 16k game, or a typed in BASIC program, but due to ... which keys DO work. In the mean time, can ... these (each with a different line number), then if ... circuit details, but keep in mind some of these schematic ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2015 Hardware
  • BASIC to Python - bringing a modern view on an 80's obsession...Howdy! I don't know how relevant this will be here, but I've just finished up a 3-part overview on my blog where I convert an old 1K ZX81 basic pr…

    ... in range (10):[/code].

    Python and BASIC are basically two different ... beasts. If you ask me, I'd say BASIC, with ... be, if you were proficient in BASIC, then you don't need ... currently using Python and not BASIC for writing simple code ...
    Timmy Timmy July 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • List of games with speech?Has there been a thread yet, listing all the games with speech ? (without Currah) I can remember how impressed I was the first time I heard my Spect…

    ... possible ! (Someone could fill me in on the technicalities if they ... it myself back in the day, first using the BASIC commands IN (to record ... of sound coming in. Store them all in memory and then ... quality as anything I heard in a released game. Obviously memory ...
    Gwyn Gwyn August 2015 Games
  • z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…

    ... true if the values are different.

    When (Ydown) ... second delay.

    The commands in 'setxy' don't print anything ... the current PRINT position held in the system variables S_POSN & ... ' (although the values stored in S_POSN are 33-Xacross,24 ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2015 Development
  • Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …

    ... of the time are in similar emulation backwaters .I ... at the Opus hardware in detail yet but I ... up with something like "Nonsense in Basic 10 " or something similar ... good or I need a different Tape Recorder : I ... though I am interested in Opus of course just not ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio September 2015 Hardware
  • Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …

    ... Fuse’s Opus emulation (although in turn, EightyOne uses the ... up with something like "Nonsense in Basic 10" or something similar. I ... good or I need a different Tape Recorder: I get tape ... . Of course, noise introduced in early stages of amplification will ...
    zub zub September 2015 Hardware
  • Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…

    ... in the documentation (including all mentioned addresses), and z88dk and ZX BASIC ... be at exactly same address in Pentagon and standard Spectrum. So ... 't need to use a different address in each case.

    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2015 Brand new software
  • What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…

    ... SPECTRUM command, or select 48K BASIC from the start menu, there ... get back to the 128K BASIC editor mode, other than reseting ... 'P' channel data is in different address in different roms. I haven't tested ... that ONERR routine is placed in the ZX Printer buffer, so ...
    zPasi zPasi October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…

    ... /> The USB joypads are different makes: a Tesun, PC ... from computer to computer and different joypad types.


    Testing in basic first, Sinclair 1 + 2
    Yup, 2 different computers give different results, and with that ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins November 2015 Brand new software
  • Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…

    [quote="Nonsense in BASIC;840915"]Mmmm. You ... I'm getting a different description of what happens. ... walks towards the right in the game, the screen ... The girls school scrolls immediately in from the left? Anyway, ... 'P' while being carried in order to get the bug. ...
    Ersh Ersh November 2015 Games
  • Can anyone show a slight diagram of how pokes work in a jet set willy game for example?I know its kind of something to do with machine code and Memory addresses etc but would be nice to see a youtube video or some drawings etc ? .Many t…

    ... where written by Jon North in YS. If you have a ... will of course be different and compiled basic games are a friggin ...
    ANDREW RYALS ANDREW RYALS January 2016 Games
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... , and have the basic just randomize usr to ... competition to dozens of different computers. Its impossible to ... every machine's flavour of BASIC.

    ... were mainly machine code in a REM statement and ... slow LZX decompression in BASIC really is...
    GReW GReW January 2016 Announcements
  • Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…

    ... sounds like its describing a different game - and then when he ... deadline, he banged something out in Basic.

    I do think ... . For an article about JSW in a 2006 issue of Edge ... Video Games magazine – a type-in called Andre’s Night Off ...
    MartynC MartynC February 2016 Games
  • Kempston joystick - port MSB value?In a situation where let's say the kempston is being polled like this: LD BC,NN1F: IN A,(C), what is the 'correct' value of NN? 1. 00 2. FF 3. S…

    ... during the read.

    In fact, the official flat Kempston ... making them respond with different numbers from BASIC.

    Quite often ... wires to do 16-bit IN and OUT addressing. The relevant ...
    joefish joefish February 2016 Development
  • Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…

    ... differentiate them from decimals. So in this case, you could ... an assembler would handle this. In theory it would mean " ... Z80, and you want something different anyway. Secondly, when specifying a ... your code with data statements in BASIC - waaay to tedious. Get ...
    utz utz February 2016 Development
  • Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…

    ... get the stack pointer in BASIC, there's an easier ... and on returning to BASIC, that value will appear ... a routine too. When BASIC calls machine code, the ... or give your routine two different behaviours.

    ... function return the address in BC of where to ...
    joefish joefish March 2016 Development
  • Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…

    ... 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after ... 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after ... in BASIC" error due to 128/+2 RAM disk commands implemented in ... the two small BASIC management programs. ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu March 2016 Games
  • New version emulator ZEsarUX-4.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my emulator ZEsarUX 4.0. You can download it from the project web page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/…

    ... Cesar, tried your emulator today. In Windows I have an issue ... that the sound is bad in general. It has random clicks ... in Basic mode, for example, the pitch changes somewhat making each click different ...
    pmsr pmsr March 2016 Emulators
  • A new emulator is in townHello, I'd like to announce a new ZX Emulator, it's Spectacol (https://github.com/bog-dan-ro/spectacol) a free (GPLv3+) emulator which currently t…

    ... pointer would blink with different colour depending of the ... the game.
    The different ways in which hands disappear from ... the screen could be taken as different commands ... in the screen could be also used to run,stop commands ...
    hikoki hikoki April 2016 Emulators
  • What's the maddest a Speccy game ever drove you????What's the maddest a game ever made you and what did you do about it?? I have plenty of memories of punching TV's, myself, sofa's etc. as, for exampl…

    [quote="Nonsense in BASIC;857387"][quote="def chris;857084"] ... waggle your joystick in a slow rhythmic motion, completely different to the ... ('slow rhythmic waggle' ) was given in the instructions as the way ...
    def chris def chris April 2016 Games
  • Quiz games like the Kosmos Fact Files from the Answer Back SeriesI don't expect it will be done but this idea is at least worth a mention:- .The Kosmos "Answer Back" series of quizzes (loader and separate quiz pack…

    ... you make there . Trivial pursuit (in my humble opinion) was less ... lot of these quizzes sold in quite small numbers on the ... from being loaded into a different loader game . The style of ... think the questions were done in basic and then ported to machine ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio June 2016 New game ideas
  • Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…

    ... despite them being very different, is up there with ... 'best £5.99 spent in the early '80s' award ... basically a graphic adventure in a generic WWII scenario, ... time) and is mostly written in BASIC.

    Perfect ... the Acorn Electron back in the day and never ...
    Martin Kidd Martin Kidd June 2016 Development
  • New hardware for Spectrum from ShaosI have some ideas for new ZX-peripherals and quickly designed a prototyping board for experiments: [URL=http://nedocon.com/store/speccy/][IMG]http:/…

    ... massively writes into ROM area different values in addresses from #0000 to ... ) after the board switched to BASIC to prevent switching back to ... 0) or switched back to BASIC (POKE 0,128) and after ... ROM-based software as "SE basic IV" (standard resolution part) or ...
    Shaos1973 Shaos1973 June 2016 Hardware
  • New Game - Cap'n Rescue: ReprisalHello, I'd just like to announce my new game Cap'n Rescue: Reprisal for the ZX Spectrum is almost complete. This is the third game in the series…

    ... death, is for example, in first screen, if you jump ... where a step is not in line for straight walking, ... rather than in 8 pixel jumps as in BASIC programs would ... that you are using different sprites depending on direction.< ... instead of using a different set.
    RMartins RMartins July 2016 Brand new software
  • Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…

    ... . Especially because MSX BASIC is so much different than Spectrum BASIC.

    in this version. And with so ... original, or it was lost in translation.
    Timmy Timmy August 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Help needed with MIA software with custom (?) loaderHi, I've got into my hands recently a bunch of Polish educational software which are unknown MIA on WOS. I believe they are protected with some…

    ... br /> 0x5B2A RST 20 ; in the C register whilst (ROM ... to +31 for the fifty commands. (ROM)
    0x5B2E JP ... the present command are executed in turn. Any required separators ... JP 1C8A ; REPORT-C - Nonsense in BASIC (ROM)
    ;Handle CLEAR< ...
    lfaria lfaria August 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.

    ... .org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/SunriseOverBethselamine.gif ... br /> So, this is a basic effort, with a nice modified ... nonsenses. Anyway, in spite of being in basic, it's sufficiently ... quick
    in reacting to your commands, ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel August 2016 Games
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