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whats the easiest way to store a screen and then display it?so it can be called by a randomize usr, etc?
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Prportional Ascii text scrollerA couple of years ago I wrote a little scroller that nestles at the top of RAM (FFCA - 65482) and scrolls standard Ascii encoded text from anywhere y…
... - 65482) and scrolls standard Ascii encoded text from anywhere you ... (HL)=01 then A=FF
and (hl) ;apply ... ;inc counter
add a,a ;get bit 7
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Creating Graphic AdventuresI was interested in creating a graphic text adventure on my pc, drawing the images in zxpaint, then exporting it as a zx spectrum game. What options …
I was interested in creating a graphic text adventure on my pc, drawing ... zxpaint, then exporting it as a zx spectrum game. What options ... -
Printing text using direct screen addressingHaving some problems printing using the FASE engine which is currently defeating me. Hoping to have someone clear out the bit of fog currently dwell…
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SpecBAS really needs a manual!That Word doc that I converted to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, is still somewhat sparse. I spent bloody hours PLOT/DRAWing a landscape to steer m…
... , place the graphic into it and then call it using a numeric variable ... commands all create a new graphic bank in memory, and assign the index ... the incoming graphic. When creating a graphic bank by specifying the width and height ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 02 October 2019Wednesday 02 October 2019 Blimey, charlie - look at the time - I'd best get a Tipshop update done before October arrives, eh?! (Erm? Ed) * I add…
... - it was in a text file in the zip.< ... for Dark Tower, The and Murder at Hamilton Halls ... my plea for help, and put together modified versions. Gareth ... br /> months ago - and I then promptly forgot ... direction! Eq also provided a map and (blummin' huge) solution ... -
Save 48k SNA from 128k Z80 snapshot?I have been doing RZX recordings of text-based adventure games. In the case of games made with GAC (Graphic Adventure Creator), where a map and solut…
... been doing RZX recordings of text-based adventure games. In the ... made with GAC (Graphic Adventure Creator), where a map and solution are not ... games: "The Manor Murder Case" and "Winter Term". These are only ... -
why am i getting b integer out of range in this code?ive tried running this in spin but thats what i get [code]main org 40000; ; We want a black screen. ld a,71 ; white ink (7) on black paper (0…
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ld a,145 ; UDG 'B' is the mushroom graphic.
rst ... routine is called prior to display and deletion of gunbase.
basexy ... ; ASCII code for User Defined Graphic 'A'.
rst 16 ; draw player ... -
Need a new pooter - any advice?My just 2 yrs old HP15 laptop is crapping out so I think a new machine is in order. The battery went bad, wont hold a charge and after an update (wh…
... went bad, wont hold a charge and after an update (which ... getting a display that freezes or flickers from black to white and ... sometimes just fills the screen with a zillion ... behaviour is also accompanied by a message 'Application has been ... -
How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…
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Download a version and unzip/install it under C ... />
[b]I2) A Text editor, if possible have simple ... set up the stack and input and output parameters for us ... "scroll_left()", run that code and then return. The other part ... -
A Family Man's Lament of Wifes, Family, Mother In Laws and New Cars.So after working tirelessly in the USA since my wife asked me to emigrate in 2013 our family has grown and the car I brought when we came (a Subaru F…
... his family, security, stability and a nice peaceful and spacious place to live ... mine on a road trip once for a week and the same ... it will likely need a vacuum and clean and the bodywork will pick ... my wife, she is a great mother and an excellent supportive, ... -
Have you ever been given a credit for "co-writing" a published ZX Spectrum program and not known it?Well back in the day, (when I was actually working) I thought up an idea (which is quite unusual for me) and somehow I was put in touch with a "pro…
... discussed the idea and he did the programming and I commented on ... then Opus Discovery Spectrum setup and we chatted further about the ... had moved on a bit and the program became a bit old . But ... . So it had been a successful colloration and just for fun.
Tricks to make mirror image of a graphic?I've been working on a sprite routine for lots of sprites and animations. I'm only storing right facing graphics, and converting them to left facing.…
... on a sprite routine for lots of sprites and animations. ... right facing graphics, and converting them to left ... works but is long and seems a bit cumbersome.
... in the bottom right and a mirror image of it ... Surely there's a much simpler and quicker way of ...How to Use a real Physical Old Style Retro ZX Spectrum INFREQUENTLY and EFFECTIVELY.These days a lot of WOSSERS use emulators most of the time but like to get out the old Speccy ,every once in a while ,for a quick nostalgic revisit .…
... " membrane cleaning is quick and easy to do .But ... has a "widening out of the keyboard connector" problem.And ... to a PC keyboard .
Which of these (and ... to get it going and a lot of it was ... to do and routine . Now we have a choice . And we can ...ZX Lo-Fi editorHi, I thought I would share some work in progress I did on ZX editor of peculiar kind. It is an web-app (WIP, not yet accessible on the web - p…
... it into compressed "image" and attribute .asm definition.
... byte gets converted in 2 graphic characters.
... to display these "sprites". I am using Pasmo and Fuse, ... Speccy when I was a kid - it is ... will likely have a look and feel more of the ...Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... Spectrum 48K. It was for a text/graphic adventure I'm working on ... ] that I pimped a bit to support textures and color.
Unfortunately, I can't attach a ZIP ... IF s$(1)>="0" AND s$(1)="A" AND s$(1)Help with finding a game I used to play on Spectrum and Atari 800 XLIt was by Mastertronic and you were a robot and you used to herd things I think. I can't really remember much more but would love to play it again…
It was by Mastertronic and you were a robot and you used to herd ... did search for Mastertronic games and sheep and robot but alas...
Screenshot from an unknown game[url=https://postimg.cc/dhP1khJp][img]https://i.postimg.cc/dhP1khJp/Force.jpg[/img][/url] I have had the above image stored for years (click on it…
... i]Force.jpg[/i] and its timestamp file is ... from. It appears to display a [i]Gauntlet[/i] clone ... main characters, a samurai and a ninja. The graphic style of the ... most probably from a scan of a printed source, ... find any reference to a planned/unpublished title ...RF to HDMI adapter...So I have been wondering about getting a RF tuner lately, as the only TV set I have that still works and still has a tuner is VHF and most Speccy's a…
... in Chinese and expecting you are watching on a 200 inch display, so ... a lot if you're trying to read the smaller text ... /> 720P - Mode, System, Display Mode, Display Ratio>720P
And waited. A long time. And it came back with ...Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
... writing a text adventure or something.
Code is sjasm and ORG ... position and update scr_out position
; C = character code to display
putc:
xor a
or c ...Text compression methodsI once typed in a Text compressor from INPUT magazine, it worked on a first and second most common following letters algorythm and reduced the binary…
... in a Text compressor from INPUT magazine, it worked on a first and second ... most common following letters algorythm and reduced ... slow at compressing and decompressing anything more than a few sentences. I ...PSI ChessHi, Anybody out there remember the game "PSI Chess" by The Edge? Well, there seems to be no problem finding a snapshot ot tape image for this game …
... credited you guys in the text file for getting me on ... />
Change display style:
Hold "S" and press "1", "2 ... can type RANDOMIZE USR 34900 and a clock starts ticking in the ... the "OK, 0:1" message and a prompt. However, I've not ...adventure gamesI always liked text adventures and the speccy had loads,my favourites were Robin of sherwood,,Espionage island,,emerald isle,,dracula,,secret of st b…
... amiga.I to David had a dictionary and thesaurus trying to find ... alot of these adventures redone and surely now the vocab could ... include a full thesaurus of words,,id try and do one ... could knock a text n graphic adventure up in their spare time and release ...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'…
... subprocessors for handling types of graphic data (I really don't ... 's core is a CLI and it's a solid and secure system. Plus ... games since it has multiple display modes, faster processor?, hardware scrolling ...Interface for PC ZXSee last entry of former TOPIC. I'm working on the interface. Info about it on MISCELLANEOUS Author: Arjun (---.bng.vsnl.net.in) Date: 08-13-01 …
... the COM port is a universal standard and thus should have support ... to the PC to display it. Okay for text, useless for graphics ... the Spectrum would select a directory and request a data stream, this time ... d have to use a device like a Multiface, and mine don't ...ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... quick use cut and paste into a text file and then use TASM ... insert code to scroll in a graphic - basically going into
; ... is reset and a pixel is reset
; replace and a with scf ... something like:
; ld a,8
; and a,a - x2 every time you ...Viewing SCR screens in a web-pageI wrote a small program in java some time ago which allows you to view the spectrum screen dump in a web page. how about using this in the world of s…
... your keyboard allows you to display a .scr file in your browser ... using the print screen and obtaining a 'standard graphic format'. That was in ... displaying .scr makes sense, as a graphic format which can't be ... philip that for use in a webpage, conversion is an ...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 :…
... a curse, a plague upon humanity, a danger to both mental and physical health, a ... from a system created for use in agricultuaral colleges to display pictures ... /> C NONSENSE IN BASIC! (The text of the (string) argument does ...A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... other clones with a different approach - odd and even columns, each ... be a good and easier approach (both hardware and software) for text mode ... applications, like CP/M, but a ... by side high res mode display.
Perhaps my machine ...More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
... words make disappear a graphic that is coming underneath a sprite that is ... least one person, usually several. and they all have been experimenting ... i used, despite the preceding text to it. maybe i need ... took screenshots to get a closer look and i saw 4 levels ...
