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Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... people who did actually write in machine code directly as binary. Not ... machine code bytes. I had a fair number memorized as well in ... .
A real machine code programmer would be the human ... that certain leading bit patterns in an opcode enabled the ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... ;401207]No one can write code in machine code. At most, some people had ... is some people who write in machine code directly, in HEX editor, without using ... .
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POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... BASIC.
When writing in machine code you can do what you ... like (they needn't be in multiples of 8 even), memory ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... write your own Print routine in Machine Code that uses your own characters ... fiddle the code so it puts down 4 characters in a ... smoothness that you would with Machine Code which will, with the appropriate ... code, let you put that ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... BASIC.
When writing in machine code you can do what you ... like (they needn't be in multiples of 8 even), memory ... /> It didn?t all disappear in the hdd crash then? ;) -
Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... /> If I perform HALT command in machine code, the computer will wait until ... . just 'sort' out your sprites in two halves, upper and bottom ... checking one of higher bits in Y position, it is enough ... -
What Z80 development tools do you use? What books?Hi. I've been meaning to do it for over 25 years, but.. better late than never :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get a developme…
... /> The first 6683 is printed in machine code as BC holds the argument ... $FF could still be useful in speeding it up slightly as ... faster than LD B,0 in a loop.
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128k musicThis has probably been asked before but I'm going to ask again (just because I can :razz: ) I was playing OutRun2sp on my Xbox360 the other night an…
... ) a popular setup too, especially in central Europe. There's no ... them will put the music in a separate loading block that ... , music and all. (Typically, the code and data for an AY ... true for music routines written in machine code - the Basic PLAY statement doesn ... -
Game & WatchAll Nintendo Game & Watch games would make good mini games for the speccy. I made a start on Fire last year, I shall try and finish it before 2011! …
My version is in machine code, and probably won't be ... few Game & Watch's in one load.
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Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
... the catalogue showed often resulted in severe disappointment when the real ... and Y respectively) which resulted in individual pixels taking on a ... Delta Tau One was written in Machine Code rather than BASIC though? -
Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
... trying to write a game in BASIC using BASIN. It's ... a few more lines of code and a load more levels ... : Tactics" in BASIC or go the whole hog and do it in machine code. -
Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
... to write a game in BASIC using BASIN. It ... few more lines of code and a load more ... whole hog and do it in machine code.[/QUOTE]
Ahhh ... - when you wrote stuff in Laser Basic, you had ... ]
That was in BASIC? Never realised!
Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
... like this answer but: use machine code ;)
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EDIT: Coding in machine code is much easier these days ...Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
Sooo...... Any tutorial links for spectrum game making in machine code?Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
[QUOTE=Robin;425471]Sooo...... Any tutorial links for spectrum game making in machine code?[/QUOTE]
JC does one on his site, here's a [url=http://members.fortunecity.com/jonathan6/egghead/id2.html]linky[/url]Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
... for spectrum game making in machine code?[/QUOTE]
MACHINE CODE MISCELLANY *FE -... ---- 6915
10545-PROGRAMMING: MACHINE CODE TUTORIALS ... 3219
10594-PROGRAMMING: MASTERING MACHINE CODE *FE -BAT ---- 5474
address 23760 etc.Hi all, Where could I find Spectrum 48 addresses, what's in 23760 for instance ? Thanks for advance ! -jp
... up machine code program within the REM statement.
In ... REM statement containing the machine code that actually creates the ... the machine code program at 23760 (or 23810 as in the ... It is more convenient in machine code just to toggle the required ...address 23760 etc.Hi all, Where could I find Spectrum 48 addresses, what's in 23760 for instance ? Thanks for advance ! -jp
... up machine code program within the REM statement.
In ... REM statement containing the machine code that actually creates the ... the machine code program at 23760 (or 23810 as in the ... It is more convenient in machine code just to toggle the required ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... lines of code?
Am I right in assuming it ... first Code example in this Thread was about using Machine Code equivalents ... or his code - which has some marvellous twists in it - just ... the ide of emulating BASIC in Machine Code....by calling the same ...Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
... with a few lines of code?[/QUOTE]
RST 16 ... the first Code example in this Thread was about using Machine Code equivalents ... Beep or his code - which has some marvellous twists in it - just ... the ide of emulating BASIC in Machine Code....by calling the same ...Correct flag response to BIT n,(HL) etc.When running the test program suggested by Arjun (thanks again), all intructions are passing the flag tests except the BIT n,(HL), BIT n,(IX+dis) and…
... not on indexed BIT instructions in SpecEmu? :-?
[QUOTE]I ... perfectionist, and when properly optimized in machine code, MEMPTR logic won't add ... example. The problem is that in some cases, differences may be ...Hi Res Print Routine neededHas anyone seen code for a print routine with pixel accuracy? That is print(y,x,CHAR) that allows 0 < y < 192 and 0 < x < 255 - that takes a charact…
... routine......
a) Totally in Machine Code?
b) As a Call ...Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... think of.
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Once you've ... have you got?
[CODE]Address Contents Value Equivalent to ... something you type in with an E cursor[/CODE]
... people who did actually write in machine code directly as binary. Not ...Die RollerOkay, technically it's in machine code - but it's all compiled in a basic compiler. (you know, the one that people keep telling us is impossible to …
... ;458068]Okay, technically it's in machine code - but it's all compiled ... in a basic compiler.
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... : Oh yes. The source code is posted in the forums over at ... the direct link to source code:
[url]http://www.boriel ...Found an old tapeWay back in the 80's I wrote some basic (and later compiled basic) programs to hold character data for playing the fighting fantasy books. I tried fl…
... missed out a few titles in the books published so far ... 've got it all working in BASIC there's some slow ... I'll have to rewrite in machine code.
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Isn ... 't this thread, like, totally in the wrong section?machines you've owned and favourite games on each?Just reminiscing about games of the past - speccie and beyond - and the pleasure they have brought. Here is my list of my ownership of machines and …
... it is a cartridge game (in machine code for once) A bit like ...Adventure Gamebook Solver"It would take me ages to solve that adventure gamebook without AGES" - is what someone might say if they didn't have the [url=http://www.users.globa…
... /> * Fixed an error in the error trap setup, in that the pointer ... .
* Fixed the +2A/+3-in-128k mode error handling.
in machine code as well - which I'll ...BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy
... (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC?
Many ... a similar set of functions in machine code.
Having said that ...BITWISE operators...Hi Folks, Another question - is there a way (fast) to do bitwise operations in Sinclair BASIC? Many thanks Paddy
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* Numeric data ... /> This can be implemented in machine code by trapping the error routine ... =1000
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* Local/ ...Beepola v1.01A new version of Beepoa, v1.01, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/Beepola_v1.01.00.zip[/URL] (650KiB) …
... got bogged down in trying to replicate the notes in machine code as a ... was much cop at playing in music using a computer keyboard ...
