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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…
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Dr Who.....Yup, it`ll be starting soon, but the big question is.... What will happen during the broadcast? a) Nothing at all - it`ll all go fine. b) "We are s…
... out, it was boring. The plot was.... we meet, we walked ... -
Dr Who.....Yup, it`ll be starting soon, but the big question is.... What will happen during the broadcast? a) Nothing at all - it`ll all go fine. b) "We are s…
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Preservation QuestionsHi, I went reminiscing of the past recently and found this site, and firstly can I say thank you VERY much, this is by far one of the best Spectrum s…
CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…
... meantime ! Anyway back to the plot , I set up retro-soft ...CGC 2005 -- MANIC MUSLIM (Official Osama Bin Laden Simulator)Anyone interested in seeing BONIOSOFT's utterly shite MANIC MUSLIM game should go to... [url="http://www.lofi-gaming.org.uk/speccy/cgc2005/"]http://…
Hmm, lets see. Good use of machine code, colour, collision detection, plot, level construction, learning curve,.......
Call this a crap game!? Get out of here!5th International Sinclair & Sam Days, Urmond NLTook a trip to Urmond (NL) on Saturday to check out the 5th International Sinclair & Sam meeting. It proved to be an interesting afternoon, spent wit…
... commands were altered. PRINT gave PLOT, NEW gave SCROLL but the ...5th International Sinclair & Sam Days, Urmond NLTook a trip to Urmond (NL) on Saturday to check out the 5th International Sinclair & Sam meeting. It proved to be an interesting afternoon, spent wit…
... commands were altered. PRINT gave PLOT, NEW gave SCROLL but the ...RND not random?I recently wrote a simple Alien style game where the bad guys shoot you at random, it works fine, but after a while the Variable that is supposed to …
... or Y coordinate of a PLOT command)
Try this ... an X coordinate in a PLOT statement, it would be rounded ...Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... ignore memory contention and just plot the display as it looks ...Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... ignore memory contention and just plot the display as it looks ...HGTTG : The movieJust saw it and I did enjoy it. There were bits and pieces which were of course brand new but all in all I would have to say I am looking forward to…
... mean, there is the whole plot element, zaphod has his second ..."Hitchhikers Guide"i loooove H2G2, the new movie, the books, the radio show, the tv show (on BBC America), the toothbrush set, and the limited edition Zaphod kitchen si…
I went last night, and it was excellent. My son (aged 11) and I pissed ourselves laughing pretty much all the way through.
The new Zaphod made good sense, the new Marvin was hilarious and much better than I anticipated.
Granted, ...A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
10 PRINT AT 8,11; INK 1;"#1 eBayer!": INK 2: PLOT 75,50: DRAW 100,100,PI*99What 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…
... while playing with combinations of PLOT, OVER, DRAW, INK and PAPER ...A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…
1 let x=5:Let y=5
2 let y=y+1:If INKEY$="a" then let y=y-2
3 PLOT x,y:Let x=x+1:GoTo 2
80 chars or thereabout (without line number :( )... Don`t know what is is mind, hehenext gen consoles watch E3 press confrencesIt seems that the ps3 is going to be photorealistic apparantly when one of the ps3's was running a formula 1 racing game a F1 driver who saw it didn'…
... seem to be losing the plot on the link I posted ...next gen consoles watch E3 press confrencesIt seems that the ps3 is going to be photorealistic apparantly when one of the ps3's was running a formula 1 racing game a F1 driver who saw it didn'…
... seem to be losing the plot on the link I posted ...What I'm reading...What I'm reading right now: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Stor…
... Dragon though! I found the plot extremely cliched, with weak characterisation ...Doctor Who DVDs ... any recommendations?You've probably all seen many more episodes than me so maybe you can recommend some really excellent ones. I already have Pyramids of Mars (which I …
... I think I understand the plot of it. :)
Necros ...ANNOUNCE: Resistor version minus 1.0.0Given the discontinued development of Taper and the vapourware nature of certain other products, there's a lack of a modern, up to date, maintained t…
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On 2005-05-31 00:14, dekh wrote:
Did I just lose the plot?
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Not for the first time...Interest in a new adventure game?After recently reading the feature on Gilsoft in Retro Gamer I got the urge to go back to my adventure tools and create something which was actually …
I'm interested all right! I've been reading up on PAW too the last few days. Plan to thrash out an adventure too but I haven't decided on the plot or the story yet.
Love sci-fi horror so would love to see wot you come up with! Go Lee!Help!For a book i am writing i need to know the following things 1. what was the first speccy game 2. what was the first speccy game 3. what was the exact…
... answer to question 2 is Plot-A-Point and the answer ...Why Spectrum has a lots of software?I'm thinking a lot of it and can't find "magic" which produced a lots of software (games, educational, utility) for Spectrum. My suggestions: 1. Ea…
... on each computer or how PLOT and DRAW worked. Down my ...Doctor Who is HERE TO STAY!!Wonderful news!! The BBC has green lighted a THIRD series of Doctor Who! PLUS 2 Christmas Specials! ( 2005 & 2006 ) PLUS Billie Piper will be in A…
By the way... BIG TIP! If you haven't already read the Radio Times write-up about tonight's Doctor Who then DON'T! It gives away a major plot spoiler. I read it and threw it down in disgust as the meaning became clear.Doctor Who is HERE TO STAY!!Wonderful news!! The BBC has green lighted a THIRD series of Doctor Who! PLUS 2 Christmas Specials! ( 2005 & 2006 ) PLUS Billie Piper will be in A…
NTL used to do that too, in their progamme listings doo-dah, giving major plot things away, in the progamme description.Doctor Who is HERE TO STAY!!Wonderful news!! The BBC has green lighted a THIRD series of Doctor Who! PLUS 2 Christmas Specials! ( 2005 & 2006 ) PLUS Billie Piper will be in A…
... need to explain every upcoming plot point in soaps. Is it ...