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My first attempt with z88dkI've just completed my first attempt at a Spectrum game with z88dk. Before you get too excited, it's pretty crap - it's a port of a game I wrote for …
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name of the gameim looking for (probably) older game -you play character on a bike (or another vehicle in later levels), sprite was small (say like manic miner badd…
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name of the gameim looking for (probably) older game -you play character on a bike (or another vehicle in later levels), sprite was small (say like manic miner badd…
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Fairlight 2, once againOK, so I'm determined to make Fairlight 2 crumble and reveal its secrets. I've been running around in part 2 with a "go through all locked doors" POK…
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Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
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Decimals, bcd etc in z80...Working bloody full-time on my Ragnar Revival game right now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I go on coding the actual 3d engine (…
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TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
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Game loop design?Having some thoughts on how to design the game loop and could do with some hints and tips from folks who have done it before! It's all about how to …
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call drawsproffscr ;Draw offscreen sprite graphics to screen
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Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
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Issues 2 & 4 of Retro Gamer for sale on EbayI have a couple of issues of Retro Gamer being auctioned on Ebay - No 2,4 if anyone is interested. Finishes Sunday evening. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co…
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6 issues of Sinclair User for sale on Ebay - ends 13/8/04Hi, I have the following items auctioned on Ebay, if anyone is interested: 6 Issues of Sinclair User [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?…
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Dave Perry InterviewI conducted this interview with Dave Perry, famous for games like Turtles, Trantor, Extreme and Dan Dare 3 to name but a few... Enjoy! Dave Perry wa…
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Video codecs in Spin?Hi all! A question regarding Spin: I would like to do a video capture (when I move my Ragnar sprite behind blocks - yiihah!) but I have some problem…
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A few questions regarding EmuZwinA few questions regarding EmuzWin 1. I have been trying to write a program to generate multicolour effects on the Spectrum,ie more than 2 attributes…
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Wanted: Machine Code Sprites and Graphics BookWould anyone be willing to either sell or swap this book. Its full title is Machine Code Sprites and Graphics for the ZX Spectrum : A complete guide…
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... left and right sides of sprite.
DB %00000000
sprite in memory (sprite is stored in such ... ,(SPRXLEN) ;| taking width of sprite
DEC A
... ' preshifted bytes of mask and sprite.
DRAWEND
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3 in 1 NTG3 in 1 name that game 1) You are a ninja cyborg or something. A side view flip screen. Most screens look alike with just a few details different. Th…
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Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…
... LD IX,sprites ; Point to sprite data
LD B,TOTALSPRITES ... return so we can print sprite to screen
sprite
LD E,(IX+3 ... char, 9 chars per 16x16 sprite)
gfx:
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IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... /> LD IX,sprites ; Point to sprite data
LD B,TOTALSPRITES ... /> PUSH BC
; Is sprite enabled, ignore if not
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Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
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Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
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Fast division in machine codeHi Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code. Derek [ This Message was edited by: dmsmith on 2004-0…
Hi
Does anyone know what is the fastest way to divide a 16 bit number by 24 in machine code.
Derek
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Smooth Screen Scrolling RoutineHi everyone, this is a follow up to the thread on smooth screen scrolling. As promised here is the code for the routine. It's pretty long and fairl…
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Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
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Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…
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Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…
... .ZX and .SP snapshots.
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Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
... I am trying to make sprite movement routine. Actually I ... did it, however my sprite
flickers terribly while ... background
2. Draw sprite into background
3. Delay ... Draw stored background into sprite
5. Change sprite coordinates
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Most original game conceptHi everyone, What games do you think were the most original. Two that spring to my mind are Nebulus Revolution [ This Message was edited by: dmsm…
Hi everyone,
What games do you think were the most original. Two that spring to my mind are
Nebulus
Revolution
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Vertically Scrolling Shoot-em-upsHi everyone, I want to put together a list of vertical scrolling shoot-em-ups. I have most of the well known ones (see list) on it already, but i'm …
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