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  • complete noobelo, I was lookin for a spectrum emulator so I downloaded one off this site. I worked out how to use it and everythin but have no idea how to get ful…

    ... copy of the GPL.
    * Double clicking the executable does nothing ... info into a couple of text files rather than standard in ...
    AndyC AndyC March 2005 Emulators
  • Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…

    ... wrote:
    Anybody remembers the poke to make the "program: " and ... ?

    [/quote]

    POKE (PEEK 23631+256*PEEK 23632 ... /> Better is to make a double headerlessloader,
    first loading the ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... that is:

    POKE 23606,80: POKE 23607,194

    poke:

    POKE PEEK 23633 + 256 * ... "HELLO"

    POKE 23618,10: POKE 23619,0 : POKE 23620,2

    POKE 23618,10: POKE 23619,2 : POKE 23620,0
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ...
    Trapdoor/Through the Trapdoor double pack
    Video Olympics
    Dan Dare
    Dizzy
    Double Dragon
    Enduro Racer
    Poke
    Bubble Bobble Poke
    J B Poke
    Jetpac Poke
    Thundercats Poke ...
    David Bates David Bates April 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Pixel LimitIF Y3&lt;192 THEN : LET x2=INT (128+X*A*SIN A): LET y2=INT (Y3): DRAW INK

    ... 's possible to change the height of the lower part of ... :49 ]
    [/quote]

    POKE 23659,0 : Rem no lines ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... lines' based on just that poke.

    But its pushing ... entire screeen so for a text scrolly its a bit rude ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • What was that football game?I'm back with the Spectrum after an absence of some 17 years. I just can't remember what the hell the name of my favourite football management game w…

    ... was a sequel to the double called Tracksuit Manager where you ... I see to remember the text layout being on a large ...
    enzo1701 enzo1701 May 2005 Games
  • Dragon's Lair 2: How To Complete It?Does anyone know how to complete the last level in Dragon's Lair 2 ? When I had a Speccy I used to play this game a lot but I still haven't completed…

    ... /> The program actually checks your height and won't let you ... around this for now use Poke 54909,201. At least you ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous July 2005 Games
  • Press any keyI need to write a z80 function that waits for a user to press any key. As it is possible that the user may be pressing a key when the function is cal…

    ... /> Marko

    And that double post has taught me *never ... "edit post" icon when the text isn't visible!

    Marko Marko August 2005 Development
  • Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …

    ... /> Or is it just plain text, and BASIC has to search ... references are stored as plain text, and we don't need ... it be faster to PEEK/POKE values at an absolute memory ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Smallest Reason for Loading a GameHi folks, Every so often I keep loading some games merely for seeing the loading screen or, as in the case of Jet Set Willy, trying to catch the mag…

    >>>>
    loading noise
    Ashley Pomeroy Ashley Pomeroy September 2005 Games
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    ... the font charset, print the text" don't work 'cause when ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2005 Development
  • z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…

    First of all, thank you very much for your long posts. I'm really starting to know your lib in & out. I'm saving this post - it's the perfect companion to the tutorial you have on your site.

    [quote]
    On 2005-10-02 04:18, Alcoholics ...
    na_th_an na_th_an October 2005 Development
  • Smallest Reason for Loading a GameHi folks, Every so often I keep loading some games merely for seeing the loading screen or, as in the case of Jet Set Willy, trying to catch the mag…

    [quote]
    On 2005-09-30 21:12, Ashley Pomeroy wrote:
    >>>>
    loading noise
    JonNorth JonNorth October 2005 Games
  • Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …

    ... Anonymous.
    I tried your poke and was able to make ... message without even simple congratulations text.
    When I discover another ...
    Ralf Ralf November 2005 Games
  • Games to TradeHi I have a few games to trade, I am looking for text adventures (on any format), here's the games if anyone is interested (duplication indicates mo…

    ...

    dont have any text adventures to swap tho really ... lotr in the large box (double cassette, no novel or manual ...
    mel the bell mel the bell January 2006 Sales
  • Isometric 3D gamesFor today's chore, I'm trying to list all isometric 3d games. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Isometric+3D+Graphics$&phras…

    ... wrote:
    Danger Mouse in Double Trouble.[/quote]

    What ... -- it was a multi-choice text adventure with static pictures, sort ...
    robert@fm robert@fm February 2006 Games
  • Isometric 3D gamesFor today's chore, I'm trying to list all isometric 3d games. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Isometric+3D+Graphics$&phras…

    ... wrote:
    Danger Mouse in Double Trouble.[/quote]

    What ... -- it was a multi-choice text adventure with static pictures, sort ...
    jamieangus jamieangus February 2006 Games
  • Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…

    ... .

    Assemblers are like text editors. One of my favourites ... a poking subroutine that will poke the result into memory when ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?

    ... screenshot with a bit of text plastered over the top.
    POKE to suppress the "Start tape ...
    lee_prince lee_prince March 2006 Games
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    ... .[/QUOTE]

    I just double-click the tzx, and it ... runs with the repeating printed text.

    [QUOTE=Paul van ...
    48K 48K April 2006 Development
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    [QUOTE=48K]I just double-click the tzx, and it ... runs with the repeating printed text.
    [/QUOTE]

    As ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2006 Development
  • Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…

    [QUOTE=48K]I just double-click the tzx, and it opens up FUSE and runs with the repeating printed text.[/quote]
    Ah! It seems that you might want to switch off the option 'Auto-load media' in the Fuse prefs.
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan April 2006 Development
  • More ZX Game book updatesThe latest PDFs are now up and ready for viewing... Chapters 1985-onwards still need a careful reading, but they should be pretty good, especially af…

    ... some of the italic text sometimes looks as though ... than the surrounding non-italic text (although I'm prepared ... Atac (1983), the bold text "Atic Atac" in the ... of the rest of the text.

    Worse ... bold text in seem to have a larger line height, causing ...
    mjwilson mjwilson August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …

    ... dialog
    - can customise the text editor
    Colour schemes
    height
    WARNING!!!Be aware that ...
    Kiwi Kiwi October 2006 Development
  • TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …

    ... just won't load.. I double-click on it but nothing ... editor -> Enter name on text box, click ADD -> Select ...
    TrueVideo TrueVideo October 2006 Development
  • The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…

    ... spectrum display
    2. A double buffered video mode (as the ... absolutely hate the full screen text editor and menu the 128 ... , time permitting, a better full text editor with the usual Sinclair ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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