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  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... writing
    a "Double Dragon III" in Basic in your bedroom for ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi June 2003 Games
  • Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …

    ... to programming (I only mastered BASIC back in the early 1990 ... very BIG fan of the Double Dragon series and I would ...
    retrogod retrogod July 2003 Games
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... vertical "rotation", forcing the vertical size to be 3 characters rather ... as being tiled by character-size cells.

    Anyway, ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
    [/quote]

    Cross ... save it to tape from BASIC.

    I now ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... the Spectrum's Beep in Basic is one thing ( and even ... pick on somebody your own size?" comes to mind. Then again ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…

    ... the Spectrum's Beep in Basic is one thing ( and even ... pick on somebody your own size?" comes to mind. Then again ...
    Yerz Yerz August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was your favourite Speccy magazine?What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]

    ... 's course to advanced in basic and Machine Code, awesome utilities ... i dont need anymore like basic games listings, but i cant ... started being printed at a size larger than a newspaper and ... cool tricks could do in Basic and MC, crazy pokes and ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... me if i had a double deck tape recorder. i said ... and play games and learn basic and do stuff, and buy ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • are the following (tzx) really missing ?On the list at [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html"]www.worldofspectrum.org/stp/games.html[/url] there are some existing items ages a…

    ... size apart from the check for 48k and 128k in the BASIC ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker August 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…

    ... Timex hi-res mode
    Double buffered Spectrum display in Timex ... />
    + Sprites: any number, any size placed on screen with pixel ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2003 Development
  • create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…

    ... the bottom of the screen. Double clicking an error will auto ... .obj" code in the spectrum basic to load and test the ...
    BuzzinRich BuzzinRich September 2003 Development
  • Things you hated about the speccyFor me it would be the Kempston interface coming loose and the machine crashing after a good session of waggling my joystick.

    ... /> What I absolutely loved
    - size
    - the buzzing of the ... on
    - hi-res
    - basic
    - the black and grey ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi November 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Another Free Ebay Day ;- Link to 300+ ?1.50 all in[url="http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=cornishdavey&include=0&since=-1&sort=2&rows=200&rdir=0"]http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/w…

    ... /> The Oracles Cave

    Double Play Adventure
    No. 6 ... br /> 4D Terror Daktil
    Double Dragon
    Fighting Warrior x ... /> Ps = Plastic Small
    Dt = Double Tape
    NI = No Instructions ... - No Inlay
    Intro to Basic Prt. 1 ? No Inlay
    Cornishdavey:)) Cornishdavey:)) January 2004 Sales
  • New Speccy Image EditorHi, This is my first time in the forums at WoS. So 'Hello all'. I have written a little image editor over the christmas break, last 12 days or so. …

    ... that cannot be done from Basic unless you know all Window ... .0.
    About the executable size: TommyGun is around 2 Mb ...
    LCD LCD January 2004 Development
  • New Speccy Image EditorHi, This is my first time in the forums at WoS. So 'Hello all'. I have written a little image editor over the christmas break, last 12 days or so. …

    ... upx to reduce the executeable size though as it would help ... bloatware...
    I only use double buffering, as tripple buffering is ...
    LCD LCD February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... updates. The second uses the double-buffer mode of the 128 ... tool. Dunny mentions that the basic is translated into assembler and ... functions for free. New Basic keywords could be invented to ... be a way to specify Basic keywords and assembly functions attached ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Soooo.........how do you play urs?I mostly play the speccy games on emulators these days but on the odd occasion i do get the real thing out and wait 10 mins for a game to crash errrr…

    ... full screen the pixels also double in size and dont give a ...
    stupidget stupidget February 2004 Games
  • The Best Era of Crash MagazineMost of you probably did buy Crash on a reglular basis. I'm just wondering what era you thought was the best. Mines has to be 84/85 era with Robin…

    ... which seemed at the time double the size. Plus i would always ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2004 Games
  • Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …

    ... game, which was written in BASIC, i detected platforms from color ... , screen routines are slow (in BASIC). How to create model: for ... and Y depend on screen size. Wall will not allow player ...
    kmatveev kmatveev February 2004 Development
  • 1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)

    ... , they all get the same size, which is strange and seems ... Sided; 40S
    40 Tracks Double Sided; 40D
    80 Tracks ... Sided; 80S
    80 Tracks Double Sided; 80D

    ie ... to you. is 8222 a size comparable to the sizes you ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • T.I.M. - A New Interlace - Demo for DOWNLOADHere's something that's been in the works for quite a while ( mostly in my head ) and recently I've aquired assistance to help it come to fruition. …

    ... makes it impractical for a basic 48K machine. However it is ... 128K or Timex with double-buffering ability. (Double buffering allows one screen ... can be done on a basic 48K.


    [ This ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2004 Development
  • Martianoids Map Editor Yup, I`ve managed to get instructions written it`s now ready for downloading at [url="http://www.angelfire.com/retro/carcass/index.htm"]www.angelf…

    ... to write it in AMOS Basic for the Amiga - no memory ... to write an editor in BASIC,
    compile it, move the ... sprites are 32x32 pixels in size.
    So it would wave ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins April 2004 Games
  • 256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…

    ... sprite window (click on the double-headed arrown on the bottom ... GFX editor. Make sure the size remains the same and that ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2004 Games
  • I have a hacked version of SCUBA DIVE, called TREASUREHello guys. I have modified and hacked or cloned version of game SCUBA DIVE of Durell. Made by Andromeda Inc. and call TREASURE. Several years ago…

    ... they are the same size. However the BASIC is different in Treasure ... addresses.

    In the BASIC it refers to "S/D ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker May 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • COVOX works?My Sprinter "simulates" a COVOX soundcard at port 4Fh, but I don't know how to use it! Can anyone explain to me the process of programming it? (To be…

    ... multiples of the fundamental (eg, double the frequency, triple the frequency ... music relies on precise timing. Basic is no where near fast ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2004 Development
  • Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…

    ... 's from the book, "BASIC & FORTH in Parallel" ... ' knowledge of BASIC ) as it takes BASIC examples and shows ... do that goes beyond BASIC. I happen to like ... You type them in and double, triple, quadruple check them ... for Forth either. My Basic got better. I don ...
    Sadako Sadako May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Ultimate Games - With Head Cleaner TapeHi There I was checking some auctions on Ebay and I noticed Cyberrun with a Head Cleaner Tape. I have a number of questions..... Does anyone know …

    ... tape head cleaner were the double sized plastic cassette boxes - but ... the MSX versions in that size didn't come with cleaners ...
    RichB RichB July 2004 Games
  • Wanted: scans of CRASH posters (the ones sold separately from the mag)At some point CRASH began selling posters based on Oli Frey's artwork. (These were separate from the ones published in the regular magazine.) If anyo…

    ... that there was a double sided A1 size poster/calendat that came ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins July 2004 Wanted
  • InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…

    ... 1 (as used by Spectrum BASIC), the processor simply executes an ... will be accepted here. This 'double interrupt' feature is known as ...
    Fraser Fraser July 2004 Development
  • Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …

    ... when a Basic listing becomes over a
    > certain size and ... paging...

    In 128K BASIC the operating system sometimes
    BASIC program would occupy this area ... .

    The 48 BASIC system is very robust but ...
    Geoff Geoff August 2004 Development
  • Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …

    ... consquence of difficulty with the basic having to page stuff around ... only 62K or so in size, and I have Cleared enough ... can limiting it to pure basic, without having lots of stuff ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
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