-
Best Spectrum game 2015 Voting ThreadTo warm up for the 2016 Best Spectrum game, let´s vote for the one in 2015 ;) Up to 5 games per person (5 is the maximun number of games one person …
... a good job for a BASIC game, but don't expect a ... -
Horace Goes Skiing. Eventually!Another video, this time from a day spent with Horace. This one is mercifully short...but the usual apologies still apply! All comments gratefully re…
... looking back so is the game you're playing :))
BASIC game.
Yes we're ... ! How's that for a game of soldiers eh? -
Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
Here's a game that could well be considered ... my first C64. Happily, the basic game engine used in [b][url ... -
Best basic game to port to another machineI want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/url]. What are the best basic game for this? For example [url="http://www.e…
hey, somebody please help.
this is a laser basic game on specy48, written by me and my friend: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017624
so, somebody can save this as pc txt format? -
Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
I'll need a bit of time to digest all this but I do appreciate all the responses my BASIC game is coming along nicely :) Personally if you're not using any mc routines to do any of the game mechanics then it's all BASIC. :)>- -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... local computer shop, the game in question is called ... with was a very basic title screen. Little did ... I know how BASIC it was! I pressed ... listing. You released a BASIC game in 1987? If you ... House cheated by releasing this game in the first place. ... -
how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic?how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r only supposed to be 21 but is there a way of getting more in basic? i know its doable…
... the highest address that the BASIC system can use. It needs ... an alternative font in Spectrum BASIC. It can be frustrating to ... ?p=discussion/50721/new-game-wordblaster , a BASIC game I wrote that uses ... extra UDGs, or play the game to see the extra fonts ... -
GameHammer Classic Gaming ReviewsHey everyone, I've been pushing out a lot more game reviews lately so I thought I'd mention my channel here 'cause some of you may like it. The Sp…
... wondering if this was a BASIC game sold as a full-price ... feels like it's in BASIC and the apparent use of ... -
How do I convert a .z80 snapshot to a tape file?I've been fiddling with this for a while but can't get it to work reliably. I use Marvin to write short BASIC and assembly programs that uses .z80 in…
... .
I coded a silly BASIC game using my ZXDS ... and didn ... play the beeper in BASIC games... so my game was silent on ... -
Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…
Thanks Arjun that was useful especially the link because there are two listings typed in which may actually contain the basic game engine the author describes. At least I can dload one and if all else fails, modify it. -
The InstructionsI thought I had better put "the instructions" in miscellaneous as I had no idea where "the instructions" would send me I am , of course referring …
... by the publisher of the game you just bought, either that ... tend to give away very basic game instructions, and a Beastiary with ... -
LOADING screen ?Ok, so - I accidentally decided to make some improvements on my 25year old BASIC text game 'Graveyard Nights' ...I used SPIN to muck about with the …
Just drag-and-drop the .scr file onto SPIN and then save the screen in the same way as your basic program.
(Now if you want exact instructions, then you need to tell me how you do save the basic game, and I will tell you how to add onto it.) -
Edutainment titles worth playing?Hi everyone, first post here. I'm an American who has limited experience with the Speccy, but over the past few years I've become more and more enamo…
...
...is NOT an educational game (despite being listed as such ... tables by programming a simple BASIC game which rewarded me with a ... mini shoot out game when I got a tables ... -
Devils of the Deep - what to do?game is (very) slow, but it has its "charm"... manual is on WoS... 1st thing is to find a KNIFE, then you can chop seaweed and eat it to restore …
With any old BASIC game back in the day, I ... other old adventures written in BASIC, and are very slow. But ... -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
Impressive for a BASIC game. I liked the various special effects you've managed to put in. As for the game I must admit I had trouble figuring out what to do despite reading the instructions. -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
I had a short go of it, it was faster than I had imagined for a BASIC game. :) -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... I had imagined for a BASIC game. :)[/quote]
I am ... from those who tested the game, to add/remove/change things ... -
Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
... . And most AGD (or whatever game designer name) games are mediocre ... is no "soul" into a game, if it does not suck ... with a simple, UDG-based BASIC game like [i]Comeme El Chip ... you can put together a game like [i]Sophia II[/i ... -
How pass 128K to 48K BASIC whitout need to write by hand??¿?Hi all I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with 48K ROM If i do that in a 128K 1) load "prog.bas" 2) put the command SPECTRUM t…
... />
This is the game ONLY IN BASIC :)
https://www.worldofspectrum ... .org/forums/discussion/57443/new-basic-game-anillos-de-saturno-saturn-rings ... -
How pass 128K to 48K BASIC whitout need to write by hand??¿?Hi all I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with 48K ROM If i do that in a 128K 1) load "prog.bas" 2) put the command SPECTRUM t…
... game must be made only with BASIC
This is the game ... ONLY IN BASIC :)
https://www. ... org/forums/discussion/57443/new-basic-game-anillos-de-saturno-saturn- ... must made only with BASIC whitout any machine code ... -
Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …
... /forums/discussion/57843/best-compiled-basic-game"]here[/url] to see ... -
Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …
... /forums/discussion/57843/best-compiled-basic-game/"]here[/url] :) -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
... mention it being written in BASIC but it seems to me ... a purely BASIC game. Would that have been compiled BASIC or BASIC with some ... -
Technically terrible games you likeHighrise Harry by Blaby is technically awful. It's got tiny UDG graphics, no animation, rubbish jump mechanism, dodgy collision detection, poor keybo…
... dead.
Another trading game I'd consider having a ... Planetfall, but it contains a game-breaking error every time something ... error report). It's a BASIC game, though, so it should just ... -
Technically terrible games you likeHighrise Harry by Blaby is technically awful. It's got tiny UDG graphics, no animation, rubbish jump mechanism, dodgy collision detection, poor keybo…
... Mighty Dopethrone;968878"]Another trading game I'd consider having a ... Planetfall, but it contains a game-breaking error every time something ... error report). It's a BASIC game, though, so it should just ... quote]
I'm learning BASIC at the moment so this ... -
A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…
... -write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial[/url] in ... to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial[/url] ( ... with the emphasis on game) and ... -
Saboteur SioAnyone tried it? If there was ever a sequel that I wanted to play... It looks nothing like that old "Saboteur 3" screenshot. it's 8€ on the n…
... the day, and completed the basic game in about an hour. trying ... -
What % of ZX Spectrum Games can be played without referring to the Manual or the inside Inlay Card?This has sort of been touched on before but was not fulled "nailed down":- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/57464/great-manual-…
... is a correlation between early BASIC games , on screen instructions and ... there.
Also "early BASIC games" just don't make ... BASICs, and B) people make BASIC games all the time, even ... have typed in some really BASIC game (this is the beauty of ...
