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Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…
Thanks Rob.
There is no background as such to redraw so I just draw the sprites and stars directly to the screen during the time that the raster is doing the border. -
Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
... be done but can`t draw... and specifically like me, don ... MC, and especially not from Basic.
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Graphics in bordersI am 50% certain that I remember a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we wonder why none of the other games did. Am I right or h…
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On 2003-05-27 11:29, Dr BEEP wrote:
In BASIC
1 BORDER 1 : BORDER 2: BORDER 3: PAUSE 1 : BORDER 4: BORDER 5 : BORDER 6 : GO TO 0
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Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …
... pokes for border colours - I used this to do a basic loader ... -
jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…
... in basic. You could just use four character blocks to draw miner ... -
jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…
... in basic. You could just use four character blocks to draw miner ... the guardians. Doing that in BASIC would almost certainly slow things ... -
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…
... special video-effect. If to draw two similar images in vidRam0 ... | Save screenshot (F5). With/without border, Stretched / not stretched, with autonaming ... -
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…
... special video-effect. If to draw two similar images in vidRam0 ... | Save screenshot (F5). With/without border, Stretched / not stretched, with autonaming ... -
Pixel LimitIF Y3<192 THEN : LET x2=INT (128+X*A*SIN A): LET y2=INT (Y3): DRAW INK
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On 2004-11-16 21:44, dalmudlee wrote:
I have never seen this graphics restriction before. Why does the Spectrum have this limitation?
1720 FOR A=0 TO INT ((50*3.14)-38) STEP 3.14/P
1730 LET Y3=96+Y*A*COS A
There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... /> So then I rewrote the basic, one byte type instruction side ... it is just typing in BORDER 3... Tell me something though ...Is there any Bi-Plane games on Speccy... (Solved..Dogfight :) )I`ve been playing a Flash game called Top Dog thats a lot like an old Amiga game called Biplanes I think, also, Im sure there was an original arcade …
... , as you say a little basic, but I don`t care ... calculating the angles etc to draw the graphics too, rather than ...Is there any Bi-Plane games on Speccy... (Solved..Dogfight :) )I`ve been playing a Flash game called Top Dog thats a lot like an old Amiga game called Biplanes I think, also, Im sure there was an original arcade …
... , as you say a little basic, but I don`t care ... calculating the angles etc to draw the graphics too, rather than ...please help to find certain speccy art page........that I found sum time ago. (and can?t find now, of course..) On that site one guy has put his own remakes of Dizzy loading screens, there was o…
... line, same as that Color Draw program. However on that site ... not *really* done by a basic Speccy, which mars this stuff ...Spectrum loading screen on Ch4?Hi all, this evening I caught a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a brief flash, with the borders and some big writing in the m…
... Miner loading screen, complete with border and loading bars.
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C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1
[ This ...Fuse Emulator & Manic MinerHi All I am trying to run Manic Miner on two different Spectrum emulators on my Mac. Thing is when I load the game in Miner Willy just keeps jumpi…
... a good grasp of the basic emulation details that need to ... of analysing all the (non-border) timing oddities of the 48K ...Just remembered - Spirograph Effect. - Please ExplainJust remembered that we used to mess about with the Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic. Squares 10 plot 75,75 20 draw 80,48,…
... Draw command to get a spirograph effect in Sinclar Basic.< ... of the way that BASIC draws arcs and circles. ... does, of course, tell BASIC to draw a curve, and that ... of an arc, and BASIC would plot a point, ... is confusing BASIC - it knows it has to draw a number ...Popeye 1 no colour clash?How was Don Priestley able to get rid of the colour clash in this classic game (and the Trapdor etc)??? Was it because he was doing the fast switchi…
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C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1
[ This ...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…
... joystick (Kempston for instance) in BASIC routines?
... /> Admittedly these are all BASIC related stuff. Hopefull we'll ... in BASIC) you can get some really cool multicolour border ... />
10 BORDER 1: BORDER 2: BORDER 3: BORDER 0: PAUSE 1: GOTO ...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. …
... usr 1234 gives a nice border but is not useable.
BASIC-entry List?"
[ This ...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. …
... usr 1234 gives a nice border but is not useable.
BASIC-entry List?"
[ This ...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. …
... , in the demo program to draw a clock. That must be ... get the correct value from BASIC short of issuing a DI ...What 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…
... /> Amiga (AMOS): Platform game in basic, in which you are a ... . It took painfully long to draw each screen though. That was ...What 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…
... wrote was a dire BASIC program to draw the Indian flag ... />
The first BASIC game I wrote was a ... a series of small BASIC games including road racers, ... integrating machine code with BASIC. The MC did the ... recent attempts at ZX BASIC have resulted in Dash- ...
