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  • What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…

    I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But ... little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were ... written exclusively in 128K BASIC without any machine Code ? ... decent software written using 128K BASIC .I wonder if this question ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2022 Games
  • BBC Basic on the ZX Spectrum - possible?I have never used a Cambridge Z88 - but I understand it was Z80 based and had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the…

    ... functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Strongest aspect of Spectrum BASICWhat would you say is the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on other micros at the time. I think it might have been the Fun…

    ... the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on ... any other aspects of spectrum BASIC that were better than other ... BASIC variants on home micros? Was ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... . It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games ... written in BASIC, back in the day?
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…

    ... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2022 BASIC
  • How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…

    ... when I later return to basic.

    I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... I could program, either in Basic or assembly. And I used ... lot since I loved to draw on screen.

    The ...
    paul paul November 2001 Games
  • How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…

    ... assembler. I did write a BASIC disassembler which was handy for ... exception of a few small BASIC programmed tools, this gave me ... the code and music and draw the graphics. Now we have ...
    Clive Brooker Clive Brooker August 2001 Games
  • Screen PreloadersDid any of you chaps write your own spectrum games or applications. If yes , did any of you guys manage to get a preloading screen going..... Its …

    ... course.
    Type a small BASIC starter proggie like this:
    Draw to make my pictures. Funnily ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2002 Games
  • Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…

    ... that had been written in Basic at the time. They really ... Character Generator in Horizons and Draw was probably the first art ...
    Anonymous Anonymous August 2002 Games
  • did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…

    ... ads - all BASIC except a short MC routine to draw each screen ... dozens of simpler games in BASIC - used to have tapes full ...
    Neil^P Neil^P December 2002 Games
  • ANN: Write Spectrum Games in C with speclib121 Announcing the sprite pack C library for the z88dk C cross compiler available from: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/main.htm"]http://justme895.tr…

    ... wishing to progress from Sinclair BASIC. If I can find the ... access, tape loading and basic graphics primitives (circle, draw, plot, etc, and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2003 Announcements
  • "La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…

    ... what you said. i'll draw "Celebrating the 15th anniversary of ... much room. id have to draw in place of much of ... them. Load them after the basic loader, make the dedication screen ...
    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Games
  • MicroMart battle semi-final has started - go and vote for the Spectrum!We've been following this lately, and the first semi-final has begun between the Speccy and the Amstrad to find the greatest home computer of all tim…

    ... use..
    Dpaint series to draw pics and animation were freaking ... really initiate me on speccy basic)

    All that as ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…

    ... . i hope it works, dark basic and db pro just dont ... . for that i would just draw on art studio more often ...
    Amigo Amigo March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…

    ... . gotcha. i found that color draw program. err, any idea how ... Pro is written in Dark Basic Pro, so it will work ... DithvIDE program from C to Basic, please contact me.
    LCD LCD March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... if all you know is Basic and compile it, tends ... those that are specialized basic or whatever with compiler ... i didnt have to draw my screens in them ... versatile.

    Laser Basic seems good but after what ... it. HiSoft has a basic compiler but there was a ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!

    ... and maybe at least a basic understand of how your speccy ... about 8? [B]I CAN DRAW ON A SPECTRUM! DAMMIT! HOW ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • YS MegaBasicHas anyone got any other information on this utility apart from the YS articles published by Mike Leaman (which now seem to have gone missing)?

    ... :
    I suffered Speccy BASIC for a long time [...]
    BASIC? What did you not ... need to do that Speccy BASIC did not? Please, if ... :D I love Sinclair Basic dialect, the thing I ... GFX in my ol' Melbourne Draw, and I wanted infinite ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2003 Games
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games vs ... , and i liked having to draw within the limitations and not ... why again, i liked the basic better, think it is much ... to get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask why ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • *** CRONOSOFT *** help a little so it can Serve YOU betterSalud if you believe in what [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk/"]Cronosoft[/url] is doing and would like to help out a little bit, you could mention…

    ... -forth and z80 assembler, blitz basic ( amiga ) and/or amos and ... doing sid spider, + trying to draw for leisure whenever i can ...
    Amigo Amigo 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…

    ... left in an alternative sprite draw routine for drawing sprites ... sprites.

    The draw algorithm draws directly on screen ... the raster overtakes the screen draw three times. You can ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
    [/quote]

    ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw the Indian tri ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... a program in BASIC on day 1 to draw the Indian tri ... : ). [/quote]

    Did he draw the wheel as well, or ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone August 2003 Games
  • SevenuP and fontsIs it possible to use SevenuP to create replacement Spectrum fonts? If not, can anyone suggest a windows-based Speccy font editor? I've got plenty fo…

    ... to draw fonts actually. You just need to write a small BASIC ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan August 2003 Development
  • ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…

    ... for (say) WAV2TZX for simple BASIC programs. Sample them to WAV ... of Apple Thief, Demolition, Utility Draw...and others which I forget ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone August 2003 Games
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... /> I assume you mean using DRAW (lines, arcs). You can't ... you can write your own DRAW routine (with a bit of ... i can get it to draw down theer though )[/I]
    BASIC I hope !!! :D
    GOC GOC August 2003 Development
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... want to do more than draw from line 177 to 192 ... that will only allow to draw lines, arcs, circles and boxes ... presses, etc is controlled in Basic, yes, like changing your ink ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Development
  • AssemblersProbably asked a question that's been asked a million times before... but... I've decided to do a bit of old Speccy machine coding again, after 20 y…

    ... want to do more than draw from line 177 to 192 ... can even do it in BASIC if you don't need ... , you can use it to draw lines using the Bresenham algorithm ...
    GOC GOC August 2003 Development
  • Basic Compilers and My Compressor CodeAs I mentioned in another thread I'm currently writing a set of compression routines for saving +3 disk space. I've done the first stage (write the …

    Where do you draw the line for a BASIC development program (referring to the z80 instruction stepping) ?


    [ This Message was edited by: Woody on 2003-09-05 21:25 ]
    Woody Woody September 2003 Sinclair Basic
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