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ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... compiler defaults to. There's also a 42 char print library option ... .
Sadly, there's still not a lot of buzz over ... about it. I think that's a shame, because the thing we ... Hisoft Basic, it's time to look at a cross compiler option ... -
Hitchhiker's Guide adventureHas anyone had a go at this? Anyone finish it yet..? [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game_nolan.shtml[/url] It's strangely compelling…
Has anyone had a go at this? Anyone finish ... .shtml[/url]
It's strangely compelling, I'm going ... resorting to any hints. It's been ages since I read ... the series/film so it's a bit of a challenge. -
Noise channels on AY-3-8912?I'm trying to reproduce a tune that's a jazzed-up version of classical music - i.e. there are drum beats all over the place, to try and mask the low …
... 'm trying to reproduce a tune that's a jazzed-up version of ... classical music - i.e. there ... drum sounds are attached to a tone channel, and take the ... channel frequency - a cymbal has a higher noise frequency than a drum. Register ... -
It's Magazine Index Update Time Again!The SPOT+SPEX Spectrum magazine index at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/spot-on/default.htm]SPOT*On[/url] has been updated. There ar…
... (214)
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Wrong "What's New?" update.Err, I know it's a minor thing BUT I noticed today's update (May 31, 2010) had the wrong URL for the scanned map. It's listed as: [noparse]ftp://f…
Err, I know it's a minor thing
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I noticed today's update (May 31, 2010) had ... scanned map.
It's listed as:
[noparse]ftp ... .org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/s/SuperHero.jpg[/noparse]
So you need to double (or triple, or quadruple) the clock speed...No particular reason for posting this, other than I was looking at an eZ80 evaluation board that does this, and that jogged my memory of a project I'…
... of device. It needs a clock that's faster than the Spectrum ... it back in sync. Here's a block diagram of what you ... of digital logic. There's actually a chip to do all of ... by the reference clock (i.e. your 3.5MHz clock if ...A tidy loader for minigamesThe minigame competition doesn't permit the use of separate loaders like [code]10 LOAD "": RAND USR 32768[/code] The loader must be included in the b…
... statement.
Here's a better loader:
[code]2328 ... USR
6 97 a
7 13 Carriage ... br /> 1018 65 Variable name (a)
1019 0 Mantissa
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There's a way to squeeze out another ...Newish films worth a watching ....Here's a few films, I've seen recently, which are hereby certified as worth a look. I'll skip the Barry Norman analysis, just list them (in no partic…
Here's a few films, I've seen ... are hereby certified as worth a look. I'll skip the ... ) as follows:-
Brooklyn's Finest
District 9 (Who ... would want to screw a blow-fly (even an extra ...Just an idea (please read)After the devastating news that Jonathon "Joffa/Frobush" Smith had passed away, I started wondering how we could suitably commemorate him. I mean, we…
... often thought that it's a pity that there isn' ... past years, retrospectively having a Joffa award for each ... games post-1993, i.e. not for the commercial ... voted for, and there's a solid month for the votes ... added? Should there be a graphic for a "Joffa" award, ...A few ZX Spectrum books.Programming your ZX SPECTRUM Tim Hartnell and Dilwyn Jones (tutorial in BASIC) The Spectrum book of games Mike James, S. M. Gee and Kay Ewbank (that…
... and Kay Ewbank
(that's a book of BASIC type-ins ... some visible wear, but it's complete and serviceable)
a fiver each O. N. O ...Mr Do! ?Not exactly a new idea (at least twenty-seven years old now :-o), but how about a port of Mr Do! to the Spectrum? There was never an official one, ev…
... along in 2006. That's a great game, but it ... someone with enough talent (i.e. not me) to disassemble ... AI, and then produce a version for the Spectrum?
s a tragedy that it was never ... br />
If anyone's interested, you can download the ...Common pitfalls and solutionsLet's discuss some of the common problems in Speccy programming, and the methods we use to avoid them. For an example, here is a piece of code that …
Let's discuss some of the ... . It would seem like a relatively simple thing to do ... day. Or maybe it's some sort of a tradition already, I ... my notepad and is mostly a copypasta of what someone ... right? How about e.g. a 48K program switching a 128K machine into ...New Version of BeepolaA new version of Beepoa, v1.05, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/[/URL] (806KiB download) It's a fair…
... 806KiB download)
It's a fairly big update, and new ... (AZERTY, QWERTZ).
[*]A fix to a [I]serious oversight[/I ... earlier versions of beepola (e.g. ChuckRock.bbsong now ... some considerable repute, and a fantastically helpful and creative ...Best Way to Load TZX Files on a Spec Using a Mac?Evening all, I've spent the afternoon bastardising two knackered Spectrum +3s, and I now have one fully working unit. Although I've got a working d…
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Although I've got a working disk drive and Multiface ... up and running on a real Spectrum (using a Mac).
s a bit clunky to use.
a better way to load TZX ...What's this company?[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002151&loadpics=3"]Gridrunner[/URL] Says it's (C) S.A.T. What does it stand for? [B]S[/B…
... [/URL]
Says it's (C) S.A.T.
What ... does it stand for? [B]S[/B ... ]alamanders [B]A[/B]re [B]T ...Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…
... u l e s
3 F l a c k e r ... y .
4 F a r ...
6 A d u l t e r y .
a y d e a d .
10 G L O S S ... O P S ...Goldeneye (upcoming Wii version)Is anyone else following the progress of the upcoming Wii version of Goldeneye, the classic N64 first person shooter from 1997? Well, version, or re-…
... about it then here's a video demonstration of the ... rain in computer games), it's very atmospheric :-)
e. unlockable levels, unlockable cheat ... than pointless stuff, i.e. unlockable pictures of the programmers ...USB mini/micro/A/B/BollixFor the past few years I've had a few HTC phones (can't remember what they were called apart from the last one, which was an HTC Touch 3G). One of th…
... I can charge from a PC using a standard USB cable... brilliant ... out the dimwits have developed a whole new "standard" for ... " mini-USB standard, but it's a different shaped connector.
What a bunch of [b]utter morons ...Is this a ****ing windup or what???Seriously WTF is happening to my country??? [URL="http://www.cnbc.com/id/39265847/UK_Proposes_All_Paychecks_Go_to_the_State_First"]Is this serious??…
... pile of ****shit that it's become!!!
****ing police ... pisstake and I hope it's a ****ing joke I really do ... after this sh*t, it's a ****ing joke bunch of ****ing ...Donald's Circus Star - MIA Spec title??I'm not 100% sure this is a Spec title but I've tried googling it and it doesn't seem to be an audio tape or anything like that. If it's already in t…
... like that. If it's already in the archive then ... Spec games (there were a few hundred in total... ... but it's not impossible it's something like a tape from ... seem to suggest that it's a computer program of some ... right as it might be a software publisher... or it ...Spectrum Originals for salehi all, ideally i'd like to get rid of the lot in one go.... Standard Cassette Cases All Original tapes with sleeves and instructions 10 Pack Volu…
... br /> Gauntlet U.S.Gold
H.A.T.E. Hostile All Terrain ... instructions
A View to a Kill The Computer Game ... Interceptor Micro?s
Tapper U.S.Gold
That?s The ... Rings Silversoft
Bunny / E.T.a Automata U.K.
...I think I just blew my big break...I got this offer to re-write a TV show, 8 episodes mini-series... and suposedly I should have finished the treatments of all 8 episodes till this wen…
... this offer to re-write a TV show, 8 episodes mini ... the same producer, and it's a historical XIX series that needed ... been only sleeping 3 hours a day for nearly 2 months ... , and now I have an e-mail from the producer telling ... blew my big break as a script writer...RetroMa??a 2010: Pacman programming contestTo celebrate 30 years of Pac-Man, at this year's Retroma??a there's a Pac-Man programming contest. There are two categories - games written in advanc…
... -Man, at this year's Retroma??a there's a Pac-Man programming contest ... written in advance of Retroma??a and games written during the ...Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... the control keys Q, W, E, R, T, and Y for ... at his wrist watch (i.e. his watch comes up to ... but you're defenceless. It's a nice touch, the watch Bond ... Shock 2, and although it's a great first person shooter, it ... who's ever tried it. A real pity, as it's a very ...Java Lite (does it exist?) Can't play games in WoS archive.I am using an older laptop that has Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (v1.4.1 - from Sun Microsystems) ... it's not good enough for playing games in t…
... from Sun Microsystems) ... it's not good enough for playing ... is this: Is there a "lite" version of Java ... newest updates) and it's slow, clunky and unreliable. ... becomes bloated within a day ... (maybe it's a settings issue ... -option*
**i.e. I just get the ...A game called Jetpack (not to be confused with Jetpac)This actually sat on my hard disk for ages (months, a year?) before I bothered playing it. I suspect I downloaded it thinking it was a DOS version of…
... hard disk for ages (months, a year?) before I bothered playing ... does it have a differently-spelled name but it's a completely different ... that most excellent of things - a level designer.
You ... it but it's worth a shot, and it's freeware these days ...For anyone who is interestedAs Jumping Stack mentions in the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=32113[/url] I've been banned recently (the ban…
... anything, let alone when questioning a mod's mistake, and as far ... for a fortnight. I didn't get any pm's, or e-mails ... this forum, largely since it's a way of burning off stress ... ?" irritates me, as it's phrased like a question, implying I'm ...It's snowing!Yes I know all you northerners have had snow for a week but down here in London it's a very rare thing!
Yes I know all you northerners have had snow for a week but down here in London it's a very rare thing!Somebody just threw a pipe through the window..?!? WTFWas just browsing the web as often late @night, and suddenly heard a big bang, the noise of glass breaking, ... WTF :-? 1st thought was that perhaps…
... threw a metal pipe through the window - that's not ... the 2nd floor in a big building with multiple ... are students. Busted window(s, a smaller one was also hit ... acts of "hey let's break something, run & ... a thief that busts a shop window & grabs what's ...
