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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…
The INPUT magazine Adventure Framework (it ... is written using a few lines of BASIC: You can ... space of ten or so lines of BASIC, eg. have ... br />
Later in the INPUT part-works (from Issue 45 ... framework as earlier adventure in INPUT.
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How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... for displaying the graphics, keyboard input, etc..
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How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... for displaying the graphics, keyboard input, etc..
[quote]Last ... .png[/img]
(the single lines of tiles on the very ... -
Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... then the update. Drawing the lines definitely needs optimising. Imagine all ... redraw player
Green - erase and redraw lines
Cyan - update all ... the lines
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Console frameworkStill working on Specotron, but at the point where working out the diagonal lines collision is not good at beer o'clock. In the meantime I've knoc…
... better if it scrolled 8 lines then displayed the string. I ... />
I'm only supporting input buffer sizes up to 256 ... down to go through the input buffer history instead of move ... space to store the previous input buffers.
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Standard Development LibrariesSo after some time away I decided to re-register after a Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/SpectrumNez/status/1578158361236963328) led me to a Visu…
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UDG creation? Back to the basics.I just discovered that I have a program called TILED in my download folder and it might be the very tool I need except that I dont think it can expor…
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10 INPUT a$
20 IF a ... =0: PRINT : PRINT
10 INPUT a$
20 IF a ... this only works for 8 lines (one UDG) as I can ... -
the loading screen.It wasn't so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything has improved so much it is kind of annoy…
... past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage. But ... -
Poke helpHi can any offer me some help please! I am using the WinZ80 emulator and playing footballer of the year. The Zip file contained POKEs but when i use …
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Please how do i input the POKE?
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Help for my Speccy DatabaseI know this off topic, but I need some input. I am in dire need of someone givning me a name for a project I've been involved with for some time. …
... topic, but I need some input.
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OmegaAnybody know where I can get a version of this game once played on Spectrum? White lines on blue background. Build your own Robots and send on task t…
Anybody know where I can get a version of this game once played on Spectrum?
White lines on blue background. Build your own Robots and send on task to disarm reactors on a ship. Basic but fun.
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INPUT magazineHowdy folks! Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze gene…
Howdy folks!
Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze generator (no. 7 I think).
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PLEASE HELP MEI just got my ZX Spectrum out of its box after being in the loft for a number of years and tried to play a few games but when I turned it on and tune…
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spectrum problemshello, I just recieved a spectrum 48k on ebay [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] (I live in the U.S.) I have a transformer to conver…
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pc 2 zx, problems!!! :(Ok I've recently bought a cd (not a copy either, I got it from HMC in chester) containing some 6000 games. Now as my spectrum was damaged some 2 yea…
... a cassette via my aux input on my hi-fi. As ... -
ZX PC InterfaceA couple of weeks ago ( or is it months already? ) I told you to built an interface between Speccie and PC through the parallel port. After making so…
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ftp downloadingFTP-downloading... hmm.. After several attempts was obtained the message "...load will be continued after the input of password, which is concluded…
FTP-downloading...
hmm..
After several attempts was obtained the message "...load will be continued after the input of password, which is concluded on ..." Does indicate this that the downloading is forbidden?
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INPUT magazine.Howdy folks! Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze gene…
Howdy folks!
Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze generator (no. 7 I think).
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Input MagazineDoes anyone know of any web site(s) that has scans of this mag : particularly the early ones.....? Cheers!
Does anyone know of any web site(s) that has scans of this mag : particularly the early ones.....?
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128 +2 video connections.I have just got my hands on a Spectrum 128 +2 grey model all in working order, what I need to know is if I take a signal from the CVBS Composite Vid…
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IF1 LAN socketsI finally put my hands on a couple IF1's... I have a couple questions about the network sockets, however. First of all, are you supposed to stick "mo…
... stick "mono" (2 lines) or "stereo" (3 lines) jacks in the sockets ... not be crossed (and two lines would do it), but I ... -
Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…
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InterferenceCan anyone tell me how to get rid of those horrible lines on the +2a? I'm sure these are interference from something but I just cant get rid of them.…
... get rid of those horrible lines on the +2a? I'm ... my +2a again but these lines really annoy me! Thank you ... -
MagazinesI have a full set of the INPUT magazine (issues 1-52) all in good condition and I'm open to offers for these . I live in the north eastern region of …
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48 K SpectrumHi. I have 1 off 48 K Spectrum + PSU, Romantic Robot I/F, Opus 3.5 Disk Drive with Printer Port ALL WORKING plus many Games/ Utilities on Tape and D…
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Full set of the Input Mag. ALL LOOKING FOR A ... -
How far did you get in egghead?I know it's pretty hard but do let me know. Don't be ashamed, if you only got to level 3. There still gona be about 36-38 screens im going to put in …
... game. So i need the input to see if it's ... -
Saving machine code on EmulatorI have been dabbling with Chapter 26 of Stephen Vicker's "ZX Spectrum Manual". [url="http://www.madhippy.com/8-bit/sinclair/zxspecman/zxmanchap26.htm…
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It explains how to input machine code and then finally ... -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
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THE SPECTRUM QUIZ IS HEREOkay folks, here are 30 questions. The person who EMAILS them to me with the most correct is the winner. No cheating, use your memory and not the W…
... Back 2 Skool, how many lines does your girlfriend take off ...