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  • What's your favourite death in a game?In a morbid fashion what is your favourite death in a game be it a quick sprite dies type thing or a brutal scene? Speccy only is preferable but feel…

    ... explodes with a "nuclear mushroom" effect. Really cracks me up. :D ... a high-speed, mid-air explosion, much more so than other ...
    GOC GOC April 2006 Games
  • Has anyone ever owned, played on, or even seen an Amstrad GX4000I ask this question because the machine must have existed because Mean Machines from issue 1 until about 8 reviewed software for it until it flopped.…

    ... . One screen had a sunset effect which was only possible because ... /> The joypads were nice and basic, and I still use them ...
    Spector Spector May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... like C, Pascal, Fortran and Basic were king. A language is ... tables are composed of, in effect, associations between keys and values ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... of the IY register and Basic's interrupt service routine assumes ... keyboard joysick is read to effect movement.

    The pacman ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…

    [QUOTE=48K]1/ Random number generator: I've started using a ld a,r command to grab a number from the memory refresh counter. Only problem is that if I do this in quick succession, the numbers are obviously not very random at all.
    [/quote]

    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Spectrum Music - Remixes?Anyone know of any sites that have remixes of spectrum music? Project AY is devoted to releasing the original music from the games and i've looked on…

    ... "vacuum cleaner full of nails" effect.[/QUOTE]
    I`ve done ... `ve got most of the basic bass line down here [url ...
    FrankT FrankT July 2006 Games
  • Restore Registers Returning to BASICI should really know this, but I've not written code that requires a return to BASIC for a loooong time. What registers need to be preserved / resto…

    ... small but finite possibility that Basic's ISR will run before ... function restores the IY register. Basic's ISR uses IY to ... instruction will not have desired effect.

    Though to be ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2006 Development
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... . Then you had the explosion of the games market and ... to prior to the games explosion in 83/84. It ... a friendly version of Basic for people interested in learning ... had a decent version of basic, and was half the ... including a version of basic that was able to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... had a strong version of basic (better that anything offered by ... a beginner. The version of basic was excellent and I found ... a really weak version of basic. The disk system was the ... borders and implement the "rainbow effect" but they affect only a ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…

    ... never really upgraded it's BASIC themselves and eventually built ... third party did enhance Atari BASIC though. BASIC XL from Optimized Systems ... commands. They later introduced BASIC XE that added even more ... path (or something to that effect) but you have to ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Oh so BRIGHT!What is the SLOWEST way to change the attribute area to BRIGHT? It has to be legit! No meaningless instructions or doing stuff for the sake of it. …

    ... 'd have the disastrous side effect of speeding up the code ... will be interpreted using Sinclair BASIC and writing the program in ...
    monty.mole monty.mole November 2006 Development
  • Spectrum RPG'sOff the top of my head I can think of [i]Lords of Midnight[/i], and [i]The Bard's Tale[/i], but are there some other good RPG's on the Speccy that I …

    ... 16-bit originals, and the basic conversation feature was one of ... spell had a different graphical effect. The only thing it lacked ...
    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich November 2006 Games
  • Firefox (new thoughts)Maybe more people would use Firefox if there was a version for the Speccy! [code] 10 PRINT AT 2, 2; "Press F for Firefox or I for M$IE" 20 LET K$=IN…

    ... positive effect, but if done incorrectly it can result in an explosion ...
    Where's that AY chip gone... Where's that AY chip gone... November 2006 Chit chat
  • Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coup&#233; without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…

    ... pixel scrolls in Basic, be nice to achieve same effect in MC ...
    CKay CKay November 2006 Hardware
  • Autorun BASIC programsIs it possible to write a basic program which will autorun after typing in LOAD ""? Thanks

    ... , but if not the same effect can be achieved with:
    BASIC program containing the line 10 ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • basin & spinWhen a basic program is loaded into Basin from .tzx does it display the real basic underneath or what the basic has been made to look like by the sof…

    ... "? Colour codes? :)[/QUOTE]

    BASIC stores two copies of every ... ) 32768, but actually has the effect of being (say) 30000.
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall January 2007 Emulators
  • If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…

    ... through treacle effect you get on the Sam when using Basic and ... as it makes the same effect under an A500/A1200 look ...
    DonkeyPong DonkeyPong February 2007 Development
  • If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…

    ... through treacle effect you get on the Sam when using Basic and ... Colin said, still uncompiled SAM Basic, and it looks soo much ... taking tips from Dunny`s Basic Tips thread.... has a little ... , it does seem that SAM Basic is pretty fast if you ...
    CKay CKay February 2007 Development
  • Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?

    ... and with a lovely rainbow effect on the background, press a ... do think because of the Basic being more or less ... Beta Basic V5 that it IS ... very powerful too, even in Basic, forget the 24K of ... wonder why more of the Basic programmer`s from the ...
    CKay CKay March 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Currah MicroSource emulationIt appears to be impossible to emualte the MicroSource in software on the ZX Spectrum SE as hardware polling is required. The following patch is not …

    ... the -ROMCS line so the BASIC ROM is not enabled. Once ... doings, in effect disabling the uSource ROM and reenabling BASIC.
    The ...
    Marcelo Marcelo March 2007 Emulators
  • Mysteries of Electricity QuizA little fun quiz that I know the answers to, but may lead to some head scratching and disbelief, but there's easy experiments than can be performed …

    ... none left over) because the explosion will be quite spectacular!
    basic chemistry taught at GCSE level ... mine has witnessed a battery explosion on a car that was ...
    Winston Winston March 2007 Chit chat
  • List of POKEs and PEEKs/cool memory addressesI was wondering if there was a list of cool memory addresses to POKE and/or PEEK. For example, I know that PEEK 23674 tells you how long a Speccy has…

    ... .worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap25.html]BASIC manual chapter 25[/url].
    effect (e.g. 23607 etc.), others ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz April 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Reason for FLASH attribute?Is it known why Sinclair choose to implement the flash bit in hardware? Since flashing could be easily done with code when needed it seems quite un…

    ... wanted to achieve effect of flashing text in basic program to be ...
    Ralf Ralf May 2007 Development
  • Bipboi Adventure - Tech DemoHere is the first tech demo of my Bipboi game, still in progress (2 Years now :-? ) Anyway, have a download, let me know what you think. This wil…

    ... effect? Messing with real sine curves would be overkill - surely a basic ...
    TrueVideo TrueVideo May 2007 Development
  • Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…

    ... if it will have an effect of making the game run ... 't worry about that in basic -- you'll definitely want it ... as fast as possible. Since basic is fairly slow, other non ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • Border emulationHow is the border emulated to do all the fancy little tricks such as in Aquaplane? I've got some basic border emulation working but it only displays…

    ... example - making "aquaplane" border effect in Basic :-D Later I discovered how ...
    omega omega May 2007 Emulators
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... are relying on that side effect of RUN to RESTORE for ... in this version - to save BASIC space)

    To ... , so am doing all BASIC dabbling in ZX SPIN at ... data naturally fits a ZX BASIC string array (i.e. ... row and a half of BASIC code overall.

    ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • explosion sound effect how?Anyone have any tips on programming an explosion sound effect using 128 sound chip? I know that you use the white noise generator, but how exactly? …

    ... any tips on programming an explosion sound effect using 128 sound chip ... up with is a helicopter effect. :confused:[/QUOTE]

    good ...
    Fikee Fikee July 2007 Development
  • IY RegisterIve got a really bizarre bug, and I have only just started using the IY register. I seem to remember reading somewhere in a programming book, to neve…

    ... care about it. Returning to BASIC is one of ROM usage ... with changed IY since the effect is predictable - just reserve some ...
    Sonic Sonic September 2007 Development
  • I've just has a vist from the Jehovah's.I've just has a vist from the Jehovah's Witnesses (of was it the pastie's grandad). Apparently the end of the system is comming very soon. :o I jus…

    ... who has anywhere near the basic resource requirement than people with ... we know about have had basic structure - they've not been ... has had a knock on effect, such as the invention of ...
    Winston Winston September 2007 Chit chat
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