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Megatree DevelopmentHi All, I have been messing around with developing a concept for the unwritten game Megatree. Here is a video of what I have so far written on a 48…
... problem is, to shift a block of data by two pixels ... ]Turbo[/I] scrolling engine is fast enough in itself to smoothly ... they got it going as fast as they could and just ... -
Testers for new z88dk clibA long (long, long, long) time ago a few people offered to help test the new clib in z88dk. Much time has passed since then and I won't hold people,…
... so that realloc is very fast. At the same time I ... to be a single contiguous block. You can still create multiple ... -
Neither Earth : what is the appeal?Sorry that should be [I]Nether Earth[/I] - Not meaning to disparage this - but it is in the top ten visitor voted games. I have only looked at it be…
... would be to build a fast robot immediately and get him ... as possible to the enemy (block base, factories etc) until my ... -
Meaningless Management SpeakThe team had a meeting yesterday with our Operations Manager about what he expects from us in 2015 and i have never heard so much bull**** in all my …
... be next on the chopping block, of course I could just ... totally inept, learn from mistakes fast and most importantly avoid blame ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... ] better as they move alarmingly fast and are quite had to ... block with a QTE, but I've never managed to react fast ... they are [i]so[/i] fast, they provide a bit of ... -
The Hobbit 128K editionWhat's this?<br>What better to celebrate the new forum with, than a long-awaited release!<br><br>I got tired of all the quibbling over tiny details i…
... using emulator, but without the "fast load" option. I was wondering ... at the end of last block of the 128k version :((
The Hobbit 128K editionWhat's this?<br>What better to celebrate the new forum with, than a long-awaited release!<br><br>I got tired of all the quibbling over tiny details i…
... using emulator, but without the "fast load" option. I was wondering ... at the end of last block of the 128k version :((
Basic SAVE and ZX Printer supportIs there a list of emulators that support any of these two features (basic SAVE and print to printer port)? Is there a emulator comparison some wh…
... Load", "Auto Play/Stop" and "Fast Load".
I know ... have to step play each block in the file.TAP.
Short & Amusing (was: Soduko Solver)Looking for some ideas for simple but fun programs, I came across this brute force soduko solver which might amuse: [code] // zcc +zx -vn -startu…
... I found the solver was fast enough to solve most puzzles ... the same row, column or block. If a pair shares the ... the same row, column or block cannot be those two numbers ...Short & Amusing (was: Soduko Solver)Looking for some ideas for simple but fun programs, I came across this brute force soduko solver which might amuse: [code] // zcc +zx -vn -startu…
... I found the solver was fast enough to solve most puzzles ... the same row, column or block. If a pair shares the ... the same row, column or block cannot be those two numbers ... slow mode so theoretically in fast mode(Speccy speed) it should ...Angles and blocksHelp! Sprites! Blocks! Angles! I have a sprite that has a choice of 64 angles, and want it to deflect on collision with blocks. http://i1142…
... of precision, so if the block hits close enough to a ... . For a small block (at most 8x8) moving fast enough, nobody will ... 's method, I believe the block will bounce towards up right ... F will be center of block, L will be a single ...Joffa's gamesI think opening this thread would be a nice way to pay homage to Joffa. According to infoseek, this is the list of games programmed by him, as a so…
... ) so I lost interest pretty fast.
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Pasmo doesn't support block comments using C-style [b ...Joffa's gamesI think opening this thread would be a nice way to pay homage to Joffa. According to infoseek, this is the list of games programmed by him, as a so…
... ) so I lost interest pretty fast.
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Pasmo doesn't support block comments using C-style [b ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... the Spectrum RAM area for fast file handling" .... "The RAM disk ... and even have a variable block size"
"The Discovery ...Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... the Spectrum RAM area for fast file handling" .... "The RAM disk ... and even have a variable block size" [/quote]RAM disc indeed ...People that can complete Jet Set WillyHi All I had the following posted on my youTube walk-through of Jet Set Willy: "for those that can complete Jet Set Willy i salute, you truly are…
... "clipping the edge of a block" trick took me a while ... keep it there get boring fast. Similarly games that are really ... little to do get boring fast too :).
From your ...Knight Lore disassemblyHi, Not quite sure if this belongs here or in "Games" but figured it's more likely that developers would be interested. I've just released the …
... complexity, so it grows very fast with increasing number of objects ... $8000 is the location and block/background type information that is ...Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... can have it load that fast from tape, it's certainly ... its size is a headerless block:
[code]40 958 ...Are turbo loaders worth it?I found turbo loaders fascinating and I've spent quite some time disassembling and trying different types, and they work great when I load the games …
... by a 48k normal data block. Perhaps they had too many ... with a 60-odd K block which loads the screen in ... .gif
Bleepload looks fast, after these...Function with push and popIm trying to see if I understand push and pop when it comes to using to pass parameters to functions: [code] LD HL,16384 LD A,5 Push AF Ld A…
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221 ...Smart platform-action games?Most platform-action games for the Speccy rely on "fast thinking" (to keep running while avoiding enemies) and pixel-precision movement (mostly jumpi…
... dig a hole that will block your own access to the ... your path carefully... although the fast action doesn't give you ...Smart platform-action games?Most platform-action games for the Speccy rely on "fast thinking" (to keep running while avoiding enemies) and pixel-precision movement (mostly jumpi…
... dig a hole that will block your own access to the ... your path carefully... although the fast action doesn't give you ...Something is missing from my life.I've been bandying around with the idea of why it's just not quite the same, even when playing Spectrum games as it was back in the eighties. . A…
... time, they always seemed to block me in. The randomly generated ... and it moves twice as fast as you.
[img ... . Firstly there was a large block of green on the left ...Wheels of Fire: Chase HQ = duff masteringAndy Barker mentioned Chase HQ in the Wheels of Fire compilation as being WIP way back in April 2005... http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discus…
... speed up to load it fast.
It worked in 48k ... may swap out the corrupt block and copy the pause information ...
and it's the block that's corrupt on tape ...Wheels of Fire: Chase HQ = duff masteringAndy Barker mentioned Chase HQ in the Wheels of Fire compilation as being WIP way back in April 2005... http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discus…
... mode due to the bad block). Fast loading usually seems to screw ... and other than that one block it was identical to my ... could just swap the duff block for one from the original ...Some Graphic Coding & Audio help.Hello my fellow WoS'ers I am in the process of writing some code for graphical purposes - I have Z88DK raring to go but I do not know how to take…
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This free address block can be reserved inside the ... . An obstack is given some block of memory and it allocates ... holes and things are very fast but you can't randomly ...Running out of fingers in AssemblyDear all, Still trying to learn Assembly and have put a few routines together. However, as my routines become a little more involved I find myself…
... note of special architectural features (block copy, block io, separation of io ... calling or falling into the block. The register pressure is ... the division first making it fast without register restriction. That's ... and it's the innermost block so it will be ...How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
... ') that's basically an aligned block of 256*tile_height_pixels bytes, where ... vertical line. It's fairly fast, allows for easy hori/vert ...1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... meant that you had to fast-forward and rewind the tape ... trying to find the correct block to load. Other than that ...c compiler benchmarkingI am going to have access to a number of commercial z80 compilers for a time for benchmarking, namely Hitech C v750 MSDOS (abandoned when Hitech was …
... in global scope), obstack or block memory allocation.
Fannkuch ... spectrum, the engine must be fast so a lot of functionality ...
