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I am currently reading...Haven't noticed one of these threads, so here goes... I'm currently reading (depending on my mood...!): - [B]The Jesus Papers[/B] - Michael Baigent…
... fiction. The writing is good and the action is fast paced. This ... bit of the backstory and character development. -
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…
... am in the process of writing some code for graphical purposes ... can reserve memory in a character array like "unsigned char buffer ... holes and things are very fast but you can't randomly ... /> Secondly are there any tracker / writing programs for the PC (Win7 ... -
z88dk : Support FunctionsJust a quick one here, I am looking to doing some dirty dirty code with C and load a screen$ file from the disk using "system( command )" - yes I …
... of files will be very fast from C - there are a ... not exceed that length when writing to it in the C ... in basic by PEEKing each character one at a time and ... used, but maybe things are fast enough if you just put ... -
Gandalf - A ZX Spectrum platformer that looks rather nice indeed![img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BuVmuvmRXfg/WYhRw0z0lMI/AAAAAAAAisA/LFKD4SipiSkm3x0FsCNjJCRsCnHgE6W6gCLcBGAs/s640/GandalfZX.jpg[/img] [quote]As ma…
... image. It works by re-writing the screen attributes whilst the ... 's four more bytes per character, so half as much memory ... be running 1/5 as fast. If you must, use Boriel ... [/i] has a lot of fast movement. You could optimise a ... -
Cubic RevealI just though I'd develop this a little further. Written a while ago on a whim! [img]https://dl.dropbox.com/s/p44y5dda49ucmop/square_reveal_1_1.gi…
It is quite fast, but as I mentioned, it ... reveal what occupies that 2x2 character square. Have I lost anyone ... smaller, so I'm re-writing it at the moment.
how do i make a character rotate in very small degrees?so i would take the letter a and rotate it degree by degree until it has gone round 360 degrees. only 8x8 pixels is necessary. machine code or basic …
... you need it for arbitrary character -- there are only 64 pixels ... you want it really fast, why not simply writing code to "test ...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…
... between vblanks to see how fast the code runs
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Mice move pretty fast I heard? Obviously it needs ... exit graphic is drawn 1 character cell below where it actually ...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…
... between vblanks to see how fast the code runs
TIMING ... bit adjusts for crossing a character boundary
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I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... premise, lots of blah blah, character building, then hero uses powers ... be doing the thick and fast releases. I struggled with the ... , or spend a few years writing scrips, stories etc.
Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …
... the pointer to the ascii character set is.
I remember ... spectrum where to find the character set, so that it pointed ...Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... spaceship. 4 platforms, one evil fast moving alien.
They`re ... special guest star from a character from onw of their previous ...writing gameswhats the best games writing software/package for the speccy?i heard white lightning is good but it seems very difficult to me,apart from that and hu…
whats the best games writing software/package for the speccy?i heard white lightning is good but it seems very difficult to me,apart from that and hurg i dont know any other games writing software..so whats the easiest to use and which is best?Lloyd Mangram is back!There's a new magazine out in the UK called "Games TM" and it covers retrogaming in a section larger than any other magazine available. I could not b…
... writing again for this mag (okay, so he's a fictional character ...ZX PC InterfaceZX <-> PC Interface Contents 1) The ZX <-> PC Interface 1.1) What is it? 1.2) What does it do? 2) Installation 2.1) The softwa…
... that normally works with tape. Fast loading and saving is
?C? command, writing your own routines in the ...new emulatorHi All. If you wish you can download/test/link to/betatest etc. my new emulator EmuZWin 2.0. It emulates S48 and S128 and works under all Windows 9x…
... itself is placed. Documentation on writing
plugins can not be ... ).
loading from tape, including fast mode.
reading from ZIP ...What was your 3 Character Signature?What was your 3 character signature? Mine was 'mik'. (short for Mike) 'mik' once showed up on the top of the first R-Type machine to hit Rhyl in the…
What was your 3 character signature?
Mine was 'mik'. ( ... ).
Long live the 3 Character signature!
I'm ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
... for a program I'm writing on the spectrum.
There ... variable left or right one character with wraparound - can anyone remember ...FAST adsHiya Does anyone remember the FAST (Federation against software theft) ads that came out in the late 80's and early 90's. They were hilarious as the…
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Does anyone remember the FAST (Federation against software theft) ads ...Artist / Artists Required For 3 Brand-New Spectrum Game ProjectsHi all, I am currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for 3 forthcoming Spectrum games I have on the go at the moment. …
... experience writing games full time to produce what should be a fast ...Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... Raf Cecco that he was writing while developing Stormlord where he ... an achievement in that the character movement felt the same as ...SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... applications, SMAX spits out super-fast, optimized, "100% MACHINE CODE ... will be able to write fast, glossy, machine code games ... with at the moment. Writing compilers, I have discovered, ... monumentally huge. In particular, writing library routines is taking up ...Adventure writing packagesThanks for the help in an earlier post, I've now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package as a standalone emulator file. …
... use one of the adventure writing packages for the speccy - GAC ...Dave Perry InterviewI conducted this interview with Dave Perry, famous for games like Turtles, Trantor, Extreme and Dan Dare 3 to name but a few... Enjoy! Dave Perry wa…
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9) When writing both Turtles games, what did ... a game with a GIGANTIC character and flamethrower. It was impractical ... decided to make the biggest character ever. So you were a ... loads. Playing as a giant character (again!), flying as a bird ...Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…
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It is very fast (As I am overwriting the ...Character SetAlright, this may not be the right forum for this question (it does sort of relate to a game which I'm trying to get working properly - long story) -…
... is that points to the character set in the ROM?
character set in the rom, but ... point to a user defined character set in RAM if you ...Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... easy to read style
Character ruler for creating strings with ... as it runs.
FAST and SLOW directives for speeding ... emulated.
Very, very fast emulation.
ZX Printer support ... scaling[/B]
Very fast update routines for sending Speccy ...
