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smallest character?- games like Earth Defence where you basically control a cursor don't count, I'm talking about where your character is an actual sprite. any suggest…
- games like Earth Defence where you basically control a cursor don't count, I'm talking about where your character is an actual sprite.
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FAST and SLOW .TAP loading in RESIDOSWhy is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this fi…
Why is in RESIDOS this TAP file loaded always too slow ? (with lines in border area). Other TAP files on my drive is fast loaded, but loading this file is always slow.
[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/other/tapslow.zip[/url]
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Dump Sinclair character set to file?Hi guys, I'm working on a version of Manic Miner for the TI-99/4A. It's not a port, as I'm not looking at the original Z80 code, just re-creating th…
... like to use the Sinclair character set in the game. Can ... get a dump of the character set? Years ago, I could ... can't remember where the character set is in the ROM ... -
Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... feather would fall just as fast as a ten ton weight ... travelling at 100mph? And how fast would something travel if it ... Life on Mars, the main character, Sam Tyler, wakes up in ... -
catching eggs - old electronic gameas first I sholud mention I ?m not sure if this was the right forum to put... but well, it?s not chit-chat, it?s an oldskool game hit sooooo.... excu…
... to catch falling eggs - the character is wolf of infamous russian ... : A, B, C = slow- normal - fast
I bet you ... -
Fast screen writesI wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were.
I wondered what the faster than LDIR methods of writing to the screen were. -
Post your computer stupiditiesI used to check this site out quite a lot [url]http://www.rinkworks.com/stupid/[/url] but it doesnt get updated much. So i was wondering what stu…
... print on screen the wrong character and the only way to ... town and you could then fast travel there avoiding all the ... -
Most charismatic ZX Spectrum character?So, that's it, what do you think is the most charismatic character in a zx specrum game? :-)
So, that's it, what do you think is the most charismatic character in a zx specrum game?
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Questions about possible pseudo-3D gamingSince the Spectrum is too slow for solid-3D gaming and 100% wire-3D doesn't always look good, shouldn't there be a way to do something that at le…
... 3D games takes advantage of fast processor speeds and video cards ... of detail) and allow the character to move in all 8 ... , O-P would move the character and the map clockwise or ... -
How does the Speccy deal with the Character Set?Hi All, Can anyone spare a little time to explain to me the basic Assembly method of how the Speccy interprets and retrieves Characters to print on …
... understanding is that the character set is accessed via memory ... bytes beyond that. Each character then (obviously) lies in ... address of each character within the character memory area and ... within inverted commas as 'numeric character code'? For example, 'H' ... -
Maze Mania - How did they do it?Hi, I was looking at the game "Maze Mania" by Hewson Consultants, written in 1989. The game can be downloaded from here [URL]http://www.worldofspec…
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It seems so fast on Maze mania. I think ... a time, while the main character moves 1 char at a ... -
ANNOUNCE: JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond [v1.1]I am delighted to announce the second gamma-release of [i]JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond[/i] (v1.1), which is available as a free download from: [url]…
... based on the James Bond character created by Ian Fleming, and ... guardians (e.g. diagonal guardians, fast horizontal guardians, triggers and stoppers ... -
The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…
... do such a fantastic job. Fast, colourful (makes mono shoot 'em ... ]
Most Iconic Spectrum games character (the one you most associate ... -
Tips on optimizing some newbie assembly routinesI'm starting to learn some assembly language. The best way to learn is to actually code something you are going to use, so I'm creating a very simple…
... to make the render as fast as I can. Sadly, my ... ) which contains two bytes per character (character # and attribute) and the table ... /> djnz _b2a
; Next character screen address:
pop de ... -
Writing to the screen from a bufferI?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ideas before I commit my self. I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer…
... . I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer and ... then writing this ?back buffer? to the ... -
+3 Centronics port: How does it work?I've been trying to follow the code with Fuse's debugger and I can't see it writing anywhere except to port 0x1ffd. It also jumps through some fairly…
... I can't see it writing anywhere except to port 0x1ffd ... to check on a per character basis if it should be ... -
Jonathan Cauldwell writes.I also found this in me old archives, which was actually written by Jonathan Cauldwell. Again, typos and editorial tags included for authenticity ;-)…
... am asked why I bother writing Spectrum games today, when surely ... it would be easier writing for more modern platforms. With ... beginning, and I find myself writing a game on-the-fly ... pixels per frame, then that character's feet must move two ... -
Building a WoS FAQ - contributions and thoughts please!Hi there, as you may have read in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28168]a nearby thread recently[/url], Martijn has boug…
... have mass storage and the fast emerging ULAplus standard, with the ... that goes. By handling the writing process as much as possible ... Well I have experience in writing technical documentation as well as ... of shape we can start writing answers to the questions. ... -
Remake of ALIEN underway. Ideas wanted. :)Okay, so there's a new competition over at Retro Remakes and the idea is to make a '[URL="http://retroremakes.com/forum/index.php/topic,1355.msg26832…
... in Excel (at work ;)) before writing an editor (which is done ... make aliens move twice as fast as the humans (perhaps as ... -
Character scrollingOk, first I'd like to say that I'm not looking for a complete routine (but that might help) because I am hoping to write it myself and learn a bit mo…
... in memory? Is it worth writing it to use push/pop ... -
The Grim Reaper is coming for your consoles...According to: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8556874.stm[/URL] [COLOR=Blue][B]"A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional …
... moving your joypad and your character on screen moving in the ... TV. Even if that's fast enough for our slow human ... -
Game w/ character moving inside a castleI'm looking for examples of games with a recurring theme and if I'm not mistaken there's no list or a way to search for them. A forum and Infoseek se…
... find all games where the character has to move around inside ... -
Jonathan CreekI meant to post about the Jonathan Creek episode from a few weeks ago, but never got around to it, and since no one else did (as far as I know) then …
... watching. Plus the standard of writing is generally far higher than ... seemed to revolve around the writing. The initial mystery, the " ... And due to either bad writing or bad editing, we see ... writer to really judge his character either.
In Satan ... -
Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
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Coupling
The writing of this great comedy never ... ; in the last season, the character of Jeff Murdoch didn't ... tries to play a popular character, especially one as well played ... ) was good as the new character, Oliver, but it wasn't ... -
Advice about creative writing, book reviews and online jobsMy girlfriend has started blogging not so long ago. She has just finished a few years at Uni doing creative writing. She has a talent for writing. T…
... years at Uni doing creative writing. She has a talent for ... writing.
This is her ... anyone have any advice for writing, book reviews and online jobs ... -
Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... become, at will, any Spectrum character. So he can change into ... the bike) and move really fast and jump over buses and ... -
Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... abilities) of any Spectrum games character, so he can, for example ... motorbike) and so travel very fast and jump over things (buses ... -
Article about writing Spectrum BIOHELL Game...Hi there, not sure if this is of interest to anybody, but I've got an article on my website about the writing of my Spectrum 48K game, BIOHELL, in 20…
... on my website about the writing of my Spectrum 48K game ... -
I'm writing a library for "running" co-processorsCrossposted at [URL=http://amibay.com/showthread.php?p=117391#post117391]amibay[/URL] and [URL=http://forum.classicamiga.com/forum/showthread.php/436…
... /showthread.php/4368-I-m-writing-a-library-for-quot-running ... -
Character Printing routines - 27/32 lines?There are lots of extra character-per-line routines out there for 42,51,64 even 85 characters. Are there any that do 7/6 pixel rows - and do 27 or 3…
There are lots of extra character-per-line routines out there ...
