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New MM ProjectHaving finished VHW, thought i'd have a crack at doing a Manic Miner game before getting on with AGD. Been on it for a couple of hours so well under…
... JSWED so when I need to test a screen or series of screens ... the info. I like the way you can mess about with ... -
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... it would be a good idea to have a separate AGD code ... , I think there were a way to save sprites/code as plain ... you like the ability to load a SCREEN$ file into a scratchpad buffer, and ... grab sprite frames from it? That way ... -
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... jonathan;591455]Yes, there ought to be some central place where ... you like the ability to load a SCREEN$ file into a scratchpad buffer, and ... grab sprite frames from it? That way ... and objects, I forgot to mention that there are two ... -
Spectrum Prototype / Demo Mega TwinsI've come accross this prototype disk of an unreleased Speccy game in some old demo disks I have: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI…
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A little bit of help.Good Evening, I am new to the ZX Spectrum so please do not grill me! I recently picked one up (being interested in Vintage/Retro Video Gaming) I ha…
... a deeper fundamental problem at hand than dirty heads. The normal way to ... solve a problem like this is of ... . If you can Save off a SCREEN$ to cassette yourself for example and ... -
A little bit of help.Good Evening, I am new to the ZX Spectrum so please do not grill me! I recently picked one up (being interested in Vintage/Retro Video Gaming) I ha…
... a deeper fundamental problem at hand than dirty heads. The normal way to ... solve a problem like this is of ... . If you can Save off a SCREEN$ to cassette yourself for example and ... -
Fairlight's use of LDIRYS, comparing Fairlight and Nightshade, said: [quote]Fairlight is much more interesting even though the techniques that Bo Jangeborg uses for screen…
... the bottom" bit? If a screen segment is assembled 32 bytes ... be copied in between screen refresh cycles, so that ... way the screen builds up and so would be likely to encounter a screen ... - Fairlight screen transpositions are done with a blank screen, so the ... -
What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…
... the screen with 10 CLS : CLS : CLS .... until it starts to beep ... extra CLS commands and colons to the start until you reach ... ? and it takes a good ten seconds to clear the screen 127 times :-)
Getting ZXDS to work with WOS ?Dear all, Ever since installing ZXDS on my DSXL, I've never been able to get it work with an online archive like WOS or the RZX Archive. Whenever …
... be changed to make it a bit easier to work out ... one enhanced in nearly identical way. So you may still ... />
Is there a way to show a 'mapped' keypress on the keyboard ... up on the lower screen as if it's ... top part of the bottom screen so it only shows ...Getting ZXDS to work with WOS ?Dear all, Ever since installing ZXDS on my DSXL, I've never been able to get it work with an online archive like WOS or the RZX Archive. Whenever …
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[QUOTE]Is there a way to show a 'mapped' keypress on the keyboard ... use the non-sticky controls screen keyboard, so the need for ... top part of the bottom screen so it only shows the ... for the bottom screen with all keys being mappable to all the ...LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
... would be (Is there) a quicker way to do this? I have 20 ... possible improvement is with regard to the PB list of pointers ... match list each time, either to compare the next character if ... 2 minutes to compress a SCREEN$ (but less than a minute for a similar sized ...Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
I was about to ask in the forum whether there was a fast way to switch the screen in basic, and found this glorious trick, it's amazing :-oCopying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
[QUOTE=Emlyn_Hughes;615513]I was about to ask in the forum whether there was a fast way to switch the screen in basic, and found this glorious trick, it's amazing :-o[/QUOTE]
Yep, definitely Battle Bunny's tribute to WoS wall of fame!ZXDS 0.9.9 beta 1OK kids, here we go: Let me announce the latest and greatest [URL="http://zxds.raxoft.cz"]ZXDS release[/URL]. Mouse emulation, tape recording, stats …
... more on the DS touch screen with the DS stylus......It ... adds a lot to the gameplay, that combined with the DS touch screen ... hardware with a real mouse.
What a marvelous way to spend a birthday ( ... for the DS ( with touch screen control enabled ) which I'm ...How to safely maximise available memoryHi All, I'm toying with an idea that will require I have as much memory available as possible. I'm a little embarrassed I have to ask this tbh. As…
... noticeably slower, in a flick-screen game the screen rendering process ( ... whole frame in excess to draw an stationary screen :)
Cheers, this is helping to clear a lot of things up in ... imagine this counting in screen copying routines, as it ...What if there was no memory or space limitation?What if there was no memory or space limitation? We've had topics about the limitations of the Speccy's hardware, topics where we discussed how good …
... and iPad with a keyboard and bigger screen attached?[/QUOTE]
to converging a fridge and a toaster). But ... They've certainly gone a long way to bringing a lot of the iPhone ... interfaces elements to OS X ...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…
... about 4 days to clear a mountain for it. built a moat x3 thick ... ]
That is a bit of a problem, especially as the ... first floor, and a small staircase leading up to it that you ... /> I did have a bash at digging way underground to see if I ...What annoys you about SpecBAS?Ok, here's another direction for me to go in - I'm almost done with SpecBAS, there's very little left to add. So... What don't you like about it? Wh…
... before, but is there a way to get a program to autoboot and autorun yet ... screen), having a grid on the screen,being able to see and select/change a ... the listing screen like Basin,
the command way feels like a step ...ZX-Paintbrush version 2.2 releasedDear readers, Today I released ZX-Paintbrush 2.2 with many new features. I hope you'll like it. Please refer to ZX-Paintbrush's section of my homepa…
... I correct that the way to "move" a selection is cut/paste ... like Spectrum PLOT
3. screen address
[QUOTE= ... Am I correct that the way to "move" a selection is cut/paste ... is the ability to export a selected part of screen to clipboard as ASM ...games club wc 2/7/12bit late with this one today fyi, a text adventure did come up in the search this week, but it was in spanish, so i left it out ;) some nice colorf…
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Played it a few times and got 'blocked ... in' every time. Found a factory, then immediately got blocked ... />
Is there any way to skip the screen which displays your tank ... shuffling the tank away at a painfully slow speed?
...Spectrum Emulator that supports low resolutions and runs smoothlyHello to All, I have been trying to find a spectrum emulator that will work well through my CRT TV (using RGB to Scart) Most emulators seem to supp…
... that you can get a graphics card to run at 576i and ... in "full screen" mode they change the resolution to something else again ... ARM on the RaspPi connected to a 640x480 "car reversing camera" display ... . There's no way to make a clone cheaper than a Pi so I ...Spectrum Emulator that supports low resolutions and runs smoothlyHello to All, I have been trying to find a spectrum emulator that will work well through my CRT TV (using RGB to Scart) Most emulators seem to supp…
... on the RaspPi connected to a 640x480 "car reversing camera ... s no way to make a clone cheaper than a Pi so ... I think PiFuse is the way ... screen), and I'm hoping to figure out a way to use that screen ... it apart and make a use for the bits ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... a SCREEN$ to save a screen containing only text is a waste of space & time. A SCREEN ... .zip]BOB the Screen Builder[/url] for yet another way to do it ... . BOB could easily be changed to just save a SCREEN ...WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... way to produce a number of titles fast would be to have a ...
Title menu
Configuration screen
****main game****
[INDENT ... made more sense to do it this way (when hardware ... a title screen and instead of say a block, you have a fish and a ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... , can anyone suggest the best way to seed a generator like this?
to seed it then just let ... planning on leaving the loading screen hanging, then load h with ... of the r register, then a press 'any key routine' during ...Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... anyone suggest the best way to seed a generator like this?
screen hanging, then load h ... there? That seed's a breaker, according to the original.
... a similar way to RANDOMIZE - though that only gives you a 24 bit number to ...Machine code RST10 problemHello! After 27 years of playing with Spectrums I'm starting to look into doing assembly language properly. All went swimmingly well until I wrote …
... screen, displays a logo, and then calls the ROM tape routines to load a SCREEN ... this way, rather than using BASIC's own LOAD...SCREEN$ and ... ve written a message print routine that writes direct to screen RAM ... it's unlikely I'll go back to ...RCS (Reverse Computer Screen)[B]RCS[/B] ("Reverse Computer Screen", or simply SCR written backwards) is a small utility I'm about to release, that reorders bytes from the ZX-Spec…
... How about a code to cache a data pointer at a repeat ... storing bit offsets. According to [URL="www.worldofspectrum.org ... typically uses over a thousand sequences to compress a screen. If we assume ... Or the other way is a dictionary-based approach to bit patterns. ...Newbie needs help ^^Hey Guys! I'm new here to the forums and I joined because of my growing interest in the ZX Spectrum computers. I'm from Germany and I was growing …
... best way to load spectrum data is using this adaptor, plugged to an ... .S: you need to play directly the tzx with a program ( like ... Tapir) or to convert the files ... .S: divIDE is a good solution and the fastest way to load stuff.
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 4In previous posts I demonstrated how to move multicolor tiles up and down smoothly by a single pixel, and sideways by an entire char (8 pixels). Thi…
The easiest way to change a BIFROST* tile on screen instantly is using this procedure ... new tile
sync() 'Necessary to avoid visual glitch in showTile ... /> Therefore you won't need to wait 14 frames anymore. The ...
