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  • Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…

    ... it up to the individual to decide - in a shareware kind of way. Pay ... 3 quid and get a tape version, which includes ... a donation of a quid to the author ... who shall remain nameless (suffice to say, his games Manic Miner ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers May 2006 Games
  • 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…

    ... animation. sp1_PutTilesInv() is one way to animate background elements in ... it is not necessarily the fastest way -- other interesting background ... down to zero, and b_frame[] keeps track of which of ... status byte that indicates which directions/fire button are ...
    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…

    ... />
    [code]
    ; My contribution to randon number generators (by Risto ... generator I converted
    ; them to Z80.
    ; My generators were ... ;Set highest bit of seed to carry
    rl l ; ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Speccy look for the forumaye, not sure where to post this... besides, we?ve had already some talks about it... but, l@@k at [url=http://zx.pk.ru/index.php?]this[/url] - the …

    ... avatars may exceed pixel boundaries - unless there's a way to code the ... doable, however the only way to be sure that the file ... for the server to download them each time, which wouldn't make ... much difference to any potential ...
    icabod icabod June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... uses it) and a 256x192 pixel 32x192 attribute mode. Unfortunately very ... or spectrum, z80 is the way to go. And C's a ... of Timex's own FDD3000 which uses 3" drives. Aside from ... .5" and 5.25" drives which are themselves becoming rare.
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... idea [i]if[/i] you decide to code in BASIC :)
    ... way I work, when I code in BASIC to be compiled, is to ... with the speed set to 4x which gives me an ... the program to be compiled (you have to add several ... and save the resulting binary to tape.

    ...
    na_th_an na_th_an November 2006 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... sprites, which means sprites can be drawn quickly to screen and ... hardware sprites make in the way games are made on the ... on the Spectrum tend to be smooth pixel scrollers, something made possible ... the msx has hardware sprites which can be moved around quickly ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…

    ... draw some attention to them :-)

    sp1_MoveSprPix() accepts pixel coordinates so ... struct_sp1_update for the char to figure out which character from the 2nd ... />
    There is a faster way to colour sprites now using sp1_GetSprClrAddr ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2006 Games
  • Spectrum Issue two problemI managed to bring back to life a issue two spectrum (at least the power supply cirquit). The screen is now crystal clear (after replacing all the el…

    ... either set to 1 or reset to 0, which pretty much ... SysVars, usually in a way the Spectrum can't ... on a black background (pixel and attribute areas filled ... the Spectrum came back to life. To accomplish this, though, ... a single 64Kx8 chip which -even wasting 48K- ...
    Marcelo Marcelo January 2007 Hardware
  • Who knows how to program a "pathfinder"?Hi all. I like to play games like "Colour Lines" and I think, I will create a version of this game for the SAM Coupe. It looks easy - until this "dam…

    ... of a pathfinder routine, which finds a path from a ... ?t move, if the way is closed.
    Has ... static obstacles, then the fastest way is to pre-store all the ... to move from any one location to any other. That way ... many steps it takes to get to your goal. You ...
    bobs bobs January 2007 Development
  • Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…

    ... /> What is the best way to pass parameters to, and return values from ... />
    [quote]
    bootloader- which requires me to manually page in ROM ... How can you plot a pixel (look it up), how can ... attribute address for a specific pixel (look it up), etc.< ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2007 Development
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... , and putting aside c64vsSpectrum (which I wonder really is the ... I prefer the game to have single pixel smooth scrolling over less ... version is superior in every way, but prefer the arcade ... of the smoother gameplay (due to smoother scrolling, clarity etc..), ...
    Fizza Fizza January 2007 Games
  • Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …

    ... Alcoholics Anonymous;166912]Regarding smooth pixel scrolling, yes it can make ... we say no, the best way to play it is on an ... not being fooled by prettier (which would logically include higher resolution ... else that came with it. Which wouldn't be putting graphics ...
    Fizza Fizza January 2007 Games
  • basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…

    ... have to introduce new codes. You could select which version ... bank switching a ROM which is a project in itself ... of them we need a way to acommodate them in the ... (I'm not sure which the speccy uses) you ... make for one of the fastest 8 bit interpreters ever ...
    JamesD JamesD February 2007 Development
  • Best way of getting source/binaries onto Spectrum/Sam?What is the best way of getting source and binaries from a PC onto a Spectrum or a Sam Coupe? It is quite tiresome typing it in each time and savin…

    ... it's the fastest way I've found to develop new all ... [/code]
    Write that to test.asm, and assemble it ... real SAM, write the image to floppy using: [i]SamDisk ... only the used tracks, which is much quicker than a ... works in SimCoupe due to a helper feature that ...
    obo obo February 2007 Development
  • Fixing Attribute Clash via emulationI'm sorry if this has been posted already, but is there a possibility to fix attribute clash via emulation? I'm not talking about RealSpec or any of …

    ... 172149]Essentially, yes. The only way to get rid of attribute clash ... colours per pixel like on the Amstrad. Additional hw to do ... HOWEVER, the higher colour and pixel resolution modes come at a ... the cpu speed to display size ratio drops which could mean ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2007 Emulators
  • Ultimate's greatest speccy gameOk, time to vote for UPTG's best title on the speccy. My vote goes to Knight Lore.

    ...
    Sabrewulf, very hard to control, unfair pixel detection. Cookie, too borring ... Jetpac.
    By the way, if you race in Tranz ... hardly any place to "rest" and think, which makes a great ... a disaster! Incredibly hard and way way too unfair!

    ...
    Hedegaard Hedegaard February 2007 Games
  • FranKNStein 25Help! This isn't healthy. Has anyone been beyond level 25 on this decidedly average game by PSS? I can't find a way to get round 25 in time. Is it a…

    ... ]I can't find a way to get round 25 in time ... /FRANK25.TZX]this[/url] tzx which starts you at level 25 ... at level 27 if you decide enough is enough.
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous February 2007 Games
  • TommyGun 0.9.x updates** Should be available via the utilities page soon! Please be patient :-) ** I'll be posting all future updates in this thread, instead of creating …

    ... just to find out if I was doing something stupid, which is ... really complaining -- just trying to find a way to avoid a little work ... was looking at a fast way to export as scr and look ... /> [quote]
    Some palettes use pixel maps and attributes (eg. speccy ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2007 Development
  • Interface 1 with 3.5" floppyHas this been done or can it be done? Using an interface 1 and a powered 3.5" floppy disk drive (with a modified cable) instead of a microdrive?

    ... +D is the way to go. I bought one to replace my Microdrive ... alternative DOS version Beta-DOS, which is available from WOS at ... .

    If you do decide to go down the +D route ... of shadow RAM to run (Genie (a dissasembler, which is reason enough ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…

    ... offering PZX as an alternative to TZX, which IMHO solves most if ... they decide to hold on to TZX for some reason, be it that way ... why for some transitional period (which can be easily several years ... allowing their users to enjoy the TZX files which use the GDB ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak May 2007 Emulators
  • How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…

    ... shifted by variable amounts to get smooth pixel movement) in that time ... way you have something approaching 2 video frames to update your graphics, which ... algorithm to draw complete(ish) pixel rows in top to bottom order to make ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2007 Development
  • How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…

    ... /> The ULA knows which bytes to read at each time.[/ ... real" TV screen position to the correct place in the ... to get the colours?

    And by the way, ... does the size of the TV raster "plot" equals to ... a Spectrum pixel?
    Rickard Rickard May 2007 Development
  • How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…

    ... TV raster "plot" equals to a Spectrum pixel?[/QUOTE]

    Vertically ... lines. It does things this way to reduce flicker. The Spectrum outputs ... their horizontal dot resolution, which is tied to how many phosphur dots ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2007 Development
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... started. This is a good way to make sure the program generates ... value stored at 23606, which happens to be where the basic ... have to be applied to the screen address to move down that pixel row ... seen the single "&" operator which means "address of" when ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous June 2007 Development
  • 8-bit or 16-bit registers?I'm playing around with writing a Speccy emulator for mobile Java at the moment. I did a quick and dirty port of Qaop, which does run but at less tha…

    ... enough (the fastest was Qaop's, which would need to be 4x ... isn't the ideal way of doing this but since ... smartphones) I'd like to give it a go.
    What I originally wanted to know was, in a typical ... I was trying to choose now which type of opcode takes ...
    bigredswitch bigredswitch June 2007 Emulators
  • 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…

    ... These tables were a way to refer to only draw functions the ... since found a much better way to do things. So these ... = - se->dx; // 255 which is also caught by these ... />
    ;GRAPHIC DATA:
    ;Pixel Size: ( 16, 24)
    ;Char ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2007 Development
  • Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…

    ... /> But the easiest way to find out what's ... to do a zcc -a [other options] which ... message 1 pixel at a ... Blit the stuff from buffer to screen
    ////////////////////////////////////////
    ... *s1 = "Smooth 1 pixel continual scrolling message printed double ...
    wokani wokani July 2007 Development
  • So long and thanks for all the fishIm off now. Alot of the chat here reminded me too much of of the chat in the school yard etc.... Not bitter, as my sig says just bored. Its been f…

    ... br />
    But to come to the reason for this final ... and this would be the way to confirm 'what the site ... site is not ok to link to then all people ... shouldn't be there, which I actually agree with.
    decide if you are family oreintated ...
    Toxitalk Toxitalk July 2007 Chit chat
  • So long and thanks for all the fishIm off now. Alot of the chat here reminded me too much of of the chat in the school yard etc.... Not bitter, as my sig says just bored. Its been f…

    ... />
    But to come to the reason for this final ... and this would be the way to confirm 'what the site ... shouldn't be there, which I actually agree with.
    decide if you are family oreintated ... banned - there is a way forward, just come back ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2007 Chit chat
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