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Struggling with this routine... Any ideas?I'm trying to write a routine that plots 3 pixels to decrease the energy bar in the top right corner by 5 units, but it just wont have it! There mus…
... don't fit into 0,3->0,4 but 0 ... ,3->0,5; and ... , 19 isn't an integral multiple of 5.
[*]There's ... adjacent bytes; all the rest of the bar remains unchanged. ... ld (23677),bc ;save COORDS of last point plotted
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Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... , the game runs regularly under +3 BASIC.
I made a ... denied its games and those of its subsidiaries for distribution - by ... test it with my real +3, but under several emulators (Spectaculator ... -
Anyone into anime?Hi I was just wondering whether any fellow WOSers are into anime at all? If you are, then I strongly recommend you watch a series called Monster. …
... about a series of 3 animes with 3 convicted criminals being ... Ten the somewhat effeminate of the 3 criminals when he ... vampire, and tries to find a cure for her ... last one where one of the 3 of them ends up ... (That name reminds me of Doomed Megalopolis, which was ... -
Anyone into anime?Hi I was just wondering whether any fellow WOSers are into anime at all? If you are, then I strongly recommend you watch a series called Monster. …
... about a series of 3 animes with 3 convicted criminals being ... Ten the somewhat effeminate of the 3 criminals when he ... vampire, and tries to find a cure for her ... last one where one of the 3 of them ends up ... (That name reminds me of Doomed Megalopolis, which was ... -
Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... returns a C Nonsense in BASIC error due to 128/+ ... implemented in the two small BASIC management programs.
3 BASIC syntax. TZX and TAP ... inability of DivIDE currently available firmware to implement 128 BASIC ... -
FZX: a new standard format and driver for proportional fonts[B]FZX[/B] is a very compact and efficient (although extremely flexible and powerful) standard format to create new fonts for the ZX-Spectrum. It sup…
... the 8 lines into 3 areas of 3, 2 and 3 pixels. Indeed, these ... are the rounded sums of 8/3 ... , 2*8/3 and 3*8/3. This could ... next week (perhaps I will find some 'italic' characters in Italy ... -
BIFROST* example: "Knights & Demons DX" source codeA package containing the source files of our multicolor game "Knights & Demons DX" is now available for download [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/?hbch…
... OT, possibly, but I find the BIFROST function names a ... working if a future version of ZX BASIC provided a new function ... function. Since ZX BASIC library contains hundreds (thousands?) of functions and it ... 's usually quite a lot of code. Prefix "BIFROST" helps ... -
melbourne drawIt could be said I am easly pleased,:grin: Very nice peice of software. I was realy impressed by its ease of use. I think a lot of time and effort w…
... to search a table of 3-byte entries to find the graphics data ... sets HL to the address of the data ($cc43 in your ... is a 564-byte series of graphics instructions which need to ... as T_ADDR holds the address of the next item it holds ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... RLE format: a repetition of 2 bytes (usually the ... ) is always encoded using 3 bytes, so there's ... instead of smaller![/quote]
An option is to find ... 0x0" would be a run of 3 0xFF bytes (or 4, ... there's a whole class of them (any byte representing ... -
New Game: SKURFFNew game, authored with CGD (but I weely weely twied this time :-)) [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/game1_zpsf0e98e48.g…
... do the full clockwise cycle of the lower area or some ... ).
Did you find any of this unfair?
As ... been a few higher (not 3).Which level did you find hardest? -
New Game: SKURFFNew game, authored with CGD (but I weely weely twied this time :-)) [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/game1_zpsf0e98e48.g…
... the full clockwise cycle of the lower area or ... mistress).
Did you find any of this unfair?
[/QUOTE ... you get to). None of it was unfair, as ... 3).Which level did you find hardest?[/QUOTE]
In order of ... br /> Easy> 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 5 ... -
Spectrum 128 +2A GamesI have recently been discovering the mystic wonders of flash devices for old systems that allow you to store pretty much every game for a given syste…
... version loads fine even under +3 BASIC.
It is true ... [/URL] (later, more complete versions of the list towards the end). -
Spectrum 128 +2A GamesI have recently been discovering the mystic wonders of flash devices for old systems that allow you to store pretty much every game for a given syste…
... Thompsons Decathlon is a bit of a funny one regardless.
I have a few versions of Robocop, big box and also ... luck. Tried 48k Basic mode and going into +3 Basic and typing spectrum ... -
Finders Keepers+I know a few of you are interested in this project so I thought it was about time I started a proper thread for it rather than just slipping bits int…
... ;724170]sorry - I had a +3 and found that if I ... in 48k mode it was find n dandy[/QUOTE]
3 BASIC the interrupt routine expects there ... be sufficient to force 48 BASIC and stop this happening. -
MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... I try to unravel some of these BASIC listings. Becomes a bit ... table and exception return to BASIC are interesting.
I ... that the 'tail' was comprised of 2 chasers!
I ... realised you could use (IX-3), always thought you could only ... -
Completely free games?Hi, I would like to know if there are any open source or completely free games for ZX Spectrum. Or at least some other free programs without any lin…
... can use code from any of the basic compilers, but not the ... compiler its self.
3 : Will ... be a list on WOS of software that we can cut ... , chop, dissect, and use parts of the code.
5 ... -
Poke 23755 & 23756Entering the following few lines of BASIC: [IMG][URL=http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/rebelstarwac/media/Poke1_zpsc2845838.png.html][IMG]http://i12…
... reason (i.e. find the destination line of a GOTO or GOSUB ... line is towards the end of the program (the search is ... located on the first lines of your program. In each loop ... be searched fom the start of the program.
Here ... -
First time capacitor replacementHi, I have an Issue 2 board, that i wish to start with recapping as advised on here, as they look to be all original. (Same with V3 board, but going…
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for TR1,2, 3 & 6 - the ZTX313(Obsolete ... another thread) although i cannot find any of these listed?
neither can i find the TR5 - ZTX231 ... -
[SPECTRUM 48/128K] Justin and the Lost Abbey!Hello pp :) I made an arcade game based on the film [url=http://www.justinandtheknightsofvalour.com]Justin and the Knights of Valour[/url] just for …
[QUOTE=djgarf;728589]looks and plays really nice but am just wondering why you decided to put 3 basic loaders in the tap file when the first one is all you need[/QUOTE]
I guess he used bin2tap instead of bin2code for the data files. -
Copy 4Kb in Assembly?Here's an interesting problem: what's the best way to copy a block of 4Kb in assembly? The most obvious solution is to use [B]LDIR[/B]: [CODE] l…
... only true for Spectrum +2A/+3 models. However, if you ... code specific for Spectrum +2A/+3 models, you can usually ... avoid copying blocks of data into contended memory ( ... because 228 is not a multiple of 8, so it takes an ... 4,pc+1:4,hl:3,de:3,de:1,de:1 ... -
Copy 4Kb in Assembly?Here's an interesting problem: what's the best way to copy a block of 4Kb in assembly? The most obvious solution is to use [B]LDIR[/B]: [CODE] l…
... compromise between speed and size of code.[/QUOTE]
< ... 4096 is not a multiple of 20, otherwise it would ... (except on Spectrum +2A/+3). Moreover, the "rolled loop ... to copy a block of bytes outside contention, use ... scan, and some variant of "rolled loop" [B ... -
Copy 4Kb in Assembly?Here's an interesting problem: what's the best way to copy a block of 4Kb in assembly? The most obvious solution is to use [B]LDIR[/B]: [CODE] l…
... between speed and size of code [I][U]only ... 4096 is not a multiple of 20, otherwise it would ... memory (except on Spectrum +2A/+3). Moreover, the "rolled loop" ... going to copy a block of bytes outside contention, use ... scan, and some variant of "rolled loop" [B] ... -
IPhone piece of dreckHello, all.. My good lady is having some extreme problems with her Iphone 4s. It's out of warranty, but she's still under contract for the next 8-9…
... let alone recharged (I know of 3 where the seal on the ... seems normal.
I find it interesting that as were ... crappy screen (size of, not resolution), lack of apps (remembering we need ... anywhere because of its stupid custom cable. You can always find a ... -
Games that checksum the ROMHello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searc…
I found that "feature" of 3 weeks in paradise when trying ... . I guess some other "alternate" BASIC runtimes will crash if not ... -
CSW, DSK, FDI, SB, SCL, SLT, TRD, UDIHow can I operate with these files: CSW, DSK, FDI, SB, SCL, SLT, TRD, UDI?
... Audio compressed file, usually of data recorded on tape.< ... Hobeta image file of a BASIC program to be ... read by an emulator capable of emulating such environment.
basic resume of what you can read ... you can find a detailed lists of emulators for ... -
CP/M for +3looking for CP/M for +3: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0014024[/url]
... for Locomotive's CP/M 3 (or expand the one I ... the 80-column mode out of SE Basic IV. Which I'm ... gotten around to doing a +3 version of ULAplus. As Guesser said ... -
SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…
... to play MIDI notes from BASIC with the +DivIDE firmware, ... I can't find any way of getting 128 BASIC to work in ... 128 BASIC with divIDE. There's always the risk of one of the ... in ESXDOS to get 128 BASIC support. But recently I ... can use in place of the BASIC ROM. -
z88dk and im2I set up a minimal IM2 mode so I can draw sprites for a laff [code] #include <string.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <im2.h> #include <stdlib.h> #in…
... reading system variable LAST_K, like basic does, to get key presses ... to place some of those variables on top of equivalent basic system variables ... but z88dk says it cant find 'in'
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Basic put it (I can never ...
