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  • Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…

    [quote]
    On 2006-02-18 02:15, ... = 12, 16*Y=Z produces a zero ( I have no idea ... $="O")

    to move a character on-screen. If you're pressing "P ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Game ideaThinking of a game that could enter the Minigame compo I came to the following idea for a game, although it might not fit 1K or 4K: A mazed snake ga…

    I'm thinking on giving it a go for the ZX81, of ... can read how to poke a character on screen directly? Assembly, BASIC, whatever).

    Time to write a nice small asm library to ...
    na_th_an na_th_an July 2007 Games
  • How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…

    If you see a character on screen, you have inc h instead ... of inc hl. To define a UDG character, you have to use ... . The address of the UDG 'A' character graphics is 65368 by default ... try to type UDG A - you'll see a filled line above ...
    Shiru Shiru June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • New game idea (still top secret), but I need input.For a new game I need all kinds of actions that a player needs to do to activate something, but the action must be maintained all the time. I don't…

    Do you mean that the player has to press keys to operate something, or do you mean that the player guides a character on-screen to operate something?
    joefish joefish November 2010 New game ideas
  • New game idea (still top secret), but I need input.For a new game I need all kinds of actions that a player needs to do to activate something, but the action must be maintained all the time. I don't…

    ... mean that the player guides a character on-screen to operate something?[/QUOTE]

    You guide a character and you help him. Like ... he will sit on one site to help another character on the other ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP November 2010 New game ideas
  • Z88DK/SP1 library u_malloc() questionHi All, It may possibly be more appropriate for me to post this on the Z88DK forum, but I know quite a few WoSSers have used Z88DK, so here goes:- …

    ... have added a 5K song, a 5K sword, an extra sprite on screen, another ... to indicate which character squares to add to a list. This could ... up with one byte for a character on screen, maybe bit 7 or the ... few bits could indicate if a character needs to be added to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous January 2011 Development
  • A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…

    ... instead. It will print a character on screen and then paint it in ... bicolor afterwards, in a single call. Perhaps that ... [/B]
    [*]clear screen using same INK and PAPER ... these steps above, the screen will look "empty" while ... I'll start work on [B]Alter Ego 2 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas December 2013 Brand new software
  • A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…

    ... [/B] instead. It will print a character on screen and then paint it in ... bicolor afterwards, in a single call. Perhaps that would ...
    DenisGrachev DenisGrachev December 2013 Brand new software
  • A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…

    ... [B]bicolor[/B] graphics everywhere* on screen.

    In practice ... [B]"btiles"[/B] anywhere on screen (even partially hidden outside ... a larger map) and more CPU (to move more stuff on screen ... 32x24), assuming an extra character border in all directions. ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2013 Brand new software
  • Help finding a game please - "Joil" (?)Hi, Been visiting the site for a few years now but only just made it to the forum. Hello everyone! :) Anyway, I had a game on me speccy once called…

    ... /> Been visiting the site for a few years now but only ... />
    Anyway, I had a game on me speccy once called Joil ... played a bird which had to fly around from screen to screen picking ... ...

    Maybe it had a different english name but if ...
    tempest2000 tempest2000 March 2005 Games
  • Looking for help finding a games namehello can u help me find a games name (so i can play it again) ok...in the 80s there was a compilation tape with "ant attack" on it...the game i wan…

    ... /> can u help me find a games name (so i can ... 80s there was a compilation tape with "ant attack" on it...the ... serves was on that tape) its when you played a character who could ...
    thedarknight thedarknight July 2008 Games
  • Chichen Itza: hidden signature on screenThere is a hidden signature on screen of Chichen Itza: By the laughin' kipper for (AD) Who could that be?

    There is a hidden signature on screen of Chichen Itza:
    By the laughin' kipper for (AD)

    Who could that be?
    moroz1999 moroz1999 October 2010 Infoseek database
  • Fastest redraw of screen from UDGsHere's a question for everyone, to generate a bit of code to be used in games: On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's the fastest way to redraw the scre…

    ... games:

    On a standard 48K Spectrum, what's ... another machine with a character-mapped screen and render that ... their attributes and any character maps start on word boundaries.
    ... for multiple character sets to be combined on the screen. You ...
    joefish joefish March 2013 Development
  • Peeking the contents on screen? How?You will have to forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know I can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from memory) and the peek …

    ... forgive me for growing up on the C64, but I know ... can peek the location of a character (1024 is top left from ... the chr$ code of the character in the square, the same ...
    gazj82 gazj82 August 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • New ZEsarUX features - on screen keyboard and GUI styles Hi! I’m adding new features for the future version 4.1: -On Screen keyboard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhutNNyDdsI To avoid using…

    ... version 4.1:

    -On Screen keyboard:
    https://www.youtube ...

    To avoid using a physical keyboard, recommended when we ... are using a joystick.

    -GUI styles ...
    chernandezba chernandezba March 2016 Emulators
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    ...

    [b]A) Drawing a scrolling screen[/b]

    We ... start with drawing a screen that scrolls. It's ... a character to the right. If you do this many times the screen ... br /> First, we will draw a player on screen:

    [code ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • ... with a smile on my faceHere's the first part of that line. I bought Retrogamer 9 today and I left the shop ... The supplement was a bit on the small side, but it was reall…

    ...
    The supplement was a bit on the small side, but it ... was really crap (in a ... way, she's definitely a fine woman. Does anyone else ... can't think of a more undignified way than ... Message was edited by: Necros on 2004-10-24 03:48 ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Jean Christophe throws a wobbler on Hell's KitchenDid anybody see Jean-Christophe throwing a wobbler on Hell's Kitchen tonight when Henry put beef gravy on a vegatarian dish by mistake? I bet he wou…

    ... when Henry put beef gravy on a vegatarian dish by mistake?
    a six-foot-three, two hundred ... 's much easier to bully a thin, quiet fella I guess ... .

    Jean-Christophe - what a wanker. :(
    BigBadMick BigBadMick April 2005 Chit chat
  • Head over Heels on the C64Dunno if this' a good place to bring this up :D I've been comparing Head over Heels versions and the C64 version is way inferior, everytime there's…

    ... there's a lot on screen the action slows to a crawl.
    on the 64 version, not ... everything slows down like a lot of Ultimate's ... heard that HoH was a line by line conversion ... making that level of a difference, maybe full speed ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 June 2008 Games
  • Help identifying a gameAgessss ago i wondered if anyone knew this game but it wasnt found. I thought i would try once more as i want to relive the memories. Yearsss ago t…

    ... places (The cheapest was a pub, the largest a huge stadium) and ... lots of UDG's including a few on screen which 'moved' to the ... bleeps for a few frames.
    < ... was. When you created a record a huge large basic graphic appeared ...
    psj3809 psj3809 September 2008 Games
  • How NOT to pull off a backflip on a motorbikeGrim. It appears some motocross dude called Jeremy Lusk attempted a backflip on his motorbike at one of those motocross meets, got it wrong, landed o…

    ... dude called Jeremy Lusk attempted a backflip on his motorbike at one ... meets, got it wrong, landed on his coupon and croaked.

    Here's the story on yahoo:
    [url]http://sports ... =EyJlfCzFNCA[/url]

    Why on earth do people attempt to ...
    BigBadMick BigBadMick February 2009 Chit chat
  • 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 …

    ... spend it on software. We are a new platform ... [COLOR=Blue]OnLive relies on video compression technology, which ... it's like playing on a PS3, but the PS3 ... your character on screen moving in the direction you chose? On a ... to rely not only on a 'net connection, but ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2010 Chit chat
  • Small Machine Code Routines Which Maybe UsefulAs part of creating Flynn's Adventure in Bombland I created a lot of little routines to do all sorts of things. A lot of these I created based on inp…

    ... character on screen
    ; input - h-ypos (0-23), l-xpos (0-31), a ... -ascii byte of character to plot
    ; output ...
    ld h,a ; 4t
    ; ******************
    ; plot the character
    ; ******************
    TomD TomD April 2011 Development
  • How the hell do you use a joystick on EightyOne??The joystick option is greyed out! You can't select it because of that, and so I go to the help topics option... and it's greyed out too!! So frustra…

    ... do I play games with a joypad on the EightyOne emulator? Why ...
    Spector Spector June 2011 Emulators
  • Can you help me find a video on YouTube I saw a while back?A couple of years ago - I think - I saw a videoperformance on YouTube and I'd like to watch it again...if I can find it, that is. It was a woman and…

    ... - I think - I saw a videoperformance on YouTube and I'd like ... /> It was a woman and she was alone on stage behind an ...
    Sokurah Sokurah July 2011 Chit chat
  • Manic Miner ZX81Hi Guys, Can anyone explain why [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017539]Manic Miner ZX81[/url] is not able to reproduce the ex…

    ... up of a character based screen, but
    [list]
    [*] The character sprites are ... still 8x8 pixels making up a 256x192 screen area ...
    [*] I assume there are enough 'character' graphics available on ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Recommend a Speccy emu for Android.Am looking for a free, and fully functional Speccy emulator. "Fully functional" in the sense that it's not a time limited emu nor a demo. If there …

    Am looking for a free, and fully functional Speccy ... it's not a time limited emu nor a demo.

    a "fully functional" Speccy emu for ... capabilities, but it's not a must.
    -On-screen keyboard preferable, not ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman July 2013 Emulators
  • A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin[SIZE=4][COLOR=Green][U][B]A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin.[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] Please post your successes below :-) …

    ... =4][COLOR=Green][U][B]A tally on the number of successful ... be too late to add a poll to show the count ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK May 2014 Hardware
  • How to draw a picture on ZX Spectrum Basic?How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662

    How can i draw a picture on ZX Spectrum like this?? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0026662
    DerekAutista DerekAutista December 2016 Games
  • Screen$ (x,y)Hi everyone As you know, Screen$ doesn't recognize UDG characters. Is there any way to solve this problem? I want to "identify" an UGD character o…

    Hi everyone
    As you know, Screen$ doesn't recognize UDG characters.
    Is there any way to solve this problem?
    I want to "identify" an UGD character on screen...

    Thanks
    alchemist alchemist March 2018 Sinclair Basic
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