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Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
... spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving ... there is! Look on WOS in the Utilities section - there's ... then start loading the actual game.[/quote]
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Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
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In extension to the above just ... necessarially have to be in BASIC this means that screens ... have to be loaded as BASIC would od so.
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Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
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I could put 'samples' in, but that somehow feels like ... routine. it is a game written in BASIC with few pieces of MC ... -
can someone make manic miner in b.a.s.i.c (oh, the horrors!)can someone make manic miner (or it's first level) in b.a.s.i.c . yes i know this is stupid, but i would like to know what would happen! from matthew
... just used my Speccy for game playing :oops: but details details ... at doing your Manic Miner in BASIC and then sending your attempt ... -
jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…
... type-in listing in BASIC of a Jet Set Willy or Manic Miner game ... ? I never bothered to type it in, so don ... didn't have pixel movement in it. -
jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…
... type-in listing in BASIC of a Jet Set Willy or Manic Miner game ... ? I never bothered to type it in, so don ... didn't have pixel movement in it.
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Sam Coupe Games I know this is a bit off topic, but i dont' know any decent Sam Coupe forums. Anyone know where I can get hold of commercial Sam Coupe disk images …
... on completing the Tomato Antics game I had a demo of ... nice and quick for being in Basic, also gonna try and get ... -
First speccy game you ever ever played..Just having a play on Jet-Pac (on my +2 I hasten to add as I would never play a denied game on an emulator...no sireee ;) ) and suddenly realised tha…
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I remember that game ! Probably the 5th or so ... game i ever got. I remember ... taking that game home and being so so ... -
Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
If this is the game I think it is, then ... and most playable game I`ve ever seen written in Basic (at least ... I think) gave it away in a slightly updated version for ... -
Gold MineOk, foolowing on from the bad games discussion earlier, I was reminding myself of how much I hated Gold Mine by DK'Tronics. But... The TZX file in …
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If this is the game I think it is, then ... and most playable game I`ve ever seen written in Basic (at least ... I think) gave it away in a slightly updated version for ... -
I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
... a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day ... ...and it was a game I wrote in Basic on Boxing Day, 1989 ... ! It was a multiple choice game ... -
Cassette 50 Millennium editionI've been thinking about this for a while, after several people have suggested it to me... How about a new edition of CASSETTE 50? Send me in you…
... [/I] Basic games being entered for the Crap game compo, year in year ... , an excellent knowledge of BASIC, but the game's a turkey anyway ... "game" out of an in-joke, or a game that's got no game in ... they had written a good game and were getting it professionally ... -
I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
... and it was a game I wrote in Basic on Boxing Day, ... 1989! It was a multiple choice game ... sounds just like a game I tried to make ...
If I find my game I'd consider entering it ... the coveted title of crappest game.
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Opinions on Sweevos World and I Of The MaskThe 3D era was well and truly underway when these two games came out. I Of The Mask was late 1985 and Sweevos World was early 1986. Both got Crash S…
I like the humour in Sweevo's World regardless of ... the fact its in 3D. e.g. Saying 'BOO ... an unusual game. :)
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Help me find this game !I asked a fair while back if anyone knew about this game but no one could seem to find it Its a simulation game where you try to get to the top of t…
just had a look at the game chart topper , seeing as its in basic , i might have a pop at improving it as most of the hard work has been done , just some graphics and extra options etc , keep looking for your game though psj. -
Classic only you hateWhich so called classic do you hate or what feature do you hate about a game you like! Classic I hate: I hate knightlore it's the spectrums dragon's…
... just a small example program in basic to show my brother how ... /> come on tell us a game you hate that's all ... -
Input needed for RG article on 8 bit games that 'stank' Hi guys, I'm putting together a piece for Retro Gamer. It will feature 8 bit games 'that stank'. I'm after your input on which SPECTRUM, C64 and …
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in fact World Cup Football by ... sew-on patches chucked in the box (almost like ... on a 2-year old game)
US ... theme tune which was in the original Artic version.< ...
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Games ClubWould anybody be interested in starting a games club (a bit like richard and judy's book club) each week we nominate one game for the members to play…
... idea ... but what if the game just plain sucks (seeing as ... a difference between a cack game and just not liking a ... game, and if someone picked a game I don ... />
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Input needed for RG article on 8 bit games that 'stank' Hi guys, I'm putting together a piece for Retro Gamer. It will feature 8 bit games 'that stank'. I'm after your input on which SPECTRUM, C64 and …
... written in BASIC does not signify a bad game, Legend's previous game Valhalla ... was mostly written in BASIC and ... that was a really good game (That game was ... -
1st Game Club GameThe announcement of our first game is here and it is BOOTY, the classic platform puzzler. remember you are to dedicate all your playing time this we…
... ever played with 2-channel in-game music!!!
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... game.
Plus not every BASIC game is rubbish. Compiled BASIC ... point: better a compiled BASIC game than a non existing uberleet ... MC game. I mean, almost everyone ... nice idea, 'cause developing in BASIC can be quick, funny and ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... i believe in evolution: first game in compiled BASIC, the second MC/BASIC mix and ... good game.
so in my opinion discouraging people from developing in basic is ... bad politic.
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
Nice games written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I ... would pop. Discouraging to code in BASIC is not a good policy ... to get a decent game out of 20 BASIC games rather than ... run polls to decide which game is the best one, then ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... to think in positive, man, maybe a good and fun game pops ... can code a nice MC game. Chances are, you won't ... it? "I've tried this BASIC game and I've found it ... rubbish", or perhaps "This game is in BASIC so it must suck so ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... impossible to make a good game for the NES? No.
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... at the game itself, you're looking at something in the background ... and judging the game on that ... possible to write good games in BASIC is ridiculous. -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... many good games were written in BASIC" is true, but "No ... good games can be written in BASIC.
Also note ... began coding a game last year based in The Colt compiler. ... you think on a BASIC game it doesn't have to ... be a game which uses "0" for ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... program in Perl because it has the ease of BASIC with ... interpreted than the original ZX BASIC does compiled (the 50MHz eZ80 ... more amazing to see a game coded in BASIC than assembler. Although the ... of the ZX Basic interpreter to make the game enjoyable. I, ... -
New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... Sure, assembler is faster, but BASIC writes like a person thinks ... can't structure the design in BASIC.
[quote]Although ... longer to write, the BASIC version has more challenges to ... of the ZX Basic interpreter to make the game enjoyable.[/quote]
