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Spectrum +3 suspected memory faultHi, I've been using my +3 for the first time in a while and found that some games have problems with the display becoming corrupted and sometimes cr…
... first time in a while and found that some games have problems ... 've tested the first 48K in BASIC by poking and peeking, and ... -
Amstrad CPC tape gamesWhere can I download public domain Amstrad CPC games in TAPE format, not DISK? Everywhere I go, seems to be more disk-based software than tape-based …
Where can I download public domain Amstrad CPC games in TAPE format, not DISK? Everywhere I go, seems to be more disk-based software than tape-based for the CPC, and it's driving me mad. -
Joffa speaks... sort of.I was looking through my archives today to search for some images, and found this psydo-interview I done with a certain Jonathan Smith. It reads as f…
... with two new games in the pipeline. In what could be ... usual messing with BASIC, I started developing games in my bedroom, whilst ... 90s, ?I also produced games for various consoles; the ... the earliest commercial games that Jonathan Smith was involved in?
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Recommend games for the GBA.In particular [I]Adventure-type games[/I] similar to Dizzy, Alone in the Dark, Another World, Prince of Persia. [I]AD&D-type games[/I] similar to …
In particular
[I]Adventure-type games[/I] similar to Dizzy, ... Alone in the Dark, ... /> [I]AD&D-type games[/I] similar to Dungeon Master ... UFO (et al)
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Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... RAM, and then a routine in BASIC (yeah, I'm a masochist ... , do all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
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Mass storage - why backup battery?I wasn't sure to post this under "hardware" or "development", but here goes: There are these mass storage devices for ZX Spectrum, and on many desig…
... some additional commands for use in BASIC, to access files, maybe ... technique called bank switching comes in. Any experienced coder will ... need to store the programs/games etc. somewhere, but Flash ... seen this mostly mentioned in combination with software called ... -
Spectrum+2A loading games from external source?i know this has been asked before around in places,but im slightly confused about this so im not trying it yet until get certain answer,some forums s…
... has been asked before around in places,but im slightly confused ... mp3 due to it loading games in from the right channel,but ... -
Free Spectrum GamesI've had a lot of fun playing through a big pile of speccy games I'd recently acquired. Whilst I had fun with them all, there are a few that I doubt…
... a big pile of speccy games I'd recently acquired.
in my retro box I may ... pickup you can have 'em in person for nowt.
games. :D
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Easy way to print text in machine code?Please? It sounds so simple, but I've never done it. At the moment I'm grabbing the start address for each letter then printing them out one at a t…
... 'd rather just do it in BASIC.
So... Can I ... spell, "HELLO" and put them in an address starting at, say ... -
Reviewing games...Hi again folks (I've been away for a while...a long while) Does any of you know any fanzine or such where I can collaborate reviewing games? In Engl…
Hi again folks (I've been away for a while...a long while)
Does any of you know any fanzine or such where I can collaborate reviewing games? In English or Spanish language.
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Spectrum GamesHi there I've been going through my storage and have come across a box with all my spectrum games in there. I'm keen to sell them and to make sure …
... box with all my spectrum games in there. I'm keen to ... see there is no degradation in the tapes. It would be ... if someone could point me in the direction as to where ... -
Educational games that you liked ish, sort of.Im not sure why my dad bought me and my sister a spectrum when we were kids but for my mum it was a way to boost my failing education. She would inve…
... failing education. She would invest in numerous edutainment programs from maths ... to English and everything in between. Mostly they didnt improve ... /> Damn it that should say games in the thread title. This keyboard ... -
ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows line ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very powerful ... from being able to write in basic and make M/C output ... have as add-in functions for the basic compiler to make it ... -
My speccy games etcnot very good pics tbh, the cameras crap [IMG]http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL600/2588775/9546374/387841018.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://pic100.picture…
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theres the small case games in front of the little drawers ... the ultimate titles i own in that style)
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Joffa's gamesI think opening this thread would be a nice way to pay homage to Joffa. According to infoseek, this is the list of games programmed by him, as a so…
... , this is the list of games programmed by him, as a ... any poor game?
In my case, my fave is ... [/B]. Maybe the three best games of Joffa.
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A few ZX Spectrum books.Programming your ZX SPECTRUM Tim Hartnell and Dilwyn Jones (tutorial in BASIC) The Spectrum book of games Mike James, S. M. Gee and Kay Ewbank (that…
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(tutorial in BASIC)
The Spectrum book of games
Mike ... /> (that's a book of BASIC type-ins.)
Easy ... and Robin Jones
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+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk? -
hundreds of Spectrum gamesHi Spectrum-fans, I got here a list of incoming games which are not listed in our shops yet. However, we can maybe save the work and sell them alrea…
... list of incoming games which are not listed in our shops yet ... in the shop.
So here is the list. All games ... are used but in very good condition. Publisher ... cheaper.
Hundreds more games in our shops at:
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Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
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more and more programmers in the recent time are using ... /> Also some of the latest games from Jonathan Cauldwell or Retroworks ... that never had a standard in disk system. It is already ... is. Just put the loader in Basic.
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Ultima SeriesHi, Have any fans ever ported the Ultima series to the Sinclair Spectrum? Ultima I to VI was released for the C64 and as you all know these games ar…
... as you all know these games are perfect for 8-Bit ... ; originally written in 1980 for the Apple II in BASIC it eventually made ... maps modelled on later RPG games like Lords of Chaos.
Spectrum exclsuive gamesWe've discussed almost every Speccy related topic you can think of, but one I don't remember is a discussion of games exclusive to the Spectrum. Thes…
... remember is a discussion of games exclusive to the Spectrum. These ... still discuss the Spectrum-exclusive games, and compare them to other ... can't remember too many games as being Speccy exclusive. [I ... that most of the homebrew games in the past ten years or ...Recommended if you like Boulderdash games?I was looking through games in the archive at random and up popped a game I haven't played or even thought about in twenty or so years. Don't you jus…
I was looking through games in the archive at random and ... played or even thought about in twenty or so years. Don ... colourful graphics, although not much in the way of sound.
games-inlays/s/Survivors.jpg"]cassette ...Possible to find all TRD's in the database?Is it possible to find all TRD games in the database with a filter? I mean: *.trd This shows me only some TRD utilities and no games. Micky
Is it possible to find all TRD games in the database with a filter? I mean: *.trd This shows me only some TRD utilities and no games.
Mickybast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…
... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
Now available: ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces ... -numbers of BASIC statements but also their addresses in RAM (assuming ... likely get a C Nonsense in BASIC when you attempt to ...Games inspired by QixAll six games in the archive with [I]Xonix [/I]in the title are inspired by Taito's [I]Qix[/I] coin-op. Whilst [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…
All six games in the archive with [I]Xonix [/I]in the title are ... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0021065"]Lady in Love[/URL] initially seems to ... for [I]Lady in Love [/I]is in fact one of the ...How do you do it?What's your favoured method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc etc. I currently have a management game written…
... your favoured method of games creation? Basic programming? Assembler? Basic Compiler? AGD? Etc ... have a management game written in Basic and a platformer with AGD ...zx spectrum 48k loading issue (memory problem i think)Hi I have a 48k spectrum that until yesterday was working flawlessly. The spectrum seems to work fine but the problem is with loading games.All the …
... is with loading games.All the loading process, in most of ... the games, is normal , but ... sometimes the screen turns black.in some games shows error codes like ... range ; C - Nonsense in BASIC.
I know the games are fine cause ...Drawing 3D grids in Basic...This is probably very simple for someone who feels comfortable with Math, but it's driving me crazy... Let's say I want to draw a grid of 16 by 16 s…
... of 16 by 16 squares in perspective(?) mode, not top-view ...Buying GamesWas reading a thread the other day (can't recall which one now - think I'm suffering RAM pack wobble) which put me in mind of the whole process of bu…
... there was nowhere to buy games in town (in later years there was ... look for games first. Some times I'd go in with a ... and dissapointment (when games I wanted were not in stock) when running ... of budget games- either on their own or mixed in with music ...Games Without Frontiers (8th Day)These six adventure games were originally released individually by 8th Day Software @ ?1.75 each in a series entitled "Games Without Frontiers" (note…
These six adventure games were originally released individually by ... @ ?1.75 each in a series entitled "Games Without Frontiers" (note the ... . Ice Station Zero
5. In Search of Angels
6 ... were supposed to be 12 games in the series. This isn't ...
