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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…
... will contain `links to BASIC compilers and manuals, ... old Topics, or even uncompiled games on other sites... :)
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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…
... quality of entrants (and final games) should be better with ... games that are or could be best suited for a Speccy Basic ... t do anything in basic (even compiled), or that arcade games require fast ... speccy basic, such as the old early 80`s handheld games, they ... -
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…
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As for BASIC games... does anyone know what language ... EASILY have been written in BASIC, that is an example ... notice if the resultant games WERE compiled BASIC.
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CelebsHi I realise this has probably already been asked (sorry if I'm bringing up an old subject) but do we have any "celebrities" in our midst? In other…
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CelebsHi I realise this has probably already been asked (sorry if I'm bringing up an old subject) but do we have any "celebrities" in our midst? In other…
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On 2005-04-02 13:42, Arjun wrote:
Well I used to program games in the 80's. In BASIC. Sorry, but I don't give autographs. :p
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
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C64: Several maze/puzzle games that never reached completion.
Several SEUCK games that impressed my friends.
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Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
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1) Simple addictive games you could buy.
games you could type in from many mags.
3) Simple addictive games ... you could easily write yourself in BASIC.
TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…
... if you've played adventure games before, as the parser is ... . This will hopefully be fixed in the full version, once I ... reason why I did it in BASIC in the first place was because ... for all my future adventure games.Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
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It was a BASIC program with machine code routines ... purposes of the "best BASIC game" question, I'm ... programs have at least a BASIC loader.
... a fair bit of BASIC in that, as well as ...
I guess I meant games entirely in BASIC.Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... a lot of Splat is in BASIC, around 300 lines. All ... the menus are BASIC. All the random maze ... movements are precalculated using BASIC into a string and ... and then drops back to BASIC when you die or ... remake out of all 73 games, and also a judges ...Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... a lot of Splat is in BASIC, around 300 lines. All ... the menus are BASIC. All the random maze ... movements are precalculated using BASIC into a string and ... remake out of all 73 games, and also a judges ... have a top 10 of basic games.
I believe ...Games Club Week 17Morning all off on my Holls today for a week so this is going up early This week I asked for games by Mike Richardson and received the following Co…
... I'm going to be in a minority here, but ... (I never played it in the past) weren't ... list of games by Mike A. Richardson was posted? In the ... technically as well as good games - how on earth did ... listing, it's even written in basic)
[ This Message ...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…
... find the idea of a BASIC compo very interesting. I think ... best results from a limited - in terms of speed - language. I ... personally may compete in the MC only category.
games in the two compos.
Rebelstar Platform game finished[url="http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip"]http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip[/url] Rebelstar - Search for the I.O.N Gun 15 screen…
... , I wrote one back in '89 in BASIC, but now lost forever.
games.Rebelstar Platform game finished[url="http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip"]http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip[/url] Rebelstar - Search for the I.O.N Gun 15 screen…
... , I wrote one back in '89 in BASIC, but now lost forever.
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Rebelstar Platform game finished[url="http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip"]http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip[/url] Rebelstar - Search for the I.O.N Gun 15 screen…
... , I wrote one back in '89 in BASIC, but now lost forever.
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in the open (as I removed ...ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... just use SPIN for playing games.
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BASIC. To this end, ... to the task of BASIC programming. Things went kind ... C.S.S. about BASIC and it's quirks, ... BASin for pratting about in BASIC with a little asm thrown ...Presevation malarkey - what i've found in my collectionhey, just gone through all my old speccy games, the original purpose was try get rid of them but i'm finding myself loath to do it anyway, i've run …
The games in question, Inheritance and GB Ltd are games written in BASIC, so it's more than likely that it's just a small tweak or bug fix in the program somewhere...
Steve"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... could do anything but play games. Score: Speccy 8 C64 0 ... a single Speccy programmer working in BASIC on a text-only football ... several BASIC dabblers for the C64 and four coders working on games ... and tools in machine code, two of ...worst game on the spectrumwhat in your opinion was the worse game on the spectrum ever. for me it would proberly be the game majik. i couldn't get very far with the puzzles …
... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/m/MagicCarpet.png ... plenty of full price games far worse than Magic ... It wasn't until games like Finders Keepers and ... to expect better quality games for their two quid ... appalling - it's written in BASIC, and I didn't ...worst game on the spectrumwhat in your opinion was the worse game on the spectrum ever. for me it would proberly be the game majik. i couldn't get very far with the puzzles …
... ://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/e/Eastenders.jpg"]Eastenders ... , probably a text adventure written in BASIC. :p
I can ...Does Anyone Still Write Games For Speccy?I was wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum for example who has written a text adventure or another kin…
... still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this ... . I think it is in BASIC and therefore relatively slow. ... /> A selection of my older games/programs:
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BASIC 1Liners : 1985 - 2004 and ongoing ...BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…
No, no. I meant OS in BASIC? As in (to quote the original poster):
"Its gonna be an OS for spectrum.. you load it and from it you can load games and run programs that come with the OS by opening a window and allocating a program to it.."BASIC question (in both ways)hi, im fairly new to spectrum stuff.. I bought one a couple of days ago.. im trying to write a basic program that opens a window (drawn with DRAW com…
... , no. I meant OS in BASIC? As in (to quote the original poster ... from it you can load games and run programs that come ...XFAWORLD Spectrum Games DownloadsI have recently put a collection of simple BASIC games created by XFAWORLD on my website. The address is:- [url="http://xfaworld.balder.prohosting.co…
... or it was just in the proces of ? ... in the bonus round...
games, games...load of games ...
(over...whelmed...by...games) ;)
... games would be better programmed in machine code than in basic ...XFAWORLD Spectrum Games DownloadsI have recently put a collection of simple BASIC games created by XFAWORLD on my website. The address is:- [url="http://xfaworld.balder.prohosting.co…
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I now have Hisoft BASIC and it
really is ... will be compiling
the games in Volume I.
It ...
will be compiling some games in the
forthcoming Volume II ... /> and those who praised the games.
It makes me feel ...Spectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…
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(Mostly simple games written in BASIC, or sub-standard arcade clones ... br /> My favourite era for games - original ideas, great gameplay, ... reissues of formally big name games, from Codemasters, Mastertronic, ...Retro Gamer dead and buriedJust in case anyone is interested, Live Publishing (who publish Retro Gamer) have gone belly up and were put into administration on Monday. All their…
... in them. It's used to refer to retro console games ... because retro console games were stored ... refer to all games in all formats as a ... in a Spectrum context it almost always means the Basic ... exclusively used as such in this community.
...Whats the worst spectrum game ever???Heres a question: whats the worst game you've ever played on the spec? Mines was LA SWAT by Entertainment USA it was just AWFUL! the graphics were sh…
... Space Race. I bought it in the early days of the ... was rubbish and was written in Basic so if you pressed the ... .
Even in 1984 when there were few classic games (just the ...Retro Gamer dead and buriedJust in case anyone is interested, Live Publishing (who publish Retro Gamer) have gone belly up and were put into administration on Monday. All their…
... in them. It's used to refer to retro console games ... because retro console games were stored ... refer to all games in all formats as a ... in a Spectrum context it almost always means the Basic ... exclusively used as such in this community.
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