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Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... and a lot used BASIC too - and for ... programmed anything for work in Pascal until Delphi ... A level project in it; BASIC and assembler were ... of the decent games written in BASIC seem fairly spaghetti-like ... is the assertion that BASIC programmers are tainted ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... and when I asked about games, I meant for the speccy ... just wondering which, if any games you occasionally play - out of ... playing a game on speccy in 2006, or whether programming on ... programming on speccy and especially in Basic is how approachable and relaxing ... -
Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... or 11 years old back in the 80's it was ... Speccy, yeah it was based in the UK but thats nothing ... be here slating all the games/hardware/basic language and saying go ... moaning about people programming Speccy games/Basic, so what the hell are ... -
Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
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ForthSo would it be worth my while learing Forth, can I write crap games with it?
... You can write crap games in any language that supports user ... and more compact than interpreted BASIC. However, it's no ... faster than compiled BASIC and probably not that ... (all mathematics is done in reverse Polish notation) and ... learning curve than BASIC. -
Issue 1 only?The thread on the +2 prompted me to start this one. I got an issue 1 Speccy 16k in 1983 for my birthday and then a Fox Electronics 48k upgrade for m…
... above Spectrums were upgraded in exactly the way you ... remember being stuck with 16k games for the first year ( ... and Deathchase) and teaching myself BASIC. For my next birthday, ... I'd written a game in BASIC which filled up 16k. ... just to play more games on! ;) -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... want to create more sofphisticated games. A Tetris Clone. What do ... to the screen in a very similar manner as in Basic. And then ... you would like to write in Basic, Basin is the ideal tool ... support the few additional TS2068 basic commands (SOUND, STICK, ON ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
In BASIC you can get fair results if you go for puzzle games ... has to be Hisoft BASIC 1.2 for Plus ... release a couple of games created in this way shortly. ... your impressions about Infinity. In fact, the MSX version ... Corp. They make great games for the MSX1 and ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... the hardware sprites make in the way games are made on ... msx. For instance, scrolling games on the Spectrum tend to ... whereas Spectrum games, because sprites must be done in software, suffer ... possible to work with sprites in basic?
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The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... take a uITX motherboard in a nice looking case ... flash a spectrum emulator in place of the BIOS. ... m pretty much all about BASIC. The only way to ... get a usable, fast BASIC is to port the ... commands, games like a Cybernoid remake could be written in BASIC without ... -
Location, Location, Location.Guys, Quick question. Im starting to plan my game (as stated in a previous post). You are trapped in a house with zoombies attacking left right and…
Yep I have coded in basic, but also, java, delphi, php, ... /> I did have a spectrum in 1983/4 before going on ... machine cade and the spectrum in particular Im going to have ... /> What I was interested in was for games like robotron and atic ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... low in memory which on the 2068 overlaps with the basic program ... . I will have to place a machine code loader in ... front so basic doesn't f*** up ... difference -- I have modified spec games in the past to throw away ... -
Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
... to do hardware pixel scrolling in multicolour 160x200 or hi-res ... positions . This can be done in BASIC.
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Some 3D games and other games that are not reliant ... using hi-res hardware sprites in a 3D game to speed ... -
PSPSIM - SamCoupe Emulator for the PSPI have just been playing around with PSPSIM and just wanted to know what Sam Coupe users thought were the best games/apps for the Coupe? Cheers,
... becomes almost brilliant. Interesting in that it used Mode ... Andrew and AA mention in relation to the Timex ... quite a few good games obviously on various issue ... slightly faster. *edit* in case of confusion I mean ... one, yet still 100 % in Basic, it`s got added ... -
gold / mining game ?hi guys, i'm relatively new here and i'm looking for a game who's name i can't remember. the details are sketchy too (sorry!). it was a mining game…
... looked like it was programmed in basic and would show the mine ... definitely wasn't a type in game was it? Seem ... think it might have been in the pages of Input...[/QUOTE ... t want to mention it in case anyone else could ... online, or at least the games from them... -
From a book about commodore.."In April 1982, Sinclair released an improved computer called the ZX Spectrum. Compared to the C64, the Spectrum had few technical advantages. It ha…
... a slightly wider range of games - though both machines had stronger ... . It had a better built-in BASIC, and I seem to recall ... C64 was a fine machine in its own right, there really ... to talk a more successful (in the UK at least) competitor ... -
New years resolutions (Spectrum)Spectrum related only please Mine to finally get into Jonathan Cauldwell's Anno Domini
... Bucket Challenge for the Crap Games Compo 2007.
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New years resolutions (Spectrum)Spectrum related only please Mine to finally get into Jonathan Cauldwell's Anno Domini
... Bucket Challenge for the Crap Games Compo 2007.
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funny thing I found out!so this week end I was cleaning up stuff and found out a briefcase filled with drawings and stuff and in the midle of all that I found out a "plan"/"…
I wrote a series of games in 1988-90 called 'Explorers' (i ... think there were 5 in all). It was based on ... of thing. I wrote them in Basic and they were actually quite ... did get a free game in return! I must have written ... -
funny thing I found out!so this week end I was cleaning up stuff and found out a briefcase filled with drawings and stuff and in the midle of all that I found out a "plan"/"…
... a description of their planned games in a text file, and ... of all of these games that were planned, but ... the +3 disk commands in BASIC are unequal to the task ... All the necessary routines are in the +3 ROM and ... are well documented in the manual, but it ... -
Boulderdash style game in compilationHello, I remember playing a boulderdash style game that came in a compilation. The game's graphics were rubbish (looked like it was written in BASIC…
... boulderdash style game that came in a compilation.
The ... (looked like it was written in BASIC) but the gameplay was great ... thought it came in a compilation of 50 games but searching through ... looked like they were written in BASIC, and had a screen editor ... -
Boulderdash style game in compilationHello, I remember playing a boulderdash style game that came in a compilation. The game's graphics were rubbish (looked like it was written in BASIC…
... looked like they were written in BASIC, and had a screen editor ... tapes and had around 50 games. I took a look at ... -
Speccy regrets...One of my biggest regrets is disposing of all the Personal Computer News that I had - all of them from - issue 1 It wouldn't be bad at all if they…
... with way back in the 80's (in BASIC and LASER BASIC) although I ... to make a couple small games on the Sam! -
Passing off games as your ownWe ran into a rather interesting case over the past day: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011821"]Jukebox[/URL], which appeare…
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New: Freeware/PD title informationAnother important change has been made to the Infoseek engine: listing all games that were published as Freeware or Public Domain (PD). Update: a thi…
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1) Do crap basic games that I wrote count as ... , Mazebot and Dash-it written in BASIC by me can be classified ... -in BASIC programs from books to QUILLed games. Assuming the original type-ins in ... -
New: Freeware/PD title informationAnother important change has been made to the Infoseek engine: listing all games that were published as Freeware or Public Domain (PD). Update: a thi…
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1) Do crap basic games that I wrote count as ... , Mazebot and Dash-it written in BASIC by me can be classified ... -in BASIC programs from books to QUILLed games. Assuming the original type-ins in ... -
The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…
... out, wirless, and a built in basic.
Make that and ... sd cards being so cheap games should be less than ?15 ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... write decent fast running games on the Speccy than ... code or call something in the ASIC ) to ... talented folk needed to produce games in quantity that used it. ... the Sam when using Basic and the Rom routines ...
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If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... ]Well back in the day everything I wrote with Sam Basic was ... is laughable in any other context than 8-bit Basic :) and yeah ... , I used to do a lot of games in SAM Basic ... `back in the day` and they ... -
If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... is laughable in any other context than 8-bit Basic :) and yeah ... , I used to do a lot of games in SAM Basic ... `back in the day` and they ... a series of macros, so in theory it should be reusable ...
