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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…
... of good games, and this one REALLY good game written in BASIC that ... I had to get in there.........OK ... -
basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... breaks compatibility completely. The BASIC was never designed to be ... and write a new BASIC (as was done on ... speed. It would run BASIC the fastest but not be ... isn't needed at BASIC or game runtime to ... new features in BASIC to get those last few games to run ... -
PAW or GAC?Greetings all :) You might have heard me saying I was about to start in the programming of (quite silly and totally unworthy playing) games in BASIC…
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generated missionswhich speccy games randomly (or partly randomly, at least) generating their misions/scenes do you know, please? (combat lynx being a great example.) …
... they were both written mainly in BASIC. Could there be a pattern ... then) the bombs were never in the same place twice.
games threw a partially random game ... you sprite wise apart from games like Jet Set Willy (which ... -
horizontal shmupsare there any speccy horizontal shmups where you freely move your ship (or whatever) pixel-by-pixel except penetrator? (i?m glad to realize, the lack…
... firstly back in the day i loved these games in the arcade ... do love the more basic cut down graphics/sounds ... put onto the Spectrum in 128k. If Jackal was ... some major arcade games, seeing the graphics in a 'speccy ... great game in my eyes. Many Speccy games may not ... -
Speccy map of the UKHi, I decided to play about with Google Maps to see what it could do, and decided to come up with a Speccy map of the UK. The idea is to put flags…
Can't forget Microware - Holytown, North Lanarkshire, Central Scotland.
That was my software 'house'. I wrote over 100 games!! (all in basic)
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Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... `sprite` at 50 fps in Basic (erm, in fact, that`s with Master ... , but writing certain types of games, or scripting bits then it ... lot :)
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The spectrum can only ... anything useful on the C64 in basic.
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... to be just a games machine and the 400 ... early benchmarks were done in BASIC and with Apple IIs ... shelf parts. Adding Extended BASIC made it very attractive ... obvious direct competitor in the games market where Atari ... at least a dozen games that were canceled even ...Games that looked absolutely fantastic, but turned out to be a pile of steaming......Following on from the games that shouldn't be good thread hows about the games we expected to be good, REALLY good, but actually turned out to be a s…
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The game was written in BASIC. 'Nuff said.[/QUOTE]
in BASIC, such as Nightflite and Airliner (both very early games from ...Games that looked absolutely fantastic, but turned out to be a pile of steaming......Following on from the games that shouldn't be good thread hows about the games we expected to be good, REALLY good, but actually turned out to be a s…
... I obviously checked out the games section. I found Internation ... my christmas copy of Crash in my stocking (I guess ... ever seen for a game in Crash. "Phew!", I thought, ... M sure it was written in BASIC with 2 ml high ... on some really good games that I ended up ...Worst game ever...?I was wondering which spectrum game was widely regarded as being the worst game ever? I don't just mean by personal opinion, but a universal accepta…
... the thing about Worst Ever games is everyone will have different ... so perhaps than Best Ever games, which were pushed by ... Penetrator and Arcadia, games were mostly written in BASIC and a bit of ... /> There were certainly far worse games in the same genre at about ...Speccy emulator on a Nintendo DS, with M3 cartridgeAny recommendations for a good Speccy emulator on a Nintendo DS (using a M3 cartridge)?
... to support tape files (fairly basic -- no acceleration and no ... it was patched, and had games included, but still no ... zxds.nds file and the games on there to my ... was displayed was a very basic keyboard on the touch ... i need to put the games in a specific folder?Speccy emulator on a Nintendo DS, with M3 cartridgeAny recommendations for a good Speccy emulator on a Nintendo DS (using a M3 cartridge)?
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They must be in the root directory of your ...ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
... . It only works in BASIC (won't work in most adventure games etc), and ... symbols-shift and P. Hence in ZXSpin, you need to press ...ZXSpin 0.62 Available nowAs promised (and only a [i]little[/i] past the deadline) here is the latest version of ZXSpin. Many bugs have been fixed, and a few new features add…
... . It only works in BASIC (won't work in most adventure games etc), and ... symbols-shift and P. Hence in ZXSpin, you need to press ...Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... games in turns or 2-player games, read spectrum magazines, try to unprotect basic ... loaders, type apps and games from magazines ... remember my first Pacman written in Basic, for eg. Did ... tapes with simple basic+m.c. routines games and apps ...BattlecarsI don't think this was ever a very popular game. But I really liked it back in the day. The only problem with it is that you have to do a lot of re…
Back in the day i loved this ... right laugh and despite being in basic the game was pretty good ... much better but with many games back then a lot of ...Listing games codeHow do you break into and list the programming for a game? I know Football Manager just required you to press the BREAK key, but what about others w…
... browse the contents of memory in much the same way that ... handful of commercial-quality games that was written in Basic. The other 99 ... % of the time, they're written in ...must be in a FAQ somewherePlease don't abuse me for this question. I will probably get round to learning MC at some point when I have time, but in the meantime I might want t…
... prototyping their games in something like basic, then developing further in mc / ... Anonymous;189994]For platform games there's also jonathan' ... s Platform Games Designer available from Cronosoft ... make most type of games as opposed to making ...@ footy management gamesIve tried to get back into these management sims on the emulator (which Ive only had about 6 months, - hadnt played a speccy game in about 13-14 year…
... that's what happens when games are programmed in BASIC vs. MC :-D20 tons([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000024[/url]) has anyone played this true gem? do you believe all levels are possible to fini…
... this game written in BASIC is one of the best games i've ...20 tons([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000024[/url]) has anyone played this true gem? do you believe all levels are possible to fini…
... 't need more than a BASIC game to create some fun ... are several more Boulder Dash games in the archive so I believe ... fans (and Repton as mentioned in another reacent thread). I haven ...Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... instructions, and just type in 10 PRINT "HELLO" rather ... ' I had just typed in CODE after the "", stupid ... you take written something in basic then trying to convert ... paly a few speccy games while I think wether ... game so it runs ok in basic
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...Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... c) figure out what in your program is breaking the ... want to start writing in Machine code, I've ... wondering is arcade games are a no-no in basic full stop, ... for a basic, one way for a basic compiler and ... by the same token no doubt write it in ...Idiots guide needed for idiotI thought I would try and give a basic compiler a go. The trouble is that I have tried both hisoft and mcoderIII and it just doesnt seem to be worki…
... br /> I think the hisoft basic compiler is generally regarded as ... articles on making games using compiled basic in ZXSF magazine, which ... wondering is arcade games are a no-no in basic full stop, ... br /> Some examples of compiled basic games that can give an idea ...AstroBall (Sam CoupHi there, Does the full version of this game for the Sam exist in a preserved digital image format, as I have searched hight and low to no avail. I…
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It saddens me in ways as often someone will ... out a decent game, even in Basic (as I like to ...
I`m sure that in while things will be a ... always SAM Revival for certain games as a legitimate outlet, ... it`s me that was in the wrong, I should have ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... keypresses are read in this version - to save BASIC space)
BASIC dabbling in ZX SPIN at moment ... naturally fits a ZX BASIC string array (i.e ... row and a half of BASIC code overall.
games in the past, I have ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... compos (1K, 2K , Crap Games compo etc..). I'm ready ... now. The several unfinished games I have on my HDD ... think that submitting six games to your compo is ... a chance of getting their games in as well. :)
... have to say the ZX BASIC tricks I've learnt ...
