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Replaying games from Crash Issue 1Only a small conceit in the general scheme of things, but since Issue 1 of Crash was the first Spectrum mag I bought, and I remember wondering at the…
Just thinking back, wasn't Ant Attack written in BASIC? This makes it even more awesome. -
Piracy gave an audience to otherwise overlooked gamesGiven the limited budgets of schoolboys, did pirated games give some titles exposure they wouldn't have had otherwise? And did this boost sales of l…
... usually had to both chip in with our pocket money to ... it looked like it was written in basic too... -
Please, convert your game to EP128The Enterprise is a Zilog Z80-based home computer first produced in 1985. It can simulate the specy screen, so most of the EP128 game is specy conver…
... a Speccy Basic to Enterprise Basic converter which was written in the 80 ... part of the loaders are written in Basic on Speccy, so I ... what the Basic loader does, and make it in assembly on ... Enterprise, mixing Basic and machine code ... -
Any reason to prefer the 48k version of a game over 128k?Title says all... are there any games for which it makes sense to play the 48k version if there is also a 128k version? To my understanding, the 128k…
... saying that a program/game written in basic runs slower on a 128K ... to basic, not machine code?[/quote]
The claim made in the ... video is that it's 30% slower running a BASIC ... program in 128K mode on a 128K ... -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/p/PaulAndTheLostChalice.gif[/img ... .
As it's written in BASIC it does plod along a ... -
is there a file explorer/loader for the +3e? or one that is compatible?ive had a google and cant find any.
*like the divide 128 basic loader or fatware patch (disk browser) but one that loads .sna's and .z80's. even if the program is not compatible, i could alter it, if it was written in basic. -
im looking for a fill routine written in basici know this would be slow but i want to tinker with it to produce something else.
yeah, thats just the title screen. unfortunately im not that good at maths, especially when it comes to pythagoras, etc. a hint as to how it would be written in basic would be very useful. -
Max Pickles I - New Game from World XXI Soft Inc.World XXI Soft announces the release of Max Pickles I, an action arcade with puzzle flavors, and the first in the Max Pickles saga, and his tragic st…
When you say it's written in BASIC you mean it was compiled BASIC ? This can't be just Sinclair BASIC doing its thing can it ? :-O Very Impressive -
"Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…
A strategy game called Millionaire was written in BASIC, it's good but difficult. Another one is The Biz - a strategy game where you have to get your band to number 1 (really good game, i managed it once) and that was also in BASIC. -
"Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…
Urban Upstart and Mountains of Ket. A couple of text adventures written in BASIC. -
"Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…
[quote="Rebelstar without a cause;945280"]Urban Upstart and Mountains of Ket. A couple of text adventures written in BASIC.[/quote]
oh! Urban Upstart, the first adventure game I ever finished (without looking up help) what a fun game! -
"Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…
I think Viking Raiders was written in BASIC as well. -
The Wild Bunch cheatDoes anyone know the cheat for the Wild Bunch for infinite energy? I'm tired of dying in the desert!
Very sure the games mostly in basic, so you'd have to work out how to stop it running first. -
Creating Graphic AdventuresI was interested in creating a graphic text adventure on my pc, drawing the images in zxpaint, then exporting it as a zx spectrum game. What options …
... tried using the extern command in paw and i was going ... an adventure game written in basic, altered it and used basic to call the ... -
Z80, and 6502, in comparisonI was wondering about how each of these compared in terms of performance. The Commodore 64 had a 6502 @ 1MHz, and graphics processor VIC which took …
... of another comparison (albeit in using a program written in BASIC again) on BEEBEM ... emulator I typed in the same ... as above and it finished in 50 seconds. That's a ... 2 Mhz. Either the BBC Basic is very optimised or the ... -
Z80, and 6502, in comparisonI was wondering about how each of these compared in terms of performance. The Commodore 64 had a 6502 @ 1MHz, and graphics processor VIC which took …
... another comparison (albeit in using a program written in BASIC again) on BEEBEM ... emulator I typed in the ... Mhz. Either the BBC Basic is very optimised or the ... is.
In most good comparisons, the 6502 ... -
Bandersnatch referencesList here what you spotted :) I'll start. Date the episode is set - Imagine went bust. "Expansion - Imagine!" - either Imagine expanding so qu…
... at a game that was written in BASIC and looked to be a ... -
Bandersnatch referencesList here what you spotted :) I'll start. Date the episode is set - Imagine went bust. "Expansion - Imagine!" - either Imagine expanding so qu…
... at a game that was written in BASIC and looked to be a ... -
Devils of the Deep - what to do?game is (very) slow, but it has its "charm"... manual is on WoS... 1st thing is to find a KNIFE, then you can chop seaweed and eat it to restore …
With any old BASIC game back in the day, I just turn ... are some other old adventures written in BASIC, and are very slow. But ... -
What is the best book to start AssemblyI want to start to learn Assembly
... on the INPUT Assembler type-in written in BASIC!!
https://archive.org ... the excellent MEGAMON typein published in YOUR COMPUTER.
https ... about 100 instructions!! But back in the day good Assembler packages ... -
What to write / programme?I've been trying to get back some motivation to write something in machine code for the Spectrum. I don't feel I am organised enough to write somethi…
... 2. I've probably written at least a dozen versions ... starting with the ZX Spectrum in 1985. I find that ... for the Programme Printout in one of the Speccy ... but I think it was written in BASIC in Your Sinclair. I am ... beyond by programming skills (in M/C) at the ... -
What to write / programme?I've been trying to get back some motivation to write something in machine code for the Spectrum. I don't feel I am organised enough to write somethi…
... one for the Programme Printout in one of the Speccy mags ... but I think it was written in BASIC in Your Sinclair. I am afraid ... is beyond by programming skills (in M/C) at the moment ... -
Elusive Strategy Games done by the Smaller or less Prolific Software Houses.Most ZX Sinclair Spectrum War/Strategy games were produced by CCS , PSS or Lothlorien . I am trying to get a list of all the other ones. This is what…
... "Spectrum Safari. Apparently it is written in BASIC .It "is a test for ... -
The Silliest ZX Spectrum Games EverClearly there is a fine line between "silly" games and "not silly" games . Well that needs to be defined and the silly games clearly identified . So …
... 's a platform type game written in basic, where Pablo has to find ... -
The Silliest ZX Spectrum Games EverClearly there is a fine line between "silly" games and "not silly" games . Well that needs to be defined and the silly games clearly identified . So …
... 's a platform type game written in basic, where Pablo has to find ... -
Have you got a project or are doing anything interesting during lock down?I’m “having” “fun” cutting shapes in wall tiles to fit around the electrical switches, sockets and heating/boiler control box in the utility room. …
... nice :-)
Is that written in Basic, its very smooth if it ... -
Have you got a project or are doing anything interesting during lock down?I’m “having” “fun” cutting shapes in wall tiles to fit around the electrical switches, sockets and heating/boiler control box in the utility room. …
... nice :-)
Is that written in Basic, its very smooth if it ... plan is to have Jetman in willys mansion and when you ... willy code running all done in Specbas basic (Specbas is reading a ... -
Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …
I've played it so many times, I'm pretty sure it's MC. Also, if that sprite routine was written in BASIC then everyone would have used it instead.
Yes, you probably got it from FB. :P -
Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …
... about it, as in perhaps the editor was written in Basic, but as everyone ... Basic back to Basic as such, even if you know the compiler in ... . I think I follow you in that compiled code can stand ...
