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RetroMania BASIC programming contestTo celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year's RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There will be cash…
... we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There ... be written in ZX BASIC, but it must be written in a BASIC dialect ... QBASIC or Visual BASIC type stuff, and pure BASIC, not sneakily ... If it's written in a somewhat obscure BASIC interpreter, we'll ... -
ZX games - music only / effects onlyYou know any ZX games using in main menu setup: MUSIC ONLY / SOUND EFFECTS ONLY ? I have one idea for Turbo Sound (2x AY chip) card. This games can …
You know any ZX games using in main menu setup:
MUSIC ... (2x AY chip) card. This games can be modified for support ... very easy. Before loading game (in basic loader) can be detected TURBO ... if exist then active patch in game code for support both ... -
New Manic Miner Remake written in AGK Basic and available on Mac OS X and Windows.<div style="font-weight: normal;">Hi,</div><div style="font-weight: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-weight: normal;">I've released a re-write of …
... a re-write I did in the 90's for Manic ... you how to complete it in one life. and if you ... ?
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pyscr2png - zx spectrum screens(standard, 6912 bytes)converter to PNG file format written in Python2Hello everybody. First of all, converter was written primarily for myself. Since Python programming is just a hobby of mine, the resulting code is …
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Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording ... AND START VALUES, PRINT IN PLACES READY FOR COMPOSITION***
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Under development: SETO TAISHO VS YOKAIAfter having been defeated by Funky Fungus, Seto Taisho, the crockery general, returns to Japan with its dreams of glory now shattered. However, duri…
... being a collection of mini-games, with lives and score ... levels, written in M/C from scratch (no more compiled BASIC).
in several languages;
- game ... demo is currently only available in English.
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ZX Spectrum games set in EnglandIs it possible that there's at least one ZX Spectrum game set in each English county I wonder? [b]NORTH EAST[/b] * [b]Northumberland[/b] * [b]…
... ), an East Northants team residing in Irthlingborough.
* [b] ... driving sim starts off in Central London's Victoria ... id=0011512]Basque Terrorists Loose In Dartford[/url], Infected Software ... all these train obsessives making games for the ZX Spectrum ( ... -
Games written by women?Just noticed Mrs Mopp was written by a Tina! I was surprised, despite being a radical feminist! Have any other games been written entirely by l…
Just noticed Mrs Mopp was written by a Tina!
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Unofficial AGD ToolsHello, wondered if this toolkit I've written in Sinclair BASIC is any use to AGD 4.6 users? There's a text COLOUR calculator, ASM calcs, and a…
... if this toolkit I've written in Sinclair BASIC is any use to ... co-ordinates for flip-screen games.
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There's a games cafe in Glasgow got an R-Type cab.Just saw someone tweet a photo of it, tweeted back to ask what the hi-score is, still just the factory setting hi-scores on it, so I'm going to pop i…
... I'm going to pop in in the next week or so ... to rent a console and games for an hour or two ... consoles). I used to pop in to have a crack at ... -
New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
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Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot ... The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I thought I ... able to find was the BASIC file; the rest of ... to load a headerless BASIC file to reduce the ... ’s tips on loading BASIC using machine code can ... -
New Game: A Yankee in Iraq (2017). A shoot-em-up.Last year, I [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old shoot-em-u…
... game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old ... 1992, which I’d written in Sinclair BASIC. It was a fun project ... from all the limitations inherent in BASIC.
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"ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
... ... one of which was written in early 1989 when I was ... , the early, mostly BASIC-based release from Virgin Games that Codemasters would ... 've made some routines work in BASIC that I could never have ... that - because I've written it in +3 BASIC which goes mad if ... -
Best basic games 2017Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/mai…
Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/main_compo -
are there any basic conversions of machine code games out there?i need as many as possible as i would like to play around with them in basic.
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48K games with in game bleeper music and sound FX at the same timeJust wondering if any clever programmer even managed to make a 48K game that features in game music and SFX (from just the bleeper - no AY). Was havi…
... a 48K game that features in game music and SFX (from ... can think of a few games that short burst melodies, but ... -
Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…
After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor editors? If so, was the lack of memory the root problem or there were more?
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The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…
... a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn' ... any of the games against the CPU in the last decade ... having played this in the arcades back in the 90s, I ... hard compared to the other games, so I investigated on ... played some of those games back in the 90s. -
How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
... I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... isn't in basic, because that part is easier written in machine code ... ,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its Y coordinate first ... -
Manic Miner in Basic ?Hi, I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ? C…
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I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ?
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Best games in 1984 for the ZX SpectrumWhat were your favourite games made in 1984 for the Speccy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZibQJ_xyWTw
What were your favourite games made in 1984 for the Speccy?
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How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... find any 8 way scrolling games written with a compiler that's ... compile you need room for basic and the machine code. You ... of assembler and BASIC which invariably will not work in a way ... stands - assembler is far superior in such limited systems.
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
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2: Two games on one cassette. Fly a ... to GO!
Name both games.
(2 points)
games written about it, released by both ...Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... point.
2: Two games on one cassette. Fly a ... to GO!
Name both games.
(2 points)
Fast ... the actual advert that appeared in Your Sinclair Dec 87
games written about it, released by both ...What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... I usually went back home in the school bus, so it ... these cute black machines running games on T.V.
... box with ZX Spectrum + written on it. I could have ... home, set up the ZX in ultra fast time (my ... of writing my first game in Basic. It was some kinda wimpy ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
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1) You'd written your BIOS in basic and then compiled to ... /> 2). You mentioned porting Spectrum games to your new machine. Again ... be developed - a few games would refuse to work on ... z80 (which would render most games unplayable).
If ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... run all Spectrum and ZX81 games.
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I ... from another. He has written a BIOS in basic, and expects us to ... out-compiles any of the basic compilers for the spectrum, and ... 't see many OS's written in VB. He's certainly not ...did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... games are:-
DARTS - Not surprising a darts program (part BASIC ... of usable typefaces (main frontend written mainly in BASIC).
MICROLINK - A ... then sounded quite modern. The games were only sold mail order ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... your own menu. Finished games can be run in 2 ways, with ... your own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress ... screen and all that is written in the basic program, or if the ... can do manic miner type games, if the sprite editor allows ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... were very basic. Does anyone remember some cheap adventure games written using the ... and another was a murder in a big manor house and ...
