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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…
... Builder which does part screen graphics, that I know. I don ... this dumb C: Nonsense in Basic error i get 'all the ... -
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…
... it was coded entirely in Basic!)
Inspector Flukeit/Great Peepingham ... 't remember if these had graphics or not...Flukeit had painfully ... -
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…
... using an extended/modified Sam Basic to program the game ( ... on Sam in Spectrum Basic and it worked quite ... so I think Sam Basic shouldn't be hard ... except I dont know what Basic commands have changed! ie. ... /animations created in the Graphics part of the program.< ... -
FANCY A BIT OF COMPITION!Read the subject then come here for the big Remakes Competition! [url="http://www.vbforum.remakes.org/vbforum/forumdisplay.php?s=6e2e4be11fac9f5079e6…
... a free copy of Dark basic just for submitting a game ... some games that use my graphics, and without asking me, and ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... "? People often argue how ultimately graphics and sound mean nothing with ... dont need transparency in their graphics so there is no need ... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games ... again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask ... but maybe with updated graphics, or original and enhanced ... - with it's technically superior graphics, and sound.[/quote]
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Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
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The Basic is non-existent, meaning it ... by C64 afficionados. The graphics chip allowed some neat video ... 's screen resolution without extra graphics hardware. Were it not, ... had a strong version of Basic. It was quirky. It ... -
May I be the first then? ... Well Happy ( almost ) Birthday to WOS!So, you're 7 and a half years old. Hot Da*n!!! Has it really been??? WOW! I can't believe it. I just saw it, I just came on for the first time today.…
... do in basic and they have to do with graphics mostly ( surprise ... -
FifthDon't know if this is the right forum, but anyway... Anyone remember a Basic extension called "Fifth"? It was supposed to enhance game programming. R…
... graphics it didnt impress me much. it is faster than normal basic ... compared to betabasic or laser basic, especially white lightning ( forth ) ... those complex games done in basic, that on the surface look ... except to make your own graphics and the 2d could have ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... . i think the original graphics are very good, it ... . i think the original graphics are just great actually, ... coder and does good graphics and can pop out ... 'for real' just some basic and theres only so much ... you can do even compiling basic. but I still am ... -
Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …
... or have other skills in graphics or design? I'm very ... only mastered BASIC back in the early 1990's) but graphics is ... -
Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... this is a requirement. Your graphics routines will need to be ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
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Writing your own text adventuresIts something ive always wanted to do, i dont want to write them with TADS i want to write them with "The Quill" or something similar, is it possible…
... , you need to know some basic at least, and understand how ... a more suitable graphics program for it called "Graphics Aid" advertised in ... -
More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
... have a whole Basic routine, or an entire Basic program for that ... remember learning this but my basic has gotten very rusty over ... be better off compiling your basic program - but this has worked ... to scroll upwards by Printing Graphics or whatever at #1 or ... -
I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
... to respond about his square graphics...
squaries etc.. Actually they ... much of the blue/purple BASIC screen though.
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ANN: ZXF Issue 5 now availableWhat better way to spend a day of this summer swelter than to chill out in the sun with a copy of the latest issue of ZXF? :) Yes folks, ZXF05 is he…
... have a text but with graphics game planned, still in my ... have to write it in basic, i dont know not nearly ... -
ArtistryIn my younger days (and to a certain extent, now) I was always intrigued about how the loading screens were constructed. Back then I'd assumed it was…
... for (say) WAV2TZX for simple BASIC programs. Sample them to WAV ... I made my own modifications (graphics, extra instructions, etc etc etc ... -
Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…
... by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you ... by Step Programming - ZX Spectrum + Graphics Pack"
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which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…
... to me. I dont like graphics, movement, sound, gameplay,.. anything ... see a resemblance to basic. it's not as ... RET=Return ... etc etc. knowing basic helps cause you can kind ... to do this in basic it would be like ... is high level like Basic, and has a bunch ... -
Uncle Clive speakLink to an Uncle Clive interview: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/CliveSinclairInterview1982/"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/CliveSinclairInter…
... have cool discussions, like BBC basic for the Spectrum, etc.
graphics, but I think I will ... -
Unknown Games For ZX-Spectrum For Spectrum in period from 1980 to 1993 was made more 15000! games ...Where other 9000?(Don't check info) Also i find Names of very good games fo…
... as the screenshots zx spectrum+ graphics pack, PCW collections in book ... they made of pong in basic 15 years ago when they ... -
Things wrong with gaming today: No. 437One thing that irritates me about games in the modren era: I played "Midtown Madness 3" on the Xbox recently and also had a quick go on "The Italian…
... engine and just change the graphics. There must be hundreds of ... guess that there is a basic engine for racing games as ... -
Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... 't remember it having any graphics at all. I do vaguely ... Usbourne. It contained a long BASIC program, with alternative lines for ... -
Spanish GamesHello! I'm a spanish player and i wish to know how many spanish games do you know and what is your opinion about those games. Thanks!!
... non-existent --> apart from basic movements required to redefine the ... in playability) had EXTREMELY NICE GRAPHICS! -
BASin's BASIC Editor! Suggestions?Hi all! I'm just starting BASin's BASIC editor now - and it's finalised as a resizeable window that uses the spectrum font. Kind of like Notepad mee…
... fact that the UDGs and Graphics chars are hard to reproduce ... .
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Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... the copyright symbol and the graphics, but I'll not need ... well; saving a stand-alone BASIC program to redefine capitals, lower ... TZX file containing a short BASIC loader and the character set ... -
The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…
... was slow and written in BASIC, Halls of the Things had ... have to demonstrate fancy whizzy graphics routines or amazing technical abilities ... -
Hisoft Basic +3I saw this reviewed in a Spanish magazine from 1990. I've looked for it here at WOS and in the internet, and I haven't found anything. Is this one D…
... nothing was done, although Turtle graphics got put with Pascal 1 ... . C is for cassette/microdrive. BASIC is for
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Editing in-game UDG'sI have just started playing an RPG that was in Sinclair User in 86'. The game is called Forest of Long Shadows and was excellent. You can find it on …
... you can get in the BASIC.
Can you still ... get in the BASIC after RUNning?
(with BREAK ... look if the program uses GRAPHICS (SHIFT 9 AND then A ... to R for Graphics).
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Emulators without attribute clash?I know a spectrum wouldn't be the same without the attribute clash, but I was wondering do any of the emulators have a 'turn off the clash' feature? …
... , it would have a 48 Basic Option for playing many older ... the old AMOS and Blitz Basic programs, and if they used ... invited people to help with graphics to include more games into ...
