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  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... a 24 bit true colour graphics card for the Spectrum and ... ask, well, with the four basic building blocks of ANY true ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers September 2004 Games
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... a 24 bit true colour graphics card for the Spectrum and ... ask, well, with the four basic building blocks of ANY true ...
    CKay CKay September 2004 Games
  • 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…

    ... /> Is this the same IDEAL graphics language ( OASIS software ) that ... weird, they also made a Basic Lightning for doing games in ... think the Spectrum needed a Basic Lightning, since IDEAL can be ... as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.


    [quote]< ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... (before it crashes) with Laser BASIC, design hundreds of identical 3D ... smooth action games with awesome graphics and sound effects[1].
    Dunny Dunny October 2004 Development
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... call is obviously the BASIC manual that came with ... time, and range from BASIC programming for the absolute ... topics such as creating games, graphics, utilities, machine code programming, ... />
    There were many BASIC listings in old computer magazines ...
    monty.mole monty.mole October 2004 Development
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... the best graphics ??

    Which one had the best basic and ...
    biolaboy biolaboy October 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... the best graphics ??

    Which one had the best basic and ... argue taste. what are best graphics, music, etc.? people CAN argue ... going around in circles. And 'graphics' doesn't necessarily mean colour ...
    Sadako Sadako October 2004 Games
  • Best game list!I looked at best game list and found out that a game I never heard of is voted best ever 'Chaos'. I tested the game and found out it SUCKED big time…

    I'm not saying that everyone should play Chaos, i dont play it a ton but i dont dislike it just because of its basic graphics.

    My main gripe is i'm shocked some people only seem to rate games on graphics alone.
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2004 Games
  • If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…

    ... it didn't include better graphics capabilities.
    [/quote]

    graphics.

    A little off ... better basic , incorporated disk drive ( most of the models ) and great graphics ...
    Arm73 Arm73 October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Game Production ChallengeGreetings to all the communiy :) I have been around long enough to see that there are some very good spectrum programmers out here. Now, [start obvi…

    ... to make things simple and basic. I know everyone like to ... space sim with open vector graphics to save time. I'm ... ships myself. They are so basic anyone could do them... I ...
    alban lusitanae alban lusitanae October 2004 Games
  • YS94 - I've got it!Very short review: It's 21st-Century YS for grown-ups, not 1980's YS for teenagers. This is a good thing. It's not a new issue of YS per se, but a…

    ... genius, perfectly formed in Sinclair BASIC.
    [/quote]
    No mention ... typing in the UDGs in Graphics mode though. Of course, it ...
    Stevatron Stevatron October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sam Coupe Games I know this is a bit off topic, but i dont' know any decent Sam Coupe forums. Anyone know where I can get hold of commercial Sam Coupe disk images …

    ... and quick for being in Basic, also gonna try and get ... Im not used to doing graphics with UDG`s.

    CKay CKay October 2004 Games
  • If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…

    ... modes, in order to produce graphics.

    As an addition ... the new screen modes in BASIC, and handle memory management (i ... shift the address of the BASIC and variables workspaces according to ...
    monty.mole monty.mole November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…

    ... like any other graphics;
    Speccy 1 key basic works like no ... other basic;
    The speccy ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…

    Crisp graphics, stylish design, versatility, a nice BASIC interpreter that didn't let you stuck you with just "Syntax error" when you did something wrong, and tons of games available from the very first years :D
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…

    ... to decide really.

    * Graphics were just brill for those ... I say more? ;)
    * Great basic for beginners and a great ...
    bjohnnybravo bjohnnybravo November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Pixel LimitIF Y3&lt;192 THEN : LET x2=INT (128+X*A*SIN A): LET y2=INT (Y3): DRAW INK

    ... /> I have never seen this graphics restriction before. Why does the ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Opus Discovery Floppy Disk DriveHiya all I've just bought an opus discovery. I have been informed that even though it has a picture of a 48 rubber on the cover, it is in fact the u…

    ... it could use the same BASIC syntax as microdrives, or a ... disc, and automatically converted the BASIC loader program for you - it ... commercial software, I know Gremlin Graphics released a few titles on ...
    jonathan jonathan December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Is there any Bi-Plane games on Speccy... (Solved..Dogfight :) )I`ve been playing a Flash game called Top Dog thats a lot like an old Amiga game called Biplanes I think, also, Im sure there was an original arcade …

    ... , as you say a little basic, but I don`t care ... angles etc to draw the graphics too, rather than it being ...
    CKay CKay December 2004 Games
  • Question to ADJBHey ADJB, I really like your site ([url]www.zxsoftware.co.uk[/url]), but I've found a lot of info and inlay scans (and probably TZX's) that aren't av…

    ... /> At the moment all the graphics should be 1:1 scale ... don't fit into the basic framework should open in a ...
    ADJB ADJB January 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... code? With the quality of graphics i.e. digitaled images + Sound ... with the inefficiency of any basic compiler (in comparison to hand ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan January 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... code? With the quality of graphics i.e. digitaled images + Sound ... with the inefficiency of any basic compiler (in comparison to hand ... based development package using Sinclair basic code, then compiling it down ...
    AD-RS1600i AD-RS1600i January 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Is there any Bi-Plane games on Speccy... (Solved..Dogfight :) )I`ve been playing a Flash game called Top Dog thats a lot like an old Amiga game called Biplanes I think, also, Im sure there was an original arcade …

    ... , as you say a little basic, but I don`t care ... angles etc to draw the graphics too, rather than it being ...
    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich January 2005 Games
  • please help to find certain speccy art page........that I found sum time ago. (and can?t find now, of course..) On that site one guy has put his own remakes of Dizzy loading screens, there was o…

    ... by stupidget, there is a "Graphics" section which shows piccies done ... not *really* done by a basic Speccy, which mars this stuff ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG January 2005 Games
  • Help me find this game !I asked a fair while back if anyone knew about this game but no one could seem to find it Its a simulation game where you try to get to the top of t…

    ... />
    The game had very basic UDG's, you could release ... you select 'concert' some basic speccy graphics appeared of a band in ... now' sort of thing, very basic.

    The Top 30 ...
    psj3809 psj3809 January 2005 Games
  • Help me find this game !I asked a fair while back if anyone knew about this game but no one could seem to find it Its a simulation game where you try to get to the top of t…

    just had a look at the game chart topper , seeing as its in basic , i might have a pop at improving it as most of the hard work has been done , just some graphics and extra options etc , keep looking for your game though psj.
    sirclive1 sirclive1 January 2005 Games
  • Speccy vs C64 loading screen artHi everybody, Don't know if someone post this before, but i never see it and was just nice to appreciate. Check this: [url="http://www.lemon64.com/…

    ... :12, TMR wrote:
    From BASIC there's 39K available, but ... RAM can be used for graphics data at the same time ...
    TMR TMR February 2005 Games
  • About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…

    ... 0: RANDOMIZE USR 32768' in Basic and press enter. Using the ... /> Have a look at include/graphics.h for plot, draw, circle ... have to link to the graphics library when compiling (-lgfx I ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2005 Development
  • Classic only you hateWhich so called classic do you hate or what feature do you hate about a game you like! Classic I hate: I hate knightlore it's the spectrums dragon's…

    ... it looked so simple and basic. I finally gave the game ... . Tricky as anything but smooth graphics and gameplay. Thats one game ...
    psj3809 psj3809 March 2005 Games
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