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Interview with Clive Townsend (Saboteur)Here you have at [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]www.elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] this exclusive interview with Clive Townsend. Don?t forget…
... and I started writing games in BASIC...
[I]P- ... designed the story, map, and graphics in parallel. There were no art ... the original graphics, so you can play it in 'old school ... III? There are some published graphics in a pseudo-3D style, seems ... -
Screens and BasicA question about the ZX screens. I am using software to convert my own art and drawings to the ZX Spectrum. I have some tools to change .jpg files in…
... screens and to output them in the .tap format.
However ... /> Do you know any trick in BASIC to load such a "byte ... -
Loading / Saving Data in VariablesHello there my fellow WoS'ers I was wondering if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables like string / integer arrays? i.e. [cod…
... if there was a way (in basic) where I could save variables ... and then load them back in - say another program that had ... -
Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…
... -driven adventure with location graphics, in the mould of Clive ... just need the four basic directions and commands such ... need to write it in BASIC and maybe compile it ... it right now, the BASIC program would be a ... need about the location graphics. I seem to remember ... -
Outrun Europa in colour - Level 1 ready !Instead of bumping these old threads: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=10754&highlight=outrun+europa[/url] [url]http://w…
... 's the result - original monochrome graphics in Outrun Europa are modded into ... colour graphics - recoloured and cleared as original ... graphics were a messy blur.
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Loading basic from basic?Hi Guys, Could you please help me. I want to create a menu on my plus 3 disks. If I use the line below I just get "c nonsense in basic" if inkey$…
... I just get "c nonsense in basic"
if inkey$ = "1 ... will load fine from a basic listing.
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CODE SCREEN$ in MCIs there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in bas…
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quick RAM copy using LET in BASICI'm in the process of reviewing, revising and refining all the programming tips & utility routines which I've posted on this forum over the last eigh…
... old clunky version did, but in a more aesthetically pleasing form ... parameter is the source, as in LET a$=b$. a$ & ... expression, or destin location if in RAM;
b$=source string ... expression, or source location if in RAM;
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Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... ' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic
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Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... became part of the graphics themselves in my young mind. I ... They were trying to program in BASIC. They showed me how the ... ENTER, the computer responded: Nonsense in BASIC. WOW! It talked to me ... sick or something. Sometime in the afternoon my dad called ... -
Converting Basic code into machine codeIm just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this??
Im just interested to know if I can converter a game I've written in basic into Machine code, Is their a program that can do this?? -
Returning to BASIC from asmI never had to do it till now but there is always the first time :) At machine code program start I preserved SP register and all the other ones. A…
... ]" message I get "[B]Nonsense in Basic"[/B] :(
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MOVE_M Object Movement Manager for BASICAs moving things around on the screen is usually the slowest part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering around with this routine to handle …
... part of a game written in BASIC, I've been pottering ... that function in machine code, so the BASIC programmer need ... ; MOVE_M moving object control for BASIC
; runs with interrupts ... with from BASIC
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perplexing graphics... ambivalent spriteswhat sprites/tiles/parts of graphics in spectrum did you find perplexing, or made you think it's a different item than was supposed to represent? li…
what sprites/tiles/parts of graphics in spectrum did you find perplexing, ... nowadays am thinking the collectibles in the Cold Room of Manic ... -
that "listing variables during runtime" thingWell, I did eventually finish this, but with my meds playing up I don't have much time each day that I can spend at the computer, so it's taken rathe…
... could write it more compactly in BASIC in half an hour ... so ... Part the 1st - the BASIC variables lister BASIC listing:
[url] ... is held in 23680/1. (The 16 block graphics have their ... regular characters, UDGs & block graphics
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BASIC games.I remember back in the day, there was a way you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as Football Manager or Johnny Reb. I can't rememb…
I remember back in the day, there was a ... you could read through the BASIC of certain games, such as ... it just goes into the BASIC listing? Can you still do ... out which games were written in BASIC? -
Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be ... on the cell (documented in the manual [URL="http:// ... think I would use MOD in C#, but I don ... how to grab the remainder in ZX BASIC.
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1st interface in 30 years (update)Hi all, Just a wee update to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project. Main IC's: 82C55 three 8-bit port I/O (configured for 12 dig in, 12 dig out…
... to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project.
in BASIC.
The ... this is where coding in BASIC is starting to be a ... to be written....and in BASIC this will be slow ... different, or faulty mem in the toastrack......who knows ... -
JHCon 2014Hello, not sure if this is the right category but JHCon 2014 will take place[B] from 28. to 30.11.[/B] at usual place - gymnasium in Jindrichuv Hrad…
... completation of [B]ZX Basic megademo named Cowina[/B ... - ZX Spectrum BASIC part for a new megademo (in BASIC, surprisingly)
--- type a BASIC program ... graphics modes of TC2048/2068 PAL ULA
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New game released: EXPLORER<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Courier New';">- EXPLORER -</span></div><div><span style="font-si…
... /2015 Luca Bordoni
PREFACE*******In far 1981, EXPLORER was a ... by Atari.So in 1989 I've written a Basic version of ... of this game was written in Basic in far 1989, known as "Space ... Boriel's ZX Basic (www.zxbasic.net), revisiting the graphics and bringing ... -
Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off ... it written by him in the Software Projects office ... has said in an interview he dabbled with BASIC for ... two weeks to make in the accompanying article when ... s Night Off was written in BASIC, why he would risk ... -
Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…
... time) and is mostly written in BASIC.
Perfect for ... along. Pics when the placeholder graphics are replaced with proper ones ... :[/b]
Apologies in advance to any Norwegians but ... does the classic loading of BASIC as code from 16384 ... -
Tell when BASIC program was written to disk or modified?I have a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3" disk. Is there any way to tell when I created the tune? Is there a program that will run on a…
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Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…
... hands a Polish program written in Basic.
But it doesn ... protection.
I changed it in Zx Blockedtitor (utility by Claus ... ? Is it missing something? Thanks in advance :)
The files ... -
Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…
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Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…
... a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC from the magazines on the ... (i.e. names, sound, graphics) from the original were used ... available to my research efforts in the production of Android ... , this somewhat defeats the point in creating anything.
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A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…
... be able to type this in 'on the fly' to modify ... even if it ties me in knots.
I was ... gunshots (its hunting season here in VA) from a distance and ... analyzer, so as to help in having some idea of how ... -
Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…
... ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Set Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... when I see something written in Basic, but with good UDGs and ... -
How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a ... the next character it reads in the string a$ is a ... get confused or "r100u10". Thanks in advance :) -
ZX ROM in 64 characters a lineDear ZXS users, I am glad the today's release is not only concerning MB-02+ as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns really everyone, sinc…
... patches which make ROM print in 64 characters a line. The ... will be for those programming in BASIC since two times more information ... -02+ I placed the patch in the autoexe, so after the ... my BSROM reports itself already in 64 chars a line:))
