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Jonathan Cauldwell writes.I also found this in me old archives, which was actually written by Jonathan Cauldwell. Again, typos and editorial tags included for authenticity ;-)…
... constructed, beginning with a sprite routine and a simple control loop ... any support chips to handle graphics processing so this has to ... extra features, for which graphics are drawn and code is ... , pretty much the only help a distraught Spectrum programmer has ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... , like there's a library routine to change the border, and ... -standard libraries (such as the graphics library -- line, circle, etc ; the ... jump in and cry for help until I throughly scan google ... -
Double Dragon 128k - The graphicsAs you are all probably aware, I tried gathering a team of people together a few years back to make a totally re-programmed version of Double Dragon …
... can understand your points... But help me here, if I was ... sprite development...
So help us here... What would you ... could write an optimized sprite routine that would allow us to ... sake of some recycling of graphics?...
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Merlin has risen from the grave!Those of you following the Merlin saga [thread=29902]over here[/thread] might be slightly interested to know that the program is now available in the…
... ; typing errors with Bandit's help, there's still much wrong ... in the game. The jumping routine needs to be altered, some ... re-positioned. Some of the graphics look a bit dubious as ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... that you couldn?t even help me sometimes to hack because ... others who may have provided graphics or music. When asked, I ... things to do than to help me with hacking every game ... jump instead of the ROM routine I jump to Basic and ... -
Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
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You only need one routine to plot single pixels (starfrields ... display with colour thus saving graphics space, or to draw a ... you feel like. The Vsync routine may do other activities such ... a specific point can really help trace bugs in your program ... -
New platform game: Sid SpannersHi all, here is my Christmas present. A new platform game (well, more of a mini-game really). [url=http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmspc…
... course, I may consult your help on any future games due ... ! Second reson is that my graphics skills are about the same ... to call the ROM beeper routine, even though they sound nothing ... got my own sound FX routine which sounds a bit different ... -
Your Views on... GhostbustersI dusted off the Master System version of this and inspired me to try out the Speccy version. It's a good game with it's strong and weak points. I …
... then maybe this will help pass the time more ... back-buffer to draw the graphics and then does a ... you will see the LDIR routine. LDIR is slow and ... 32 LDI instructions. The new routine starts at $FE01 (best ... to use a new LDI routine. It then restarts the ... -
Your Views on... GhostbustersI dusted off the Master System version of this and inspired me to try out the Speccy version. It's a good game with it's strong and weak points. I …
... then maybe this will help pass the time more ... back-buffer to draw the graphics and then does a ... you will see the LDIR routine. LDIR is slow and ... 32 LDI instructions. The new routine starts at $FE01 (best ... to use a new LDI routine. It then restarts the ... -
Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
... to return from a sub-routine, causing unused RET addresses to ... eventually an overflow into the graphics workspace. The programmer had realised ... to the top quickly might help, but I still end up ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... still have to implement display_screen() routine? All I see now is ... I know I need some graphics library (I prefer Allegro, as ... to write a separate loading routine to be able to run ... task. I hope with your help I'll be able to ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... still have to implement display_screen() routine? All I see now is ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... have to implement display_screen() routine? All I see now ... I know I need some graphics library (I prefer Allegro, ... write a separate loading routine to be able to ... 't require any loading routine because they are just ... I hope with your help I'll be able to ... -
New game: WUNDERCHAR$Hi All, Finally finished my latest game: Wunderchar$. [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/loadingscr.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://…
... [I]#1 I really like graphics in this game[/I]
help.
[I]# ... when I wrote the routine blowing up the 8x8 ... wrote my own 'Input' routine, definately don't trust the ... />
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New game: WUNDERCHAR$Hi All, Finally finished my latest game: Wunderchar$. [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/loadingscr.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://…
... created a great game! The graphics (loading screen, "animated" intro ... would not be trying to help with suggestions to improve it ... pleased when I wrote the routine blowing up the 8x8 graphic ... /> IMHO if you use this routine instead whenever the player collects ... -
New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…
... games I'd do the graphics the same way, so ... a slightly more fancy sprite routine, but I'll do that ... my only gripe with the graphics are the top left of ... If you want any help with any graphics give me a shout ... . Id love to help[/QUOTE ... -
SP1 library questionsI'm working on my first game. I've not written a game since the late 1980s and that was a text based multiuser dungeon for BBC Micros with econet... …
... want to try the custom routine to rotate the sprite ... dangling pointers to the sprite graphics remaining in internal data ... which may or may not help with printing levels. So ... have them redrawn. By redefining graphics associated with specific letters using ... -
Super Stick ManBeen thinking about doing a weird platformer for a while now, but since I have zero programming knowledge, and a modicum of drawing skills, I thought…
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Can't help you with this though. Have ... /> Thanks Timmy... Have been enlisting help from the Game Developement section ... with a quite spiffy movement routine. I can't see a ... player sprite, and level design/graphics...
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A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... 'm sure someone else can help you with it. (for example ... worry about writing a sprite routine, a joystick handler and you ... code as well as some graphics! If you want to write ... -
Tech Demo of my Latest Game (FADV)Posted in development as technically not a new release just a tech demo of a new game I'm working on. Ok here a tech demo of my latest full game, i…
... to help me out?
[*]I use a custom built compression routine ... left for other maps and graphics etc... As an example the ... -
Outrun Europa - In colourAre there any coder's willing to see if we can put the colour into this game as originally intended?
... normal, unpoked version, the attribute routine is still called during every ... br /> [B]8 bytes of graphics in the char+ one byte ... />
We can see the graphics using SGE:
[URL=http ... would display attributes would probably help. Anybody knows a tool that ... -
Outrun Europa in colourSwainy suggested that he'd like to try his luck with Outrun Europa colorful graphics and see if they can be improved. Let's give him the chance :) A…
... any other attempt to synchronise graphics drawing with screen refreshing. That ... a RET as the IM2 routine might help. I guess because the ... -
WibbleBibble's Basic threadHi in an attempt to keep my questions from spamming the forum. I think its better to put them all in one place. Thanks everyone so far, I feel I am …
... /> Can I get a little help.
I think perhaps its ... properly. can I get some help so it can avoid the ... from the book Spectrum advanced graphics workbook, but it seems not ... ,12;"GRAPHICS"
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Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... very small roadrace game to help me learn.
I reckon ... of program as opposed to graphics data etc
org 33000 ... 'djnz fillscreen'
Because our routine will continue from the loop ... keypress to 'brake')
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Machine code RST10 problemHello! After 27 years of playing with Spectrums I'm starting to look into doing assembly language properly. All went swimmingly well until I wrote …
... screen contains hidden in-game graphics and the use of LOAD ... valid, once my machine code routine is running, to set RAMTOP ... />
Thanks again for your help so far!
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RAM used / corrupted by +3DOSAs I said previously, [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=41775]I'm trying to put some games in hard disk[/url] so they can b…
... PE,..." in the unpack routine which needed to be altered ... for when the routine was relocated, and it ... work out why half the graphics were all jumbled up - ... my DSK file didn't help - one minute it's ... I just put my routine there instead and the program ... -
ZX-Assembler in progress...Dear readers, I just want to announce that ZX-Assembler is not longer only an idea in my mind. It's just alive. Unfortunately, it's too early to mak…
... mind to make a help system as well. I ... to display such syntax help as I made in ... 64000 to 64256 contains graphics that are 4 bytes ... "routine to print tile to screen"
64000: mode-graphics 4 ... .
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melbourne drawIt could be said I am easly pleased,:grin: Very nice peice of software. I was realy impressed by its ease of use. I think a lot of time and effort w…
... got the graphics data by trapping the routine which starts ... entries to find the graphics data for the screen. ... but that wouldn't help with Melbourne Draw as ... 564-byte series of graphics instructions which need to ... a loop calling the routine mentioned above with ... -
Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…
... /> Afterwards save your turbo loader routine starting at address 60000. Your ... compressing it again may not help.
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Completely free games?Hi, I would like to know if there are any open source or completely free games for ZX Spectrum. Or at least some other free programs without any lin…
... the 18 columns multicolor rendering routine that I have used in ... existing games and hack the graphics until it looked different ... identically to Spellbound, but the graphics were different. Well, the room ... creators a little bit of help, but when somebody just ...
