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ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... . Theoretically is not problem implement to CODE file support for autoload ... to make a .tap file to then load and run a BASIC program ... it would be a shame to take accessibility away from users ... file contains is a one line BASIC program that does 'LOAD *"autoexec ... -
BIFROST* ENGINE 1.2 released!Another improved version of the BIFROST* ENGINE is now available! Download it here: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027405[/u…
... just confirm its requirements first, to be sure this new variant ... tile takes up to 2730T. Since your program has about 20 ... usually less depending on how much time your program spends doing everything ... 2000T), thus your program would have time to draw and erase ... -
.tapein load crashes if no CLEAR performed first(!)Hi Guys, Can anyone explain the following as it has be stumped: I came across an unexpected crash today when loading in a 16K block of code at 8000…
OK. Found out this seems to be a subtle hardware problem ... I need to do a mod to present a video line to the edge ... squiffy that does cause it to error, not just on the ... above but also with a program I had written for the ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... quite fascinating just seeing how the game world ticks ... balconies and hang rugs out to dry. I walked through ... were trying to pluck up the courage to go in ... few people were waiting in line to get in, others were ... , and I'm loving it to bits! :smile:
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... quite fascinating just seeing how the game world ticks ... and hang rugs out to dry. I walked through ... were trying to pluck up the courage to go in ... few people were waiting in line to get in, others were ... the purse and returned it to it's owner. Awesome! ...Divide HELP!Can someone help me out here? In order to get the latest and best version I'd need these. The Divide itself for ?40: [url]http://www.sellmyretro.co…
... /> I expect you're going to run into problems regardless of ... the replacement chips, and time to program them etc - it would have ... out of an envelope (probably how they boost profits - ripping out ... about that !! If someone wants to write a replacement and offer ...Assembly game programming on ZX how-to?Hi. I'm planning to build and release new software for the Speccy but I'm pretty lame as to handle its hardware despite a good mastery of Z80 assembl…
... re-read. I used to program for the Speccy back on ... rusted. I was used to write the screen through LDIR ... for me. I used to debug with commercial disasms ... be waiting impatiently for it to come.
... afaik among the slowest, how does that technique work?EmuzWinHi folks I'm using EmuZWin and it's started running games super quick (not all games but some) I've tried messing around with speed settings but eve…
... you forgot them, allowing you to program like Visual basic, selecting ... about timing critical code to contribute much to the BorderTrix debate... ... in the community to motivate authors to aim for better ... thats a good thing - its how we push & raise ...ESXDOS v0.8.0 released (with NMI Browser)Hello, To celebrate the speccy's 30th birthday, here's the latest version of ESXDOS for DivIDE users. The full changelog is too long to post here, s…
... .tap and press L (insert tape to load slot without reseting and ... fine, but how can save the loaded game again to tape?
Department of Culture - Consultation on Tax Breaks for Computer Games IndustryI see that the Department of Culture have now started the consultation process on how tax breaks for the computer games industry should work. See [u…
... published consultation document on how the tax relief for ... also encourages youngsters to lean unique program development skills which ... old machines to find out how they work, learn to program and ... concern is how any tax relief would apply to independent ...Mini scroll routineI'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen downwards and replaces it with nothing, 2 x 2 charcter blocks to be precise, to …
... interested in seeing how I would do ... to move to sprites, it's worth spending some time thinking about how ... they work and their relationship to the ... , hl moves a line to the one below it ... /> nextlinedn ;converts de to next line down in DF, modified ...Paradroid for C-64, why not in the Spectrum?Reading the special 30th anniversary Retro Gamer, I came across this game which was considered to be the best game for the C-64, and it does not look…
... b]Paradroid[/b] has line-of-sight calculations going ... adds quite a bit to the atmosphere of the game ... tell you much about how it feels to play, even dipping ... Inclusion of homebrew is down to the author of the article ... took over a decade to get to where it is now ...ZXDev - powerful environment for development in four languages is ready for testingXDev/ZXDev is open and free set of compilers, additional tools, libraries and design patterns for target platform ZX Spectrum 48K in different progra…
... as the glue between the program algorithms and the assembly routines ... and tell how easy it is to translate the game to other platform ... language in which you can program for the Spectrum, as well ... . It's great for learning how to program, because it is very small ...Jimmy SavilleJimmy Saville a paedo? wtf?? Does this newspaper ever give up? He's not around to defend himself, why did these people wait till now to 'claim' he a…
... (as the BBC news night program indicated is a widespread belief ... Wikipedia page indicates he tried to cover up visiting Haut de ... />
I often wondered how Jimmy got to be such a big ... later 70's and though to the 80's he looked ...So what's the building sequence?Hi to all Since ages I wanted to create my own program on the speccy and then offer it to people so they could enjoy (or laugh about it xD ) Now as…
... all over again.
[*] Learn how to program properly in BASIC.
[*] Write ... all over again.
[*] Learn how to program properly in assembler.
[*] Write ... a well structured & efficient program in assembler (difficult).
[*] Test ...Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
Had to bump this thread cos i ... master system as a successor to speccy. It was big in ... language and could be used to program. In UK I think this ... is the successor to the speccy. That's how I always saw ...Typing in type-in gamesWhat are people's memories of typing in game listings from magazines and books? Pain or pleasure? I used to quite enjoy tapping them in, seeing how …
... good few listings from which to choose. Sometimes it was fun ... best ones. I seem to recall anything by Anthony Sherwood ... an accompanying article which explained how the program worked. It's worth ... you're interested in learning how to program in machine code.IX register woes - or is SPIN buggy?Or am I missing something? I'm trying to use the IX reg to acess a table containing an x and y coord. My code below just doesnt seem to work proper…
... that people assemble something to memory which is then ... find it. It seemed to sort itself out eventually ... major issues so ner ner to its naysayers.. :p
to check all the registers ... code using a 1 line BASIC program, I often just paste ...IX register woes - or is SPIN buggy?Or am I missing something? I'm trying to use the IX reg to acess a table containing an x and y coord. My code below just doesnt seem to work proper…
... find it. It seemed to sort itself out eventually somehow ... major issues so ner ner to its naysayers.. :p
... code using a 1 line BASIC program, I often just paste ... proving more and more useful to me.
... XOR A had nothing to do with the solution ...IX register woes - or is SPIN buggy?Or am I missing something? I'm trying to use the IX reg to acess a table containing an x and y coord. My code below just doesnt seem to work proper…
... figure out and have to check all the registers ... code using a 1 line BASIC program, I often just ...
I quite often resort to sticking
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... 's quicker than trying to find the relevant code ... debugger to set a breakpoint once your program gets ...Help! Experts in BASIC/ASM, Hardware, in-game screenshots needed!There are several games which are too complicated for me to get the in-game screenshot. If you guys could help me, the Spectrum community would appre…
... . Without the instructions for how they have to be altered and merged ... data files. Without the missing program they're not much use ... 'd expect any compiled program produced from it to run from USR ... ) which is presumably the compiled program, but I can't find ...Project on ZX Spectrum in UniversityHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... me some answers, ways how to program these things on the zx ...
This is how it was shown in class ... /> 1. This was just to show how to work with arrays / vectors: ...
FOR i=1 to 3: b=b+a(i ... programming it's about getting to know the machine.
...Chiptunes aint what we've thought???[URL="http://scalibq.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/chiptunes/"]http://scalibq.wordpress.com/2013/01/02/chiptunes/[/URL] Interesting or boring, whatever, …
... .. not really a good choice to program in? . not sure if the ... 2 synths / samplers out of how many 100's more ? heheFS: Opus Discovery 1Just a pointer to my Opus Discovery 1 fully working and with ROM 2.2 (I think) [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111003776693?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:I…
... or very little anyway) to insert the RF lead for ... back, it was thought to be less important. Also ... and Mic sockets. How are you to put anything onto ... disk without first loading it in? Strange how ... it now! Hoping to move on to an internal HDD ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... frame. Probably mirrored on demand to save memory. That also ... 4x4 chars scenery tiles - convenient to keep the character size equal ... /> Here's two ideas for how to handle scenery and obstructions. Both ... empty. It'd be easier to program too.
P. ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... flick you from one chamber to another.
... from? How many more times do I have to explain it ... it's almost identical to program to an open floorplan where you ... - you do have to program them to do that if you ... want them to. You can have both ...Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... , but I'm not going to program in every bit of behaviour ... have actually spared a though to how it can be programmed.
to have to input those scripts themselves. The graphics are going to have to ... .) so they can then program them to export the data in a ...The Great Escape - new loading screenThe third in my series of classic ZX Spectrum games loading screen re-doings - another Wakelin cover for Ocean's "The Great Escape". For such a grou…
... create the image - roughish line drawing - in Photoshop. I ... I start to draw, I ignore how it all will ... rough line drawing is done, I then see how it ... all fits into the attributes and can amend the line to ... amp;W line drawing, I then move over to SevenUp, ...RANDOMIZE USRI always thought that this particular basic command was not intuitive! If I understand correctly is means run the code from the memory address, is t…
... , why most people seemed to use RANDOMISE USR rather than ... I've been trying to learn how to program I've found using ... by loading BC in the program with some troublesome changing value ... before RETurning to BASIC. Then just typing " ...Memory diagnostic toolIs there any sort of memory diagnostic tool for examining .Z80 files so I can easily identify large areas of blank memory? Scrolling through ZX Spin…
... between (STKEND) and 65535. To check for some other value ... for A in the LOOP line. The program waits for a key ... equ 23681 ;address of value to check
ATTR_P: equ 23693 ... c
ret z ;nothing to print
push hl
