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A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…
... : My ghost didn't know how to find a way around the walls ... know how to do it. Can someone please describe how to implement this simple A.I ... . in Basic, or give me a ... -
Speed loading from Mp3Hi all, I have been messing around with a 48k plus that I picked up on ebay a while back. I got a great deal on a working system with games, etc how…
... using WinTZX with a cable to load games in TZX format. I know ... that WinTZX can convert TZX files to wav ... and on to Mp3 from there ... 10 seconds. Does anyone know how to do this
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Can I load directly from tape to emulator?I've been trying to preserve [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0024371"]this MIA[/URL]. I've recorded it to WAV using audacity. …
... /> I've recorded it to WAV using audacity. Then tried ... wondering if there was a way to play the tape and ... time I've tried to preserve a tape, so I'm ... I didn't manage to find out how to load a tape directly into ... possible?
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ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…
... about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this ... get a .tzx file for your speccy.).
Thanks also to the ... and now even tries to optimize user's ASM inline ... but not the least, a 42 column PRINT routine ( ... some people are starting to use it for writing ... -
IM2 Loading on +3EHi there Speccy Guru's, As some of you know, I've spent a while building the ultimate image for +3e, it's currently at 6000+games and demos and i've…
... know, I've spent a while building the ultimate image ... finished it today and the file uploaded is an older ... Spin, I tried today to copy them to my +3e. They ... give me any advice on how to do IM2 loading on real hardware ... help. I'm using a full 257 byte IM2 table ... -
What do I need to have a faster computer?My computer struggles a bit to play back large videos. DVDs playback fine, (and the CPU load is between 35% and 45%), but if the resolutions is highe…
My computer struggles a bit to play back large videos.< ... resolutions is higher than a DVD say 1024x700 or ... I look into investing in a faster CPU?
to scale the video down if ... And I'm going to have a fiddle with compiler optimization ... -
Soo... if I wanted to get a Speccy again...after all these years without one, how would I go about getting things fairly similar to how I have things with an emulator? I don't mean all featur…
... about getting things fairly similar to how I have things with ... emu's just a few that I seem to demand nowadays. ... possibly and be able to plug the Speccy in ... />
Btw. feel free to add me on arsebook if ... added. Just nice to put a face/life to people I see ... -
828k format in a dsk file ?Hi the maximun format that can offers the Garry Lancaster formater is 828k in a 3 1/2 floppy. I tried to extract this format to the pc and to a dsk …
... 828k in a 3 1/2 floppy. I tried to extract this ... format to the pc and to a dsk file with tons ... miserabilty.
Can someone to help ?
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How to read +3BASIC program in PC ?Is it possible to see the +3BASIC file content in the pc with some editor ?. I used a HEX editor and i saw that the program is there but converted to…
Is it possible to see the +3BASIC file content in the pc with ... some editor ?.
I used a ... /> My idea is to copy the basic source to a file to be used in ... -
VCF report and photosNot sure where to put this, exactly...but here it is, what went on at the Vintage Computing Festival at Bletchley Park last weekend. Finally I've fo…
... , with 4 Spectrums and a MicroVAX for a file server.
[ ... components were attached to a ceramic substrate inside, a small collection of ... , I think we ought to do a Sinclair World at one of ... taken *hours* to make this, but this is how they built most ... -
HTML and browser tab icon. How ?Well, I been doing some html programming for most of the day, and would like to know how to do the following:- In a web browsers tab, web sites disp…
... would like to know how to do the following:-
In a web browsers ... their own particular little icon. How is this done, as it ... -
How to replace the facerHi everyone I have got a new facer for my spectrum 48k and was wondering if anyone knows how to relace it, many thanks for your time. Nick
Hi everyone I have got a new facer for my spectrum 48k and was wondering if anyone knows how to relace it, many thanks for your time.
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Using real 3.5" floppies to load a +3 game (emulated)Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC 664/6128 game with the use of 3.5" floppy disks (providing the emulator can support real disk mod…
Is it possible to load a Spectrum +3 or Amstrad CPC ... convert a DSK image to an IMG file, and burn it onto a floppy ... -
About BMP2SCR and IFLI filesOne of my doubts with LCD's image tool program is what I can do with IFLI files (ZX 128 mode), once I've converted any image in this format. How can …
... program is what I can do with IFLI files (ZX ... image in this format. How can I see them on ... I got this image in TZX and IFLI files and I ... 'd like to see it appearing on ... , but I'm completely unaware how to do it.
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Curiosities about .TAP and other formatsI was reading everything I could find about these formats but a couple things are way above my head. Also searched the forums and didn't find any sim…
... bmp2scr) export files as .TAP, .TZX and .SCR, but not files ... that can be done to make a .TAP file auto-rewind on any ... once the last file is read? SpecEmu appears to do this, but I ... don't know if it's a ... -
Space Age SoftwareI have [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017240"]Space Age Software - Games Pack One 16K[/URL]. I have done a TZX file of the…
... ].
I have done a TZX file of the compilation and I ... would be space for these to be recorded on the end ... a seperate compilation according to the archive.
My question is, how ... -
ZX-Editor, Blockeditor and Paintbrush 2.0 publishedDear ZX-Spectrum & Emulator friends, yesterday I've uploaded new versions of - ZX-Blockeditor - ZX-Editor - ZX-Paintbrush on my website at [URL="h…
... you can open a TZX file with ZX-Blockeditor, select a BASIC data block ... in the registry separately and do not interfere with the standalone ... which you can start your file with an emulator - I ... when the cursor stands close to a keyword.
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Games you never knew how to playBack in my Speccy haydays as a spotty teenager, I had a few Spectrum titles in game collection I never knew to play, and still don't know to this day…
... still don't know to this day how to play them.
a particular game to be extremely vague ... some I never knew how to play, and still don ... still have no idea how to complete the game... Back ... I didn't have a clue how to complete it. Although ... -
drawing a series of stacked 3D shapes in ExcelI've been working on a problem concerning water emptying from a container, and how this is affected by the shape & size of the container. I've divide…
... concerning water emptying from a container, and how this is affected ... What I'd like to do is have a 3D chart in Excel ... out how to do it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to specify a chart ... in Excel to get this ... -
a question about a TZX version...In recent TZX vault update, there's a [B]'review copy' [/B]TZX file for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005243"]Throne of Fir…
... update, there's a [B]'review copy' [/B]TZX file for [URL=" ... /games/t/ThroneOfFire(ReviewCopy).tzx.zip"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum. ... /sinclair/games/t/ThroneOfFire(ReviewCopy).tzx.zip[/URL]
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Some muppet from the Green Party just asked me to sign a petition.......Knock on door. Tarquin Ponsonby-Smythe fresh out of oxbridge is canvassing to get people to sign a petition to lower speed limits in my neighbourhood…
... oxbridge is canvassing to get people to sign a petition to lower speed ... abiding* motorcyclist, a 20mph limit would serve to inconvenience me, whilst ... 6am on my way to work, a 20mph limit would just ... Posh boy then waffled about how there was no malevolence about ... -
Bloodwych RPG game - how to KILL? ;)Hello. How to fight/defend in "Bloodwych"??? http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Bloodwych$&pub=^Image+Works$&loadpics=1 Seems li…
Hello.
How to fight/defend in "Bloodwych"???
< ... it's rather unusual to have such a develped RPG game for ... have Amigas and Atari ST to play them.
I ... but still have no idea how to kill the damn monster by ... -
Utility or routine to save/display imagesLet's assume I have an image or sprite at coordinates x,y with w witdh and h height. If I were to store this image, which storage method would allow …
... that would allow me to store or display the ... , and the ability to relocate them to any address. The ... from Basic. I know how to do sequential or character by character ... slow. I also have a machine code routine which can ... be the slowest way to display an image in ... -
Add quite a lot of items to my site and a Make an Offer Button.Hi everyone, I asked for some feedback on my site a month or so ago ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=33521"]link[/URL]).…
... on how to make a little better. One of them was to add a [B ... have been making a few changes I managed to list a couple of ... hundred speccy items which totals to around ... /> Anyhow please feel free to have a look around and if there ... -
Loading a ZX80 game using EightyOneSlag me if you like, I don't care, but I don't know how to load a ZX80 game. I have an o. file but upon selecting it in the EightyOne emulator, it ju…
Slag me if you like, I don't care, but I don't know how to load a ZX80 game. I have an o. file but upon selecting it in the EightyOne emulator, it just comes up with a RANDOMISE prompt and that's it. So, what am I ignorant about here? -
Student looks for material stuff to do with 80s gameplayHi everyone, Thanks to everyone for their help in advance by the way! I'll be posting this message or something like it on other retro gaming forums …
... br /> So, I'm a student at the University of ... anything physical or material to do with gameplay. Since this ... European places would be a bit much I think ... text adventure book or a board game that ... vinyl records or recorded from a television broadcast?
traversing a multi-vertices graph structureWell, I'm on redesigning the route evaluation routine in my Fighting Fantasy utility, as the current method has some intractable bugs in it. The part…
... through a location in a structure with up to 500 ... want to do is keep track of each access to a location ... So I want to convert a structure coordinate of the ... d like to be able to do is evaluate a pointer to retrieve ... at present see how to do that. Any ideas?Best way to read a key row?Hi All, I must confess that reading the keyboard is the bit I understand least about when coding, I've found some things that work for what I want t…
... work for what I want to do so left it at that ... />
What do we think is the best way to read row ...
in a,(c)
cp 191 ;191 seems to be the ...Using DivIDE on FuseHi all, I'm trying to emulate the DivIDE on FUSE on Windows. Two questions: 1. Is there any way to specify the DivIDE firmware to use? At the momen…
... seems a long winded way of doing it.
2. How do ... I create a HDF disk file? I've got a compact flash ... card that works in a ... a HDF image from it... Has anyone got any instructions on how to do ...IDE Hard Drive on your Spectrum!Hello there my fellow WoS'ers Today, I am going to share with you something that has truly captivated me over the last couple of months, some of you…
... that want to download the eagle.brd file once I ... on how to do this, its very simple and with a little ... theres plenty of room to do so pending on what ... on its use and how to prepare a hard disk device.< ... 3e DOS partitions are limimted to a maximum of 16MB.. now ...
