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Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …
... /> 3; Now you are in BASIC.
4; Redirect 2 ... /> The checksum value is 2033. If it is not, do it ... /> You have only 8 jumps then Bugaboo will stop and wait ... -
I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right.
Then I added the following IF INKEY$=u THEN LET X ... for left, R for right. Then a GOTO back to the ... wouldnt work and the Sinclair Basic manual wasnt much help either ... -
Pyjamarama remake, players wanted.I've been spending some time recreating Pyjamarama using Mono (C#) on the PC. Why? 1. I started pulling apart the original Z80 and published the [u…
... calling Pyjamarama# (The Port). If you try it you will ... original graphics,
has basic sound and only runs in ... come across or even if you can't get ... platform and what you did. If people start to show an ... data into XML data. Then maybe push on with better ... -
New release: Windows AGDOkay, so it's not quite a full suite of editors but it's a start. For now you can play with the window size and edit blocks, sprites, objects and th…
... screens. The editors are fairly basic too for the time being ... to those machines. You can then edit those placeholder graphics to ... of any issues you encounter. If I don't know about ... -
Possible type ins?Just looking through some of these old (original) copied tapes and theres some which if i remember right were type ins? maybe from the basic manual o…
... which if i remember right were type ins? maybe from the basic ... Aquaplane, Arcadia, Pitman 7 but then on the B side are ... would be interested in those if theres something not on the ... -
Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of ... in Basic?
Thanks for any help and sorry if it ... -
+2 crashes upon pressing some keysYears ago I purchased off ebay a mint condition, Dixons special offer boxed UK-made issue 1 +2. I did not use it so much until recently however, focu…
... .e. not under the BASIC prompt) if I press keys N, M ... /ramtest2.asm"]this one[/url], then [url="https://github.com/brendanalford ... -
How to hack Youth ClubNot sure if this belongs in Games or Spectrum Basic. But anyway : There was a type-in called Youth Club that I was fond of : http://www.worldofspe…
Not sure if this belongs in Games or Spectrum Basic. But anyway : ... .
Decoding the basic, it seems to mostly work ... until about 40 members, and then spending two months on recruitment ... and then one fund raising and one ... -
Random-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
I am working on a BASIC program to backup a ... MOVE #a TO #b [/b] BASIC command, but my purpose is ... copying-a-screen-in-zx-basic-in-1-second/p1< ... and prepares some variables, then loops for each of the ... r: REM !
375 IF r15 THEN GO TO -1
1040 ... -
Where's Mr Clowder when I need him?What happened to F-Clowder? I hope he's alright and hasn't had some setback keeping him away from here? He got me wound up to do graphics for a game…
... ! It's not as if one is waiting on anybodys ... it was UDG's and Basic!
So anyway ... from one side then on the diagonal then head on and ... out using DPaint Animation before then going on to turn them ... know it inside out and if it wasnt for those ... -
Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... orientation etc, then powered it up. A basic test for voltages ... also glitches in graphics. If I reset the Spectrum ... again typing in some basic commands and the glitches ... fail like lytics, but if they have been physically ... I'm also wondering if maybe one of the ... -
Better keyboard = better sales ?Just a random thought. I want to start this by saying although I did not have a + model new, I was never really a fan of this keyboard as it was n…
... the cost increase, in theory **if** the 16K/48K speccy had ... ) 20-30 price increase 'back then' so probably 199 instead of ... , the Oric1 has rather more basic affair.
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Saving Basic games from code...I don't know if I am posting this to the right section, but I need to know how I can type out a Basic program from code and save and run it through L…
I don't know if I am posting this to the right section, but I need to know how I can type out a Basic program from code and save and run it through Linux. I am currently using the FUSE emulator.
How is this done?
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The Vectornauts (first attempt at an AGD game)Hey folks, I’m new to the forum, also new to AGD. I wanted to share my progress with my first attempted AGD game with you nice people! It’s prett…
... people!
It’s pretty basic stuff, but I’d like ... add a bit more content, then I’ll probably call it ... things that could be improved if anyone fancies taking a look ... -
Passing parameter from BASIC to assembler routineWas there a "clean" way of passing parameter(s) from a BASIC program to an assembler routine? Something like parameterising RANDOMIZE USR call? I fac…
... passing parameter(s) from a BASIC program to an assembler routine ... https://github.com/jounikor/pasmo if you are interested). I ended ... -
ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…
... separate page in 128k models, if you wish to.
< ... the images.
* in BASIC:
POKE 49157, : RAND USR ... full of bugs and unoptimized, then
again perhaps no one ... first version to
see if there are any interest in ... -
Hisoft C and Cassette - Problems with runtimeI've been playing with Hisoft C using the cassette version for research and a bit of fun, but I am stuck on some problems that I hope someone here ca…
... I use the command and then Shift CAPS + I, I am ... , but never going back to BASIC.
I've seen ... I couldn't figure out if the folks discussing it ever ... -
problem with symbol shift and caps shift key combinations on multilayer keyboard membranesHello, I know, it is generally know that some ZX Spectrums with multilayer keyboard membranes have problems with some key combinations. Typically …
... at address 654. If it was good enough for BASIC, why not ... that crazy experiments.
Then i write very simple relocable ... -
While we're on the subject of BASIC Although my memory of the past still seems to be fairly reliable, memories relating to learning computer programming seem to have disappeared…
... for acquiring languages and assuming Basic is a language, its ... metaphor does hold up particularly if you take as an example ... emphasizes exactly the reason why Basic works for beginners.
< ... under any circumstances.
If you knew what sort of ... -
If Sinclair computers had not been sold...I was just having a random thought. If Sinclair Computers (or the rights to them, not sure how it 'worked' back then) had not been sold to Amstrad…
... a random thought.
If Sinclair Computers (or the rights ... sure how it 'worked' back then) had not been sold to ... -
The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…
... my finger no more", then there are two and a ... . Hence, two turns and then roll it back just a ... "Program: OH MUMMY" and then R Tape Loading Error as ... the initial BASIC block. The only variation was if the volume ... because I was much younger then?) So that wasn't ... -
MIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEPMIDI TO ZX SPECTRUM BASIC BEEP ------------------------------------------------------ HI :) I found here http://portmedia.sourceforge.ne…
... num sentences BEEP on every BASIC line)
a ... /> number lines on BASIC.
If you put 5 per ... will join in a BASIC ZX spectrum line if can,
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Missing XFAWorld Software games?I finally got around to looking at the PC compilation "Spectrum AllStars - Volume 1", and discovered several games by XFAWorld Software that are not …
... appear to be written in BASIC, and are truly dreadful, but ... be preserved nonetheless.
If anyone wants any more info ... release year, author(s), screenshots) then let me know. -
Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…
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I do not know if this is the right place ...
Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a ...
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Adding command to BASICI am looking for an article about adding commands via software to sinclair basic. I know there was one published and to the best of my knowledge it w…
... commands via software to sinclair basic. I know there was one ... anyone to go searching, but if on the off chance someone ... , new self-made commands to BASIC, is there any articles on ... -
DCP Interpacks - New Old Stock Still Available (Limited)!We rarely see New Old Stock of interfaces for ZX Spectrum appear - Never mind Still being on sale from the 1980's! https://dl.dropboxusercontent.c…
... left, so, if you are interested then buy soon. If you have any ... most Arduino sensors - all with BASIC programs and one of these ... relevant computers intercard is sonnected, then it looks as clean as ... are left over stock from then. These will not be available ... -
Gaaaahhhghh! Christmas (Lights)Tis the season to be a grumpy old git. Its now December and as is customary in the USA, after thanks giving the decorations 'must' come out. I've …
... start at one and and then, nothing, all out. I think ... the needless consumption they drive!!!! If I didn't have kids ... say f*** the lights, but if we didn't I'd ... remember my mum having a basic strand brought in the early ...
