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  • Trader TrilogyWas watching an old Spectrum Show #78 - I think - he did quite a long segment on Trader Trilogy so I went looking for it and found it here, good old …

    ... like it might be a Basic game but I couldn't ... don't know but if it is then that's even more ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch December 2019 Games
  • How pass 128K to 48K BASIC whitout need to write by hand??¿?Hi all I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with 48K ROM If i do that in a 128K 1) load "prog.bas" 2) put the command SPECTRUM t…

    ... />
    I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with ... 48K ROM

    If i do that in a ... or other stuff inside the BASIC program for do it automatically ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim January 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • New BASIC game ANILLOS DE SATURNO (SATURN RINGS)Hi All I made this game ONLY WITH BASIC, for the contest bytemaniacos 2020 that you can look here https://www.bytemaniacos.com/?page_id=3639 …

    ... made this game ONLY WITH BASIC, for the contest bytemaniacos 2020 ... the 48K ROM

    If you have a 128K spectrum ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim January 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Should I get a NEXT?Despite my having wanted one almost since I heard about it, I'm beginning to wonder whether it would be an extravagance, 'cos its sure to cost a fair…

    ... moving backgrounds and sound in Basic if - as it would seem ... money.

    Then again one could argue that ... later if I pass it up and then discover ... collaborate on a project then I'd definitely go ... it seems pretty hopeless. Then again of this was ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch March 2020 Chit chat
  • Will be away for at least a week.Just signing in for one hour, and typing this up in advance, hopefully i will be able to get it posted and do anything else I need, because one hour …

    ... she cannot hear very well if I call to see ... the phone provider to see if I could get a ... and my phone is a basic numerical button phone. I tried ... trauma in the past) and if you understand that it means ... would be only one. But then many people became enured to ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2020 Chit chat
  • Randomised data samplingHere is something that could be written in BASIC, if anyone is interested. Lets say we want to sample a subset of a larger population, we can do t…

    ... that could be written in BASIC, if anyone is interested.


    This short BASIC program fills a population table ... 0 and 3.
    It then prints this distribution out in ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Manic Miner (light modification)Hi, This project was a small try to make something different. I would like to present in old-fashion magazine style. I hope you will like :) Pg…

    ... F
    70 IF C=38442 THEN GO TO 100
    BASIC part, stop the tape.< ... are only different in the BASIC part, the game is ... what you see on the BASIC list.

    ... CODE and start the tape. If the screen has loaded, stop ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri June 2020 Games
  • User profiles: Details like location, age, 'about me' etc.When I sign up to forums, I'm often invited to fill in all kinds of profile details like age, location, job, "About me" etc. Frankly, I normally find…

    ... admin, developers, industry professionals… and then there's just the general ... see a few basic details about the folks here (if they wish ...
    Lee Bee Lee Bee June 2020 Feature Requests
  • Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …

    ... to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter.

    BASIC.

    However, after searching ... about how much time each BASIC command takes to run.

    For example: How do IF vs LET vs GOTO vs ...
    48K 48K July 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • getting c nonsense in basic when trying to load a program through a string in +3 basicstrangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works withou…

    strangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works without an error. why is this?
    digital digital August 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…

    ... it.

    It not, then repeat this process, or ask ... help.

    However, if this works, then you have a working ... that was also in our basic code. One of the great ... "scroll_left()", run that code and then return. The other part of ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…

    ... and forth because most if not all the regulars ... as mud' which I then justified by explaining my circumstances ... br />
    Okay and then here comes the Next. Oooh ... hand at a more powerful Basic that will have a ... wave the white flag, if only I had someone to ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch September 2020 Chit chat
  • Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…

    ... original program was written in BASIC, I thought I'd examine ... the program and then taking whatever comes from then onwards. The second ... could be checked and junked if it was over 32 characters ... the program in its tracks if it was run on a ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Is it me or is the +2 manual nowhere as good as the original?I think it's probably as much to do with my ageing brain as the bloody manual for the Spectrum +2 from Amstrad but the explanations don't make as muc…

    ... by topic eg: Graphics and then the topics aren't fully ... PRINT and PLOT.

    Then again, what used to be ... wondering if anyone else has noticed any difference between the two Basic ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch October 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Get on with it you lazy sod!I am a world class prevaricator - I'm doing it right now - when it comes to getting down to Basics. I'm perfectly happy to fill in the squares de…

    ... expected, that puts me off. Then there's the disappearing saved ... a few forums to see if anyone else has any ideas ... /> Times running out for me, if I want to justify the ... my arse and start learning Basic again from the very beginning ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch October 2020 Chit chat
  • How Historically Accurate Were ZX Spectrum Battle Games?And I do have a game in mind to "kick this one off". It is "Vikings?" (Challege) 1989 .This set of 3 battles comes with a manual included . and it d…

    ... up" so if the Normans had heavy cavalry then the Anglo-Saxons ... thing .

    But what if you actually want a historically ... a good chunk written in BASIC , so maybe they can be ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio November 2020 Games
  • Success or FailureSuccess or Failure is here...the brand new Football Management game for the ZX Spectrum. Do you long back to the days when Football Management gam…

    ... were simple games written in basic, where you could start a ... within minutes?

    If yes, then this might just be the ... the 1/1-2021, until then please grab a free copy ...
    Frankie Frankie December 2020 Brand new software
  • Have you ever been given a credit for "co-writing" a published ZX Spectrum program and not known it?Well back in the day, (when I was actually working) I thought up an idea (which is quite unusual for me) and somehow I was put in touch with a "pro…

    ... I showed him my then Opus Discovery Spectrum setup and ... the loft somewhere) . Then I forgot about it as ... fun.

    Then the other day I looked ... messing about with ideas , basic concepts etc. It was ... so I would be surprised if more than "about two ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio December 2020 Chit chat
  • CSSCGC 2021: 25th edition extravaganza![img]https://csscgc2021.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/yellow_programmer_960x600.png[/img] [url=https://www.rickdangerous.co.uk/csscgc2021/][b][size=…

    ... 't before this year started, then you are particularly encouraged to ... Sinclair BASIC, for that matter), and produce weird error reports. If you ... memory. And, if you're really short of ideas, then you can ... you have to do - and then embellish it with all sorts ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2020 Games
  • Last Problem in Chapter 3 of Toni Baker's Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum.Chapter 3 of this great book is all about how to use the registers and covers the operations LD, ADD, ADC, SUB, SBC, INC, DEC, SCF and CCF. The la…

    ... written to produce a 1 if BC is greater than DE ... , BC ED42 IF BC is greater than HL(DE) then CARRY is ... 8F Set A to 1 if CARRY is set.
    LD ...
    RET C9 Return to basic
    [/code]
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk February 2021 Assembler
  • Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…

    ... the assembler listing and Sinclair BASIC wrapper must suffice. Have fun ... pattern
    310 IF RND>0.8 THEN GO TO 370 ... 20,0}";a$
    9030 IF a$="" THEN CLS: RETURN
    9040 ... LET s=0
    9110 IF s$(1)>="0" AND ...
    Volker Volker February 2021 Software
  • Microdigital TK95 / TK90X - my experiencesAs asked for by Renegade [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58189"]here[/url] I'll do a short writeup of my experiences with my TK90…

    ... beeper routines?
    Fun fact: BASIC error messages are all in ... the aforementioned RGB mod and then checking whether my AY ... the machines timing and compatibility then (the newer ROM in ... things develop/get discovered. If you have any questions feel ...
    Shockwav3 Shockwav3 February 2021 Hardware
  • Slideshow...Is there any interest in MDR files with graphics slideshows? I was playing around with a Microdrive Superformat I'm working on ( I'm trying to mak…

    ... rated/[/url]

    Anyway, then I remembered the early VGA ... Wrote a quick loader in basic, and just had it loading ... enough left over for the basic loader. A for-next delay ... the background, transitioning between images. If anyone is interested, I can ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk May 2021 Software
  • Manic Miner in Basic ?Hi, I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ? C…

    Hi,

    I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ?

    Cheers in advance
    Saboteur Saboteur July 2021 Games
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…

    ... of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about ... aspect just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought about ... in the MISCELLANEOUS category). But then I thought well , at least ... therefore the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some extent ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2021 Sinclair Basic
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