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Dave Perry InterviewI conducted this interview with Dave Perry, famous for games like Turtles, Trantor, Extreme and Dan Dare 3 to name but a few... Enjoy! Dave Perry wa…
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
Calculate screenaddressWho knows where the topic about the fastest screenaddressroutine is? I can't find it in a search.. The fastest routine was to load a large table of …
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DEFB 32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32
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DEFB 224,224 ...Anyone fancy a "meet up" in September?I have a weekend off in September, 25th/26th September, the only one until Xmas, and am postng this invite on a few boards that I post on. I live in…
... and a PC with Zx-32 emulator in the games room ...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
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DEFB 16, 16, 32, 32, 32, 64,128 ...what extra port for extra memory ? (256K, 512K, 1024K, etc.)I know that Pentagon uses some extra bits from port 7FFD for extra memory pging: - for 512K model, bit 6 & 7 of port 7FFD - for 1024K model, bit 5, 6…
... Pentagon uses some extra bits from port 7FFD for ... issues.
1. Normally, bits 6 & 7 are not ... variable. By using those bits for extra memory switching and ... changes some of those bits to a different value ... bank number, by combining bits 0-2 from port ...Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
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DEFB 192, 32
DEFB 192, 32
DEFB 224, 16 ...Star Wars Trilogy DVDAmy got me this online while I was in Venice and it arrived yesterday. I've looked through bits of it, but have mainly watched the Special Features …
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I've looked through bits of it, but have mainly ...Smooth Screen Scrolling RoutineHi everyone, this is a follow up to the thread on smooth screen scrolling. As promised here is the code for the routine. It's pretty long and fairl…
... ,128,64,64,64,32,32,16,8,4,2, ... SRL H ;Each 4 is 32 pixels wide
RR L ... ,E
ADD A,32
LD E,A ... ,L
ADD A,32
LD L,A ... ,E
ADD A,32
LD E,A ... )
LD D,(IX+32)
LD E,(IX+ ... ),C
LD (IY+32),D
LD (IY ...The incredible shrinking screendumpIn this topic I stated that I would be impressed if the screendump could be smaller than 37 bytes. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewt…
Where to get Speccy bits and pieces...Hi everybody, My poor little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think the ULA has given up the ghost - when I power it on the screen stays the …
Hi everybody,
My poor little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think the ULA has given up the ghost - when I power it on the screen stays the same, no red lines, or anything... it looks pretty much like the CPU is just not getting its ...The RageWell, I know that this is not a Speccy game, but... Are there any cheat modes available for The Rage by Fluid Games? I like this game and I often pla…
Well, I know that this is not a Speccy game, but... Are there any cheat modes available for The Rage by Fluid Games? I like this game and I often play it on my PC.
[ This Message was edited by: tanium on 2004-10-06 12:32 ]Your Sinclair - It's back!Sort of. [quote]UK and subscriber copies of issue nine of Retro Gamer magazine will include a brand new issue of Your Sinclair magazine! This 32-pa…
... of Your Sinclair magazine! This 32-page tribute resurrects many classic ...Retro Gamer Issue 9[Vicky Pollard mode=ON] Ohhhhhhh Myyy Goddddddddddd!!! [Vicky Pollard mode=OFF] Anyone else got Retro Gamer Issue 9 yet? A Spec-chum heaven for sur…
... Sinclair!!! :o :D Its a 32 page affair (not much smaller ...Is there much ?Do you think there`s much cooperation, and in fact co-development now goes on within the 8-bit community.. in fact is there any? I know that`s a daf…
... `s worth, apart from sharing bits of `fast` code... and with ...BASin Release 11 out nowBASin has been updated once again, for your BASIC programming pleasure! Get it at: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_r11.exe"]htt…
... in the string, and every 32 characters a red marker will ...Dixons - and the "death of the video"MIKE: Right. That's it. "Your video is now ready for use. Insert cassette, rewind to beginning of tape, and press play. Happy viewing!" VYVYAN: Ha h…
... an axe, put all the bits in a plastic bag, and ...New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…
... (x,128)/64)=2)+ (32 AND INT (FN V(FN ... FN V(y,128),64)/32)=2)+(16 AND INT ( ... V(y,128),64),32)/16)=2)+(8 AND ... (FN V(b,128),64),32)/16)+STR$ INT (FN ... (FN V(b,128),64),32),16)/8)+STR$ INT ... FN V(b,128),64),32),16),8)/4)+STR$ ... $(l$)=CHR$ (CODE l$)+(32 AND CODE l$>64 ...For Sale: 2 Spectrums and Lots of games (List in post)All Sold, Thanks [ This Message was edited by: Speed on 2005-09-07 11:32 ]
All Sold,
Thanks
[ This Message was edited by: Speed on 2005-09-07 11:32 ]Zx Computing issue 1 for sale on ebay (more blatant advetising) Just selling some more of my old bits and bobs, This week Zx Computing as listed below: [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1…
... some more of my old bits and bobs, This week Zx ...A bit late, but 10 years of PlayStaion! My thoughts.I think the acual Aniversary of the Playstion release was a couple of weeks ago, but I picked up GamesTM today and it has a big feature about it (bes…
... . We went from 8 to 32 bit, from colour clash and ...Elite RZX filesHi there, I'm thinking ahead to the 1985 chapter of the documentary, and one thing I want to concentrate on (well, dedicate 32 secs to anyway) is El…
... to concentrate on (well, dedicate 32 secs to anyway) is Elite ...Best of 2004As we all know the worst of 2004 hit on Boxing Day this year resulting in the loss of so many lives. My heart goes out any one affected by this act o…
... what everyone considered the best bits of 2004 (serious and/or ...Screen AttributesNot sure if this is a devolopment question but here goes... In my limited understanding, the 'attribute file' of a speccy is 5800h to 5AFFh and each…
... position on the screen. With bits 0 to 2 dealing with ...Only January and I found my quote of the year![url="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1246017.html?menu=news"]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1246017.html?menu=news[/url] the quote in qu…
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the quote in question being...
"He never harmed anyone in his first 32 years"