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Best loading on a gameFor me, it has to be Technician Ted, with all those TT's walking across the screen. 2nd comes Skooldaze, only because I spent many MANY of my evenin…
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The ROM load/save routine for both leader and colour, only ... defines one colour (red for leader, blue for data) and the second ... -
New (easier) speccy games testI've created a new speccy games test: [url]http://www.sometests.com/tests/Gaming/ZXSpectrumGamesTest_EasierVersion_.html[/url] Again it's 20 questi…
... it had the "old" keyboard routine in it. This does not ... didn't bother updating the routine for SW as time progressed, who ... -
Multi-tasking OS on the Spectrum?Do you think it is possible to build a multi-tasking operating system on the Spectrum? That is, most important the ability to have several task run…
... 's reference to memory). The interrupt routine could do all the scheduling ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... ;227963]count times computer or player passes[/QUOTE]
Since ... game could indicate to the player when it's necessary to ... of asking for a move anyway and wait for the player to realize ... the player to pass one more time (notice that checking for valid ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
[QUOTE=Digital Prawn;229012]change
DIM s(2) to DIM s(4)[/QUOTE]
Perhaps DIM s(6) to also store separate values of q for each player, which would solve your concern about running out of space. -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... store separate values of q for each player, which would solve your ... -
Channel redirectionHi! I need help regarding the following problem. I want a BASIC decoder running on Spectrum, written in assembler. I found the great *LIST routine […
... the PO_SEARCH ($0C41) ROM routine to search for the BASIC token ASCII ... /> So, in my custom output routine for channel 3 I print each ... char using the 64 column routine.
I would like to ... the (floating point) number printing routine in ROM (used by the ... -
Ike Turner reaches nutbush city limits[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7141489.stm[/url] i'm morbid today :D
... is, he's best remembered for a record that he didn ... Spector to go into seclusion for three years. It was credited ... 's what the best generation for music was they are going to ... -
Fairytale of New York - edited[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7149525.stm[/url] I actually dont mind this 'Xmas' song at all. I cant believe the PC brigade have go…
... Six Music (for music), and Radio 4 for everything else.
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Upside down in gamesSiouxsie has seen part of Mario Galaxy where the gravity changes (you're in a tube thing like those daft pens with the ball bearing maze all the way …
In Izzy Wizzy there are a couple of spells to make mutants to walk on the ceiling, but nothing that does the same for the player. -
Development IDE collaborationI was wondering if other people making development IDE's (MetalBrain, LCD , Claus Jahn and Carlinski as far as I know) would be interested in combini…
... also finally provide the means for true open software development ... that the potential exists for sw written for one machine to ... of a standard internal format for music, graphics, etc and the ... where BeTiled was originally written for the spectrum using z88dk+ ... -
improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…
... Tiertex: use the 128k capabilities for music and loading, put in some ... -
Arti've decided to paint pictures and flog them to art cafes, and also online, mostly on ebay. i only did basic art at school, i can't really draw and …
... other 1000 didn't. Similarly for music. We're made to believe ... /> Being able to produce art - music etc. is an emergent property ... the piano, from the sheet music - most people would say this ... 's just translating the sheet music into keystrokes is working pretty ... -
Best tennis gameI love playing [I]Match Point[/I]. 8-) In spite of being from 1984, having very simple graphics and poor sounds, it has a high playability; one of…
... -final skill is the best for 2 player mode. Quarter Final is ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
Crysis conversion for ZX Spectrum submited...
Awesome Heuristic Routine for generating a real 3D World, with 5 enemies awaiting you, and destructible scenario.
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BASIC type-insThose type-ins from mags like sinclair programs etc. Was it just me, or did you often spend ages on them to find out THEY DIDN'T WORK!!! Did nobo…
... tips supplement with a MASSIVE routine for a [I]Sweevo's World ... in these forums that the routine didn't work. Who had ... -
BASIC type-insThose type-ins from mags like sinclair programs etc. Was it just me, or did you often spend ages on them to find out THEY DIDN'T WORK!!! Did nobo…
... few had an enhanced checksum routine which took into account ... which ones used an enhanced routine, as it's quite ... Sinclair Answers printed a checksum routine for their BASIC listings but missed ... Fortunately Sinclair Answers only ran for two issues, and I think ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... extra 7 array elements used for the FLASH marking at ... Right now, the board drawing routine is called every turn, but ... to use the board drawing routine for the initialization only, and later ... to rewrite the verification routine using something like FOR x=-1 TO ... -
SpecDrum2 updatedHello again, just to let you know that the specdrum2 program has now been updated and is in the remakes section and now does not have the enter code…
... will be tempo changes so for example :
... also added a graphic for when you input the ... i had to write a routine for this.
... That is all for now and as mentioned before ... extra kits
Bye for now
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New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... is called "49 Explosive Games for the ZX Spectrum"
< ... too far ahead of the player, or something like that is ... maze, there is no indicator for the player (Like a numeric distance ... freely downloadable OpenGEM desktop environment for DOS - the game name ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... . It would be frustrating for a player to hear a tone and ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... using yellow to indicate the player's turn, and no color ... /> It will be more intuitive for the player, and it will require ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... 3 tones, then wait for the player to repeat 3 tones. Afterwards ... -
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... 3 tones, then wait for the player to repeat 3 tones. Afterwards ... mistake, because even if the player gets the button wrong right ... -
help sought with first foray into machine code - pixel scrolldownI have started to code my first machine code program, a simple roadrace game. I've based it around the pixel scrolldown routine in 40 Best Machine Co…
... what it is. Basic's interrupt routine is still running outside the ... nonsense message from inside the interrupt... probably.
So the ... -
Just discovered 12" 80s compilation CDs...and having a ball. Some desperately-needed new blood for my 80s music knowledge. Already have three box sets, and now considering buying more. Re…
New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... in advance so the player can check if the ... add a "cheat mode" for activating the overhead map ... would make it hard for the player to memorize the exact ... the current maze "sideways" (player start on the left side ... the distance from the player to the exit, which ...Dangerous Z80 Assembly CommandHave been reading Toni Bakers' "Mastering MC On Ya Speccy" book and came across the list of Z80 commands in the dictionary section. Page 102 "[b]IM…
... using one of those Russian music players, expect weird crap to ... than that, perhaps the music data / music player / music player's data is parked on ...Next Gen GamesWell i got to say i think the next gen games (PS3, 360, Wii) suck like no other gen has. Its the last gen games with eye candy and they have taken al…
... excitement of using the remote for a good game. [/QUOTE]
for social occasions. There are some ... cracking games on there too for single player. I'm currently working ...New oneliners for 2008[INDENT][INDENT][INDENT]Here's my attempt at a first-person-perspective 3d game in one line of BASIC. It's called 'wormhole', and you've got to get t…
... /> We have now several variants for algorithm "maze 2", with different ... , which make them more interesting for the player). We will have to ... , we can still use it for another 4th game, perhaps the ...
