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  • Astroclone...Huh... Does anybody make sense of astroclone at all? I have seen the tipshop, but they speak in strange ways. There is this defender game, then kill…

    ... it's game over, you can't enter the bases again and all you ... " because you didn't destroy all the bases in the previous game). Not so ... ships past the square, although it's usually better to take on the enemy ships in smaller numbers ...
    Jmk Jmk July 2004 Games
  • Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…

    ... this fix when freedom comes to all children (at level 4) game ... code in a separate memory area, it should be enough to simply change the order ... have a finale, it's usually better to restart from the beginning (keeping the same score and ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2011 Infoseek database
  • AY interface - How many possibilities?Currently the newest AY interface available for sale gives 16K and 48K owners a chance to add AY sound to their Speccy, but (correct me if I'm wrong)…

    ... from built-in AY and from external AY interface, and the difference ... usually have different ears too.

    I think, it's much easier to simply ... the TurboSound with external AY interface, or as replacement for built-in ...
    Shiru Shiru October 2009 Hardware
  • Machine code issue...Hi Folks, My trials with MCODE continue and I am stuck. I wrote the following program in BASIC to simply POKE an attribute byte in to a "box" on th…

    ... 476677]Well, there's a way of doing it in two instructions at ... That's a logical shift and won't preserve the sign for ... it's usually better to shift left than right if you've got any choice in the ... matter which is the point I was trying to make ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • SAM programmingHi Can anyone provide any example hello world or graphics/sprite printing style machine code routines for the SAM? I can't seem to find anything rem…

    ... don't already have it as it describes the memory map, hardware ports ... need to use the lower 32K, which means disabling the ROM, moving the stack ... more complete program it's usually better to have your code paged in at address & ...
    obo obo September 2010 Development
  • Loader help please (and a suggestion)I posted in my "Wicker Woman" thread that I was having problems creating a loader, but I think this is a more appropriate place to post. I've had go…

    ... split of second in emulator.[/QUOTE]

    That's...a wee ... short enough, then it's far better to carry on the loading without user intervention ... winding the tape back to the start and pressing play will simply re-load the ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX-Paintbrush 2.6 publishedDear readers, today I released a new version 2.6 of ZX-Paintbrush. Before I will go into the details of all changes I made, first let me say thanks …

    ... them in more detail? It's usually hard to figure out what you have in mind ... [/url]

    The program is sufficient, it is necessary to execute some operations
    g0blinish g0blinish December 2014 Emulators
  • Game development guidesHello all, I want to get into game development for the ZX Spectrum and would like to know where I can find some helpful guides. I've looked around t…

    ... mistakes: DJNZ takes (usually) 13 states, and the outer loop is only ... and 1 byte over the initial one. It would only save 2 ... , a better optimization in case of a 2-bytes Else part, would be to pre-execute the else part ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain September 2015 Development
  • Why don't the variables print where I told them too?I wrote the following program to experiment with creating sounds using 3 notes of BEEP and having the ability to change the notes up or down one at a…

    In both cases the "INKEY$ only registers ... misleading. Each individual call to INKEY$ will return a ... so it's quite possible that both end up true (in this ... in others it might be more surprising). It's usually better to call INKEY$ once, assign the value to ...
    AndyC AndyC May 2017 BASIC
  • Non-repetitive RNDHi guys) Perhaps, some of you already encountered a situation, when one needed a set of [b]unique [/b](pseudo-)random values, say, from zero to 25…

    ... it makes things worse because it's constantly resetting the sequence. It's usually better to do it once at the ... as when you actually need it. The times you're looping around ... throw in a fair bit of extra entropy necessary to make the randomness ...
    AndyC AndyC December 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…

    ... 't use the af' shadow register elsewhere in the function. ex ... af, af' means the flags ... will be messed up though afterwards. It's very ... H or L available it's usually better to pass parameters in those I find. ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • WoS UK meet?Anyone fancy hooking up and getting pissed? I started a thread about something totally different a while ago which ended up with a few of us kind of…

    ... night (hey, I live in Somerset, what else am I gonna do ... just suggested it as it's usually easy to get there from most places in the country ... ).

    Of course, this all assumes is doesn't clash ...
    icabod icabod December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Socket to me..Specchums ! I'm laying out the PCB for the ULA replacement, and I need to know how common it is for the following IC's to be socketed (all to the ri…

    It might also be helpful to mention which actual chips these are, since it's usually easier to find, say, the ULA rather than hunting about for IC numbers.
    glancaster glancaster May 2008 Hardware
  • Socket to me..Specchums ! I'm laying out the PCB for the ULA replacement, and I need to know how common it is for the following IC's to be socketed (all to the ri…

    [QUOTE=glancaster;270624]It might also be helpful to mention which actual chips ... these are, since it's usually easier to find, say, the ULA rather than hunting ... so won't help, but it's nearest right side of ULA ...
    Cookie Cookie May 2008 Hardware
  • New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…

    ... bit better now, and after some research it turned out that the discussion ... think now that it's probably better to just release the source for non-commercial ... purposes. My goal is to ...
    Timmy Timmy May 2010 Games
  • Loader help please (and a suggestion)I posted in my "Wicker Woman" thread that I was having problems creating a loader, but I think this is a more appropriate place to post. I've had go…

    ... that prompting for a keypress in a loader is a bit ... . Wouldn't it be better if it just loaded the game, without the need of ... short enough, then it's far better to carry on the loading without user intervention ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Loader help please (and a suggestion)I posted in my "Wicker Woman" thread that I was having problems creating a loader, but I think this is a more appropriate place to post. I've had go…

    ... the other hand, if the information being presented is short enough, then it's ... far better to carry on the loading without user intervention ... disk and split of second in emulator.
    Fikee Fikee June 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Challenge Sprint 4x tape recorderHi, I noticed a [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000051"]Challenge Sprint[/url] on eBay, and checked out the WoS entry for it…

    ... sits between the analog and the digital part, as it has three ... in speaker (although I think it's very easy to add one). The only moment in ... pattern repeating all the time, as if the same block ... simply could have saved the ROM file at "Sprint speed" and load it ...
    mcleod_ideafix mcleod_ideafix August 2011 Hardware
  • Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…

    ... in the same time.

    Still when it came to individual games, sometimes the ... it's all about the programmer's dedication to the platform, beign able to use its strengths.
    It's usually ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • LUMASCII - 4-level work-in-progess build...In case anybody wants to have a play... [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extras/lumascii_4_level_wip_20120909.zip"]http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extr…

    ... #), but OTOH maybe it's just better to stick with the blue, which is awesome ... .

    Also, as it ... before but perhaps only because it was all blue, or I wasn ...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak September 2012 Development
  • New Game: ZEN[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/r94r5f.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/2150kmd.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/308w4zo.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://…

    ... to go around level number and empty spaces. It's more comfortable to simply let the ... player move the cursor freely.
    in a mood for a puzzle ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2014 Brand new software
  • Issue with Issue Two[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/25300140/Spectrum/Edited_ImageEasyImageEditor_20141111_84.jpg[/img] I'm working on an Issue Two that was sh…

    ... you found the problem at least.

    I think in cases such ... as this where lower RAM faults are suspected then it's ... always better to ensure that the lower RAM is ...
    balford balford November 2014 Hardware
  • ZX-Paintbrush 2.6 publishedDear readers, today I released a new version 2.6 of ZX-Paintbrush. Before I will go into the details of all changes I made, first let me say thanks …

    ... them in more detail? It's usually hard to figure out what you have in mind ... algorithm in mind, can you describe it, preferably showing screenshots to indicate how it ... : is it enough to use ZX-Paintbrush the way I described in post #34 ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas December 2014 Emulators
  • Top 10 hacks?Hi all I love the Maria and Willy in Atic Atac hacks. Are there other great examples? Horace in Manic Miner? Monty skiing?

    Sure, it's usually hard to get permission from copyright owner in practice. But if you do, then it's completely legal.

    If you don't, then releasing your mod as a patch is the way to go.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas June 2016 Games
  • B@stard Bit Torrent Help RequiredI have just tried to download Thumb Candy from that fogartylee's website (good site, by the way). I downloaded the small '.torrent' file, then using…

    ... (assuming the tracker say's it's ok) is to open up the appropriate ports in your ... router/firewall. It ... actually tends to speed up downloads (and in some cases ...
    icabod icabod August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hidden porn screen in Cabal?Your Sinclair's review of "Cabal" says: "If you can find the right combination of keys to press on the title page there's a secret and rather fnar-wo…

    [QUOTE=XTM of TMG;325363]2 replies, 324 views - now that's some ratio ;-) :lol:[/QUOTE]

    and it's nothing whatsoever to do with the word "porn" in the title :-P
    Kilby Kilby December 2008 Games
  • I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…

    ... is quite commonly used in many of the zx tools around. ... the code is rewritten without it.

    The other gotcha with sdcc in ... the same object files -- it's not going to work if the compile is done all the ... so if it's not viewable try again in a day.< ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous August 2016 Development
  • I'm writing an Operating SystemOkay this might seem like a bait thread, but I am legitamately interested in figuring out how to write a multi-process system for the ZX Spectrum (no…

    ... the same object files -- it's not going to work if the compile is done all the ... the reloc table. Because the same object files are used, the non-determinism in the ... up as a low byte part of an address, not ... wrap into anything else (or rather, if it does, there ...
    u6c87 u6c87 October 2016 Development
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