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  • New Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…

    ... br />
    Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot ... The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I thought I ... able to find was the BASIC file; the rest of ... to load a headerless BASIC file to reduce the ... ’s tips on loading BASIC using machine code can ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore August 2016 Brand new software
  • Usefullness of program listings in magazinesEarly computing magazines had printouts of program listings. I always felt this was a nice thing in that you might read the code and learn something,…

    ... this was a nice thing in that you might read the ... programs with minimal BASIC loaders, and the listings in magazines thus were ... line between the two; a basic program might benefit from a ... assembly subroutine, for example, but in my opinion those pure hex ...
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…

    ... #28 ; call a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
    DEFW #2DA2 ... stack - all will become clear in a moment
    LD ( ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... #28 to call routines in the 48-BASIC ROM, there is no ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Can you make a .TAP file in an Emulator?Hi I been able to save my crappy BASIC programs in emulators as a .z80 snapshot. What about making a .tap file ? Is there anyway I can use the g…

    Hi

    I been able to save my crappy BASIC programs in emulators as a .z80 snapshot. What about making a
    .tap file ? Is there anyway I can use the good old SAVE command and then record a tape that way ?
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2016 Emulators
  • Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…

    ... screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • How can I load a picture into Basic?Having given up in frustration after a week of designing UDG's in order to try and create a picture of a Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe…

    ... week of designing UDG's in order to try and create ... Tudor house, I did it in 5 mins using DeLuxe Paint ... import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums recognize any ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…

    ... be able to type this in 'on the fly' to modify ... even if it ties me in knots.

    I was ... gunshots (its hunting season here in VA) from a distance and ... analyzer, so as to help in having some idea of how ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Chit chat
  • How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…

    ... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... do I call them from BASIC ?
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…

    ...

    In both instances the required return to BASIC with a ... return that value to the BASIC program.

    As well ... br />
    Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ... into programs and timings tested in situ with everything almost as ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • So, is the loading noise in Start Trek IV Speccy noise, or something else?I grew up thinking that a few scenes in Star Trek IV had, without a doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again a couple d…

    ... that a few scenes in Star Trek IV had, ... , ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched ... could swear it's Sinclair BASIC. However, a quick Google ... about Spectrum loading noise in one of the CSI ... 01/13/decoding-data-hiding-in-star-trek-iv/
    ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • New Game: A Yankee in Iraq (2017). A shoot-em-up.Last year, I [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old shoot-em-u…

    ... -game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old ... 1992, which I’d written in Sinclair BASIC. It was a fun ... from all the limitations inherent in BASIC.

    To commemorate the ... it from the ground up in assembly. For the technically non ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore February 2017 Brand new software
  • Screenshots from my old BASIC gamesI have written several dozens of games in 90's. They haven't remained, so I show only screenshots 'for history'. Some screenshots are real, but all…

    ... written several dozens of games in 90's.
    They ... TR-DOS disk (same as in following AGGRESSOR).
    [img]http ... .
    My last BASIC game (possibly, the largest BASIC game for ZX ... Full Throttle by LucasArts, but in more realistic setting.

    Oleg Origin Oleg Origin March 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…

    ... ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Set Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... when I see something written in Basic, but with good UDGs and ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…

    ... kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a ... the next character it reads in the string a$ is a ... get confused or "r100u10". Thanks in advance :)
    ivanb303 ivanb303 May 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Help me remember a type-in listing?When I was a kid I got a book of Spectrum type-in listings from the library. I only typed in one of them as far as I can remember. I'm pretty s…

    ... book of Spectrum type-in listings from the library ... 'jump' a car over holes in the road.

    in the road.

    In practice, you ... /> While the car was in the air, the points ...
    It wa s mostly basic, but I belive there were ...
    Jamesbeat Jamesbeat May 2017 Updates
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC game jam over on itch.ioHello, everyone. Apologies for the prolonged absence. (It's been almost 4 years, yikes!) Just wanted to let everyone know there's a [url="https://itc…

    ... .io/jam/zx-spectrum-basic-jam"]Sinclair Basic game jam[/url] starting ... on itch.io on June 1st -- in ...
    Felix Felix May 2017 Announcements
  • ZX ROM in 64 characters a lineDear ZXS users, I am glad the today's release is not only concerning MB-02+ as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns really everyone, sinc…

    ... patches which make ROM print in 64 characters a line. The ... will be for those programming in BASIC since two times more information ... -02+ I placed the patch in the autoexe, so after the ... my BSROM reports itself already in 64 chars a line:))
    Hood Hood June 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…

    ... />
    here is the basic of basic C code

    [ ... Mouse
    MEDIA : 128MB (256mb in 8 Bit) Compact Flash Hard ... and read from this space in BASIC, by saving programs and variables ... and exits safely back to BASIC - sadly no output on the ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2017 Development
  • ZX81 games in the ZX Spectrum by Russell MarksAfter having seen them for a while I always had the curiosity of knowing if they were somehow translated from the zx81 basic/MC to the Spectrum basi…

    ... from the zx81 basic/MC to the Spectrum basic/MC or the ... Spectrum is really emulating a zx81? In ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx June 2017 Games
  • Where's my green square? Basic & m/c question.I'm going mad here - can anyone tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a green square at the top of the screen? I've checked the num…

    ... tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a ... 22543 it appears ...just not in this program. I've repositioned ... it in memory without change so I don't think the basic ... also gone through the code in New Generation's Machine Code ...
    Tobo Tobo June 2017 Development
  • Short Sinclair BASIC tutorialsHello, if anyone is new to Sinclair BASIC (the built-in ROM one) or feeling the need for a refresh there are (currently eleven) quick 'Under 5 m…

    ... is new to Sinclair BASIC (the built-in ROM one) or feeling ...
    LoadingScreech LoadingScreech July 2017 BASIC
  • Using BASIC from Machine CodeHi Folks, Came across a very interesting article by Toni Baker in Your Spectrum: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/yr11/yr11_66.htm …

    ... interesting article by Toni Baker in Your Spectrum:

    ... />
    Entered the following in to Basin's assembler:
    CALL BASIC
    RST 8
    DEFB ... 255

    BASIC
    PUSH HL
    CALL ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman August 2017 Development
  • Mega basic long listingsHi, this might be a silly question, but does anyone know how to list a program in mega basic and have it pause the scrolling when the listing has fil…

    Hi, this might be a silly question, but does anyone know how to list a program in mega basic and have it pause the scrolling when the listing has filled one screen? Thanks Rick
    Rickper1974 Rickper1974 October 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Working with streams in BASICHi I've been screwing around with streams and Spectranet, there's something I can't figure out. If you want to send data to a stream how can you tel…

    ... listen till it's finished? In other words instead of reading ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Strange behaviour in very simple ASM program.Someone sent me this and it shows something strange. Here's the BASIC listing [code] 10 CLEAR 32999 20 FOR n=33000 TO 33009 30 READ a: POKE n,a …

    ... something strange. Here's the BASIC listing
    [code]
    10 ... ,62,201
    [/code]
    In assembly this should be.
    If you run this in 48k mode with PRINT USR ... prints 3. Try this in an emulator in 128k or real +2 ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2017 Development
  • Best basic games 2017Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/mai…

    Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/main_compo
    borislav borislav November 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • are there any basic conversions of machine code games out there?i need as many as possible as i would like to play around with them in basic.

    i need as many as possible as i would like to play around with them in basic.
    digital digital November 2017 Software
  • how do i input a text file in a zx spectrum emulator?simply that. i have a basic listing i dont want to have to type in.

    simply that. i have a basic listing i dont want to have to type in.
    digital digital November 2017 Development
  • multiface basic loaderdoes anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and…

    does anyone know how I can see whats in the basic loader of the multiface 1 and 128 basic loaders
    and how I could convert a tape save from the 1 and 128 to work with a floppy system like opus discovery?
    caver99 caver99 December 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…

    ... that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that ... can be multi part? In other words one that can ... LOAD lets say a story, in serial form? So when the ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch January 2018 Updates
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