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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 ... written in Basic. Is there a list of Basic games which are similar to ... written in Basic, but with good UDGs and a lot of attention to ... -
128K memory bank selection to avoid contention issuesI'm currently developing a game and I'm trying to get my head around the memory contention issues of the various 128K/+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models in or…
... /+2/+2A/+3 spectrum models in order to make the best use ... banks that you can switch in to address range $c000-$ffff.
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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…
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... have configured a partition to "e:" which points to "ZXLaunch" partition - ... I can write to and read from this space in BASIC, by saving ... Created". and exits safely back to BASIC - sadly no output on ... -
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…
... translated from the zx81 basic/MC to the Spectrum basic/MC or the ... Spectrum is really emulating a zx81? In ... -
Competition to the premiere of Spectrum Movie in CambridgeHi there! My name is Andy Remic. I’ve made a 2hr 20m documentary feature film about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer entitled Memoirs of a Spectrum…
... Addict. It’s filmed in 4K Apple Pro Res ... There is a film premiere in Cambridge (UK) at The ... tickets which I’m willing to offer in competition style – so, ... and FAVOURITE ZX Spectrum game to andyremic@outlook.com, and ... (s) get an invite to the film premiere!! And ... -
Simple way to add AY music to AGD games!I have written some scripts and asm to autobuild interrupt driven AY music into any AGD game. The play routine and music is stored in bank4, so y…
... you can use music up to 14KB in size.
... game.tap to folder, create this in AGD with no basic loader
- copy music in pt3 format to folder
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High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
... last pressed key's ASCII value
LD HL,(TEMP) ; copy in HL ... the address of the row to overwrite in DE
CALL PRINT_MESS ...
JR C,SHWDG0 ; nothing to show
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Just watched Paul Jenkinsons's spectrum chanel and now want to write code againPlease assume for the purpose of this thread I know nothing... I want to look to write games on the spectrum but want to develop and test on my wi…
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I want to look to write games on the spectrum ... /> 1) Was thinking to prototype my game is basic and then either ... as assembler or compile the basic. Is this approach ok and ... info to support the platform. Seeing as I will be prototyping in basic ... -
Go to, gosub or something different?I'm going to write an arcade game in basic. May compile it. In both basic and compiled basic would a goto or gosub be faster? Also if I stored …
... to write an arcade game in basic. May compile it.
In both basic ... and compiled basic would ... the execution?
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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…
... out. If you want to send data to a stream how can ... you tell it to listen till it's finished? In other words ... once and then dump it to the screen rather than ... and me pushing the computer to give me the next ... a feeling it has something to do with the CAT command ... -
How do I convert a .z80 snapshot to a tape file?I've been fiddling with this for a while but can't get it to work reliably. I use Marvin to write short BASIC and assembly programs that uses .z80 in…
... Marvin to write short BASIC and assembly programs that uses .z80 in 48k ... mode. I want to ... convert to .tap somehow ... get it to work again. I need to save the BASIC listing, screen ... -
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 -
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.
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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.
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Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
... bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've ... been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whether and object hits ... I only have to check whether something in front of my ball ... m not hold how to return from subroutines in assembly with a ... -
Saving in BASIC in ESXDOS, the date is interesting :)I just got my hands on a divMMC Enjoy Mini. What a fantastic device!!! So I tried saving/loading basic programs to the disk. A curious thing happens.…
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Can't get Java applets to work in any browser ? Not even IE 11 with Windows 8.1?My wife needs to fill out a questionnaire on a website and it's in Java! I have all the latest updates of JRE and JDK. From my IE settings it should…
... to fill out a questionnaire on a website and it's in ... an applet then embed it in a simple HTML document it ... can see have Java enabled in the browser any ideas ?? Questionnaire ... -
How would I turn memory paging on/off in Assembler?Sorry for the noob question. It's perfectly ok to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging off. But how do you do it in assembly language? I kn…
... 's perfectly ok to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging ... off. But how do you do it in ... know there's an OUT in assembly and it's like ... -
Apulija-13 V2.0 real hardware testingThe enlarged and revised version of [i]Apulija-13,[/i] a game I released five years ago, is almost done, and as usual I tested it on real hardware be…
... I also had to hold in my right hand while ... PC running Spectaculator, which in turn emulates a +2A ... it is not necessary to press the PLAY key on the Datacorder ... game will be available in two separate versions for ... and 128K models, and in the usual six languages: ... -
The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…
... if the I register points to a range of $40–$7f ... . I have been trying to reproduce this effect to no avail. I ... . I’ve tried to relocated the code to the contended memory (as ... #7 (active while we’re in BASIC)
ld bc,$7ffd
Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again ... text that I want to add in to the game.
... only loading the text in to memory as and when ... but I’m failing to understand how I can ... heavy game just not achievable in Basic?
Thanks ...Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…
After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor editors? If so, was the lack of memory the root problem or there were more?
TYRandom-Access to Microdrive FileI am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file to standard tape array-file. To backup a text-file from one microdrive to a secon…
I am working on a BASIC program to backup a microdrive text-file ... #a TO #b [/b] BASIC command, but my purpose is to backup to tape ... /discussion/33911/copying-a-screen-in-zx-basic-in-1-second/p1
ZEsarUX-7.0Hi! I have uploaded a new ZEsarUX stable version :) This is ZEsarUX 7.0 There are a lot of new features added, more than ever! You can downl…
... /> * now you can press up to all 40 keys (on Spectrum ... to limit menu event: enabling it you should press the menu key ... 3 times in a second to open the ... press key c to copy to it. Press P on file utils to paste contents to a ...ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…
... a separate page in 128k models, if you wish to.
to use to recall the images.
* in BASIC:
POKE ... 49157, : RAND USR 49156
* or in assembly ...New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... of tweaking to get to work. I've therefore decided to write my ... special mode which allows you to swap in another ROM (bank 4 ... , even via loading from tape in 48k basic, now working. It's ... it easier to transfer multiple games to one disk via tape in an ...Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…
... is the right place to put this question
directly from commands in basic or from machine code, ... /> More than anything not to do it by hand since ... />
That is to say that it is recorded ... />
I hope to have explained myself well :)
Grpahics mode: Key combination for black squareSo I'm trying to type in a game listing to see how it works and I need to type a black square in the listing and have completely forgotten how to use…
So I'm trying to type in a game listing to see how it ... works and I need to ... type a black square in the listing and ... someone let me know the key combinations to type the square and ...How many New Style "Speccy" PCBs are Made to Fit in an "old style" 48K Case? And what are their names? Most of them are produced in small batches so there could be quite a few small variations. Many of these are not produced…
... of them are produced in small batches so there could ... these are not produced in the UK but can ... are not all exactly similar in function (ie what they ... do) . Some try to replicate an original 48K Spectrum ... factor that puts them in this category is that ...
