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  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... point of the Crap Games Contest (?)[/QUOTE]

    I've ... ) It crashes (and it's BASIC!) 4) Most of the code ... was stolen from games in BASIC games books 5) Many other ...
    R-Tape R-Tape March 2013 Games
  • Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…

    ... the CPC one to Sinclair BASIC, I reckon. The string handling ... routines and a couple of BASIC idiosyncrasies need to be tweaked ... a bit for Sinclair BASIC and that should be about ... original link to this reddit contest anyway?
    Arjun Arjun October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…

    ... the link to the actual contest on the subreddit.[/url] They ... ran a similar contest a fortnight ago, but again ... contest itself isn't about who can do the best BASIC, it ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…

    ... the CPC one to Sinclair BASIC, I reckon. The string handling ... routines and a couple of BASIC idiosyncrasies need to be tweaked ... a bit for Sinclair BASIC and that should be about ... original link to this reddit contest anyway?[/QUOTE]

    That ...
    spider spider October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Significant machines by yearI'd roughly divide Spectrum's hardware history into four periods: Sinclair (1980 to 1985), Amstrad (1986 to 1988 ), Russian (1989 to 1996) and Homebr…

    ... to the speccy, and the BASIC implementation was clearly a progression ... to that simplicity. SAM basic was speccy basic with extra instructions for ... into basic. It's 1985.

    SAM over Pentagon. No Contest ...
    nuggetreggae nuggetreggae October 2013 Hardware
  • ZX Basic Game Compo (03.2014-01.2015)Compo was organized by baxter ([URL="http://zx-pk.ru/showthread.php?t=22974"]zx.pk.ru forum[/URL]) It was started at 15.03.2013 and games was publish…

    Yes, this Lava is some weird stuff. Top ... animation and all written in Basic :o And it is actually ... it can be done in Basic. Now stop pretending that you ...
    Ralf Ralf January 2015 Games
  • ZX Basic Game Compo (03.2014-01.2015)Compo was organized by baxter ([URL="http://zx-pk.ru/showthread.php?t=22974"]zx.pk.ru forum[/URL]) It was started at 15.03.2013 and games was publish…

    [QUOTE=diver;812147]Lava also has almost unprecedented title ... it can be done in Basic. Now stop pretending that you ...
    R-Tape R-Tape January 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... Games Competition thread [thread] [Contest Site]

    BASIC)[thread]
    by R ... Diamond Digger (Boulderdash like, BASIC)[thread]
    by davepierce07 ... Weird Island (Text Adventure, BASIC)[thread]
    by textvoyage ...
    Timmy Timmy May 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... Games Competition thread [thread] [Contest Site]

    BASIC)[thread]
    by R ... Diamond Digger (Boulderdash like, BASIC)[thread]
    by davepierce07 ... Weird Island (Text Adventure, BASIC)[thread]
    by textvoyage ...
    Timmy Timmy June 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... Games Competition thread [thread] [Contest Site]

    BASIC)[thread]
    by R ... Diamond Digger (Boulderdash like, BASIC)[thread]
    by davepierce07 ... Weird Island (Text Adventure, BASIC)[thread]
    by textvoyage ...
    Timmy Timmy June 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... ://www.sqij.co.uk/csscgc2015/"]Contest Site[/url]]

    ... ]
    [i](Roguelike, BASIC)[/i]
    [[url="http://www ... [i](text adventure with graphics, BASIC, PC port)[/i]
    ... -graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, hidden somewhere[/url ...
    Timmy Timmy August 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... ://www.sqij.co.uk/csscgc2015/"]Contest Site[/url]]

    ... ]
    [i](Roguelike, BASIC)[/i]
    [[url="http://www ... [i](text adventure with graphics, BASIC, PC port)[/i]
    ... -graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, hidden somewhere[/url ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... ://www.sqij.co.uk/csscgc2015/"]Contest Site[/url]]

    ... ]
    [i](Roguelike, BASIC)[/i]
    [[url="http://www ... [i](text adventure with graphics, BASIC, PC port)[/i]
    ... -graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, hidden somewhere[/url ...
    Timmy Timmy October 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... ://www.sqij.co.uk/csscgc2015/"]Contest Site[/url]]

    ... ]
    [i](Roguelike, BASIC)[/i]
    [[url="http://www ... [i](text adventure with graphics, BASIC, PC port)[/i]
    ... -graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, hidden somewhere[/url ...
    Timmy Timmy December 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... even counting the Crap Games Contest), the Spectrum scene is ... ]
    [i](Roguelike, BASIC)[/i]
    [[url="http://www ... [i](text adventure with graphics, BASIC, PC port)[/i]
    ... -graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, hidden somewhere[/url ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2016 Games
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... ! :-)
    We are running this contest for a few years now ... familiar with Spectrum and Spectrum Basic, and so I probably need ... fair option.
    In Atari Basic I would type
    10PR ... />
    By default a Sinclair BASIC program is saved with all ...
    Bunsen Bunsen January 2016 Announcements
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... ;847580"]By default a Sinclair BASIC program is saved with all ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... we had the one-liner contest several years ago, all characters ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas January 2016 Announcements
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... ;847580"]By default a Sinclair BASIC program is saved with all ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... we had the one-liner contest several years ago, all characters ...
    Bunsen Bunsen January 2016 Announcements
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... we had the one-liner contest several years ago, all characters ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by ... program logic was in the BASIC program itself rather than expressions ...
    GReW GReW January 2016 Announcements
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... "]Hey, it's a fun contest. " I hope everybody will avoid ... trials. Don't take this contest too serious. Have fun and ... confirm the spirit of this contest.[/quote]

    No problem ... graphics data algorithmically from within BASIC - so you'll still be ...
    GReW GReW January 2016 Announcements
  • BASIC Tenliners 2016I would like invite all basic programmers to this year's BASIC Tenliners contest. You have to code a game in 10 lines of BASIC. For details please ta…

    ... ;847580"]By default a Sinclair BASIC program is saved with all ... trivial to write a huge BASIC program (size limited by available ... we had the one-liner contest several years ago, all characters ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas January 2016 Announcements
  • endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …

    ... than there are in Sinclair Basic, for example.

    Basic... And you have buffer ...
    It's a contest to write code no one ... of thing in Sinclair Basic in the recursive DEFFN ... size as the spectrum basic manual, and packed tight ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2017 Development
  • How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…

    ... , possibly the best approach for Basic is still compilers, speeding up ... can'y help wondering why LAVA (not in Archive? http://rzxarchive ...
    NRA NRA May 2018 BASIC
  • "Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…

    there were also very good games from basic contests... like that lava game.
    Timmy Timmy September 2018 Games
  • How pass 128K to 48K BASIC whitout need to write by hand??¿?Hi all I have a 48K BASIC program that work only with 48K ROM If i do that in a 128K 1) load "prog.bas" 2) put the command SPECTRUM t…

    ... must be made only with BASIC

    This is ... the game ONLY IN BASIC :)
    https://www.worldofspectrum.org ... /forums/discussion/57443/new-basic-game-anillos-de-saturno-saturn ... for a contest and must made only with BASIC whitout any machine ...
    maeloterkim maeloterkim January 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Currah MicroSourceThis is an interesting one for the experts to mull over. I've got (and love) a MicroSource interface from Currah which consisted of an 8K ROM provid…

    ... providing assembly (excellent), forth (v. basic) and debug facility.

    Chris Chris August 2001 Emulators
  • zx32: cursor keysAre the cursor keys emulated on zx32? I ask because i want to select the 128k Basic option from the opening menu in Spectrum 128 mode, but when I pre…

    ... want to select the 128k Basic option from the opening menu ... how do I select 128K basic in zx32?
    Spector Spector July 2001 Emulators
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... how about a build in Basic compiler (much like HiSoft Colt ... and bit-test, or HiSoft Basic 1.1)?
    In fact ... compiler. The extended basic could base on Beta Basic, Laser Basic (Laser Compiler ... was lame) or Mega Basic and can include extra commands ...
    LCD LCD April 2001 Emulators
  • How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…

    ... /4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite ... wasnt very good with speccy basic as well all this peek ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr January 2002 Games
  • Head Coach - where can i find it to download?Does anyone remember a game for the spectrum , called Head Coach? It was a very simple coaching american football game, and was very basic, and very…

    ... football game, and was very basic, and very addictable! I need ...
    Matt Matt December 2001 Games
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