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  • Any basic Z80 code to get me started?Basically looking for keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would then improve upon. My first game would be a simple Ro…

    ... keyboard/joystick routines and perhaps basic sprite handling that I would ...
    Darkhog Darkhog April 2016 Development
  • Faster Manic MinerHey, dudes. I've been fiddling around trying to wring more speed out of this game recently. I've replaced the LDIR buffer copying routines with s…

    ... recently. I've replaced the LDIR buffer copying routines with some ... could, I suppose, replace the BASIC ROM with a custom one ...
    Mysterion Mysterion May 2016 Development
  • 140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …

    ... in the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC that will fit into 140 ... of the standard 48K Sinclair BASIC syntax
    [code]1 FOR ...
    Factor6 Factor6 May 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Leading Zeroes on a Score in BASICI'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes such that it's always 6 characters wide, i.e.: 000010, 000150, 006100 etc. I quickly knocked thi…

    ... way to do this in BASIC?
    MykeP MykeP July 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Some BASIC programs - may be of interest?Found these on a C15 in a bundle.. one of them is listed in the archive, I don't think the others are. I suspect these are all type ins but I don't …

    ... ://www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stilton.z80"]Stilton Patience[/url ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Missile-Attack.z80"]Missile Attack ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Race-Chase.z80"]Race Chase ... www.abunker.plus.com/spec/BASIC/Stock-market.z80"]Stock Market ...
    blueowl0708 blueowl0708 July 2016 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Empire - port of trs80 basic programBack when I was a little kid, I had the opportunity to play around with a trs80 model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I often played was call…

    ... model 1 with level 2 basic. One of the games I ... I came across the full basic source and decided to port ... it over in C. Basic being basic, there's a lot ... real machine.

    Original basic source: http://willus.com/trs80 ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2016 Brand new software
  • Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…

    ... a Polish program written in Basic.

    But it doesn ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…

    ... in the late 80s, some BASIC, some machine code, and I ... I saw something about '128K BASIC support watch this space' - so ...
    Robsoft Robsoft July 2016 Hardware
  • Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …

    ... ridiculously simple, as the following basic code doesn't work.
    pointblnk pointblnk August 2016 Development
  • New game: ZoomBloxHi everyone, this is my first post here, so first off I'd like to say hello to the Spectrum development community :) I've been developing on an…

    ... feel
    - Its powerful basic interpreter

    Anyway ... Basic, but I've found out about it too late :)
    - Animation ... already drawn several frames of animation (as you can see ... as the ones mentioned: ZX-Basic, Nirvana, ZX-Paintbrush.. ...
    Fabrizio Zavagli Fabrizio Zavagli August 2016 Development
  • bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …

    ... , doesn't matter) with custom basic part?

    Of course ... create separate tap with basic, and later save basic+code manually. But ... have more automatic solution.
    Basic will contain clear, request from ...
    Bedazzle Bedazzle August 2016 Development
  • 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…

    ... ; hide the M/C from BASIC
    Call48 RST #28 ; ... a routine in the 48-BASIC environment
    DEFW #2DA2 ; unstack ... /> and here's a tiny BASIC program to poke it into ... call routines in the 48-BASIC ROM, there is no need ...
    The_Bert The_Bert September 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • So what is wrong with this program ?Using those basic copying buffers routines I wrote this spiral animation, absolutely wasteful it is of memory yes, but I'm only just learning machine…

    Using those basic copying buffers routines I wrote this spiral animation, absolutely wasteful ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 October 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Software for animationFor still sprites there is ZX-Paintbrush. What is a good software choice for create/import sprites and preview them as animation?

    For still sprites there is ZX-Paintbrush. What is a good software choice for create/import sprites and preview them as animation?
    Bedazzle Bedazzle October 2016 Development
  • Flicker-free animationTrying to create flicker-free screen update, but... Where I'm wrong? [url="https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/pfywhfejfmwt2zq/test_128.sna"]Snaps…

    ... />
    ld (hl), a
    ldir

    ret

    Bedazzle Bedazzle October 2016 Development
  • ZX Loading animationI saw somewhere recently a loading animation using the coloured stripes - can anyone recall where it was?

    I saw somewhere recently a loading animation using the coloured stripes - can anyone recall where it was?
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty October 2016 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... import that image into a Basic program? Do Spectrums recognize any ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • 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
  • A few questions about sound and keys in BASICIf I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use BEEP right ? It seems to lock up the CPU for far too long . On Arjun's page I found how to use CALL 94…

    ... I want sound in my BASIC game I have to use ... routine and use it from BASIC but is this not the ... make something two player in BASIC since I use INPUT INKEY ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 December 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Spin 0.7 + SE BASIC 3.2I've bought SE BASIC 3.2, but I've got no EPROMs to test it yet. While I wait for those EPROMs, I've configured my favourite emulator to run a 48k…

    I've bought SE BASIC 3.2, but I've ...
    Zup Zup December 2016 Emulators
  • Basic programming for kidsHi there I'm thinking strongly of getting my kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so I can get two bluetooth keyboards fo…

    ... kids to program with speccy BASIC. Both have Android tablets, so ... and mess around with their BASIC program to see what happens ...
    Emil Emil December 2016 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…

    ... instances the required return to BASIC with a decimal fraction between ... return that value to the BASIC program.

    As well ...

    Here's the BASIC timing routine which I use ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Text file to BASICHi, Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall somethi…

    Hi,

    Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall something being mentioned in the past, but I can't find it via search.

    Thanks
    jonesypeter jonesypeter January 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC 10Liners 2017Contest is starting now! http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/basic-10liners-2017

    Contest is starting now!

    http://gkanold.wixsite.com/homeputerium/basic-10liners-2017
    Bunsen Bunsen January 2017 Announcements
  • User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…

    ... user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being ... the UDF right in Sinclair BASIC...strangely, I have been able ... to do it in BBC BASIC...

    [code]
    REM ... as a string in BBC BASIC
    INPUT "Type in a ...
    Richey Richey February 2017 BASIC
  • Best basic game to port to another machineI want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu"]Enterprise 128[/url]. What are the best basic game for this? For example [url="http://www.e…

    ... want to convert a specy basic game to [url="ep128.hu ... ].
    What are the best basic game for this?
    For ... .htm"]this is an EP basic game[/url], that show EP ...
    endi endi March 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... have been written on a BASIC; gameplay was very primitive.
    The only survived BASIC game from this list.
    My last BASIC game (possibly, the largest BASIC game for ZX ...
    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…

    ... I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... I see something written in Basic, but with good UDGs and ...
    zxbruno zxbruno April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving BASIC program from Spectrum to PCSo I did something stupid. I started writing a program on the Spectrum, and before I knew it I am on line # 1430 of my BASIC program. I now have had…

    ... on line # 1430 of my BASIC program.
    I now have ...
    Seeker Seeker April 2017 Hardware
  • How do I use colour control codes in 128 basic?Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print state…

    Just started using a toast rack in 128 basic and I am struggling to understand how to easily create coloured characters and graphics in a print statement when the extend mode does not work in 128 basic. Can anyone enlighten me please?
    Fieldy Fieldy April 2017 BASIC
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