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Typing in type-in gamesWhat are people's memories of typing in game listings from magazines and books? Pain or pleasure? I used to quite enjoy tapping them in, seeing how …
... few listings from which to choose. Sometimes it was ... small sections to see what they did and learn new ... tricks. With experience it was easy enough to ... which explained how the program worked. It's worth ... in learning how to program in machine code. -
RANDOMIZE USRI always thought that this particular basic command was not intuitive! If I understand correctly is means run the code from the memory address, is t…
... , why most people seemed to use RANDOMISE USR rather than ... I've been trying to learn how to program I've found using ... by loading BC in the program with some troublesome changing value ... before RETurning to BASIC. Then just typing " ... -
New game: Pitfall III wrath of KingcrockI'm releasing this new 'divertissement' made by Gabriele with AGD on behalf of him. The game is a platform affair where you should pick up the four p…
... screen I occasionally seemed to get slightly trapped in ... facing) when I wanted to go out of the ... is short I wanted it to be difficult
Really ... sort of excercises to learn how to program and to see what can ... :D)...but once I learn some more trick I will ... -
Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…
... LD. As to my mind after you learn to load a ... value into a register you should learn how to ...
Being able to manipulate register values on a ... lower register is going to get diddled... Question ... you have a bigger program, of which this routine ... -
Completely free games?Hi, I would like to know if there are any open source or completely free games for ZX Spectrum. Or at least some other free programs without any lin…
... people could learn to use the compiler anyway! The associated how to program tutorial ... -
is this a forum for new games ideas as in really new gamesWhat I mean is Nebulous was a new game concept, [cylindrical scrolling?] and I am having difficulty coming up with new concepts. Seems my brain just …
... lack of ideas, but those to program them? I've often felt ... 'mentor' program could be useful - so somebody who wants to learn to write games ... too many voices and concepts to the point of becoming overwhelming ... -
Idiots Guide......To machine code, or assembler language...whatever the appropriate term is Basically at this stage I want to fiddle about and try and get used to…
... cpu speed. If you want to program the 8-bits well, you ... you don't need to be an expert to program an 8-bit ... never write a pure asm program again (probably :) ). It will always ... .
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Idiots Guide......To machine code, or assembler language...whatever the appropriate term is Basically at this stage I want to fiddle about and try and get used to…
... to program and implement efficient systems. You did say you would learn ... The assembler is an independent program. Further, there is no ... compiler; from your asm program you can call those library ... convenience only in the C program.
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Help a small machine code game.Hello all you clever wossers are there any GOOD?? games that are in machine code (no basic apart from the loader,rnd usr bit) but are very small ma…
... 749816]Interesting. I look forward to seeing what it is :)< ... mean the idea for the program or your development process? ... [QUOTE=Slenkar]Are you trying to learn machine code?[/QUOTE]
to program in assembly.....shudder :)
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Next gen programmers are going to be ****ING AWESOME!I'm so glad my daughter's computering is in good hands: [url]http://politicalscrapbook.net/2014/02/tory-boss-of-government-coding-education-initiati…
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I would like to use the Logo programming language ... more excited (therefore motivated) to learn how to control real robots, instead ... isn't very useful except to create very short, trivial ... controller. You still need to program it from a PC though ... -
Programming again with the ZX SpectrumI am going to take a blast at programming for the Spectrum again. Its bee a long time since I have done this. I need to refresh my memory and maybe l…
... Spectaculator, Spin or FUSE, emulators to test it).
Remember ... (s) when your machine code program runs. Then when it returns ... printout part of it to try little routines to add numbers together ... the Spectrum's ROM. Then learn to read the keyboard. -
New game (conversion): AltairHello, I only want to announce this game Altair I programmed for the Spectrum 48K. Altair is a game from 1981, for arcade machines, developed by the…
... on this video seems to me bright white, which ... I like it to be more difficult to align to shoot... But ... anything. This is something to learn for the next one. ... a pain to program at first. I tried to see if ... headache and I want to move forward to new games :) ... -
New game (conversion): AltairHello, I only want to announce this game Altair I programmed for the Spectrum 48K. Altair is a game from 1981, for arcade machines, developed by the…
... if that's due to the longer vertical dimension ... once and take longer to disappear because of the ... Spectrum 48K to make sound you have to stop the ... processor to do anything else. ... it, but I have to learn still how to program this... -
Change PAPER and BORDER colours from machine codeHow do you go about changing PAPER and BORDER colours from machine code? I've forgotten the system variables for border and paper.
... , I'd have to read into ROM disassembly to get an idea ... />
I think trying to learn assembly program starting from ROM disassembly isn ... a huge amount of time to figure out about how ROM ... OVER stuffs. I advise you to start reading introductory book about ... -
Donkey kong Jr II (...sort of)Well as my other games, this is another OPEN-AGD game not in its final form (I am not completely happy about the gfx) and there is a bug which mak…
I thought it could be interesting for the AGD users to discuss/learn the program.
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Donkey kong Jr II (...sort of)Well as my other games, this is another OPEN-AGD game not in its final form (I am not completely happy about the gfx) and there is a bug which mak…
... of colors: i was able to have colored sprites (even in ... you press will take you to a different screen...don't ... for the AGD users to discuss/learn the program.
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Computer Magazine ListingsI was browsing through some really old multi format computer magazines and found some Speccy game listings. They were popular during the first half o…
... the 80s and then seemed to suddenly disappear.
... software, plus it helped me learn how to program.[/QUOTE]
... either, I was happy to scan others machines for interesting ... wee programs published there as "Program of the Month". :D
An old projectHello!! I want to show you an old project that Mcneil and me were developing some time ago. I think that we cant finish it by the moment but here i…
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Im starting to learn how to program in Java.
I want ... to develop Android Apps.
Microsoft on the ZX Spectrum...They fecked up the picture though, grrr [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/developers/articles/week05nov14/how-the-zx-spectrum-influenced-a-genera…
... Scottie_uk;804809]Were spectrums harder to program than commodore?[/QUOTE]
to do much work to make something move ... the C64 was more committed to one type of graphics, but ... only play computer games but learn how to code, something the C64 ...New Game: BALACHOR'S REVENGEBalachor is back.. Here it is..! [B]Balachor's Revenge[/B], the sequel to Catacombs of Balachor. By me & Rorthron - our second game. [IMG]http://i10…
... fixing bugs and trying to simplify routines to save bytes (I ... (what else would I want to program? ;-)) and this is our ... in that well-known graphics program - Microsoft Excel..!
to learn machine code back-in- ...Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …
... same manner you have to use to negotiate speccy attribute ...
You do not learn how to program by jumping straight into assembler ... teaches assembler as their introduction to computing.
... of people went on to learn assembly language. For the ...What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... attempting to learn z80 assembly from scratch (I don't know how to program ...What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... attempting to learn z80 assembly from scratch (I don't know how to program ... home projects. It got me to thinking, I wonder how many ...Good first books to read?Hi all, I've never posted here, but have tried to search for an answer to the following question. What are a few good starter/beginner assembly…
... .org/forums/discussion/38520/learning-to-program-in-assembly
http ... programming languages who want to 'regress' and learn assembly, and other times ...z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... reading SpectrumMachineLanguageForTheAbsoluteBeginner and how to program the z80 by Roday ... (and how I tend to learn) is by asking questions. ... The answers to those questions make me ... understanding it made sense to me to add these lines there ...1-Bit Sound AccuracyI'm hoping someone can give this snapshot a try on a real machine (just press enter to start the music): https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xp…
... notes. I'd be curious to learn how and why it happens ... bits of music and trying to guess what's going on ... 't it be more scientific to program something to generate a frequency sweep ... what the beeps are for -- to get a step response.Chess VariationsI think a good idea would be to have a Spectrum Chess game with all the good variations in : like the Andernach chess variation which is listed in …
... player could teach a speccy program by going neural? Perhaps one ... the replicant could load and learn to play instantly? Yo Perhaps..?Any noob friendly speccy dev tutorials?I mean, for a person who never used ANY kind of assembly, let alone Z80 one. Would be good if focused on making a game. Additionally, I want your …
... of tutorials. I never seem to learn anything from doing tutorials as ... there so there's nothing to fail at.
I ... learning of course) from trying to program something. I had a realistic ... achieved what I set out to. :)
Then I did it ...The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... time ago, but I seem to remember some side-scrolling shooter ... reason; perhaps one he forgot to include originally. I remember particularly ... 't really get a chance to really learn how the thing works ... think I would have learnt to program it pretty quickly. I got ...how to fix instructions on screenI have a problem with my sequencer. I want the top half of the screen to stay fixed but allow the note values to print without pushing the instructio…
... I'll learn how to use a compiler and compress the program that ... explanations of how I learned to program in the 80's on ... Speccy Basic made it easier to learn and anyway its far more ... than just using a paint program.
Besides which it ...
