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A few questions regarding EmuZwinI had posted this in the development forum and then remembered there was an emulators forum, so apologies for the repetition. 1. I have been trying …
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Calculate screenaddressWho knows where the topic about the fastest screenaddressroutine is? I can't find it in a search.. The fastest routine was to load a large table of …
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128k sound effectsCan anyone supply a short routine for producing 128k sound effects. All I am looking for is a laser sound and an explosion. Thanks Derek
Can anyone supply a short routine for producing 128k sound effects. All I am looking for is a laser sound and an explosion.
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Help accessing menu on 128k +2Hi, I recently dusted my old 128k +2 speccy off, and got it up and running. I am having one problem though - I can't access the menu! When I turn i…
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Queries about loading schemesAccording to the review of Wizard's Lair in Crash issue 14: [quote]Wizard's Lair has an unusual fast loader, which makes the border flash in wide ban…
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A real rarity!Hi there, I was just looking through my games collection and I came across a real rarity. A version of Impossible Mission, released through a compan…
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Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …
Smooth Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48k Part 2Ok, After all the suggestions in Part 1, which were all excellent (Thankyou), I opted on the following: I have 2 x 6k Offscreen areas (Yes, that's …
flying sharkHi, I'm looking for a tap or disked version of Taito's Flying shark, the original loader is a protected bleepload and I'm not very good in asm hackin…
... 's Flying shark, the original loader is a protected bleepload and ...Smooth Screen ScrollingHi Everyone, Any suggestions on what is the best way to do horizontal scrolling ie. in Zynaps fashion. I am working on a routine at the moment, whi…
... /> I am working on a routine at the moment, which uses ...TZX and the ZX81Evenin All. EightyOne is now is a state where I can support a more descriptive tape format. I know how some people have been calling for tzx suppor…
... tapes use the standard ROM routine. So, for an example, if ...Broken ZX 48kHey all. I have acquired a broken ZX 48k. It looks in good condition - tried the membrane and it is working with my other 48k very well. When you tu…
... starts with the normal Reset routine (the Red stripes on the ...Screen$Is there a quick way to get pictures off a PC e.g. from MS Paint, onto the spectrum without having to type in each individual pixel before saving the…
... games are done, does the loader load run a screen$ and ... actual game. How does the loader stop the user closing the ...Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…
... . But the key to the routine is how this is translated ... format which the screen redrawing routine can use.
Strangely ...looking for a zx 128k/+2I used to own a spectrum 128k +2 (I think this is the right one) It was a tape loader that was connected to the keyboard. Unfortunately my bro sold …
... one) It was a tape loader that was connected to the ...How do I save to tape, as it wereSo I've written my game, I've written a loading screen, I want to now put everything together with a loader etc so that it is the same as loading str…
... put everything together with a loader etc so that it is ...How can I see how long it took for IM2 to runHow can i see how many cycles it took for my interrupt routine to run, is there some way with Spectaculator debugger etc to see how long it has taken…
How can i see how many cycles it took for my interrupt routine to run, is there some way with Spectaculator debugger etc to see how long it has taken from entering the IM2 routine to RETIStar Tip 2 - Tim Follin's 3 Channel Sound - info reqd.Hello there, I've decided to throw myself in at the deep end and decipher Tim Follin's "Star Tip 2", which produced some incredible 3 channel sound …
... they start with #FF - the routine uses #FF to distinguish between ...Cracking softwareIn the 80-ies I programmed a cracking program to crack exact 48K sized programs like POLE POSITION and A VIEW TO A KILL - CITY HALL. I still have it …
... enter the BASIC for the loader, but full working crackingsoftware like ...New Turbo-Load version of Tales From A Parallel UniverseNot very interesting to most, but I know some of you still use 'real' Spectrums. While fiddling around with a program I created ages ago to build c…
... Miner remix which uses the loader as a test. It all ... from the 128's Tape Loader, you have to reset to ...SpeedloadersSince I read Lee Tonks' post about the speedloaded version of MM3 he did, I've been playing around with various speedload routines I found on TTFn & …
... - which was the fastest speedload routine used on the Spectrum, & ... anyone know of a speedload routine that will run in the ...Sprites flickeringI am trying to write a Spectrum game in machine code. I am still a beginner in programming, however I did much progress recently, i believe. Now I am…
... trying to make sprite movement routine. Actually I did it, however ... much about it .
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1 ...Compressing SCREEN$Guys I'm trying to find an MC type-in routine for the 48K which compressed the screen (including attributes) into an area of memory and also restored…
... find an MC type-in routine for the 48K which compressed ... a TAP of the MC routine.
ThxANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana TrumanHappy 26th birthday Allana! Today I release my new game, [I]Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman[/I] (MM:N-AT), a tribute to my favourite charact…
... the end-of-game swordfish-routine so that the player no ...Key Redefine RoutineAnyone written a nice key redefine code snippet?
Anyone written a nice key redefine code snippet?Is the IY register used by the spectrum rom?Hi I've been writing a sprite routine and have noticed that the sprite data gets corrupted at some points. I have no idea why and can only guess tha…
... 've been writing a sprite routine and have noticed that the ... only guess that interupt service routine in the spectrum rom is ...Idea for a new feature to compliment a debugger in an emulatorI had an idea for an emulator feature yesterday. Don't recall having seen this idea before, but I'm sure you'll correct me if it has. :) In that cas…
... executing some sort of graphical routine or something and call this ... to the heart of the routine you wanted to tear apart ...Announce Pasmo 0.5.0Hello. I have released the 0.5.0 version of Pasmo, multiplartform z80 cross-assembler. A bunch of new this time: New tape image formats generated:…
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