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Trying to remedy a bug in this gameStruggling with this project, the character shifts the crates around no bother but kills baddies that are one space to the left or right even though …
... when the STING ATTR (punching) routine is called.
Unfortunately ... .
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Interrupt routineI have been trying to create an interrupt routine for playing AY music in the background but cant seem to get anything working. I have a music rou…
... create an interrupt routine for playing AY music in the background but ... .
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Which Tolkien game had this loading screen?I recall game name had a word "Mordor". Searching WOS using "Mordor" didn´t help. Looking at other Tolkien games screenshots, it´s not Lord of the Ri…
... right, though. The loading screen was something like a close-up version ... on his face, possible holding a sword in his hand. Shadow´s ... released versions with better looking loading screens? I like those ... two mentioned loading screens, but the one I ... -
Easter egg - A day in the lifeA little easter egg in the game: Reach a new high score and type the name [b]P G MULLIS[/b] and see who loves who :) Pgyuri
A little easter egg in the game:
Reach a new high score and type the name
[b]P G MULLIS[/b]
and see who loves who :)
Pgyuri -
Jet Set Willy 2's original author releases a modded version of the game!Apologies if this has already been posted, but Derrick P. Rowson, the original author of Jet Set Willy 2, has been modding JSW2, and the latest versi…
... br /> Sprite routine changed to permit in code generation of ... br />
A routine to stop reoccurring death ... Bouncing sprites as used in Eggoids have had their ... /> This JSW2+ routine still runs in the Spectrums original 48K ... -
A videoaventure in 16K - Cartridge for IF2Hello all, After an intermitent work I am near of reléase my new game: a videoaventure (exploration game) in 16K ROM carttridge. Your objetive is…
... my new game: a videoaventure (exploration game) in 16K ROM carttridge.
a spaceship base.
[img ... the result is a complete game 48K like in a 16K native cartridge ... 1 April at Retropixel event in Malaga (Spain). -
SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... and allocation too)
Loading a program automatically changes the ... for the CURVE routine - demo "ultraviolet" looks a lot better< ... /> Fix for crash loading a program shorter than current ... File loading via drag and drop now works
A crash in ... -
How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and ... from the current PLOT position a line up 20 then left ... next character it reads in the string a$ is a number or char ... get confused or "r100u10". Thanks in advance :) -
Help me remember a type-in listing?When I was a kid I got a book of Spectrum type-in listings from the library. I only typed in one of them as far as I can remember. I'm pretty s…
... was a kid I got a book of Spectrum type-in ... was to 'jump' a car over holes in the road.
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The road was a ... jump when a hole appeared in the road.
In practice, ... /> While the car was in the air, the points ... -
Uploading a Type-in TAP fileHi, Not sure where/how to progress this. I've been playing with Emulation for awhile and thumbing threw old mags on archive.org. This site, WOS,…
... it's helped me experience a number of type-ins from ... put all the hard work in!
Anyway, I couldn ... -ins I wanted to try in the archive. Namely "Diamond Draughts ... />
tldr; I now have a .tap file from ZXSPin of ... -
Help me finding a game from my childhoodDear all, This might sound a little weird, but here it goes: I am looking for a game from my childhood. I think I have seen hundreds of screenshot…
... suggestions… I know it is a shot in the dark, but it ... ’s worth a try.
The ... cover and loading screen contained a jumping ninja (?), perhaps firing a gun
a little like stage 2 in Bionic commando, with ... -
A snapshot to transfer converterI'm programming a tool that takes an snapshot file and convert it to a tape file that mimics those created with transfers. This is a long term projec…
... haven't done a program in ages and haven ... a given sna file to a tap file that mimics a ... does not check for a correct sna file (=49179 ... a Transtape-like loader to load it).
- Make some games loading ... using only BASIC commands (so they can be put in ... -
Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…
... step 6 and 7 (after loading everything and before restoring CPU ... next step will need the loading routine. It's not usual, but ... ](**)[/b] In a Transtape both steps can be simultaneous. The routine placed at ... -
Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…
... of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original ... - we'll get to that in a short while.
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To redefine a character in SpecBAS, you POKE in a similar manner to ... routine in line 10 will convert any DATA from a Speccy UDG to a ... -
what components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power onwhat components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on? i remember doing this a few times when i had …
... if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on ... ?
i remember doing this a ... few times when i had a speccy in the 80 ... -
im looking for a poke or a routine that changes the cursor editor for the 48kive had a look at a few cursor routines and pokes published here in the forum but they dont seem to work. it says you can change the color of the fla…
... had a look at a few cursor routines and pokes published here in ... it be possible to use a udg? and change the color ... -
SpecBAS really needs a manual!That Word doc that I converted to an RTF for you Dunny and ASH-II, is still somewhat sparse. I spent bloody hours PLOT/DRAWing a landscape to steer m…
... per:-
[b]Loading (and working with) graphics files ... commands all create a new graphic bank in memory, and assign ... Note that when supplying a “graphicstr$” (a graphic in a string, such as ... It would also help a lot in planning PLOT/DRAW if ... -
A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... And was there some extra routine in the +3/+2A/+2B ... be used, effectively, as a command in this instance? Also, ... any references to USR0 in the +3 or + ... program that holds a small machine code routine in a REM statement:< ... on the ZX81 be typed in as, say...
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getting c nonsense in basic when trying to load a program through a string in +3 basicstrangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works withou…
strangely if i use load s$(to 8), it says nonsense in basic but works when i run it. but when i execute the command without a line no it works without an error. why is this? -
Playing a Game in FrenchWell thought this might be one way to improve my overall game playing performance . I came across this title in the WOS Archive "Manager" (Ere Inform…
... . I came across this title in the WOS Archive "Manager" (Ere ... appears to be a game running a Software house in France ( a bit like ... the Addictive and Cult titles only in ... /> I could put this game in the "educational" section of my ... -
Killed Until Dead - Spectrum 128K versionI first got hold of this game about the same time as the film "Clue" started being shown on TV, and there was a "Miss Marple" series on TV, followed …
... screen into $8000, a turbo loader high in memory and some operating ... to rip out the tape loading routine and replace it with the ... RAM page in its place. All in all, a bit of a pain in the ... neck!
The next thing to have a ... -
Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... /> It was like a multiface, in the way that a button was pressed ... expand the compressed file in under a second then the game ... code routines to the decompressor routine (if you knew where to ... spectrum memory and then continue loading the rest of the game ... -
RealspectrumCan anyone tell me why sometimes when I launch realspectrum it locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in a DOS shell within windows 98. I'm …
... seriously wrong somewhere (either in SPIN or in your machine) which ... keep stereo on, there's a bug in mono atm). Video settings ... much difference, it's a very fast asm routine. Also, do *not ... emulation speed, but for authentic loading sounds and tape behaviour, ... -
ZX-2-PC Interface : Is it dead ???Certainly not, but I had some problems getting the EPROM-reader constant. In my former threat I stated that it worked, well, it read ROM-values but n…
... same as in normal ROM and is checked elsewhere. Only loading and ... gives a BORDERing effect, which makes it look likes it is loading ... you use the normal ROM-routine in your program, the same syntax ... CARRY FOR LOADING
JP #556 ; JUMP to load in (EP)ROM ... -
speccy emulator on OS Xhi there i am trying to use ZXSP on OS X but it won't load TAP files, and that it only supports .SNA and Z80 files. can i convert TAP files to .SNA o…
It is possible to convert a TAP in a .Z80.
Only no ... a standard setting of the regs as it would be AFTER loading ... the file in memory, but before returning ... to BASIC or from LOAD-routine in ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
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so called rainbow processor routine....[/quote]
... rewriting Gasman?s routine a bit and make a mode for ... technicaly a Pentagon thing ) by loading screens into different adresses in ... . BSing around on emulators loading a tap with 2 screen$ ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... been testing in a Gif anim8or and sometimes in a emultor with fast ... i was more concerned about loading other modes. i guess ... that some russian coders wrote a routine on Spectrum 128 which ... placing two of those attributes in a column, forming what looks ... -
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... external art program rather than a built in one. I just dont ... gets to a point where i get a C: Nonsense in Basic error ... I keep hearing lots about PAW and the Quill, but are ... about the music, but especially loading your own screens thing i ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
...probably by loading the new image along with ... by the loading routine at some point, or rather during a pause in between ... -
loading sounds.. and stripes!Yesterday me and a friend started to discuss (after some glasses of wine) about that wonderful sound as coming out though the telly then you load a t…
... see in the border are (more or less) a graphical ... functions, when expressed as a soundwave, simply have their specific ... sounds really oriental! like a part from a song from india.. ... br /> [/quote]
The loading routine in the Spectrum's ROM is ...
