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A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
... of densely packed listing in a tiny font that I ... br /> The author obviously put a lot of thought into designing ... written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a few screens ... can be seen in action - there's a demo mode ... It'll be included in the archive whenever I ... -
Personal comments in instructionsSomething that I do not feel is right, is personal comments in instruction files. Surely the purpose of instruction files is to preserve the origina…
... br /> [QUOTE]DESCRIPTION
A truly dreadful maze game with ... , flickering
graphics and a need for irritatingly precise movements ... br /> A maze game with you in control of a motorcycle in search ... and the loading screen
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A wolf in sheep's clothing ...... or new wine in old skins. [URL="http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Select.aspx"]http://www.commodoreusa.net/CUSA_C64Select.aspx[/URL] Unfortun…
... or new wine in old skins.
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Unfortunately a main feature of the old ... the nerve to create a real new operating system ... 4A with new hardware and a Basic prompt.
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Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although ... Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE in the CHANS area to ... it sets up a dummy DEFADD area in the UDG space to ... -
Loading a ZX80 game using EightyOneSlag me if you like, I don't care, but I don't know how to load a ZX80 game. I have an o. file but upon selecting it in the EightyOne emulator, it ju…
Slag me if you like, I don't care, but I don't know how to load a ZX80 game. I have an o. file but upon selecting it in the EightyOne emulator, it just comes up with a RANDOMISE prompt and that's it. So, what am I ignorant about here? -
Saving and Loading from tape in MC?I'm actually having problems with saving and loading from the ROM routines for the interpreter... I'm currently using the following codes for saving…
... having problems with saving and loading from the ROM routines for ... following codes for saving and loading:
[CODE]save:
load:
scf
ld a, 0
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Loading screen "reveals" - did only US Gold do this sort of thing?You know the sort of thing, how sometimes loading screens would appear a bit at a time in a non-standard way. Here's one I grabbed from 720 Degrees: …
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traversing a multi-vertices graph structureWell, I'm on redesigning the route evaluation routine in my Fighting Fantasy utility, as the current method has some intractable bugs in it. The part…
... on redesigning the route evaluation routine in my Fighting Fantasy utility, as ... tracking incidences of passing through a location in a structure with up to ... megabyte of memory. In any particular structure only a very small number ... -
So as not to miselad. This thread has a picture of a real spider in it.I was going to call the thread Visitor to My Lounge. Or Horace and the Spider etc .. But instead, I thought I'd just say it like it is. There is a s…
... . There is a spider in my lounge, it is quite a large spider ... I'd upload a photo.
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Pixel Pimp, graphics utilityHi All, [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/pixelpimp.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes…
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I'm writing a 16x16 block and sprite utility ... to take 4 frames of a sprite going left > ... anyone has interest in this could I get a bit of ... use the ROM save/load routine, in the end I decided to ... 'de stijl' if my loading screen disobeys any of its ... -
checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…
... was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key ... BASIC, with a little loop to build a binary number in a string, and ... also a method using ... br />
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Complex Oldfield Trilogy inlay not showing in the entryThe entry Complex Oldfield Trilogy from Neil Parsons has a faulty inlay, since it can not be seen, just like in the old times when loading screens or…
The entry Complex Oldfield Trilogy from Neil Parsons has a faulty inlay, since it can not be seen, just like in the old times when loading screens or in-game screens did not appear correctly :) -
storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…
... years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code ... , based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine ... , as if it was in a REM; but it doesn' ... the m/c is effectively in the PROG area, because ... statement assigns the variables in the required format as if ... -
Game over routineA few years back I remember a routine that printed 'game over' or other message randomly all over the screen in different colours. Think it was out o…
A few years back I remember a routine that printed 'game over' or other message randomly all over the screen in different colours. Think it was out of YS, but not sure.
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A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
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There's a detailed documentation in the link above that ... if it provided instead a routine to directly print tiles ... invented the routine to render 18 multicolor columns in the ... credits: besides crediting ZXodus influence in BIFROST* ENGINE itself, my ... -
Help loading these games, screenshots needed!Hello everyone, Im having problems to load these games to get in-game screenshots for their entries in WoS, if anyone could help me, I would apprecia…
... load these games to get in-game screenshots for their entries ... in WoS, if anyone could help ... , could you please grab in-game and loading screenshots for these games ... =0027428[/url]
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Inconsistencies in the games appearing in "Spectrum collection 1" by Ignacio PriniMartijn, the following games have possible mistakes: -Topin Original publication should be type-in instead of compilation. -Don Cosme Original publ…
... as "part of a compilation" and not as "in covertape", is there ... Invaders
Should be a "Type-in" and year is 1988, ... that the second one is a joke in latin too for Michael ... :" means "Loading".
-Laberinto de Knosos
Appeared in 1986 in MH ... -
"Pixel after Pixel", WoS contest for the best fan made loading screen$After reading the post where Ste?86 did a splendid fan loading screen for Pud Pud, I had the idea of creating a contest to see which is the best load…
... where Ste?86 did a splendid fan loading screen for Pud Pud ... , I had the idea of creating a ... the best loading screen made by a WoSser.
Back in the days ... , there was such a thing in the spanish magazine Microhobby, you ... -
INPUT LINE and STOP in INPUTWhat was the reason for the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE to cause the "H STOP in INPUT" error report? Why doesn't i…
... the ROM Editor routine causing "down arrow" while in an INPUT LINE ... coding this behaviour was as a pseudo-Break key, as Break ... 't have this effect with a plain INPUT command, although actually ... "") does; whereas actually typing a STOP in INPUT LINE does [b]not ... -
Mango Jones, not a good in-game screenshotThe one in the entry looks like taken from a menu. I tried to get one myself but I cant make the game start, it asks me to load the levels but I dont…
The one in the entry looks like taken from a menu.
I tried to get one myself but I cant make the game start, it asks me to load the levels but I dont know how since the file available is a z80...
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PRINT a numerical value i.e. the scoreHow do you fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM? For instance I have a value 0-255 and want to PRINT the result at…
... fo about printing a numerical value using the print routine in the ROM ... ?
For instance I have a value ... result at say 0,22 in blue ink/white paper.
ld a,2
call 5366
Mini scroll routineI'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen downwards and replaces it with nothing, 2 x 2 charcter blocks to be precise, to …
I'm looking for a routine that scrolls a small section of the screen ... ...
I seen a similar routine in 'Input' magazine many years ago ...How do you save in multi part games?With a game Like [i]The Bard's Tale[/i] or [i]The Lamberley Mystery[/i] saving is a bit more complicated than usual. Rather than just saving and relo…
... an image, the game came in multiple parts, sometimes on ... Tale[/i], to enter a dungeon. In the old game on ... went into the dungeon entrance in question, got prompted to ... off the right place in the right tape and ... 't sort that, as loading it just restores you to ...Features of a modern emulatorModern PCs (and phones :)) have waaaay more processing power and capabilties than the humble Spectrum. I was wondering what sort of features are now …
... old SlowMo, only in reverse - a FastMo? :) Just to ... already benefit from instant loading using tape images. ... up along a long shelf in my bedroom. ... without the overlapping colours a modern possibility?
... Has anyone spotted a feature in an emulator where ...Interview with Clive Townsend (Saboteur)Here you have at [URL="http://www.elmundodelspectrum.com"]www.elmundodelspectrum.com[/URL] this exclusive interview with Clive Townsend. Don?t forget…
... websites which can be completed in a few weeks. Saying that, ... . So I'd work on a routine, compile it, then save it ... !
[I]P- Saboteur loading screen was based on an ... discovered someone in the States selling Tshirts with the Sab loading screen ...Checksum routine wantedI wish to make a program that verify integrity of a Multiface 1 ROM. It is possible to compare each byte of the ROM against a binary dump, but this i…
... make a program that verify integrity of a Multiface ... of the ROM against a binary dump, but ... a routine that calculates a unique value from a sequence of bytes, something like a ... checksum. Searching in ...How to benchmark a single routine?I've written a routine. It works. But it was never meant to be the final version. So I rewrote it. The new routine works too. Yay. :) However, I'd …
I've written a routine. It works. But it was ... I rewrote it. The new routine works too. Yay. :)
a way to do that using ...MIA: Magic Worm - is my copy good enough?Years ago when I was a teenager in Sheffield, I was given a copy of Magic Worm by the chap who lived next door to my grandparents. His son (Richard H…
... was a teenager in Sheffield, I was given a copy ... the screen presented after loading has the author as ... /> It is a cassette tape in a case with a proper inlay. It ... br /> I have created a TZX (using Ramsoft's ... a TAP file too, as only the ROM loading routine ...Q. on a scene in "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" movie.Guess I've not seen this one, or more than likely I just don't remember it, so bear with me, and forgive me my ignorance. I just saw the beginning o…
... Jamesh Bond) is met by a certain Mr. Reed, and they ... was looking at it, and in particular at the cross(his ... here is welcome to pop in with an answer (preferably the ...More tea, vicar on disk?Hello, can somebody help me putting the 128k version of this game on disk? The 128k version is free available from Jonathans Webseite. However, the g…
... then there is a last headerless loader parts ... a routine checking if using a 128k machine and then loading ... the sound. But as it is in ... MC, I cannot find a ... I know here are a lot of very clever ...
