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Struggling with this routine... Any ideas?I'm trying to write a routine that plots 3 pixels to decrease the energy bar in the top right corner by 5 units, but it just wont have it! There mus…
... a routine that plots 3 pixels to decrease the energy bar in ... level(5 times in loop)
ld a,96 ;green ... (23695),a ;set colour
ld a,(hl) ;load a with ... 18
loop2 inc a
djnz loop2 ; ... call $22E5 ;call ROM plot routine
pop bc
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Tape loading - blocks with checksumThese were sometimes used for 128K games and had a searching / loading message, ie. Loading Block 08, then if a block didn't load right one could rew…
... games and had a searching / loading message, ie. Loading Block 08, then ... if a block didn' ... reload. There was a slight overhead in terms of the time ... there is a utility in the archive for saving/loading in this way? -
Zero 0.6I'm pleased to announce that I've released Zero 0.6. There are some comprehensive changes in this release including moving to .Net 2.0, removing Slim…
... SlimDX dependency and using a new sound emulation routine (based on Alex ... Wizard (everyone!).
+ Changed information in program details of Infoseek Wizard ... re-triggered interrupts just after loading a SNApshot (karingal).
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Redefine keys routineHow would I go about making a memory efficient redefine keys routine? I only want to define up, down, left and right and reserve key 'H' for pause.…
... go about making a memory efficient redefine keys routine?
I ... .
The key scan routine in the game goes something like ... :
[CODE] ld a,239
in a, (254)
and 4 ... -
Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…
... spectrum.
The difference is in the way the attribute bytes ... interpeted.
When a bit in the display area is set ... pixels and attributes get written in the correct order.
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Routine for Currah speechI'm currently writing a routine for the Currah that will provide speech during a game. A timer is set to initiate the speech every 50 cycles of the …
I'm currently writing a routine for the Currah that will ... provide speech during a game.
A timer is set ... /> Loop: ld a, (hl)
ld (de), a ;load allophone in buffer
in buffer
ld (65364), hl ... -
JSW2 - Game Loader DifferencesThere are three official releases of JSW2. I'm not counting the 'JSW2-128' version here as far as I'm aware this was not in any way 'official' as it …
... official' as it incorporates a built in cheat mode. Feedback on ... prevents Willy from getting caught in a no-win infinite loop.< ... in 128K with the above additions.
Original teleport routine ... -Release
The loading screen is the same for ... -
acting like a spectrum game character in real life.an hour ago i was in my uncle's flat and he apparently hadn't much to say. i was suddenly aware that i was roaming around the room restlessly, hands …
an hour ago i was in my uncle's flat and ... around the room restlessly, hands in pockets, impassively, costantly changin direction ... . i felt like a character in imagine's movie. so ... act like like a /as a spectrum game's character in real life? -
Tape handling on a +3I'm seeing some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the Loader option of a +3. I'm currently using the fuse emulator (I don't have an…
... some strange behaviour when loading a basic program from the ...
If I create a small basic program:
in BASIC".
If ... doesn't happen on fuse in +2 mode (or any ... whether this is a fuse problem, or a generic +3 ... -
Interesting 48K failureI thought I'd recount a failure I've not seen mentioned before that I saw tonight while fixing a 48K issue 6 board. The background: The initial fail…
... was just loading this supply voltage too much. Putting in sockets ... ). However, when I plugged in a Spectranet to do some more ... and the machine crashed after loading "Exolon".
This ... the NMI routine exits (and also save the border in a snapshot ... -
Birdy authors, A. and R. Revesz, wrong country and complete namesThe authors of the game Birdy, published as a type-in in your computer, are actually Dutch, same as the other author listed in the entry of the game …
... the game Birdy, published as a type-in in your computer, are actually ... as the other author listed in the entry of the game ... ).
Also, in the magazine type-in, at the end of ... version of the game with a loading screen could be obtained via ... -
Type In Adventure....With a "sage"?I remember as a kid getting a book from the library. One of those type in adventure book thingys... I vaguely remember an adventure with a sage in a…
... a kid getting a book from the library. One of those type in ... vaguely remember an adventure with a sage in a forest or something on ... />
Might have been a map in the book with it.
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Timex Compute TC2048 loading problems solvedHi everybody, I've just finally fixed a TC2048 that had numerous problems. Once I'd changed all the RAM, the CPU and the ULA (surface mounted, for a…
... I've just finally fixed a TC2048 that had numerous ... the ULA just read a logic high all the ... a nice new -5V line to play with, and the tape loading ... works again! I put a ZTX751 in there instead (a bit ... 'd post that just in case it helps someone ... -
Unusual custom turbo loaders - with sourcesI have always been fascinated by turbo loaders; my games all feature a TZX version with one of such schemes implemented, and I have been experimentin…
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[CODE]
; Biturbo 1 loading routine
; by Giovanni "G.B ... /> RET Z
LD A,127
IN A,(254)
RRA
DEC D
DI
IN A, (254)
RRA
AND ... /> RET Z
LD A, 127
IN A, (254)
RRA
ZX Spectrum +2A - Issue loading gamesHi! I have my ZX Spectrum +2A with a very strange issue regarding games loading. The thing is that I can only load a few games from the Datacorder o…
... Spectrum +2A with a very strange issue regarding games loading. The thing ... is that I can only load a few ... Warriors, Chase HQ 2 and a few more.
Some ... />
- I have tested loading the games in both 128K/48K modes ...DIV-mmc Enjoy Tap Loading DOT-command HelpAfter speaking to Ben i was sent in this direction,what i asked him was "is there a way to load or simulate loading at a more realistic speed".I mean…
... Ben i was sent in this direction,what i ... there a way to load or simulate loading at a more ... realistic speed".I mean instant tap loading is good in ... thought it would be a cool little feature maybe ... be original speed say a 3rd of the original ...Ever lied or bribed to get a job in I.T.?I have the skills that are advertised in several job adverts but I didnt get those skills while working at any company, So do you think I should get …
... the skills that are advertised in several job adverts but I ... /> I've seen someone get a job by saying they will ... take a wage cut for the first ...searching for a sum in a listBy which I mean I have a list of 187 figures (175 +ve, 12 -ve) and I want to find two or more of them which add up to some figure (let's say 19.56, …
... straightforward, until I did a couple of calculations. Taking ... the formula for a distinct combination of 'r' ... br />
Is there a more efficient way of doing ... eliminating figures in advance which couldn't possibly be a constituent ...PAW - Professional Adventure Writer - Plus 3 Disk (ENGLISH)Hello.<br>I own a copy of PAW on SPECTRUM PLUS 3 DISK. It is in ENGLISH and on 3 inch disk.<br><br>Who do I send it too. I would like to convert it i…
Hello.
I own a copy of PAW on SPECTRUM PLUS 3 DISK ... . It is in ENGLISH and ... like to convert it into a DISK IMAGE FILE.
I would like a .DSK copy for my Spectrum ...Hunchback Olympics showing up in a collection in Facebook!Looks like somebody has this MIA in his collection, although so far it hasnt been loaded, but in my opinión all looks a non-fake:<br><br><br><br>
Looks like somebody has this MIA in his collection, although so far it hasnt been loaded, but in my opinión all looks a non-fake:Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…
... -–install[/b] followed by enter in a terminal window (Launchpad -> Terminal ... sudo port install wine[/b] in a terminal window followed by enter ... type [b]wine[/b] in a terminal window followed by enter ... the left mouse just after loading a file. I’m sure there ...Joystick poke request - A Day in the Lifehttp://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001271 This is a great game, difficult but addictive - but what's driving me crazy is having to …
... br />
This is a great game, difficult but addictive ... room every time I complete a level! I play using ... force you to press a key to start, rather ... you coding geniuses have a dig around and come ... fire to advance between levels? In return I'll... er... ...The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... Spectrum which are stored in a ROM chip, to control ... br /> Command Syntax
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LOAD ... /> - .z80/.sna Snapshot loading (i dont like'em... but ... and optimized the FAT seek routine (which was hard work ...Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …
... there's already a spawn at that point in the map ... the spawn point in the maze with a 1, to prevent ... more spawns appearing there. Even in a large maze, you'd ... e$ and store that in a, and use that to ... the number at that position in e$ in a new variable, d$. ...128k Paging a tile routine to a double bufferHi happy new year all :) Does anyone have an example of how to page a routine to the screen ie a tile routine? Thanks :)
Hi happy new year all :)
Does anyone have an example of how to page a routine to the screen ie a tile routine?
Thanks :)Which peripheral listened on port $9f from back in 1984 (Chuckie Egg related)Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the correct one if so. I've been looking through the Chuckie Egg c…
... ($9F),A instruction in the middle of the interrupt service routine (ISR ... examination of the code reveals a routine at $9ceb (immediately after ... various trigger points in the game which result in a call to $ ... 9ceb to prep a new tune ...Forum Section Titles in Bold and a New Posts Button.At the moment the forum feels like a wall of text with little visual 'signposting'. I think the forum section titles should be in a bold font. It w…
... forum section titles should be in a bold font. It would ... just make things a little clearer on screen ... and make the forum a little easier to navigate ... certainly didn't show a thread in which I had ... only 2 days ago posted in...
Anyway, ...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…
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Anyone got a speedier way to do this ...HACK PACK - A YANKEE IN IRAQ24 minutes in the making, 60 seconds to hack. I'm not really sure this counts as a hack. 34892,x lives 34946,x bombs
24 minutes in the making, 60 seconds to hack. I'm not really sure this counts as a hack.
34892,x lives
34946,x bombs
