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Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
... get confusing when you add sprites in colours that may mask something ... can have your own table in memory that stores a ... regardless of what they actually look like or what attribute colour ... are. Then you look up collisions, etc. in your table instead of ... -
Great Game Inlay's, Game Not So GoodEver get hyped up over a game inlay back in the day only to find either the game wasn't what you thought it would be or was just plain crap?! Years …
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... /> it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses ... ) ;taking sprite X coordinate in pixels
AND 7 ... preshifted bytes table to use in draw procedure
... br /> LD D,A ;| so, in HL - address for shift table ... -
BASin problemsDunny, I seem to have some problems with BASin under WindowsXP. BASically (sorry.ahem), if I maximise the screen it crashes giving me an access voila…
... that I could have a look at in BASin. Now then, when ... I load it in BASin and RUN it, BASin ... gives me a C Nonsense in Basic in line 7060 (always). The ... same snapshot runs well enough in the emulator though. Any idea ... -
What is the name of this game?It's a street fighting game and I think it was made by Dinamic Software. I was very surprised to see that this game has quite big sprites. In this ga…
... this game has quite big sprites. In this game you fight with ... -
all you nintendo fanswill look smashing in these [url="http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=spromo&page=title&r=GADG&title=581452"]http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=sprom…
will look smashing in these
[url="http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=spromo&page=title&r=GADG&title=581452"]http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=spromo&page=title&r=GADG&title=581452[/url] -
Avian Flu?Any of you guys worried about the Avian flu? Over here in the States, the government has quietly released a warning pamphlet recommending that famili…
... flu?
Over here in the States, the government has ... families prepare to stay in their house for up ... though... I'd rather look silly in the supermarket by buying ... prepare and end up in a scramble for the ... Anything like that going on in the UK/Europe?
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PngConvRight. Thought I'd move this to a new thread, simply because I can. If you've not been reading the thread about [URL=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…
... allow you to create your sprites in something nice and powerful, and ... out and #include (or #binclude) in your programs.
Yes, I ... know this can be done in other tools (such as TommyGun ... I've been using. Newness in this version is the addition ... -
Advanced Lawnmower Simul--- I mean RealityAdulthood. It's scary. I now have my house with a garden, and not only am I about to trim a hedge for the first time in my life (considering I'm ab…
... hedge for the first time in my life (considering I'm ... .
What do I look for in a lawnmower?
BASin r14c - maintenance releaseAfter the recent discussions, BASin has been released as version 14c. It's only a maintenance release, and some of the really big new features are un…
... search for whole words only in the search/replace dialogs ... now handle more than 256 sprites in a bank.
Added ... with attribute alignment when painting in a selection.
Fixed ... )
Fixed - Toolbar buttons in the SCREEN$ editor should no ...Happy karingal-day!Finally hit the big three-oh, eh? Old man, you! Well, let's see what you look like in another 15 years, or so. Probably all wrinkly and saggy,…
Finally hit the big three-oh, eh?
Old man, you!
Well, let's see what you look like in another 15 years, or so. Probably all wrinkly and saggy, still holding onto yer Amiga ;-)HD TellysWhat are the main things to look for in HD TVs? I know that LCDs are cheaper, but what's the main difference between LCD and Plasma (apart from Plas…
... are the main things to look for in HD TVs?
look for 1080p. (wtf is 720i ...PZX file support for ZX-BlockeditorDear readers, I'm working on the PZX format support for ZX-Blockeditor, as I discovered the advantage of having such a nice file format. It has a cl…
... all blocks as they look like in the corresponding TZX file ... both are already supported in ZX-Blockeditor, so we ... datablock supports only pulses in the range of 0 ... are only pulse values in the range 0..FFFFh, ... the PZX pulses.
In the other case, it ...Maze Mania - How did they do it?Hi, I was looking at the game "Maze Mania" by Hewson Consultants, written in 1989. The game can be downloaded from here [URL]http://www.worldofspec…
... Mania" by Hewson Consultants, written in 1989. The game can be ... buffer
2. Drew the sprites in their correct positions
3 ... it is an illusion, in that the sprites move a few pixels ... calculating offsets for the blocks/sprites and to draw directly to ...issue 4s for reapirHi All, This time I have issue 4s for repair :) Here is few screen shots and small movie after boot. [url]http://forest.no-ip.org/issue4s/[/url] I kn…
... fine and have good voltages in lower ram
12,5 ... 4s ? what schematics to look ?
Thanks in advance :)
Greets,
Suggestions for general improvement of InfoseekInfoseek is a great tool/resource. I would like to humbly suggest some general improvements to the interface: 1, When viewing a page such as [url]ht…
... "search results". This would look better in browser tab names, bookmarks, and ... =^ABC+Soft$&loadpics=1 in the Status column, where you ...Sprite MaskingI was looking at the sprites in some games, and noticed they have sprite followed by mask. Usually a row at a time (so the mask is sort of interleave…
I was looking at the sprites in some games, and noticed they ... /> Tommygun seems to make masked sprites the same way!
in the sprite.
Repeat ...Wanted: New Computer Express Issue 104 (3rd Nov 1990)Cover headline "IT'S THE SPECTRUM CONSOLE!". Anyone have it that they wish to sell, or even just scan? Would look fab in the 1990 chapter.
Cover headline "IT'S THE SPECTRUM CONSOLE!".
Anyone have it that they wish to sell, or even just scan? Would look fab in the 1990 chapter.ZX Flight - flight simulator (Basic)Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an old tape. Obviously this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian magazine from mid 80s. I did …
... this is a my type-in from an old ex-Yugoslavian ... /> Basically, its the landing situation in low visible environment, 2000 feet ... (which is also mostly done in the basic), we can say ... see how this program would look like in machine code, accelerate your ...Creating a Demo with TommyGunSome of you may have caught the thread in 'new game ideas' concerning Super Stick Man (a title that WILL eventually change due to how the graphics ha…
... may have caught the thread in 'new game ideas' concerning Super ... have a load of finished sprites in TommyGun. I've drawn a ...Manic Miner ZX81Hi Guys, Can anyone explain why [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017539]Manic Miner ZX81[/url] is not able to reproduce the ex…
... , the Keys and various other sprites in the game.
... /> [list]
[*] The character sprites are still 8x8 pixels making ... frame to generate the required sprites
[/list]
... characters together) but the sprites are still a bit of ...Intriguing semi unknown British company Sky Slip SoftwareGoing through many MIA games, I found several ones which really are intriguing for me, since the company had a quite well made ad in magazines: [url…
... a quite well made ad in magazines:
[url]http ... the titles and covers look not in the amateurish way these homegrown ... games used to be released in the past. Misteriously, almost of ... ever played or seen back in the day one of this ...Games with Music BugsI know there is already a thread about games with bugs (and indeed its a awesome thread), but I thought maybe it would be nice to open another one ju…
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Alien Storm: In the AY files, there are ... several tunes which dont appear in the game. They are ... I remember the melody in the initial menu is ... its impossible and its denied in the WoS archive.
... the game (and they look like in-game tunes). Could it ...Timex 2068 hi-color / hi-res modes.Hello. I know this is not a Timex forum but since it is a very close relative of the Speccy I thought I'd ask my question here. Does anyone know …
... see what those screen modes look like in practice but I don ...Venting....!!Grrrrr! Am convinved I'm being scammed by a past customer through Paypal. Apologies for venting and randomly banging on , but needed to get it out …
... 2 items to a guy in the USA back on 4th ... . After 90 days (the period in which you can make a ... problem: I can't look back in my eBay sales history further ... 've put all this down in an email to Paypal together ...UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
... .html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded ... handy methods for using UDGs in BASIC?
Is it possible ...Demo of multidirectional scroll 50fpsHello!!! Im working with scrolls, and I want to show you a demo of a posible game. It works at 50fps and can manage about 7 sprites in the screen w…
'Ocean Draw' instructionsHere are the instructions for the screen and sprite editor used in-house at Ocean Software, possibly typed up by Joffa Smifff (as the 2 of the sprite…
... br /> ONLY EFFECTIVE WITH SPRITES
IN FORMAT 3. (FOR ANOTHER ... CHANGE FORMAT OF
STORED SPRITES).
5 ... .
SPRITES ARE STORED IN VARIOUS
FORMATS
EG. USING 2 BY 2 SPRITES ...Original graphic adventureOK, lots of talk on the Monkey Island thread about an original graphic adventure for the Spectrum. Opening this thread so that we can discuss it here…
... work well, but will it look engaging in 2015?
What ... ? Pirates? Why not something set in the 1980s ?
What ... PC "NES" games and they look fun. Perhaps that's simpler ...Random Game InterpretationsHi All Just some random thoughts I'd been having around what it is about the (specifically the example of JSW / MM) games that so appeals to me: …
... main strengths of JSW in general: the sprites which are all- ... too recognisable as familiar objects in a ... read how others described the sprites in JSW as 'aliens', and ... are either simply utilitarian sprites or animals which have ...
