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West Bank: The most pointless high score table everWest Bank is a good little game. I played it and got a score of 25000 odds starting at stage 6, which I thought was quite good. Then as the game ende…
... it to the high score table. Then I looked closer - the ... last entry in the table has a score of 250000 ... on to the high score table ever! It's not that ... -
Hi-Score tableThe score in my game occupies 3 bytes. I want to create a hi-score but I'm not sure of the best way to work out where a new score would fit in the ta…
The score in my game occupies 3 bytes. I want to create a hi-score but I'm not sure of the best way to work out where a new score would fit in the table. Has anyone tackled a problem like this before ? -
ANNOUNCE: ZX Spectrum Game Coffee Table Bookhello peeps. I'm about half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8.5x5.5 inch coffee-table type book about Spectrum games from 1982 through 19…
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Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
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It uses table lookups for the screen address ... h to beginning of xpos table
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Ascii TableDear All, Anybody knows where can I find an Ascii Table for the zx? I would like to know which charcaters are for example like carriage return (10?…
Dear All,
Anybody knows where can I find an Ascii Table for the zx?
I would like to know which charcaters are for example like carriage return
(10?)
Thanks in advance.
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Games for Wedding Table NamesFor our imminent wedding, my Fiance has decided that we need to introduce a Spectrum theme, as it's present in our daily lives anyway ;-) So, we're …
... , laminated and placed on the table.
We have 5 ... ) Three Weeks in Paradise (Our table, refers to the honeymoon?)
Bespoke arcade cocktail table - comments?Sorry of this is in the wrong section, but I want a bit of advice. I am considering treating myself to a bespoke arcade table for my 40th. [url]htt…
Z80 instructions tableI could never find a complete z80 instructions table (including timings) that I really liked. All reference material I have is either incomplete, or …
... find a complete z80 instructions table (including timings) that I really ... to prepare a z80 instructions table exactly the way I always ...The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
... the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is ... this: is the 257-byte table really needed for [B]new ... of kilobyte for the IM2 table, but if space begins to ... resource, would you sacrifice that table and assume that the low ...Border Tron vector tableI've been trying to use the Border Tron border creator, but the vector table is created where code to my game is at (FE00 I think), how would I go ab…
I've been trying to use the Border Tron border creator, but the vector table is created where code to my game is at (FE00 I think), how would I go about relocating the vector table to say 30000 as I don't understand hex very well!hash function permutation tableI'm using a simple Pearson hash function to generate keys for a $(103,6) array using a 256-byte permutation table. How do I arrange the entries in th…
... using a 256-byte permutation table. How do I arrange the ... entries in the permutation table to avoid any collisions? As ... all the data table entries are known in advance ...Best or most unusual high score tableReading the recent post about jet pac and the initials in the high score table got me wondering about the best or most unusual effect used to display…
... initials in the high score table got me wondering about the ...Mirror tableCan anyone help with a byte mirror table? e.g. so you can look up a byte of a left-facing sprite and return the correct right-facing value. There …
... help with a byte mirror table? e.g. so you can ... its mirrored value from the table using the H/L register ... 's got a byte mirror table to hand, please point me ...High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
... this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores ... ; print the "TODAY'S BEST" table header
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Pinball Dreams vs Fantasies - which has the better "evil" table?Hi everyone and welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed two iconic classic arcade games against each other a…
... Fantasies (Slam Tilt's Demon table will not feature as it ... you think is the better table when it comes to music ... the ball loss on Stones table so I could show more ...A table of AY frequenciesHi friends, Simple request I hope; does anyone have source for a table of note frequencies on the AY chip as used in the Spectrum 128? I had a loo…
... anyone have source for a table of note frequencies on the ...Platform vs BackgroundForgive my ignorance if this is a 'stoopid' question, but although I've written games for many platforms over the years I'm only now making my first …
... on screen, you perform a table lookup in the "virtual pallette" to ...Amiga MOD on ZX SpectrumWell, there were several question about music matters on WOS lats times, so I decided to describe some of my 'adventures', heheh, with MOD playing on…
... wrong. TCB is doing a table lookup, converting a sample value to ...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 …
... /> #DEFINE SCREENTABLE 0FB00H ; SCREEN ADDRESS LOOKUP TABLER
#DEFINE BACKBUFFER 0E000H ... HL,0FE00H ;BUILDING UP A TABLE WITH
LD BC,0FDH ...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 …
... /> #DEFINE SCREENTABLE 0FB00H ; SCREEN ADDRESS LOOKUP TABLER
#DEFINE BACKBUFFER 0E000H ... HL,0FE00H ;BUILDING UP A TABLE WITH
LD BC,0FDH ...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 …
... /> #DEFINE SCREENTABLE 0FB00H ; SCREEN ADDRESS LOOKUP TABLER
#DEFINE BACKBUFFER 0E000H ... HL,0FE00H ;BUILDING UP A TABLE WITH
LD BC,0FDH ...InterruptsCan someone help with providing some info or a link about IM 2. I know I need to create a vector table and want to store this as high in memory as po…
... identifier that indexes into this table. Eg, if the identifier ... This avoids overlapping in the table. A peripheral supplying id ... id which causes a table lookup at address I*256+255 ... routine addresses overlap in the table. Combined with the uncertainty ...Quickest Assembly to find if point in rectangleWhat is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle. e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40 how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in…
Create a table consisting of all possible rectangles and all possible points. Lookup in the table whether your specific point is in your specific rectangle.Quickest Assembly to find if point in rectangleWhat is the fastest way to see if a point is in a rectangle. e.g rectangle is 10,10 100,10 100,40 10,40 how do i know if a point (e.g 20,20) is in…
Create a table of all possible x, y, w, h, x1 and y1. Lookup in table if x1 is in [x,x+w) and y1 is in [y,y+h).
This may be rather large, but your requirement was for the fastest way to do it. Do you wish to change your requirements?Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
... BASIC has to search a table/list of some sort so ... /> Simple linear search through a table of the currently active variables ... to the end of the table.
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If ... replacing the lookup of the variable name in the table with the ...Convert x,y to Attribute Address in AssemblyWhat is the fastest way, given x,y (in hl) to return the attribute address?
... working it out requires a table that's... 64k. I'm ... code. Which makes writing the lookup routine much easier, as it ...Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …
... is usually done through a table lookup. I've recently changed the ...z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... . Horizontal rotation is done by table lookup using bytes read from these ... this, uses a largeish rotation table (unless rotations are not needed ...
