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What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... the custom chips in the machine; they're mostly there to ... of them will accelerate drawing graphics like the ones in the ... requires application of some serious machine code. There's a slight performance ... -
What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... be better for assembling some machine code to a data file to ... is being able to interpret machine code instructions on the fly as ... monochrome, medium size text and graphics in 4 colours, or 8 ... -
How to add speech to a program?Is it possible to add speech to a machine code program? And with possible I mean with relative ease. Hardware could be 128k. Is there some utility …
... -step tutorial up either today or tomorrow, with all the source code ... tough I don't know machine code, I still enjoy reading and ... come with its own player code?[/QUOTE]
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CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... resource for how the ZX81 graphics memory works? I feel a ... in Chapter 14 of "Mastering Machine Code on your ZX80 or ZX81 ... -
Speccy sound on tv show - againRemember the spectrum loading noise in two CSI shows? Well, fuzzix on c.s.s. has found what seems to be another clip of Speccy goodness: [url]http:/…
... down as all of the graphics that have come out so ... loaded into memory? Is it machine code or BASIC; could there be ... -
MB02+ software and system developmentsThe following text was (before last modification) first published here: [url]http://www.sintech-shop.com/forum/board.php?boardid=20[/url] As discuss…
... DSK files on "non +3" machine? It seems to me that ... of Level 9 games with graphics...[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, I ... on 128K machines only), any machine-code programs would almost certainly use ... -
searching for ASM bookI am searching for a book with simple examples of assembler code. I found one, but i cant remember where.. i forgot even the title.. it was a scanned…
... generic. Was all code examples in assembly code only or did it ... and run which poked the machine code ready to run?
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New game from CEZGS: Mariano the Dragon in Capers in CitylandHi all, here we come with another game for our Spectrums! Mariano, the Pink Dragon, has to face an incredibly difficult mission. All his friends hav…
... if it was written properly machine code it would be any slower ... better & better games. The graphics and sound, indeed all the ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... while a program is running). Machine code programs can make use of ... screen to display text or graphics, surely? I'd imagine this ... -
The best Othello or Reversi on the Spectrum?Erm, the title of this thread pretty much says it all; I'm looking for the best Othello or Reversi style game on the Speccy. What would you suggest? …
... to recommend Dr BEEP's machine code re-implementation of our one ... , as naturally it has better graphics, is much faster, and has ... -
Any BBC aware Specchums out there?After the UK101 and VIC20 emulators I've moved my sights onto emulating a BBC computer. This emulator will be different though in that it will be a Z…
The BBC BASIC ROM converts graphics and sound commands into operating ... . Therefore [I]all[/I] graphics routines can be written in ... filled triangle).
All graphics co-ords are scaled to ... short, if a BBC BASIC / machine code program runs "on the tube ... -
Brits who made Britain C5 @ 7:30 tonightTonights program is about the authors of Elite, so you guys might want to watch it!
... 3 years earlier on a machine with far less power & ... write it in machine code, and hand-code all the graphics - boo hoo! So ... -
Brits who made Britain C5 @ 7:30 tonightTonights program is about the authors of Elite, so you guys might want to watch it!
... 3 years earlier on a machine with far less power & ... write it in machine code, and hand-code all the graphics - boo hoo! So ... -
Do we actually love the spectrum?Hi As my title says " do we actually love the spectrum " OR is it just a childhood/nostalgic thing? I personally don't love the zx spectrum but hav…
... 's a machine that has colour, sound, hi-res graphics that anyone ... 'instant on' and that through machine code EVERYTHING is accessable to the ... -
The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…
... wrote which used bits of machine code for number searching. Looked nice ... speccy community for its excellent graphics, fantastic sound and astounding gameplay ... -
help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... about music and graphics before you have any actual code is the ... /> how do i get graphics into the code?
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help making a gameive decided to make a game for the speccy but i have no idea where to start. i think i'd like to make a text adventure, i saw the 'build your own' pr…
... about music and graphics before you have any actual code is the ... will still need some basic machine code knowledge all the same), but ... certainly wont be starting drawing graphics and making music till i ... how to get my own graphics into it, but i guess ... -
Game companies that were so hip,it hurthello like the title of this post says those cool dudes who run these companies who thought it best to be down with da kidz.take for instance the co…
[QUOTE=dm_boozefreek;303113]Another golden opportunity to say
"100% Machine Code!!!" :D[/QUOTE]
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Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... wait until some sort of machine code routine or firmware update becomes ... />
These are all machine code routines. z88dk is just a ... , Nathan made a simple graphics scene renderer a while back ... using z88dk's graphics routines that is callable ... -
[Books Database] PDF TreatementWould there be any interest in providing treated PDF books to the archive? By treated I mean, creating bookmarks (indexing the pages) for the curren…
... ZX Spectrum
Machine Code For Beginners
Mastering Machine Code on your ZXSpectrum ... Programming ZX Spectrum - Book 3 (+ Graphics)
Step-By-Step Programming ... ZX Spectrum - Book 4 (+ Graphics)
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The best ... beginning with "C"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "C", which do you think are the: [B]Best g…
... /> Best Utility: [/B]The Complete Machine Code Tutor[B]
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z88dk Help neededI'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification t…
... very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works ... /> sbrk(40000, 10000);
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The heap statement ... of stdio is not 100% machine code and using a single printf ... and are a sort of tutorial introduction. Unfortunately I didn't ... -
Unoriginal Unimaginative UnplayableOK, never mind all those great games, what were the worst? Keep it to games you (or someone you know) actually paid money for back in the days when 8…
... of Donkey Kong with atrocious graphics that's unplayably fast and ... ]
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Successor to the SpeccyBased on the rambling on the other thread it would be interesting to see what people felt was the 'spiritual' successor to the speccy. Amiga here....
... to include the original Amiga graphics in the full 8 colours ... than ST SotB. My later machine code routines did full 320x200 scrolling ... -
Blake's 7I've got an idea for a Blake's 7 video game for the 128K Spectrum (Only problem is I can't code in neither machine code or Sinclair BASIC, so I will …
... is I can't code in neither machine code or Sinclair BASIC, so ... the game, I do not code."
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Music?: ... /> The same about graphics: Use Placeholder Graphics first. After the game ... works, you can improve the graphics.
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Rescate AtlantidaThe authors of the game (if you let some time pass in the menu, you can see the credits) Program : Pablo Ariza and Gustavo Tallon Graphics : J. Carl…
... of Gustavo Tallon.
Graphics was drawn by Jose Antonio ... and Juan Carlos Naranjo. Some graphics was made by Pablo Ariza ... , and performed by a wonderful machine code routines.
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Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... /> They are stored as a graphics bitmap, not text. I have ... , I patched in my own machine code routine and data (less than ... -
Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... like to use this for graphics instead of page 2 due ... problem if you stick to machine code, though.
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z80 program to BASIN?I have a BASIC program with UDG:s loaded in a z80 snapshot file. I would like to edit the program with Basin, but I wonder what must be done before…
... know I can start a machine code program with RANDOMIZE USR memory ... address below your graphics. The ROM manages the machine stack, which "grows ... enough, can extend into your graphics. CLEAR effectively says to the ... -
resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…
... expresed interest in sound and graphics media (eg: interest in Moonlight ... your hands dirty via a machine code call or two?...
Likewise, if your interested in Graphics media, what do you require ...
