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Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…
... writer won't need machine code interpreters nor independently moving ... -in was the INPUT Text Compressor, although it was machine code ... to poke the machine code in should be in the archive as ... a HEX dump of the machine code routine for the compressor / ... -
Football Manager revisitedHello everyone The latest version of my Football Manager Revisited game is now available. you can download it free of charge here: [url="http://fm…
... There is about 4K of machine code in the game to speed things ... majority of the coding is in Basic. Even using 128K, ... had to be creative in coding and data storage ... squeezing more and more features in!
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Football Manager revisitedHello everyone The latest version of my Football Manager Revisited game is now available. you can download it free of charge here: [url="http://fm…
... a 4k of machine code) . I think I am right in saying very ... /> And was the 4k of machine code in the game already? Or was ... -
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... got my first 16k Spectrum in 1983 and have loved the ... to write my own programs in BASIC and then with the ... text adventures. I was interested in using an emulator for nostalgic ... !
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How do I put 1k game in a REM statement in TAP formatBasically, If I am assembling my machine code game, say using PASMO or TASM. 1. What address do I assemble it at to fit in a REM statement 2. What …
Basically,
If I am assembling my machine code game, say using PASMO or TASM.
1. What address do I assemble it at to fit in a REM statement
2. What do i need to do to get this into a .TAP format
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In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
... some bytes, and it works in "descending" order. I am ... having difficulty ordering them in ascending order (Changing "jr ... c,noswitch" gets it stuck in an endless loop.
< ... an earlier thread)
[code]
org 8000h
CODE SCREEN$ in MCIs there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in bas…
Is there any way of determining what character is displayed at a certain co-ordinate from machine code like the 'IF CODE SCREEN$=' arrangement in basic?BasinC can accept Intel 8086 assembler inside REM-linesIn the year 1983m the firmware "ACS SOFTWARE" develope basic-spectrum with REM+assembler Finally, here are two sample routines you might like to try…
In the year 1983m the ... SOFTWARE" develope basic-spectrum with REM+assembler
Finally, here ... Machine Code Assembler works:
[i] 1 REM 00000000000000
10 REM ... go
20 REM org 23760
30 REM ...Last Problem in Chapter 3 of Toni Baker's Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum.Chapter 3 of this great book is all about how to use the registers and covers the operations LD, ADD, ADC, SUB, SBC, INC, DEC, SCF and CCF. The la…
... , but a zero otherwise. Bear in mind this only expects us ... would be appeciated.
[code]Op Hex Notes
LD ... B, A 47 Store result in B
LD C, 0 ... C9 Return to basic
[/code]Games that benefit from a change in speed.Has anybody tried playing games on an emulator at different speeds? I've found that certain games are more playable with a slight speed tweak. Obvio…
... speed tweak. Obviously programs written in basic and text adventure games ... going to benefit but certain machine code games seem to play better ... with a 10-20% reduction in speed.
On the ...Sharopolis's QuizHere you are folks, My quiz, edutainment at its best. This is the first quiz I've compiled so sorry if its too easy or hard or whatever. Some of the…
... celebrities endorsed or appeared in spectrum games during the ... celebrities who have appeared in spectrum titles and ... Poke Next Rand Gosub Rem Run Or Next. ... of the communist pary in which south american nation ... if M is for machine code I never understood)
How to program Machine Code on a PC, and then run it on a speccy?Well, I've been looking into MC a bit more deeply recently - I reckon I could get my head round MC now. Back when I was a teenager, I couldn't see th…
... a bit cumbersome to actually code it on the speccy - what ... copied here from a thread in the games forum which is ...Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemBelow is my WIP code to do smooth screen wrapping sprites using char positions and offsets, as opposed to writing direct to a line (0-191) and shifti…
... be most welcome
[code]
; ********************************************
; ... is the only area, in theory left moving sprites are ... Store the X char accross in a, eg.A=20< ... thus moving 256 bytes forward in memory to FB0Ah
...IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…
... spectrum using TASM
[code]
; ********************************************
; Char ... ;Trap Space key
in a,(07Eh)
and 1 ... ei ;interrupts. Jump to 0056 in ROM
jp 56 ;for ...In need of a Poke (ooer!)Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a scary thing. I think I advanced as far as 'LD HA' (or something!) before giving up. However, so…
Back in my very basic Basic days, machine code was a scary thing. I ... />
I saw one in the 'type-in' section that caused the ...There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... actually changing the original Speccy machine code!
Well, took ... the problem might have been in the LDDR assembly language ... example, I'm writing in C++ and in that language "if (b ... ' next ;) )
Thanks in advance
Speccy
how do i read the keyboard in assembly? here is the code i tried writting to find out the value of a key call 28f (hex) loop: ld a,255 cp e jr z loop ld (50000),e ret notes from what i …
here is the code i tried writting to ... is the value that is in e if a key ... the first bit of code is to make it ... i try this bit of code, it doesn't wait ... i doing wrong with the code?
thanks ... been such a newbie at machine code :D
...problem with Mega-Sphere (Your Sinclair type-in)Does anyone recall the program [url="http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/yoursinc/megsphre.zip"]Mega-Sphere[/url] from Your Sinclair …
... from Your Sinclair Jan'87? In particular, do you recall: a ... over 200 type-in programs & routines published in Your Sinclair ... the Basic & hex code against the listings several times ... machine code) the program still doesn't work; the sphere gets stuck in ...ZX Spectrum emulation in QEMUI seem to have written [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/wholehog/stuart/qemu/z80.html"]ZX Spectrum emulation for QEMU[/URL]! For those that don't k…
... that the emulated code is converted to native machine code so that it ... anyone thinking of trying games in this, I should point out ...Running code from the display memory?Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used by the display file? If you were really out of memory and some part of screen is not u…
Is it possible to run machine code from the memory area used ... to black/black, load some code in the display area and run ...Using a multiface to exit to BasicBack in the days I was always fascinated with the idea of getting access to BASIC listings inside a program or game. I was able to work a way around …
Back in the days I was ... but since I never learned machine code, I didn't had much ... a BASIC listing inside the code, especially if the whole ... (inside the game of app code, not the loader) and ... . Sometimes those listings have REM statements with messages that are ...How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... see how they structure the code and how they did things ... . I am not interested in copying the code straight from the original ... there anyway of extracting the code from the .tzx or .tap ... 't understand machine code, I think that Striker was written in basic.
Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute BeginnerNot quite sure if this should be in here but here goes. Having never delved into machine code before I thought id have a go at this book and its qui…
... in here but here goes.
Having never delved into machine code ... you have to type in the programs to ... continue anyway. I typed in the ezcode routine. Now ... i got no errors in the basic program whatsoever ... [/url]
In the listing in the book the ...Looking for a type-in.I remember a type in program of a sliding block puzzle. It used code to shift the screen blocks. At the start of a game you could select how many m…
... type in program of a sliding block puzzle. It used code ... that drew some geometric patterns in for the puzzle though.
in another magazine. Maybe I ... program myself using the various machine code window scroll routines scattered around ...New for 2009 - mc onelinersI found the limit of one line and one screen's worth of program really useful in (re-)learning BASIC, so I've decided to carry the format over into m…
... carry the format over into machine code, to see what I can ... 0,0;"score": REM ilmc attr road[/code]Here is the ... ZX Spin assembler source code:
[code]
;todo - ;
; ... jp principalloop
;return score in BC
gameover
pop ...Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
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Found this in a second-hand bookstore over ... It assumes you've typed in various bits of BASIC, know ... games use machine code sequences - entered by cunning manipulation of REM statements and ... For the record, I have in fact done various bits of ...Do you live in or near Adelaide?Hello everyone, I live in Adelaide, South Australia, and am clearing out my ZX Spectrum collection as a job lot. If you can pick it up, everything is…
... are:
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[*]Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum - Toni ... - Rodney Zaks
[*]Practical Spectrum Machine Code Programming - Steve Webb
[*]The ... games and utilities in original cases (including The Complete Machine Code Tutor)
Assembly code in The TerminatorSo I was watching The Terminator on T.V today. What a great movie eh? Anyway, towards the end of the movie when the terminator reaches the Tiki Mot…
... were "primitive assembly language program code, probably from a PC BIOS ... which microprocessor the assembly language code was for? Yes I realise ... is a pointless rubbish exercise in triviality but I'm being ...Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar ... up to 15 x 15 in size. Being able to ... today:
[CODE]FOR V=-9 TO 3 ... : PRINT : PRINT : NEXT V[/CODE]
I even ... many 40 and 64 column machine code routines out there but, ...How to export the symbol table in ZX Spin v0.666I've managed to resurrect some old cassette tapes with the machine code for Freeway Frog from the Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner…
... old cassette tapes with the machine code for Freeway Frog from the ... Spectrum Machine Language For The Absolute Beginner ... Debugger, I can send the code to the assembler... but how ... freewayfrog.asm file as listed in the book?
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