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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 …
Yesterday I found this BASIC flight simulator on an ... which is also mostly done in the basic), we can say that ... competitor.
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How to code a run and jumpHi all, Is there a way in basic to take action on two simultaneous key strokes. I want to add a run and jump i.e. keys Q and M but using inkey$ seem…
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Is there a way in basic to take action on two ... machine code yet so would like to solve this using only the BASIC ... -
What memory pages are being used in a +3DOS disk operation?To make a long story short: what pages are in use by +3DOS while doing read operations from the disk drive? Now, for the details, for those interest…
... pages is really straightforward: from BASIC a POKE 23388,16+n ... each block to be loaded in "extended" memory. To avoid ... (page 2), and then, from machine code and interrupts disabled, I copied ... nearly all the available memory in all pages) succesfully? Do I ... -
Utility or routine to save/display imagesLet's assume I have an image or sprite at coordinates x,y with w witdh and h height. If I were to store this image, which storage method would allow …
... have an image or sprite at coordinates x,y ... be an utility package in the archive which has ... be specified with POKEs from Basic. I know how to ... Basic, but it would be too slow. I also have a machine code ... to display an image in machine code.
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Books for BASICIs there any godo books out there to learn BASIC ? I want to go from begininer to advanced really even though back in the day I used to write games …
... books out there to learn BASIC ?
I want to ... advanced really even though back in the day I used to ... have 2 good books for machine code which I am going through ... would still like to use BASIC as well.
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Using Boriel's ZX Basic to learn assemblyI wrote a small guide. Hopefully some people will find my gibberish useful - especially people looking at first steps in machine code, where I think …
... people looking at first steps in machine code, where I think writing small ... -inline-assembly-functions-into-zx-basic-t729.html[/url] -
OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…
... machine reverse engineer it resulting in different, but functionally equivalent code ... MOVE (BASIC wrapper for the LDIR block data copy machine code command), ... Mono font used in SE BASIC to give you ... for space, which resulted in BASIC being quite slow. For ... -
ZXDev - powerful environment for development in four languages is ready for testingXDev/ZXDev is open and free set of compilers, additional tools, libraries and design patterns for target platform ZX Spectrum 48K in different progra…
... of programming languages in their capacity in slow by today ... small size of the target machine code, better than z88dk:
[CODE]MODULE TinyHello; IMPORT Basic;
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Enable 128kB paging in emulatorFrom Zx Spectrum documentation ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/128kreference.htm[/url]) [CODE][SIZE="1"]When memory is being pag…
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[CODE][SIZE="1"]When memory is ... system; ROM 1 contains 48K BASIC.
[COLOR="Red ... computer is reset.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/CODE]
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BIFROST* example: "Knights & Demons DX" source codeA package containing the source files of our multicolor game "Knights & Demons DX" is now available for download [URL="http://www.mediafire.com/?hbch…
... of Sinclair BASIC. Although Boriel's ZX BASIC is slightly ... I coded this game in classic "Sinclair BASIC style" on purpose, ... the source code, let's just pretend that Sinclair BASIC had ... action:
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Returning to BASIC from asmI never had to do it till now but there is always the first time :) At machine code program start I preserved SP register and all the other ones. A…
... first time :)
At machine code program start I preserved SP ... ]" message I get "[B]Nonsense in Basic"[/B] :(
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SpecBAS 0.800 Released!Hi folks, it's that time again for another release. I was going to add a few more features, but I have other projects on the go at the moment, and it…
... clipping region) after SPRITE NEW
Converted Sprite movement systems to relative offsets ... the various stacks allocated to BASIC
Sprites now have their ... one, which resulted in erroneous "Scroll?" prompts
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How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... went as far as BASIC on both those machines ... , I started reading about machine code (in fact one of my oldest ... "easy" guide called Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum. Needless ... interested in making my Spectrum do something more than BASIC plots ... -
RST hooks in OpenSE BASICHi, any possibility of OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to a small table in RAM containing jumps back to apropriate ROM locations? :grin: It i…
... OpenSE BASIC having RST vectors rewired to a small table in RAM ... expose vectors that are located in ROM to user mode applications ... a small monitor/dbg code cohabitating besides OpenSE BASIC?
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BEEP & PLAY jingles in BASIC sourceI've been digging through the +3 manual and checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128+3Manual/chapter8pt19.html"]great musi…
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[CODE] 5 LET t$="T120"
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if you're making a very simple BASIC ... jingles such as these in the code for level start, ... favourite melodies produced in just source code? Any simple tricks ... making pure source BASIC games? -
RetroMania BASIC programming contestTo celebrate 50 years of the BASIC programming language, at this year's RetroMania we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There will be cash…
... we're running a BASIC game programming contest. There ... in ZX BASIC, but it must be written in a BASIC ... BASIC, not sneakily shelling out to machine code routines :-) If it's written in ... a somewhat obscure BASIC ... -
Simple sprite inertiaDoes anyone have or can anyone point me to any good examples of sprite inertia (in assembly)? I'm not after anything vector related, just simple x,y…
... to any good examples of sprite inertia (in assembly)? I'm not ... direction and actual movement. Perhaps seeing some other code will help me ... -
Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night ... has said in an interview he dabbled with BASIC for ... time that were written in code and you had to ... knock out a quick machine code routine, it probably would ... Night Off was written in BASIC, why he would risk ... -
DivMMC and +3 BASIC questionHi everyone, sorry if I'm about to tread a well-worn path here but I looked and looked, and I found something in the DivMMC manual but I'm not sure i…
... and I found something in the DivMMC manual but ... wrote back in the late 80s, some BASIC, some machine code, and I ... can play with them in an emulator and maybe ... I saw something about '128K BASIC support watch this space' ... but would order one in a heartbeat if I ... -
So it occurred to me; "Why bother with going into 48K BASIC when you can just....wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28;DEFW addr:RET'?" Of course, you DO need a small M/C routine to do that, and ta-daaa, here it is: [cod…
wrap the machine code calls inside a 'RST #28 ... /> [code]
DEFB #0D ; hide the M/C from BASIC
in the 48-BASIC environment
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Screenshots from my old BASIC gamesI have written several dozens of games in 90's. They haven't remained, so I show only screenshots 'for history'. Some screenshots are real, but all…
... TR-DOS disk (same as in following AGGRESSOR).
[img ... /> My last BASIC game (possibly, the largest BASIC game for ZX ... Full Throttle by LucasArts, but in more realistic setting.
... /> Then I have learned a machine code. Aladdin, The Dark, Metal ... -
Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…
... ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Set Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... advantages of machine code. But when I see something written in Basic, but with ... -
The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... reasons why I fell in love with Speccy Basic is because I ... mean.
The various Basic manuals I've read don ... no point in even trying to learn hex and machine code until I ... line like Dunny sent me in the BASIC thread produces the same ... -
Where's my green square? Basic & m/c question.I'm going mad here - can anyone tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a green square at the top of the screen? I've checked the num…
... tell me why my little basic program isn't displaying a ... 22543 it appears ...just not in this program. I've repositioned ... it in memory without change so I don't think the basic ... also gone through the code in New Generation's Machine Code Tutor byte by ... -
Please guide me with this decision!Hello, I have decided I would like to try and create some simple ZX Spectrum games of my own. The problem is that machine code is totally and utter…
... machine code is totally and utterly out of the question now or in ... :- Should I use the Spectrums Basic to program with or should ... but its not arcade fast movement. it's kind of turn ... -
is there a way of adding a define procedure command to zx basic?i know you can add things like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as you…
... . this would be so helpful in basic as you would no longer ... feature to basic. this would have to be a machine code routine, obviously ... -
Amiga chit chat (sorry but it never really was a commode designed machine)I wish there was a forum like this for the Amiga, perhaps there is but I tried a few and they mostly seem pretty moribund and lots of the links at Am…
... Since I'll never master machine code - maximum kudos to those of ... - and barely struggled by in Basic, it was always hopeless to ... graphics capability that attracted me in the first place. However ... that had got scrambled in transmission and needed massaging ... -
im looking for a driving game done in basiclike this one: future racer. http://www.bytemaniacos.com/ficheros/concursos/2020_basic/futureracer.zip http://www.bytemaniacos.com/?page_id=…
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How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
... isn't in basic, because that part is easier written in machine code.
... it! Just in case you got the machine code part wrong.
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pixel exact printingis there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using a completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like…
... doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using ... square like print " " does, for sprite movement
i also ... copy each frame of a sprite many times...
... ive got the sprite walking across the screen and ...
