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  • A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…

    ... out the graphic screen position map in both pixels and characters ... hand at a more powerful Basic that will have a manual ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch September 2020 Chit chat
  • An online basic emulator for spectrum basic?I was looking at some basic tutorials lately and I thought it would be fun to make a simple basic emulator for the spectrum basic, similar to http://…

    I was looking at some basic tutorials lately and I thought ... make a simple basic emulator for the spectrum basic, similar to http ... handle easy* spectrum basic and able to insert basic commands to it ...
    Timmy Timmy November 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • yet another map editor :)I (too) have decided to make a map editor to make me making games a bit easier. Mappy and Tiled look great but in the end I wanted something that doe…

    ... ) have decided to make a map editor to make me making ... post-processing of the exported map files.

    What it ... 'm using this map editor to draw the map, and it exports ... the tiles and the map in neatly DEFB files to ...
    Timmy Timmy March 2021 Development
  • Manic Miner in Basic ?Hi, I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ? C…

    Hi,

    I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ?

    Cheers in advance
    Saboteur Saboteur July 2021 Games
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…

    ... LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think ... just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought ... the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some ... an idea" about Spectrum BASIC itself is also useful.. ... UK software titles in BASIC that could be given ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC ##linersThere was a thread in the past that asked people to send 140character BASIC games (https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/52743/) Does anyone …

    There was a thread in the past that asked people to send 140character BASIC games (https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/52743/) Does anyone know where the entries are?
    Also, are there any 10liners contests specific for ZX spectrum BASIC?
    firelord firelord December 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • Pascalated BASIC for those who do not have a Spectrum NextHere is a Pascalated BASIC converter for those who do not have a Spectrum Next: http://arcalusitana.fun/MuseuZX/Pascalated_BASIC/index.html

    Here is a Pascalated BASIC converter for those who do not have a Spectrum Next:

    http://arcalusitana.fun/MuseuZX/Pascalated_BASIC/index.html
    zarsoft zarsoft December 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 29 December 2021Wednesday 29 December 2021 I'd meant to prep this update so it could go live on Xmas Day.. Alas, Real Life got in the way! * I was shocked and s…

    ... 2, Acolyte, Arkanoid Back to Basic, Bredy 3,
    Casino Monique ... Szeliga Szolkowski sent in a map and solution for Seance, The ...
    hackersanon hackersanon December 2021 Announcements
  • What Good Serious Successful Software Was Written Exclusively in 128K BASIC?I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But I know very little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were written exclusi…

    I realize now that 128K BASIC has its serious enthusiasts . But ... little about this type of BASIC . What good titles were ... written exclusively in 128K BASIC without any machine Code ? ... decent software written using 128K BASIC .I wonder if this question ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio February 2022 Games
  • BBC Basic on the ZX Spectrum - possible?I have never used a Cambridge Z88 - but I understand it was Z80 based and had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the…

    ... functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Strongest aspect of Spectrum BASICWhat would you say is the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on other micros at the time. I think it might have been the Fun…

    ... the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on ... any other aspects of spectrum BASIC that were better than other ... BASIC variants on home micros? Was ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... . It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games ... written in BASIC, back in the day?
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…

    ... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2022 BASIC
  • How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…

    ... when I later return to basic.

    I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    I programmed a Martianoids map editor a few weeks ago in BASIC, it`s almost complete now.. just got to write some instructions.
    MatGubbins MatGubbins June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • what would you?.................hi everybody, what games would you have liked to have done the programming, graphics etc for and why? :)

    ... would know just how the map/room data was stored and ... trying to decode the complete map data so if anyone `is ... I`ll write a room/map editor. (in glorious BASIC-o-vision)
    MatGubbins MatGubbins July 2002 Games
  • AY 8912 QuestionI got some problem... Does anyone have a formula to convert from Hz / kHz to the Pitch value of AY Sounchip of Spectrum? Please help...

    Reading the BASIC manual on the PLAY command ... />
    It basically has to map a frequency to A, B ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    ... only use BASIC, you don't really need a memory map.

    Just state in BASIC the next ... have the memory reserved. Your BASIC-program may grow up to ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... lower 16k of the memory map.
    [quote] One idea was ... program with the instructions for BASIC etc? Or is it some ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…

    ... or until you find the map itself.
    - A boardgame for ... /> - Several ONELINERS (games in 1 BASIC-LINE).
    The famous ZX81 ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2002 Games
  • Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.

    ... in the extended mode key map. You could also have STOP ... still be the norm for BASIC code entry. You could also ...
    Sparky Sparky December 2002 Sinclair Basic
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... all you know is Basic and compile it, tends ... only your graphics and game map and events are saved, ... those that are specialized basic or whatever with compiler ... .

    Laser Basic seems good but after what ... it. HiSoft has a basic compiler but there was ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • New Speccy Image EditorHi, This is my first time in the forums at WoS. So 'Hello all'. I have written a little image editor over the christmas break, last 12 days or so. …

    ... that cannot be done from Basic unless you know all Window ... Mb with Sprite/Tile/Font/Map editors later. No special dll ...
    LCD LCD January 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... />
    For my part, a map+tile+sprite editor sounds a ... have a Sprite/Tile/Font/Map editor later too, the PRO ... already (without the Map editor), and the Map editor will support layers ... Spectrum on PC, a advanced Basic language with advanced Sprite/Tile ...
    LCD LCD February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... sprite engine to suit my map engine. Big maybe.

    basic style coding to TommyGun, mainly ... a script.

    The map editor I wrote awhile ago ... /> I think the combined image/map is good idea and from ...
    Kiwi Kiwi February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... your sprite/tile/map editor into an advanced BASIC system just set ... that - an advanced version of BASIC and then some more. He ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... sprite/tile/map editor into an advanced BASIC system just ... an advanced version of BASIC and then some more. ... : Sure, the overhead of Basic is enormous, but a lot ... time, a lot of Basic games, even uncompiled ones, ... similar Language to Laser Basic, but with a ...
    LCD LCD February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... sprite engine to suit my map engine. Big maybe.
    [/ ... tool. Dunny mentions that the basic is translated into assembler and ... functions for free. New Basic keywords could be invented to ... be a way to specify Basic keywords and assembly functions attached ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…

    ... assemble into a scattered memory map, but this is only a ... could be used in C, Basic, Forth, whatever and such an ... a means for extending the Basic language by third parties. Eg ... an extended grammar with new basic commands, with an ability to ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • Martianoids Map Editor Yup, I`ve managed to get instructions written it`s now ready for downloading at [url="http://www.angelfire.com/retro/carcass/index.htm"]www.angelf…

    ... to download and use the map editor.

    A ... a great addition to the map editor

    If ... to write it in AMOS Basic for the Amiga - no ... to write an editor in BASIC,
    compile it, move ... is changing the graphics and map data for a crap game ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins April 2004 Games
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