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I've just met Matthew Smith!I just saw him doing a Q&A session today at the classic gaming expo in Croydon. Picked up a mint copy of JSW and got it signed by him! He's was real…
... the Software Projects era the media was no longer interested in ... -
InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
... Sinclair determined the int pulse width, using the smallest interrupt routine ... -
Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... /> 1. the sprite width is less than the width of the screen ... 'x---x' denote the sprite width (or height).
[code ... ) coord
; c = sprite's width(height)
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TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... sprite is defined by its width and height not by the ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
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I also use different width and height for each sprite ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... br /> LD A,(SPRXLEN) ;get width of sprite
DEC A ... ,0 ;IXL is counter for width of sprite
* ... />
DRAWSPY2 LD IXL,0 ;width of sprite again
SPRXLEN DEFB 4 ;width of sprite
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need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... will be modified for real width of sprite... as you need ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... need to determine what maximum width of sprite you will need ... . So if the maximum sprite width is 40 pixels (5 characters ... with the addresses for each width of sprite.
The ... -
What sort of new games would you like to see on the Speccy?With the amount of coders we have around, I'm surprised that we don't see more new Speccy games. _________________ [url="http://www.gamestyle.net"]h…
... market in all types of media - but he misses the point ... -
What sort of new games would you like to see on the Speccy?With the amount of coders we have around, I'm surprised that we don't see more new Speccy games. _________________ [url="http://www.gamestyle.net"]h…
... market in all types of media - but he misses the point ... -
need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... ,(SPRXLEN) ;Find jump address for width of sprite
SUB 2 ... JP (IY) ;Jump according to width of sprite
W32A POP ... ,C ;16,24 or 32 width sprites. For wider sprites
Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... fastest way to do variable width sprites from unshifted sprite data ...Interrupts details questionSuppose I am writing a game and I want to use interrupts to measure time, draw the screen without flicker, maybe to poll keyboard etc. What kinds of …
... fastest way to do variable width sprites from unshifted sprite data ...Anyone know the address mappings...of the hardware resources on the speccy; From the screen display address range to all the hardware control registers. etc. Where can I get access t…
... or equal to
;sprite width
JR NC,INCPOINTER ...
;is less than sprite width so there is
;a ...Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... or equal to
;sprite width
JR NC,INCPOINTER ...
;is less than sprite width so there is
;a ...WOS archive on DVD?Hello This question has appeared few times, but I have not found any place to order WOS archive. Is anybody selling the whole arcive on DVD's? Jocu
I'd have no problem giving them a couple of quid to help finance it. If everyone sent their own media along wiht a few pounds, it will all add up..WOS archive on DVD?Hello This question has appeared few times, but I have not found any place to order WOS archive. Is anybody selling the whole arcive on DVD's? Jocu
... . If everyone sent their own media along wiht a few pounds ...Help with a type-in programI've been typing in all the programs from "Games for Your ZX Spectrum" by Peter Shaw, & I've hit a snag with the 'Draughts' program. Basically what …
... such er...ahem..wait a min, maybe that's an argument ...Can Anyone explain sprites in Jet Pac/Atic Atac etcJet Pac was 16k, and yet the sprites were impressively fast. I notice they had a slight flicker at times, but were notmally pretty flicker free. W…
... /> _Sprite_Attr_Width: DEFB 0 ; 0 -> width = 2, otherwise = 3
_Sprite_Attr_Height ...Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... the idea behind PWM (pulse width modulation).
First select ...Speccy Maps: Just what the hell is going on here then?Some time ago, a chap going by the name of Pavero built a few maps of Speccy games. Though they weren't brilliant, but they sufficed. He decided th…
... exact copies of free-floating media, so what? If someone likes ...I.E 6Can someone please help me! I know this is going to sound stupid but my I.E 6 has changed! It used to be that when I clicked on a file to download i…
... screen of death every 20 min...
Uninstalled it and everything ...For everyone who sends stuff to the U.S.AFor all the eBayers, sellers, and swappers.... [url="http://forums.ebay.ca/thread.jsp?forum=7&thread=300013102&modified=1095873373697"]http://forums…
... face value from the news media (and usually only one), which ...Most original game conceptHi everyone, What games do you think were the most original. Two that spring to my mind are Nebulus Revolution [ This Message was edited by: dmsm…
... /> then just open them in Media Player or whatever as if ...OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
... , I didn't think that media manipulation (the only explanation I ...If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... mode and can handle any width fonts -- I've tried 42x24 ...OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…
... feeling foreign politics reaches the media in a very dampened way ...
