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ZX81 Ram pack problemI got recently Sinclair 16k memory expansion for my ZX81, but for some reason it will not work. The computer itself is operating normally without hi…
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48K vs 128K BASIC, I prefer the keyword entry system how about you?Being brought up with the 48k rubber and 48k+ I find the keyword entry system really fast and enjoyable to use. When I've played around with the 128k…
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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…
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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…
... a decade+ from now. In most cases that's the ... understand but 'fuzzier' steps. In assembly, that's [i] ... needed! Write the bulk in BASIC, add in a few assembly blocks ... add to make the thing more user-friendly, comes ... at a cost in terms of raw performance, ... -
endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …
... how fast things are because most of the time you won ... /prog.c. Unfortunately For me most of C code looks like ... find the same sort of thing in Sinclair Basic in the recursive DEFFN functions ... , they become one of the most loved aspects of C.
endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …
... they could do some basic formatting like cursor placement, ... codes). As you know in basic you can print certain ... own text printing because most games do not require ... its functionality. The good thing about this is it ... it away. Another thing to keep in mind is to ...Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
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The most recent entry is probably the most interesting one on any ... view, but in other ways, it might be interesting. After all ... the Indescomp two-fer mentioned in the above update and ... which was about a rather basic Finnish-language multi-event sports ...Reading Disks via ASMI'm hoping to port my Amstrad game to the spectrum (See the link in my sig for info) I will be targeting the 128 and +3 - the game will not work on …
... page 7) when running some BASIC disk commands. If you call ... , but you have some interesting choices. In most games, banks 5 and 2 ... (the music player is stored in on of those banks).
are there any machine code to basic converters?i know it sounds stupid but for amature programmers like me it would be great. i could speed up the basic on an emulator and it would give me more of…
... be LET A=A+1 in Basic and so on.
most emulators do ;) They are program ... it not on Spectrum in Basic but on PC in C++ or whatever ... memory then instruction doing similar thing in assembler. So you would run ...Does anyone actually support the "A white man mustn't play a non-white role" drivel?Regarding the recent political correctness hypocrisy (the one where a bunch of morons started complaining about a white actor, Ed Skrein, being wrong…
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Although most computing teachers in the 80s (and indeed ... that we learn to program in Basic. Thats how I ended ... damn thing as all the daytime slots were taken and most ...Summary : Fifty Pascal Programs by SybexI got around getting [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001037"]this book[/url] and have had a look through it which consists of…
... . I've picked the most interesting of the two games, ... the CASE statement in the program. In Pascal/MT+ it ... of 'IN'. For some reason in Hisoft Pascal 'IN' is ... works. The other main thing I had to change was ... br /> 1040 UNTIL target IN [1..80];
1050 ...El Chatarrero GalácticoWonderful project (and 3 games). For those which wants to start coding... [img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UzBq6Wv6m4c/W_MqCc72fHI/AAAAAAAAPWI/aN4…
Open Source Compiled BASIC, that's interesting... Maybe I can make a game in BASIC too.
Nice thing about the last game is that it's (C) 2019, too! Games from the Future!Z80, and 6502, in comparisonI was wondering about how each of these compared in terms of performance. The Commodore 64 had a 6502 @ 1MHz, and graphics processor VIC which took …
... as you are just interested in BASIC. It doesn't necessary indicate ... than another.
Atari BASIC is notoriously slow, but recent ... 2 times as fast for most things, but due to the ... few machines in 256x192 graphics mode doing the same thing. Check the ...Artillery - projectile motion gameI started writing this around 25 years ago and abandoned it due to performance issues, and a lack of physics knowledge. Bandersnatch on Netflix fille…
... , aiming to do the most I could with very little ... that had interactive GUI elements in that lower screen space ... movement had turned out. BASIC games don't often have ... , so it was a fun thing to implement.
... s using every trick possible in BASIC :)What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
... in 1982 and even 1989 , for many reasons .
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Germany is the most interesting case country wise at the ... virus may spread quicker, than in rural areas - The London Metropolitian ... 65 yrs old is higher in a country, or there are ...Have you got a project or are doing anything interesting during lock down?I’m “having” “fun” cutting shapes in wall tiles to fit around the electrical switches, sockets and heating/boiler control box in the utility room. …
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... getting done on a basic level, but these complete ... I've tried reeling them in, I've tried telling ... WHEN THE WORLD IS COLLAPSSING IN ON ITSELF!!!!!....
most grocery types in the USA I'm ... back on such a thing....but really I have ...Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
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most grocery types in the USA I' ... back on such a thing....but really I have ... deal with these personalities, in doing so make come ...Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
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most grocery types in the USA I'm ... my back on such a thing....but really I have no ...IM2 on a 128k SpectrumHello: I have found another article on IM2 found in Personal Computer News, Issue 90. In the article "Face up to the Time", I typed up the code (…
... IM2 and 128k machines with BASIC? I already lose ramtop because ... /128kreference.htm
In short, you need to keep ... for step-by-step instructions. In other words, the theory ... here.
The most important thing to remember about IM2 is ...If Sinclair computers had not been sold...I was just having a random thought. If Sinclair Computers (or the rights to them, not sure how it 'worked' back then) had not been sold to Amstrad…
... a realistic, affordable possibility back in the 80s?
It would ... games. Backwards compatibility was the most important thing still. Sure, Amstrad took ... sides, and it's an interesting thought experiment. But ultimately the ...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'…
... 90% of the code is in BASIC, and it really is the ... always to just write the most of the code yourself and ... /> Let's start with one thing first, I don't believe ... And you won't need most of it anyway, how often ... about 20 commands to do most of the things.) What I ...Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... Victor Meldrew finds a 2CV in his skip...
lol @ Speccy stuff in the skip.
... CBM Pet's :( , Interesting thing is they were never "out ... they must of been in a storeroom (small site ... s , I honestly think most of them would of ...Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…
... to know" included somewhere in the "instructions in the software" . Quite ... PWI category . Once these basic selections have been made at ... , the IPWI genre is the most interesting as there are only a ... think the main interst in this thread is in "teasing out" ...Who's NEXT?How about having a category just for Spectrum NEXT owners? I got mine on Monday, its the original issue, plain jane and quite enough for me to ge…
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