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What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …
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What is your favourite game tune/music on a Spectrum game?In the 128k version of Renegade 3: The Final Chapter, remember the music that played on level 2 (the Egyptian Zone)? That was such a class tune that …
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What should be the base address to set for my codeHi, I am new here and I have a simple question but one which I have not found an answer to. When I am developming my programs what should I set th…
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Creating MusicI need to compose a couple of tracks to go with a ZX Spectrum style animation. I need to be as authentic as possible so I've decided to go with an e…
... Miner / Jet Set Willy style music. This would just require a ... Manic Miner or JSW play music in a normal sequencer, by stuttering ... -
ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... addresses of assembler functions in SP1, it must be declared in assembler to gain ... access to those assembler ... with preceeding underscore). The embedded assembler following "sprdrawftbl[]"'s declaration contains ... -
Speccy music podcast show - tune requests?Greetings Spec-chums! I've recently released my first ever retro music podcast and as it was so well received I've starting planning future shows. …
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The nice little temper tantrum !Lee, my old fruit, i couldnt give a toss if your fed up. Bottom line, delete my membership fill your boots, i could of wrote this in public but no ne…
... fuzzy feeling for supporting independent music in the UK and not lining ... -
Atic Atac PC remake! Utterly brilliant!I haven't seen this plugged yet in these WoS forums. Pop into... [url]www.retrospec.sgn.net[/url] ...and download the great new remake of Atic Atac…
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great intro, interactive music, in-game ideas (drackula is really ... to meet him in good ol´ B/W manner) - music supports the ... I´m still completely lost in the maze of the game ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
[QUOTE=Andy Gurr]i like the old proper way a speccy loaded,with the blue n yellow lines and the picture drawing first[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I like the b/y border (especially because you can simulate it with
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There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…
... Some of the better conversions in there, but the Spectrum really ... lot going for them (128k music in 2 especially) but the combat ... machines - if not the graphics, music and sound effects - but I ... them.[/QUOTE]
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There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…
... , these are seperate genres (in some cases). MR, GB and ... them into submissions, much like in Turbo Esprit.
... lot going for them (128k music in 2 especially) but the combat ... seriously bettered.
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b00mzi11a - where is he?I transferred money for the xbox to his account nearly 3 weeks ago, since then he's dropped off the 'net. I don't want to jump to assumptions as he'…
... - I suppose you think playing music in an unsigned band at a ... church in an art festival nets me ... good to wash our laundry in public. -
Spectrum Music - Remixes?Anyone know of any sites that have remixes of spectrum music? Project AY is devoted to releasing the original music from the games and i've looked on…
... be considered remixes of Speccy music, in ascending order of weirdness:
music/barberchip.mp3]Barberchip[/url] (MP3 ... Alternative Party 2005 Telephone Hold Music competition) -
What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... ,rambo III, rainbow islands), coded in assembler? C? Machine Code? Or some ... all of them hand-coded assembler. A few were compiled basic ... of the early ones were in basic. I'm not sure ... a library of routines shared in a widespread manner.
Detect if program was loaded from tape or microdriveHow (if at all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from tape or microdrive? This can be helpful to then load the screen or more machine code…
... you question and tried this in Spin:
... because we should run assembler in the REM line after ... ran the proggie and typed in the following 4 numbers: ... B], [B]201[/B] which in assembler gives:
[ ... register BC, the PRINT in line 80 gave [B ...Spectrum Music - Remixes?Anyone know of any sites that have remixes of spectrum music? Project AY is devoted to releasing the original music from the games and i've looked on…
... /> Personally speaking (I know this music stuff is very subjective and ... history of Speccy music (and I think chip music in general), is Xenophobe ...RobocopI was just having a quick blast on the Speccy version of 'Robocop' for nostalgia's sake, and I noticed something.. I had a playable demo of Level 3 …
I remember this feature in the demo as well ... few games where things in the demo have been ... mysteriously left out in the full-release.
in-game piano music in the demo that wasn ... 't in the final ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... /> No plans to complete the music editor anytime soon I'm ... on how to store the music in a machine independent manner and ... to make a spectrum only music editor at the moment.
What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... I write my code in assembler, create my graphics in Paint Shop Pro ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... I write my code in assembler, create my graphics in Paint Shop Pro ... you have you new images in your game asap.
You ...What are people using TommyGun to do?So I was just wondering what people are using TommyGun to do?
... plans to complete the music editor anytime soon I ... how to store the music in a machine independent manner ... make a spectrum only music editor at the ... that may result in very poor music for some formats. ... you bring music composed on other tools in which could ...*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... [/I] 48k games have good (in-game) audio? you can't ... really win on the 48k in that department whatever you do ... there wasn't much in the way of music in games, though obviously ... , I have to say, the music you did for Farmer Jack ... you do some more tunes in future.*** New Game *** Farmer Jack Now AvailableFARMER JACK IS NOW AVAILABLE ... ?2.99 + ?1.00 UK Postage (or a nice pack of cigars) I haven't updated the website yet though, as someone volunt…
... there wasn't much in the way of music in games, though obviously ... , I have to say, the music you did for Farmer Jack ... all be finished in the coming months. the music in that is shaping ... "technical" and covering some "real" music styles too, with drums and ...Help deciding how to developHi all, I've been looking through this forum for a few days now, and decided to say hello to you all. I have one question though, mainly because ther…
... has a quite comprehensive built in assembler. TommyGun is also a viable ...Was learning machine code a waste of time?I remember computer magazines from the mid-1980s often had features about using machine code, which I duly skipped over as it seemed totally impenetr…
... any kind of modern program in assembler (not just games) would ... whether doing it by hand in assembler would give any real ... performance increase.
assembler is still used a bit ... might also become slightly sidelined, in favour of some sort of ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
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In fact, I think the only ... game but programmed almost everything in assembler.
Speed is ... can be made easier with assembler - bit manipulations, shifts and ... - such functions are present in better Basics and other languages ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... generally do a lot better in assembler due to the inefficient way ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... is Borland were naughty in bring in the 'GOTO' statement ... guides were very good in listing alternative languages which ... alternative languages (FORTH in this case) built-in. Quite remarkibly this ... - which had a built-in Assembler. From what I believe though ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... have the failure rates in introductory programming modules increased ... problem the programming languages in use for introductory programming ... When I started with assembler I did have trouble figuring ... ideas into teeny-tiny steps in assembler. I can't really ...
