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  • 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
  • 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
  • writing gameswhats the best games writing software/package for the speccy?i heard white lightning is good but it seems very difficult to me,apart from that and hu…

    ... )

    Anyway, with Blitz BAsic you can produce some OK ... (in our lunch hour) a Pacman clone (NO cpu ghosts) that ...
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2002 Games
  • 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…

    As for BASIC:

    I have a program with all my BASIC-onliners,
    as there is: SNAKE, PACMAN, BOWLING, SPREADSHEET, HANGMAN, MASTERMIND, FROGGER and many more.

    How do you want it? .Tap .Z80 .TXT?
    You name, you get it!
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2002 Games
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games vs ... why again, i liked the basic better, think it is much ... to get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask why ... Atari 2600 games, Activision, Namco, Pacman etc. Just like the originals ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…

    ... ...and instead of ghosts chasing pacman, it was godzillas chasing a ... , I faked a screen in Basic and programmed a simple enter ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie August 2004 Games
  • Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…

    ... a crappy UDG-based 100% BASIC Pacman, of course, and plays much ... like the average 1983 Speccy Pacman clone, except it's somewhat ...
    jil jil September 2004 Games
  • Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…

    ... 're loading and saving from Basic, you're stuck with the ... or a miniature game of Pacman playing (except to stop you ...
    gasman gasman May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Anyone know anything about Sega Megadrive GamesI have come into possession of a cartridge which is confusing me. The writing on the case is all japanese and the only English i can make out is on …

    ... . This game is far more basic it looks like you are ... get all the dots (like pacman). But there are crates about ...
    Fazz Fazz August 2005 Chit chat
  • What games can you create?After hearing that you need machine code to create commercial quality speccy games, what sort of games can you create in +3 BASIC, except text advent…

    ... have programmed in BASIC in 1 line each:
    PACMAN
    SNAKE ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • What games can you create?After hearing that you need machine code to create commercial quality speccy games, what sort of games can you create in +3 BASIC, except text advent…

    Like, poke 10000? I've never done poke before! Plus, if I were to create a pacman game or a character game, how would I create a character shape, e.g. pacman in BASIC? Would I need to define a graphics key, or something?
    sonic91 sonic91 October 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... IY register and Basic's interrupt service ... /> // create big pacman sprite

    pacman = sp1_CreateSpr(sp1_SprId2Type(SP1_ID_MASK2_LB ... sp1_UpdateNow();

    // move pacman

    if (!(--an_count)) ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • PSPSIM - SamCoupe Emulator for the PSPI have just been playing around with PSPSIM and just wanted to know what Sam Coupe users thought were the best games/apps for the Coupe? Cheers,

    ... .. also E.S.I.`s pacman game MR Pac.


    Arcade Pacman, under emulation/wrapper by Obo ... one, yet still 100 % in Basic, it`s got added copper ...
    CKay CKay November 2006 Emulators
  • arcade gamesa bit offtopic: what arcade games do you play emulated? (i start saying, nothing can compete with cosmic avenger for me. :-) ).

    I've never really seen the attraction of Pacman. Far too basic, far too repetitive, even with varying mazes.
    NickH NickH March 2007 Games
  • Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…

    ... spectrum magazines, try to unprotect basic loaders, type apps and games ... . I remember my first Pacman written in Basic, for eg. Did any ... ? All those tapes with simple basic+m.c. routines games and ...
    spectbeginner spectbeginner April 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Old PC Games - What were your classics?I've been fiddling around with DOSBox V 0.70 the past couple of days, and have been playing some old games I used to love, including: Stonekeep Term…

    ... Windows 1.0.
    GW-Basic Gorilla was a classic.
    Pacman Characters
    Frontier Elite II ...
    murtceps murtceps April 2007 Chit chat
  • Bipboi Adventure - Tech DemoHere is the first tech demo of my Bipboi game, still in progress (2 Years now :-? ) Anyway, have a download, let me know what you think. This wil…

    ... />
    Yes, please continue the Pacman game. I found the demo ... graphics with motion and a basic idea. The characters looked so ...
    Graz Graz May 2007 Development
  • ZX 81 games (and an emulation issue or two)Hi Not really sure this is the right forum, but maybe someone can help. As a Speccy fan, I was always intrigued by the old ZX81, and thanks to the w…

    ... 've now got hi-res pacman running in EightyOne:-

    Pacman charset using the following BASIC command

    BASIC syntax, but part of what ... to "WRX" then hi-res pacman will crash)

    2 ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn June 2007 Games
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... -liner attempts last week. (rockman, pacman, darts) Didn't get them ... too much space on the BASIC listing. So if you are ... a further 6 characters of BASIC listing. Finally

    BORDER ... look, with 2 chars of BASIC line space remaining.
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... save BASIC space)

    To complete this tiny-pacman version ... br />
    Pacman maze data naturally fits a ZX BASIC string array ... tricks. All positions of pacman&ghosts are then ... />
    The ghost/pacman collision detection doesn't work ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... must do is correct the pacman/ghost collision detection bug, and ... move more effectively towards the pacman.[/QUOTE]

    I corrected ... of FOR loops in ZX BASIC was incorrect.

    until ... already on top of the pacman. Therefore they moved off the ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... playable version of this "tiny pacman" game

    [url]http ... /> Technical info
    -------------

    BASIC listing is 2 characters short ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn July 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... now have plain-text ZX-BASIC listings on each page that ... )' character as used in the pacman games, which I have replaced ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... tidied up the plain-text BASIC listings on the site, as ... alterations to the first "Tiny Pacman" game, and update the ... your submitted version of "Tiny Pacman 2: Pacman's Revenge", which I ... in the third game "Tiny Pacman: Pacman Strikes Back", and hopefully also ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Development
  • Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…

    ... I haven't seen the BASIC listing or the game itself ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn August 2007 Development
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