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Why can't you make a BASIC program as big as you want?Let me rephrase that. Is it possible using BASIC to write a program that can be multi part? In other words one that can LOAD lets say a story, in se…
... and use them in your Basic games. It works as if ... traced drawings in a carbon paper.[/quote]
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Witchcraft: Nirvana, Bifröst and such[url="http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/10/buzzsaw-zx-spectrum.html"]"When considering this next to nearly every other ZX Spectrum game though, Buzzsaw is l…
... you must drop back to BASIC, call the system interrupt after ... few bits of code to change the border colour, then you ... data into the display RAM without contention).
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what is the best way to transfer 128k snaphots to hdd?im using the +3e disk system. and i want to do the transfer via tape.
... . Replace the basic program with:
10 INK 0: PAPER 0 ... convert. The only things that change are the two addresses and ... to disksaving and save the basic with SAVE "GAMENAME" LINE 10 ... returned to basic with a yellow cursor on black paper.
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How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…
... :) just having a rant about BASIC that gets very unBASIC sometimes ... if you come across a BASIC program and decide to rewrite ... block of code in isolation, change it and be reasonably confident ... -use it in another program without having to worry about whether ... -
How to stop a flickering character erasure?I'm trying to figure out how to build a moving sprite. Eventually it will be made up of several UDG's. However its early days yet so I'm experimentin…
... question about moving a character without flickering:
That is ... I learned to do in BASIC for starting to program games ... will comprehend very quickly this change about step 6:
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1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... in a rather pathetic, and paper thin attempt to solve the ... you over, and over again without actually touching you. Doing these ... talking out their arse for change...
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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 …
... somewhat restrictive (at least in BASIC) in how colours could be ... recall one could only change the INK and PAPER of entire rows ... -
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 …
... mode, you can change the ink or paper of a 6 x ... mode, you can change the ink or paper of a 6 x ... , so for example black paper with green ink can be ... inverted to white paper with red ink by ... for a lot more colour without clash and colour bleeding though ... -
counting in assembleri have this program which cycles through the character set. how do i do this with numbers say 0 to 65535? org 40000 ld b,120 ld (23612),a L…
Even better if you (like I did) write it to allow control codes, able to change INK & PAPER of characters and all without using any ROM calls. -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... work, and full of advanced BASIC techniques. Really interesting to study ... be redrawn that fast in BASIC.
Overall the listing ... I could use TAB and PAPER and INK control codes, these ... was playing on my phone without sound though. Is the only ... -
Maria vs. Some BastardsTheres a Willy based game that some may know of but not the majority. Personally I don't go for edited or hacked Miner games AT ALL, they never inter…
... menu screen implemented by the BASIC loader allows the player to ... otherwise.
- A minor change to the layout of “Alien ... they want to complete it without losing a life.
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Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... -color-blank spaces, if you change the colour spaces and the ... since the string has the paper colour changes at unpredictable locations ... could escape variables in Sinclair BASIC and have them enumerated at ... -
New Utility to Transfer Z80 Snapshot to +3 DiskSince getting a Gotek for my +3 it has been my go to machine. The biggest downside however is the lack of older games on disk format with pretty much…
... to each memory bank/page without the need for a buffer ... . The biggest downside of this change was speed as it is ... /> -b: do not add autorun basic routine to disk, useful if ... : make the loader code, autorun basic & 128k 2nd file visible ... -
Spectrum USB KeyboardI know you can buy these but how do you make one . What I am thinking of be similar to the type described in Issue 1352 of Micro Mart at page 45 .The…
... was able to follow his basic advice and desolder it . But ... swap it over and maybe change the keys . I like these ... USB could be taken out without "messing about with the LMT ... -
Need some help building a cable for Spectrum 128k +2 to US Commodore 1084S-PHello WoS users! Does anyone have a diagram detailing how to build a cable to go from the Spectrum 128k +2 (grey) to a Commodore 1084S-P (US version…
... to let people putz with basic, load a tape, or whatever ... years with a Commodore 128 without seeing that effect.
change as I was satisfied with ... have gotten as much done without that help - so thanks again ... -
48K ZX Spectrum 48K Recap (Capacitors) Or Not?I have seen arguments "for an against" on this subject by some "high calibre" experts . So if the experts can differ on this question then my questi…
... need for the kind of basic soldering skills that could be ... out of this kind of basic electronics and they have since ... ’ person on the internet recommends ‘change all the capacitors’.
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Chaos EditorI'm completely obsessed with Chaos again and would very much like to do a remix using the Chaos Editor. The existence of 'Chaos 2 :War in Space' sugg…
... browser and see its a basic loader with a screen and ... program. In both cases the basic loader is in fact only ... all
In fact, without trying, i expect that the ... . like 'game3.tzx'
change tape to the editor
Any emulators supporting a background image?I have linux on my computer and the terminal program I use allows me to specify an image file (.jpg, .png etc) to use instead of any areas on 'screen…
... could, if you wrote a BASIC launcher program for each game ... to change the background for each level of a game, without hacking ...Non Joystick Games . Why? When? And What are They? Quite a few of the early CCS Strategy games were non joystick (keyboard input only) How quickly did the joystick become standard ? Where (which…
... modded to use it, and without support from games the interface ... Basic is easy enough to either do the keyboard read change/addition ...Bit of fun - ToastRack , one change onlyAlthough there's an old "one change only" topic about, I was thinking about the toastyrack 128's earlier. Its actually the only Spectrum model I've n…
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My 'change' would cost the Speccy just ... provide an interesting (better?) display without resolution changes. I'll post ... here actually as its "one change only" in a way : ... block determine its flash/bright/paper/ink etc etc. No ...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…
... 1) IPWI ( Instantly Playble Without Instructions) . There have been ... /> 2) PWI . (Playable Without Instructions) .As described above these ... game could be played without the cassette inlay , ... paper instruction sheet/cassette inlay to figure out the basic ...bin to tap with basicI have compiled some machine code to binary. How I can convert it to tap (or tzx, doesn't matter) with custom basic part? Of course, I can create …
... with a few sna2tap utilities without success, including snaptotap)
basic loader, but it doesn't ...
20 BORDER VAL "0": PAPER VAL "0": INK VAL "7 ...48K Rubeer Key Spectrum Keyboard OverlaysThe use of keyboard overlays touched on by me here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55006/recreated-spectrum-what-do-we-get-f…
... getting rid of full sized paper based mauals in the software ... "nothing", about OCR software the basic question for me has to ... bit it says "You can change the image scale in the ...Key Materials ,Concepts , and Ideas for DIY Cases For ZX Spectrum Interfaces.In the 1980's ZX Spectrum Interfaces were largely supplied "cased up" or encased . Nowadays often they are not as they are usually sold as bare PCBs.…
... the other way round (and without aralditing it in) ? Answer No ... book covering adhesive with the paper left on (to provide grip ... either , So all the easy "paper liner" and "plastic tape" liner ... this solution is a very basic but it works! I tried ...
