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50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
... D (i.e. INK 1, PAPER 1, BRIGHT 0; FLASH 0 ... ),sp ; Store SP for GFX position
ld sp,(spstore2) ; Load ... -
Stuck again! Please help meI'm in the process of making a little game, eventually it will become rather more sophisticated (I hope) but I am testing out routines one at a time.…
... a pixel is INK or PAPER coloured (a pixel that ... INK, whereas "off" draws a PAPER pixel).
So ... 's not text in the PAPER colour.
... one turned on at that position - so all the pixels ... colour command like INK, PAPER or INVERSE so you can ... -
Dunny - help!I fired up SpecBAS, it automatically loaded the last program which was ASH2's background for the lander program. I pressed RUN and it ran fine then …
... 116: RESTORE 10: INK 15: PAPER 0: CLS: PLOT 0,600 ... REM x and y = start position of blob
100 LET ... -
PAPER&INK: screen/character differenciation?So I was looking at a type-in listing earlier and I got to wondering how the Spectrum differenciates between knowing that the PAPER/INK commands need…
... line from the current plot position moving [b]x[/b] horizontally ... by setting the screen ink/paper colours permanently then temporarily via ... -
Maze Death Race - did it ever work?As a huge Rally-X fan I was always disappointed in MDR, but I cannot remember if that was just because it was a poor clone or if it was also because …
... is yellow ink on yellow paper, the field is green ink ... on green paper.
After loading the ... , etc will be placed well position by the program but if ... -
"Living Daylights" from Action Pack (ZX Spectrum +2 bundle)Hello Has anybody succeeded playing "Living Daylights" from Action Pack bundle which came with a light gun and a full ZX Spectrum +2 unit? It is b…
... a piece of rolled up paper in the gun on the ... "Light Gun" game sticking the paper in the barrel would have ... interpreted the shooting via the position the gun was pointed at ... -
Randomised data samplingHere is something that could be written in BASIC, if anyone is interested. Lets say we want to sample a subset of a larger population, we can do t…
... else STOP)
ran = offset position of random selection in data ... /> [/code]
[code]
3 PAPER 0: INK 7: BRIGHT 1 ... -
(Fixing) The Swordsman of Kraxis 7The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 ([url="https://worldofspectrum.org/software?id=0013314"]link[/url]) is an arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).…
... /> 2 BORDER 2: INK 7: PAPER 1: CLS
3 PRINT ... -
Windows 11 - It's commingJust when you thought that there was going to be no more new versions of Windows, a recent leak reveals Microsoft are due to announce Windows 11 soon…
... for printing on A4 sized paper. Hence it’s easier for ... prefer to manually size and position the windows. But keep forgetting ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
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MACRO DB_COLOUR ink, paper, bright, flash
db ink ... |(paper attrib
setattrib2x2
ld ... 8x8 sprite arbitrary x, y position
; hl = pointer to 8 ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
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MACRO DB_COLOUR ink, paper, bright, flash
db ink ... |(paper offset of row in screentable (= ... 8x8 sprite arbitrary x, y position
; hl = pointer to 8 ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
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MACRO DB_COLOUR ink, paper, bright, flash
db ink ... |(paper column
; A -> attrib< ... 8x8 sprite arbitrary x, y position
; hl = pointer to 8 ... db 1, 1 ; player start position. This is in collision map ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
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MACRO DB_COLOUR ink, paper, bright, flash
db ink ... |(paper column
; A -> attrib< ... 8x8 sprite arbitrary x, y position
; hl = pointer to 8 ... db 1, 1 ; player start position. This is in collision map ... -
Robospec (new project, hopefully useful as a tutorial as well)Starting a new project after my graphics investigations. * It's gonna be a Robotron clone since that's not too ambitious (although I'd like to hav…
... 255 is a valid starting position for a line and behaviour ... out.
The yellow paper every other line is so ... -
PocketClive bugHi... thought I would give all of you that downloaded PocketClive, the PocketPC spectrum emuator a small bug report! There is a bug that prevents …
... .sna file in the same position. So just download a single ... -
The threat from the ISDAWhat does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if …
What does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if old games aren't available anywhere else, then where else are they going to get them? -
Sports games for sale Anyone interested in sport on the Spectrum will probably find something of interest here. Original games available as follows:- Match Day II …
... Supertest Test Match
Pole Position Steve Davis Snooker
Snooker ... -
Making a Speccy-Like Text Adventure for Windows (follow-up)Hi to every1 who took an interest in the previous thread. I've decided to take up what I suggested previously and make a Windows version of a speccy…
... grateful (I can draw on paper, but put a mouse in ... -
48K protectionWhich games were 'protected' by loading a full 48K block of code so that no copy program could fit in to memory? I know of 2 by heard. Pole Positio…
... 2 by heard.
Pole Position
A View To A ... -
AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…
... - 000-7FF return to stream position, 1bit on, all streams are ... moved to this position, off this stream only - end ...
Stream 2byte - the current position of the stream
Volume ... -
HACKERS HANGOUTHi folks, Just a quick message to let the spectrum community aware that Hackers Hangout has arisen. It's a paper based zine which hacks all new spec…
... has arisen. It's a paper based zine which hacks all ... -
1 Box full of.....2 x ZX Spectrums (48k) Original Spectrum Manuals ZX Printer (plus 2 sealed rolls of paper) ZX Interface 2 (plus Jet Pac rom cartridge) Atari compatib…
... (plus 2 sealed rolls of paper)
ZX Interface 2 (plus ... -
HACKERS HANGOUTHi folks, Just a quick message to let the spectrum community aware that Hackers Hangout has arisen. It's a paper based zine which hacks all new spec…
... has arisen. It's a paper based zine which hacks all ... -
Spectrum 16k and Printer for saleFor sale. Boxed Sinclair Spectrum 16k with manuals and original electrostatic printer with paper. Also I'll include any magazines and games I can fin…
For sale. Boxed Sinclair Spectrum 16k with manuals and original electrostatic printer with paper. Also I'll include any magazines and games I can find!
Make me an offer for the whole lot. I live in Reading UK. Regards, Andrew. -
speccy 128kI have a spectrum 128k that seems to work fine and load games ok. When I power it on for the first time I get the usual options screen, no problem. B…
... has purple border and black paper.
But if I wait ... -
Brand new topic? Who used to map games?IS this a BRAND NEW topic? :) I doubt it. But what the hey? Who here used to MAP games? I hadn't heard the expression 'walkthroughs' back then but I…
... a huge roll of graph paper and drew each room on ... -
The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... track,we wrote on a paper the classification after each race ... -
SPIN Public Beta 0.1b Available for downloadHi all, back again, and as just recently announced on CSS, SPIN has been updated. Here's the post to CSS (or the relevant parts): It's been a bu…
... /> Now saves window size and position.
Added "Tape Auto Rewind ...