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How can I scroll a line of text and wrap perfectlyI know this is easy for most of you but for some reason I am messing it up. In Assembly Language I want to do the following: I have 1 line of text …
... SP to point to the screen memory (at end of the ... left to the rightmost part of the screen - put SP to point ... -
Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…
... do know how the spectrum screen works. I have worked with ... requires divination on the emulators part. -
Sprite Graphics TutorialHi everyone, Would like some feedback on the following: I am thinking of writing a Sprite Graphics Tutorial, ie. how to best program and implement …
... "@" or copyright hover over the screen?
and then the "+" as ... cross-hair to aim.(example part 2)
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New Game Production ChallengeGreetings to all the communiy :) I have been around long enough to see that there are some very good spectrum programmers out here. Now, [start obvi…
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A large part of the regular posters of ... start designing graphics and complete screen layouts for your imaginary game ...Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…
... (how do you know which part of the player has hit ... very tempted to organize each screen as a state machine.
screen if a table is used ...Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…
... also created a nice loading screen for the game using ZX ... prog:
10 LOAD "" SCREEN$: LOAD ""
put that ... load your screen and save it (LOAD "" SCREEN$ : SAVE "piccy" SCREEN$) then save ... go on to the next part, otherwise it'll print an ...There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... , as the loading screen for Lord of the Rings (Part 1) looked ...Slowing down the emulationHi! I'm looking for a speccy emulator that lets me slow down (not speed up!) the emulation. I know good old X128 can do this, but does anyone know ab…
... first to find out which part of screen is a character. I ...Slowing down the emulationHi! I'm looking for a speccy emulator that lets me slow down (not speed up!) the emulation. I know good old X128 can do this, but does anyone know ab…
... first to find out which part of screen is a character. I ... just by looking at the screen, and saving the ocasional screenshot ...Pixel LimitIF Y3<192 THEN : LET x2=INT (128+X*A*SIN A): LET y2=INT (Y3): DRAW INK
... height of the lower part of the screen by POKEing to a ...Thing Bounces BackHello. Well, I wanted to talk a bit about this game from Gremlin. Back in the 80's I remember having played it and reaching almost the end, with a 99…
... of them is the tubes screen in which almost continually you ... . I must admit the tubes part is frustrating nevertheless.
Has anybody ever done a 3d version of Fairlight map?Has anybody ever done a 3d version of Fairlight map? I am thinking about Speccy games that were isometric, but had a rich spatial structure. Great Es…
... starts of when the first part ends, ie beyond the gates ... it.
The loading screen can be used as a ...The computer of 2004My god.... that looks just like my set up! [url="http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jpg"]http://users.net1plus.com/scottm/HomeComputer.jp…
At least they guessed that it would have a screen, speakers, keyboard and printer. (Is the TV part of the computer, or the photo was taken in a pub?)
The steering wheel might be for turning the hard disk manually.Head Over Heels - 256 ColoursAfter two weeks of painstaking work I've finally completed my 256 Colour version of the classic Head Over Heels, for use in Vladimir Khladov's excell…
... colour schemes on the same screen. Therefore you can't have ... to collect on the Crowns screen, etc. You could probably get ... in the sprites using the part of the palette that is ...The incredible shrinking screendumpIn this topic I stated that I would be impressed if the screendump could be smaller than 37 bytes. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewt…
... using the table as a part of the program.
call #22b0 ; always calculate screen even when B128k Shadow Screen?When emulating the shadow screen in bank 7 should that bank be switched into address C000? If so, what happens if bank 7 is switched out without canc…
... be stored in a different part of the physical memory devices ... the ULA can load a screen attribute byte and a byte ...Dinamic/Toposoft and other Spanish geniusHiya everyone, Saw a post which mentioned Toposoft, a name I'd completely forgotten about. I used to look out for the games by people such as Dinamic…
... second part,.. remember, put yourself in the centre of the screen to ...Best loading screen.What's the best loading screen in your opinion? I really liked the one on Rescue from Atlantis (maybe minus the text) [url="http://www.worldofspec…
The loading screen for Loco-motion then This ... /> Did anyone remember the three-part loading screen for Action Biker? No ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
To read a part of a string the number ... />
This also works on SCREEN$.
I use this trick ...Q on Gauntlet 3.Hey ... I have a working copy of Gauntlet 3 for Atari ST (STEEM emu) and have been working on a map for the ST version. I DLed all 3 of the Gauntlet…
... and that might have been part of the problem mainly because ... ... it gives me a black screen/reset either right at the ... I almost immediately get black screen/reset.
I blame ...Pixel LimitIF Y3<192 THEN : LET x2=INT (128+X*A*SIN A): LET y2=INT (Y3): DRAW INK
... height of the lower part of the screen by POKEing to a ... : Rem no lines in lower screen
However this will ...MCODER III - PSS softwareDoes anyone here have any instructions/documentation for PSS software's MCODER III compiler?
... . Then it shows "PLAY" on screen and you have to press ... on tape, loading the 2nd part which actually compiles your program ...Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... is limited to a 640x480 screen resolution, some vertically proportioned games ... Pacman lose the bottom part of the screen and are sadly unplayable ...Activision has joined the DENIENCES sessionHello everyone! Activision has stated that their games are not allowed for free distribution, as well as Electric Dreams games! Go to [url="http://…
... !" part, although quite good, is far too low down the screen - you ... just see the first part. And that first part is still very ...Artist, The: CompressorI could be wrong but I think the tzx for this is the last 2 blocks on "Artist, The B side". It seems to extract and run fine. Do you want the instruc…
... suggesting it was released as part of The Artist.
SCREEN$ Compressor.
I think ...Emulator feature ideaMany games use only a small part of screen for the playground area (where the actual action happens), how about resizing it larger? I think it would …
... drag a selection on the screen. Voila part of the "game-window ... few of these +/- selections on-screen at any given moment.
Game endings..which are your best / worst ones?I'm not sure how valid this is on a spectrum site considering the memory capacity of the machine,but were there any games out there with any good gam…
... [/B] ... (The final part of the multiload reveals a ... was also a separate part to
load ... The face from the loading screen appears with quite a long ... ... (People come on the screen to congratulate you! They didn ... to another
screen to collect all the ...What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
... it was a great 3 part batman epic
1st ... '$' who moved randomly across the screen
3rd level was ...
