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When did multiloads start?Hullo, again. Long time reader, rare topic starter! In the mid 80s, when Elite grabbed the rights to the likes of Commando, Bomb Jack and Ghosts N' …
... three part multi-loader written in BASIC,[/QUOTE]
The ... it was (at least partly) in machine code.. :smile:
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Got my 1st Speccy in 1984. Got shocked by Joffa Smifff games in 1985 so I [I]had to[/I] start programming in machine code. [/QUOTE]
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It may come to nothing but...[IMG]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler3/SpudDS.jpg[/IMG]
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No ... list of instructions in machine code. Very much like a CODE block on ... You can't run Speccy machine code on an x86 chip (well ... is executable, but the machine code contained within would be pointing ... -
It may come to nothing but...[IMG]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/richard.chandler3/SpudDS.jpg[/IMG]
... list of instructions in machine code. Very much like a CODE block on the ... You can't run Speccy machine code on an x86 chip (well ... is executable, but the machine code contained within would be pointing ... domain (well, the engine source code, at least, the actual ... -
looking for best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, udg basedhi all! I'm looking for the best oldstyle type-in zx-basic games, those udg based - like those from zx-spectrum mags, made at mid 80's I'm looking fo…
Pixy The Microdot... YS type in was sheer class :-) ... Programmed by ... and machine code... Still play it now... Great fun !
UFO (In ... ). Massive machine code hex dump to type in, but a fantastic game in machine code based ... -
emulation of .p filesHello I search games about alien in Z-81 games. I get the tosec files. I would to know how to run .p files ?
... , but ZX81 has a built-in machine code debugger which is handy. However ... ZX81, there's no URL in the instructions, and the links ... -
The 256 colour spectrumIt's amazing what you can do these days. [img]http://sites.google.com/site/pauldunn/multi64.png[/img] D.
... paintbox [i]while he's in the middle of drawing the ... paintbox switcheroo is only feasible in machine code, not BASIC. Got it. Many ... BRIGHT and FLASH" question over in the other thread too. -
some debugger in emulators that is able to brakpoint when a mem address is accessed ?Is there a debugger (disassembler) available in some emulator that is able to stop (breakpoint) when a particular memory address is accessed ? For e…
... matter where PC is in memory:
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UNTIL A ... port numbers in SPIN are always 16-bit. Code that accesses ... way of reading this in machine code is the "IN A, (31)" instruction ... mask off specific data in a condition:
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Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
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Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level ... was machine code (apart from those early and obvious written in ...
No one can write code in machine code. At most, some people had ... to assemble their code manually in the early times, ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... ;401207]No one can write code in machine code. At most, some people ... had to assemble their code manually in the early times, before ... />
I would take writing in machine code to mean writing the binary ... Speccy games are written in Small C using z88dk. -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... ;401228 (and others)]In my mind, machine code and assembler are really ... . To almost everyone, writing in machine code means using an assembler. There ... values of the program in their mind, but they ... lots of chunks of code directly in the numerical values, ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... ;401207]No one can write code in machine code. At most, some people had ... to assemble their code manually in the early times, before ... people who did actually write in machine code directly as binary. Not big ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... people who did actually write in machine code directly as binary. Not big ... was able to write something in machine code.
but i think it ... was not unusual, back in 89 or so, one was ... with monitor placed in screen memory and man and machine were much ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... people who did actually write in machine code directly as binary. Not ... machine code bytes. I had a fair number memorized as well in ... .
A real machine code programmer would be the human ... that certain leading bit patterns in an opcode enabled the ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... ;401207]No one can write code in machine code. At most, some people had ... is some people who write in machine code directly, in HEX editor, without using ... .
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POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... BASIC.
When writing in machine code you can do what you ... like (they needn't be in multiples of 8 even), memory ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... write your own Print routine in Machine Code that uses your own characters ... fiddle the code so it puts down 4 characters in a ... smoothness that you would with Machine Code which will, with the appropriate ... code, let you put that ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... BASIC.
When writing in machine code you can do what you ... like (they needn't be in multiples of 8 even), memory ... /> It didn?t all disappear in the hdd crash then? ;) -
Adjusting your code for screen refreshingOk, I'm aware that I should know it already after writing 5 Spectrum games in machine code but interrupts and screen refreshes were always my weaker …
... /> If I perform HALT command in machine code, the computer will wait until ... . just 'sort' out your sprites in two halves, upper and bottom ... checking one of higher bits in Y position, it is enough ... -
128k musicThis has probably been asked before but I'm going to ask again (just because I can :razz: ) I was playing OutRun2sp on my Xbox360 the other night an…
... ) a popular setup too, especially in central Europe. There's no ... them will put the music in a separate loading block that ... , music and all. (Typically, the code and data for an AY ... true for music routines written in machine code - the Basic PLAY statement doesn ... -
Game & WatchAll Nintendo Game & Watch games would make good mini games for the speccy. I made a start on Fire last year, I shall try and finish it before 2011! …
My version is in machine code, and probably won't be ... few Game & Watch's in one load.
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Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
... the catalogue showed often resulted in severe disappointment when the real ... and Y respectively) which resulted in individual pixels taking on a ... Delta Tau One was written in Machine Code rather than BASIC though? -
Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... project[/URL] which is work in progress, is there any new ... be able to call a machine code routine from BASIC to handle ... frames consists of lines drawn in machine code, couldn't I read all ... /> Doing:
LOAD "3dwireanim" CODE 16384 STEP 6144
Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
... trying to write a game in BASIC using BASIN. It's ... a few more lines of code and a load more levels ... : Tactics" in BASIC or go the whole hog and do it in machine code.Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
... to write a game in BASIC using BASIN. It ... few more lines of code and a load more ... whole hog and do it in machine code.[/QUOTE]
Ahhh ... - when you wrote stuff in Laser Basic, you had ... ]
That was in BASIC? Never realised!
Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
... like this answer but: use machine code ;)
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EDIT: Coding in machine code is much easier these days ...Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
Sooo...... Any tutorial links for spectrum game making in machine code?Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
[QUOTE=Robin;425471]Sooo...... Any tutorial links for spectrum game making in machine code?[/QUOTE]
JC does one on his site, here's a [url=http://members.fortunecity.com/jonathan6/egghead/id2.html]linky[/url]Graphics problemHi guys. Finally got a REAL zx spectrum, cost ?20 from a friend. When i draw plots and circles, it takes time to do it, but how do i do it instantly…
... for spectrum game making in machine code?[/QUOTE]
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DIVIDE - NEW FATWARE for 128kB spectrums[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/divide-fatware.htm[/url] [img]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/systems/fatware/fatware+2sp.gif[/img] [im…
... this - it has a built in machine code monitor - alas I can't ...
