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Poke 23739,111So, I'm looking at some of my old loaders (BASIC stuff) to work out how I got the display to not corrupt on loading code. It's the old POKE 23739,111…
... the old POKE 23739,111 trick.
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speccy 128 problemsHi everyone, first post on here, so first better say hello..hello :) Anyhow I just recently got back into gaming so a Speccy seemed just the thing t…
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It's a trap!So I got a CPLD (not the eventual one I want to use for the ethernet project - rather, one I actually have here and now, an XC9536 in a PLCC44). And…
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Vedic Maths Trick!So you don't have to learn your 11 times table. For any 2 numbers multiplied by 11, add them together and insert the answer between the multiple dig…
So you don't have to learn your 11 times table.
For any 2 numbers multiplied by 11, add them together and insert the answer between the multiple digits.
11 x 43 = 4 (4+3) 3 = 473
But what if the answer is more than 10?
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Sci-Fi Movie with everything written backwardsMy work place has started this campaign to remind everyone to lock their computer when they leave their desk, for security reasons. One way of remin…
... you have done this. The trick is that they are written ... -
How does she do it (NSFW)How does this woman make the hankies disappear? It's a very good trick, although no-one would watch this video for the trick: [URL]http://youtube.c…
... ? It's a very good trick, although no-one would watch ... this video for the trick:
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New utility - Arcade Game DesignerNo income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee... In advance of SEUD's release I thought I'd release AGD to get people in the mood for game maki…
... not as user-friendly as PGD or SEUD, but it should ... -
How to avoid paging (scroll message)After 22 lines, the Spec asks if you want to scroll or break. I want to avoid that message and what the program to go on and produces lines on the sc…
After 22 lines, the Spec asks if you want to scroll or break. I want to avoid that message and what the program to go on and produces lines on the screen without stopping for this message. Is there a trick? -
Suckered by screen shots on the packaging?Who got tricked into buying some junk like Yi Ar Kung Fu on the basis of the graphics on the back of the box, which, quelle surprise, turned out to b…
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Ebay lieBought a few things on ebay recently, new small PC and a 19 inch monitor so its not your usual 10 quid type of thing. Both are going into a MAME bar…
... a policeman' (I'm not) trick i'll use again if ... -
10 top tricks for your Xbox 360You may or may not have already seen this one but I'm gonna post it b'cos they are quite good, really: [url]http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/cons…
... that most intrigued me was trick #9 - streaming media from the ... was also quite hoping that trick #4 would pan out but ... -
Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…
... then you might learn a trick or two from reading through ... -
BEEP conundrumFor the "CSSCGC 2008 Tape Magazine" December edition, I have decided to use a BASIC sound routine I wrote last year which plays a festive tune using …
... anyone knows any handy BASIC trick.
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Thoughts on RZXing ( + pot. feature req.)Hope I'll be able to put my thoughts coherently enough here, am just thinking out loud. I've become a bit addicted to RZXing ... not games, per se, …
... se, but rather when making PGD games. I'm currently working ... a how-to tutorial on PGD games. It started just as ... -
Busy soft (demos and whatever)Back in the '90s, I remember being amazed by the demos by a group (or person?) called Busy Soft (or Busy Software), like the border effects in MDA, o…
... , or the amazing (though one trick) Stop Reset.
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Don't get towed awayHere's a neat trick to turn the tables on those rogue car-clamping firms. [youtube]OlLC1Iy1UkE[/youtube]
Here's a neat trick to turn the tables on those rogue car-clamping firms.
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Bush vs the ShoesI bet there will be a bunch of Flash games dedicated to this incident. Hmmm ... *starts a new PGD game* [youtube]mjdXwLQrRJ8[/youtube] But who thr…
I bet there will be a bunch of Flash games dedicated to this incident.
Hmmm ... *starts a new PGD game*
[youtube]mjdXwLQrRJ8[/youtube]
But who throws a shoe, honestly?
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"Floating" AY registersWhile I was working on some AY sample-related stuff, it occurred to me that with the AY port not being completely decoded, it would be a handy CPU-ti…
... , it doesn't - so that trick doesn't work. But what ... -
Using INPUT without clearing last two lines of screen?I'm trying to print to the 22nd row of the screen using the ol' print #0 trick. Unfortunately, I require user INPUT which seems to wipe out the botto…
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Diary of an Englishman in ScotlandOld but funny....... 20th DECEMBER The first snow we have seen in many years. My wife and me sat in the porch with our hot toddies watching the fluf…
... by and did his little trick again. Much of the snow ... -
Compilation Contents (has this changed?)Ok, the title of this thread probably makes no sense so here's the long story. When I've looked at compilations (many games published on one or more…
... one can not do my trick of counting the screens ... I ... -
Best name of the game?Which speccy game name do you like best - even if they're shite - even better if they're shite!? The most esoteric in my opinon; just made you wanna …
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fairlight
shadowfire
trick of the tale
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Forthcoming "summer of rage"?Lots of news reports online at the moment on speculation that those hardest hit by the downturn will take to the streets, on both protests and riots,…
... news organisations have missed a trick.
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MIA / STP records in Infoseek which could be removed?There's a few records in Infoseek which if removed could clear a few MIA / STP entries:- Sector 90 by Quicksilva. I'm not sure there were seperate …
... looks of it.
Trick Ramp Crazy by Firebird. Again ... -
"Ignore the decent majority, and legalise cruelty" [paraphrasing]I would never vote Tory (Conservative) anyway*, but here is yet another reason why not: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7986804.stm[/URL…
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Giving up on ebay.Gaaaahhh. Now I can't bloomin' sell anything, cuz I'm not allowed to put my postage over ?3.00. Ebum says that the particular category I've chosen …
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So what's the trick here? I got about 500 ... -
Cheetah 125+ QuestionI have a question - which I've been looking for the answer to for nearly 7 years. I plugged in a Kempston Joystick interface into a +2, and I have a…
... not willing to repeat the trick again.
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Game/s based in the Back to Skool themeImagine a much bigger school, or a new game with boys and girls again but bigger maps, or make the game even bigger by adding two streets, his house,…
... -style' world would do the trick too. That way anyone could ... -
+3 Centronics port: How does it work?I've been trying to follow the code with Fuse's debugger and I can't see it writing anywhere except to port 0x1ffd. It also jumps through some fairly…
... they've done the Sinclair trick of doing it all in ...
