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  • BASIC menus for PlusD discsIs it possible to use BASIC to code custom autoloader menus for PlusD discs? For instance, I can make a disc copy of Dizzy Collection and could make…

    Is it possible to use BASIC to code custom autoloader menus for PlusD discs?

    For instance, I can make a disc copy of Dizzy Collection and could make a menu to load the programs..

    How feasable would it be?

    Thanks.
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 October 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Ultimate Play the Game Retail memorabiliaDoes the wos archive need scans of authentic 'Ultimate play the game' posters price lists or order forms in the archive Also have a hand written not…

    ... need scans of authentic 'Ultimate play the game' posters price lists ...
    UPTG UPTG November 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How to use Spectaculator 7.01 for BASIC ?It does not work for me. Problems with the keyboard - in 48 and 128 Mode. Nor can I move downwards with the "Down-Arrow" from: 128 TAPE LOADER 128 BA…

    ... LOADER
    128 BASIC
    CALCULATOR
    48 BASIC
    My prime ... use my registered Spectaculator for BASIC programming, but it seems to ...
    Tommy F-H Tommy F-H December 2011 Emulators
  • Doom 3 is now open source!I'm no fan of Doom 3, but I think it's great news that id Software has released the game's source code* into the public domain, so that the game can …

    ... -standard enviromental architecture, and weather effects. How I wish that other ... not the game data. To play Doom 3 you still need ...
    ewgf ewgf December 2011 Chit chat
  • How to join 2 basic programs? having no luck with basinHow do you join two programs together to save writing it up again. Here's my problem... I'm trying to add pictures I have made to a basic text base…

    ... I have made to a basic text based game i am ...
    rustyredline rustyredline December 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Can someone shorten this line of BASIC for me?I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this line could be a lot shorter:[CODE]PRINT AT cy,cx; PAPER 7-((cx/2=INT (cx/2))*(cy/2=INT (cy/2)))…

    I think if Sinclair Basic had a modulo operation this ...
    bigjon bigjon January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Indirect Variable AssignmentHere's another wacky routine. This allows assignment of values to variables where the source & destination variables can themselves be defined in var…

    ... evaluated in advance by the BASIC interpreter; choosing whether or ... the possible combinations and their effects. Getting it wrong will ... Parameter error" or "Nonsense in BASIC".

    It works ... own for assigning values to BASIC variables from machine code. ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC: Find the nearestHello guys) A few days ago I found oldie ?Jeux et casse-tete a Programmer? by Jacques Arsac (Paris?85) and suggested my nephew to try a few in Basic…

    ... to try a few in Basic. He chose Game #8: Shadok ...
    NRA NRA January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Noob needs helpSorry gents but decided to have a play with basic...see if I could knock up a shonky as hell space invader type game I seem to have gotten myself co…

    ... but decided to have a play with basic...see if I could ... not really done anything on BASIC since I was 8 or ... it might freeze the game play while it works it out ... , this is done on a basic (RND*2) command which then ...
    Wookiee Wookiee January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…

    ... FPS game. Written entirely on BASIC. Graphics are awesome, rest is ... ], without noflic and Covox sound effects.
    [*][URL="http://www.youtube ...
    Crash Nicker Crash Nicker January 2012 Games
  • Would you play a game called...?As Partridge once said, "It's just an idea" so. . . Rooster Booster - In which you play a Rooster (starts out on a farm, ends up in Space). There's…

    ... /> Rooster Booster - In which you play a Rooster (starts out on ... this Hoose) - In which you play a Moose (and maybe a ... , perversely, you DON'T play a Pheasant, you play. . .something else.
    martynneillson martynneillson January 2012 New game ideas
  • S-S-Sample black borderI'm wanting the 'S-S-Sample' routine from YS to play the sounds without the flashing border effects. A plain black border is required. Heres the rou…

    ... YS to play the sounds without the flashing border effects. A plain ...
    daveysludge daveysludge January 2012 Development
  • Is there a limit to the numberof variables you can have in BASIC..... Reason I ask is I've got an idea....but using my "lowest common denominator" approach to code I fear that I'…

    ... variables you can have in BASIC.....

    Reason I ask ... etc) to assign to the play area and movement routines etc ...
    Wookiee Wookiee January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Games Club WC 30/1/12after last weeks highly succesful albeit painfull games club. we now enter week 2. for those who missed the last one, please pick one of the games…

    ... and hope you get to play it come monday.

    effects'

    Atom Ant - a ...
    mile mile January 2012 Games
  • storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…

    ... saved & loaded with the BASIC, as if it was in ... after the last line of BASIC, even though the m/c ... and doesn't need any BASIC to be typed other than ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Beta/Sam/Master basic as spectrum ROMWith emulators being trivial to use to insert new ROMs into - and even in the physical world, RAM in place of ROM by use of a modified multiface or s…

    ... be to get an improved basic into that first 16k? Obviosuly ... been minor tweaks to sinclair basic.

    What if one ... went for beta basic (or its progeny) instead? Reckon ...
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2012 Hardware
  • joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…

    ... to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical cursor motion code ... include a "dividing lines of BASIC" option as well - edit a ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • What is the (hypothetically) largest 9999 lines BASIC program possible?If the Speccy had infinite amounts of memory, what is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made? (in K and amount of instructions) (Yet…

    ... is the largest 9999 line BASIC program that could be made ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Disable interrupts?Well, I've read the bits from the David Webb book about interrupt modes and (vaguely) appreciate the principles behind having a vector table, after r…

    ... player movement. There are sound effects when things happen (e.g ... if this is quite a basic question, but I've done ...
    Morkin Morkin February 2012 Development
  • Space Invaders GamesWondered what's available. :) I'm talking basic 'invaders' type games such as Space Raiders (which I still enjoy the odd play on too) and Phoenix al…

    ... . :)

    I'm talking basic 'invaders' type games such as ... I still enjoy the odd play on too) and Phoenix although ...
    spider spider February 2012 Games
  • Minimal BASICAndrew Owen has just uploaded [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books archive on WOS. Thanks! [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pu…

    ... [B]Standard ECMA-55: Minimal BASIC [/B]to the Full Books ... the ANSI Minimal standard for BASIC.
    The two standards are ... in the origins of Sinclair BASIC which adhered closely to the ... no ON GOTO in Sinclair BASIC (a good substitute exists) but ...
    Geoff Geoff February 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Revision 2012 InvitationEver since the 90s, the traditional Enormous Demo Party That Happens Over Easter Weekend Somewhere In Germany (originally Mekka & Symposium, then Bre…

    ... 128 Basic then LOAD "" at the resulting 48K command line); multicolour effects ...
    gasman gasman February 2012 Brand new software
  • Using Boriel's ZX Basic to learn assemblyI wrote a small guide. Hopefully some people will find my gibberish useful - especially people looking at first steps in machine code, where I think …

    ... -inline-assembly-functions-into-zx-basic-t729.html[/url]
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2012 Development
  • How do I play 'music tapes;, to sample sounds in Emulators?I have been messing about this afternoon, trying to use various sound utilities in the Archive, they mostly seem to require me to play an audio tape…

    ... seem to require me to play an audio tape, I've ... seconds of actual sound and play it back, I think I ...
    thx1138 thx1138 February 2012 Chit chat
  • Loading .tzx files into my Speccie... please help!Hello everyone! First off: I was there when the Spectrum came out. I was 7 :-D Favourite game (at age 8 or so): Atic Atac. And the weird thing is, W…

    ... turns your Speccie into a basic drum machine. The tapes load ... suppose this might be a volume thing; would that result in ...
    guybblue guybblue February 2012 Hardware
  • loading TAP files on +3eHello there my fellow WoS'ers I have been under the weather of late and while I cannot move much a muscle since the flu has got me, I have been read…

    ... 512MB CF Disk Device to play at my leasure.

    Basic / C / ASM) but I beg ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 March 2012 Development
  • BASIC compilerI'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried all the ones on the WOS archive and none of them seem to work... I'm only wanting to co…

    I'm looking for a basic compiler that actually works, tried ...
    daveysludge daveysludge March 2012 Development
  • The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…

    ... /> Next thing was getting the basic communication right. Davide Guida's ... forgiving. Afterwards, the crude BASIC loader below worked like a ... and Pheenix) for you to play with. The games cartridge refused ... load anything else but the BASIC loader saying "File not ...
    Volker Volker March 2012 Emulators
  • Getting youngsters to play JSW?(Not sure where to post this, so apologies if I'm doing it wrong.) Educators trying to get their students to play old games: [URL="http://www.gamasu…

    ... to get their students to play old games: [URL="http://www ...
    Timmy Timmy March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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