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Fast and easy read/write of attributes?What are the fastest or easiest ways to check the attributes of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a great way of storing object info. …
... of tiles on the screen, in BASIC? It seems to be a ... flags on the cell (documented in the manual [URL="http://www ... think I would use MOD in C#, but I don't ... how to grab the remainder in ZX BASIC.
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1st interface in 30 years (update)Hi all, Just a wee update to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project. Main IC's: 82C55 three 8-bit port I/O (configured for 12 dig in, 12 dig out…
... to my "1st ZX interface in 30 years" project.
in BASIC.
The ... this is where coding in BASIC is starting to be a ... to be written....and in BASIC this will be slow ... different, or faulty mem in the toastrack......who knows ... -
Play Expo 2014Today common sense left me temporarily and I booked a flight, hotel and a ticket for the Play expo in Manchester. I will probably spend a lot of time…
Today common sense left me temporarily and I booked a flight, hotel and a ticket for the Play expo in Manchester. I will probably spend a lot of time in the retro section and hopefully I will meet some of you there. Is there anyone else going from WoS? -
Manic Climber, help!I know this is not the best game around, its actually a BASIC game, but I have very fond memories of it, as our cousins and us used to play it a lot …
... game around, its actually a BASIC game, but I have very ... cousins and us used to play it a lot when we ... reach... as the game is in BASIC, could any expert check the ... =0017129[/url]
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JHCon 2014Hello, not sure if this is the right category but JHCon 2014 will take place[B] from 28. to 30.11.[/B] at usual place - gymnasium in Jindrichuv Hrad…
... a proper Basic loader to run it with LOAD "" command
... new megademo (in BASIC, surprisingly)
--- type a BASIC program and save ... br /> --- the last command of the BASIC program must be LOAD ... a proper Basic loader to run it with LOAD "" command
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The best Tetris game on the Speccy?The recent [B]Tetris Ultimate[/B] debacle on the PS4 and XBox One* made me wonder what was the best version of Tetris on the Spectrum. I'm not famil…
... games, as I mainly just play [B]The New Tetris[/B ... a few new (well, made in the last ten years...) games ... write a good Tetris game in BASIC on most computers 8 bit ... -
ZX games - music only / effects onlyYou know any ZX games using in main menu setup: MUSIC ONLY / SOUND EFFECTS ONLY ? I have one idea for Turbo Sound (2x AY chip) card. This games can …
... know any ZX games using in main menu setup:
MUSIC ... AY chips. First AY for play music and second AY chip ... very easy. Before loading game (in basic loader) can be detected TURBO ... if exist then active patch in game code for support both ... -
Weird Island adventure game for the ZX SpectrumHello! Here's a new text adventure, and written in BASIC! It's a conversion of an Android game I wrote in 2014 called "Weird Island". I wanted to wri…
... text adventure, and written in BASIC! It's a conversion ... Android game I wrote in 2014 called "Weird Island ... wondered what a Spectrum BASIC version might look like. ... if you want to play it in the old school ... are more things going on in the Android version.
New game released: EXPLORER<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Courier New';">- EXPLORER -</span></div><div><span style="font-si…
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PREFACE*******In far 1981, EXPLORER was ... Atari.So in 1989 I've written a Basic version ... of this game was written in Basic in far 1989, known as ... a weak attempt to play a vertical clone of ... compiled with Boriel's ZX Basic (www.zxbasic.net), ...New game: WordBlasterWords. Do you ever think that you have too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports, books, small print, documents? Wor…
... too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports ... to blast them to bits in order to feel free?
in BASIC!
Like other Android ... words to explain how to play so I'll just say ...Turbo RAM Glitch or feature ?I have been testing a Spectrum [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=1000328"]RAM Tur…
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After a few basic tests, I find that everything ... the command line / basic editor to check for key strokes in other ... this a problem/feature of basic editor (not support striking ... I believe the problem is in Basic Editor does not support simultaneous ...Play Expo 2015Hi Is anyone going to Play Expo in Manchester this weekend?
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Is anyone going to Play Expo in Manchester this weekend?Help with beepolaHi wos! I've been meesing with beepola the last few days, and now I'd like to have my tunes playing in a simple program with it's loading screen, me…
... to have my tunes playing in a simple program with it ... since I used to play with simple basic rutines as a child ...Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off ... it written by him in the Software Projects office ... has said in an interview he dabbled with BASIC for ... two weeks to make in the accompanying article when ... s Night Off was written in BASIC, why he would risk ...Tasword file format - for transfer to/from PCHaving worked out that it's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from the memory card on a DivMMC Enjoy!, I'm keen to see what else can be done…
... 's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from ... and save routines are all in BASIC and can be customised for ... does it store anything else in there that I'd need ... file to get Tasword to play ball with it?
Tell when BASIC program was written to disk or modified?I have a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3" disk. Is there any way to tell when I created the tune? Is there a program that will run on a…
... have a small tune written in BASIC and stored on a 3 ...TommyGun with Debugginghttp://goo.gl/HfSXev?gdriveurl Ok, so this is a pretty big release for me and I have added a lot of stuff into the code editor. Mainly of course …
... debugging (pause emulation). Pressing play will continue emulator execution.
play button in a group. (I probably ... -Added (missing) Boriel ZX Basic demo with all the example ... the last 5 minutes of play.
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...Help needed with broken Basic programI got recently into my hands a Polish program written in Basic. But it doesn't run, after loading it hangs. It is set to start from LINE 0 whic…
... hands a Polish program written in Basic.
But it doesn ... protection.
I changed it in Zx Blockedtitor (utility by Claus ... ? Is it missing something? Thanks in advance :)
The files ...Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…
... screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I ...Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
... offerings?
Only in my twenties did I find ... assume that in BASIC it could be controlled with a command such as ... :
LET x=x+(IN 31=*value1*)-(IN 31 ... /> (Aside: does putting "timedata joystick" in quotes and getting one hit ...How to get more than 21 UDG's in BASIC?So with graphics mode under the G cursor how many UDG's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's all POKE 65368 and above and it's sequential ABCD.... an…
... 's can you do from BASIC is it 21? It's ... do I call them from BASIC ?User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one ... one could easily integrate, say, in BASin.
Appreciate any ...Basic versions of popular Spectrum games?A couple years ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a Spanish competition, and it looked amazing. I forgot most details, but remember it resem…
... ago I saw a game in Basic which was part of a ... Set Silly clone completely written in Basic. Is there a list of ... Basic games which are similar to ... when I see something written in Basic, but with good UDGs and ...How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a ... the next character it reads in the string a$ is a ... get confused or "r100u10". Thanks in advance :)Minidisc and tap/tzx playerHi I have 2 questions: Is there a player for Windows that can play tap/tzx files (The old links for winamp are no good) I have tried to save to min…
... player for Windows that can play tap/tzx files (The old ... proper cable for the sound) in basic but when I try to ...PLAYing with MIDIInspired by watching The Floppotron buzz and click strange renditions of Sandstorm and the theme tunes from The Legend Of Zelda and Game Of Thrones v…
... use the 128K Spectrum's PLAY command to control an external MIDI ... switches in the string? It's the only part of PLAY I ...ZX ROM in 64 characters a lineDear ZXS users, I am glad the today's release is not only concerning MB-02+ as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns really everyone, sinc…
... patches which make ROM print in 64 characters a line. The ... will be for those programming in BASIC since two times more information ... -02+ I placed the patch in the autoexe, so after the ... my BSROM reports itself already in 64 chars a line:))
