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Numeric arrays: floating point or integer?I've just started programming a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas, although I'm going to call it ZXCOM ;) ).…
... a game in Sinclair BASIC (see the thread 'UFO Defence Command' in game ideas ... - is the numeric data stored in the array as integers or ... long since I programmed anything in Sinclair BASIC that I can't ... -
Spectrum LoadersI know YS did a few loaders in BASIC which I have tried on Spectaculator and fair play they do a good job, but are slow when adding your stuff into t…
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Help with adding graphicsHi, After like 20 years or so I started playing again with Spectrum stuff, especially programming. I tried to dig into machine code, but apart f…
... thought I'd play around with BASIC using BASin because ... (only did some Pascal in high-school) it would ... -> 3. use it in the program
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Best basic games 2017Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/mai…
Hello! I suggest everyone to evaluate recently passed in Russia competition for the best game in basic 2017! http://events.retroscene.org/bbg2017/main_compo -
Saving in BASIC in ESXDOS, the date is interesting :)I just got my hands on a divMMC Enjoy Mini. What a fantastic device!!! So I tried saving/loading basic programs to the disk. A curious thing happens.…
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How would I turn memory paging on/off in Assembler?Sorry for the noob question. It's perfectly ok to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging off. But how do you do it in assembly language? I kn…
... to do OUT 32765,48 in BASIC to turn memory paging off ... how do you do it in assembly language? I know there ... 's an OUT in assembly and it's like ... -
Need Some Basic HelpHi all, I’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit of nostalgia trip!) and I’m trying to develop a CYOA style game. How…
... ’ve decided to give programming in Spectrum Basic a go again (bit ... that I want to add in to the game.
in to memory as and when ... heavy game just not achievable in Basic?
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Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…
After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor editors? If so, was the lack of memory the root problem or there were more?
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is there a way of reading characters off the screen and turning that into a string? this has to be done in basic. i know it would have something to do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change due to programs r…
this has to be done in basic. i know it would have ... change due to programs running in the memory? i also need ... of the cat command to program a commander in basic for the +3e ... -
The Ballpoint"The Ballpoint" http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0007945 This is a summary of the investigation Philip Richmond, Tim Gilberts (Gil…
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im trying to get the name of a simple puzzle gameit has a really small game area, about a quarter of the screen and it is on a white background. you play a smiley face that moves around and collect …
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Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…
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directly from commands in basic or from machine code, that ... are different files?
In pseudocode it looked something like ... the first piece of memory in a binary file
< ... The second piece of memory in a different binary file
Flagrant Disregard For The Law In GamesPoor [b]Trashman[/b] has to dodge pavement cyclists, possible speeding cars and hit and run incidents as well as dogs that clearly are not being kept…
... . All of these would result in the police getting involved.
play that, in real life, would result ... in a visit from the police/ ...Should I get a NEXT?Despite my having wanted one almost since I heard about it, I'm beginning to wonder whether it would be an extravagance, 'cos its sure to cost a fair…
... hand the fabulous improved Basic would in theory give me the ... to the days of when Basic was used to run ... surely that would mean the Basic would also be less ... sound in Basic if - as it would seem - the result would play ... here on my own out in the wild with no ...A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... , or typing LOAD "" in 128 BASIC? And was there some ... extra routine in the +3 ... used, effectively, as a command in this instance? Also, why ... find any references to USR0 in the +3 or + ... a small machine code routine in a REM statement:
Mighty Music ProgramsI'd like to think I'm reasonably proficient (after all of 32 years) in the 128K Spectrum's PLAY command. However, this program is absolutely nothi…
... of 32 years) in the 128K Spectrum's PLAY command.
... for notes on lines and in spaces, with instructions on how ... maxima) for line and space, in the rectangular style, with PLOT ... -centre.
- Quaver crooks in all orientations, with extra fill ...How to write a simple game in C+asm.This is just a link to an old post in Development, about a post of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. It was suggested that this thread shou…
... link to an old post in Development, about a post ... of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. ... this thread should belong in this C forum as ... explains a bit more in BASIC what the game is doing ... -to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]( ...Slideshow...Is there any interest in MDR files with graphics slideshows? I was playing around with a Microdrive Superformat I'm working on ( I'm trying to mak…
... we used to have back in the late 80's / ... PC... Wrote a quick loader in basic, and just had it ... enough left over for the basic loader. A for-next ... looks kind of cool running in the background, transitioning between ... MDR file of it to play with? Or are there ...ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…
... version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about ... aspect just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought about ... therefore the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some extent ... GOOD non UK software titles in BASIC that could be given this ...Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…
... locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games written in BASIC, back in the ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... of all I liked to play games on it. But ... I could program, either in Basic or assembly. And I ... they used to be "back in the days". Also, there ... />
The real joy in playing videogames came back when ... machines have been satisfactory in only one or two ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... to do smthing more than play.. thats why when young I ... brother and I made games in BASIC in speccy.. were so funny.. I ... "scroll?".. I remember designing graphics in binary... 0 white, 1 black ... br />
Also in Amiga with AMOS basic.. we I write games ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... development , paranoid delusions and in severe cases total lack of ... sound software and yet lacking in sufficient computational abilities to ... victims by forcing them to play Hectors House for days ... our cry!
C NONSENSE IN BASIC! (The text of the (string ...a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
If you only use BASIC, you don't really need ... .
Just state in BASIC the next command and every byte above ... have the memory reserved. Your BASIC-program may grow up to ... almost 32K in length. You will be warned ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
I programmed a Bios in basic which will be converted ... more commands than standard basic and can convert straight ... worried about. I want to play Spellbound on it!
... happen.
Oh, and Basic to Assembly? Look at ... If you don't want BASIC on the NC100, i ...New commands workingSE Basic is no longer being developed.
... think SE basic is the most interesting thing happening in the spectrum ... as a command in 128basic mode. when i load my basic programs from ...Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... to stack registers if working in BASIC as only HL' is ... a few bytes to play with before end of table ... br />
RST 38 ; BASIC IM1 routines
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RET ; return to BASIC
ORG VECTOR * ... I've done it in the past although there ...Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... a humble 27 year old basic programmer. When I was 15 ... :) I just playing with zx basic to have fun and for ... execute machine code and run basic commands at the same time ... can patch the play command that it wont halt basic program while playing ...
