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Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... he can do that as Basic is inherently a linear ... not the expert on SE Basic so he might have ... to play the file with a simple USR call from basic ( ... /> If you want to use PLAY style sounds then I don ... trying to develop a game in BASIC. Hence I would suggest the ... -
Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
... using the PLAY command with respect to the ROM handing routine in which ... of time to HAVE a play command. As you state the latter ... suggesting makes little sense as PLAY just becomes a DATA statement ... use the ROM to interpret PLAY strings for them.[/quote]
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... game that was their idea). in BASIC it didn't quite work ... on their actual skill level in the game (AI!).
in PC mode? Or can you only play 1 season ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... addresses. There's a simple basic one for beginners which displays ... message "press any key to play" (you can change this) and ... your own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress ... it for title screens, music, BASIC or whatever you want, as ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... message "press any key to play" (you can change this) and ... your own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress ... know where to return to in the basic program? will it return ... predetermined line the user sets in his basic program, or game=1 ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... dilligently learnt to program in basic and poorly learnt to ...
So, as in later years I have learnt ... it was plugged in and in awe and wonder ... /> When I started to play with it the machine turned ... br /> Happy times existed in my household until I realised ...FifthDon't know if this is the right forum, but anyway... Anyone remember a Basic extension called "Fifth"? It was supposed to enhance game programming. R…
... it is faster than normal basic but compared to betabasic or ... laser basic, especially white lightning ( forth ) ... in basic, that on the surface look like machine coded games but play ... that can be done in regular basic. it might have been ...Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…
... spectrum from games done in basic which were blocky to ... see any kids involved in any PS2 adverts do ... all to the MAX and in your face
in 20 yrs from now ... all been brought up in...
Play Station X ........ anyoneBug on Cronosoft's Dead or AliveI can't believe this wasn't spotted before... I was recently puzzled to read a couple of reports of a bug on Cronosoft's Dead or Alive and as the pr…
Isn't there a Cassette 50 on the C64? He could be forced to play all the games on that instead. And look at the listings in basic and work out what all the POKE statements do.Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
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Oh, in that case I'll have ... screen saved with the SAVE command but uses a multicoloured border ... can be loaded after a basic loader and create colored striped ... MC in data lines in basic, and playing around with the OUT command, and ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... br /> To use a Basic analogy, imagine having to ... write a Basic program where every 3 ... that every branch taken in your Basic code takes exactly the ... with ay music in a intro i made in basic, and it ... play like i said then at other parts like in ...ANN: Spectaculator 5.3 (Speccy Tour players - please read!) Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/…
... /> I can't seem to play the disk version of "Axe ... have to go into +3 BASIC and load it manually from ... was a short little menu in BASIC and make a file to ...Tap to SNA batch converterHi guys, i was wondering if there was a util DOS or Win based for batch converting Tap files to Sna files. I know some Emulators can do this but i h…
... batch file with a 'find' command in to cycle through the files ... would have to have some basic emulation in there to know how ... run when it's loaded, in order to create a snapshot ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
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There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll ... $="ABCDEFG"
followed by this command would leave A$ then containing ... in one direction though I can't recall which.
The command ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
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There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll ... $ or FN l$ repeatedly, printing in the same place each time.So who plays PS2, Xbox & GameCube games?I'm still into gaming in a big way, how about you guys?
well, im in the same position as many. ... and even arcade games written in Basic! theyre that much fun. Though ... a disc of emulators to play on it and i havent ... what i have for PS2, in no particular order of prefernce ...Music / BonustracksHi all, Is there a reason for some of the low quality MP3s still in the above folder? If not, could someone please upload clearer versions of the f…
... for the Spectrum (using the PLAY command), a sort of 'Variations on ... - Bcass has the AY version in Project AY. It's also ... available in the High Voltage SID Collection ...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 :…
... colour with a simple out command, and paper colour with a ... ]
You learn Spectrum BASIC and get two commands; border ... directly translate to an out command and an ldir over the ... odds with what was learnt in BASIC. Commodore BASIC sucks, but at the ...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 :…
... directly translate to an out command and an ldir over the ... odds with what was learnt in BASIC. Commodore BASIC sucks, but at the ... Witness the transition from BASIC to C! BASIC does things at a ... held while programming BASIC will hinder you in this process. You ...AY tracking newbieHey everyone, I'm about to embark on tracking for the Spectrum's AY chip. I was interested in knowing some things: 1) Which are the best trackers o…
... of any tutorials for trackers ( in English PLEEEEASE :) ) please do ... tape file of music done in basic which is outstanding considering it ... is basic. if i didn't know ... games. often i think they play Amiga modules on this, for ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
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DRAW command not stopping with an error ... was breached.
The PLAY command being interupt driven so that ... program would continue with music in the background.
... sound level as the BEEP command.
A volume ...Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
... therefore change the PRINT AT command to use pixels rather than ... 't have been enough room in the 16k ROM to fit ... in a PRINT routine that worked ... you could easily create routines in BASIC for a 42 character width ...Where you jealous of Commodore 64 owners?I most definitely WAS! A sad admission, I know. I knew they had me beaten when I went round to a mate's house and saw 'The Way of the Exploding Fist'…
... . Sometimes software sprites are better in certain situations. But just as ... . I'm still in awe whenever i play Mayhem in monsterland, and I ... made some basic games or something, colour clash comes in really handy ... here and id like to play them on the real thing ...UDG/sprite HelpRestore 5: For N=20 To 21: Read G$: For R=0 To 7: Read B: Poke Usr G$+r,b: Next R: Next N
... has equivalents that are detailed in the documentation. READ THE ...
Besides, what would happen in your example if I wanted ... as token 'SPECTRUM' and 'PLAY'
if a 128K listing ... compatibility in the future, but it will only be adding the PLAY command ...256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
... I call a dangerous misunderstanding. Play the games first, as they ... forcing you to play any of the games in their re-coloured ... />
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... screens to display faster in your compiled basic games.
in Basic ( which are slower than ... surprisingly run much faster in compiled Basic and that includes calling ... />
i remember your play area not occupying a whole ...Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
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4. Best graphics in a Speccy game
5. Worst graphics in a Speccy game
BRAVO magazine. What in the HELL was I thinking ... buy a chip and play a game at the ... a couple of these in Basic better than some machine ...Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
... a screen in Basic and programmed a simple enter line command on it ...
