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  • Best chess game on SpeccyNot the most exciting topic in the world, but I'd like to know what you think was the best attempt at the ancient game on the Speccy. I remember a bi…

    ... is far too slow to play a half decent game of ... />
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    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz August 2004 Games
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... ) doing it in good old Master Basic with MasterDos ... problems with doing it in Basic... but will need ... Rom, basic vars, screen memory etc) to play with, ... /> That`s heaven to a basic coder :)

    ... and NEEDED a desktop to play with :)

    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... guv) doing it in good old Master Basic with MasterDos (or should ... the best version of Basic for the SAM? ( in your opinion ). Is ... no problems with doing it in Basic... but will need some little ... for Rom, basic vars, screen memory etc) to play with, and a ...
    Sadako Sadako August 2004 Development
  • What does SPIN have?I have been asking this question since somebody answered another I had made that RealSpectrum was a brilliant emulator. It is in fact. But... I see e…

    ... F1 before every desired command, each time I open ... ] run the Spectrum in 128K mode (in +3 mode, but ... So how can I play RealSpectrum in full screen mode ?[/ ... bizarre results.
    However, in windowed mode it does not ... ? Because if not, in my opinion, a DOS- ...
    secarica secarica September 2004 Emulators
  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... pretty much what you did in Visual Basic, however, even though I ... based upon it - written entirely in Basic!! I've also created a ... it with the HiSoft Basic Compiler results in an update of one ... a play...

    [quote]
    I know C, Assembly, in fact ...
    monty.mole monty.mole September 2004 Development
  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... me to see anything in basic that you wouldn` ... slow it actually is in basic... thankfully for things like ... a Blitz$ string and play it back at four ... thinking...

    Basic is a comfort blanket, ... br /> So... Happy 40th birthday Basic...

    and the ...
    CKay CKay September 2004 Development
  • PokesDoes anyone know where I can find a list of Pokes for my Speccy games? I am trying to find some for On the Bench ! Thanks

    ... br />
    However, I did play Champions a fair few times ... manager games, it was written in BASIC, had no graphics whatsoever (or ... one of the rarest games in my collection! :cry: )
    < ... most of them being written in BASIC and looking like something from ...
    jil jil September 2004 Games
  • Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…

    ... 's too good for Basic it runs like crap ... one-joke 3-lines-of-BASIC effort either...[/quote]
    ...

    for wire frame in Basic and that balance between detail ... MEANS THAT IT WOULD PLAY THAT WAY ON A ... game of this nature written in BASIC. That is why it ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... like they were written in basic, and compiled... check ... smooth as anything written in MC on the Amiga, ... I wrote it in 2 weeks whilst in hospital.
    ... play language you may call it (or even indeed every basic ... read about it first in Amiga Shopper (starts to ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Games
  • Speccy NetworkingNot sure if this post should be here or under development so apologies in advance. Has any body 'networked' a number of spectrums. If so what did y…

    I networked 2 Spectrums with i/f one - but didnt do a lot with them.

    I did play a nice and simple 2 player game in basic on my SAM :)
    DavidB DavidB November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…

    ... Timex at least), an OUT command will change the screen mode ... to the new screen modes, in order to produce graphics.
    in BASIC, and handle memory management (i ... shift the address of the BASIC and variables workspaces according to ...
    monty.mole monty.mole November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Desert Island Spec-GamesOkay, something like this has I'm sure been done before, but what the hell. It's quiet round here. Chose five games to take on your desert island wi…

    ... got to really play it is Carrier Command.
    I ... I never learned how to play it. I downloaded the ... name.Never learned how to play it, but I would ... to play one trough, unless it was written in Italian ... short.I guess to play one in English requires to know ...
    Arm73 Arm73 November 2004 Games
  • OT: World Exclusive - US Election. I call Kerry.Yes folks, here it is another WOS world exclusive, John Kerry has won the US election! it's been a close race, but renouned one man news angency Sha…

    ... you are no longer in your private room when ... the USA and you play the old 9/11 ... a completely avoidable war in Iraq based on a ... America just voted him back in, and you're offended because ...
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    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ ...
    Refrenz Refrenz November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 15th Birthday of the Sam CoupWell, December 2004 see's the 15th Birthday of the Sam Coupe! Throughout December i am putting up some special offers on the main Quazar website ([ur…

    ... enter them for you into Basic, Line by line... If I ... work... though the `Keyin` command in SAM Basic can be a bit funny..
    CKay CKay December 2004 Announcements
  • RFC: Sinclair Extended BASICSE Basic is no longer being developed.

    [quote]
    Time to banish the PLAY command forever![/quote]

    but what about compatibility? if not at BASIC level?
    wilsonsamm wilsonsamm January 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • music making programs is there any music making programs available for the spectrum?

    ... [/I], but nothing beats 128K BASIC's PLAY command for prototyping music! :)
    andrewbroad andrewbroad January 2005 Games
  • Classic only you hateWhich so called classic do you hate or what feature do you hate about a game you like! Classic I hate: I hate knightlore it's the spectrums dragon's…

    ... it isnt as enjoyable to play as it looks

    in basic to show my brother how ...
    chop983 chop983 February 2005 Games
  • Games ClubWould anybody be interested in starting a games club (a bit like richard and judy's book club) each week we nominate one game for the members to play…

    ... 're all well-versed enough in the art of speccy gaming ... 't like, I would still play it and not let my ... />
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    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz February 2005 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... ".

    Try to think in positive, man, maybe a good ... to work, just don't play them ;)

    Anyhow if ... it? "I've tried this BASIC game and I've found ... ", or perhaps "This game is in BASIC so it must suck so ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • Ranking emulation on N-gageI'm very interest in the N-gage phone (first version, not QD), and the last decision in order to buy one it's the emulation issue. So, I need you t…

    ... after work.

    ... and play all night long!


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    C Nonsense in BASIC, 0:1

    [ This ...
    Refrenz Refrenz March 2005 Chit chat
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... desire. Useful for reading in two-byte values I ... a Deek (double Peek) command, must admit, after hardly ... them frequently but what about Basic?

    If ... sprites` precalulated and held in memory ready to Peek the ... `d be worth it in Basic, but I`ve always ...
    CKay CKay April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…

    ... whole slew of crap stuff in Basic - all of which should be ... to crap +3 disks. Included in the softography is Wordman, a ... 't press a key to play except between 'verses'. It would ... the appropriate points.

    In some of them a bloke ...
    cyborg cyborg May 2005 Games
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    ... /> Ok, what (aside from the PLAY command) would a 128k version of ... any more memory available to BASIC, you know.

    D ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    Ah! Thanks for clearing that up monty. Jeez! I had no idea! :(

    Hmm... +3 DOS commands don't light my fire either. RAMdisk does sound good in that context although I do wish the PLAY command could be incorporated.
    Arjun Arjun May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…

    ... intercept the "!" commands. Similarly the PLAY command can be done by trapping ... will be, so anyone interested in the new stuff can mail ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • 128K ROM 0 Disassembly updatedSome updates to my 128K ROM 0 Disassembly at [url="http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/rom/"]http://www.mjwilson.demon.co.uk/rom/[/url] Thanks to Rui Tu…

    ... a complete documentation of the PLAY command, and the RAM Disk commands ... the commands using ROM traps in the 48k ROM, and send ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2005 Development
  • TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…

    ... what you should follow to play the game. You should read ... . This will hopefully be fixed in the full version, once I ... reason why I did it in BASIC in the first place was because ...
    pottyboy pottyboy June 2005 Announcements
  • TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…

    ... go or walk command don't help in getting out of ... />
    4) Inconsistent exit descriptions. In the first location the exit ... compass directions like you used in the kitchen.

    ... />
    Considering you are coding in BASIC, I think you've done ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2005 Announcements
  • TLOTRD - new adventure game - download the demo now!A new adventure game for the ZX Spectrum 48k, titled The Legend Of The Red Dragon, is currently being developed by me. You can, however, download a s…

    ... or walk command don't help in getting ... 4) Inconsistent exit descriptions. In the first location the exit ... /> Considering you are coding in BASIC, I think you've ... the Cronosoft plugs in there in the first place ... in an adventure game utility program, not BASIC. ...
    pottyboy pottyboy June 2005 Announcements
  • Games Club Week 17Morning all off on my Holls today for a week so this is going up early This week I asked for games by Mike Richardson and received the following Co…

    ... I'm going to be in a minority here, but ... and way that everytime you play it is pretty much ... impressions (I never played it in the past) weren't ... A. Richardson was posted? In the same year that he ... listing, it's even written in basic)

    [ This Message ...
    Neil^P Neil^P June 2005 Games
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