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  • Newbie Spectrum developer advice ....Hi, Im new to the site and to spectrum developing - well, not quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then went off into the wo…

    ... quite, I wrote Spectrum programmes in Basic 30 years ago but then ... into tzx format and can play it on PC etc using ... spectaculator to 128K mode and in basic type load "" with the .tzx ... want to continue to develop in BASIC, then BASin is an amazing ...
    Gedlion Gedlion January 2013 Development
  • What is this???? :OLooking in ebay, I found this!: [url]http://www.ebay.it/itm/Simulatore-di-Spectrum-per-Commodore-64-128-Retrocomputer-cassetta-/290861910864?pt=Retr…

    Let's go the full hog and write a Play Station 3 emulator for the Spectrum ... in basic :D .
    saberman saberman February 2013 Games
  • The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…

    ... but I'll have to play that later.

    I ... code was stolen from games in BASIC games books 5) Many other ... funny things you will see in 2 or 3 parts but ... they should increase the speed in an emulator (and even then ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2013 Games
  • Just a curiosity of mixing synth with samplesThis is really a proof of concept, I made for the idea of playing simultaneously two ZX Spectrum computers, where one is playing chiptune music and t…

    ... to make the notes actually play. An idiot's guide to ... .. = think of these like subroutines in basic..

    pattern length.. how ... assignment.... and these are called in the pattens.. so as it ... it knows the sound to play..but you have the note ...
    fog fog March 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • CTech Kong level 2!!!Fair play to Bucking the Trend on Youtube, who has reached level 2 on this, possibly the worst game of all time! I bought this drivel when it came o…

    ... and a 3rd was in the game but couldn ... reached due to a bug in the code...

    play it for just TEN ... than anything I could write in BASIC, in terms of technicalities... Its ... do this to themselves in the interests of "having ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil April 2013 Games
  • BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…

    ... it gives a spurious "Nonsense in BASIC" error when it's finished ... it recognises the SPECTRUM and PLAY commands.

    To avoid ... it returning cleanly to the BASIC Editor prompt.

    This ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Pinball by CODE MASTERSHi, i see that this game is not in the archives. Can i share it ? Its the best pinball game on the spectrum who doesnt know

    ... you used to get written in BASIC in about 1983. It relies on ... experience. It's fun to play, I agree, but not really ... challenging game that requires much in the way of strategy.
    Zagreb Zagreb June 2013 Games
  • Pinball by CODE MASTERSHi, i see that this game is not in the archives. Can i share it ? Its the best pinball game on the spectrum who doesnt know

    ... you used to get written in BASIC in about 1983. It relies on ... experience. It's fun to play, I agree, but not really ... challenging game that requires much in the way of strategy.[/QUOTE ...
    GreenCard GreenCard June 2013 Games
  • Pinball by CODE MASTERSHi, i see that this game is not in the archives. Can i share it ? Its the best pinball game on the spectrum who doesnt know

    ... you used to get written in BASIC in about 1983. It relies on ... experience. It's fun to play, I agree, but not really ... challenging game that requires much in the way of strategy.[/QUOTE ...
    leespoons leespoons June 2013 Games
  • List of useful POKEs?Hi all. :smile: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know of a thread/file somewhere here containing a list of useful POKEs? Stuff like POKEs to make …

    ... the useful ones. Back in the day I remember ... before starting coding anything in BASIC, but can't remember ... :( My friends loved to play with 23609 and I always ... the first BASIC line to 0. Worse protection in the ... ones are on the ZX BASIC manual already.

    zxbruno zxbruno July 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Poorly Issue One 16k spectrum diagnosis?Hello, everyone. :smile: I was lucky enough to buy an Issue One 16k rubber key the other week; I didn't know it was an Issue One till I opened it up…

    ... had a chance to play about with the Speccy ... stripey vertical pattern appears in the first column as ... />
    I enter something in BASIC like:

    [CODE ... at a random point in the screen filling, ... screen the stripey pattern in the first column disappears ...
    Trafferth Trafferth August 2013 Hardware
  • soundfx with BEEP or assemblyhas anyone got any soundfx they have made with BEEP this one does a fart noise BEEP 0.003,5 BEEP 0.003,7 BEEP 0.003,9 BEEP 0.003,7 BEEP 0.003,5 BEE…

    ... 112 B and it can play
    NOISE with parameters duration ... shoud work.

    demo in BASIC
    [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent ...
    catmeows catmeows August 2013 Development
  • Can a guy that traveled on the short bus learn machine code...Hmmm So after some soul searching I figured it was time to finaly nail spectrum machine code. Its so frustrating to sit infront of a basic listing w…

    ... we are wanting to play with either B or C ... the register we want to play with.. This insures that ... that we are going to play with.

    ... flag affect values in the register in a circle, from ... other kid in school who actualy programmed in BASIC all the ...
    wibble wibble August 2013 Development
  • Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…

    ... ]You're going to struggle - PLAY (and indeed BEEP) both block ... I figure that's fair play for this Crap Games Competition ... won't slow it down? In BASIC and ideally using very few ...
    Wookiee Wookiee September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Looking for some bog standard soundspreferably using PLAY command.... example 10 LET a$="the sound code" 20 PLAY a$ ideally I'm looking for noises for 1) A space ship engine, pref…

    ... to learn how fast BASIC can be when programmed ... version of Manic Miner purely in BASIC... And it was almost ... even get close!
    BASIC itself can do quite ... speed at which BBC Basic can animate game graphics ... didn't know that the PLAY command blocks the CPU. ...
    joefish joefish September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... s menu/frontend is written in BASIC; my TZX files include ... turboloading of this BASIC block. As a side- ... then returning to 128 BASIC. Therefore, the PLAY command is unavailable ... doesn't play. As well as being turboloaded, the BASIC is ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 September 2013 Development
  • Experimenting with turboloadersHello, My first post, having lurked here for a while. I'm a lifelong computer nerd, Spectrum fan since childhood in the eighties, and have recently…

    ... s menu/frontend is written in BASIC; my TZX files include ... returning to 128 BASIC. Therefore, the PLAY command is unavailable ... URL]; its BASIC housekeeping program does not use PLAY commands any ... files load in Spectaculator 8 when Auto/Play stop is disabled ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu September 2013 Development
  • Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…

    ... some routines with the PLAY command, but that ... search the frase "zx PLAY" gives Unfortunately a different ... made of the PLAY command in magazine type-ins ... version of Halloween Boogaloo in which the animation ... it's still all in BASIC, but I basically rewrote ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Type-in BASIC contest on Reddit.Not sure how WOS-legal it is to mention/link to other forums, but Reddit is having a contest on r/retrobattlestations, asking readers to type a speci…

    ... use was made of the PLAY command in magazine type-ins and ... updated version of Halloween Boogaloo in which the animation is almost ... though it's still all in BASIC, but I basically rewrote most ... find a PLAY-related type ins (and, sometimes, several) in every issue ...
    na_th_an na_th_an October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…

    ...
    Impressive feat there, both in concept and execution!!!...

    in the PLAY command syntax all over ... of this music format now in BASIC demos...!!!!...

    :)
    ... with a simple REPLACE of PLAY for PRINT #8; using ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil October 2013 Brand new software
  • SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…

    ... t need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command ... can detect code of PLAY command (UDG char "U ... DIVIDE PLUS will usable PLAY command in USR 0/48k ... ) is PLAY command visible as UDG char "U" in basic line. ... divide ram page with PLAY code + call PLAY code + return ...
    velesoft velesoft October 2013 Brand new software
  • SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…

    ... this code for use in range address #2000-#3FFF ... entry point for the PLAY command. I'll strip ... In 48basic(usr0 mode) is PLAY command visible as UDG char "U" in basic ... ram page with PLAY code + call PLAY code + return ... 't have a divIDE to play with.

    ...
    chev chev October 2013 Brand new software
  • SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…

    ... CODE]10 PLAY "A"
    20 PLAY "","B"
    30 PLAY "","","C"< ... br /> 210 PRINT #8;PLAY "","B"
    220 PRINT ... #8;PLAY "","","C"
    230 ... :
    [CODE]C Nonsense in BASIC, 210: 1[/CODE]
    ... I used to play MIDI notes from BASIC with the + ...
    bverstee bverstee October 2013 Brand new software
  • SoftPLAY: Use the PLAY command from 48 BASICNow you don't need 128 BASIC to use the [B]PLAY[/B] command. Just use [B]PRINT #8;[/B] instead. [url]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15659782/So…

    ... CODE]10 PLAY "A"
    20 PLAY "","B"
    30 PLAY "","","C"
    210 PRINT #8;PLAY "","B"
    220 PRINT ... get:
    [CODE]C Nonsense in BASIC, 210: 1[/CODE]
    ... I know nothing about the PLAY command or chev's ... t[/I] need the PLAY command at all. Load ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2013 Brand new software
  • Timex 2068 hi-color / hi-res modes.Hello. I know this is not a Timex forum but since it is a very close relative of the Speccy I thought I'd ask my question here. Does anyone know …

    ... and started up in the 128 Basic editor and went ... br /> Spanish: a running calculator in BASIC. UK: standalone calculator (not ... Spanish: Embedded codes supported in 128 BASIC. UK: No support for ... out on the opportunity to play all the commercially released ...
    chev chev November 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • DIM DATA and the likeSo...I'm trying to work out arrays in BASIC a bit more and have knocked up the following quick test bed to fiddle about with before trying anything m…

    ... the RANDOMISE USR number - in this case 32768 - it ... it before you RUN the BASIC program (rather than just ... the "USR" from the BASIC program it seems to run ... double checked the number in basic (an address in memory I'm ... +3 back in the day apart to play a few 48k ...
    Wookiee Wookiee January 2014 Sinclair Basic
  • How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…

    ... to see it working and play around with it along with ... i remember doing udg's in basic, but it's so long ... />

    I remember the basic principal lol

    10 ...
    alienbanana alienbanana February 2014 Development
  • How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…

    ... characters that can be defined in udgs? The documentations says the ... replaced by two new BASIC keywords.[/QUOTE]
    In BASIC it's 21 ... by the commands SPECTRUM & PLAY.

    The Spectrum font ... you own 768 byte font in RAM and pointing to it ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler February 2014 Development
  • How to print logo onto screen at chosen coordinates?Hi, I've just got back into zx spectrum games after all these years and after seeing some of the great games on here I would like to start learning p…

    [QUOTE=karingal;751275]In BASIC it's 21 characters ... by the commands SPECTRUM & PLAY.

    The ... own 768 byte font in RAM and pointing to ... There's a method described in the compendium to redefine ... 23606/23607 to my font in ram.

    ...
    Speccy_James Speccy_James February 2014 Development
  • Help with 1-bit sampled soundHi all, I've been sent over this way from the CPC Wiki forums as you guys may be able to help me more specifically with a programming query. Firstly…

    ... close to what I had in mind, but is there ... the basic drum sounds that are needed to play.

    In ...
    On the Amiga back in the day I used simple ... you cover most of the basic rhythms.

    This ... for and can't find in any of the engines. ...
    4throck 4throck March 2014 Development
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