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Change PAPER and INK, but nothing else?Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK,…
Can you in BASIC change the colour attributes in the screen without changing what is already printed at that location? I.e. change the PAPER and INK, but keep the character (or whatever is displayed) intact. -
Can someone compile Mined Out, please?For those of you who are unaware, there is a great Spectrum game called [I]Mined Out ( [/I][URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=000…
... better. Anyway, it's written in BASIC, and takes a few seconds ... one compiler could compile large BASIC programs in sections, but since I ... -
Microdrive CATIs there a way in Basic to obtain any more useful info on the contents of a Microdrive? File size, head info for example? Also, is it possible in ge…
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Funny reviews...I've just found: [URL]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation[/URL] which has some fairly funny reviews of modern games, in …
I've just found:
[URL]http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation[/URL]
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I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
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A: 4xbinary inputs (as in "on" or "off" x4 - this ... /> C: 4x binary outputs (as in four independant OFF/ON controls ... control using the IN and OUT commands in BASIC.
In more detail ... rotation and one for elevation) in both directions each. I ... -
Tape loading issues - can anyone help?Hi, I have just bought a +2 which has a problem. Whenever I try to load a tape the spectrum refuses to acknowledge what I am doing. I have tried in …
... doing. I have tried in Loader and 48k Basic, but I can ... television, as the BEEP command in Basic works fine. I've given ... -
EightyOne bug?I have been using EightyOne 1.0 to test my code using a Timex display mode. The code (a UK101 emulator) was released for CSSCGC2008 a couple of weeks…
... program to crash when loading in TS2068 mode.
in just fine with Fuse ... 0.9 in TS2068 mode. It therefore ... What's stranger is that in EightyOne, once the machine ... the machine will crash in BASIC with it corrupting the ... -
Wrong title Ghost EmbustesHello, Martijn, the game Ghost Embustes should really be named Chost Embustes, it's a parody of the famous movie, with a word's play in spanish. Che…
Hello, Martijn, the game Ghost Embustes should really be named Chost Embustes, it's a parody of the famous movie, with a word's play in spanish.
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Suggestion: A new (and simple but good) feature for emulatorsOne slight but real problem with emulators is that when you load a tape file (.tzx/.tap) then the randomise seed system variables are always set to z…
... zero before loading starts (in effect the game is ... on Spectrum). This results in any game that uses ... the Speccy counts time in fiftyths of a second.< ... since it's fortunately written in BASIC I simply added (something ... spell "fiftyths" (as in fifty-th's of a ... -
Basin feature requestsI know dunny does not ask for those requests, and he is mainly coding basin for himself, I still want to list my requests here, in case if he's bored…
... to list my requests here, in case if he's bored ... can look for them up in the future for my projects ... extra work (save/load functions in basic). Basin needs a general project ... -
Help identifying a gameAgessss ago i wondered if anyone knew this game but it wasnt found. I thought i would try once more as i want to relive the memories. Yearsss ago t…
... which was released, all in basic where you created a ... 30 was again all in BASIC, an indicator moved up ... record a huge large basic graphic appeared with the ... The graphics were very very basic and old but the ... cant seem to find that in the archive.
Bouncing BallsPfrrt, I am back from lunch, playing the first raw version of BOUNCING BALLS It is very addictive! As stated here [URL]http://www.worldofspectru…
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It will be released in an extended version on WoS ... and in a
minor version in next years MiniGameCompo ... will have two games to play:
1) Less Bouncing balls ... get
a hi score in longest play in time.Developers developers developers developers developers!OK, I think it's at a stage where someone else can also have a go at doing things with the Spectranet. If you've not been following the hardware foru…
... is. If you're in this situation...well, the ... is programmable from the Spectrum in software) and 128K of ... ve already hinted at this in the Hardware forum, but ... you want to join in with development you'll ... to support socket programming in BASIC but it won't ...Greatest Error Messages of all timeAfter compiling the 13 Greatest Error messages ranging from Abort? Retry or Fail to the Blue Screen of Death, Technologizer has come up with a second…
... the ZX Spectrum's 'Nonsense in BASIC'
[url]http://technologizer ... but good to see it in there.
The examples ... in the manual could also have ...Forum Improvements[quote=Dunny;307892]Yebbut, I'm not interested in reporting any threads that are off topic, so long as they stay in the off topic area. What I would …
... , I'm not interested in reporting any threads that are ... so long as they stay in the off topic area. ... today, and they can play in their own little fenced-off ... us that are interested in Spectrums get on with ... you could have any feature in forums, what would it ...catching eggs - old electronic gameas first I sholud mention I ?m not sure if this was the right forum to put... but well, it?s not chit-chat, it?s an oldskool game hit sooooo.... excu…
... other stuff) we only could play in socialism,
those games were ... english too)
here in this game the goal is ...12-pixel-wide font on 512x192 screenThanks to Geoff I have a working prototype for displaying this font in BASIC. Machine code to follow.
Thanks to Geoff I have a working prototype for displaying this font in BASIC. Machine code to follow.New version of mb-resi copy tool, ver. 1.5Dear fans of MB02+ and ResiDos, on my site [URL="http://hood.speccy.cz"]http://hood.speccy.cz[/URL] you will find a new version of this copy tool, t…
... the user interface is still in BASIC, major improvements has been done ...Help!Help to solve a problem. I have two favourite games: ELITE and Advanced Soccer Simulator. Wanted to recollect the childhood and to play in them on re…
... recollect the childhood and to play in them on real Spectrum (not ... . I have transferred these games in system +3DOS, however to make ...Value for money?As part of the misses christmas present I bought her "Professor Layton and the Curious Village" on the DS. This was after she had seen it advertised …
... it to play myself.
I finished it in 12 hours ... have a small amount of play in it but is 12 hours ... />
How much game play would you expect to get ...Corrections to "Authored with Quill"Started testing today from the end of the list... These are not written with Quill: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^You+Ca…
... Quill game, it is written in Basic.
[URL="http://www ... "]Xtroth[/URL] also is a Basic game
To ...The best ... beginning with "G"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "G", which do you think are the: [B]Best …
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Best sound or music (in a game):
... Best graphics (in a game):
Best ... B]
In my opinion:
[B]Best graphics (in a game): [/B]Green Beret ... the "GO TO" command in BASIC.Some TV/DVD questions1. Very often, on my television (PAL, 29" or so, CRT, by Bush, two or three years old) when there's text on a TV program or a DVD film, the left hand…
... B]yday
are in need of assistance
play in 50Hz or 60Hz, which ... (as though it's in widescreen) with no other ... for example) still unskippable in third party DVD players, ... shodilly? Single DVDs come in a tough enough plastic ...ZXSpin sound problemsIn some games I run in ZXSpin, Ant Attack or Corrdiors of Genon for example, the music that plays at the beginning doesn'y play in ZXSpin. However i…
... I run in ZXSpin, Ant Attack or Corrdiors ... beginning doesn'y play in ZXSpin. However it does in Spectaculator. I've ... messing with the sound optins in ZXSpin but to no avail ...Couple of questions...Howdy, 1. Is there a decent way to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using LET a=INT(RND*2)+1 but the numbers tend to stay at 1 or 2 most …
... to get a random number in BASIC/MC? I've been using ... (as per J.Cauldwells info in his HowTo.doc)
Help! An IP problemMy mate is a member of a well known file sharing site whose name I won't say in case they randomly google for mentions of their name and match this p…
... means the same number, as in basic algebra. Any alterations I've ... many different IP addresses in your account in the future, we reserve ... Red][Link deleted][/COLOR][I] in the premium zone you can ... know, please change your password in the premium zone using the ...INPUT magazineDid anyone else have this magazine back in day, I did. Spent hours typing in the examples and it did helped me develop me a few techniques in basic a…
... else have this magazine back in day, I did. Spent hours ... typing in the examples and it did ... develop me a few techniques in basic and assembly. Did anyone else ...RZX files that need re-doingThere are quite a few RZXs that were recorded using an old test version of SPIN, and which will only play back on that version. So it would be good …
... SPIN, and which will only play back on that version.
play back on all compatible emulators ... .00. They should, hopefully, also play in the newer versions of the ...InkosiI uploaded this a couple of days ago, but not sure if it's worked yet. Although quite slow and written in BASIC, it's quite a good little rescource …
I uploaded this a couple of days ago, but not sure if it's worked yet. Although quite slow and written in BASIC, it's quite a good little rescource management game, a bit like an educational Mugsy!DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…
... allow me to see it in BASIC, but I want to be ... on a memory location range in a for loop). Can someone ...
