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Your views on: Play It Again Sam...... just curious to see what people think really. I've been toying with the idea of making a text adventure in [I]PAW[/I] (it'd be my first), and I t…
... characters and something of a plot to work with. I know ... -
graphics / icons helpwhat could I use to as a symbol for "all" icon wise? I mean say with the word AND.. I can use & or + but ALL? I thought a circle . etc. but then ag…
what could I use to as a symbol for "all" icon wise?
I mean say with the word AND.. I can use & or +
but ALL? I thought a circle . etc. but then again that looks like recycling.. I dunno..
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Have Sony lost the plot ?I have had some money for Christmas from my mum and dad and as always I will use it to buy myself something I normally wouldn't consider. So I thoug…
I have had some money for Christmas from my mum and dad and as always I will use it to buy myself something I normally wouldn't consider.
So I thought I would put it towards treating myself to a PSP.
A lot of places (especially ... -
Coming This Week - Missing: World of SpectrumTo make up for the lack of Harry Potter Adventure this Christmas, I've started and almost finished work on Missing: World of Spectrum. The plot - so…
... of Spectrum.
The plot - someone has stolen the master ... -
Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... BORDER 2: CLS
210 PLOT 20,165: DRAW 0,-145 ... IF o>2 THEN PLOT x+(j>2)+w ... -
Worst modern gamesAnything that you've recently played, not retro, that you think, "ugh this is awful!" ? For me there's plenty to choose from but here we go, the wor…
... I'm gonna hurl - Daft plot, pointless missions, no-fun driving ... -
The best (and worst) Second-sequel.When a film series gets to #3, one of two things usually happen: It's either going to be the best of the series - as the company now know how to tre…
... ' had pretty much lost-the-plot, but here the balance is ... -
Jonathan CreekI meant to post about the Jonathan Creek episode from a few weeks ago, but never got around to it, and since no one else did (as far as I know) then …
... ) suffered from bad pacing and plot holes, then it would have ... -
Obtuse One-LinerFollowing a request in another thread, this could almost be crammed into one line. It uses a simple ON ERR CONTINUE to give a continuous display. [c…
Following a request in another thread, this could almost be crammed into one line.
It uses a simple ON ERR CONTINUE to give a continuous display.
[code]
10 INK RND*6
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Spectrum games & softwareHere's part one of a list of Spectrum software I've am clearing out. If you see any you want, PM me the details. No reasonable offer refused as long …
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FIREBIRD
THE PLOT
STAR FIREBIRDS
PARK ... -
How paint in the down two lines ?The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines wi…
The down two lines on the spectrum screen cant be used. But i remeber from the 80's that exist some code that allow us to paint on these two lines with plot or draw or others.
Someone remember the code ?
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Rom Routines list ?Exist some document that show detailled the routines on the spectrum ROM ? Ad for the Spectrum +3 ? are they the same or exist more ? Example i was …
... the Rom routine called [B]PLOT-SUB[/B]
and its ... that in the basic [B]plot x,y[/B]. But what ... -
Text Adventure Vector graphicsI've often wondered what the memory cost of graphics in a text adventure was. If you were to hazard a guess, how many bytes would it be possible to …
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[*]plot (x,y)
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New Game: Climbing ManA few years ago I created a solo boardgame that simulated in a way, climbing a rock wall. It was roughly based on the rock climbing sections of the c…
... (in a way going full circle :) )
I've used ... -
Sir Clive - *** machine, or washing machine engine?It surprised me in Micro-Men to see Sir-Clive as having a bit of an eye for the ladies. Are there any rumours about if this was a regular thing with …
It surprised me in Micro-Men to see Sir-Clive as having a bit of an eye for the ladies. Are there any rumours about if this was a regular thing with SCC or if it was just a irrelevant sub-plot? -
When did Raid Over Moscow...become Raid! ? I can't remember seeing the re-release , but apparently it does exist. Was the plot or loading screen changed , or was it simply the …
... it does exist. Was the plot or loading screen changed , or ... -
Matrix and Terminator were plagarised!Sophia Stewart wrote a book, movie script in 1981, its called The Third Eye. Copyrights legally held by Sophia from 1981 to 1984. The style and spe…
... Matrix sequel with the original plot/story. 3D Fusion, its a ... -
General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …
Hi Folks,
One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could accept strings and numerics but there was no ability to limit input length etc.
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Various game / utility / cover tapes.Having a clean-out - If anybody interested in buying any of the following drop me a PM. Anything not taken by next weekend will go onto eBay. Games…
Printer Printing Problem (assembler)I've a program that outputs to the lower screen at various places, using a combination of calls to RST $10 plus OUT-NUM-1 and PR-STRING. It also call…
... PR-STRING. It also calls PLOT and LINE-DRAW. At present ... m/code (apart from the PLOT/DRAW bits, of course) the ...Is this another issue with BASin?Hi Folks, Doing some graphics work in BASin and I have noticed that PLOT seems to ignore the BRIGHT setting i.e. it always comes out normal. Is thi…
Hi Folks,
Doing some graphics work in BASin and I have noticed that PLOT seems to ignore the BRIGHT setting i.e. it always comes out normal. Is this a bug in BASin or am I missing something?
Many thanks
PaddyA fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
... /> [*]On every call to the PLOT routine, the coordinates were being ... the system variable COORDS.
[*]Plot address and pixel mask were ... being calculated on each plot, but on a line draw ... to memory on each pixel PLOT (slooow), when it can be ...Doctor Who Christmas Special (2010)Have I missed the traditional thread about Doctor Who, or was everyone too full of Chrimble brandy to start such a thread? Or maybe you were all so s…
... 't see the brilliant little plot twist that we then saw ...Resident Evil 5I know I'm getting in to the game with nearly 3 years behind... but I just finished RE4 this year, and although it wasn't a "resi game" I was already…
... is very confusig and the plot... well still to early in ...remake of ZX ALIENS: three questions atmHi guys. Ok, it's a 'reversal' problem here: my nephew (well, a little assisted by me) made a [URL="http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/7537e7223c/alie…
... /> 3) Was there some original plot (campaign) or just a skirmish ...Time Cop[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013089[/url] I can't be 100% sure, but it seems like that Moonsoft are the true authors of Ti…
... that authors are Moonsoft:
Plot by Sergei Paukov
Graphics ...Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinates 50 ...
