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Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…
... gangsters. :(
However, this POKE should allow the trick to ... work with gangsters:
POKE 64426,8
Now go ... -
RASTAN - NO DIE POKE (128K VERSION) NEEDEDHi chaps, need some help, I'm trying to produce a longplay for the 128k version of Rastan but I need some help. I have an infinite energy poke but t…
[quote="goodboy;841556"]try poke
45984,54
45985,1[/quote]
Just PM'd you mate, can you help??
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Stupid things you've done to get a specy game?Here's mine. It's must have been the winter of 1984, I remember it was the release of Ghostbusters the game and a good friend of mine was bragging h…
The stupidest thing I've done to get a speccy game is to hand over £1.99 for LA Swat. -
Are there any 'REAL' global conspiracies?Me and the missus have been watching the new X-Files series and also watching the old series from Episode 1. After watching last nights episode, the…
... Justice, as of July 2010 over $1.5 billion had been approved ... -
Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…
... Capture the Graphic
20 OVER 1: FOR y=yt TO yt ... -h+1 STEP -1: FOR x=xl TO ... Graphic
70 OVER 1: FOR p=pc TO 1 STEP -1
80 ... /> 90 LET c(i,1)=c(p,1): LET c(i,2 ... ,1)=x: LET c(p,2)=y
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Competition time - design a WoS logoHello, all.. As part of the redesign, we would like to have new logos for use in Social Media/links and also in the forum/site headers. The spe…
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/y81scnzijcgbudl/Specbutton2-3-4-5-6-7-8.png?dl=0[/img]
[img]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/h1wuxkwlif04b2a/Specbutton2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-1.png?dl=0[/img] -
Character Based SpritesHi, I'm working through Jonathan's excellent guide to writing games, and have mastered the animation of single UDGs. Before or move onto Pixel…
... that moves in increments of 8 pixels (1 char), so movement will ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... to a PIC microcontrolller requires 8 GPIOs + 1 WR signal. If you ... -
YS Mega BasicCan anyone confirm if YS MegaBasic has Sprite Collision detection? I thought it had , but can't find it in the docs. Thanks
... (Knight Lore) but use the OVER 1 style of printing that BASIC ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... 't expect it to be over 1€ though. I'll also need ... a price bump on shipments over 50g. This board is a ... -
Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …
... colours) , 1x resolution @ 256x192 (8 colours), 1.5x resolution @ 384x192 (? colours) and ... -
JSW vs Manic Minerpoll time, which one do you prefer? its weird, nearly every time Id choose 'complete-the-level, time limit, arcadey platform' style games over adv…
... your comment, you are approximately over 1,714 years old in human ... nasties section :)
im over 18 honest.. [/quote]
JSW vs Manic Minerpoll time, which one do you prefer? its weird, nearly every time Id choose 'complete-the-level, time limit, arcadey platform' style games over adv…
... your comment, you are approximately over 1,714 years old in human ...Have I Got News for You!! Funny News Stories and Your Funny CaptionsWhilst news is mostly depressing, so depressing infarct that many of us avoid it, I thought it would life our spirits a little to look news from a li…
... the bookies were taking bets 8 to 1 that he would eat ...Switch from 128k BASIC to 48k BasicHello, Is there a way to start off running a program in 128k basic (so that you can use the ramdisk facilities) but then switch back down to 48k bas…
... 23325: LET pe2=4867: POKE FN p(addr),(3 AND ... AND pe=pe2): POKE (FN p(addr)+1),(19 AND pe ... =pe1)+(91 AND pe=pe2): POKE ... 23354: LET pe2=4867: POKE FN p(addr),(3 ... AND pe=pe2): POKE (FN p(addr)+1),(19 AND pe ... =pe1)+(91 AND pe=pe2): POKE ...Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
... best you can do is OVER 1 to re-draw something (but ... it's moved) then use OVER 1 again on its old position ...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. …
To change attributes from BASIC, use OVER 1 and print a space:
[code]
10 CLS
20 PRINT "A"
30 PAUSE 100
40 PRINT OVER 1;INK 7; PAPER 1; AT 0,0; " "
[/code]Can I name a subroutine and then call it by name?No thats not really exactly the problem. I wrote 4 lines of Basic that draws an 8x8 square and then told it to check x,y and subtract 4 from x or y t…
... or 1 (ie. Off or On).
Although PRINT OVER SQUARE ... has invalid syntax (unless SQUARE=0 or 1), something ... =1234
...
OVER 1: GO SUB SQUARE: OVER 0
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1234 ...How to improve my program using oversized numbersI'd like my dice program to print out the number four times bigger than normal if possible. Anyone know how to do this? Or I could write a sub rou…
... , so it's only moving 1/8th of the data, thus ... PRINT AT 2,12;"Testing!": OVER 1
or try replacing a ... to stop any POKEs going over 23551 and into the system ...Crisps for Pete's sakeI want a decent and honest crisp, not crinkle cut not extra thick, nor Parma ham and parmagino with a hint of baseball bat flavour, just a good tasti…
Is there a way to automatically get emailed when Pringles are on special offer in Sainsburys? Paying over 1.50 UKP is against my religion.
...and while I am here: why do salt'n'shake crisps taste so much better than ready salted?A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…
... (7) + BLACK PAPER (0) * 8 + BRIGHT (1) * 64
ld (23693),a ... to shift it into the 1–8 range (rather than 0–7 ... read (%11111110) (initial pattern)
1$ rrca ;rotate B times
;Redefine Keys table:
;Col 1: control number
;Col 2 ...BREAK key on 128k SpectrumWhat happens when BREAK is pressed on a 128k Spectrum? Why is it different from what happens on a 48k Spectrum. Is there a way to disable it or to …
... works.
If "11 OVER 1" is inserted in your example ...Test your PC keyboardPlease test yout PC keyboards in ZX emulator. Searches for the appropriate keyboard for real ZX Spectrum / ZX emulator. This is keyboard tester: [url…
Lenovo ideapad 310 laptop. The following combinations fail (tested in Spectaculator 8.0):
1+4+5
2+4+5
Q+R+T
W+R+T
A+F+G
S+F+G
Z+V+B
X+V+B
Maxtech USB 105 keys keyboard. Same as above.
