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  • how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic?how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r only supposed to be 21 but is there a way of getting more in basic? i know its doable…

    ... i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r ... more in basic? i know its doable in machine code. i.e. reprogramming the ... do loads of sprites, like in machine code games. or as ... , how do i do sprites in basic?
    digital digital August 2017 Development
  • SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…

    How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
    If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed!
    wilko0070 wilko0070 September 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • How to claim back the border space in basic?Hey, I'm wondering if there is a way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure I have hit BREAK on some games and ended up…

    ... way to reclaim the space the border usually occupies in BASIC? I am sure ... back in +2 basic and noticing they had got rid of the border ...
    KK128 KK128 June 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Understanding the StackSorry folks. I guess I'm going to be a pain for a little while. Hope it's ok with everyone. I'm currently studying the stack and wrote the little pr…

    ... /> I'm currently studying the stack and wrote the little program below to ... ?

    2. In any case the above program doesn't ... of bug exists on the above assembly. From BASIC it is being ... get garbage (an underscore) in place where the BC contents should be ...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz January 2009 Development
  • recovering the stack after an errorMy normal error handler starts with the stack as reset by LD SP,(ERR_SP) in $0053 ERROR_2, sets up some stuff and returns to BASIC via a "JP C,$1e73 …

    ... ) in $0053 ERROR_2, sets up some stuff and returns to BASIC via ... the line with the next expression or statement, rather than returning to BASIC ... of the errors in which I'm interested, I search back through the stack ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Development
  • Where do you stick the stack?...OK, so I've got a fair chunk of ASM code assembled from 24000 mark. The stack shouldn't get very big, just a few PUSHes and POPs of the main regis…

    ... assembled from 24000 mark. The stack shouldn't get very ... a CLEAR 23999 in a simple BASIC loader and it ... probably go high up in RAM (does lower RAM ... a couple of the game disassemblies over in the announcements thread ... put all over the place (and in a couple of ...
    Morkin Morkin July 2013 Development
  • Tin Cans, a two-way chat example in BASIC for the SpectranetThis is an example of writing code to utilize the Spectranet Ethernet interface in BASIC. It will be going into the Getting Started guide for the mos…

    ... utilize the Spectranet Ethernet interface in BASIC. It will be going into the ... Getting Started guide for the ... most recent issue of the ... server, or to replace the %aload with your own ...
    tschak909 tschak909 July 2019 BASIC
  • Solution for overwritten stack in 48k SNA filesIt has been known for quite some time now that the 48k SNA file format has one serious fault, which is described in the file formats section on the W…

    ... this problem in the game Knight Lore, in which storing PC on the stack sometimes ... in 49179 bytes of registers and memory, pops the program counter from the stack ... onto the stack, where PC was taken from. If the SNA file is in the ...
    Anonymous Anonymous October 2002 Emulators
  • ID the Type-In - 'Outlander' by Laurence Herniman, 09.01.1983Can you help identify where/when the above type-in was originally published? You can use the links below to take a look at the actual program. Ba…

    ... help identify where/when the above type-in was originally published?

    You can use the links ... a look at the actual program.


    Basic Listing:
    Dave_C Dave_C February 2005 Support files
  • Spin / Emuzwin and reading keys with IN in BasicIt's just a bit of a quirk I've found really, but here goes... Some of the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ke…

    ... the Basic programes and games I've encountered lately , use IN to read the ... that these Basic games were not programmed with the idea that the value ... can't use the editor in Spin, but can in the other emus. But ...
    mulder mulder October 2005 Emulators
  • Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.

    What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic.




    Andrew.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2006 Development
  • Attention Arjun (and people interested in BASIC games programming).I've been looking at the games created by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^EP+Software$&model=spectrum"]Angel Ortega/EP S…

    ... in BASIC and easy to get into (i.e. to check out the ... the map and types the incorrect code in then it goes straight to the BASIC ... /> So if you are interested in BASIC programming then you might learn ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…

    ... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game ... I couldn't give the ghost the necessary A.I.
    the maze randomly, nor a ... go after Pacman. And the worse part: My ghost ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    ... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... the simplest[/B] possible way to implement a'la vector font in BASiC ... ""
    1390 PRINT "THE EXAMPLES AT THE BEGINNING"
    1400 PRINT ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
    1450 PRINT ...
    NRA NRA February 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…

    Look the next picture.

    [IMG] ... . Not in basic, and not in ASM. For example in asm with the follow definition ... , in this url we can see some special characters but not the ...
    arfgh arfgh June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …

    ... LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, ... machine code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ... , even though the m/c is effectively in the PROG area, ... because the variable letter for ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny August 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…

    ... with or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm trying to exclude ... OK but the parser and main game should be Basic.

    the Holy Grail[/URL]

    spider spider September 2010 Games
  • Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…

    New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's the fastest way to program in BASIC in a Windows environment?
    olaf olaf January 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…

    ... something that's written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a few ... best effect when the animation can be seen in action - there ... through all the screens. It'll be included in the archive whenever ... I do the next update.
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny March 2011 Games
  • checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…

    The question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728 ... from the original plan of using binary digit character strings in BASIC for ... bit manipulation, but the conversion routine does ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • storing machine code in BASICA couple of years ago I posted a routine for storing machine code between PROG & VARS, based on an idea in Toni Baker's "Mastering Machine Code". Thi…

    ... loaded with the BASIC, as if it was in a REM; ... of BASIC, even though the m/c is effectively in the ... PROG area, because the variable letter ... the interpreter searches DEFADD before VARS. The FN d$() statement assigns the variables in the ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny January 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Games written in BASICHi all, I've been racking my brain trying to think of a game which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing that I can …

    ... which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing that ... any favourites which were written in BASIC? There were certainly a few ... Mad Martha might have been in BASIC (IIRC) and I enjoyed that ...
    perini-ps perini-ps March 2012 Games
  • smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…

    ... do I make something move in Basic without getting flicker. 1st ... and printing blank space in previous is that correct ... i be looking at. The result i get is a ... second.
    My sinclair basic knowledge is VERY limited but ... try make some games in basic 1st.
    rustyredline rustyredline October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette)Couldn't find this in the archive. Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette) by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Kluwer+Techn…

    Couldn't find this in the archive.

    Avonturen In Basic (Book & Cassette ...
    Hairy Hairy May 2013 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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…

    ... type a specific animated screen in BASIC on whatever 8/16 bit ... -ins for the Amstrad CPC, the C64, the Atari 800, the Apple II, the TRS ... a link to the Amstrad version of the type-in[/url].

    the C64 type-in as well, if that ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Mountains of Ket - Written in Basic?Was Mountains of Ket written in Basic? And if so is there any way to break into it? The parser's pretty impressive, I want to see how it was done.

    Was Mountains of Ket written in Basic? And if so is there any way to break into it?
    The parser's pretty impressive, I want to see how it was done.
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause November 2013 Games
  • Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…

    ... BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the ... not sure if its written in BASIC) on the Apple II, and despite ... rather shimmery underwater look to the background.

    [ ... this could be done in BASIC on the Spectrum using Arrays??
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…

    ... how to use Soundtracker but, in the end - I just learned how ... anyone could help me fix the BASIC program, I'd be very ... BACK TO HERE *** Print the variables in their relevant places on screen ... /50 (50Hz=1 sec in PAL) the increase k by one.
    RetroPhase2014 RetroPhase2014 December 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • Leading Zeroes on a Score in BASICI'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes such that it's always 6 characters wide, i.e.: 000010, 000150, 006100 etc. I quickly knocked thi…

    I'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes such ... speedier way to do this in BASIC?
    MykeP MykeP July 2016 Sinclair Basic
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