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Raycasting (3D Games!) with SpecBAS<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Here's one I wrote just recently. I wanted to see …
... can only move one block at a time, and you can ... -
Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…
... ago, it supported 30 columns, at most 22 rows in bicolor ... ] supports all 32 columns, at most 23 rows in bicolor.
23 rows would take me no ... happen when drawing a tile at the screen edge. Would you ... -
Chompston Mazes in SpecBASAfter the discussion in ASH-II's Pacman thread, I checked out the link there about generating 2D Pacman style mazes. This one was quite good fun, …
... create corridors for at least 2 cells, and at most 18 cells ... there's already a spawn at that point in the map ... (because the m() array at that index is set to ... that to store the number at that position in e$ in ... -
Testing Joystick InterfacesWhile looking for something completely unrelated, found one of my old test programs. This is useful for testing interfaces that conform to the Sincla…
... 2 standard:
[code] 5 PRINT AT 3,0;"76543210 76543210"
50 PRINT AT 4,0 ;C$;" ";a;" ";
55 PRINT AT 4,20 ... -
140 characters Basic game contestHey there, I've announced a new micro contest on my blog (in Czech language only). However, it might be interesting also for the non-Czech/Slovak …
... example:
[code]1 PRINT "Hello world"[/code]
- are ... =10 TO 20 STEP 2: PRINT f: NEXT f -
Leading Zeroes on a Score in BASICI'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes such that it's always 6 characters wide, i.e.: 000010, 000150, 006100 etc. I quickly knocked thi…
I'm trying to print the score with leading zeroes ... GO SUB 6600
30 PRINT AT 0,0;S$
40 ... -
Simple Pattern GeneratorI'm pretty happy with this so very simple. 10 LET s=RND*16: FOR x=16384 TO 23296 STEP s 20 PRINT AT 0,0;s 30 POKE x,170 40 NEXT x
I'm pretty happy with this so very simple.
10 LET s=RND*16: FOR x=16384 TO 23296 STEP s
20 PRINT AT 0,0;s
30 POKE x,170
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Simple program why doesn't it react to keyboard input?[code] 10 FOR x=16385 TO 22527 20 POKE x,255: POKE (x-1),0 30 IF CODE INKEY$=119 THEN BORDER 0 40 NEXT x [/code] If you press the m key while r…
... used similar keyboard routine with PRINT AT statements and it responds to ... -
Need help with keyboard scanning ?After getting frustrated with learning ASM for a while I'm back into it. The little listing below is using the ROM's PRINT AT routine to draw me a sp…
... is using the ROM's PRINT AT routine to draw me a ... if you do
10 PRINT PEEK 23560
20 GO ... -
I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…
... x and y at 10.15 followed by print * at x,y and ... a GOTO back to the PRINT AT line.
It worked ... at all on the others? So I added a line to print ... -
Stuck again! Please help meI'm in the process of making a little game, eventually it will become rather more sophisticated (I hope) but I am testing out routines one at a time.…
... testing out routines one at a time. What's ... Program lander
20 PRINT "This is a simple game ... craft"
30 PRINT
40 PRINT "Press 1 for LEFT ... for RIGHT"
50 PRINT "Press 4 for UP, ... 80 INK 2
90 PRINT AT r, c; "O"
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'Mike's' moon lander in SpecBAShttps://youtu.be/1mjwLD6juB8 As modified and turned into a video by Dunny. I put my name in single quotes because it really is only thanks to Dunn…
... ,y,16,32
50 print move x,y; trans 7 ... ":
if thrust then
print trans 7; move x,y ... *1.5)*4);"^"
55 print at 0,0;"acc=";acc;" "'" thrust ... -
Mighty Music ProgramsI'd like to think I'm reasonably proficient (after all of 32 years) in the 128K Spectrum's PLAY command. However, this program is absolutely nothi…
... [i]long[/i] listing of PRINT AT (...AT, AT, AT, AT, AT and AT again...) statements, with a ... which can be positioned at any line on the stave ... on how to convert PRINT AT coordinates into PLOT positions ... p and m and print them alongside each other to ... -
Test card screenStarted off just messing about in order to test a machine. But ended up with this: [code]10 FOR a=0 TO 0 STEP 0: PAUSE 1: BORDER 1: BORDER 2: BORD…
... FOR b=0 TO 7: PRINT PAPER b;” ”;: NEXT b
70 NEXT a
80 PRINT AT 11,0;”Testing Testing Testing ... FOR b=0 TO 7: PRINT #0; PAPER b;” ”;: NEXT b ... =7 TO 1 STEP -1: PRINT #0; PAPER b;” ”;: NEXT b ... -
How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... t=USR 60000
300 PRINT AT RND*20,30;"*"
... LET y=10
600 PRINT AT y,3;">"
... LET s=0
200 PRINT AT 21,0;"score : ";s ... /> 200 PRINT AT 21,0;"score : ";s;
300 PRINT AT RND*20 ... =y+(y20)
600 PRINT AT y,3;">"
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Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…
... Commie can handle 40 columns at a time, but it should ... the Bread Bin has no PRINT AT or colour commands, and uses ... - it's just using RANDOMIZE at the start of the program ... like a complete mess, but at least on a Spectrum the ... -
Elon Musks's Blastar (Conversion)Back in 1984, the 12 year old Elon Musk wrote a rudimentary video game for his SpectraVideo SV-328 (another Z80 Microcomputer) [url="https://www.t…
... =0
125 CLS : PRINT INK 7;AT y,0;"SCORE ";sc ... LET f$=INKEY$
150 PRINT AT g,h; INK 6;" [G ... -
Textured Scanline Flood Fill for ZX Spectrum 48KPity that it's quite hard to contribute code to WoS in a straightforward manner. Recently, I have created a textured/hatched fill M/C routine for the…
... /> 520 STOP
9000 PRINT "{AT 10,11}WAIT..."
9010 ... =63488
9020 READ a$: PRINT "{AT 20,0}";a$
9030 ... -
pixel exact printingis there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using a completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like…
... completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like ... fat:
** Printing text at any position/size
Print
unfortunately it ... to clear a square like print " " does, for sprite movement< ... -
Built a ZX Spectrum that works, but can't get the upper RAM to work?Like the title says I finished my Spectrum 3B board, and it boots, but it doesn't see the upper 32k of RAM. When it boots, the lower 16k works f…
... after the swap, PRINT PEEK 23733 returns 128 ... 16k)
PRINT PEEK 23732 + 256 * PEEK ... 250
3 PRINT AT 0,0;a: POKE ... /> 6 PRINT “done”: STOP
8 PRINT “error at “;a;” ... “;d
9 RETURN
It ended at ... -
Amstrad telephone plays Spectrum games?Hi, I have been absent from this forum for a long time now, mature student these days! I was perusing a home shopping catalogue, when I noticed an…
... it too, 'cos the small print at the bottom of the screen ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
... : POKE 23607,F
20 PRINT AT 10,10;"0" : REM A ... -
250,000 games on ebay - 2nd chance ??hi guys , thanks for all your help in the past few days , watching over the auction , it was quite exciting at the end ................until the winn…
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20 PRINT AT 0,3; CHR$ 75
30 PRINT AT 0,0 ... ; CHR$ 70
40 PRINT AT 0,2 ... ; CHR$ 67
50 PRINT AT 0,1 ... ; CHR$ 85
60 PRINT AT 0,4;
50 PRINT ... -
Random Smiley FacesAs promised, here's the Syntax: ;Startup 5 CLS 7 PAPER 0: BORDER 0 ;Graphics 10 FOR n=0 to 7 20 READ row: POKE USR "P"+n,row 30 NEXT n 31 DATA BI…
... to full PRINT AT-screen he might have thought that PRINT AT 0,0 ... /> IF Y < 22 then PRINT AT Y,X;"P"
IF ... Y > 21 then PRINT #1;AT 22-Y,X;"P"
Kempston Interface To Work On 128K +2a ( HELP )Hi need some Advise I'am trying to play games on a 128K +2a Using a (Kempston Interface +3) but it will not work (WHY) , do you need to setup or so…
Plug your Kempston interface into +3, switch the computer on, and type:
10 print at 0,0;in 31;" ":go to 10
and Run it.
If you move stick or press fire, the values on screen should change. If it does so the interface works well.List of "funny" pokes?Hello! I'm looking for a list of "funny" pokes. Pokes that do strange things with my Speccy, like POKE 23607,0 scrambles up the keyboard. Regards …
10 for f=64 to 64+7: poke 23681,f: LPRINT "HELLO" : next f
20 rem also possible with f=72 and f=80
10 poke 23692,255 : PRINT AT 21,0;'' : REM SCROLL equivalent
BTW: thanks for trying POKE 23607,0
