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Basic Compilers and My Compressor CodeAs I mentioned in another thread I'm currently writing a set of compression routines for saving +3 disk space. I've done the first stage (write the …
... first stage (write the things in basic to check the logic) and ... reason I've written it in basic first rather than jumping straight ... anyone point me in the direction of a good basic compiler and ... />
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Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine ... of time, which compressed the text in the screen so more characters ... the same effect as the text in The Hobbit and Dragonsbane.
Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…
... /> For me, using a nice big 16*16 font on Yes ... hard work reading all that text in the speccy's usual font ... all you do is walk in 1 door, then out through ...Printing at line 22...The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?
The last legal line in BASIC is line 21. Using Print #0 allows you to print on line 23, but how does one get access to line 22? Anyone?New Functions for Sinclair BasicA total of 52 new functions can be added to Sinclair BASIC; 26 numeric functions (A-Z) and 26 string functions (A$-Z$). Owing to the internal structu…
... BASIC, the best place to store these functions is in ... partially compatible with their Beta BASIC equivalents. Some of the ... dealing with 16-bit numbers in BASIC would be tortuously slow. ... used here in order to permit compilation with HiSoft BASIC.
...I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
... looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other ... was a game I wrote in Basic on Boxing Day, 1989! It ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 14 December 2004Tuesday 14 December 2004 I've FINALLY (hopefully?!?!) got caught up with stuff, so here's a fairly big update, with a distinctly mappy feel! * I do…
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Future Knight , Garfield - Big, Fat, Hairy Deal ,
George ... /> copied/pasted into straight text for online browsing. I've ... /> Battle of the Planets , Big Trouble In Little China ,
Bopper ... as converting them back to text format for reading
How To Upload BASIC program To WOS archiveIn 1987 when i was 15 years old,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 called ART STUDIO..yeah i know Its the only basic program i have ever wr…
... ,i wrote a program in BASIC on my Speccy 128 ... />
Its the only basic program i have ever written ... time ago and it works in Spectaculator!!
I ... for posterity.
Its in three parts being the ... .
It loads in Spectaculator in that order,but how ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... to code in BASIC. The problem with Speccy BASIC is its ... coded in BASIC and compiled with any Speccy BASIC compiler. Not big games ... , but small things coded in let ... games. Those are written in Spectrum BASIC (1991, 1992 and ...Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
... adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The ... when I load the game in SPIN as a TAP file ...Labyrinth type game wanted!Dear Gamers! I'm looking for labyrinth type game, but don't remember its name. It is coded in basic combinated with some machine code. The graphics …
... its name. It is coded in basic combinated with some machine code ... are a wireframe labyrinth and big sprites of ghost, giant, dragon ...Looking for Triplets and Monopolia gamesHi, I looked for two probably Poland games: The first game called Triplets, it's like X and O board game, was written fully in basic, with the instr…
... in basic,
with the instruction on poland language in separate text file with text ...Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
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Suppose BASIC encounters a variable reference while parsing. In order to ... is it just plain text, and BASIC has to search a table ... references are stored as plain text, and we don't need ... would one see a change in the case of a tight ...LOTRD is back!Hey guys! I've got some news to tell you all... TLOTRD is now back on after about 3 months absence! :D For those of you who don't know what the hell…
... making over a year ago in BASIC. Unfortunately, I had problems ... having a rather awkward text parser, making the game ... version but not a BASIC version, as I'm ... to the rather awkward text parser, and say hello ... . And there'll be graphics in there too!
Hidden text in Bounder.Long story short: I had forgotten the name of a game I played close to 2 decades ago. I remembered that there was a ball in the game but more import…
... that there was a ball in the game but more importantly ... remembered there were characters "hidden" in the "landscape" of the game ... of the game are "hidden" in level 2.
The ...After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
... i did a few things in basic. Anyway my dad got further ... knew which ones to put in to make something happen, well ... tell a 38 year old big kid just how his dad ... and can you do it in laymans terms please :)..Writing for MultifaceI was just wondering, is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use the Multiface to run it? I'd like to write a small util to edit te…
... it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use ... a small util to edit text in games, using the Multiface to ... Spectrum memory from a program in the Multiface, how to exit ...Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks
If you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used?
thanksBasic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... I should learn to program in Basic, or machine code? Any help ... should concentrate my efforts. Learn Basic first? Then MC, or just ...+3 disc imaging (idea + SDP)Following a bit of research, which you can probably see in the "old code" thread, I had an idea for a bit of software that may be useful (for me, and…
... of the system would be in BASIC so that the saving/ ... , with the imaging code obviously in ASM.
The ... the saving would be done in BASIC, saving to anything is ... only way to create a big .DSK file I think - ... to cat them into one big file to create the . ...creating UDGs in BASIC?I've been playing around with BASin, which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but for the life of me I cant remember how to make UD…
... , which is glorious, and my BASIC knowledge is flooding back but ...Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…
... redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . .
BUT . . .
I can ...John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
... got bored programming it in Basic but when I eventually ... game was to come in a BIG box containing lots of ... Dentons was born. Incidentally, in case you're wondering ... had to take a big pay cut and work ... Ocean, Microsoft, Atari. In 1990 I joined Psygnosis and ...The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…
... in mixed BASIC and Compiled BASIC (the pure BASIC part is to manage stuff in ... the RAM disk back and forth, the Compiled BASIC part ... I'm working in BASIC and I need to stay in BASIC (for the ... RAM disk stuff) - I know that BASIC has ...Boulderdash style game in compilationHello, I remember playing a boulderdash style game that came in a compilation. The game's graphics were rubbish (looked like it was written in BASIC…
... boulderdash style game that came in a compilation.
The game ... (looked like it was written in BASIC) but the gameplay was great ... />
I thought it came in a compilation of 50 games ...PAW or GAC?Greetings all :) You might have heard me saying I was about to start in the programming of (quite silly and totally unworthy playing) games in BASIC…
... and totally unworthy playing) games in BASIC. :) I have discovered it ... the time needed to learn BASIC, considering I'm a Bachelor ... I am not embracing the text / graphic adventure creation through creation ... br /> I hereby thank all in advance that can help me ...Getting scr addresses from x and yCould someone please tell me how to calculate the 8 screen addresses corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y? For examp…
... corresponding to a character printed in basic at coordinates x and y ... : let y:11
20 print at y,x; "K"
Thanks in advance.VB 2005 ExpressAm I having a bad day or is .net really as bad as all that? I've used VB 3 4 5 6 It just kept getting better and better fo…
... /> None of the help is in understandable English.
... I wouldn't be programming in BASIC for christ sake.
... ve done is added a text box to a form.< ... to do was merge records in text files. It would have ... taken 5 minutes in VB6 best part of ...deCyphernoid: Cybernoid editor release threadFollowing on from the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14711"]development thread[/URL], the Cybernoid editor I have been …
... written 100% in BASIC and developed using a modern text editor (TextMate ... /showthread.php?t=14622"]Sinclair BASIC plugin[/URL]) and emulator ... thread to ask a question in.
Also, ... any general comments/bug reports in this thread.
...Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
In the late 80's I ... s house to play games in turns or 2-player games ... spectrum magazines, try to unprotect basic loaders, type apps and games ... remember my first Pacman written in Basic, for eg. Did any ... All those tapes with simple basic+m.c. routines games and ...
