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resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…
... ....I have no idea if text adventures have that effect on ... instructions that come with those Text adventure packages, and I'm ... if I'm writing one in BASIC! -
River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
... a small retailer back in 1980-something (done in BASIC and compiled). This ... make them appear to be in 3 colours, but they ... , though I have worked in programming for various communications and ... thing is, there's a big difference between developing the code ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... Maker;354670]Translate what? Help text in the Eliter 3?
I can hack the text inside the game, not translate ... , but an English text file of the converted text would of course ... maybe preferable, as we can print it out). How about it ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... guess, there's loads of text in there. :)
EDIT: Just ... - Many of the in-game messages have PRINT AT control codes embedded ... in them. I can remove ... (for example) four lines of text down to three and win ... -
Survival Sunday1 hour 15 minutes to kick off. Newcastle Utd, Middlesbrough, Sunderland and Hull City all deep in it. Ok, footy WoSsers it's prediction time, who's …
... tried to work to their basic principles (WBA) and ... the fans have helped in the slightest. The second ... is nowhere near as big as they would like ... hazard, and a (admittedly big) blip in that course. None of ... virtually all of their big name players as they ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... contains around 85% of the in-game text in English.
After ... [/b] which are effectively the "PRINT AT" control code parameters. I ... a "bitmap", as opposed to text strings.
So far ... reveals that such words are in use in the real world. So ... -
Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... the whole disk as a big text file and then figure out ... />
I will keep posting in Speccy.org and let them ... -
Reading from the 128 Serial PortDon't shout at me if this is a silly question. I have Googled extensively, and searched the forums, but I can't find anything discussing what seems t…
... the whole disk as a big text file and then figure out ... />
I will keep posting in Speccy.org and let them ... a +3 disk to a big binary file stored on say ... size limit for a file in +3dos is, this might be ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... don't think affects karingal in any way), but on ... the Russian alphabet and some basic words and phrases - but ... and it generally makes sense in English despite the fact ... 15,000 bytes of Russian text in the game I knew ... some of your free time in this so far, for ... -
Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... the format of the text and how its displayed ... fixes the formatting of this text,
[CODE] ... ]
22 means 'print at' and the next two ... />
The print codes are in the spectrum manual under ... then replaced the Russian text with English for the ... -
Windows problem - please helpA friend of mine's PC (XP service pack 3 *shudder*) has a problem - when he connects a USB stick the PC hardware Blue Screen of Deaths, a known probl…
... time, you can copy the text in step five, and then create ... in Safe mode, follow these steps.
[B]Note[/B] Print ... in Safe Mode. If you use the NTFS file system, also print ... time, you can copy the text in step two, and then create ... -
Channels and streams - reading dataThe FAQ here - [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/reference/48kreference.htm[/url] - seems to be just a touch inaccurate when it comes to readin…
... any PRINT # statement involving colour items will generate a "Nonsense in BASIC" ... address with ED_ERROR ($107f). In such a case, keep receiving ... storing them by calling the BASIC ROM's ADD_CHAR routine ( ... is actually being returned? ie PRINT CODE INKEY$#4. If ... -
Czech compilations not listed on Infoseek"Krtek a auticko": [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002774[/url] and "bad dream": [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseeki…
... not utility but almost WYSIWIG text editor/processor
Heroes ... PRESSOR V which was written in basic with some MC routines and ... was completely written in MC
TOLKIEN - internal text compressor (probably ... -
Machine Code Microdrive File LoaderI've been experimenting with transferring games to run from microdrive. Typically I like to see a loading screen while things are happening, and I li…
Why not load in BASIC and decompress in MC?
10 LOAD *"m"; ... ;"SCREEN"CODE 16384
20 PRINT USR decomproutine+address : REM decomp ... ;"GAME"CODE 25000
40 PRINT USR decomproutine+address : REM decomp ... -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
... moment it's all just in one big text file.
[CODE ... informed by murtceps 200809 (made in UK)
001-028098 Green ... -
Spectrum Serial Numbers Wanted!![b]This post updated Sept. 26, 2013[/b] As far as I know, the serial numbering system for the Spectrum has never been fully worked out. For the p…
Interestingly in your list, all the issue ... 6C001E-6 or 6C001E-7 in the future, as they're ... moment it's all just in one big text file.
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Bak 2 SkoolI'm wondering where the alias "Bak 2 Skool" came from, considering the game is called "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000362…
... can do this using the Basic control codes. My memory ... using 22,1,0 in the first 3 bytes ... which equals "AT 1,0" in Basic, so it puts the cursor ... more characters left. I assume in Fairlight's case the ":" ... /> (2 bytes) you can print 2 RANDOMIZE as keyword. Even ... -
La Abadia Del Crimea - The definitive pollOn a scale of 1 to 10, vote on the score you think LADC deserves. Try and be honest at it while you can. ;) EDIT: This poll is effective for 2 week…
... the Radastan contest? or anything in ASM?[/QUOTE]
D ... in BASIC in a few hours just to rest a while from a big ... have enough time to participate in a contest right now :( Also ... please provide further info, just in case? -
Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…
... just one more thing in the basic book that ive got it ... a bit handicapped by Sinclair BASIC in that it doesn't allow ... yourself using GO TO's in BASIC, so don't worry too ... - x) < 10? If so, print "Getting warm!" and Jump to ... -
Best Speccy Loading Screen??Ok Chaps! Which game do you think had the best loading screen??? Graphics, colour etc.....
... simple effect with colours as in Man Hunt above, but just ... white "shadow" behind the Omen text makes it looks nice.
in BASIC with a few DRAW and ... -
Printing in 64 columns, from Basic?Not strictly a Sinclair Basic question but... Is there any known machine code utility that allows something similar to PRINT AT that can be called fr…
... 64 column print subroutine entirely written in basic by me, in the game ... LET y$="it cant print numbers in 64 column mode]1245 ... 2000
30 PRINT "DONE."
1999 STOP
2009 PRINT AT x,0;" "
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48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…
I have no idea TBH.
Anyway, I might start writing it. I'll make a draft in bash (that operates on plain-text detokenised basic files) and then maybe progress onto a full version that operates on tape files in C++... who knows... -
More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... use 40 colours at once in BASIC:
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[url ... ://sites.google.com/site/ulaplus/BASIC.szx[/url]
If ... : FLASH 8, then whenever you PRINT to the screen, only the ... -
Dim commandI try o find a BASIC COMPILER for ZX SPECTRUM 128 that use DIM command with two or more letter as 10 DIM AB(10) instead of 10 DIM A(10) Any iforma…
... FN so print FN w(a$,b$) would result in Q: Parameter ... is not missing from Sinclair BASIC at all (and indeed described ... were not implemented in BASIC but might show up in a 'next ROM ... missing feature: Buffering last direct BASIC command(s) and possibility to ... -
Have you ever looked back and gone 'Why on EARTH did I.....buy that game??' I look back now at some of the games I bought in my youth. When I worked 8 hours a week at the Co-Op and got paid just ?10. Out o…
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Why was I taken in by that ridiculously over-sized ... ago... The game ws coded in basic if my memory serves correctly ... did indeed come in a huge great big game case with silver ... -
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... AT control code to place text at specified place on screen ... colour?!
[/quote] as said, basic system uses bottom of screen ... do some neat effects including text in border. basically it is very ... -
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program ... you have "scroll ?" in the lower border?
BASIC program, you output to channel ... different areas clearly
20 PRINT #1;AT 1,0;"Hello ...
