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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…
... call the routine. it would print out the text in either ... 32c (that's an 8x6 font) or 64c x 32c (a ... 4x6 font). i have them on an ... -
i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... am going to write something bigger, I probably will have to ... start using something bigger.
I stick by ... ,201
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PRINT USR 32768
65535 ... -
Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??
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So therefore change the PRINT AT command to use pixels ... rather than character squares - PRINT AT 65, 89; "Hello World ... ROM to fit in a PRINT routine that worked by pixels ... even a non-fixed width font. -
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…
I find the speccy font hard on the eyes in ... that intecepted calls to the print character routine, and substituted nice ... -
ANN: ZXF issue 8 now available for downloadZXF is a free PDF magazine for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, which you can download from the ZXF website at [url="http://www.cwoodcock.co.uk/zxf"]www.cwo…
Anyone actually print these out?
I` ... if only I had a bigger monitor and 1280*1024 resolution ... -
Dingo - by Ashby computers and graphics ltd (1983)Just flicking through mame and stumbled across the above game by acg , ashby computers and graphics , it plays like an early ultimate game would (sor…
... is similarly Z80-based. The font used in Dingo is the ... same font used in their Spectrum game ... directly from the standard Spectrum font.
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Print (Very UPG like),Saturn, & ... -
Elite, Greatest Speccy Game Ever?Go ahead, name me a better speccy game.
... , and having my name in print as 'tester' on such a ... : there isn't actually any bigger difference between the planets than ... -
z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... you could use a set, print with it, and select another ... the background; switch to the font charset, print the text" don't ... -
z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... to change relative print position, so you can print these "large ... 255). The sp_PrintAt functions will print them correctly, but the ... you could use a set, print with it, and select ... the background; switch to the font charset, print the text" don't ... -
ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... longest or which circle is bigger sort of visual deception) and ... points here.
firslty, the font. If it's more readable ... using it as the base font for the mag in future ... /> [/quote]
I think font wise its the bold fonts ... -
Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
... together some code that'll print an entire string using the ... would be designing a good font though. I just used the ... -
Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
... far the best looking prop font util I ever used was ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^PFN+Print$&pub=^Garry+Rowland$"]http ... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^PFN+Print$&pub=^Garry+Rowland$[/url ... -
Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
... hl,hl
ld de,font-100
add hl,de ... ,(nextstate) ; ix = address of char print routine
ld hl,(nextdfile ... ; next time use col1 to print
ld (nextstate),hl
print
ld (nextstate),hl
Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... the code size will be bigger (not to mention the data ... are strings that can have print position commands embedded. Other commands ... include "subroutine calls" (print a printstring stored elsewhere and ...Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... with some additional gfx like font and so
personally i ... tile and sprite routines but print routine for 40 char per ...+3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…
... in basic to make it print this message as normal, but ... attempting to mount , move change .....[FONT=Arial][/FONT][/LEFT]
[B ...+3e file manager program/projectFirstly let's get one thing sorted. This program/project is written entirely in basic, as I am a lamo who doesnt know enough M/C. It really Is'nt th…
... attempting to mount , move change .....[FONT=Arial][/FONT][/LEFT]
[B ... #3,l[/B]
[B]PRINT a$( TO l)[/B]
Music help - CPC/SpecHey, I need some advice or help or something. I have a game in development that will be appearing for the Amstrad CPC and possibly Spectrum (if ther…
... the main editing window any bigger either.[/QUOTE]
if ... of rows displayed and the font used, so you can bump ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... linear and imperative (ie, first print this character, then goto this ... you must make your array bigger by one item, leaving the ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... in another thread about making bigger sprites and about generating graphics ... new SP1 functions to quickly print background tiles to the screen ... . It reads what tiles to print from an array of struct_sp1_tp ... function is used to 1- print the fan graphics and 2 ...mire mareproof? [url]http://pic15.picturetrail.com:80/VOL600/2588775/9185163/153133785.jpg[/url]
... $ 0 is the same as PRINT AT (CHR$ 22) 1,0 ... half of that line (ie PRINT CHR$ 6+CHR$ 6 would ... used the CHR$ 22 to print the filename in the middle ... it look like a special font ;)Spin GFX ripper helpwell, I?m not skilled in these things but IMHO I?m not stupid and can learn by trying or after my mistakes.. but this is something I?m not able to di…
... address of the font, as they'll use their own print routines.compilerI am currently developing a sudoku game for the old faithful speccy. My idea is to write the code in basic and then compile it to m/c because i suck …
... the program might
be bigger. But only might. Basic compilers ... speed to a Basic compiled PRINT (probably faster) but then PRINTing ... ) so they are slower and bigger
than they need to ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... ).[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]10 PRINT “Basic Rocks”[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]RUN[/FONT ... ]
[FONT ...Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... 23606,23607) sets the system font location. UDG (at 23675,23676 ... =adr-(sbyte*256)
40 PRINT "POKE 23675,";bbyte'"POKE 23676 ...Graphics in Basic??What is the fastest way to draw high rez graphics in Basic. Andrew.
... then alter the graphic and PRINT it again at another ... 23607,233
40 PRINT "Hi! I'm a demo ... data instead of the normal font.
The neat ... of normal Speccy font and your own custom font... or maybe ... you could redefine the font as a huge block ...Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... the 512x192 mode. You can PRINT AT with up to 64 ... fonts. I tried a 4x8 font once which comes out to ...
