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What was this gameWassat game I am trying to remember the name of. I can only be vague with the details. It was multi-loading and came in about 5 or 6 or even more se…
... or each character class. Side scrolling (I think) and about spells ... -
Push/Pop methodMachine code question: Could somebody explain, how do we use the stack in assembler to copy data from one place of memory to another? I've heard it i…
Machine code question:
Could somebody explain, how do we use the stack in assembler to copy data from one place of memory to another?
I've heard it is one of quickest methods, faster then e.g using ldir or writing a loop.
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ArmalyteI am sure a lot of folks here remember Armalyte, the fabulous C64 shoot-em-up that almost came out on the speccy. I think there was a demo on some of…
... to see yet, just some scrolling. But I reckon a respectable ... -
New horizontal scrolling gameI have just been working on this for the last months. Heres a snapshot, let me know what you think. [url="http://www.geocities.com/ruijtunest/rtun…
I have just been working on this for the last months.
Heres a snapshot, let me know what you think.
[url="http://www.geocities.com/ruijtunest/rtunes.zip"]www.geocities.com/ruijtunest/rtunes.zip[/url]
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Is Zynaps the best side scrolling SEU ever released for the Spectrum?In my opinion it is. What do others think? Was there anything that was better? Derek
In my opinion it is. What do others think? Was there anything that was better?
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New side scrolling shoot-em-up updateHi, I guess I'll need to come up with a name for this game fairly soon! But in the meantime heres another Demo to let you see how its progressing. …
Hi,
I guess I'll need to come up with a name for this game fairly soon!
But in the meantime heres another Demo to let you see how its progressing.
[url="http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/DEMO3.SNA"]http:// ... -
Name the GameI bought this game on holiday in cornwall back in the early eighties. It was a vertical scrolling shooter, but each level was a slightly different ga…
... eighties. It was a vertical scrolling shooter, but each level was ... -
Programming MC : first stepsIsn't nice to collect all kinds of short routines to help making the first steps into MC for everyone who never touched MC? What I mean is mostly th…
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random push hl ; save registers
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Help finding a game(a good game)I can't describe this one too well but here goes: An above view 8 way scrolling spaceship game where you could pick from several weapons/tools to dis…
... /> An above view 8 way scrolling spaceship game where you could ... -
Help req: Do I need a new (better) soldering iron?Hi chaps (and ladies), Asking this here coz I know there are a few solder fanatics about. My soldering iron seems to be a bit crap for the followin…
... luck melting it if I push the iron into it really ... -
Spin & .pok filesAs the title suggests, will a future version of Spin be compatible with .pok files? I currently use Spectaculator & Spin and am creating .pok files a…
... on and off at a push of a button (or two ... -
Rome on BBC2Did anybody watch Rome on BBC2 on Wednesday? There seemed to be a hell of a lot of shagging on it - something like five separate sex scenes in an hou…
Did anybody watch Rome on BBC2 on Wednesday?
There seemed to be a hell of a lot of shagging on it - something like five separate sex scenes in an hour. I guess the producers are really trying to push the sex side of it to get people interested in it. -
Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... /> setup:
di
push iy
; Draw a ... ixh,32
lp1:
push hl
ld a ... -
can`t remember the name of a game can u ?All i can remember of this game was that it was a beat`em`up and there was these punks with mohawks I thought it was renegade, target Renegade and …
... anyone think of anyother side scrolling fighting games for the speccy -
Isometric puzzle game, can`t remember.I remember playing an isometric puzzle game that had a character that jumped on squares, it had 128k sound. Sort of the look of Head Over Heals but …
Machine Code: quicksort optimisationI came across this z80 quicksort implementation when going through the wikipedia article on the same. It's 44 bytes long. I was wondering if any of …
... /> qsort ld hl,0
push hl
qsloop ld h ... /> pop hl ;pop lo
push bc ;stack=left-hi
Raf Cecco - misguided genius?Probably one of the greatest Speccy programmers, but were his games any good? From my experience: Exolon - Great game, well designed, good controls,…
... Robinson's Zynaps smooth colour scrolling. Nice job on that, but ...Anyone know the name of this music demo?Back in the day I remember playing through the various games and programs on a magazine covertape and being amazed at a music demo. It began with …
... a monotonous and very long scrolling message, but then suddenly it ...Name the game...?Can anyone help me? It's a strategy game which involved moving tanks and infantry units about on a contour map. There was a status box in the bottom…
Shoot-em-up Development UpdateHi Folks, I am still working away at my horizontal scroller. Here is a link to let you see progress. I have re-written the scrolling routine to make…
... . I have re-written the scrolling routine to make it faster ...Lemmings on speccy 128k!Just got this game, it's absolutely amazing how they managed to cram all the levels onto a ZX Spectrum! Poor old 128k does chug a bit though trying …
... , all the sprites and the scrolling screen at once, DMA Design ...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…
... , simulations, board games, and non-scrolling arcade games. SP1 *cannot* do ... scrolling well at all. AT ALL. ... may add some character-level scrolling at some point to accommodate ...my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
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anyway, at a push i would consider taking parts ...Spin save dissembly problemHey Dunny and others Spin dudes! There seems to be a small problem with the save dissembly function from the dissembler in Spin. This is the exact o…
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l_67c2: push bc ; 26562 11ts
push de ; 26563 11ts ...Help me remember the name of this game.I'm trying to remember the name of old side scrolling platformer I played on zx80 Spectrum computer. I remember it had an item you could pick up that…
... the name of old side scrolling platformer I played on zx80 ...How to create pretty screenshot maps[size=+1][b]A. What will I need?[/b][/size] 01. Your favorite [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html]Speccy emulator[/url]. 02. An util…
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04. Scrolling game (scrolling in all directions), 2D ([url ... />
06. Parallax scrolling game (vertical or horizontal scrolling only), 2D or ...
07. Parallax scrolling game (scrolling in all directions), 2D or ...I played DSpec on my DSlite!That's right, TheHiVE sent out a few copys of a pre-release version of DSpec and I was one of the luckiest fellers in the world to get one ! I't ver…
... an XP style with a scrolling bar.
You just have ...England 1-0 yawn!Hmmm, I wonder when England is going to join in the world cup? As for Rooney, well, maybe he's better off playing American football with his style o…
... football with his style of push 'n shove? Extremely irritating with ...
