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What would have been the hardest game to write?<div>I was recently think about Code Masters' Fruit Machine Simulator and what a piece of **** that would have been to code. I bet it brought in some…
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New game released: EXPLORER<div><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Courier New';">- EXPLORER -</span></div><div><span style="font-si…
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PREFACE*******In far 1981, EXPLORER was ... alternate vertical-scrolling version in a TV show, I ... Atari.So in 1989 I've written a Basic version ... of this game was written in Basic in far 1989, known as ... with Boriel's ZX Basic (www.zxbasic.net), ... -
New game: WordBlasterWords. Do you ever think that you have too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports, books, small print, documents? Wor…
... too many words to read in your life? Bills, contracts, reports ... to blast them to bits in order to feel free?
in BASIC!
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Oh MummyA game many CPC owners are familiar with as it came free with the £100 software pack withe CPC 464. A fun if limited little game. So when Amstrad …
... needed to bundle some games in with the +2 they had ... looks like it was coded in BASIC.
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SuperFo Harlequin crashes on EnterHello there, I currently have a SuperFo Harlequin at hand which suffers a crash/freeze each time I try to enter a line in basic. Doesn't matter if …
... try to enter a line in basic.
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+d hacker for the zx spectrumthis is 100% zx spectrum based - +d hacker for the zx spectrum it loads into the 8kb of ram that the disciple +D disk interfaces have rather like sof…
... loads into the 8kb of ram that the disciple +D disk ... show a disassembly of the ram or in the video you can ... -
Help! I'm learning Machine Code...Having decided to take the plunge and learn to machine code a while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended 'Mastering Machine Code…
... while ago, I have started in earnest using the much recommended ... manage a successful return to BASIC without crashing."
... of op-codes and hex in the appendices and manage to ... I enter this in (via some DATA statements in BASIC, starting at address ... -
Tasword file format - for transfer to/from PCHaving worked out that it's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from the memory card on a DivMMC Enjoy!, I'm keen to see what else can be done…
... 's dead simple to load in and read .TXT files from ... and save routines are all in BASIC and can be customised for ... does it store anything else in there that I'd need ... -
Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…
... time) and is mostly written in BASIC.
Perfect for ... the elements I found frustrating in the original (movement for ... :[/b]
Apologies in advance to any Norwegians but ... does the classic loading of BASIC as code from 16384 whilst ... -
Grey +2 SRAM module - any interest ?In the same vein as Zorn's RAM replacement modules, I designed a board that replaces a bank of 8x4164 RAM IC's as used in the Grey +2 with a modern S…
In the same vein as Zorn's RAM replacement modules, I designed a ... bank of 8x4164 RAM IC's as used in the Grey +2 ... dead C64 in the loft which had 4164 RAM chips in it :)
UDG generator doesn't work, why?Typing in the UDG generator from the manual I get integer out of range when I run it. I'm going nuts trying to figure out whats wrong. Can someone pl…
Typing in the UDG generator from the ... a UDG generator that runs in basic but no luck. The guilty ...Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
... offerings?
Only in my twenties did I find ... I'd further assume that in BASIC it could be controlled with ... br /> LET x=x+(IN 31=*value1*)-(IN 31=*value2*) where *value1 ... /> (Aside: does putting "timedata joystick" in quotes and getting one hit ...Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…
... a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC from the magazines on the ... spectrum back in the early 80's.
in the production of Android 2 ... , this somewhat defeats the point in creating anything.
#3 ..."ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…
... Starfire, the early, mostly BASIC-based release from Virgin ... made some routines work in BASIC that I could never ... br />
- Loaded in the ZX80 character set (which ... I've written it in +3 BASIC which goes mad ... character sets on the BASIC editor, I've had ...User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me ... one could easily integrate, say, in BASin.
Appreciate any ...Jump AlgorithmAfternoon all, trying my hand at a liitle basic coding ( it's a quiet work day :) ) and wondered if anyone has coded a platformer type jumping routin…
... my hand at a liitle basic coding ( it's a quiet ... a platformer type jumping routine in basic.
I came up ... just goes up and down in diagonals and frankly looks s ...Better "Hello World"are their any more visually impressive Hello world loops i can do in basic other than the print-goto one.
are their any more visually impressive Hello world loops i can do in basic other than the print-goto one.Minidisc and tap/tzx playerHi I have 2 questions: Is there a player for Windows that can play tap/tzx files (The old links for winamp are no good) I have tried to save to min…
... proper cable for the sound) in basic but when I try to ...Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…
... you're getting into coding in Basic, squared (graph) paper is ... - mainly thanks to quirks in Basic working out what the instructions ... and Sprites, klutzy chr graphics in particular, its faster and ... had got lost in space were actually hiding in plain sight ...Just watched Paul Jenkinsons's spectrum chanel and now want to write code againPlease assume for the purpose of this thread I know nothing... I want to look to write games on the spectrum but want to develop and test on my wi…
... to prototype my game is basic and then either rewrite as ... assembler or compile the basic. Is this approach ok and ... as I will be prototyping in basic, is there a better option ...Go to, gosub or something different?I'm going to write an arcade game in basic. May compile it. In both basic and compiled basic would a goto or gosub be faster? Also if I stored …
... game in basic. May compile it.
In both basic and compiled basic would ... the execution?
Thanks in advance.Control De Sprites - simple exampleHi, I have been looking for a routine to use Sprites in basic. I found Control Dr Sprites, which looks really powerful, but the instructions are in S…
... a routine to use Sprites in basic. I found Control Dr Sprites ... powerful, but the instructions are in Spanish, the example looks very ... />
I also tried mega basic, but could not figure out ...Spectrum LoadersI know YS did a few loaders in BASIC which I have tried on Spectaculator and fair play they do a good job, but are slow when adding your stuff into t…
... YS did a few loaders in BASIC which I have tried on ...Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …
... perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for ... />
3; Now you are in BASIC.
4; Redirect 2 ... />
and type these data in row (just 28 bytes):
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…
... key it should exit to BASIC but it just stays there ... assuming this should work because in BASIC if you do
10 ...Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…
... usually done with dirty rectangles in a buffer off screen, ... isn't much bigger in bytes than actually reading ... plus you can save in areas where masking isn't ... Duel on the MSX? Although in Basic and very slow, its ... same on Speccy, but in Z80, and obviously a ...How can I make a UDG rotate?I designed a set of UDG's that can be used for making shapes or letters. Trouble is that my circle - for example - consists of 4 pieces and it would…
... . This is to be done in Basic and ideally it would be ...Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…
... using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whether and ... to check whether something in front of my ball ... Here's my version of BASIC's ATTR function. What you ... to return from subroutines in assembly with a return ... than storing them somewhere in memory.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…
... easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right ... one - later I put in a CLS to get rid ... />
I tried putting in a PAUSE thinking that for ... . I triple checked everything in case I'd made a ... wouldnt work and the Sinclair Basic manual wasnt much help ...
