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  • this code wont give me a random starfieldim using a peice of code that ive copied from a book, ignore most of it as it is redundant. for some reason i get a strange random starfield instead …

    ... are interested in-----------
    call random ;v v
    and ... br /> rra ; outermost bit = key 1.
    push af ; remember ... next bit along (value 2) = key 2.
    push af ; ... rra ; next bit (value 4) = key 3.
    push af ; remember ...
    digital digital July 2020 Assembler
  • random numbersCan you write a piece of code that gets you a truly random number from the Spectrum, or is it only capable of generating a pseudo-random number (ie. …

    ... one possible source of truly random numbers would be the measurement ... known by current physics) completely random.

    Of course, ... /> print "Wait 5 seconds, then press a key"
    pause 250
    random number; this should be ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bootable emulator?Just had a look at the page of the 'bootable emulator' by Emanuele. Sadly, the translation from Italian to English by Babel Fish leaves much to be de…

    ... appear, press and keep pressed the Shift (or Maiusc) key on reboot ... load programs?
    Press some keys at random, won't you?
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu December 2003 Emulators
  • Chuckie Egg 2 helpCan anyone help me with Chuckie Egg 2? I've filled up the Milk, Cocoa, & Sugar vats, and have make the motorbike toy and picked it up. But what do …

    ... the pipes is to press the 'Up' key at the same time ... the game, similar to the random fall-through platforms that occur ...
    Daren Daren March 2005 Games
  • 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…

    ... will thell you if each key is pressed (0) or ... the click emanated when a key is pressed in command ... Bit 5: Any newly pressed key is indicated by its code ... to indicate that a new key has been pressed.
    ... you get into difficulties, press both Shift keys for E ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • GP2X or DS: which is best for the speccyHi - just joined but have been reading posts for years and I know ye are as passionate about the Speccy as I am! :-) I've waited so long to buy eit…

    ... the MAME menu can cause random lockups.

    Is the ... a distinct menu with each key assign editable would be nice ... hesitate to ask you to press keys, whereas console/handheld-based ...
    Laser Laser August 2007 Emulators
  • most graphically impressive....?...probably a re-post of some sort but I been here a year and not seen this thread, so... *not talking about gameplay...only graphics... I reckon t…

    ... problems I could just try random commands. Seems a bit like ... model.
    After loading screen press Enter several times to speed ... see screen where joystick mentioned, press "N" and then redefine keys ... on option Hrat, press Enter and any key to start the game ...
    Pegaz Pegaz April 2008 Games
  • Bad Kempston Joystick ControlI test game OPERATION WOLF with kempston joystick controll but is impossible use bombs ? What is wrong ? If I use keyboard controll then press SPACE …

    ... FIRE button is FIRE + BOMB(random). Keyboard control is OK, but ... before start game is impossible press "3" to set KEMPSTON control ... . (or if JOY is connect, press FIRE + key "3")

    VELESOFT
    velesoft velesoft August 2008 Games
  • A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…

    ... direction of starfield.

    Press X to exit back to ... the opposite way to the key you press. This is intentional (Imagine ... /> LD HL,SEED ; Reset the random seed
    LD (RAND16+1 ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn December 2008 Development
  • speccy games at your school?this will probably only apply to those of us who were at school from say 82 to 92ish (guessing thats the majority of people here?). anyway did your…

    ... COPY key.

    The quickest hack ever though was to press ... , then start to throw out random errors. Like you'd type ...
    joefish joefish May 2009 Games
  • Ace Archive is 4 years old today!Yep! We have hit 4 years old today, to mark this the team have released [url=http://www.jupiter-ace.co.uk/sw_tetris_rf.html]Jupiter Ace Tetris[/url].…

    ... . Some absolute gems in the press cuttings there. In one the ... by the use of vertical key movements.
    At the same ... game in which seeding the random function produces a vacillating but ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack June 2009 Announcements
  • KenKen puzzlesZnorxman pointed me to this kind of puzzles. I am now working on a version in Visual Basic in EXCEL which will be ported to the ZX Spectrum.

    ... DONE
    2) Select a random sized and shaped block to ... it is right now.
    Press any key for next puzzle.
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2009 New game ideas
  • RZX questions...Got a quick couple of questions for y'all. I'm trying to record the ending of [I]Rockstar Ate My Hamster[/I], but my cam grabbing software seems to c…

    ... your game. Every key you press from now will be ... save point" every time you press INSERT.
    after pressing ... there is a undesired random event), you don't ... record it.
    So press DELETE and you will ... the last rollback point. Press DELETE twice and be ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy repairs?I've finally got round to testing all the various Spectrums that I seem to have accumulated over the years and discovered that "my" two machines (i.e…

    ... comes up but when you press a key that works (most don ... bad. Sometimes it produces some random(?) save data, sometimes the screen ...
    Winston Winston August 2010 Hardware
  • I Need 20KGJust got up to find my youngest son has been playing with my postage scales, and has decalibrated them. A single cassette now weighs over 200g. So u…

    ... must be powered OFF. Press and hold [ZERO] first ... /D value (a series of random numbers).

    ... display will return to the random A/D value.
    ... value to display, then press [UNIT], the display will ... the scale OFF (Press the ON/OFF key) , then turn ...
    Hairy Hairy September 2010 Chit chat
  • Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …

    ... even if you insist I press a frustratingly stupid sequence of ... Shenmue, infact they were key to some of the fights ... to make the button pairs random? The krauser knife fight should ... been key specific instead of random, maybe with the allowance of random buttons ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek October 2010 Chit chat
  • Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]

    ... had to press two keys at once (CAPS + a certain key, or ... bothered to remember the many key combinations. Difficult, when you were ... it's moves purely at random. Just shows that even in ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Chit chat
  • Compiling Basic to MCHello, I have a lot of long Basic programs. These are mostly strategy programs, good but slow. I was thinking about how to speed them up without com…

    ... /> [code]
    5 PRINT "PRESS A KEY": PAUSE 0
    10 LET ... content of a$ varies at random, and it's evaluated ON ... /> [code]
    10 PRINT "PRESS A KEY": PAUSE 0
    20 LET ...
    boriel boriel February 2011 Development
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... . If you want a truly random sequence you need to set ... something properly random, like the time taken between two key-presses. This ... if you want a real random element. Eg. Pause game for ... while and ask user to press a key, then randomize.
    Arda Arda May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... if you want a real random element. Eg. Pause game for ... while and ask user to press a key, then randomize.[/QUOTE]

    then I get a random value between 1 and 100 ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... if you want a real random element. Eg. Pause game for ... while and ask user to press a key, then randomize.[/QUOTE]
    key-presses and extrapolating a number ...
    chev chev May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Random numbers...Hi Folks, I am not an expert when it comes to random numbers. If I have the RANDOMIZE statement the beginning of a program and then proceed to gene…

    ... />
    [CODE]10 PRINT "Press any key to start"
    20 IF ... RNDs helps choosing the "pseudo" random sequence randomly.
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas May 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Fuse: what do you want to see?An open brainstorm. If you had a team of programmers working on [url=http://fuse-emulator.sf.net/]Fuse[/url], what would you tell them to work on? …

    ... any games are using a random number seed I imagine they ... it might as well be random anyway. Do you have any ... be patched to use a random seed value in the ... until you've pressed a key to start the game, ... game time) that you press the start key varies due to human ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2011 Emulators
  • Paging memoryI've been thinking about a possibility of paging blocks of memory to and from disk. Imagine dividing usable 32KB of Speccys RAM (why do they call it …

    ... , it is 16384 bytes of random accessible, readable & writable memory ... to insert copy tape & press a key, save tape file. Yes ...
    RetroTechie RetroTechie October 2011 Development
  • New Game: 4k Tap-N-JoinJust finished my fourth and final entry into this years mini game competition. This one is in the 4k category and is called 4k Tap-N-Join. The game …

    ... pause button... if you now press 't' the game pauses (for ... )... I didn't remove the random block or add a level ... block, it creates a totally random block and places that. I ... the logic also, my new key configuration is now QAOPT rather ...
    R-Tape R-Tape November 2011 Brand new software
  • WANTED: Britain Invaded! instructions[deleted]

    ... start.

    Press 'C' to start the first ... unit is flashing, the following key commands are available:-
    ... />
    the "9" key aborts the move of a ... to have a pseudo-random element. As can be ... is rolled. Although the random seed is apparently set to ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn February 2012 Wanted
  • Faulty 48K Issue 3 motherboardHi I have a faulty Issue 3 motherboard and would appreciate it if somebody can steer me in the right direction of where to begin with the fault find…

    ... CPU is present you see random content of the DRAM.
    press any key?


    Greets ...
    ingo ingo April 2013 Hardware
  • "Chronos": how fast should it really be?I was reading [URL="http://timfollin.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Archive.htm"]Tim Follin's webpage[/URL] the other day and came across a curious remark abou…

    ... the pic of Chronos, press fire and turn the joystick ... Now read the score table' (press 6). It says:

    key, this wait is interrupted ... the user does not press a key. It is weird that ... ends up with a fairly random number between 0 and ...
    introspec introspec May 2013 Development
  • New game: MORPH!Hi there, WOS people! I am a new member here. Quite recently I bought myself a 48K Speccy from a mate of mine. It is my very first Speccy as I never …

    ... message disappears without any key or fire press, then it could indicate ... Kempston port will result in random values.
    [QUOTE=TMS86;710149 ... port at least The Cursed Key and Shiver Me Timbers. And ...
    Gott Gott July 2013 Brand new software
  • Bug in Super Wonder Boy in Monsterland?Hello!:smile: This game seems to have a bug that prevents finalize. The dragon that is in the last level, it is impossible to kill.Remains static.No…

    ... />
    Currently fireballs seem completely random to us. Soemetimes (rarely) they ... effect when game paused (press "P" key and i game menu). They ...
    Ralf Ralf August 2013 Games
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