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Random access, file sizes and more.A few days ago Aowen mentioned that random access to saved data is not a problem. Here are my thoughts, doubts and suggestions regarding this subject…
... new model will allow any number of devices to be connected ... the usual text formatting functions, random access file functions, etc and ... -
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…
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LD HL,05 ; Reset the random seed [b] -
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…
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ORG 32768
NUMSTARS EQU 100 ... /> LD HL,SEED ; Reset the random seed
LD (RAND16+1 ... -
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…
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ORG 32768
NUMSTARS EQU 100 ... /> LD HL,SEED ; Reset the random seed
LD (RAND16+1 ... -
What film should I watch first?Thanks to the Sky Movies package and an inordinate amount of time spent recording stuff at night over the past week, I now have the following movies …
perhaps a you should write a random film prog for the speccy, enter x number of films and it tells you what order to watch them. -
Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…
... you could survive the immense number of adverts. It could take ... lesson I learned to not repeat.)
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Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
... ,L ; Align to an even number of bytes, regardless
... to print information on total number of error passes
... RandomFill1
PUSH HL ; Get random values into DE whilst preserving ...
CreateHexDigit
;Convert number 0-15 in A
z88dk Help neededI'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification t…
... be compiled at 32768, which leaves you 40000 - 32768 = 7232 bytes for ... well -- you can count the number of sprites and sprite characters ...New game : 123 Mazeor NUMBER MAZE. I have decided to upload the game to WoS and later to the MiniGame Compo. This is the BRAND NEW puzzle I made up. Now available on …
... three changes?
1. Random mazes, instead of always the ... you complete the maze, the number of points left is your ...New game : 123 Mazeor NUMBER MAZE. I have decided to upload the game to WoS and later to the MiniGame Compo. This is the BRAND NEW puzzle I made up. Now available on …
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1. Random mazes, instead of always the ... set in 26 mazes. A random maze is possible, but
number of points left is your ... every level has a different number of steps to finish so ...New game : 123 Mazeor NUMBER MAZE. I have decided to upload the game to WoS and later to the MiniGame Compo. This is the BRAND NEW puzzle I made up. Now available on …
... set in 26 mazes. A random maze is possible, but
random (well, semi-random, according to intelligent algortiths ... every level has a different number of steps to finish so ...'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back, videos & photos'Ocean Re-united', Byte-Back Longton, Stoke On Trent, 7th March 2009 "One of the most famous software houses of the 80s and early 90s was Manchester…
... , I just picked a 900+ number at random - I figured that with ...Biggest single-load game?How many screens is the biggest single-load game? I'm not thinking of levels that randomly generate, but ones with difined screens. 16k, 48k and 128k…
... pseudo-random numbers to generate data in-between a smaller number of ... [/I] which managed a huge number of custom-designed 3-D ...Simple text compressionI just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it as recomendation but rather as info which can you save some time when you are solving …
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[word] Number of Nodes in Tree ([B ... node
[word] Number of String Messages in String ... /> ;
.org 32768
.MODULE MainApplication
; Load Number of nodes in Tree
Crashable Spectrum games?Following the discussion at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24821[/url] I was wondering what Spectrum games could be m…
... the cliff death loop through random screens until it crashed. Don ... how, found it impossible to repeat it. Only happened on the ...Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... br /> ld a, 4 ; stream number #4
add a, 3 ... offset data
; the total number of bytes occupied,
; held ... tweaks
nop
ENDM ; repeat 8 lines using the same ... screen address
ENDM ; repeat 24 rows
; ...Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
... and colour can be any number or a variable.
RANDOM COLOUR
50 NEXT Y ...RetroWorks presents: Gommy, medieval defenderHi all! Our webpage is finally open. We're a new programming group formed by a bunch of ex-CEZ GS people. To start nicely, we're presenting Gommy, …
... it in 48K mode at random event.[/QUOTE]
Don ... do not remember the level number) so it is impossible to ...Thieves School - New Game from World XXI Soft Inc.After aprox. 2 years of hard work, World XXI Soft Inc. announces the release of [B][I]Thieves School[/I][/B], a platformer multi-level for Spectrum 1…
... 60, plus an undefined number of levels in Random Rooms mode. The ...Web Hosting and Domain Name Registrationhi guys can anybody recommend a web hosting/domain name registration package/company? I've had a quick looking at what deals are out there but have…
... from word of mouth and repeat business.
I just ... '. I'm only interested in number 2 :)Thieves School - New Game from World XXI Soft Inc.After aprox. 2 years of hard work, World XXI Soft Inc. announces the release of [B][I]Thieves School[/I][/B], a platformer multi-level for Spectrum 1…
... 60, plus an undefined number of levels in Random Rooms mode. The ...MS Office 2007.Gaaahh. My employer is trying to force office 2007 onto my work PC. I dont't want it, I'm happy with office 2003. I have told them several times tha…
... Count??? - it's just a random collection of crap that nobody ... , I might suggest a large number of complaints about the Office ...Goldfinch - an open software stack for mass storageYep, another pet project of mine to compete with all the others I've started. But hey, if I didn't get distracted by things like this I'd just get di…
... new future of internet and random access storage.
The ... ","r");
/* Read block number 0 from it */
games you love, but you're crap at themGunfighter [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002177[/url] it's such a great game, loads of rooms, loads of characters to shoot,…
... more pupil than there is number of chairs...I figured out ... tales, seemed to happen at random in Skooldaze. Presumably the lack ...Due to rampant voting abuse for this gameI tried voting on La Abadia del Crimen for the first time in my life and got this message. The reason being its too high in the list of best games a…
... get Abadia to number 1, it was just random drive-by abuse ...Due to rampant voting abuse for this gameI tried voting on La Abadia del Crimen for the first time in my life and got this message. The reason being its too high in the list of best games a…
... get Abadia to number 1, it was just random drive-by abuse ... marks to get it to number 1 there'll be a ...Psycho ex's!Good grief chums I usually hate these threads about people's personal lives but I'm really shaken up. It's a bit of a read but I got to get it out of…
... be friends [from a blocked number which I only answered because ... you'd answer to my number" which is correct], to which ... correct" and then I'd repeat it in a similar conversation ...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 ... only on integers)
7) Repeat 3 to 6 for all ...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 ... only on integers)
7) Repeat 3 to 6 for all ...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 ... on integers) DONE
7) Repeat 3 to 6 for all ...
