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Would anyone be interested in......Hi, I'm wondering if there would be much interest in an expansion card for the speccy that gives a VGA output with enhanced gfx & sound capabilities…
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Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
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Exilei\'m sure this has been brought up before but couldn't find a thread in 'New Game Ideas'. Why did the Spectrum never get a port of the BBC game Exile…
... two bitplanes, so it only used the total memory of 2 ... a load more memory for sprites and graphics, and it only ... on a 128K if you're trying to page the other ... spare uncontended bank, but you're then limited to a raster ... -
Abbaye des morts[url]http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] Looks like Spectrum, sounds like Spectrum, but it's not a Spectrum ('cause no colou…
... routine you're welcome to take the routine I used in Byte ... should cope with plenty of sprites. It's designed for pre ... -shifted 18x18 sprites, but shouldn't take too ... -
Abbaye des morts[url]http://www.locomalito.com/juegos_abbaye_des_morts.php[/url] Looks like Spectrum, sounds like Spectrum, but it's not a Spectrum ('cause no colou…
... to the screen. You're probably using up a ... reduces the amount of sprites you can use without ... recommended by Joffa and used by ACG. You really ... any flicker. For 20 sprites you'd probably need ... needs some modification for larger sprites. On the other hand, ... -
ZX-Paintbrush version 2.2 releasedDear readers, Today I released ZX-Paintbrush 2.2 with many new features. I hope you'll like it. Please refer to ZX-Paintbrush's section of my homepa…
... , Ctrl+Z is not yet used, and it's possible to ... grab, store, edit and export sprites of different sizes, but also ... the Timex mode. (If you're thinking of enhancing it, It ... overlay.[/QUOTE]
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Screen routinesHello. For my games I?m using the sprites routine method of a screen buffer and when I finish to print all the sprites I dump all the buffer in the …
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There you've used an extra row for drawing ... your new row, so they're all done by the time ... a frame to draw the sprites in. And if you sort ... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 6The purpose of this demo is somewhat different from previous ones. Instead of teaching a new technique, the main goal here is to demonstrate how much…
... excellent game engine could be used to create colourful ports of ... designed to have lots of sprites on the screen at once ... 's just one sprite, being re-purposed every few lines of ... -
Using RST 16 and udg flickerHi there! I'm using UDGs and RST 16 to make a simple canyon bomber game. I've got the game mechanics working ( finally ) but now I'd like to make …
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I have used a halt instruction before my ... quite a lot if you're deleting last (especially if you ... 're using CALL 949 which will ... , then you will have drawn sprites on the screen so no ... -
Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
If you're going to make a sort ... with creatures that we call sprites[/I]"
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Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
[QUOTE=ewgf;663853]If you're going to make a sort ... with creatures that we call sprites[/I]"
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Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
[QUOTE=ewgf;663853]If you're going to make a sort ... with creatures that we call sprites[/I]"
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Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
[QUOTE=ewgf;663853]If you're going to make a sort ... with creatures that we call sprites[/I]"
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Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
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It ... ...else' complicated branching things. They're each a simple list of ... points, maybe deduct 'coins' when used to get past a certain ... each object, or it may re-generate in his shop once used. -
Red DwarfA Red Dwarf video game - good or bad idea? (given its recent resurgence in popularity in the UK) My ideas: [b]Plots[/b] - An interquel which bridg…
... 're in the centre of a floor. Or just draw the sprites ... from before that can be used when you enter and leave ... -
My SpritesAs i have found a long lost art i used to love doing on the spectrum (making sprites) I decided today to start and all the metroid (NES version) in a…
... character squares around the main sprites to plot little details, which ... background objects cause then you're using a lot of space ... 've had some MC graphics used in demos but I didn ... -
My SpritesAs i have found a long lost art i used to love doing on the spectrum (making sprites) I decided today to start and all the metroid (NES version) in a…
If they're double-sized, the attributes make ... on the Magick[/I] used scaled-up sprites and was OK as ... . The problem with big sprites in an action game would ... use tables to expand the sprites, or just have them ... odd pixels to make the sprites better, but then in ... -
Assembler v Machine CodeHi. I've been looking at a lot of the code examples in the Development section and can see that Assembler is the way to go. However, I was wondering …
I used Zeus assembler back in the ... the machine and having to re-load everything made me very ... memory for storage of scenery, sprites and enemy paths, which I ... -
Games with reflections in (i.e. with working mirrors)On another forum, the question arose of why modern games mostly don't have reflective mirrors, when they have almost every other visual effect you co…
... rectangles and the one you're not it only drawn when ... ] does a mirror effect with sprites. As you walk along a ... properly; it's just a re-coloured version of your character ... car racing games just used small sprites wth limited scaling and movement ... -
Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…
... way the upper byte is used matters much. It depends on ... squeeze out 8 player controlled sprites at 50hz no bother, but ... +2). But I think you're right, any more than that ... -
C.G.D - Classic Game Designer[b]UPDATE: August 07, 2013 AN UPDATED VERSION OF CGD IS NOW AVAILABLE, DETAILS HERE: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=7155…
... sprites to disappear from the map depending on how they are used ... have anymore problems, or you're not sure about anything. Whatever ... -
The making of R-Type on the speccy book, free downloadBob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [u…
... people who know I used to program games I ... years earlier, because they're clearly clueless. Oh well ... =fog;722123]even with sprites than ring of aliens would ... limits of the hardware sprites, but how about using ... software sprites instead? ...I know ... -
Completely free games?Hi, I would like to know if there are any open source or completely free games for ZX Spectrum. Or at least some other free programs without any lin…
... credit someone every time I used this single instruction. That' ... rendering routine that I have used in [URL="http://www. ... call something Crimebusters when you're so blantantly doing something ... games. But I used the standard 'draw sprites using xor so you ... -
filled shape creating codeDevelopment is continuing well on a resurrected project of mine from about 20 years ago. Speed and size optimizations are going well along with displ…
Scaling sprites vertically is quick and easy ... first is to draw the sprites at different sizes by ... before the game starts, re-size the sprites you need in slow ... you need quite a few sprites all at once, I'd ... routine on the ST that used two interleaved versions of ... -
Double Dragon Remake: The Development ThreadOk guy's, so this is the new thread that will be focusing on Jim Bagley's development of the Double Dragon remake that was first proposed by myself a…
... whatsoever. They may have used real sprites to render the player, but ... 's the "alternative" version you're looking at. According to youtube ... -
How to make Zx Spectrum graphics and animation (videotutorials)Hi all! Im a experienced pixel artist since 25 years ago, i uploaded some tutorials that i hope you help to develope graphics for Zx Spectrum. Enjoy!…
... /> For general design concepts (tiles/sprites/screen layouts) or loading screens ... or ZXodus/Bi*Frost multicolour sprites and tiles, I know ... around that (even though we used OCP Art Studio on the ... br />
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Documentation for SP1 for Z88DK?(I was going to post in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11729"]the other thread[/URL], so if a mod thinks this should go…
... re interested you can have a look at the draw functions used ... by the sprites [URL="http://z88dk.cvs ... sprite's individual characters. Mask sprites are the most difficult, ... cvs stuff. I see you're running under linux so you ... -
Collision Detection in SP1Hi, Does anyone have a well-documented example of using collision detection in spritelib. I've search WoS and Z88DK forums but no joy. Something wi…
... type of function prototype is used all the time for library ... initially thought interrupts were being re-enabled with the wrong value ... were disabling interrupts and then re-enabling them later. Still no ... I commented out the delete sprites, still no good, so it ... -
What 80's games authors are here?I realise there may be some who are keeping a bit quiet about who they are, but I'm using my real name as my WoS name and I know there are some other…
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I assume you're programming in assembler then? Oddly ... just get 150,000 sprites flying around on the ... the thrill of getting my sprites working the hard way!< ... at the stuff you're doing and see if ... slow. I think I used Hisoft Devpac for my programming ... -
1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.
... classical piece or two, the sprites compete for the [I]Most ... , a game in which you're chased should be faster, just ... the right timing to be used, which seems impossibile to guess ... not very good when you're running away from some manic ...