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The name of the gameHello, since this forum seems to be heaviliy used for identifying forgotten games, I'll give it a shot, too. I'm currently devoting part of my spare…
MazeBot: new BASIC game!Unlike Dash-it though, this is not a proper game. It's actually a you-draw-computer-solves maze program with a maze editor that allows you to save an…
Unlike Dash-it though, this is not a proper game. It's actually a you-draw-computer-solves maze program with a maze editor that allows you to save and load mazes to/from a tape. The computer uses a fairly simple algorithm to solve the maze, and while it ...Fun ParkFun Park is an excellent game, I recommend it to everyone. I think it has to be the best game since the end of the commercial Spectrum scene in the n…
... is an excellent game, I recommend it to everyone. I think ...WYE Compiler Infoi wonder that nobody knows about this masterpiece... for example games BLUE THUNDER or some of AUTOMATA games were compiled by this tool... it is lim…
... it offers good extensions for basic like sprites and attr manipulations ... ..
simple benchmark:
BASIC 90.8 sec
WYE ...VariablesVariable Help: Can BASIC discriminate between odd and even variables? If so, what simple syntax can express it?
Variable Help:
Can BASIC discriminate between odd and even variables? If so, what simple syntax can express it?Sinclair Fonthi,anyone got the Sinclair logo font? not the spectrum basic font, I've got that. Cheers
hi,anyone got the Sinclair logo font?
not the spectrum basic font, I've got that.
CheersBASIC OptimisationsOk, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff". A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to s…
Ok, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff".
A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to save space in large programs (and increase speed by a small amount).
So, to ...QuickBASICQuickBASIC Emulation: Is it possible to declare and pass global variables throughout a program along with confine a local variable to just a module-…
... module-level in an SE BASIC/BASin environment? Also, can a ... Quick library of SE BASIC/BASin procedures be made available ...Another game I need to find, can you help!Actually there are 2 games. The first one is one I used to play in WHSMITHS many years ago on the spectrums there. It is a basic game, I think it had…
... spectrums there. It is a basic game, I think it had ...An intriguing question...Well, intriguing for me anyway. As we all know, when calling a Machine Code function from BASIC, we use the USR (address) function. But for this to …
... a Machine Code function from BASIC, we use the USR (address ...Spectrum Emulator for Win XP to replace ZX32After years of non-updates, I've decided to finally replace ZX32 as my Speccy emulator of choice for a new one.. What can people recommend thats fre…
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What can people recommend thats freeware and works on ... .
What would you recommend?keyboard support on Spectaculator 6.XDear Johnathan, your emulator is fascinating, but, to be honest, a better keyboard support on non-english keyboards would be great. The major proble…
... result in different results. I recommend to read the keys in ...Spectrum 48k benchmark program/resultsIs there any program (basic or assembler) to test performance of a Spectrum 48k? Want to compare results in my FPGA Spectrum 48k with real hardware …
Is there any program (basic or assembler) to test performance of a Spectrum 48k?
Want to compare results in my FPGA Spectrum 48k with real hardware results...AdventuresCan anyone recommend adventure games for the Spectrum? I know I have played a few back in the days (Black Crystal and Greedy Gulch ring a bell), but…
Can anyone recommend adventure games for the Spectrum?
I know I have played a few back in the days (Black Crystal and Greedy Gulch ring a bell), but that's about all. Does anybody have any recommendations?TZX in ROM...Is it possible to modify BASIC ROM to load TZX images from external memories like Flash EPROM? [ This Message was edited by: klingler on 2004-07-0…
Is it possible to modify BASIC ROM to load TZX images from external memories like Flash EPROM?
[ This Message was edited by: klingler on 2004-07-08 15:19 ]Finishing my Ragnar game...Hi all, Way back then, in my youth, I worked on a game for the Speccy called "Ragnar", which was a 3d isometric style mcoded game written from scrat…
... assembler. What setup do you recommend for this? Is there a ...Spectrum digitizer wanted!Hiya everyone, I'm very keen to acquire a digitizer for the Spectrum 128k or +2. It needs to be able to digitize in colour...if anyone has one or can…
... anyone has one or can recommend one, it'd be much ...Porting game to SpectrumHello, I'm trying to port a few of my homemade adventure games on over to the ZX Spectrum (16 or 48K). My games are available below: [url="http://…
Inherited stuffI've recently inherited some Spectrum stuff (see list below), and I am now asking if anyone could estimate what it is worth and where I should sell i…
... manuals[/B]
ZX Spectrum, BASIC Programming
ZX Spectrum, Microdrive ...Decimals, bcd etc in z80...Working bloody full-time on my Ragnar Revival game right now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I go on coding the actual 3d engine (…
... right now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I ... the "Can you explain the basic arithmetic operations in BCD?"-section ...a new GREAT demo from HOOY-PROGRAM :-)Yes. At last. ;) The production is entitled: "NO, I DON'T NEED YOUR KIDNEY, MR SAUSAGE". :) There are 2 versions in the ZIP file - TAP and SCL. Where…
... WELL-KNOWN IDIOTIC EFFECTS IN BASIC ;)
........as usual ;)
SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... will be, one day) a BASIC cross-development system for the ... Spectrum. A bit like Visual Basic, but instead of producing Windows ... being that anyone who knows BASIC (I have based the language ... a very buggy, very basic, rudimentary BASIC compiler that doesn't work ...WoS found my game!!!I don't believe it... A long time ago, in a Galaxy far far away, I wrote an adventure game called "Valley of the Kings". My friend Paul and I immedia…
... crap. It was written in BASIC, and playing it now it ...IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... 56 ;for smooth return to Basic
;prepares interrupt ...InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
... 1 (as used by Spectrum BASIC), the processor simply executes an ...TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... a simple utility for basic graphics purposes to a ... TG will not contain a basic interpreter/compiler or anything like ... to code or only know Basic?
A) ... to code even in Basic it is possible that ... used without Forth, but in Basic, by the way ) and ...Commitment to none "Spectrum" computers------------------------------------------ Im sorry that I`ve been unable to browse and search past topics regarding this, but I get logged off a 8 a…
... chance, and has an amazing basic programming language...
Be ...XK SystemIn Your Spectrum issue 8 it mentions a hardware paging system called the XK system, this paged the top 32KB of memory. It allowed 4MB to be used and…
... 24 Andrew Pennell wrote a BASIC extension that sat in the ... 16KB of RAM. This let BASIC programs in different memory pages ...found old magazineHello fellow Spectrum worshipers :) As I was not sure where to post this, so I posted it here. I guess anything can be posted under miscellaneous. …
... lines of machine code or basic that one had to type ...New MapsDragonia (very nice graphics adventure, I recommend it :)) [url="http://zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=Dragonia"]http://zx-maps.wz.cz/map.php?id=Dragonia[/…
... (very nice graphics adventure, I recommend it :))
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