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Is it just me...?Maybe I grew up paying too much attention to films like Tron, Max Headroom, Robocop etc. - always the companies in them were huge faceless corporatio…
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How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
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speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
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speccy soundI know this sounds a bit vauge but can anyone explain to me why the music on some 48K games was so amazing and so much better than the usual beeper s…
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Books on Programming (ZX Assembler )Before you ask I trawl eBay on a daily/hourly basis. Any books in VGC wanted on programming games for the ZX Spectrum 48K. No creased, defaced or mi…
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The Spectrum Book of Games by Mike James ... consisting of 21 games in Basic at ?5
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Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
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The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... read in some book about error trapping for BASIC. So, one ... programm that would capture any BASIC runtime error and display ... programm consisted of only one BASIC part, containing my ASM routine ... started it. After that the BASIC programm deleted itselt (NEW). ... -
writing gameswhats the best games writing software/package for the speccy?i heard white lightning is good but it seems very difficult to me,apart from that and hu…
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tzx gamesHow can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard driv…
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Yet Another Speccy Quiz (not too hard)OK! I thought I'd chance my arm at one of these things. I must say I've found the recent quizzes WAY too difficult, so I've pitched this one at simpl…
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crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
... majority of film, record and book reviewers use is a "bizzare ... other half was filled with basic programming techniques,
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did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
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2) ... numbers. 90 per cent BASIC. 10 per cent MC ... text adventure game written in BASIC. First attempt. Helped ... adventures for ur spectrum. good book!
4) ... an original Basic adventure listing in a book. 1 more ...did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... in a bucket written in Basic.
2) ... numbers. 90 per cent BASIC. 10 per cent MC ... text adventure game written in BASIC. First attempt. Helped ... an original Basic adventure listing in a book. 1 more ...
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Book listingsI used to spend hours typing in programs from books. I had a whole box of them books and typed in hundreds of programs. Some good, some bad and some …
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thanks ... learnt eneything I know about basic from those books, which addmitedly ...did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
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I've got a book ... on C, a book on Visual Basic and a book on ... m writing simple tutorials on Basic at the moment. I ... manual!)
But with Basic i'm :p with Assembler ...Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?
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Arda, cyborg is right. Basic is a linear system. So ... you're just writing a basic program to listen to music ... the top.
I recommend loading it on a 128k ... 48 mode, or goto 128 basic type USR 0 and then ...Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... ( if done manually ) loading the basic loader-> save to disk ... the correct start address etc. basic loader may have to be ... get by fine making a basic loader name "boot" and placing ... you could try, wouldn't recommend burning them unless someone orders ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
Can anyone here recommend a text+graphic creation ... first it loads a basic program where you determine how ... get a C: Nonsense in Basic error + line number but ... write my own in compiled Basic ( which i'd like ... good? What would you recommend, taking note about the ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... that good? What would you recommend, taking note about the music ... call external routines in either BASIC or machine code, however this ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
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I recommend that anyone who thinks that ... always enjoyed brown love. The BASIC stunk. And it's true ...Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
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I would heartily recommend Melbourne House's 'Spectrum Machine ... got my hands on that book I didn't sleep for ... yourself. Armed with a good book such as the above you ...Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…
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I have hundreds of BASIC books in my lounge.
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perhaps you ...Old Spectrum Books Im not sure of the name, but once upon a time you could by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you to create your own…
... by hard-back books containing basic programming language that allowed you ... !!! And i still need a book on Standard Fig Forth so ...which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…
... actullay see a resemblance to basic. it's not as ... , RET=Return ... etc etc. knowing basic helps cause you can kind ... example, your learning from a book, it has an example ... were to do this in basic it would be like ' ... it is high level like Basic, and has a bunch ...Unknown Games For ZX-Spectrum For Spectrum in period from 1980 to 1993 was made more 15000! games ...Where other 9000?(Don't check info) Also i find Names of very good games fo…
... with the listings in the book in case you didnt want ... others id come with a book of listings and a tape ... + graphics pack, PCW collections in book form + tape, which i have ... they made of pong in basic 15 years ago when they ...Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…
... Captain America ( the whole comic book thing ), Side Arms, and i ... and play games and learn basic and do stuff, and buy ...Sync-buzzer, interrupts and general confusionBeen wittering on about this in the Misc group, but thought it was best discussed here. Basically been trying to recreate the Sid-Sound effect from A…
... is the mode that Spectrum Basic normally operates in. The code ... can't find my data book at the moment. The actual ...Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... remember a book on writing adventure-games which had a BASIC type ...Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... /> Andrew: I well remember the book you are talking about "Haunted ... think I've got the book anymore, but it was a ... Usbourne. It contained a long BASIC program, with alternative lines for ...create z80I want to Create z80 code and run it on an emulator for the 48k spectrum. I want it soo easy to use its a dream. I dont like dos based stuff.. Can a…
... to get an idea of BASIC - whether they have an interest ... (in fact I intend to recommend BASin to a friend who ...
