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  • Running out of fingers in AssemblyDear all, Still trying to learn Assembly and have put a few routines together. However, as my routines become a little more involved I find myself…

    ... feel when you change a routine and save 9 bytes.. ;)
    key routine I [s]stole[/s] borrowed ... states or use an interrupt routine
    - All sound effects and ... CALLS to the ROM beeper routine, I didn't use OUT ...
    Morkin Morkin September 2016 Development
  • Startup colours of the Spectrum ROMHi Folks, Thought I would have a go at changing the startup colours of the Spectrum ROMs used within BasinC which ships with 48.rom (16384 bytes) …

    ...
    // Trap the KEY-LINE routine

    PutWord(@ ... // Patch the ROM Reset Routine - it moves at normal speccy ... the program stop (Error) routine.
    PutWord(@Memory[$12E9 ... for a key" routine -
    // The one routine called every ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2016 Development
  • CAPS-SHIFT KeyCodeIs there a standard Keycode for CAPS-SHIFT Key ? Looking at the ROM documentation in the Main key table KEYTABLE_A, there is no Entry for CAPS_SHI…

    ... 39 (decimal) in my redefine key routine and it works fine.
    key for RIGHT
    en_l cp ... ;move on to scan the key for RIGHT
    ss_l cp ... ;move on to scan the key for RIGHT
    cs_l ... ;move on to scan the key for RIGHT
    pr_l rst ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore October 2016 Development
  • CAPS-SHIFT KeyCodeIs there a standard Keycode for CAPS-SHIFT Key ? Looking at the ROM documentation in the Main key table KEYTABLE_A, there is no Entry for CAPS_SHI…

    ... 39 (decimal) in my redefine key routine and it works fine.[/quote ... you keyCode 39, for internal key scan control , if using your ...
    RMartins RMartins October 2016 Development
  • Requesting permissions from authors!!![url="http://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/"]Spectrum Computing[/url] is currently hosting ZXDB, however it has chosen to only distribute files after obtai…

    ... start the game will have key 5 to drop bomb. I ... ]

    Thanks Mat, seems key routines don't like me ... vs mode menu
    ; redefine key routine now stops you using the ... same key for two things
    ; better ...
    TomD TomD April 2017 Announcements
  • Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly​ I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…

    ... a LOT faster. Put your key routine branches at the start of ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2017 BASIC
  • hacking controls for atic atac?I was wondering if there is any way to hack in game controls? In particular for Atic Atac. I prefer to use keyboard controls for most games, but the …

    In an early issue of Crash there is a hack routine in the letters page for altering the keys on Sabre Wulf. Maybe this routine could be looked at and converted for Atic Atac - providing Ultimate used the same style of key routine for both games.
    MatGubbins MatGubbins September 2017 Games
  • hacking controls for atic atac?I was wondering if there is any way to hack in game controls? In particular for Atic Atac. I prefer to use keyboard controls for most games, but the …

    ... ignore (and call) a new routine somewhere else to read whatever ... can simply stick a new key routine into upper memory anywhere I ...
    spider spider September 2017 Games
  • hacking controls for atic atac?I was wondering if there is any way to hack in game controls? In particular for Atic Atac. I prefer to use keyboard controls for most games, but the …

    ... Crash there is a hack routine in the letters page for ... on Sabre Wulf. Maybe this routine could be looked at and ... used the same style of key routine for both games.[/quote]
    Legend Legend September 2017 Games
  • hacking controls for atic atac?I was wondering if there is any way to hack in game controls? In particular for Atic Atac. I prefer to use keyboard controls for most games, but the …

    ... which parts are designating the key presses. I'mn using ... there is a hack routine in the letters page ... Sabre Wulf. Maybe this routine could be looked at and ... the same style of key routine for both games.[/quote]< ... it is (the above routine) as assembly if its ...
    Legend Legend September 2017 Games
  • I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…

    ... you press any key, so adding PAUSE in your key routine will never ...
    Timmy Timmy December 2017 BASIC
  • Breaking the Ice (another 1 line BASIC game)@Patters pushed me to do it... This is another 1-line BASIC game, with the same restrictions discussed. The mission: to save 10 penguins that a…

    ... data...
    i changed the key routine to
    let k= CODE ... the character is "magenta" the key is not detected). I mean ... I am somehow obsessive with key detection in BASIC games (for ...
    IvanBasic IvanBasic August 2019 Brand new software
  • Save 48k SNA from 128k Z80 snapshot?I have been doing RZX recordings of text-based adventure games. In the case of games made with GAC (Graphic Adventure Creator), where a map and solut…

    ... call to the "press any key" routine, which has the same effect ... as pressing a key.

    This one should ...
    colonel32 colonel32 June 2020 Emulators
  • Tetris Championship Edition - excellent mod of Tetris 2[img]https://idpixel.ru/news/2241/main_2x.png[/img] Russian developer TheShich just released beta version of [b]Tetris Championship Edition[/b] - gr…

    ... drive is attached the redefine key routine crashed . i tried it with ...
    TheShich TheShich December 2020 Brand new software
  • Keys redefine routine and key check.I have written some asm code which allows me to redefine keys (for a game etc.), and also allows me to be able to check any keypresses for the redefi…

    ... ret

    ; ----------------------------------------------
    ; ROUTINE: print_message
    ;
    ; prints a ... br /> ; ----------------------------------------------
    ; ROUTINE: get_defined_key
    ;
    ; check for key being pressed
    polomint polomint September 2011 Development
  • Key Redefine RoutineAnyone written a nice key redefine code snippet?

    Anyone written a nice key redefine code snippet?
    robpearmain robpearmain November 2004 Development
  • Help! BREAK KEY disable?Someone has asked me... Is there a poke or routine to disable the Break key in 128K BASIC?

    Someone has asked me... Is there a poke or routine to disable the Break key in 128K BASIC?
    chaosmongers chaosmongers July 2005 Development
  • Start Tape, Press any key...Hi, I'd like be able to save (program or data or code) using the save "whatever" command, but I want it to start recording immediately, rather than …

    ... , rather than waiting for the key press. Anyone know if that ... use a separate m/c routine or something?

    (This ...
    gcallard gcallard May 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Worst default key configurations in a gameSomething I used to hate in a lot of early Spectrum games was the bizarre key configuration that was set for some games. What made matters worse is t…

    ... Spectrum games was the bizarre key configuration that was set for ... that they were usually not redefinable, or joystick compatible. Some of ...
    SteveB SteveB June 2010 Games
  • Looking for cursor routineIt's been a long time since I programmed a little bit in Basic, so I decided to create a simple cursor routine: [url]http://db.tt/SPnSdpx[/url] I k…

    ... : But considering the above routine, can someone please help ... pressed and store the key code somewhere so Basic ... m assuming the exit key could also be read ... via POKE before launching the routine.
    -The addresses ... code for the exit key would be stored, for ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • General purpose full screen input routineHi Folks, One of the things that annoyed me back in the 1980s with most BASICs was the lack of a full screen "formatted" input function. You could …

    ... ) I have written an XINPUT routine for the Spectrum (in BASIC ... the program is the XINPUT routine plus a test harness that ... *---------------------*
    9010 REM PSS-XINPUT Routine
    9020 REM Parameters:
    9110 REM i(6)=Key
    9120 REM i(7 ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman October 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Key redefinition addresses for games made with AGDI am attempting to implement a system to make keys redefinable on the AGD-authored game I am working on. I tried to use [URL="http://www.worldofspect…

    ... a system to make keys redefinable on the AGD-authored game ... .cgi?id=0025040"]Mulder's key locator tool[/URL], but to ... to POKE with the new key values in order to change ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu December 2012 Development
  • Redefine keys routineHow would I go about making a memory efficient redefine keys routine? I only want to define up, down, left and right and reserve key 'H' for pause.…

    ... a memory efficient redefine keys routine?

    I only want ... pause.

    The key scan routine in the game goes something ...
    daveysludge daveysludge August 2013 Development
  • Adding a pause key to ArkanoidHaving rediscovered the simple pleasure of playing 1980s games on genuine 1980s hardware, I've also remembered that emulation can provide a feature m…

    ... to a routine implementing the pause key; the routine can finish ... suitable routine for detecting a press/release of the P key, ...
    So, we have a routine implementing the pause function; where ... breakpoint, assemble the keyboard routine and load it into ...
    stephenw32768 stephenw32768 August 2013 Games
  • Key repeat weirdness with EI & IYI finally (after 35 years!) decided to write something a) for 48k speccy b) in z80 assembler. It's been over 20 years since I've written anything in …

    ... I created was a routine that draws 16x16 sprites ... be the slowest sprite routine ever but it works.< ... have now is a routine that when called populates ... user by using the key/joy routine and this is where ... again until I depress the key. So my totally uneducated ...
    arttu arttu July 2017 Development
  • High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …

    ... purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 ... ASCII code of the last key pressed
    FLAG2 EQU ... LASTK) ; fetch last pressed key's ASCII value
    ... RET ; exits the routine

    PRINTNUM: ; routine by J. Cauldwell ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2017 Assembler
  • A Neat Redefine Keys RoutinePreviously, I’ve only shared this routine with a couple of people via PM, but I’ve now decided to make it public. I optimized it for size, so it uses…

    ... />
    ;A crude debounce routine to prevent
    ;registering keys ... the code of the first key (dummy_key)
    control_count ... to (dummy_key+BC), so store key code there

    ... call $31e ;now decode key code for printing
    ex ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore October 2017 Development
  • New version: LOST IN MY SPECTRUM v2.0Hi everybody! Here is my New Year's gift to you: the new version of my first Spectrum game ever, [b]Lost In My Spectrum[/b]. The objective is simp…

    ... soon as possible :-) Controls: Keyboard (redefinable), Kempston, Sinclair. Default keys are ... scores table.
    - New key redefinition routine, which allows all keys to ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu December 2017 Brand new software
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