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  • BBC Basic on the ZX Spectrum - possible?I have never used a Cambridge Z88 - but I understand it was Z80 based and had a functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the…

    ... functionally equivalent version of BBC BASIC ( I'm guessing minus the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Strongest aspect of Spectrum BASICWhat would you say is the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on other micros at the time. I think it might have been the Fun…

    ... the strongest aspect of Spectrum BASIC compared to other BASICs on ... any other aspects of spectrum BASIC that were better than other ... BASIC variants on home micros? Was ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... . It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games ... written in BASIC, back in the day?
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • BASIC Bug: DEF FN after REMHello all, Having mused the Spectrum ROM disassembly by Drs Logan ad O'Hara, I wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF FN when call…

    ... wondered about how good ZX BASIC was at locating the DEF ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz May 2022 BASIC
  • How to return to basic properly from ASMI am messing around with a fast stack copying routine. But I am getting "A: Invalid argument" error when I later return to basic. I know you h…

    ... when I later return to basic.

    I know you ... IY register before returning to basic but my code at the ... as IY when returning to basic. I think one of the ...
    Paradigm Shifter Paradigm Shifter July 2022 Development
  • Hardware Reference Manual for ZX SpectrumHi, I want to write games for ZX Spectrum in assembly language. I have lot of books in PDF format from SpectrumComputing. Still missing a book lik…

    ... define playfield, vertical and horizontal scroll support
    Window definition, setup ... .
    The second is Blitz Basic.
    Perhaps it will be ... possible to implement Blitz Basic for ZX Spectrum for Windows ...
    Tymo6666 Tymo6666 October 2022 Development
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... first. It's BASIC was fabulous (those wonderful SCROLL and GRAB/PUT ...
    hugh mann hugh mann November 2001 Games
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... and I made games in BASIC in speccy.. were so funny ... in time speccy asked you "scroll?".. I remember designing graphics in ... /> Also in Amiga with AMOS basic.. we I write games.. AMOS ...
    Javier Javier November 2001 Games
  • Best way to codeHi, I've been using Zeus Assembler to code MC programs so far. Nothing fancy just the odd scroll left or animation stuff. Wot I'd like to know is, …

    ... you can make the screen scroll where your program still runs ... /> A program is doing normal BASIC (or MC if started). It ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WANTED: tape replacement for +2?Any tape replacement possible for a +2? My +2 works wonderfully but the incorporated datacorder is simply worn out and won't load ANYTHING. Dirty sig…

    ... from 0 to 1 or reverse. This is exactly 0.70 ... .7 V.

    The BASIC program used above is relatively ... 254 is typed at a BASIC prompt, the speaker is called ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP November 2001 Sales
  • ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…

    ... one vertical motion because the reverse processes
    ; are ... general principal

    ; Scroll left

    ; much ... to see the difference
    scroll rl (hl) ; incredibly useful ... - we can 'scroll' memory directly
    dec hl ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Games
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    ... accompanying instructions in basic.

    To prevent 'scroll?' use POKE 23692 ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... some few very basic and uninteresting games, all in Basic.

    A car game with vertical scroll had to ... game

    A very basic AI game with my girlfriend ...
    FranciscoVasco FranciscoVasco December 2002 Games
  • Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…

    ... cursor
    - A message like 'scroll?'
    - A system report like ... '
    - An input command in basic
    - The use of PRINT ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan December 2002 Games
  • Horizontal scrollDoes anyone know how to do a 2 or 4 pixel left or right horizontal scroll of the spectrum screen. I can make a 1 one pixel scroll with: ... rl (hl…

    ... sugestion to do a left scroll, and it works.
    I ... because the bytes are in reverse order

    rl h ...
    rtunes rtunes March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... of those that are specialized basic or whatever with compiler arent ... more versatile.

    Laser Basic seems good but after what ... find it. HiSoft has a basic compiler but there was a ... when i make a screen scroll vertically and horizontally and get ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... spectrum basic, and this is not spectrum basic. spectrum basic appeals ... with it, like spectrum basic, but something new is ... a high level language, like Basic ( but like i said ... and i particularly dislike this reverse polish notation, but someone explained ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • 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?

    ... cant its a fucking smooth scroll.[/quote]

    woooooo! ... vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games ... again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask ... strengths is its weakness. Scroll, custom sprites etc. when ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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?

    ... keyboard attached.

    The Basic is non-existent, meaning it ... video game effects, like smooth scroll, to be possible. But because ... had a strong version of Basic. It was quirky. It featured ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... have a whole Basic routine, or an entire Basic program for that ... remember learning this but my basic has gotten very rusty over ... be better off compiling your basic program - but this has worked ... you want the screen to scroll upwards by Printing Graphics or ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • 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 ... to do this in basic it would be like ... is high level like Basic, and has a bunch ... pretty cool! easy to scroll background and have an independent ...
    Amigo Amigo August 2003 Games
  • Converting Final Fantasy 1 to the Speccy...Hi all! Although I've not been at Spectrum BASIC for a long, long time (and so have forgotten a lot as well as most of the important memory addresse…

    ... do such a thing in BASIC. It seems this job would ... than someone who only knows BASIC (seeing as you're planning ... on using BASIC on the PC as well ... lately...

    _________________
    scroll?

    [ This Message was ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi November 2003 Games
  • Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…

    ... command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variable ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers December 2003 Games
  • Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…

    ... command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variable ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2003 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... , the Spectrum versions do not scroll as smoothly as their C64 ... , Arjun wrote:
    2) Spectrum BASIC did help novices to migrate ...
    TMR TMR February 2004 Games
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... produced masterpieces that *appear* to scroll as smoothly as anything on ... . OK, so they don't scroll at 50 fps, but they ... Arjun rightfully says - the Spectrum BASIC [I]encourages[/I] people to ... by their dabblings with Sinclair BASIC all those years ago? :) (A ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Games
  • 1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)

    ... from the source code or reverse development. I asked some people ... the translation of DithvIDE to Basic, but it must be a ...
    LCD LCD April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)

    ... from the source code or reverse development. I asked some people ... the translation of DithvIDE to Basic, but it must be a ... around for some C to Basic converters for you a long ... know how to code ( either Basic, C, asm - and probably Spectra ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…

    ... It's from the book, "BASIC & FORTH in Parallel" ... some' knowledge of BASIC ) as it takes BASIC examples and shows ... do that goes beyond BASIC. I happen to like ... Getting a hang of the Reverse Polish Notation isn't so ... for Forth either. My Basic got better. I don ...
    Sadako Sadako May 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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