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  • Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…

    ... few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the ... sure if its written in BASIC) on the Apple II, and ... this could be done in BASIC on the Spectrum using Arrays ...
    dmsmith dmsmith March 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Zynaps scrolling - anyone ever reverse enginnered this?Zynaps has IMO some impressive scrolling - it utilises 18 character rows of the display file, so quite a large active play area, and scrolls 2 pixels…

    Zynaps has IMO some impressive scrolling - it utilises 18 character rows ... if someone was able to reverse enginneer how the display is ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2020 Games
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    ... to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b]
    ... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.

    scrolling part isn't in basic, because that part ... br /> [b]A) Drawing a scrolling screen[/b]

    ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • 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…

    ... for synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using HALT, and one ... 56 ;for smooth return to Basic


    ;prepares interrupt ...
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Development
  • Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…

    ... typed in various bits of BASIC, know your way round the ... you through the subset of BASIC you need to make arcade ... it after you venture beyond BASIC. There's also a couple ... standalone machine code routines for scrolling and sound effects.

    Danforth Danforth February 2009 Sinclair Basic
  • checking bits in BASICThe question of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this [thread=35728]Keys redefine routine and key check[/thread] thread. I s…

    ... of manipulating bit patterns in BASIC was raised recently in this ... for ease of handling from BASIC, with a little loop ... br /> [/code]
    and the reverse:
    [code]
    PRINT FN ... binary digit character strings in BASIC for bit manipulation, but the ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…

    ... to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical cursor motion code ... the join and leave the scrolling function enabled.

    I ... include a "dividing lines of BASIC" option as well - edit a ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny February 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • OpenSE BASIC 3.1.1The eagle-eyed will have noticed that [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]SE BASIC[/url] got an update last week. As a te…

    ... with routines borrowed from SAM BASIC (thanks to Andrew Wright) ... the solution was to machine reverse engineer it resulting in ... (this requires replacing the BASIC ROM and patching the editor ... set the permanent attribute), MOVE (BASIC wrapper for the LDIR block ...
    chev chev May 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • OpenSE BASIC disassembly?The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027510"]OpenSE BASIC[/URL] page provides a source code listing, however it doesn't really…

    ... .cgi?id=0027510"]OpenSE BASIC[/URL] page provides a ... support the contention that OpenSE BASIC is a derivative work [...] ... the UK Copyright allows reverse engineering just to allow ... a commented disassembly for OpenSE BASIC, putting together the references ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas September 2012 Development
  • multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…

    Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width is
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny October 2012 Sinclair Basic
  • Scrolling TextI've being trying to find a simple basic way of scrolling some text on a single line, My method is ridiculous, I've been using the print statement fo…

    ... to find a simple basic way of scrolling some text on a ... staggered given the illusion its scrolling.

    Hello and Welcome ...
    nonsenceinbasic nonsenceinbasic September 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…

    ... />
    [CODE]
    ; Bi-Colour Scrolling-Buffer Game Engine for Four ... to allow vertical attribute-based scrolling.
    ;Use 8x2 repeated block ... />

    ;No return to BASIC
    ;------------------
    never_end
    ld ...
    joefish joefish March 2014 Development
  • Basic Screen Shadow QuestionHello, I've been porting a game to the Spectrum from another platform. So far so good and I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely …

    ... I have per pixel screen scrolling working really nicely with a ... ridiculously simple, as the following basic code doesn't work.
    pointblnk pointblnk August 2016 Development
  • SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…

    ... they are, same as Sinclair BASIC
    Changed Ctrl+Up/Down ... BREV(n,m) invert (or reverse the order of) m lower ... with sticky mouse button in scrolling and selecting
    Fix ... /> Fixed poor performance of horizontal scrolling in GL builds
    Fix ...
    Dunny Dunny April 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Mega basic long listingsHi, this might be a silly question, but does anyone know how to list a program in mega basic and have it pause the scrolling when the listing has fil…

    Hi, this might be a silly question, but does anyone know how to list a program in mega basic and have it pause the scrolling when the listing has filled one screen? Thanks Rick
    Rickper1974 Rickper1974 October 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…

    ... that i can view in basic to make each screen easier ...
    digital digital December 2017 Development
  • im looking for a driving game done in basiclike this one: future racer. http://www.bytemaniacos.com/ficheros/concursos/2020_basic/futureracer.zip http://www.bytemaniacos.com/?page_id=…

    ... written in boriel basic, so it cannot be reverse engineered? and there ...
    digital digital May 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …

    ... clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a ... I know) this was compiled Basic or part of it was ...
    spider spider July 2020 Games
  • How to write a simple C+asm horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial, z88dk)[b]How to write a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b] [b]Note:[/b] This tutorial has multiple parts... I am still writing but this first pa…

    ... a simple C/asm horizontal scrolling game[/b]

    [b]A) Drawing a scrolling screen[/b]

    We ... Well, this is only the scrolling part of the game. ... was also in our basic code. One of the ... it to add out scrolling function in here, in ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • 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 the reverse polish notation it's alot like using basic and ... you are making involves a scrolling
    background. A program ... in background to handle the scrolling backdrop, and a separate
    reverse Polish notation before i ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... in VARS for start of BASIC and POKE the first two ... ]

    ====================

    * General BASIC tips
    --------------------

    * Place ... contains various flags controlling the Basic system and generally should not ...
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • SE BasicAfter 13 years of development I thought I'd run out of things to optimize, but it turns out I was wrong. However, I'm now running out of time to work…

    ... Smith had yet to reverse engineer the ULA, so ... but over time SE Basic got better and added ... Last December I released SE Basic IV, the first 32K ... advanced version of SE Basic yet. Here are some ... palette
    [*]SCROLL?text scrolling
    [*]SOUND?play the ...
    chev chev October 2013 Sinclair Basic
  • 2014 Games ListNote: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewhere near the end of this thread. [old] Any problems …

    ... has been doing some z80 reverse engineering for at least 6 ... Demo[/B] (a nice parallax scrolling demo) [[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... ]Bastris 2[/B] [I](Tetris, BASIC)[/I][[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ...
    Timmy Timmy October 2014 Games
  • 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…

    ... point)


    5: Scrolling, rolling shoot `em up. Destroy ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • 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…

    ... ... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer ... Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particularly bad effort was ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Games
  • BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…

    For the BASIC-coders among us.

    ... program below.
    The fastest BASIC-program wins.
    Timing will ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Laser BasicDid anyone else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler? I just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru a website, and it reminded me about…

    ... else out there buy Laser Basic and Laser Compiler?
    I ... just noticed Laser Basic while I was looking thru ... could write programs in Laser Basic, but if you wanted to ...
    Neil^P Neil^P July 2002 Games
  • A silly BASIC programming challenge for you all..This is a very, very sily idea. So only read if you are bored. I use E-bay a lot. (my user id is thx1138ebn) edit: it's now retro-technology :edit…

    ... message.

    So, what BASIC program can you write in ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC code challengeWrite a program in BASIC as short as possible that will continue after KEY-RELEASED. The program must be fully relocatable (so it must be programmed …

    Write a program in BASIC as short as possible that ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Basic listings memory occupationI remember readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in a program, in order to save space, it was better to represent integers …

    ... readong someplace that due to basic's representation of number, in ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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