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  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... entries...


    @ Dunny, Basic is indeed great for short ... capable... like any coder though, basic or MC, it was about ... of going from a confident Basic coder to a crap MC ... that`s giving me hardware scrolling, sprites etc etc

    CKay CKay September 2004 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…

    ... , they also made a Basic Lightning for doing games in ... think the Spectrum needed a Basic Lightning, since IDEAL can be ... as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.


    [quote]< ... better. Pixel smooth Sprites and scrolling, etc. Really good program.
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... like they were written in basic, and compiled... check the ... top of 50/60 fps scrolling and premilinary triple playfield display ... /> Also, had code for `pretend` scrolling 3D game, ala Clockwork Knight ... it (or even indeed every basic)... but you can`t argue ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Games
  • Legal Sinclair clones?Are any of the cloned Sinclair computers legal, other than the original Timex machines? Are the QL Clones legal? Could a legal clone be produced with…

    ... from disk and use BBC Basic (which can be distributed in ... the work. The first team reverse engineered the BIOS and determined ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Laser Basic Sprite GeneratorDoes anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it! Thanks in advance.

    ... will only work with Laser Basic. You design your sprites with ... use of it all (smooth scrolling, masks etc...), but it was ...
    The Starglider The Starglider December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…

    ...

    This is the basic char output routine that stdio ... -byte parameters are stored in reverse byte order. So it looks ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can make ... for things like sprites and scrolling at least. At which point ...
    AndyC AndyC March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I ... ) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some ... Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll ... to work with sprites and scrolling.

    @Fikee: Agreed ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... /> [quote]
    The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... module to provide fast drawing, scrolling, etc. And you'd ... compiler, not the BASIC.

    Sinclair BASIC, although very ... smooth sprites using only compiled BASIC with no extensions!
    ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... -iterate that the implementation of BASIC provided by Sinclair is in ... module to provide fast drawing, scrolling, etc. And you'd need ... game requires smooth, fast sprites, scrolling and music. Why?
    Rael Rael March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... game requires smooth, fast sprites, scrolling and music. Why?
    [/quote ... The Quill or PAW with BASIC?

    Tell you what ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    Which version of Hisoft BASIC is the SE BASIC Compiler based on? 'Cause ... great feature. Does your SE BASIC Compiler support any kind of ... has a neat sprites and scrolling module which is small and ... nice addition to the SE BASIC Compiler. Have you thought on ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • plus3dos headersThe plus 3 manual states that bytes 15...22 contain +3 BASIC header data. Which on the whole seems to be true, however I've never seen bit 22 being a…

    ... /> I'm writting a very basic app to strip the headers ... />
    (which was written to reverse tapcat:)

    [url="http ...
    John Elliott John Elliott May 2005 Development
  • What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…

    ... wrote was a dire BASIC program to draw the ... br />
    The first BASIC game I wrote was a ... followed a series of small BASIC games including road racers, ... code with BASIC. The MC did the scrolling.),a Bingo ... recent attempts at ZX BASIC have resulted in Dash- ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2005 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…

    ... news) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some neat ... still believe that what a BASIC program lacks is speed ... White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll try ... to work with sprites and scrolling.[/quote]

    There ...
    radastan radastan July 2005 Development
  • Artist / Artists Required For 3 Brand-New Spectrum Game ProjectsHi all, I am currently looking for high quality sprite and background tile artists for 3 forthcoming Spectrum games I have on the go at the moment. …

    The vertical scrolling shoot-em-up is the furthest ahead, with most of the basic scrolling, sprite + control engine up and running. I'll try and get a snapshot put up soon.
    dansauk dansauk July 2005 Development
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... doesn't have stunning hardware scrolling or more colours per pixel ... be a superior machine! Hardware scrolling, multiple colours, better keyboard, blah ... on the basis of better BASIC (and I can't stress ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... doesn't have stunning hardware scrolling or more colours per pixel ... be a superior machine! Hardware scrolling, multiple colours, better keyboard, blah ... on the basis of better BASIC (and I can't stress ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2005 Games
  • ArmalyteI am sure a lot of folks here remember Armalyte, the fabulous C64 shoot-em-up that almost came out on the speccy. I think there was a demo on some of…

    ... in BASIC some time back. Its a bit slow, and the scrolling ... , as the loop is in BASIC.

    Q,A,O ... that is built into the scrolling routine which tells the routine ...
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Games
  • Smallest Reason for Loading a GameHi folks, Every so often I keep loading some games merely for seeing the loading screen or, as in the case of Jet Set Willy, trying to catch the mag…

    >>>>
    loading noise
    Ashley Pomeroy Ashley Pomeroy September 2005 Games
  • Smallest Reason for Loading a GameHi folks, Every so often I keep loading some games merely for seeing the loading screen or, as in the case of Jet Set Willy, trying to catch the mag…

    [quote]
    On 2005-09-30 21:12, Ashley Pomeroy wrote:
    >>>>
    loading noise
    JonNorth JonNorth October 2005 Games
  • what was the thing that impressed you the most ?on a Spectrum game - you know, those things that you thought to be impossible, yet.. e.g the wide screen mode in Dark Star, Technician Teds loader..…

    ... Popeye has something like a reverse screen loading - first it loaded ... from Proxima have a unigue basic header - it doesn't load ... the screen, but the basic oader is big around 8 ...
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 October 2005 Games
  • Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…

    ... starting again (e.g sprites, scrolling etc). I think i am ... language do you use? (Asm, Basic, C etc)

    [B ...
    robpearmain robpearmain February 2006 Development
  • Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…

    ... to find a way to reverse each 8x8 square so the ... last wrote anything in speccy basic so I am quite pleased ...
    miskox miskox February 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • 4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)

    ... would have reverse-engineered either the Zynaps or Stormlord scrolling & sprite ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2006 Development
  • 4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)

    ... would have reverse-engineered either the Zynaps or Stormlord scrolling & sprite ... routines than to try and reverse-engineer someone else's code ... capable of writing his own scrolling routines.
    jonathan jonathan February 2006 Development
  • 4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)

    ... would have reverse-engineered either the Zynaps or Stormlord scrolling & sprite ...
    Fikee Fikee February 2006 Development
  • What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…

    ... the C64's POKE riddled BASIC, and of course the magazines ... the Spectrum has s superb BASIC, a manual that wasn't ... memory, a rudimentary and underpowered BASIC that was part of an ... Sinclair marketing strategy) sprite and scrolling hardware that was difficult to ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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