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Double-Buffer ScreenFor my Alien Breed Speccy re-write I decided to use a Double Buffer (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto, before shuffling the whol…
... (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto ... other tricks to speed the draw-rate up for the sprites ... -
Beeper and Sprites at the Same Time?[URL="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWX1pQLS14RnppNFE/edit?usp=sharing"]Why not?[/URL] "q" for quit "m" to change sprite mode any other…
... /> The two sprite modes are draw all three after each row ... song has played or only draw one at a time after ... -
Buyers bewareRecently over on facebook I made a deal with a guy to buy a Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive, it was out of alignment apparently, plus there could have b…
... been posted and we will draw a line under it and ... -
GOG sale on now[URL="http://www.gog.com"]Good Old Games[/URL] have quite a good rolling sale on now. Worth a look, some good titles including some quite recent ones.
[URL="http://www.gog.com"]Good Old Games[/URL] have quite a good rolling sale on now. Worth a look, some good titles including some quite recent ones. -
3D Games in SpecBAS!Not really :) Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master" [code] ZXASCII AUTO -1 PROG CrapCastleMaster 1 REM Crap Ca…
Not really :)
Actually, yes - here's a type-in for you: MontyMole's "Crap Castle Master"
[code]
ZXASCII
AUTO -1
PROG CrapCastleMaster
1 REM Crap Castle Master by A Lycett adapted to SpecBAS
5 WINDOW ... -
ZX Paintbrush playing upDon't know if this is in the right section, but I'm having trouble using ZX Paintbrush recently. The pencil function is behaving erratically, it won…
... wont let me draw properly and the draw rectangle function wont fill ... -
Parallax scrolling - Shadow Of The Beast tech demoHi there folks! I thought I'd post what I've been pottering around with for the last couple of weekends. I've been experimenting with doing multi-la…
... to weave them into the draw update too.
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Drawing a dotted line...Hi Folks, I cannot be the first person to want this (?) so here goes! Does anyone have a MC routine that does the same as the BASIC DRAW command bu…
... the same as the BASIC DRAW command but with a dotted ... -
Block RoutineHi Folks, I want to draw a block on the screen dependent on providing the X,Y,W,H values. I came up with the following: [CODE]100 LET l$=" …
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I want to draw a block on the screen ... -
Interview with Daz Coombes, prolific pirate from 1987 onwardsIt's taken literally seconds to track down Darren 'Daz' Coombes, the local kingpin of the ZX Spectrum games piracy scene for Basingstoke. Daz took on…
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R.I.P. Johnny WinterFrom the BBC... [quote]Blues guitarist Johnny Winter, known for his energetic solo performances, has died at the age of 70. Winter - hailed as one…
... saw him singled out by Rolling Stone as one of the ... -
What have hppened to the WOS front pageSome time ago - at the buttom of the front page - there was a link to some info who and when e.t.c. have used the WOS. Together with a list of some B…
... the name was something with "Thunder".
The box is still ... -
Health and Safety abuse in games40 years ago the Health and Safety Act was introduced in the UK and in recent years, due to the "where's there's blame there's a claim" culture that …
... /> I'll get the ball rolling with Automania due to the ... -
Childhood games you made up yourselfI'm not sure why, but I was thinking of some childhood games that me and my friends made up when we were about 9 or 10 (so it was during my speccy er…
... and then you take turn rolling marbles at each other's ... and then destroy it by rolling marbles through it. Yes, that ... -
Did you know: Clicking the number to the right will allow you to view postsIt's a temporary measure while the forum is being fixed. I promise I won't spam the forum anymore. Just wanted to draw your attention to this. :)
It's a temporary measure while the forum is being fixed. I promise I won't spam the forum anymore. Just wanted to draw your attention to this. :) -
Why no PLOT, etc. on bottom two lines?I was pondering if there was any way to get PLOT, etc. to address the full screen from BASIC without having to write a few lines of assembler to bypa…
... ,$AF)
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Why on earth did I buy...Couldn't see a topic for this, so apologies if it does exist. Aside from games, what did you buy, and put away in a draw the next (or same!) day - …
... , and put away in a draw the next (or same!) day ... -
Better arrangement for video memory?While doing some documentation work for the ZX-Uno project, I compared the advantages of the weird layout of the ZX Spectrum against a linear layout.…
... , except maybe for the PLOT, DRAW and CIRCLE routines, which compute ... -
Video fault on issue two ZX boardI've trawled the Internet and drawn a few blanks as to where to look to resolve the fault with my issue two board. I'm hoping a few of you knowledgea…
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'Ocean Draw' instructionsHere are the instructions for the screen and sprite editor used in-house at Ocean Software, possibly typed up by Joffa Smifff (as the 2 of the sprite…
Here are the instructions for the screen and sprite editor used in-house at Ocean Software, possibly typed up by Joffa Smifff (as the 2 of the sprite formats are named after him, JOFOLD and JOFNEW)
This first page is just a slightly bigger ... -
Try doing this on OCP Art Studio/Melbourne Draw[url]http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?68790-combination&p=514804#post514804[/url] I didn't Photoshop it either.
[url]http://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?68790-combination&p=514804#post514804[/url]
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Underated Speccy GamesThey say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but which Speccy games do you consider underated and in need of some much love. I'll start the ball r…
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Loch Ness Mnster ... -
πBacteria, Bare Metal emulador for Raspberry PiSorry, Google traslated text below ---- What is an emulator Bare Metal? It is an emulator that runs directly on the machine, no operating system beh…
... Bare Metal Raspberry eventually will draw more emulators such people can ... -
+3e simple ide interfaceHi guys, I want to make a +3e with my +2a. I'm thinking of making the simple 8bit ide interface (internal) and connecting it to a 40 pin ide to sd r…
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ZX Spectrum +2 (grey case) voltage converter circuit oddity.I'm working on repairing one of these and have encountered a possible problem and I'm not sure what I can best do about it, if anything needs to be d…
... this might cause IC3 to draw too much current (I think ... IC3 lowers the overall current draw by about 100mA and R79 ... -12.7V. The overall current draw fell by approx. 50mA and ... -
64x48 monochrome big pixels display ideaHi. I was playing with this idea of having a simple 64x48 bytes buffer, 1 byte per pixel, then a renderer which would take that buffer and render it…
... would make things easier to draw on the buffer and stuff ... bitmap, store in A, then draw it four times to screen ... -
IDEA: ZX Spectrum dock.[LIST] [/LIST]The ZX Spectrum dock Inspired by my foray into RGB/SCART cables and my XPS 12 dock: [IMG]http://i.dell.com/sites/imagecontent/product…
... power or not.
[*]We draw power for the dock prior ... Spectrum so we don’t draw too much away.
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My xbox 360, wont connect to the internetkeep getting error code 8007274C Few days ago, xbox 360 was randomly not connecting to live when I turned it on, then when I was switching games, o…
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I've tried rolling back updates, by pressing LB ... -
GameBaddie's Art project...Hi Guys, I've recently revived my old 48k for a (just-for-fun) art project. I have about 4 weeks of spare time to accomplish my goal, and the plan i…
... speccy, and record the plot/draw/circle routine as a video ...