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  • ZX-Paintbrush 2.5 publishedDear readers, as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler…

    ... back to SCR or ZXP (which re-combines the map elements with the base ... drawing actions, but not the actions according to the map elements.

    If ... to edit the map elements would be nice. Re-positioning or re-sizing the map ...
    clausjahn clausjahn November 2014 Emulators
  • Which emulators support ULA+Tried ZX Spin 7.0, but its unstable. Tried to drag and drop .scr files onto it, but it comes out all wrong. Don't understand the TAP file that's sp…

    ... QUOTE]
    From the spin palette editor? That ... the palette loader, a basic program with an embedded machine code routine to ... set the ulaplus palette registers to the appropriate colours ... does a LOAD "" to load the next program from tape ...
    guesser guesser December 2014 Development
  • Which emulators support ULA+Tried ZX Spin 7.0, but its unstable. Tried to drag and drop .scr files onto it, but it comes out all wrong. Don't understand the TAP file that's sp…

    ... the palette loader, a basic program with an embedded machine code routine to ... set the ulaplus palette registers to the appropriate colours. Once ... it does a LOAD "" to load the next program from tape.[/QUOTE ...
    daveysludge daveysludge December 2014 Development
  • New Game: BALACHOR'S REVENGEBalachor is back.. Here it is..! [B]Balachor's Revenge[/B], the sequel to Catacombs of Balachor. By me & Rorthron - our second game. [IMG]http://i10…

    ... 't going to be many open areas in the map, so using ... (you can still hold diagonals to negotiate the map of course). Both Rorthron ... that are hard, but the map is fairly open and there ... is to finish the game with maximum gold (collect all the treasure on the map ...
    Morkin Morkin December 2014 Brand new software
  • Neither Earth : what is the appeal?Sorry that should be [I]Nether Earth[/I] - Not meaning to disparage this - but it is in the top ten visitor voted games. I have only looked at it be…

    I think what happened was I watched an AVI and it was running a bit slowly. I suppose if one has to travel the map / corridor a lot that might not be everyones cup of tea. One could play it with the emulator speed turned up though.
    dmsmith dmsmith January 2015 Games
  • Simple sprite inertiaDoes anyone have or can anyone point me to any good examples of sprite inertia (in assembly)? I'm not after anything vector related, just simple x,y…

    ... no comments to explain its working. Its probably not the most ... streamline or elegant way to do it ... /> [code]
    ;---------------------------------------------------------------
    ; Routine to Scan the Keyboard and Move Player's ...
    dmsmith dmsmith January 2015 Development
  • Neither Earth : what is the appeal?Sorry that should be [I]Nether Earth[/I] - Not meaning to disparage this - but it is in the top ten visitor voted games. I have only looked at it be…

    ... ]I suppose if one has to travel the map / corridor a lot that ... really have to do that, your goal is to secure the second warbase ... , you don't really have to go that much back...
    Patrik Rak Patrik Rak January 2015 Games
  • Uridium possible with more colour??Having seen the MSX version of Uridium mentioned in another thread I wondered if the Spectrum could produce anything similiar, and had a go at a mock…

    ... amounts of time to redraw lines of the screen. You ... instructions to change the attribute for the middle column of the screen ... take two passes of the routine to redraw the whole scrolling screen, ... br /> The rest of the game would have to run in the border time ...
    joefish joefish January 2015 New game ideas
  • What is the most expensive rare spectrum game?Has to be released so not Mire Mare or Rescue by Ocean amongst others. Bubbler by Ultimate seems to be ?100 and I do not know why any one else shed …

    ... complete Ultimate set. It is the most I have spent on ... />
    I wouldn't mind the 'Collected Works' even though it ... would have to include the map and I am not prepared to pay silly ...
    AceGrace AceGrace January 2015 Games
  • Bug fixing woesGaahhhh! I've spent an afternoon off work agonizing over why my routine didn't work. It's something I'd already restarted so didn't want to wipe th…

    ... pokes to the correct place. That'll teach me to alter a routine when ... it's working properly in the first ... days ago when the 3.2.1.Go! routine stopped working, then ... though)... found out that the routine to print the 3.2.1.Go! ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins January 2015 Development
  • Great Giana Sisters found?An user in the Facebook group "Spectrum 4 Ever" just uploaded this picture... [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YOMwUpA.jpg[/IMG] It's a fake screen dump... …

    This Wikipedia article tries to paint the history of platform games.
    ... that there are disputes about the definition of a platform ... originally on the Beeb in 1984 and then ported to C64. It ... Beeb.

    SMB for the Famicom was released on September ...
    carlsson carlsson February 2015 Games
  • Starquake Walkthrough with CommentaryHi I've uploaded my latest Spectrum Walkthrough video with Commentary for Starquake: [URL="http://youtu.be/0DR9nSwVnuU"]http://youtu.be/0DR9nSwVnuU[…

    ... the same.

    You need to know the map and all the ... different areas and the main thing ... is to ... recognised that bit of the map because there is usually ...
    saberman saberman February 2015 Games
  • New game - Castlevania: Spectral Interlude[B]Title:[/B] Castlevania: Spectral Interlude [B]Author:[/B] Rewind Team [B]Release date:[/B] 13.02.2015 [B]Where to get:[/B] [url]http://spectralint…

    ... I think this game has the BEST implementation of how ... Belmont hops in and out the stairs)
    [/QUOTE]
    ... So true.. You need to consult the map to locate such rooms unless you ... want to end your days wandering the ...
    hikoki hikoki February 2015 Brand new software
  • Design CompetitionNow that you can see how the basic look of the forum is, why not brush the dust off your paintshop disk and design the forums!<br><br>The winner will…

    ... of design, is which color to paint the top title "World of Spectrum ... kind of a unique color to the spectrum when used well, ... easy setup to change. Besides adding both files to the filesystem, it ... I just edited the screen grab to include the correct icons, but ...
    RMartins RMartins June 2015 WoS/Forum Issues
  • maths help 'JSW'JET SET WILLY uses a lookup table to play the opening tune (Moonlight Sonata) this is the table [code] 34299 DEFB 81,60,51,81,60,51,81,60,51,81,…

    ... 's a table for the number of times the routine runs through a ... does a clever little mini routine to put the shorter octave-shifted notes ... 't use the ROM sound routine, those values are completely unique to JSW ...
    Zoep Zoep August 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…

    ... routines - they were used to print all the text in Balachor's ... in registers and call a routine to get the text on screen is ... really not that bothered what the ROM routine does. (Hears sharp intakes ... use the ROM print routine for sprites as it's nice to move ...
    Morkin Morkin September 2015 Development
  • New hardware for saleAll prices include shipping costs to EU. ComCon: 22 euros. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3e9i5rLnjy8 [img]http://zonad…

    I'm sorry about the delay. PM's replied.
    < ... 2 or more joystick into the ZX Spectrum keys. Programming is ... cables to tagged pins to do the map. Please see the video.

    The name ...
    antoniovillena antoniovillena September 2015 Sales
  • r-type in development for the sam coupehttp://cookingcircle.co.uk/ we need z80 coders graphics artists and audio this is the amstrad cpc 6128 version: https://www.youtube.com/watc…

    ... PUTRET ;SET UP IX TO AVOID CALL OVERHEADS
    ... C'=WIDTH, E'=DISP TO NEXT SCAN, A'=INVERSE ... 29D5 ;HL' CAN PT TO MASK STRING
    29D5 ... is this the code of the JPUT rom routine in the sam coupe ... rom routine to use the stack pointer and push graphics to video ...
    rogerjowett1 rogerjowett1 October 2015 Development
  • r-type in development for the sam coupehttp://cookingcircle.co.uk/ we need z80 coders graphics artists and audio this is the amstrad cpc 6128 version: https://www.youtube.com/watc…

    ... faster with push and using the stack pointer as a reverse ... - i don't think the rom routine does this so it might ... maybe its impossible for the rom routine to use the stack pointer - unless it ... taken from fixed locations in the ram - sams basic was really ...
    rogerjowett1 rogerjowett1 October 2015 Development
  • Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…

    ... only provides simple primitives to draw pixels immediately on ... tilemap to store the background tiles, and a routine to redraw the background ... can implement yourself using the already existing NIRVANA primitives ... game, but we prefer to develop it further before ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas October 2015 Brand new software
  • Utility to create long REM Line for storing M/C program - Maximum BASIC Line LengthHi, I think there was a Utlity or Toolkit to create a long REM-Line under 48k BASIC to store some MCode in it. So I don´t have to type e.g. 5…

    ... add extra lines to the basic program and resave to tape.
    ... my custom loaders. The only difference is the basic line has ... ) before the RANDOMIZE USR. Only 2 bytes to clear the screen, ... lot less than a mcode routine to clear the screen.
    https:// ...
    FrankT FrankT October 2015 Sinclair Basic
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... encounter was on one of the ruined overpass type motorways, ... like "Engaging the hostile!", so I shot the buggers basically. ... seem very, very small compared to the other games? I haven' ... I've probably uncovered close to half the map.

    Granted ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek December 2015 Chit chat
  • Compression comparisonsI did some comparisons of different compression methods. To make this relevant to zx spectrum, I first gathered a corpus of relevant data: 6660 .TAP …

    ... with any compressor with z80 routine. For example, with zx7 ... files
    2. Run the raw binary files through zx7 ... /> 3. Convert resulting binaries to either assembler .db files, c ... , just call zx7 decompression routine to decompress the sprite you need
    Sol_HSA Sol_HSA January 2016 Development
  • How to Poke a real Spectrum....Hi everyone. Can anyone remind me how to use POKES? (using a real Spectrum, not via the tipshop on an emulator). I've searched around and I can't f…

    ... an error, or the user tried to press BREAK to interrupt the loading.
    routine to do the rest of the loading, which made it harder to hack ... of the BASIC program, which turned out to be the machine code loading routine.
    joefish joefish January 2016 Games
  • Poke protectionAre there different tricks for finding pokes harder? Which you think is most hardest?

    ... , but use a CRC routine to check the integrity of your code (or ... life) to make it harder to find, and obfuscate only that routine. Check ... " pokes.

    Using the CRC routine out of your main bucle ...
    Zup Zup February 2016 Development
  • Split Personalities/Splitting Images - TAP version compatible with DiVIDEHi Does anyone have a tap version of this they'd be willing to share that works with a DivIDE? The one in the archive has a custom loader.

    Quick fix: http://www.mediafire.com/download/kdqy168g795ibq5/split2.tzx

    It was easy ;) Just let it load for a while on ZX Spin and then follow the loader routine to find the exit point (and the start of the game).
    Zup Zup March 2016 Wanted
  • 2D Scrolling tile based editorOk, first of all, I thought TommyGun could do it, but the option to create a 2d scrolling map is greyed out.... All I want to do is create some 8x8p…

    ... the width of the map is < 512. If I try to create a map ... />
    [CODE]Failed to parse the Map data correctly.
    * Check ... you have no map tiles ... all your tile positions snapped to the grid[/CODE]

    Kiwi Kiwi March 2016 Development
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    ... Here's a small BASIC routine to demonstrate the program structure of one ... .) After which repeated calls to the 70 sub-routine will alternately Dissolve and ... Resolve the graphic in a random ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny April 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Bomb Munchies - preview releaseBomb Munchies Preview release Version 12th Jan 2014 [URL=http://s979.photobucket.com/user/MatGubbins/media/bmsix_zpsc33279a2.gif.html][IMG]http://i…

    ... ,2,3 and 4 fight to paint the allotted amount of tiles in ... switch off the other players and you will need to paint a few ... more tiles to win the game.
    to paint a lot more tiles to win the game.
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2016 Brand new software
  • Atic Atac - knight, serf or wizard?I can't recall completing Atic Atac without POKEs. As everyone harps on about how easy it's supposed to be, I think I'm going to give it another try.…

    ... with it, so switched back to the wizard, whose lack of momentum ... that ticked off the bucket list. Was chuffed to complete it on ... just emulation. I got to know the map well enough after 2-3 ... /> Found it much easier to avoid the nasties than I remember; I ...
    Morkin Morkin July 2016 Games
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