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  • Spin v0.504 - "R Tape loading error"?Has anybody else had the problem that when you turn off all the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge loader & Byte loader), loading any T…

    ... you turn off all the tape-loader optimisations (Standard blocks, Edge ... file will result in an "R Tape loading error" at the end ...
    bobs bobs November 2005 Emulators
  • Disk R Tape ???I was recently trying to make a bootable disk image (for my Deal or No Deal simulator, if you must know) using RealSpectrum, SPIN to make a blank ima…

    ... one point - I got an R Tape Loading Error while trying to ...
    Where's that AY chip gone... Where's that AY chip gone... May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • R: Tape Loading Error on an EMULATOR??I was just trying to load 'Stop The Express' (a TAP file on a WOS Cdrom) on to a Mac OS X 10.4.6. TAPs (in OS X, I don't have Classic installed) AF…

    ... 2nd block loading i get 'R: Tape Loading Error'!

    What ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones June 2006 Emulators
  • A little Message to R-TapeThanks for the PM about the CGC It must have taken some time sending 102 [COLOR="Red"]personal[/COLOR] messages. Not many people would have done th…

    ... note)

    So to R-Tape thanks for a great compo ...
    ardentcrest ardentcrest January 2014 Chit chat
  • Is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of fileHi, is there a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when trying to load only part of file. E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start f…

    ... a way to suppress error R Tape Loading Error in Basic when ... /> E.g.: I have a Tape-Code-File Start from e ... Bytes which come in the Tape-File from Byte 6913 to ... I try this, I get "R Tape Loading error, 0:1"
    Luzie Luzie September 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • The R-Tape loading Era. An Easter story?R-Tape loading era Nostalgia's a funny thing you know. You might remember what at the time seemed a damn nuisance, only to recall it much later…

    R-Tape loading era

    ... was an era when cassette tape loading and saving of ... the cure for the dreaded R-Tape loading error.

    ... my computer and its tape recorder back and forth ... vibration played havoc on the tape heads, hence the need ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch March 2018 Chit chat
  • New platform game: Sid SpannersHi all, here is my Christmas present. A new platform game (well, more of a mini-game really). [url=http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmspc…

    ... such requirement on the loading screen, R-Tape. This is far better. Thanks ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn April 2011 Brand new software
  • BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 1Using multicolor requires 2 very different skills: [I]programming[/I] and [I]graphic design[/I]. I already wrote several tutorials about the former …

    ... (INK and PAPER) per character (8x8 pixels). A typical ... multicolor in the entire Spectrum screen. In BIFROST*, the ... that occupies roughly half the screen. Everything within this area ... [I]* Multicolor graphics by R-Tape, background graphics by Einar Saukas ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas March 2013 Development
  • ZXSCLZF - Yet another Screen CompressorQuick disclaimer before I continue, this compressor does not shrink screens as small as some of the others posted here, in particular the very good z…

    ... It scans the screen memory by character square so -> ... }
    *store_c=(mlen.r[0] attribute, then 8 pixel ... ;=6144bytes
    pos.r[1]=pos.r[1]&7; ... .r[1]=pos.r[1]3;
    pos.r[1]=pos.r[ ... 3;
    pos.r[1]=pos.r[1]|24; // ...
    TomD TomD April 2017 Development
  • Override AUTOLINE start?Hi there, Is there a poke that prevents a BASIC program from auto running, when it was previously saved with the LINE command? Cheers, Steve

    ... channel (A = 2, upper screen)
    MAKE_ROOM equ $1655 ; ... BASIC
    defb $1a ; R - Tape loading error
    ; Read ... ; Open channel to upper screen
    call CHAN_OPEN
    character address
    ld a,( ...
    stefrobb stefrobb November 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …

    ... the top of the screen, its animation was character based
    and ... 36 Geoff Capes: Budgie Breeder (R-Tape)
    20 3 BATTLEGROUND:CGC ... 32 2010, a Philatelists Odyssey (R-Tape)
    39 4 The Quest ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz January 2011 Games
  • New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;535822]Love it!

    ... on it as the screen buffer is character mapped and so you ... many writes to fill the screen. For my next game I ...
    bobs bobs May 2011 Brand new software
  • Wiwo Dido - The Case Of The Closing Doors (Wiwo Dido 3)I'm sure Dr. BEEP won't mind me telling you all that in case you hadn't noticed, his latest [b]Wiwo Dido[/b] game is now available on WOS, [url="http…

    ... nice game, Dr. B.! Like R-Tape I'm on level 3 ... the game had been full screen, with each room taking up ... a proportional area of the screen. It would have looked better ... the name of a famous character in your country, or two ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2011 Brand new software
  • Why doesn't my routine work?I have a "level" defined by 504 bytes (28 squares across x 18 squares down) I'm trying to write a routine that will take an X,Y coordinate in pixels…

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;539854]bump!

    ... 8x8 pixel square on the screen. This is very costly ... more effective methods of compressing screen data, id be grateful ... , the items appear on screen 8x8. that doesnt give ... the size of the main character to 16x24, so the ...
    sekrets sekrets June 2011 Development
  • New game: WUNDERCHAR$Hi All, Finally finished my latest game: Wunderchar$. [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/loadingscr.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://…

    ... loading screen, "animated" intro screen, level screens and the main character) ... />

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;553119]Thanks for the comment ... />

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;553119]Yep I'll look ... screen keeping its own "feel".


    [QUOTE=R-Tape ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas August 2011 Brand new software
  • New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;561666]This all looks great. ... of you including some loading screen hints and tips in this ... draw your ink with a character square grid ON, then add ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones September 2011 Development
  • Surely not Buzzsaw+ Already..?But this game has had such a short development time, how can this be? Free version of [I]Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix)[/I] available here: [url]http:…

    ... across a (up to?) 20-character wide strip. It's similar ... I have on the title screen. There I have one pair ... of colour.

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;568338]I'm not as ...
    joefish joefish October 2011 Brand new software
  • New WIP underway - 'Dingo'.Hi, Prepare for a long post. Perhaps I can even challenge ewgf here. :razz: Anyway, I've been meaning to get into Z80 programming and making a game…

    R-Tape:

    I ... ROM_CLS ; do the clear screen
    ld hl,msg_define ... ld a,2 ; upper screen
    call CHAN_OPEN ; get ... inc hl ; point to next character
    cp 255 ; ... /> rst 16 ; print the character
    jr pm_do_it ; and ...
    polomint polomint October 2011 Development
  • How to safely maximise available memoryHi All, I'm toying with an idea that will require I have as much memory available as possible. I'm a little embarrassed I have to ask this tbh. As…

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;596203][URL="http://reptonix.awardspace. ... has in game code on screen. Not played it but looks ... grumbly about the way that screen RAM was included in the ... a 'reduced' character set stored in a single blank line on screen...
    Morkin Morkin January 2012 Development
  • New Game! Uwol '81 [ZX81][img]http://www.mojontwins.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/s1.png[/img] Yup, we have ported our most-ported game to date to the good ol' ZX81! Using …

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;613487]I can't quite ... />
    And a slow character-size scrolling screen isn't going to ... . But if it's a character scroll running really fast, it ... too much flying around the screen at the same time, obscuring ...
    joefish joefish March 2012 Brand new software
  • The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…

    ... layman pleb.[/QUOTE]
    Okay, R-Tape has it about right.
    screen from left to right, one ... with this. It stores its screen in memory and feeds the ... border-colour trick with individual character spaces.

    The Speccy ...
    joefish joefish April 2012 Development
  • Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;632109]Indeed not, but works ... /> di
    ld de,16384 ;screen address
    ld bc,string ... de,hl ;point hl at screen

    pop de ; ... /> add a ;x2 for text character range (#20-#7F), this is ...
    Hikaru Hikaru June 2012 Development
  • New Game: BerksManLink: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027713[/url] Originally written to demo Boriel's ZX Basic, and still needing most of th…

    ... />
    Thankyou.

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;632194]
    The thing I ... original pac-man speed. Albeit character updates, rather than pixel updates ... different things. The intro screen really does give huge clues ... at the side of the screen on the intro, going ...
    Gedlion Gedlion June 2012 Brand new software
  • A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;737692]Yeah this is ... t have, say, a character who blocks your way, and ... change self, change on-screen neighbour) or absolute reference to ... which would be rendered on-screen when switched on.
    ... when the player leaves the screen, you can force an ...
    joefish joefish December 2013 Brand new software
  • 'My First Project' (AGD platformer)Hey folks (hope this is the right place to put this :confused:) I'm having my first proper go at a game (after a few aborted attempted) using Jonat…

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;754621]Yep looks great! Will ... going to be the main character but I decided I'd ... enemy though.

    [QUOTE=R-Tape;754621]Hope it comes to ... /> If you need any title screen music just give me a ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection February 2014 Brand new software
  • New bicolour game: El Stompo.Phew! Finally finished my first game using Einar's fantastic Nirvana engine. [B]El Stompo.[/B] [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/davey…

    ... to work out, that last screen.... well 'ard at first.

    Best character is the purple misery guts ... Farris.

    Thank you R-Tape and Einar for all your ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins April 2014 Brand new software
  • 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…

    ... just copying the game screen buffer around and watching ... new sprite routines and screen handling routines were written ...




    R-Tape...
    thanks for revisting and ... graphic instead of a / character when 9 is pressed to ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins January 2015 Brand new software
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... .org/forums/discussion/50517/character-set-finder"]thread[/url]]< ... 49817"]thread[/url]]
    by R-Tape
    release date: Jan ... stormfinch"]thread[/url]]
    by R-Tape
    release date: 12th ... br /> [b]A full screen scrolling demo by Hikaru[/b ...
    Timmy Timmy December 2015 Games
  • 2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…

    ... .org/forums/discussion/50517/character-set-finder"]thread[/url]]< ... 49817"]thread[/url]]
    by R-Tape
    release date: Jan ... stormfinch"]thread[/url]]
    by R-Tape
    release date: 12th ... />
    [b]A full screen scrolling demo by Hikaru[/b ...
    Timmy Timmy January 2016 Games
  • Nirvana+ - Which games would you reproduce?Which games would you reproduce using Nirvana+ Early single screen or non-scrolling arcade games that could utilise the Nirvana+ engine for enhanc…

    ... ;865609"]

    Early single screen or non-scrolling arcade games ... every character, giving up the pixel level scroll.
    I think R-Tape ...
    manicAlien manicAlien June 2016 New game ideas
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