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  • Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…

    ... returns with the screen address and the accumulator ... Converts a screen pixel coord into a screen address and ;
    ; Moves the screen address down 1 line ;
    Kiwi Kiwi May 2006 Development
  • Share your best practical jokesWhat is the best practical joke you've ever pulled? Mine: I used to work in a bookies in Belfast, and occasionally we would come across small corne…

    ... once I changed the Welcome screen on my sisters spanking new ... show you. Press and hold this Power button and..."

    ... . Phone goes off and comes back on and... System Failure message ... the menus to the welcome screen option and change it back.
    Arjun Arjun May 2006 Chit chat
  • Google WOSGoogle have started a new feature Google Co-op [url]http://www.google.com/coop/topic?cx=computer_video_games_devel[/url] That is the Video Games …

    ... Google Desktop2, Google Trends and Google Co-op (Video ... commercial advertising company with vast storage and bandwidth assets.

    All are collaborative portals and in their infancy. So if ... like a cross between Wikipedia and WOS.

    ...
    Geoff Geoff May 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy 128k Double Buffering.If I understand this right, you display either of the screens, and draw to the one that is not being displayed. Am i right in thinking that the Non …

    ... done without a viewable second screen though, and probably was done by ... machine:

    Draw the screen to a buffer area. Copy ... it to the viewable screen area on an interrupt sync ... time taken to copy the screen. That time would be better ...
    dansauk dansauk May 2006 Development
  • Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…

    ... a sprite and bounces it off the edges of the screen. It ... they will later become oldhl and oldde in oldspritehltab (iy table ... needs hl to contain sprite screen address, and de to contain databyte ... the data in the spritehltab and oldspritehltab tables is good ...
    48K 48K May 2006 Development
  • Sir Lancelot queryHow do you get past those two knights on screen two?

    Cheers. I checked the RZX recording (I didn't watch anything past screen two) and it confirms this. I'm going to give it a try.

    I'm playing it on a real speccy. Get me.
    Zagreb Zagreb May 2006 Games
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... The background screen is titled "Finality" and was drawn ... sp1_TileEntry(0, -0x4000 + screen); . Do not use "screen - 0x4000" -- I ... for the expression "screen - 0x4000" and comes up with ... screen$. Pressing 'b' again will take you out of background mode and ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…

    ... '8' in the background screen$ program and saw the program crash -- ... now, I've already recompiled and the version available for download ... you're using the snapshot (and not cvs) grab this [ ... it, try compiling the background screen$ program yourself -- if it ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous May 2006 Development
  • Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…

    ... give you the character at screen location y,x, but ... entire character set instead, whereupon SCREEN$ will work.

    ... be faster than doing a SCREEN$ test. Generally though, you ... still to avoid testing the screen directly and instead to keep everything ...
    gasman gasman June 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Basic Programming Routine Needed . . . HELP!Hello there, I though i would try and redo an old classic (pacman) in basic . . . BUT . . . I can't remember how to write the code to see what chara…

    ... still to avoid testing the screen directly and instead to keep everything ... in a two-dimensional array and looking up wall positions in ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis1. How to swich between two main characters (Indy & Sophia) in this game? 2. Do you have original manual for this game? Anybody?

    ... . If you are using Spectaculator and have all the options enabled ... play again, and then after the title screen appears and you press space ... 've just downloaded it again and this time it's fine ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton June 2006 Games
  • The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…

    ... basic loader, font, loading screen$, music and the game code - that?s ... taperecorder (ctrl+alt+spice)... and SAVE it from the copy ... much simplier, easy, nice and fine if you could use ... to the tapebrowser...and another one...and another one and then save them ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup June 2006 Emulators
  • Treasure Island - Not the Dizzy oneOK, I never completed this as a kid, it came with the Speccy +2 on release and as a family we sat down and played it. I now have a GP2x and that has …

    Thought i'd give this game a go, damn its hard ! Is this the right one ? First screen cross a road - done, second screen try and jump the gaps whilst avoiding the hands, get killed everytime ! Time i watched the rzx i think !
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2006 Games
  • Large collection going under the hammer!!This is really painful! [url]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZcountvonschmellQQhtZ-1[/url] Having moved house, I'm now in somewhere far smaller,…

    ... all that often, like perhaps Screen Machine and Scope 2.

    and while the item cost starts ... 't mean to nick pick, and everyone does the same on ... ( ;-) ). You are an ebay newbie, and we've all been there ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker July 2006 Sales
  • Aphex Twin -VS- ZX SpeccyThere?s no need to introduce this musician to the islanders (..means GB and roundabouts). You surely know him very well. Imaginative, strongly experi…

    ... show : "GUESS THE SCREEN$" !!! :D

    ...and in the final the ... questions would be much harder than screen ...
    VincentAC VincentAC July 2006 Games
  • New Cronosoft game release - MEGAPLEXJust a case of getting the website updated to take account of the new release...! MEGAPLEX, by Triumph Game Labs, is a new 128K only Speccy releas…

    ... throws up HTML validation errors and/or breaks current W3C guidelines ... most stable web browsers - including screen readers and suchlike.

    The ... been irrelevant for many years, and from what I've heard ...
    NickH NickH July 2006 Games
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    [QUOTE=baze]---- And now for something completely different :) ----< ... usable for file transfers and linux file storage. And if I want it ...
    Tritol Tritol July 2006 Emulators
  • ZXLFN - storing tape header in a long file nameHi lads ;) Couple of months ago, the group of guys interested in divIDE software development has came up with an interesting idea - store tape heade…

    ... usable for file transfers and linux file storage. And if I want it ...
    zilog zilog July 2006 Emulators
  • Games that don't use loading screenI thought it would be helpful to start a new topic in which we can say what games (still without loading screen shot in the archive) don't use it, ju…

    I noticed the game "Emilio Butrague?o futbol 2" is tagged as a without-loading-screen game, and at least the spanish edition of the game has loading screen (by the way I am gonna send it tonight).

    Cheers
    Ivanzx Ivanzx July 2006 Games
  • LoC question (again)- sorry!Hey guys, I posted this question a couple of days ago- sorry to repeat, but just wondered if anyone could help (perhaps someone who didn't read my la…

    ... the alien opponents, and the whole scenario (and time limit!) of having ... the Alien Queen and steal the eggs, and leg it back ... ignominious occasion, the spaceship landing and crushing most of my surviving ... at the bottom of the screen forever and you'd have to ...
    Malc74 Malc74 August 2006 Games
  • ZX Game Book UpdateHi all... For various unrelated reasons the time I have for editing has been limited to weekends, but I'm still plugging away. I have created 'fi…

    ... - but Rex's screen layouts and graphics are just so ... much more varied and detailed. Add-in interesting ... enemy movement patterns, and real suggestions of artificial intelligence ... and you are left with an awesome tactical flip-screen shooter ...
    48K 48K August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Where do you keep your tape images? CD, DVD, USB drive or Memory Sticks?I have my most beloved games (well over 300 titles) on my SD memory card. What's your type of archive medium?

    All on original cassettes, now being taken out of cardboard box storage and displayed on shelves. Occasionally make WAV files of them to store on CDs.
    Graz Graz September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bipboi Beta 2007.10Hello, I am nearing the end of the gameplay to Bipboi. I have made changes to the gameplay and would really like your opinions (Is it too hard etc)…

    ... the blue background to white, and immediately the game transformed, something ... to call the game "Bipboi and Friends", it will help with ... different levels will have different screen sizes, and I can bring back ...
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2006 Development
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... defect rate was too high and labor was more expensive. ... the machines were manufactured and reducing the defects in ... an underused factory there, and if they hadn't made ... of closing it down and making the workers redundant ... the QL, the flat screen TV and the C5.
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... the QL, the flat screen TV and the C5.[/QUOTE]
    The ... same time as the TS1000 and would have done better in ...
    JamesD JamesD September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... the traditional screen RAM, if necessary, surely?

    And why ... 48K screen display, in the shiny new Spectrum 128. And since ... for example, and see lots of on screen colour, and look at the ... Spectrum and see many ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... than the other one and the ratio is very ... with a single inc, and the inc/dec hl ... 3D games, notably the screen resolutions and the amount of RAM ... games for the BBC Micro and the Amstrad CPC, but ... br />
    The Sentinel and Elite are signifcantly faster on ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…

    ... if the particle went off screen. This only works sometimes ... br /> Also, although computing the screen address from scratch using tables ... and once for redrawing -- is a drag. I think storing the screen ... address and bitmask of the last ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2006 Development
  • How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?

    ... , main problem was not tape storage and all what goes with it ...
    piters piters September 2006 Development
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