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Into the screen driving simulator effectI was wondering how the racing games of yore did the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you could do something crude drawing bars on the scre…
... yore did the into the screen scrolling effect. I'm sure you ... crude drawing bars on the screen of differing heights (in fact ... -
Help With AY Music Program in BASICHi, last year I started writing a BASIC program for making and recording AY Music. I thought it would be easier than learning how to use Soundtracker…
... to record 0 to end/switch off record feature
350 ... REM *** start of main composer screen ***
405 PAPER 7: ... STEP 2: REM Draw middle screen 'grille' effect.
1265 PLOT 0 ... /> 1300 REM Draw bottom right screen 'speaker' graphic.
1310 ... -
128k Screen Flipping - Sample Code PleaseI know this has been covered before, but I cannot find out code to do the following: On a 128k Spectrum tell the speccy to display from address 4915…
... 3 to 0 ;normal screen is visible
write ... 3 to 1 ;switch to shadow screen, your sprite is ... br /> some notes:
-you switch banks which everyone holds adresses ... when switching normal/shadow screen, the effect takes place immediatelly ... -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... /> -Gigascreen or any other fast-screen-switching effect
-Wire 3D and ... -
Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... try some sort of 3d effect, which we studied, ... only areas of the screen that had changed would ... moving images to the screen, which gives a more ... slurping noise that the screen wipe effect makes as it comes ... across the screen. There is ... -
Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
I used that trick to do some BASIC scrollers... I coded some games using three or four marquees at top and bottom of the screen... Nice effect :)
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Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
Just tried this.... that was AWESOME.
I liked the edge of screen radar effect, but movement confused me a little. It felt like I was shooting behind me.
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Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
... ]I liked the edge of screen radar effect, but movement confused me ... -
Darkening of aging CRT monitors / PowerstripI'm using a CRT that I got way back in 1999, and it's still working, but the screen seems to have gradually darkened over the past few years. I think…
... with all of the screen black some light still gets ... the LCD layer of the screen.
Also ... For example if you screen dump a part of a ... using a TFT screen.
This effect is also very ... is favourable to the TFT screen (usually older games now ... -
New Spectrum Game - Factory DazeI've just uploaded the first work-in-progress demo of my next game, "Factory Daze", to my site. As with splATTR before it, I'd like to involve anybo…
... /> You need some sort of effect when you apply the 'Wizard ... love the smoothness, the screen-clearing effect, the music's good and ... -
New Spectrum Game - Factory DazeI've just uploaded the first work-in-progress demo of my next game, "Factory Daze", to my site. As with splATTR before it, I'd like to involve anybo…
... ]You need some sort of effect when you apply the 'Wizard ... love the smoothness, the screen-clearing effect, the music's good and ... -
I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…
... could do with the ST screen. The simplest (but fairly ... where you mess with the screen timing to effectively get the ... at various points down the screen (good for gradient skies in ... line of the screen, switch 50/60Hz, and the screen would keep displaying ... -
I just picked up a free Atari 520stJust got a free 520ST, (no cables or leads) and a small box load of games. :? dunno what to do with it, but it was being thrown out, so I grabbed it…
... could do with the ST screen.
You could make ... at various points down the screen (good for gradient skies in ... line of the screen, switch 50/60Hz, and the screen would keep displaying ... -
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…
Sadly Retro-X Map editor is not fully finished yet. Some of the map editor functions are working, but I think, it is on a good way... It allows scrolly 2D tile maps, but it will also allow screen switch method like in TommyGun. -
An idea for a possible(?) new interfaceDue to the Spectrum's processor speed and the way the ULA works, there are a couple things (among others) that are difficult to do: -Gigascreen or a…
... /> -Gigascreen or any other fast-screen-switching effect
-Wire 3D and ... -
Altered Beast - Help with Level 1 BossI am playing this underrated game (IMO) and I think one of the problem with me getting far in the game is the first boss! Is there any way he doesn't…
... stand just in from the screen a bit and shoot the ... been drawn in a giga-screen style effect, with magenta body, but ... -
New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
... very pretty wide-field explosion effect (it's a bit Bomberman ... not bother with an on-screen 'PAUSED' effect. As it's written ... then wipes out any visual effect that I've built up ... -
The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.
... start at the V4, full screen border effect :-o :) -
Strange behaviour in real hardware but not in emulatorsWell, at least not in any emulator I've tried. I've been reported by fellow forum member Macc that both our Maritrini Monster Slayer and Retroworks'…
... unstable and ULA show in screen raining effect. ZX will crash. This ... -
LUMASCII - 4-level work-in-progess build...In case anybody wants to have a play... [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extras/lumascii_4_level_wip_20120909.zip"]http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extr…
... "phase-shift" effect (as well as the screen fade effect). Perhaps there might ... -
LUMASCII - 4-level work-in-progess build...In case anybody wants to have a play... [URL="http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extras/lumascii_4_level_wip_20120909.zip"]http://www.bobs-stuff.co.uk/extr…
... "phase-shift" effect (as well as the screen fade effect). Perhaps there might ... -
esxDOS v0.8.5 released (with TR-DOS emulator)Yup, you read right! Now with TR-DOS emulation! More info and download here: [url]http://www.esxdos.org/[/url] Enjoy :)
... , bugs on real ZX - screen raining effect, impossibility read port 7FFD and ...