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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... and I made games in BASIC in speccy.. were so funny ... in time speccy asked you "scroll?".. I remember designing graphics in ... /> Also in Amiga with AMOS basic.. we I write games.. AMOS ... -
Best way to codeHi, I've been using Zeus Assembler to code MC programs so far. Nothing fancy just the odd scroll left or animation stuff. Wot I'd like to know is, …
... you can make the screen scroll where your program still runs ... /> A program is doing normal BASIC (or MC if started). It ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
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did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... some few very basic and uninteresting games, all in Basic.
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Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…
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games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... of those that are specialized basic or whatever with compiler arent ... more versatile.
Laser Basic seems good but after what ... find it. HiSoft has a basic compiler but there was a ... when i make a screen scroll vertically and horizontally and get ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... level language but it isnt basic, and runs at comoparable speeds ... it's alot like using basic and the manual is pretty ... /> calculations to get a smooth scroll and is one of the ... . you can also use normal basic if youwant and is not ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
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woooooo! ... vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard vs games ... again, i liked the basic better, think it is ... get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask ... strengths is its weakness. Scroll, custom sprites etc. when ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
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The Basic is non-existent, meaning it ... video game effects, like smooth scroll, to be possible. But because ... had a strong version of Basic. It was quirky. It featured ... -
More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…
... have a whole Basic routine, or an entire Basic program for that ... remember learning this but my basic has gotten very rusty over ... be better off compiling your basic program - but this has worked ... you want the screen to scroll upwards by Printing Graphics or ... -
which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…
... actullay see a resemblance to basic. it's not as ... RET=Return ... etc etc. knowing basic helps cause you can kind ... to do this in basic it would be like ... is high level like Basic, and has a bunch ... pretty cool! easy to scroll background and have an independent ... -
Converting Final Fantasy 1 to the Speccy...Hi all! Although I've not been at Spectrum BASIC for a long, long time (and so have forgotten a lot as well as most of the important memory addresse…
... do such a thing in BASIC. It seems this job would ... than someone who only knows BASIC (seeing as you're planning ... on using BASIC on the PC as well ... lately...
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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…
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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…
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... , the Spectrum versions do not scroll as smoothly as their C64 ... , Arjun wrote:
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whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... produced masterpieces that *appear* to scroll as smoothly as anything on ... . OK, so they don't scroll at 50 fps, but they ... Arjun rightfully says - the Spectrum BASIC [I]encourages[/I] people to ... by their dabblings with Sinclair BASIC all those years ago? :) (A ... -
Coder`s with time....How many coders are there who can program anything? i.e. Commercial quality games, full blown applications, utilities etc.... who can do the lot? I…
... pixel limit to accuracy of Scroll (to clear backgrounds) and other ... worked first time in SAM Basic, although a lot slower and ... -
Beta Basic Manual 3 and 4?Hi all, The Beta Basic V3 manual is here in a pdf doc :- [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/utils-info/BetaBasicV3.0.pdf"]ftp://ftp.w…
... , but alas I love Basic so Beta Basic seems to be my ... I would need the roll, Scroll, Get, and Plot commands rather ... -
Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... , the other 'defender' listed are basic programs... :) Don't care for ... you could turn around and 'scroll back. -
Atlas Assignment - questions...(1) How do you know you have to fly to Quimper? If it's in the inlay of the "proper" version of the game, that's why I don't know - my copy was on a…
... do is look at the BASIC... how's that done? It ... REM... the listing won't scroll, and clearly my knowledge of ... -
Atlas Assignment - questions...(1) How do you know you have to fly to Quimper? If it's in the inlay of the "proper" version of the game, that's why I don't know - my copy was on a…
... do is look at the BASIC... how's that done? It ... REM... the listing won't scroll,
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Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…
TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…
... a computer, there are 2 basic attributes about that software that ... implements the basic paint toolset, and image manipulation tools (scroll image etc ... image to create and some basic painting tools.
Only one ...Splat!how many levels does it feckin' have? ive been playing it and saving snapshots after every level, so far ive done 1-7 then the level stays on 7 but …
... to the start, and then scroll slightly faster.
This happened ... game is written in Speccy Basic with varoous pokes, so you ...Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
... is a game written in BASIC with few pieces of MC ... with short MC routines like scroll, special CLS, laser zap and ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... section will contain `links to BASIC compilers and manuals, `cross-compilers ... about the peculiarities of the Basic...
Like all the ... `ve seen people scroll the entire screen in basic, not just upwards ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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* Place ... contains various flags controlling the Basic system and generally should not ...Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
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