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Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... better than speccy basic... sorry.. speccy basic was "ok".. dragon also perhaps.. it ... was ms basic.
dragon 32 was welsh.. back them ... -
Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... basic was better than speccy basic... sorry.. speccy basic was "ok".. dragon ... also perhaps.. it was ms basic ... play with for their BASIC since the operating ... one 16K ROM. Spectrum BASIC is quite remarkable because ... -
Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... or the neighbour with a Dragon, i mean that was just ... for the Speccy, wasnt all basic blocks moving about. -
Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!
... or the neighbour with a Dragon, i mean that was just ... for the Speccy, wasnt all basic blocks moving about.[/QUOTE]
Dragon or (more likely) Oric that ... -
Help! Reverse engineering a Spectrum game[deleted]
... so routines are the most basic building blocks that many programs ... easy to begin with a basic program library shell when starting ... - Map/collision editor
06 - Scroll engine
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Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
... see how they do. The Dragon 64 and the VZ200 come ... Speccy and they use Microsoft BASIC. The Dragon doesn't support integer ... I clone with a hacked BASIC. It lets you define variables ... least the patched version of BASIC I made does. I can ... -
Sorting an array...Hi Folks, Over the weekend I had a play with sorting algorithms - takes me back to my student days! :-o My first try was with the good old Bubble S…
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Tests show the CoCo/Dragon will be about the same ... takes about half as long. Dragon BASIC is slightly faster than CoCo ... Extended Color Basic due to in not being ... -
BASIC compilerHi All, Can someone please recommend me a good compiler (for emulator use) that 'compiles' BASIC code into Assembler? There are quite a few availab…
... .cgi?id=0020177]Mariano the Dragon[/url], among others) and ... url] are compiled with HiSoft Basic, the rest with MCoder III ... in what's standard BASIC with some Sinclair BASIC features added. The ... fairly large projects. Using standard BASIC means you can get rid ... -
Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
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scroll.
BGCOLOR 0x001F7708 DWORD ... DWORD Playfield 0 horizontal scroll.
PF0YSCR 0x001F7710 ... DWORD Playfield 1 horizontal scroll.
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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. …
... trying to get numbes to scroll within a character cell (bottom ... is a bit flickery in BASIC, suspect this one needs MCODE ... -
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. …
... trying to get numbes to scroll within a character cell (bottom ... is a bit flickery in BASIC, suspect this one needs MCODE ... -
Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... a 50hz pixel smooth horizontal scroll:
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ld a,63 ... code). I also put BASIC to sleep and used IM2 ... loaded into memory by a BASIC stub loader. I removed ... when I wrote that scroll routine back in 1990 ... -
Hacking the O.C.P Full Screen Editor/AssemblerIf you have been reading my posts recently then you will know that I am eager to have the sourcecode I wrote for the Spectrum during the period 1988 …
... actually poked test data using BASIC to create that simple map ... to BASIC.
Here's how I think the scroll works ... -
LCD interfacingHas anybody interfaced [url=http://mdfs.net/Info/Comp/LCD]an LCD[/url] to a Spectrum? I'm toying with putting together an interface, a small 32x8 dis…
... author:
[CODE]; Some basic code for driving LCD alphanumeric ...
DB 06h ; set no scroll, cursor shifts right.
Platformer BAS file?Does anyone have an example of a platformer in BASIC? Specifically one that uses drawn sprites, etc.
... is coded in BASIC and compiled using HiSoft BASIC compiler: [url]http ... source code for Mariano The Dragon is available if you want ...Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]
... mean some people even wanted BASIC listings in the mag ! I ... game in 1983 for the Dragon which sold 3 copies worldwide ... people how to write in basic, difficult to cater for everyone ... want programming tips on speccy basic etc ? A mag like that ...Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]
... mean some people even wanted BASIC listings in the mag ! I ... game in 1983 for the Dragon which sold 3 copies worldwide ... people how to write in basic, difficult to cater for everyone ... want programming tips on speccy basic etc ? A mag like that ...Request for help (Z80 gigascreen loader)Although I'd attempted to stick to keeping things simple in Image to ZX Spec now I've implemented Gigascreen (8x8 only) I've found the BASIC Gigascre…
... misunderstanding was in providing the basic for the video loader. I ... ] the display refresh value). The basic above was really for buffering ... - I see you have Double Dragon 128K to work on! :)
The Dragon 32/64 threadI got a Dragon 64 a few years ago. Not many games included though. Back in the day, they always reminded me of the BBC with its shape. There always…
... and my mate had a Dragon 32. We weren't ... the VIC-20 and the Dragon were waning as serious ... "Scramble" type game on his Dragon 32. If memory serves me ... the Dragon also have some sort of flood fill command in BASIC ... 20 and one for the Dragon 32. Which of course ...VIC-20 MegathreadWasn't the VIC-20 just a top machine? Discuss.
Well I posted in the Dragon 32 thread, so might as ... well versed in the Commodore BASIC and all of the POKES ...The Commodore 64xI was reading my Daily Mail this morning when I espied an announcement that the Commodore 64 was back with Blu-ray drive and other accoutrements. [u…
... its unique features like HW scroll and SID but soon I ... course then that nonsense called BASIC V2 - why on Earth they ... put such an obsolete basic into a 1982 computer? Saving ...Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... =30618]"storing machine code in BASIC"[/thread] from last August).
BASIC"/regular BASIC timing comparison by writing a short routine to scroll down ...That thing on ZX_Beccy's shelfI am sure I am not the only one who thinks ZX_Beccy has the most amazing Sinclair collection but has anyone else been curious about that white spectr…
... some of the prototypes have BASIC keywords/commands that don't ... on the final version, like SCROLL, FORE, UNPLOT, BRTR, DLL, etc ...That thing on ZX_Beccy's shelfI am sure I am not the only one who thinks ZX_Beccy has the most amazing Sinclair collection but has anyone else been curious about that white spectr…
... some of the prototypes have BASIC keywords/commands that don't ... on the final version, like SCROLL, FORE, UNPLOT, BRTR, DLL, etc ...That thing on ZX_Beccy's shelfI am sure I am not the only one who thinks ZX_Beccy has the most amazing Sinclair collection but has anyone else been curious about that white spectr…
Well SCROLL and UNPLOT were on the ZX81, FORE is presumably what would be INK (as neither that or PAPER are present). I guess the updates to Sinclair Basic hadn't been finalised when these were being mocked up.looking for games similar to...the kind of left-to-right arcadey scrollers that Hi-Tec put out such as [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004368]scooby doo an…
... 're just wanting games that scroll left to right or basically ... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001488]Dragon Ninja[/url]
right ...Hi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
I've used HiSoft BASIC quite a lot, but I ... games have been coded in BASIC and compiled using HiSoft 1 ... the archive?)
- Mariano the Dragon [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ...Hi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
... ;538414]I've used HiSoft BASIC quite a lot, but I ... games have been coded in BASIC and compiled using HiSoft 1 ... the archive?)
- Mariano the Dragon [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org ...The thread of belly laughsGo on folkes I could do with a laugh. Post up the some of the funnyest (or down right silliest) things you know, be it jokes, stories, images, youtub…
... even worked out how to scroll the big text, so do ... second ever program in spectrum basic. In any case Bob was ...megadrive and mastersystem gamesyo know what to do next, list your faves, and discuss
... some basic RPG elements)
[B]Wonder Boy III: The Dragon's ...
