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New gameHello. I've just started developing a new game for the 128K spectrum. In fact, its the first thing I've ever programmed on a Spectrum (i'll admit, I…
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ebook on graphicsi would like to learn coding about sinclair graphics in machine code. is there any scanned ebooks about it on a site?
... , it uses the ROM's routines for FP maths and stuff ... maths and use replacement ROM routines, an option I hope to ... will end up as the Asm editor I suppose), an Assembler ... -
Game Editor questionI'm currently updating my image utility - TommyGun and my old Map editor, which I haven't released on WoS yet. My question is this. Would people li…
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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 :…
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Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
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Best emulator to use for type-insHi Everyone, I have loads of spectrum basic / mc code I had written when I was at school - some cool stuff, I'd like to type it in (from 4" silver p…
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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…
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There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
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About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…
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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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Installing Z88DK Z88DK INSTALLATION Z88DK is distributed in two parts. The first part is the platform independent bits (including source and z80 libraries) and th…
... extern struct sp_Rect *sp_ClipStruct;
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... CPU load needed to software scroll the screen wasn't i ... sometimes dropped cool hardware based routines in favour of software scrolls ... -
Game enginesHow many Spectrum games were based on the same "game engine"? The most obvious examples are Ultimate 3d games (Knight Lore, Alien 8 etc.). Also "Cobr…
... and Gutz shared the same scroll technique from JoffaSmiff. just Gutz ... which probably shared lot of routines could have been
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Graphics RepositoryJust had an idea! Would it be possible to start a graphics repository here on the website perhaps for original spectrum graphics, ie. sprites, tiles…
... could store your most useful routines, along with comments and descriptions ... different formats. eg. .bmp, .scr, .asm, .c etc etc etc
Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
... . What tools do you use? (asm, z88sdk, graphics tool, music tools ... from scratch (mouse/gfx/keyboard routines etc) & optimising z88dk's ... . What language do you use? (Asm, Basic, C etc)
Beginner InfoI have trying to find some hardware information for use with assembly coding but havn't had much luck. For instance. How do I redirect the vertical …
... mentioned a lot of those routines are untested -- they are rewrites ... loop is unrolled in in_Inkey.asm . The code there finds a ...Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
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Challenges : maintaining a ... for the main graphics routines and other core routines, due to always ...Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…
... . not only tile and sprite routines but print routine for 40 ... is some compression and decompression routines if needed.
i *think ... C for game logic and asm for everything which touches hardware ...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…
... z80, you might want to scroll down to the "The IM2 ... easy for your C or asm program to make use of ... /sprites/software/sp1/spectrum-customize.asm?revision=1.5&view ... us:
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DEFC ...incbin in z80asmUsing z80asm (as shipped with Z88DK) is it possible to include binary files (i.e. incbin)? If so how?
... /> extern uchar bptr[];
#asm
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BINARY "file ... 've enclosed the above in #asm/#endasm to make sure the ... tape routines in z88dk.
A warning for z80 asm code ...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…
... provided by Chris Busch (rand.asm found on
; many ZShell ...What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... individual programmer's collection of asm routines that he reused an SDK ... usually means a library of routines shared in a widespread manner ...Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... buffer that I used to scroll objects across that were not ... I rotated it into the scroll buffer before masking into the ... /> You will find that several routines to transfer graphics are much ... the buffer, graphics & graphic routines are all in upper memory ...Spectrum Basic InterpreterHello. I started this days a strange project: an interpreter of the Spectrum Basic that can run in a Spectrum. Here is a very preliminar version: […
... a's, but with no scroll? message, and if you break ... scroll control, in the Spectrum it works because the Spectrum output routines ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... graphics, flip screen instead of scroll screen ). If I can get ... /> I realise chucking in timer routines to slow it down on ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... entirely new set of callable routines simply for gaming![/QUOTE]
asm, then compiled C has a ... with a majority of pure asm games.
There are ...Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... can write my own routines for blitting sprites and ... CALLEE linkage for hand assembled routines as there are a ... be in that bit of asm or ROM call that ... have to be written in asm -- if you depend on ... particularly scary, even for asm programmers as cpu speed is ...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... is a lot of routines i could use already ... to simply including text asm files in a project.< ... there and rewrite everything in asm, giving options to include ... z88dk allows mixing C and asm code at will. This way ... you could write in asm and use the source base ...
