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Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... a clunky conversion written in BASIC and using UDGs. The pixel ... the score line, and the bottom two show the level indicator ... pixels to run across the bottom of the screen; this will ... -
[Book] Elementary Basic (Missing UK version details)Hello. The book 'Elementary Basic': [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001188"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id…
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Subacuatic Reloaded (ZX Spectrum 128k) - MojonTwinsForgetting the vows he made to her late girlfriend after so many perils and worries, Ferdinand W. Templeton found the true love among the (eight) arm…
... Jewel of Ebro, the Sacred Scroll of Ahamaramu IV and the ... ). They were spread accross the bottom of the sea again, this ... -
what game had a loader with crawl text at bottom ?I remember I had a game which had an interesting feature while loading – there was a crawling text at the bottom of the screen. This was instea…
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Sinclair ZXC3 FLASH ROM CartridgeI recently received mail about the new ZXC3 PCB which provides the unique ability to program it directly from the Spectrum without the need for an EP…
... . All the standard Interface 1 BASIC commands can be used to ... pages links shown at the bottom of this email.
border graphics / text tricks ?just curious if it was possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have "scroll ?" in the lower border? is there trickery that you can…
... possible.. I mean in basic, when you scroll a program you have ... "scroll ?" in the lower border?
< ... , just curious because obv. the "scroll" seems to be in the ...Making BASIC occupy less RAM?I risk being told to search the forums and the entire archive of type-ins, but here it goes... Is there any known utility to do all the hard work of…
... all the modifications in BASIC, fix the BASIC header using POKEs and ... . routine to save the modified BASIC listing.
And ... ve never tried to compile BASIC listings that use VAL extensively ... tells me that non-compressed BASIC should be easier to ...Star Wars scroll/crawl/title effectI may have seen this type of scroll on a Speccy game before, but I've never seen it as a type-in or part of a cover tape. Does anyone know how to do …
... have seen this type of scroll on a Speccy game before ...Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC?
+3 Basic or 48k basic.
No machine code routines utilised to help the program along.A.I. in a Pacman game made in BasicA few years ago I tried to make my own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the whole game was completed and was working with just one gh…
... own Pacman game in Sinclair Basic. The map, UDGs and the ... this simple A.I. in Basic, or give me a general ...Vector font in BASiCHi guys) Some fifteen years ago I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a vector font with size/ thickness/ italicization params. I remem…
... I saw a quite short BASIC prog that could simulate a ... a'la vector font in BASiC.
I've got ... /> 1440 PRINT "THEN, WRITE YOUR BASIC LINES TO"
1450 PRINT ...ANN: SE Basic Beta 2Somewhat surprisingly, and 10 years after I started it, SE Basic is pretty much finished. [url]http://bit.ly/d64mo3[/url] The main selling point, a…
Sound Basic 1.7Hi, I'm new here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ? The program can be found from WoS, it contains a manual/instructions/demos in t…
... here, anyone heard of Sound Basic 1.7 for Spectrum 48 ...Please test my Manic Miner remake!Thanks to everyone who downloaded my sneak preview of Manic Miner Turbo. Thanks especially to na_th_an who is the only person so far to give feedback…
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Again, "A" returns to basic, so don't press that ... see corrupted attributes on the bottom of the screen.
Platform Game Designer 2Right, with Telly Heroes out of the way, I've decided to have a second attempt at this. I've ditched the old PGD2 source, and started again with the…
... written some code for basic horizontal and vertical patrols, plus another type ...An update on ZX BASIC support for the SpectranetOne for zxbruno, I hope :-) So just an example of what now can be done with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of a program …
... with the network filesystem and BASIC. The following listing is of ... this on the Spectrum, using BASIC and streams:
[code ... send data over ethernet from BASIC. You can PRINT # to that ... script that expands the ZX BASIC tokens.Code breaker by Paul DobieHaving a sort out over the rainy Bank Holiday and in the bottom of a box from the depths of a cupboard found an old C15 tape. On it is 'Code Breaker…
... Bank Holiday and in the bottom of a box from the ... their order etc) written in basic judging by how slow it ...NewbrainI was watching Making The Most Of The Micro on youtube last night and in one episode there was a feature on a chemists who were using a computerised …
... brown top and chocolate brown bottom. The one distinctive feature was ... . It worked but seemed unstable, BASIC would crash and the machine ... up. I removed the case bottom for a look inside and ...ZX BASIC (Boriel's Compiler) - LibrariesWell, we have a nascent option on a sprite library coming together, thanks to na_th_an's fourspriter being retooled for the job. It's not general pur…
... is simultaneously almost completely sinclair basic compatible (It even allows ... easy fix to a Sinclair Basic Program) and a very ... able to write in basic and make M/C ... you're still using Hisoft Basic, it's time to ... -in functions for the basic compiler to make it ...Playing AY sounds with BASIC.Is it possible? If so how? I've seen in one forum a while back mention of using interrupts to play but AFAIK this is machine code only. The goal of …
... probably have some sort of basic sequencer display to arrange the ...The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].< ...How to insert special characters in Basic and ASM ?Look the next picture. [IMG]http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/9479/scode.jpg[/IMG] I dont know how to insert these black and diagonal characters. No…
... and diagonal characters. Not in basic, and not in ASM. For ...Getting back into Spectrum BasicAfter a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting to do some old school programs. Then I can run them on Nintendo DS using t…
... a LONG break from Spectrum Basic, have discovered BASIN and starting ...Extended Basic InstructionsThis is the first time I send on this forum. First of all I send you a friendly "Hello" from Belgium, and I hope that you'll excuse my bad english..…
+3 Basic QuestionBeing doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?
Being doing alot of programming in Basic on my +3 recently and was wondering if there is a way to get my Basic programs to auto boot from disk?Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... game doesn't need to scroll or anything :???:
Here ... box, bright with bright or basic with basic, no mix, correct pixel ...storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ...Help with a basic programI'm doing a very small basic program which I know is bloated, but it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on here). I just wondere…
... 'm doing a very small basic program which I know is ... it works. (I have limited basic knowledge compared to most on ...Return to +3 BASIC from 48K mode.Hello Spec-Chums! I don't know if this trick has been posted before, if it has, i apologise, but i have not been able to find it. Anyway, here goes…
... SPECTRUM command to enter 48K BASIC mode, there is no way ... back to +3 BASIC; however, i have found that ... colour control codes in the basic program, or if you need ... any way back to 128K BASIC on the earlier 128K machines ...
