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Teach Computer Science as well as ITC[img]http://www.bbc.co.uk/media/images/56986000/jpg/_56986587_i_livingstone.jpg[/img] Ian Livingstone who co-wrote "The Warlock of Firetop Mountain"…
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Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... to create a pattern of vertical bars, no matter how long ... would you use if from BASIC? For example, if I want ... -
Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
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How to safely maximise available memoryHi All, I'm toying with an idea that will require I have as much memory available as possible. I'm a little embarrassed I have to ask this tbh. As…
... don't try returning to BASIC, especially on a 128.
upwards) for variable storage, so long ... moves the system variables or BASIC around may mean that the ... CLEAR statement in your BASIC loader fails. But then you ... -
How to safely maximise available memoryHi All, I'm toying with an idea that will require I have as much memory available as possible. I'm a little embarrassed I have to ask this tbh. As…
... don't try returning to BASIC, especially on a 128.
upwards) for variable storage, so long ... moves the system variables or BASIC around may mean that the ... CLEAR statement in your BASIC loader fails. But then you ... -
Would anyone be interested in......Hi, I'm wondering if there would be much interest in an expansion card for the speccy that gives a VGA output with enhanced gfx & sound capabilities…
... , particularly something that is a basic turnkey all in one solution ... one, if its a 48k+ upwards?.. I particularly like Yerzmyey's ... -
New Game! Maritrini, Freelance Monster SlayerAfter experiencing the sweet taste of success, Maritrini woke up one fine day in a mess of bed sheets and with the biggest hangover she could remembe…
... my next games) in compiled BASIC (Boriels ZXBC) and it works ... games with alternating floor tiles scroll a little bit slower.
Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... bars on the border, but vertical and not horizontal.[/QUOTE]
BASIC ;)joining lines of BASICDue to overwhelming demand - well, one demand - well, more of a suggestion, really - here's a routine to join together lines of BASIC. The vertical c…
... the scrolling function, if the vertical arrow keys were restored to ... they stepped through the main BASIC listing if used while editing ...New WIP from Kabuto Factory: A.R.C.O.S.Hi everybody! After a long time in silence (...you know, life and its commitments...), we're coming back with new WIP for Speccy: A.R.C.O.S., a new …
... /> Game is written on compiled Basic. That's why it's ... a little "starfield" scroll to maintain the scroll effect and get more ...Two fingered gamesNifty Lifty, Crimebusters, Bug Eyes. I love games with simple two keyed controls like these*, can anyone name any other good ones worth investigating…
... -D platform game and the vertical movement depends on lifts.
BASIC, though I never got round ...ZX Spectrum 48k issue 3b power problem?Hi :) I was lucky enough to find a couple of ZX Spectrums at a car boot sale yesterday. I spent the evening fiddling about with one (issue 2) and t…
... year old has been learning Basic on it so needs the ... black square filled with thin vertical red lines.
4 - unlike ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
... (obviously not an advantage for BASIC programs where it's better ... piece falls, I deactivate rendering, scroll it, then reactivates rendering so ...A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
... the compiled program and grows upwards (instead of starting at top ... ]
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No problem. If ZX BASIC heap occupies the beginning of ...A new multicolor engine called BIFROST*I'm glad to announce the release of a new multicolor engine implemented by yours truly, including high quality 16x16 tiles designed by R-Tape: [IMG]…
... the compiled program and grows upwards (instead of starting at top ... 608593]
Even if ZX BASIC provides its own interrupt mechanism ... [/QUOTE]
Agree. Infact, ZX Basic does not use IY register ... /> No problem. If ZX BASIC heap occupies the beginning of ...Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…
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With a horizontal scroll, you can get away with ... away with hiding with a vertical scroll?Exilei\'m sure this has been brought up before but couldn't find a thread in 'New Game Ideas'. Why did the Spectrum never get a port of the BBC game Exile…
... can do the pre-shifted scroll in a spare uncontended bank ... , like that MASK example shows, vertical scrolling is fairly easy - you ...Games written in BASICHi all, I've been racking my brain trying to think of a game which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing that I can …
... much of Oracles Cave in BASIC..? I'm pretty sure all ... .[/QUOTE]
Yeah, the scroll routines and graphics are loaded ... , but the rest is pure BASIC.Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... was so easy, even in BASIC ;)[/QUOTE]
Sorry Stojan, but ... fun, but Comet game has vertical bars. ;) Not so lame after ... ...
Show me that in BASIC.PLOT and DRAW in machine codeHow do you go about it? If I posted a really simple BASIC instruction could someone do a machine code routine so I could learn from it? I wouldnt k…
... didnt want to go into BASIC to do it, so a ... want a box, horizontal and vertical lines should suffice, which are ...Which Speccy game had best border effectsIn truth, I'm just trying to remember a game from my youth, and the amazing border effect during pause is the only thing I can clearly recall about i…
... fun, but Comet game has vertical bars. ;) Not so lame after ... ...
Show me that in BASIC.[/QUOTE]
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Yes, those are vertical bars... ...but not in border ...2 new games - Brian Vs the Bullies & BlitzIn case you've missed it in this thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38962[/url]) I've uploaded 2 games to celebrate …
... part of the screen and basic (it also overwrites the printer ... only compresses from 24000 and upwards.
I'm a ...The most powerful 8-bit machine, and CPU?Further to the discussion in: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/newreply.php?do=newreply&p=621787[/url] What actually is the best 8-bit ma…
... be incredible.
The basic instructions take 2 cycles. You ... the CoCo2/Dragon, some hardware scroll (vertically per pixel, horizontally per ...Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
... interrupts
ret ; return to BASIC
org 0xc39a
jp 56 ; exit via BASIC interrupt handler
blit ... LDI for a 20 column vertical scrolling routine*. Though in data ...Byte-order backbufferThis is a tool for Z80 coders who wish the Spectrum screen had a serial layout. It runs as an interrupt mode 2 service routine and uses POP and PUSH …
... LDI for a 20 column vertical scrolling routine*. Though in data ... know? I'm just a BASIC coder. :-PPlanning ZX-CentralDear readers, as I would like to start programming on ZX-Central (the central application of ZX-Modules) in a few weeks, I'm looking for suggestions…
What is the basic role of the ZX-Central ... able to replace all those basic functions, and being able to ... the zoom using the mouse scroll wheel... It would be helpful ...Question about 2-channel beeper musicI confess I haven't tried all the available beeper utilities and software. I always found music software confusing and trackers are not for me. I kno…
... to convert MIDI files to BASIC statements to make BEEP music ... these are on the same vertical scale:
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Pure BASIC just isn't fast enough ...Need to scroll one column using m.c.I've used many of the available routines to scroll the entire screen in any direction, but I'm not being able to find one that would allow me to scro…
... compare doing the scrolling in BASIC, out of curiosity. Assigning the ... bytes are not moved in vertical column sequence, due to the ... /> ret
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