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  • Basic games Compo? Nathan ?Is there any chance of you running another competition for new games again? I remember there being quite a few good games, and the thread was interes…

    ... the thread was interesting bringing up Basic games.

    I meant ... to enter the Basic part but failed due to ... catogories available, like SAM Coupe Basic (obviously), QL SuperBasic etc etc ... your busy getting on with all this C, MC etc etc ...
    CKay CKay December 2006 Development
  • saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …

    ... to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny September 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Speeding up programs by hacking the SysVarsPositively pleased to properly discover this area of the forum! I have a couple of recent tricks that might be of interest - they're probably old hat…

    ... them here.

    First up, you can temporarily hack the ... 't going to step through all your program code to find ... -prog-with-nxtlin-to-speed-up-basic-loops/"]Hacking PROG with NXTLIN ...
    Robsoft Robsoft August 2016 Sinclair Basic
  • Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…

    ... *40 scrollable bitmap layer... all in basic at 50 fps or 60 ... machines most versions of Basic, when you download scrolling games don't ... a scrolling game engine at 50 or 60 fps in BASIC is ... /60 fps lock to fuck up the pace of play, lol
    CKay CKay October 2009 Chit chat
  • Double-Buffer ScreenFor my Alien Breed Speccy re-write I decided to use a Double Buffer (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto, before shuffling the whol…

    ... and get vertical-pixel-smooth-scrolling. All the complicated stuff is taken ... when constantly dropping back into BASIC before the next RAND call ... debugging). I set the gameloop up purely in mc and it ...
    LuMan LuMan April 2014 Development
  • Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…

    ... ve ever seen a BASIC program scrolling the screen that ... a utility for speeding up BASIC graphics you might like, ... day, but it does all work. It lets you ... a hidden screen with up to 64 pre-coloured ... background. It also speeds up printing multi-line objects ...
    joefish joefish April 2019 Brand new software
  • A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…

    ... to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial[/url ... with machine code which is up there in the stratosphere ... being made, how to set up interrupts. Learning one without ... to do with intelligence, after all, even a machine can ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Chit chat
  • Quick bioOMG! - so this is what the internet was created for! and all that time i thought it was all about porn! ;) i've finally found somewhere to share my…

    ... was created for! and all that time i thought ... it was all about porn! ;) i' ... to share my love of all things speccy - i ... accounted for all my BASIC knowledge and very basic BASIC programming skills!< ... if i end up asking dumb questions! lol
    CSFC CSFC February 2004 Games
  • BASIC compilersI'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so I'm in a fix now since my BASIC…

    I'm looking for a BASIC compiler that can actually handle ... the SAVE and LOAD basic commands. Hi Soft Basic doesn't, so ... a fix now since my BASIC program uses the SAVE and ... decent compiler that handles almost all of BASIC commands and generates fairly ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Sinclair Basic
  • Speeding up BasicHi, Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic? What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 5…

    Hi,

    Does anyone know whether it is faster to use variables than numbers in Sinclair basic?

    What I mean for example, is Poke A,D quicker than Poke 50000,100?

    Thanks

    Derek
    dmsmith dmsmith July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …

    ... writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's ... Spectaculator/SPIN running Hi-Soft BASIC compiler. I've been ... that compilers don't support all of BASIC's features and this ... test the compiled program whilst BASIC program and compiler were still ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 November 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Little BASIC gameTry to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it. Not allowed i.e. : PRINT USR 1362 D - Break cont-repeats but ok 10 GO TO 10 RU…

    Try to make all standard BASIC-errors and tell us how you did it.
    Not allowed i.e. :

    PRINT USR 1362
    D - Break cont-repeats

    but ok
    10 GO TO 10
    RUN and press BREAK
    D - Break cont-repeats
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP January 2007 Sinclair Basic
  • ZX Spectrum and (real) B A S I CSometimes ago there was a thread "how spectrum changed your lives". Another thread dealt with "how to copy spectrum screens using basic not using co…

    ... to copy spectrum screens using basic not using complicated that ... at a time computers coming up to main stream.
    ... Basic" works.
    In my eyes "Visual Basic" is not a "BASIC" at all ... because Basic means: ?[U ...
    ingo ingo October 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Help identifying a gameAgessss ago i wondered if anyone knew this game but it wasnt found. I thought i would try once more as i want to relive the memories. Yearsss ago t…

    ... game which was released, all in basic where you created a band ... 30 was again all in BASIC, an indicator moved up to show where ... a record a huge large basic graphic appeared with the name ... /> The graphics were very very basic and old but the game ...
    psj3809 psj3809 September 2008 Games
  • A new Basic manualWith all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc. What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?

    With all the basic functions, tips and tricks, etc.

    What's the chance of someone (i.e. not me) writing a new Basic manual?
    chop983 chop983 October 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • Untitled Zombie GameBought a Speccy 48k (wanted a 16k with a 32k Cheetah rampack and Kempston interface, but couldn't find a 16k) and started writing BASIC for the first…

    ... a 16k) and started writing BASIC for the first time in ... issues), which I've stuck up in a post on my ... , which is why it's all in BASIC (which I reckon will ...
    Dabnorfish Dabnorfish November 2010 Development
  • problem neighboursHassle on my own doorstep, makes me stressed. Rather than type it all up again, here is the main body of an e-mail I sent to my local councillor aski…

    ... . Rather than type it all up again, here is the ... cross, and disinclined to put up with it anymore.
    ... to be let in at all hours,
    various other ... br /> the consent of all householders at the time has ... denying
    his tenants basic rights as set out in ...
    thx1138 thx1138 May 2011 Chit chat
  • Fired up my Speccy today...It's true, after more than 20 years, I dug my 48k Spectrum out of the cupboard, popped out to Maplin to buy a suitable PSU, set it all up and tuned i…

    ... a suitable PSU, set it all up and tuned in my TV ... me hear it. This opened up up a whole vista for me ...
    Dirtymojo Dirtymojo August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Creating a ZX Spectrum Development Environment on Mac OS XI’ve been using a Macbook for a while now and am so impressed with it I decided shift my ZX Spectrum development from PC. It took me a little while t…

    ... below just install it all it is free anyway ... simple:

    [code]all:
    pasmo -v -d -- ... can pick it up.

    basic.tap is just ... autoruns. Pasmo can create basic loaders for you as ... The cat line just pulls all the different tap files ...
    TomD TomD July 2015 Development
  • Comedian SimulatorHello. I am a comedian. Like, a proper one in real life and all that. Anyway, here and there I reference the ZX Spectrum and other retro-gaming th…

    ... one in real life and all that.

    Anyway, here ... launched Fuse and using all my BASIC skills, came up with a reasonable ... how the scene works (well, up to a semi-pro standard ...
    peteprodge peteprodge October 2017 New game ideas
  • Calling all ZX Spectrum DevsCalling all ZX Spectrum developers I am putting together a DivMMC starter pack with the latest version of ESXDOS and was wondering if any of you w…

    Calling all ZX Spectrum developers

    ... ZX Spectrum to get it all up and running and see what ... age of Spectrum computing is all about.

    If you ...
    morcar morcar February 2018 Brand new software
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    ... small things, mostly crap, all in basic with maybe some things in ... really slow, turn the speed up on the emulator and its ... sites actually have that crap up there.
    Amigo Amigo July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.

    ... ]

    Oh god, yes. All those games that, let's ... if possible. At the most basic, they detect ROM loaders and ... no, don't hang it all up - TZX is the best we ... ...

    Gilby, keep it up. you've done an enormous ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Basic and AY musicis it possible to play an ay-music in background while a basic program is running?

    ... stack registers if working in BASIC as only HL' is important ... setup

    RST 38 ; BASIC IM1 routines
    PUSH IY ... once
    RET ; return to BASIC

    ORG VECTOR * 256 ... be able to shove it all up at the top of the ...
    cyborg cyborg January 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!

    ... PC (sorry to bring this up!} can do a hundred million ... . there was hacking, programming, etc... all of which was possible because ... in the bucket" game..fire up basic and do it. try doing ... that on the PC...fire up C compiler...figure out graphic ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2003 Games
  • i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…

    ... Grim has said all he has worked with is Basic? (Dr. Evil ... br /> [/quote]

    Basic is all about mystery code too. There ... a flawed fashion by taking up Basic or you can learn it ... links:

    Learn Sinclair Basic:

    [url="http://www ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... /> For instance, I tried looking up the ASCII codes for "48LA4LO ... that relates to "48LA4LO" at all.
    [/quote]

    Latitude ... ?

    It's all in BASIC anyway so you should be ...
    Mr. Anonymous Mr. Anonymous July 2004 Games
  • Spectaculator keybord problem in 6.3In Spectacultor key presses no longer respond in the emuluator. Hot keys work fine. I have tried removing Spectaculator and re-installing. I have…

    No keys work at all in Basic or in games.

    ... press ctrl m it brings up
    the Multiface 128.
    DodgyGeezer DodgyGeezer August 2004 Emulators
  • Mess around with basicIf you have a game that was written in basic, e.g Football Manager, how do you look at the code that was used? thanks

    ... wth compatibility when using SE Basic. There is quite a ... any future versions of SE Basic that I work on. ... code is called that frees up the new ROM to ... say out of all the basic languages, the spectrum basic is the ... all, if ever you get a line wrong then BASIC ...
    speccy8 speccy8 March 2006 Sinclair Basic
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