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  • did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…

    ... text adventure game written in BASIC. First attempt. Helped by ... a conversion of an original Basic adventure listing in a book ... caverns" kind of game. Horizontal scrolling implemented in MC.


    ad 2) See BASIC program added.
    [code]
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2002 Games
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... language but it isnt basic, and runs at comoparable ... 's alot like using basic and the manual is ... you are making involves a scrolling
    background. A ... background to handle the scrolling backdrop, and a separate ... can also use normal basic if youwant and is ...
    Amigo Amigo April 2003 Games
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... colour vs scrolling vs music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... colour vs scrolling vs music vs instruction set vs basic vs keyboard ... why again, i liked the basic better, think it is much ... to get into than C64 Basic, and you can ask why ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…

    ... coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
    [/quote]

    Cross ... save it to tape from BASIC.

    I now prefer ... a masterpiece. The speed, smooth scrolling and parallax really showed off ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 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…

    ... approach, while OK for making BASIC+MC business/math programs, ... ops (clearing the screen, scrolling, drawing a simple opaque sprite ... ROM routines or using the BASIC calculator routines*).

    ... , but without knowing the basic operation of the VIC and ...
    GOC GOC January 2004 Development
  • 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…

    ... simple ops (clearing the screen, scrolling, drawing a simple opaque sprite ... ROM routines or using the BASIC calculator routines*).[/quote]

    cyborg cyborg January 2004 Development
  • 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 :…

    ... where just great, plus smooth scrolling, exellent sound and 3.5 ... applications in the ultra reliable basic( like databases and graphics editors ... /> I read that the C64 basic was just a rushed and ...
    Arm73 Arm73 February 2004 Games
  • 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 :…

    ... the VIC to slap a scrolling background w/sprites on the ... talking about a computer whose BASIC doesn't even have a ...
    GOC GOC February 2004 Games
  • 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 :…

    ... />
    You learn Spectrum BASIC and get two commands; border ... what was learnt in BASIC. Commodore BASIC sucks, but at the ... you make the transition from BASIC expert to novice machine ... screen and using the hardware scrolling and actually takes some skill ...
    TMR TMR February 2004 Games
  • 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 :…

    ... and no hardware support for scrolling - two points c64 fans ... .

    2) Spectrum BASIC did help novices to migrate ... is a misrepresentation of facts. BASIC encouraged people to program, and ... rule should apply to all BASIC commands then, including PRINT!< ...
    Arjun Arjun February 2004 Games
  • 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 :…

    ... *limitations* of not having hardware scrolling, Spectrum coders have produced masterpieces ... Arjun rightfully says - the Spectrum BASIC [I]encourages[/I] people to ... by their dabblings with Sinclair BASIC all those years ago? :) (A ...
    monty.mole monty.mole February 2004 Games
  • Any Errors?Any errors you feel Sinclair Research or even Amstrad made with the speccy??

    ... you refer to the BASIC way of scrolling then it seems moot ... because BASIC is slow - done ... in machine code scrolling PAPER is ... no different to INK. BASIC is slow ...
    cyborg cyborg March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Making a mapI should learn Z80 assembly, but I don't have the time (really busy) and I feel like making a game. I've tried with Colt which gives me enough speed…

    ... could just have a small basic tile unit with no more ... you're not making a scrolling platformer then the time to ...
    cyborg cyborg March 2004 Development
  • handbook for newbies ?looking at questions what regulary appears on this forum i have an idea. why not to write short book for newbies. if few experienced coders write eac…

    ... files. there's also the basic and machine code tutorial on ... graphics on the screen, movement, scrolling, sound.

    David Webb ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Development
  • 1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)

    ... . i think it will do Basic, C, Z80asm, and Forth is ... , some shooter probably even with scrolling, some arcade games, puzzle games ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... there some way that either Basic or MC coders could poke ... />
    You could add hardware scrolling in PC code or any ...
    CKay CKay June 2004 Emulators
  • Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …

    ... , the other 'defender' listed are basic programs... :) Don't care for ... whole game basically revolves around scrolling. I liked the way you ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi July 2004 Games
  • Cascade 50 questionI remember playing on this around summer 1984. There was a game on this tape which was basically a 'W' shape made up of numbers and a moving line whi…

    ... too remember the smooth(ish) scrolling cars. But there was another ... Mission. Though we edited the basic to reflect his recent holiday ...
    MattLamb MattLamb August 2004 Games
  • Strange layout of Spectrum video memoryHello, does anyone have an idea why the Spectrum's video memory has such a strange layout? I understand that a resolution of 256x192 is an easy mean…

    ... might be the old 48K Basic editor. It repaints the whole ... could have designed a real scrolling editor using the normal memory ...
    J?rg Pleumann J?rg Pleumann August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…

    ... entries...


    @ Dunny, Basic is indeed great for short ... capable... like any coder though, basic or MC, it was about ... of going from a confident Basic coder to a crap MC ... that`s giving me hardware scrolling, sprites etc etc

    CKay CKay September 2004 Development
  • games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…

    ... , they also made a Basic Lightning for doing games in ... think the Spectrum needed a Basic Lightning, since IDEAL can be ... as fast as regular Spectrum Basic.


    [quote]< ... better. Pixel smooth Sprites and scrolling, etc. Really good program.
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... like they were written in basic, and compiled... check the ... top of 50/60 fps scrolling and premilinary triple playfield display ... /> Also, had code for `pretend` scrolling 3D game, ala Clockwork Knight ... it (or even indeed every basic)... but you can`t argue ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Games
  • Laser Basic Sprite GeneratorDoes anyone know how to use Laser Basic Sprite Generator? I've downloaded it from this site but I don't know what to do with it! Thanks in advance.

    ... will only work with Laser Basic. You design your sprites with ... use of it all (smooth scrolling, masks etc...), but it was ...
    The Starglider The Starglider December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can make ... for things like sprites and scrolling at least. At which point ...
    AndyC AndyC March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I ... ) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some ... Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll ... to work with sprites and scrolling.

    @Fikee: Agreed ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... /> [quote]
    The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... module to provide fast drawing, scrolling, etc. And you'd ... compiler, not the BASIC.

    Sinclair BASIC, although very ... smooth sprites using only compiled BASIC with no extensions!
    ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... -iterate that the implementation of BASIC provided by Sinclair is in ... module to provide fast drawing, scrolling, etc. And you'd need ... game requires smooth, fast sprites, scrolling and music. Why?
    Rael Rael March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... game requires smooth, fast sprites, scrolling and music. Why?
    [/quote ... The Quill or PAW with BASIC?

    Tell you what ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    Which version of Hisoft BASIC is the SE BASIC Compiler based on? 'Cause ... great feature. Does your SE BASIC Compiler support any kind of ... has a neat sprites and scrolling module which is small and ... nice addition to the SE BASIC Compiler. Have you thought on ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2005 Sinclair Basic
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