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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 join and leave the scrolling function enabled.
I ... d,(hl) ;DE=1st line text length + ENTER
inc hl ... /> inc bc ;BC=2nd line text length + 4 + ENTER
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SEUD - How to - Part IOK, a few weeks ago, I bought my copy of SEUD to make my first game on the Spectrum after 26 years! :) I'm learning it yet, but I'll show to you my a…
... of the game (vertical or horizontal), you will create the waves ... die. :)
W: Window/Scrolling - here we will define the ... -
Text Adventures through Facebook; advice please!I've started doing what I call text adventures (but would really fall under the category of role-playing) with friends through the chat on Facebook, …
... started doing what I call text adventures (but would really fall ... -
Something a bit like Jetpack Joyride in flavour?Jetpack Joyride is a fairly simple horizontal scrolling game, in which the player has one control. That control applies power to the jetpack as long …
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La quete du chevalier, uMIA Text adventure from FranceAs per this review in SOS Adventure in Tilt: [url]http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero028/TILT%20-%20n%B028%20-%20janvier%20fe…
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Text adventure, in french, about Camelot ... -
1986 Text adventuresI hadn't realised until I started doing this blog entry what a great year 1986 was for[URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/speccy-years-1986…
I hadn't realised until I started doing this blog entry what a great year 1986 was for[URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/speccy-years-1986-text-adventures.html"] text adventures![/URL] -
Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... CPM. We used Memo for text editing, and M80/L80 for ... ?s games, especially Cobra. His scrolling code was second to none ... -
Lighter: Better Than Raw[CENTER]So, [B](Burn The) Lighter's back[/B]! And don't ask me why I had to skip issue two at that point. [IMG]https://dl.dropbox.com/u/95941449/Bur…
... 128K machines, except for snaily text scrolling.
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multi-scroll m/c subroutine for BASICArising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. whe…
Arising from recent posts, here's a scrolling routine that will manage multiple left/right scrollings for any (sensible) line width or step; (ie. where width is -
giant pop-up text?!Since I installed Explorer 8 and Firefox 15 the text in the Infoseek pop-up suggestions box has gone ginormous. I was sure that with the earlier vers…
... 8 and Firefox 15 the text in the Infoseek pop-up ... earlier versions the pop-up text was the same size as ... the search expression text. I've tried changing the ... -
Games with good scrollingI know the Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have been some that not flick screen and maybe even smooth! I remember playing a few…
... Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have ... -
Windows emus on LinuxYesterday I tested my new Fuduntu Linux distribution and of course my favorite windows emulators. I was really pleasantly surprised at how well they …
... RealSpectrum, work great through wine, scrolling is even smoother than under ... smooth synchronized scrolling (Dan Dare and Stainless Steel bottom scroll text in ... -
Printing textThis is probably quite a basic question, or there might be something obvious I'm missing. I'm looking for an economical way of printing formatted te…
... economical way of printing formatted text in a set-width column ... ). The content and amount of text will vary (e.g. sometimes ... got a fair amount of text overall, so those control codes ... better way to print the text that uses less memory, or ... -
BIN2BAS (load BASIC text into emulator) utilityI've nearly finished testing this. It allows a BASIC program to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which has a "load binary" option. I was wo…
... to be loaded from a text file in any emulator which ... Map / Key Caps in the text editor to insert the correct ... may be split across multiple text lines
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Spectrum text adventures with music - are there any?I was playing the C64 version of Kentilla and rather enjoying [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX0gIf1Hg4E"]Rob Hubbard's in-game soundtrack[/URL…
I was playing the C64 version of Kentilla and rather enjoying [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SX0gIf1Hg4E"]Rob Hubbard's in-game soundtrack[/URL].
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Text adventures.Playing text adventures on handheld systems, is it possible-sensible and which system is best. Cheers.
Playing text adventures on handheld systems, is it possible-sensible and which system is best.
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Horizontal Scrolling/Per Character gamesHello. Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playin…
Hello.
Can anyone give me the titles of some Speccy games (preferably good ones, but I don't mind hearing about bad ones too) that scroll the playing area horizontally, one full attribute square (i.e. 8 pixels) at a time in order to be ... -
Mansion Kali, Spanish C64 text adv, gets Speccy portMansion Kali, a spanish text adventure game released by the nice fellas of Commodore Plus at last RetroMadrid event, is now available for the Spectru…
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Scrolling by 2 pixelsWhat is the fastest way of scrolling a Spectrum screen line by 2 pixels left or right? When thinking about it I've come to this simple solution: [C…
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Movin And A Groovin Horizontal Flip improvementOn the left is the flip horizontal portion from Andy Pennell'S excellent Movin' & a Groovin' machine code screen routines from Your Spectrum #19 (Oct…
... says about the routine "The horizontal flip is noticeably slower than ... .
; nice flip horizontal
FlipHorizontal LD HL,16384 ... /> RET
;end nice flip horizontal
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BIFROST* for graphic artists - part 2: static tilesThis tutorial provides some guidelines for designing multicolor tiles. Before reading this text, it's strongly recommended that you (re-)read [URL="h…
... multicolor tiles. Before reading this text, it's strongly recommended that ... to help the player measure horizontal distances (which is important for ... a puzzle game based on horizontal movement):
[IMG]http ...SpecBAS 0.789 releasedHi all! Back with another SpecBAS release - this one's mostly just about sprites and bug fixes. One new addition I do quite like is the expression c…
... saves by default as ASCII text, and does not use the ... by the compiler
Scrolling via the text output routines (CAT, PRINT ... et al) no longer corrupts text
OUT now attempts to ... in the editor when mousewheel scrolling
Loading of string and ...Another vertical scrolling questionwhile talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models? has extra ram or swappable screen buffer any…
while talking about w256 x h128 vertical scrolling, are 128k modes have any advantages over 48k models?
has extra ram or swappable screen buffer any use on scrolling?Found my old Manic Miner scrolling hackI don't remember if I put this old hack here on WoS so [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/manic.szx"]here's a snapshot[/URL]. Be impressed w…
I don't remember if I put this old hack here on WoS so [URL="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/e.tinney/manic.szx"]here's a snapshot[/URL]. Be impressed with the silky smooth scrolling :pYet another Prisoner (spanish) text adventure!Had you guys a good time playing [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=mansion+kali&loadpics=3]Mansion Kali[/url]? Then, from the v…
... ' The Prisoner, a brand new text adventure simultaneously released for the ...Hikoki's new gameSo putting together all Hikoki's suggestions: This is going to be an arcade maze but also a vertical/horizontal scrolling game; with puzzle element…
... maze but also a vertical/horizontal scrolling game; with puzzle elements like ...Help identifying a Text adventure!I have the feeling that this Spanish text adventure: [url]http://computeremuzone.com/ficha.php?id=307&sec=spectrum[/url] is actually the translatio…
... the feeling that this Spanish text adventure:
[url]http ...AVENTURA GAME - More spanish text adventures!From spanish author Miguel A Mat?as, actual worker at the Technical Support Service in our local GAME chain store, we have a new text adventure where…
... store, we have a new text adventure where you'll have ... of listening about foreing-language text advs? Wait for the oncoming ...Scrolling Bi-Colour Engine for 4-Player GamesJust putting this code up for people to have a look at. Far from finished. Should simply compile and run a bit of a demo. Only good for 128K and +…
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; Bi-Colour Scrolling-Buffer Game Engine for Four ... to allow vertical attribute-based scrolling.
;Use 8x2 repeated block ...
