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A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…
I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but . . . how do you create random stars? Some help would be greatly appreciated?
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Can anyone name these 2 text adventures??I'm trying to find the names of two text adventures but I'm not having any luck so far and wondered if anyone can help. Hopefully if I describe what …
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Are there PC utilities which can create text adventures (with illustration)?Now, don't laugh but I'm no techie. Even when I got my speccy back in '84, I never made the effort to learn how to program. And the chances of me l…
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How do I load .ASM text files into an assembler ?I notice that the old Sinclair magazines contain assembler routines that someone has put into .ASM files. These files are text files. I have a copy …
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Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
... standalone machine code routines for scrolling and sound effects.
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Batman Caped Crusader - misnamed text file[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000442]Caped Crusader[/url] has a [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/b…
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Arcade/Text Adventure hybrids?Were there any arcade/text adventure hybrids? The only one that comes to mind are ones that have sub strategy elements, but I'm thinking more along t…
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Simple text compressionI just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it as recomendation but rather as info which can you save some time when you are solving …
... just checked one idea about text compression. Do not take it ... /> The idea:
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Listing of illustrated text adventuresThere are various text adventures that feature pictures alongside, often created with The Illustrator. Although SPOT treats these as a different genr…
There are various text adventures that feature pictures alongside, ... should be treated as regular text adventures, but with a flag ... ...
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Games that were released as Text adventures...but it would've been great, if not better, if they had been released as action, not text games? I know text games have action too, but you know wh…
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ANN: ResiDOS v2.25 and +3e ROMS v1.38 releasedA major new release of ResiDOS, v2.25, is now available! The most important new features are commands and functions allowing new extended streams an…
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Thinking of making a "Wicker Man" text adventureI introduced my friend to the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after she reminded me she liked D+D/MMORPGs; so we played an…
... the wonderful world of Speccy text adventures the other night, after ... 's already a "Wicker Man" text game in existance... -
Text Adventure Dizzy questionsWork on this game is going through the mapping stages and I have a few questions. As the readers know, it will be based on Treasure Island Dizzy but…
... slightly changed to accommodate the text adventure format.
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2D Scrolling tile based editorOk, first of all, I thought TommyGun could do it, but the option to create a 2d scrolling map is greyed out.... All I want to do is create some 8x8p…
2 questions about matrix and string handlingI was never good at understanding how to do something random in Sinclair Basic without repeating something that was already done. Had problems unders…
... way to randomly scramble the string?
Second question. Let ...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…
... loading – there was a crawling text at the bottom of the ...Level 9 / Mandarin SoftwareHi, I was a big fan of the Level 9 text adventures and remember getting the compilation sets (in large blue boxes) of their greatest hits. The box …
... fan of the Level 9 text adventures and remember getting the ... advanced parser where you can string multiple commands together.world of text find the spectrum.This is neat its a world of text. Find the Spectrum in here and add your user name. Its esentialy a never ending text pad that is editable by any vi…
... neat its a world of text. Find the Spectrum in here ... /> Its esentialy a never ending text pad that is editable by ... .com/detail/your-world-of-text/[/url]"fSplit-screen pics/text" ?What's "fSplit-screen pics/text" doing here? :confused: [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009704]http://www.worldofspectrum.org…
What's "fSplit-screen pics/text" doing here? :confused:
[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009704]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009704[/url]
It points to "No matches" anyway.More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …
... page, saying
"The text that you have entered is ... think I'd choose a (string) version of Pachelbel's Canon ...Character scrollingOk, first I'd like to say that I'm not looking for a complete routine (but that might help) because I am hoping to write it myself and learn a bit mo…
... completed the top third before scrolling it? Also double buffering, would ... great deal of difference when scrolling one third or 2 thirds ... /> Thanks.. I've never done scrolling before so any help is ...Print text somewhere elseHi guys How do i make text come up somewhere else. For example, instead of this FFFFF GGGG I want this FFFFF GGGGG
Hi guys
How do i make text come up somewhere else.
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GGGGGEditing text in TZX files???Hi. Can anyone help. I wanna edit the names in FormulaOne. I have got ZX edit and tried to do it through there but its all in code. Does anyone know …
Hi. Can anyone help. I wanna edit the names in FormulaOne. I have got ZX edit and tried to do it through there but its all in code. Does anyone know how I can do this just by replacing the text with text and re-saving out?
Cheersthe weirdest cover art / inlay text..I just got a tape the other day , I think that qualifies for both hence the thread. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012421[/u…
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and the inlay text....
A MESSAGE FROM ...WOS/#speccy wall of text thing?hi all. i saw a thing a while ago that was like an interactive "wall of text" for either WOS or the #speccy IRC channel. anyone know the address of i…
hi all. i saw a thing a while ago that was like an interactive "wall of text" for either WOS or the #speccy IRC channel. anyone know the address of it? i can't remember how i stumbled upon it and i can't find it by googling eitherZX Spectrum (Text) Adventures - Additional InfomationI've put together a document with addition information and/or corrections for 150+ of the text adventures in the database. [URL="www.garethpitchford…
... corrections for 150+ of the text adventures in the database.
Text Adventures - PDF document[/URL]
Eureka! - what to do with the 5 pieces of textI've had a nemesis for 20 years now..... the Eureka! adventure game, the one which came in 5 parts, the end of each part presented you with a piece o…
... you with a piece of text.... how the heck do you ...Text Adventure - Trying to RememberHi all, I'm trying to remember the name of a text adventure I played when younger. All I can remember is that the loadscreen had a face looking over…
... remember the name of a text adventure I played when younger ...Euro sign in TZX info blocksI grabbed the TZX info block for Invasion of the Zombie Monsters from Infoseek and noticed that the Price field has the HTML style € string for …
... field has the HTML style € string for the currency sign which ... ISO Latin 1 for the text fields in TZX files[1 ... alternative except maybe for the string EUR (UKP is used in ... actually get put into the text before acrimony set in. I ...
