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Text Adventure Completion RateI used to really enjoy text adventure games on the Spectrum but I had a really bad completion rate. The only adventures I actually completed were: a…
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FUSE(Mac) save LLIST as text file?OK, now that I can get to the LLIST command I want to output a typed in BASIC program to a .txt file on the Mac. I checked Help and it says that a 1…
... emulation of a serial printer (Text-only). So I set my ... default printout.txt as the Text OutputFile.
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Text Adventure Vector graphicsI've often wondered what the memory cost of graphics in a text adventure was. If you were to hazard a guess, how many bytes would it be possible to …
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Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…
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Text AdventuresCan anyone recommend a good text adventure for a beginner. I've tried to play some in the past but never got very far.
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INSTR function...Hi Folks, Another little program that people might find useful: [CODE]100 DIM i(4) 110 LET a$="This is some sample text" 120 LET b$="text" 130 GO S…
... is some sample text"
120 LET b$="text"
130 GO ... ROUTINE
9010 REM a$=String to Search
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Import text files of type insThere are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run…
There are ways to read the text of scans and covert them to word or txt files. So you could do this then edit and correct them and import them to run and save. What do you think? -
Jack and the Beanstalk (Text Adventure)This is for the 1984 TEXT adventure of Jack and the Beanstalk - not the more popular Thor game which is more graphical. [IMG]http://i66.servimg.com/…
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best text adventure gameswhich text adventure games should i play and which should i not play
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Smooth (vertical) scrolling on ZX SpectrumI was just thinking about this. You know, you have systems like Atari 2600 or Sega SG-1000 that have no hardware scroll, but they have games that sti…
... (probably full 50 fps) vertical scrolling. Games like Monaco GP (SG ... Spectrum games have all jerky scrolling when it is about to ... guy that could do the scrolling smooth - J. Smith but then ... -
Implementing smooth scrolling in games that don't haveHowdy, How easy/difficult in general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls on boundaries such as Gothik or Saracen? Does it depend …
... is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls ... on the engine or are scrolling routines fairly standard? Could I ... -
Text file for ZX ExplorerHi, I was wondering if the text file is still being updated containing the file details for uploading into ZX explorer? Many thanks Peter Jones
Hi,
I was wondering if the text file is still being updated containing the file details for uploading into ZX explorer?
Many thanks
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Look for a one text adventureHello dudes, can you remind a text adventure where you find yourself in the train which slowly increases its speed and you must free yourself from th…
Hello dudes, can you remind a text adventure where you find yourself in the train which slowly increases its speed and you must free yourself from the locked compartment ? All I can remember now it was Quill or PAW based... -
50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel scrolling on a 128K Speccy50Hurts - Full-screen 50Hz 1-pixel horizontal scrolling on a 128K Speccy. Graphics are an obvious nod to Joffa, whose games and banter were a big ins…
Personal comments in instructionsSomething that I do not feel is right, is personal comments in instruction files. Surely the purpose of instruction files is to preserve the origina…
... an example, in the English text instructions for [URL="ftp://ftp ... are pretty jerky and the scrolling leaves a
lot to ...Random game text funMy wife is watching Nigella Lawson shovelling her cooking into her pie hole, and she was making Chocolate hotpots. But it sounded like she said Hot-a…
... typing other random bits of text or conversations from games into ... ? I mean obscure bits of text not stuff like "all your ...Best extras with a speccy text adventure?I'm considering using Graphic Adventure Creator to make a game for the comp.sys.sinclair crap game competition 2011 and might make a few extras to go…
... was just wondering which speccy text adventures had the best extras ...Worst thing you've ever done in a speccy text adventureWhat's the worst thing you've ever had to do in a speccy text adventure? Are there any stand-out moments of unnecessary violence/cruelty/destruction …
What's the worst thing you've ever had to do in a speccy text adventure? Are there any stand-out moments of unnecessary violence/cruelty/destruction in any speccy text adventures that stick in your mind?TAB - Text Adventure BuilderOk. I wasn't exactly sure which forum to post this, so mods feel free to move to relevant section.. Remember all those old text adventures written w…
... br /> Remember all those old text adventures written with the excellent ... .) is my *free* text adventure creator; interactive fiction ... the challenge of writing text adventures, particularly those who ... excited and enthusiastic about text adventures, old and new. ...Print TextHow do i print text on the bottom left row(memory location in attribute 23295) of the screen in assembly? I understand the parts better on paper and …
How do i print text on the bottom left row(memory location in attribute 23295) of the screen in assembly? I understand the parts better on paper and ink but can't figure it out.
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Ooze48kKiwi OS for z80 computerHi everyone, Nearly made my z80 computer with 2K ROM 32K RAM. It has an OS im still writing called Kiwi (apple, blackberry, you get the idea ;D) he…
... ; HL IS STARTING ADDRESS OF TEXT
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ASCII
PRINT_LOOP ... , 1527 ;LOAD HL WITH ADDRESS STRING LOCATION
CALL ASCII ;PRINT ... , 1534 ;LOAD HL WITH DATA STRING LOCATION
CALL ASCII ;PRINT ...getting a windows header text ?thought someone here might know. how to grab the text from a windows program window.. the actual text NOT graphics (e.g. ctrl- print screen) or show…
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how to grab the text from a windows program window ... .. the actual text NOT graphics (e.g. ctrl ...Text adventure games with small maps and logical puzzlesLooking for text adventure recommendations for games that don't have too much mapping but have a good set of logical puzzles.
Looking for text adventure recommendations for games that don't have too much mapping but have a good set of logical puzzles.Text adventures in Spanish/Aventuras del texto en espa?olHello, chaps. I'm interested in learning Spanish but don't want to be stuck in tourist speak from all the books, so thought a good way to learn more …
... to play a couple of text adventures in Spanish.
So ...Tile based graphics and scrolling thingy...Here's my best attempt so far at a tile based rendering and scrolling routine. It draws in 22 8*8 graphics tiles along the top of the screen (junk i…
... a tile based rendering and scrolling routine.
It draws ...The good old days (what do you honestly miss)?I was reading a post on Gamefaqs where the author was saying how modern games were better than older games, and even though that's just his opinion (…
... ability to search for a string of text, and the much cheaper ...Text Adventure Designer (my 1st m/c programme)Didn't know whether to put this into games or development, but its still under development, so here it is... I started developing this about 3 years…
... "The Pawn" displayed it's text, but must admit I wasn ... . I therefore developed my own text engine. Its all in machine ...Best Text AdventureI'm looking for a good text adventure, any ideas?
I'm looking for a good text adventure, any ideas?Procrustean PrintingHere's a short routine to manage printing of text with command tokens, to avoid messing up the screen when they are expanded. It just prints as many …
... routine to manage printing of text with command tokens, to ... PRINT statement thus:
PRINT "text";USR stack,string_expression,max_length,substr ... character
pop hl ;HL=string pointer
djnz SSNEXT1 ;printed ...Trying to remember an old text based game I used to play...Hi all, hope u had a nice Christmas.. I've been scratching my head for some time now trying to remember the name of an old game I used to play on my …
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It was a text based game, no graphics as ... standard linear nature of most text adventures this was more of ... to recap, it was a text based non-graphical adventure/rpg ...
