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making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…
... have been lots of good compiled BASIC games too - FRANK 'N' ... you can tell it's compiled BASIC just by looking at it ... the days of selling your compiled BASIC game to a software house ... a games development language or compiled BASIC nowadays, you'll get laughed ... -
The best sound/sound effects on a Spectrum gameHi, wot do you think was the best sound and or sound effects on a Speccy game. I ask cos I think good sound effects sometimes definetly added to some…
I loved the sound effects on those early games by BLABY software - stuff like BARMY BURGERS, DO-DO AND THE SNO-BEES, SHUTTLE, GOTCHA etc.
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WYE Compiler Infoi wonder that nobody knows about this masterpiece... for example games BLUE THUNDER or some of AUTOMATA games were compiled by this tool... it is lim…
I can confirm 100% that most of the later games by G. Capewell (Blaby Computer Games) were Compiled Basic, using the Wye Compiler.
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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…
They were sure as hell not compiled Basic but they MIGHT have been compiled from another language (C for example) although I don't know of any who did. Most later games WERE developed on cross-platform development systems however. -
CGC2004 - almost there!The competition ended on 31st. Guess jil (who incidentally has been missing for some time now and was presumably busy with the competition - or so we…
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CGC2004 - almost there!The competition ended on 31st. Guess jil (who incidentally has been missing for some time now and was presumably busy with the competition - or so we…
... to see it restricted to BASIC or compiled BASIC games. The machine-code ... for m/c, one for BASIC? -
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…
... like COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO. don't care about people, existing compiled basic game ... -
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…
... /> Plus not every BASIC game is rubbish. Compiled BASIC can give you the ... games that were done in compiled BASIC, for example the earliest ... Other were coded in half basic, half machine code, namely ... my point: better a compiled BASIC game than a non existing ... -
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…
... the game which will win COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO :D
... first game in compiled BASIC, the second MC/BASIC mix and the third ... discouraging people from developing in basic is bad politic.
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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…
... the game which will win COMPILED BASIC GAME COMPO
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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…
Nice games written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I remember ... the White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll try ... would be really better if compiled :D
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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…
... Guys. Calm down.
BASIC is, as has been said ... handling for example.
BASIC is good for utility work ... ounce of sense will avoid BASIC (including compiled BASIC) for games. You'd ... with an ingenious merging of BASIC and asm.
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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…
... an 8 bit machine, all compiled languages suffer, including the ... on. On a Speccy, a compiled Basic, or straight to assembler are ... than the original ZX BASIC does compiled (the 50MHz eZ80 helps ... Sure, assembler is faster, but BASIC writes like a person thinks ... -
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…
... on. On a Speccy, a compiled Basic, or straight to assembler are ... Sure, assembler is faster, but BASIC writes like a person thinks ... 't structure the design in BASIC.
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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…
... 8 bit machine, all compiled languages suffer, including the ... see smooth sprites using only compiled BASIC with no extensions!
... what people can do with compiled BASIC. No hand-coded assembler ... Nothing but pure Sinclair BASIC, compiled.
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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…
... put at fight a compiled BASIC game against a MC ... MC game and a great BASIC game), so using a ... />
For example, pure BASIC could be multiplied by 1 ... pure BASIC + MC by 0.8, compiled BASIC by 0.8, compiled BASIC + MC ... if it is coded in BASIC or MC. But then ... -
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…
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BASIC would cover all fashions of compiled BASIC. I'm not ... taking uncompiled BASIC away, it ... most of uncompiled BASIC programs can be compiled with MCoder ... category is for games cross-compiled using Z88DK.
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…
... is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can ... .'
Cyborg - ' The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... idea started from being a BASIC only competition (because that ... with 3 sections comprising of BASIC, Compiled BASIC and MC (which I ...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…
... idea started from being a BASIC only competition (because that's ... with 3 sections comprising of BASIC, Compiled BASIC and MC (which I suspect ...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…
... this go from a Basic, to a (Basic, Compiled Basic and MC code) compo ... 4K barrier, and also for Basic, crippled by being either ... hundred times speed advantage over basic, and sometimes a thousand ... being embarresed by offering forth Basic code, or asking the ...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…
... best suited for a Speccy Basic game, the M-Coders can ... sprites or how fast a compiled basic game `could` be, but whereas ... can`t do anything in basic (even compiled), or that arcade games ... may be well suited to compiled speccy basic, such as the old ...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…
... essential in at least the "compiled basic" category. Otherwise how can you ...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…
... about accepting games written in compiled BASIC, as long as they are ... P.S.S. software (a compiled game), then I would accept ... written in? Is it BASIC? is it compiled MC? or pure MC ... if the resultant games WERE compiled BASIC.
The Spectrum has ...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…
... BUNCH (by Firebird) is interpreted BASIC, compiled BASIC into machine code, or just ... 'd love it to be BASIC and be able to add ...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…
... BUNCH (by Firebird) is interpreted BASIC, compiled BASIC into machine code, or just ...Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
Graf Spee, great fun especially if you broke into the program and gave yourself a load of fuel and torpedos..
Oh and wasn't Frank'n'stein a compiled basic game?Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
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Oh and wasn't Frank'n'stein a compiled basic game?
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Don't know about that, but I seem to remember that I read that Dr. Franky and the Monster was a compiled basic program. However, I would not call it good :)Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... ' Stein couldn't have been BASIC could it? It looks too ... .
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Yes, compiled basic for sure and the compiler ...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…
... news) held a BASIC compo last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some neat ... still believe that what a BASIC program lacks is speed which ... the White Lightning package from compiled BASIC. This afternoon I'll try ...
