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  • Restoring AY registersAfter doing (not still finished) the sna to tap converter, I'm going to try to do the same for 128k snapshots. I've got threee ideas about what to do…

    ... would be:

    1.- BASIC loader, that loads (or have embedded ... registers would be hidden in machine code in step 1 and would ... sync", but produces more garbage in screen. The advantage of both ... ).

    [b](**)[/b] In a Transtape both steps can ...
    Zup Zup April 2018 Development
  • Are there any games/apps developed in Pascal or others?After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor edito…

    After talking to a friend of mine about a Hi-Soft Pascal I now wonder whether there are Speccy software pieces made [i]NOT [/i]in Basic, C, nor editors? If so, was the lack of memory the root problem or there were more?

    TY
    NRA NRA May 2018 Development
  • is there a way of reading characters off the screen and turning that into a string? this has to be done in basic. i know it would have something to do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change due to programs r…

    this has to be done in basic. i know it would have ... change due to programs running in the memory? i also need ... command to program a commander in basic for the +3e.
    digital digital May 2018 Development
  • Tutorial: Using UDGs in SpecBASSpecBAS is capable of using graphics mode, in a similar manner to the original Spectrum. Like most things though, the extended nature of SPecBAS's ab…

    ... normal typing characters.

    The second will stay in graphics mode ... />
    The font in bank 1 contains mono characters that are 8 ... watch as all the "a" characters in your code turn to boxes ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • FANTASY THEMED block falling game.I have no idea why, but I was trying to get to sleep last night and this game appeared in my head... kept me awake a while! Anyway, it has the usual…

    ... night and this game appeared in my head... kept me awake ... .... by matching your own fantasy characters in the same way...
    Something ... enemies in time limits etc etc etc....
    Maybe could have special ...
    retromad retromad November 2018 New game ideas
  • Totip - Corsa Cavalli (JCE)[b]Full Title[/b]: Totip - Corsa Cavalli [b]Year[/b]: 1984 [b]Company[/b]: JCE [b]Type[/b]: Utility: ? [b]Message Language[/b]: Italian [b]Uploa…

    ... of loose instructions (+hi-res in tif format)[/list]
    ... inlay (+hi-res, unedited, in tif format)[/list]
    ... designed to assist the user in a (at the time ... B there's a BASIC horse race betting game ... ]: side A lacks a BASIC loader for the intro screen$. ...
    Cesare Falco Cesare Falco April 2019 MIA/STP/SDP
  • converting sna to tapsince i'm struggling to find a simple sna to tap converter that works fine on gnu/linux, i'm about starting to code one on my own (using a scripting …

    ... works

    the zxspectrum-basic loader would be like: ('rem' stuff ... "

    the assembly code in the last chunck:
    di ...
    nitrofurano nitrofurano April 2019 Development
  • Can I record binaries from any emulator with Basic commands, machine code, macros or something?Hello I do not know if this is the right place to put this question Normally with ZXSpin if I want to save a binary file, I'm going to: file ->…

    ... , etc
    directly from commands in basic or from machine code, that ... are different files?

    In pseudocode it looked something like ... the first piece of memory in a binary file
    < ... The second piece of memory in a different binary file
    maeloterkim maeloterkim June 2019 Emulators
  • is there a way of adding a define procedure command to zx basic?i know you can add things like renumber, using randomize usr to call it, but this would have to be keywords. this would be so helpful in basic as you…

    ... . this would be so helpful in basic as you would no longer ... didnt add this feature to basic. this would have to be ...
    digital digital July 2019 Sinclair Basic
  • Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …

    ... to code some BASIC with my daughter.

    In the tips ... ways to perform routine tasks in BASIC.

    However, after ... about how much time each BASIC command takes to run.
    in the programme?

    ...
    48K 48K July 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • New Utility ZXSTLC[b]New Utility ZX Spectrum Tape (& Disk) Loader Creator[/b] I made this utility to easily create tape and +3 disk loaders for my projects and have…

    ... ZX Spectrum Tape (& Disk) Loader Creator[/b]

    ... as above
    |
    | a basic command line will be:
    In addition to the
    | loader & code block ... it will add in a standard ...
    TomD TomD August 2020 Brand new software
  • WiP New Utility TAPonDSKThere are a few utilities that transfer tape contents to +3 disk but most, if not all, require manual intervention to change the loader and/or rename…

    ... transfer utility which decodes the basic loader and attempts to re-write ... a tape version would work in most cases due to machine ... little bit of M/C in a REM statement which turns ... additional file just rename the basic loader to DISK
    | -s NUM ...
    TomD TomD August 2020 Brand new software
  • How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…

    ... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
    ... I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... horizontal scrolling part isn't in basic, because that part is ... y,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its Y coordinate first ...
    Timmy Timmy September 2020 Development
  • Computer Haiku (converted from C64)[url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Haiku_1983_CES]Here's the original C64/PET program - "Computer Haiku" by Commodore Educational Software, 19…

    ... the original program was written in BASIC, I thought I'd examine ... system variables, POKEs and control characters instead - so the title screen ... if it was over 32 characters - one place the Commie had ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2020 Sinclair Basic
  • (Fixing) The Swordsman of Kraxis 7The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 ([url="https://worldofspectrum.org/software?id=0013314"]link[/url]) is an arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).…

    ... arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).

    I' ... seemes that it's unplayable in the current form. I' ... it seems to be typed in pretty faithfully. Unfortunately the ... some problems with displaying UDG characters, making the first part ...
    Timmy Timmy March 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • How to write a simple game in C+asm.This is just a link to an old post in Development, about a post of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. It was suggested that this thread shou…

    ... link to an old post in Development, about a post ... of making a simple game in C for the Spectrum. ... this thread should belong in this C forum as ... explains a bit more in BASIC what the game is doing ... -to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]( ...
    Timmy Timmy April 2021 C
  • Slideshow...Is there any interest in MDR files with graphics slideshows? I was playing around with a Microdrive Superformat I'm working on ( I'm trying to mak…

    Is there any interest in MDR files with ... we used to have back in the late 80's ... PC... Wrote a quick loader in basic, and just had it ... enough left over for the basic loader. A for-next delay, ... kind of cool running in the background, transitioning between ...
    cj7hawk cj7hawk May 2021 Software
  • ZX Spectrum BASIC "non UK" titles that can be easily translated to make an "easy" English VersionIt was the 16K German version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about this . Really , I suppose this translation aspect just…

    ... version of LEMONADE STAND written in BASIC that made me think about ... aspect just "touches" on Speccy BASIC (At first , I thought about ... therefore the use of Spectrum Basic is relevant to some extent ... GOOD non UK software titles in BASIC that could be given this ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio July 2021 Sinclair Basic
  • pixel exact printingis there a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the rom code or using a completely new routine? so that print at x,x works more like…

    ... a way of doing this in basic? or by copying / modifying the ... compendium but it makes the characters too fat:

    ** Printing ... that when u do it in assembler it just does it ... i want some kind of basic interaction...

    i also ...
    digital digital December 2021 Development
  • Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…

    ... locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games written in BASIC, back in the ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Sinclair Basic
  • Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…

    ... 128k game I tried), built in Basic and even that awful sound ... sweet sound of a Spectrum loader for a short moment brings ...
    Anonymous Anonymous November 2001 Games
  • Games cracking...A question for the crackers out here.... What was your very first game you cracked and for how long were you 'in clouds' of it? My very first progr…

    ... was to put your name in the loading screen (just a ... signature) and to write the basic loader.

    But cracking turboloaders ... slower) was half the fun in comparison to converting a multiload ...
    paul paul August 2001 Games
  • 48K protectionWhich games were 'protected' by loading a full 48K block of code so that no copy program could fit in to memory? I know of 2 by heard. Pole Positio…

    ... . I look at some crack in my collection that I got ... M1 copies, sometimes with different Basic loader, I repaired some of them ... "cracked by..." message into the loader (Greetings to Studio komputerowe L ...
    LCD LCD August 2001 Games
  • Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…

    ... had happened the hardware in the box took over ... then save
    a BASIC loader, followed by the main code ... expand the compressed file in under a second then the ... screen could be paged in and then copied to ... that accessed the AY chip in 48k mode.

    MatGubbins MatGubbins March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZX to TAPIs there an application for the mac which will convert TZX files to TAP? I've searched around but can't find any.

    ... BASIC loader of some CPC versions of their games have code in ... . (This is documented in the Amstrad SOFT968 firmware ... ; and so the loader must be written to ... on cassette when viewed in a sample editor ( ... we know nothing about the loader :)
    [/quote]
    Anonymous Anonymous July 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…

    ... game which was completely written in BASIC.
    The Fall of ... off a platform suspended in space in this amusing conversion ... location in Travel with Trashman where there were no other characters ... title has sometimes appeared in slightly different ways, you ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2002 Games
  • 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…

    ... a catch the ball in a bucket written in Basic.

    ... the numbers. 90 per cent BASIC. 10 per cent MC ... sized characters.

    3) A text adventure game written in BASIC. First ... conversion of an original Basic adventure listing in a book. 1 more ...
    Arjun Arjun December 2002 Games
  • 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…

    ... a catch the ball in a bucket written in Basic.

    ... sized characters.

    3) A text adventure game written in BASIC. ... conversion of an original Basic adventure listing in a book. 1 ... game in a ONELINER.

    ad 2) See BASIC program ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP December 2002 Games
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