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Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…
... 't "delete" elements from a Spectrum BASIC array (Java has something called ... invading aliens!).
In the Spectrum, you can resize the array ... y > 21 in normal BASIC. In Boriel ZXBasic, you can ... -
Arrays in BASICHi so I'm making this crappy game and I wanna store the screen positions of some UDGs in in a 50x2 array cause I have 50 characters. So I made the ar…
... 't "delete" elements from a Spectrum BASIC array (Java has something called ... invading aliens!).
In the Spectrum, you can resize the array ... y > 21 in normal BASIC. In Boriel ZXBasic, you can ... -
Welcome to the Matrix!Ok here's something I been playing with while I'm at work and on public transport. I'm thinking I want to be able to move the large letters around th…
... books or lessons on coding Basic is that they never touch ... up 'scrolling' in the Sinclair Basic manual and the BASin lessons but ... -
Prime Mover - A (free) ZX-Spectrum-style platformerI've uploaded a fully-playable HTML5 version of a small platform game I've been messing around with. It's playable from start to finish but is missin…
I've done some Spectrum Basic programming before, but no assembly beyond learning the registers. I'd be interested in porting it in the future though. -
What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…
A more kid friendly BASIC manual.
It was great for teens and grown ups,
I needed something more dumbed down, like a small tutorial on how to make a small game. -
Text file to BASICHi, Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall somethi…
zmakebas 1.5 link [url="https://derekbolli.wordpress.com/2012/11/16/create-zx-spectrum-basic-program-tap-file-from-text-source-file-in-bbedit-using-zmakebas/"]here[/url]
Regards,
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Text file to BASICHi, Is there anything available for Windows or Linux which lets me enter BASIC in a text file and convert to a .TAP file. I seem to recall somethi…
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flash in a stringhi, is it possible to store flash in a string? u can store colours, bright, etc.
You can persuade the (48k Spectrum) BASIC editor to insert attribute modifier ... game I'm writing in BASIC. I had hoped that;
Humourous InstructionsWhich inlays or instructions did anybody find the funniest? I can remember Heavy On The Magick with it's "Dungeons and how to enter them" segment …
... the bizarre classic from the Spectrum instruction manual :
[Instructions for ...Humourous InstructionsWhich inlays or instructions did anybody find the funniest? I can remember Heavy On The Magick with it's "Dungeons and how to enter them" segment …
Heh. I like the Weasel Willy one it's great. Yeah...no dungeon game ever mentioned dysentery. From the spectrum instruction manual..wow..
I often mention Viking Raiders...and...the TACTICS section amused me a lot.Bug detected in BAS2TAPIf I try to compile this: [CODE] 10 PLAY "c" [/CODE] I have the next error: Error in line 10 ... Expected end of statement ... I have solved in […
... ) is perfectly valid syntax in Spectrum BASIC.
For those wondering ...Getting a +3 working again (keyboard & tape socket issues)So, as part of my Spectrum restoration project I will also try to tackle the problem child among my fleet, the +3. PROBLEM ONE: Ever since I firs…
... "]...because the diagram in the manual I'm looking at (page ... page in the manual...!!!
[quote="ZX Spectrum +3 manual"]When using an ...User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... banks, but I like writing Spectrum BASIC games. I can't draw ... developing a system that takes Spectrum SCREEN$ and lets a user ... mcode area for use in BASIC programs.
What I ... suitable images, convert them to Spectrum SCREEN$ (Img2ZXSpec), load them ...Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…
... machine code) not a ZX Spectrum BASIC "AND" (which just does a ...Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
Right now I'm considering if I should try to implement A* path finding algorithm in Spectrum BASIC, or do something far simpler that won't work as well. Hey, it is a crap game compo so perhaps functionality is not the highest priority.Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
... A* path finding algorithm in Spectrum BASIC, or do something far simpler ... use the Assembly version (the BASIC version is only intended to ... ), although you can use the BASIC version if you want a ...Why don't the variables print where I told them too?I wrote the following program to experiment with creating sounds using 3 notes of BEEP and having the ability to change the notes up or down one at a…
... you can't write complex Spectrum BASIC dialect when you start writing ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... that normally just resets the spectrum :)
my programs ... I moved away from the spectrum to the PC and use ... me write programs in sinclair Basic but has the speed of ... like Space Invaders written in Spectrum Basic working
https://www ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... that normally just resets the spectrum :)
my programs ... I moved away from the spectrum to the PC and use ... me write programs in sinclair Basic but has the speed of ... like Space Invaders written in Spectrum Basic working
https://www ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... that normally just resets the spectrum :)
my programs ... I moved away from the spectrum to the PC and use ... me write programs in sinclair Basic but has the speed of ... like Space Invaders written in Spectrum Basic working
https://www ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... a sort of super sinclair basic.
86 and 64 ... etc he would need a Basic to write programs on ... /> so it's not ZX Spectrum Basic (you need Basin for that ... )
It's ZX Basic for your PC
... PC and not a 48k Spectrum things like ATTR and BORDER ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... up of a thing Visual Basic is.
Ast-A ... the peculiarities of the Sinclair Spectrum Basic, sufficient to amuse me and ... the idea of writing a Basic as friendly as Sinclairs that ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... the peculiarities of the Sinclair Spectrum Basic, sufficient to amuse me and ... the idea of writing a Basic as friendly as Sinclair's ...I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
One of the reasons BASIC books often didn't mention ... a quirk of certain dialects. Spectrum BASIC allows you to do GOTO ... calculated value) but many other BASIC dialects expressly forbid it. So ... only really think of BBC Basic from back in the day ...I live and learnThanks to Einar's ZXDB link I found under the Books folder and English sub directory a PDF file named 'The Century Computer Programming Course for Z…
A bit simple:
10 INPUT a,b,c,d,e
20 LET s=a+b+c+d+e
30 PRINT "Sum is: ";s;" and the average is: ";s/5
Line 10 works in ZX Spectrum Basic, I don't know if it works in other Basic dialect.Am I censored?Can someone please check the comments in this youtube video where I tried to explain it's a 20 year old video. Putting a 2017 date on a 20 year old …
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I replied to ZX Spectrum BASIC: Buggy Orbits, didn't know ... rare delight to find ZX BASIC codes in videos now. Greetings ...Reading Disks via ASMI'm hoping to port my Amstrad game to the spectrum (See the link in my sig for info) I will be targeting the 128 and +3 - the game will not work on …
... are well documented in the Spectrum +3 manual, including a small amount ...Serious facts about the ZX Spectrum Serious fact Number 1: It is a business machine. From an article about and interview with Sir Clive ( by Mike Cowley) Sir Clive says here:-"Nor…
The ZX80, ZX81 and ZX Spectrum BASIC inline syntax checking was (and ... :D
As was the Spectrum BASIC string slicing :D
The ... of time programming on my Spectrum, the school BBC B, ... into context, compare the ZX Spectrum BASIC to the other BASICs that ...how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic?how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r only supposed to be 21 but is there a way of getting more in basic? i know its doable…
... the highest address that the BASIC system can use. It needs ... using an alternative font in Spectrum BASIC. It can be frustrating to ... /50721/new-game-wordblaster , a BASIC game I wrote that uses ...
