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What game gobsmacked you the most?And where were you when you saw it for the first time? Mine has to be, an obvious choice, Knightlore & Underwurlde. We'd all seen the adverts at s…
... the moment the cute Batman sprite looked at me and began ... 't seen anyone do 3d graphics like that anywhere before! -
Programming Books for Kids - Whats happened to programming?What has happened to Programming in the 00's :( I remember at the tender age of 9 exitedly going to my library to get one of them colourfull program…
... a method to draw simple graphics.
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Dan Dare IIIHas anyone ever completed this game proper? I've just been playing it for my review for Paul's excellent book, got all the fuel, went back to the sto…
I loved their graphics - but hated their game 'engine'.< ... the screen whilst your oversensitive sprite helplessly twitched around the screen ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... C64 by using it's sprite capabilities to lessen the CPU ... I heard something about vector graphics or something being easier and ... proverbial clappers.)
Vector graphics can still be fast on ... the way the spectrum writes graphics to the screen uses very ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... scrolling as well as tile graphics than can be chucked around ... much faster than the raster graphics of the Spectrum, CPC and ... ) though, at least at 2D sprite/scrolling games and the very ... , as it lacks a raster graphics mode. Still, Elite was eventually ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... I heard something about vector graphics or something being easier and ... dragon is not a big sprite. body is static and only ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... sprites put together, and each sprite has to be a certain ... the reason why all the graphics have been made smaller in ... dragon is not a big sprite. body is static and only ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... by backbuffering; instead of writing graphics to the screen you write ... possible on sprite machines, short of using the tile graphics to implement ... -
I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
... Spectrum works.
The graphics of any 2D game is ... hardware as picture. To display graphics you need to copy bytes ... of sprites,any limitations to sprite size, any special colors for ... -
I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
... Spectrum works.
The graphics of any 2D game is ... hardware as picture. To display graphics you need to copy bytes ... of sprites,any limitations to sprite size, any special colors for ... -
I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
... /> MSX Machines (uses same graphics processor as the TI-99 ... 800s had that player/missile graphics thing happening - essentially four ... '.
Move your sprite characters up and down you ... ever investigated writing a software sprite engine, thus you are ... -
I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
... follow however that an Hardware Sprite Engine is a bad thing ... actually think the TI-99 sprite engine was quiet interesting for ... 's 16 bit, with good graphics and sound, built in module ... -
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... have to use the same sprite. It could be implemented in ... Software Projects edition to a sprite that resembles the Bug-Byte ... is corrupted by the Cell-Graphics Bug).
[13] "Skylab ... /> I have changed the vertical sprite from the lawn-mower thresher ... -
What to write next...?Having not being blessed/cursed with such a mad & rampant imagination as Mr. Cauldwell I'm always after ideas for new spectrum games to write. It's …
... Wolfenstein for example, it is sprite-based & always faces you ... makes the fun, not the graphics.
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What to write next...?Having not being blessed/cursed with such a mad & rampant imagination as Mr. Cauldwell I'm always after ideas for new spectrum games to write. It's …
... Wolfenstein for example, it is sprite-based & always faces you ... makes the fun, not the graphics.[/quote]
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Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... you are "free running" - your graphics are gunna flicker - you rub ... byte sections of the old sprite image and replace it with ... -
Atic Atac speed.Dear all, Excuse the noob question, but does anyone know how fast Atic Atac runs at? What I mean is, frames per second, or the amount of pixels the…
... you are "free running" - your graphics are gunna flicker - you rub ... byte sections of the old sprite image and replace it with ... back off again - one entire sprite at the time.
Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…
... (US Gold) - poor playability with sprite movement restricted to character boundaries ... shallow. The arcade version's graphics, sound and four-player ability ...Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…
... (US Gold) - poor playability with sprite movement restricted to character boundaries ... shallow. The arcade version's graphics, sound and four-player ability ...Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…
... , as SCR's graphics were 3D wireframe, not sprite or 2D scrolling ...Biggest gaming disappointmentsThe biggest let down I can remember was Matthew Smith's type-in Andre's Night Off. Surely there would be some magic in those few lines of code you ty…
... , as SCR's graphics were 3D wireframe, not sprite or 2D scrolling ... was pretty good with 3D graphics, most of his games use ...25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... emulator (April 2006)
* Keyboard graphics and icons for:
* ZXSP ... of the ROM as a sprite
* Utilities:
* The ...ZX-Paintbrush new functionsDear folks, I want to tell you some news I'm just now implementing into ZX-Paintbrush. On the other hand: the more new functions I want for the next…
... - if I have say, a sprite (such as Blob from starquake ... objects as well as custom graphics. I use an enhanced Bresenham ... filling with gradients and custom graphics, after this the printing dialog ... />
Is there a good sprite file format out now (I ...ZX-Paintbrush new functionsDear folks, I want to tell you some news I'm just now implementing into ZX-Paintbrush. On the other hand: the more new functions I want for the next…
... objects as well as custom graphics. I use an enhanced Bresenham ... filling with gradients and custom graphics, after this the printing dialog ... ]
Is there a good sprite file format out now (I ... you could get a dedicated sprite editor in there too.
z88dk Help neededI'm starting my tests with z88dk from a very simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It works fine but when I make the smallest modification t…
... simple example from a tutorial in speccy.org. It ... number of sprites and sprite characters to determine how ... of just putting a sprite in the screen with ... sp1 where sprite heigth and width are ... are a sort of tutorial introduction. Unfortunately I didn ...Wizard of Wor - brand new gameWeird Science Software proudly presents the ZX Spectrum version of the legendary Wizard of Wor. Please find and download this *FREE* game from our w…
... that dungeon ...
The sprite-moving is smooth, nicer on ... help us to make different graphics and sound engine where all ...Wizard of Wor - brand new gameWeird Science Software proudly presents the ZX Spectrum version of the legendary Wizard of Wor. Please find and download this *FREE* game from our w…
... that dungeon ...
The sprite-moving is smooth, nicer on ... help us to make different graphics and sound engine where all ...128k games were an improvement over the 48k versionCan you think of any games that were better or improved versions over the 48k version? Im not just talking about better music, but perhaps improved s…
OutRun had a larger graphics library (the side-on truck sprite, for instance).
Ironman had more frames of animation for the trucks.A BASIC compiler projectHi, I started my own BASIC compiler for the ZX Spectrum (and Z80 machines) 3 months ago. It's still in ALPHA stage (when it is mature, I will write …
... Color codes, UDG and block graphics is really great idea, but ... />
I'll write a tutorial ASAP.New Spectrum game - Banger ManagementThe game I produced for the Byte Back event is now available for download: [url]http://www.byte-back.info/hbchallenge.html[/url] Now, does anybody …
... might contribute a few more graphics too, though only Matthew Westcott ... . On the other hand, the sprite routine was written specifically for ...
