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Invisible loading screenI can't remember how this is done (I did it years ago but can't remember how). When loading a screen$ from basic you can see the lines being display…
... ).
When loading a screen$ from basic you can see ... />
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Best loading screen.What's the best loading screen in your opinion? I really liked the one on Rescue from Atlantis (maybe minus the text) [url="http://www.worldofspec…
What's the best loading screen in your opinion?
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Map to screen address problemCan anyone help me out with what I guess is a screen address calculation problem. I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based on a number…
... what I guess is a screen address calculation problem.
I need to calculate the screen address of a tile based ... to calculate for the other screen thirds.
Could someone ... -
searching for that game.My friend used to have a game that we used to play, I cant remember what it was called the only thing I can remember was that during the loading scre…
... was that during the loading screen it had a number of ... bit like the manic minor sprite I think).
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MariosoA game mapped by Pavero, and already mentioned in this forum, is not present in the WoS archive. The game is named [I]Marioso[/I] and appears to be a…
... same Miner Willy sprite) and has an interesting end screen ;)
The ... -
Fastest way to write something to screen$Hi, I just got pasmo.exe and start playing with attr scrolling, well, not scrolling, just write different values to a block and see if I can introdu…
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Sinclair flat screen pocket TV problemCan anyone give me some advise regarding a picture problem on a Sinclair flat screen pocket TV The picture has a black curvy band at the top and bot…
... problem on a Sinclair flat screen pocket TV
The ... top and bottom of the screen
Here is a ... is not moving across the screen
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Changing the colour of the screenCan anyone tell me the ROM command to change the paper colour of the main screen ?
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Best Sprite on the SpectrumWhich sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier sim…
Which sprite or character from any Spectrum game do you think is the best? I personally like both the Miner and Jet Set Willys, because of thier simplicity. -
Screen distortion problems, I can't fix it!I just managed to get myself a ZX Spectrum +2 from the local car boot sale but for some reason theres a distortion halfway down the screen when i pla…
... a distortion halfway down the screen when i play games.
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screen$ and ramdisk 128kDoes anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape?
Does anyone know how to load a screen$ from tape and then save it to ramdisk, without the screen$ showing during the load from tape? -
Screen damaged while loadingI've written a simple Spectrum game and did a loading screen for it and now i'm trying to put it together into tzx file. My Basic loader is really s…
... game and did a loading screen for it and now i ... simple:
1 Load'' Screen$
2 load '' Code
My problem is that after screen is loaded,
Spectrum starts ...
"Bytes:code" statement into screen, just into hero's face ... -
Sprite Tutorial: Section on Masked Sprites addedLatest installment of my Sprite Graphics Tutorial: [url="http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/TUTORIAL.RTF"]http://members.aol.com/derekmsmi…
Latest installment of my Sprite Graphics Tutorial:
[url="http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/TUTORIAL.RTF"]http://members.aol.com/derekmsmith1/Spectrum/TUTORIAL.RTF[/url]
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128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…
Am I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and draw the sprites etc... a-la 48k ??) -
New side scrolling shoot-em-up updateHi, I guess I'll need to come up with a name for this game fairly soon! But in the meantime heres another Demo to let you see how its progressing. …
... . Added collision detection for main sprite, although is not fully implemented ... .
2. Added main sprite engine, which can handle up ... implemented
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screen$I'm wanting to create a game which is written mostly is Basic, due to lack of MC skills but i need a MC routine if someone would kindly supply it I…
... these in memory
eg screen 1 at address 23296 to ... 30208
screen 2 at address 30209 to ... used to mess up the screen if you were pressing a ... -
ZX-81 Ram Pack problemHi! I know this is a ZX Spectrum forum, but I am hoping someone here might be able to help me out... I have posted this to c.s.s. but noone was able…
... with strange lines over the screen.
This happens EVERY time ... is a problem with the edge
connector, it is clean ... . All traces to ULA and edge connector are OK also.
screen (as the program listing):
SAVE the complete screen in BASICHow can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC? If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and th…
How can I save the COMPLETE screen (with the last two lines) in BASIC?
If I type SAVE "XXXX" SCREEN$, then comes the message "Start tape, ..." and the last two lines are destroyed!z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing ... doing is deleting the sprite and re-creating it ... /> /* First we wipe up the sprite */
sp_MoveSprAbs(sp_phantomas ... // IMPORTANT: First move it off-screen.
sp_DeleteSpr(sp_phantomas);
...sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …
Any sprite tutorial I come across is ... create a person-shaped animated sprite which will collide with objects ...Best way to deal with big spritesI'm trying to write a routine in MC which would display a moving sprite on the screen. The sprite is quite big (24X48 pixels) uses a mask and moreov…
... display a moving sprite on the screen.
The sprite is quite big ... way to display such a sprite? I know it would be ... quicker to store the sprite frames already shifted but in ...Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …
... wondering about the Cylu loading screen ... the little doohickies* on the ...The ULA and ScreenI've asked something similar before but please bear with me. I'm trying to understand the way the screen is controlled. The ULA controls output to …
... to understand the way the screen is controlled.
The ... controls output to the the screen and the rom sets out ... the memory locations of the screen ( and attributes ). is this correct ...Return of Speccy screen buffer formatI recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only two colours in an 8x8 pixel block has made its return in a slightly dif…
... recently discovered that the Spectrum screen buffer format that allows only ...Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... (4433 TStates to copy from screen to store)
screen
Can ...
; Clear the screen to show we are bringing ... ; Copy from store to the screen
ld hl ...Convert Screen to TAPHow do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one …
How do I take the screen display and save it as a tap (I am basically trying to create 3 taps, one for the basic loader, one for the screen, and one for memory and then copy them all together into one tap file)
Many thanksHelp, my Sprite Code wont workI have zipped it all up here: [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/downloads/galagorf.zip[/url] If y…
Sprite DesignerDoes anybody know of a good sprite-designer package? The game I'm currently working on is requireing a lot of sprites, and coding them all as binary…
... anybody know of a good sprite-designer package? The game I ... able to design a 16x16 sprite, with or without colour, with ... information is interleaved for that sprite.
Does anybody know ...Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
Almost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?Name that screen shotJust picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on pag…
Just picked up a half price copy of Gamestm's Retro compilation magazine and was wondering is someone could indentify the spectrum screen shot on page 18 column 2 row 1
