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Best method for sprite collision detectionHi, I have been trying to incorporate collision detection into a sprite routine I writing. The following is what I have come up with so far: POP D…
... incorporate collision detection into a sprite routine I writing.
The ... /> POP DE ; e=mask, d=sprite image
LD A,(HL ... :
LD A,(HL) ; draw sprite as normal
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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 ... .
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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 ... -
z88dk + splib2: another question (sprite instancing)I'm making some tests with z88dk+splib2, with the idea of creating a game sometime in the future, and I have come across a problem. Let's suppose I …
... tiles, I must create a sprite for every single instance of ... 10x 14 bytes allocations per sprite, a lot of memory if ... and use a kind of "sprite instancing"? I mean, I could ... sprites, and say "I want sprite 1 drawn at coordinate (X ... -
Parallax scrollingIt's about time to start new "games with" topic! So, let's make a list of Spectrum games with parallax scrolling. 3 titles to begin: Cobra Hysteria S…
It's about time to start new "games with" topic! So, let's make a list of Spectrum games with parallax scrolling.
3 titles to begin:
Cobra
Hysteria
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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 ... -
4-pixel scrollingDo you think is 4-pixel scrolling accetable for horizontal shooter ? (aka do u like Chronos ? :)
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Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
... /> I've written a simple sprite routine that draws a 8x8 ... each pixel row of the sprite separately. This works well ( ... to rub-out the old sprite position without suffering a horribly ... flickery sprite? Currently, I have no routine ... -
Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
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Comments for small "sprite" routine wantedI have just written my first machine code program and I am quite happy (and proud) to get it working! :smile: As a child I never learned anything e…
... the program enters this "move sprite" block?
I used ... ://www.rickardberglind.se/zx/move-sprite-1.z80"]here[/URL].
sprite"
ld e,8 ;e ... =number of rows in "sprite"
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First steps in Z80 machine codeI never got into machine code much back when I had a speccy, as I didn't have any development tools at the time. The only machine code I'd previousl…
... (e.g. an 8x8 xor sprite routine), make simple sounds etc ... also have some 4-way scrolling routines somewhere.
I ... -
Top-down scrolling driving games...What would be the best top-down scrolling-screen driving game for the spectrum - excluding Trans-Am?
What would be the best top-down scrolling-screen driving game for the spectrum - excluding Trans-Am? -
problem using FRAMES to generate 'random' numbersI realise the pros use bytes from ROM to get their random numbers, presumably because they want to use FRAMES to synchronise the printing and avoid s…
... synchronise the printing and avoid sprite flickering. But in my ... getting the road in my scrolling road routine (using Alcoholics Anonymous ... 's 32x ldi pixel-scrolling method) to go left ... yet!) which made the scrolling synchronize with FRAMES so the ... -
Japanese-only or lesser-known games you playedI've noticed by their comments there are a few people on WOS (hi Vertigo, dm_boozefreek etc.) who have played titles which were either never released…
... FF6 where some female enemy sprite in the "Cyan's Soul ... /> Cotton
PC Denjin (side-scrolling shooter with that Bonk char ... -
Games with Parallax ScrollingI loved that effect. It gave a false depth to the game.. To me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How wrong I was.. anyway, a list of…
... me a game with parallax scrolling was a better game. How ... of some games with parallax scrolling:
-Cobra. Fast ... -
8 pixel scrollingJust been playing Gunrunner (always forget how much I love this game, probs cos it's VERY hard) and wondered what other games use 8 pixel scrolling A…
... other games use 8 pixel scrolling AND are decent to play ... -
Head over Heels on the C64Dunno if this' a good place to bring this up :D I've been comparing Head over Heels versions and the C64 version is way inferior, everytime there's…
... , one of which was hardware scrolling (which would be no help ... situation) and the other the sprite stuff.
So here ... -
Name that GameHi all, I'm looking for a game that used to be on MSX, and almost certain it had a Speccy port too - but my memory is rather hopeless :D It's a rac…
... , scrolling to the left with a buggy/jeep as the main sprite ... -
Good horizontally scrolling platformers?Hi folks, Would anyone care to recommend some good horizontally scrolling platform games on the Speccy. Regards, Shaun.
Hi folks,
Would anyone care to recommend some good horizontally scrolling platform games on the Speccy.
Regards,
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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 ... />
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Game engine design, graphic format?Having never written a game engine before, I'm in need of a little advice on the best way to store the game map. Its 512 x 896 map, 4-way scrolling,…
... 896 map, 4-way scrolling, tiles are 16 x ... Either 2 or 4 pixel scrolling, depends on speed.
sprite as player.
So how should the scrolling play area map be stored ... /generated for best scrolling speed in 4 directions ... -
A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…
I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but . . . how do you create random stars? Some help would be greatly appreciated?
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SFX Magazine Plugs New Speccy GameCheck out: [url]www.sfx.co.uk/page/sfx?entry=biohell_the_zx_spectrum_game[/url]. It also quotes from the review of the game, as written by Jonathan …
... in Cobra!! (damn that parralllaxx scrolling and odd chicken-headed hero ... you have to say, a sprite has never looked so like ... -
Brand new River Raid remake?one of my friend is trying to make a riverraid remake on flash just to have fun, I checked zx spectrum port of river raid. it is bad, really bad, jer…
... bad, jerky to play, bad scrolling, an awful port actually.
sprite (all I get is flickery ... scroll) also draw a multicolour sprite on screen? Or is it ... -
The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…
... ! Take that, you hardware scrolling, hardware sprite enabled bread box!
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A typical sprite listing to analyse, please?Hi all, Would anyone be interested in helping out with my ongoing Assembly studies by posting up, posting a link to or mailing me a typical sprite l…
... or mailing me a typical sprite listing to analyse? :roll:
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2D Scrolling tile based editorOk, first of all, I thought TommyGun could do it, but the option to create a 2d scrolling map is greyed out.... All I want to do is create some 8x8p…
Hello from a new forum user!Hi folks. This is just a post of introduction -- to say a little about me and my interest in the (World of) Spectrum. I've recently acknowledged to…
... , hopefully, will be) the obligatory sprite library, plus, perhaps more unexpectedly ... of pixel data have begun scrolling, and multiple threads of execution ...Jet Set Willy sprite evilities.Hello everyone. I am currently trying my hand at modding Jet Set Willy, but there is a big problem - I can't use half of the sprites. I am using JSWE…
... guardian editor, and select a sprite, there's a big list ... I enter it in, the sprite is STILL pliers!! How on ... earth do I change the sprite so that only the spinning ...
