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GUI/OS for the Spectrum?Hi, Is anybody working on a WIMP/GUI system for the Spec? Is there anything current out there? [url]http://snakeoillabs.com/wordpress/2005/10/30/8…
... of strings and that can break strings into white-space separated blocks that ... -
Exilei\'m sure this has been brought up before but couldn't find a thread in 'New Game Ideas'. Why did the Spectrum never get a port of the BBC game Exile…
... efficient to store pre-shifted blocks, so long as the number ... of blocks is kept small.[/QUOTE]
Exile used extra packed graphic. Here is small detail about ... -
ZX-Assembler in progress...Dear readers, I just want to announce that ZX-Assembler is not longer only an idea in my mind. It's just alive. Unfortunately, it's too early to mak…
... /> [*]a single string
[*]several strings separated by value X (default ... ZX-Assembler to identify the blocks.
[*] Support for ... -
New multicolor game: Pets vs Aliens Prologue[IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/24obua1.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i59.tinypic.com/2qbenuf.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/13ye6x4.png[/IMG] [IMG]h…
... , or a thumbs up/down graphic.
Having Pets Aliens next ... YOU Einar for pulling the strings and rewriting the animation code ... -
Trial version of CharAde graphics engine for Sinclair BASICA trial version of my <span style="font-weight: bold;">CharAde</span> graphics engine for Sinclair BASIC is now available. It consists of a block of …
... so that if you draw blocks to the foreground, they're ... copied up as solid 4x4 blocks. Just testing it now. If ... you're just printing character strings it won't make any ... />
(Note that the example blocks will look rubbish unless Font ... -
Small Machine Code Routines Which Maybe UsefulAs part of creating Flynn's Adventure in Bombland I created a lot of little routines to do all sorts of things. A lot of these I created based on inp…
... at font, point HL at graphic
ld bc,halffont-256 ... pointing at screen, HL at graphic
ld bc,(charhalf) ;8 ... HL at screen, DE at graphic
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SkoolKit 5.1SkoolKit 5.1 has been released. SkoolKit is a set of command line utilities for disassembling Spectrum software, into ASM format or into a bunch o…
... , but only with non-code blocks that contain all zeroes.
graphic data by the repeating pattern ... what is or isn't graphic data, because of the various ... -
New game: QuizTron 48000 seriesOkay, this time I made a series of games. I got inspired to make a trivia game engine, and found a set of questions.. that was too large to fit into …
... be able to unpack random strings from it, preferably quickly.[/quote ... would be dividing sentences in blocks of 20 questions each, then ... -
Character Based SpritesHi, I'm working through Jonathan's excellent guide to writing games, and have mastered the animation of single UDGs. Before or move onto Pixel…
... (you can easily transfer blocks of code straight from ZX ... 8
gnum db 1 ;graphic number
do_tile: ... call get_tile ;find the correct graphic data
ld de,(xcor ... ret
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Anyone used YoYo Gamemaker?I got the Humble Bundle of this for myself and my son, as he's been asking about learning to code and I wanted to give it a go as well. Anyone got…
... add it to your other blocks (say a player) to ... by dragging around pre-programmed blocks, it still forces you to ... think logically about how the blocks will interact with each other ... months mastering a programming language, graphic API's, native system nuances ... -
Akalabeth gamei found now that someone ported an ansi-basic game (coded in 1979?) to msx-basic - what about a zx-spectrum basic version of it? ;) https://plus.goo…
... a few blocks of the trace analysis. The required graphic is identified ... know (for example) is that graphic key 0:1:1:5 ... the number of graphic keys which produce that graphic combination. So, if ... -
i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…
... whole screens in ugd strings and putting them on ... whole screen as UDG strings is not a good ... to build yourself 4x4 blocks of the UDGs then ... your screnery up from those blocks.
Alternatively ... BASIC to store strings that draw blocks of other sizes, ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... other hand live about 2 blocks away from where I work ... there eventually after pulling some strings, and the prick told me ... -
Reading DEFB for backgroundsHi all I suppose the question is kind of silly but I'm a completely newbie with assembler :-S I'm drawing some side backgrounds with ZX Paintbrus…
... x 8 pixels
; blocks at pixel positionn (y=0 ... , 0, 0, 64
; blocks at pixel positionn (y=8 ... Gomez, aka Metalbrain
;GRAPHIC DATA:
;Pixel Size: ( 72 ... -
Brain 8I am glad to present my new "experiment" in Sinclair Spectrum 48K BASIC. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17_wCFWaAl5diIVt3rPLTbKhxDmPmYmOs/view?us…
... be 525... You have 3 blocks for each row: blank-color ... statements for all the various strings? I can see you are ... , speeding up the use of strings that are stored at the ... -
Donkey Kong And The Wrong ColoursI vaguely remember asking this question many years ago, but it seems worthwhile in the context of the frankly amazing hack/mods I've just discovered …
... of the blocks are just coloured squares and have no graphic detail ... -
New game: BANDITO¡Hola, amigos! I've just finished my latest game, [b]BANDITO[/b]. There are 20 bags of loot hidden in the desert - can you find them all? 64 screens …
... are meant to be impassable blocks and either get stuck or ... briefly spawning with the wrong graphic. I suspect these are down ... -
Dynamite Dan II - Island 6 - HELP!Hi all, can someone possibly create a snapshot of Island 6 (car park island) on Dynamite Dan II for me please? I'm trying to work out why half the…
... block has an alternate inversed graphic.
Red ink/black paper ... fall through the black ink blocks.
POKE 47701,0 ... 47702,0 will make the blocks you fall through all black ... -
Dynamite Dan II - Island 6 - HELP!Hi all, can someone possibly create a snapshot of Island 6 (car park island) on Dynamite Dan II for me please? I'm trying to work out why half the…
... block has an alternate inversed graphic.
Red ink/black paper ... fall through the black ink blocks.
POKE 47701,0 ... 47702,0 will make the blocks you fall through all black ... -
UK Right to Repair lawhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57665593 Just posting to let people share any thoughts they have in regard to it.
... bolts that hold the concrete blocks in place while on a ... remebered my old science teachers graphic/noisy demonstration involving a 'empty ... -
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…
... Speccy shows there are 2 blocks with a brief bit of ... was there were lots of GRAPHIC "intrusions" written in to the ... -
How to disable the "scroll?" message?Hello. I'm a beginner Z80 assembly programmer and I decided to make a ZX Spectrum game to practice my skills and gain some more experience. I curr…
... any built-in non-custom graphic results in garbled graphics being ... logo and the "AIR" text strings).
(I often use the ... -
X128 keysAs you may know, the Spectrum 128 had Extend Mode, True Video, Inv Video and Graphic buttons. Are these buttons emulated on X128? If not, can anyone …
... , True Video, Inv Video and Graphic buttons. Are these buttons emulated ... -
Speccy emulation dead on Mac?I'm a longtime user of the Speccy (15 years plus) but now use Macs 99pc of the time, and although I have access to PC's I still wonder why there are …
... solution with realtime sampling, networking, graphic conversion, real disk support etc ... -
Ah DiddumsI hope this is some help to the person who was asking how to complete a screen on Ah Diddums. The idea of the game is that you are using the blocks …
... that you are using the blocks to build a bridge out ... up one of the building blocks using the fire button. You ... this with all the building blocks (it doesn't matter what ... -
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…
... the following loader (always standard blocks, with headers):
A ... a SCREEN$ and two CODE blocks. The last code block would ... -
AY musicThis is a format I'm proposing for an AY music player. If anyone can see any problems or anywhere it can be improved please say so. An AY music form…
... data around in their 4k blocks. When the product is ready ... the streams back into their blocks to provide the empty space ... -
Whatever happened to Oliver Frey?The best covers of the eighties mags were Crash and Zzap, by Ollie Frey. What does he do now? Is he living a reclusive lifestyle, babbling on about w…
... covers, or is he some graphic designer somewhere? Someone must know ... -
PAW questionThis may not be the right place but anyways there it goes: I've been trying to figure out how to import graphic files in .SCR format in the PAW parse…
... figure out how to import graphic files in .SCR format in ... ). I just hate the included graphic editor and cannot work around ...
