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ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Ma jolie [Special Edition 2009]I am delighted to announce the release of another Special Edition of my 2003 Manic Miner game: [i]Ma jolie[/i] (the lower-case 'j' is important to me…
... physical puzzles. The basic controls are left, right ... difficult MM game ever written, with liberal use ... /> But I have also written an easy variant of the ... that corrupts Room 7 when you jump up ... /> [*]I have updated the BASIC loaders, and removed the erroneous ... -
Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…
... to safely "jump" to my BASIC program. :)
... same as returning to BASIC after an USR command ... feel happier when I'm using the old BASIC editor.
BASIC work again? Doesn't ... the subject of jumping to BASIC, I find it curious ... -
Name the game : double impactHi i'm looking for name of two games. 1) the first is na old arcade adventure at least partially written in basic. i think the story revolves about …
... arcade adventure at least partially written in basic. i think the story ... top of the screen and when he want to turn left ... -
Very basicI found the wos site a few months ago when searching for solutions to my broken spectrum, that i had dug out of storage and was learning basic on. Si…
... a few months ago when searching for solutions to ... of storage and was learning basic on. Since receiving advice ... download zx spin and learn basic using an emulator instead. ... the task of learning basic.I plan to post ... is to program a basic game from scratch to ... -
Renumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…
... I or others have written and sensibly renumber them ... game to resume later. When working on a 48K, ... />
(b) Occasionally, when an old program is just ... tend to use 128 BASIC, which has renumbering available ... not suitable for 128 BASIC, so something stand- ... -
Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…
... before returning to BASIC
;return score to BASIC
... for an instruction.
When the Spin assembler gets ... continue from the loop when b=0, we no ... and unlock it only when we want to read ... /> ret; game and tutorial written by Jon Kingsman ('bigjon', ... -
Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... and only make a decision when the path forks. Their ... at a clunky conversion written in BASIC and using UDGs. The ... to advance eight pixels when eating a row of ... dots; an important consideration when a ghost is chasing ... is 60.6061Hz, better written as 16.5ms if ... -
When would you use LD A,R ?Can anyone tell me a practical use of LD A,R and LD R,A I am confused when you would need to use it? Cheers
Can anyone tell me a practical use of LD A,R and LD R,A I am confused when you would need to use it?
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Roger Jowett ProblemWell, I am writing here because some German users have already contacted me about Roger Jowett. He uses adress lists, for example the MB02 - user - l…
... us.
I have written several times to Roger, pleasing ... in UK? In Germany when I tell somebody to stop spamming and ... -
more Pyskool yet?Thought I'd bump this with a few bugs I found in ver 0.1.2 Lines; Teachers can give lines when facing away from Eric Assembly; Assembly hall is a n…
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Teachers can give lines when facing away from Eric
written not over it
Delete ... the store room door to tell the kids to sit, Rockit ... -
Problem with Spin 0.7s +3 file I/OI'm currently trying the +3 disk functions in z88dk. I've based my work upon the simple snippet Winston posted a while ago, but doing the contrary. H…
... ], is a simple loader written in BASIC which sets RAMTOP to 32767 ... loading it manually from +3 BASIC, but it doesn't work ... NULL is returned to fopen when it attempts to open the ... when I just type [b]CAT[/b] without parameters in +3 BASIC ... -
SCREEN$ and Sinclair Basic: Help Required !Two simple questions: 1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I avoid the bottom of the loading screen from being chopped off by the 'Start Tape & Press Any…
... simple questions:
1) When saving SCREEN$, how can I ... ' message?
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Feelin' kinda proud of myselfOkay, it has bugs. But I kludged it together about 10 mins after getting the sprite thing to actually work. [url]http://britlion.googlepages.com/Spr…
... was true wizard fu magic when I was a kid. Then ... library for Boriel's ZX Basic compiler. (Join in at [url ... on screen is written in a form of basic that isn't ... completely alien to sinclair basic users. I love this compiler ... -
Jonathan CreekI meant to post about the Jonathan Creek episode from a few weeks ago, but never got around to it, and since no one else did (as far as I know) then …
... in England, and is written by the brilliant David Renwick ... any clues. Apart from when Jonathan realised that they' ... restrain the younger brother when he tried to get ... - do they get tell all and get the ... concern for others (except when they fake such concern, ... -
The Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3I am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B]. When i read the instructions to prepare the program to be compiled b…
... am trying to compile a basic program with the [B]Hisoft ... BASIC v1.2 Plus 3[/B].
When i read ... -
You need this (Windows) programAs any Windows user knows, sometimes you HAVE to reset Windows. Sometimes it's because you've just installed or uninstalled a program, and Windows ne…
... , as Linux is apparently well written and stable. Linux has the ... 's called, whereby they can tell the OS to "remember" which ... are open, and that way, when they reset Linux, then the ... (though I wish I'd written it), so if it blows ... -
storing machine code in BASICApart from putting m/c above RAMTOP, which means that it has to be POKEd or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in a REM, which …
... or LOADed separately after the BASIC program; or putting it in ... code between the end of BASIC and the beginning of VARS ... above RAMTOP. As LIST stops when it encounters a line number ... -
Booting with a programIf you ever had a VTX-5000, you'll remember it booted to a menu. The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this BASIC prog…
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The menu itself was written in BASIC. When the Spectrum initialized, this ... BASIC program was transferred into the ... up so that when the initialization routines finish, BASIC starts somewhere where ... -
New Vector utility (and questions)I was taking a look at the new version of vector creation utility from the Mojon Twins. The program exports a binary file that can either be read fro…
... can either be read from BASIC or M.C. The ... also be turned on/off when desired.
And ... ve experimented with a small BASIC program that allowed me to ... image is too simple. Please tell me there's a way ... M.C. please. :) But BASIC is also acceptable. ;) -
MIA title uploaded - Tables (1986/7)Hello, I have upped this title via FTP. It is listed as MIA, and was one of those classified advert programs from the back of the mags. It records t…
... and ZXSpin). It's mostly BASIC, but it's poking memory ... value as the date, then when it crashes resume with a ... start from what I can tell. Can't really check without ... -
bast, the Basic tapemaker for LinuxAnnouncing a new utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker. Now available: version 0.2.3 (alpha) for Linux. At: [url]http://github.com/ec429/bast/do…
... utility, [b]bast[/b], the BASIC Tapemaker.
Now available: version ... plain text files containing Sinclair BASIC source code, and produces a ... not only line-numbers of BASIC statements but also their ... get a C Nonsense in BASIC when you attempt to run the ... -
Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to ... as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as ... where ZX Spectrum 48k stores BASIC programs upon loading them. Does ... -
PoC for a ULA video generator described using Handel-C and a Basys FPGA board.Recently, I've taken a course about hardware design for video processing using FPGA's. The HDL used in the course was Handel-C, a C look alike langua…
... board, quite cheap. I've written a simple VGA sync and ... description of the ULA behaviour when generating video (not accurate timmings ... />
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Help with mystery game programmer...Hi, I wanted to try to revive an old C.S.S post from 2004, where I was trying to track down the name of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. …
... . . . Joe
MEL - Tell me what happened In 1983 ...
JOE - I'd written a few games on the ... well, everyone said you had written a classic
... MEL - If you want to tell me.
JOE - I ... on; everything, one big lie. When * **** went bust I was ... -
A fast DRAW routineI was investigating how to speed up the line drawing for the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL]…
... forums/showthread.php?t=20225"]BASIC compiler[/URL], and finally end ... new location when required.
[*]ATTR were being calculated and written to ... memory on each pixel PLOT (slooow), when it ... every 8 pixels (or when the H/L register needs ... -
The Hobbit:A guide and how i play it.Yes i know there are walkthroughs and guides on the net but what i want to do here is give chance for those people to complete the hobbit who have no…
... to get into the cellars when the WOOD ELF can ... way around) so first some basic info then straight too it ... give him the map and tell him to read it. ... dark in the dungeon and when you move you fall ... from this location onwards so...when you do encounter the Dragon ... -
Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really ... . Load a SCREEN$/SCR file when prompted, then press "j", ... that does the copying) work when a$ isn't defined? ... DEFADD system variable (otherwise zero when not evaluating a user-defined ... -
writing an emulator-newbie needs helpHi, this is my first post here. I decided to write a minimalistic emulator of ZX Spectrum-no emulation of advanced peripherals, no emulation of sound…
... C++. I have the basic understanding of Z80 microprocessor ... believe they're really basic to most of you ... I emulate I/O? When it comes to Spectrum ... it's something really basic. I looked at a ... it with some simple programs written by myself, like "hello ... -
Best Basic games ?Any thoughts on what are (were) good games purely written in basic ? Any type be it adventure / platform / whatever. Nothing compiled although tiny…
... are (were) good games purely written in basic ?
Any type ... code are OK in the basic itself.
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Back to BASIC[U][B]Archaeology guide to programs compiled used MCODERII.d[/B][/U] After various people have been talking about "Frank'n'stein" I decided to finis…
... II (All three programs are written by the same authors). I ... converting the code back to BASIC much easier.
If ... will notice there is some BASIC source code between addresses 50290 ... compiled code (not the original BASIC address). There are 2 end ...
