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How many of you are game programmers?So, how many of you programmed a ZX Spectrum game? Was it released commercially? :)
... written (on paper at least) several years earlier. It was only when ... I read an artical showing how to program adventures in BASIC ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
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DivIDE on Spectrum +3Hi all, Is it possible to use the DivIDE on the Spectrum +3 in 128K mode? I have the 'A' jumper set on the board, but my +3 resets into 48K mode wit…
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+3 BASIC and RST 8I've been working on adding commands to the BASIC interpreter, in a similar style to how Interface 1 does it (catch the RST 8 error trap). This works…
... anyway - the trouble actually starts when you're doing the parsing ... regardless of how the BASIC line was written - for example for the ... . The various functions in the BASIC ROM save me a tremendous ... the right ROM is paged when I need it :-) -
2 commands in 1 lineHi all, this is my first post although I have visited the web site many times, and I find it great. English is not my mother tongue, so I will try to…
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Unoriginal Unimaginative UnplayableOK, never mind all those great games, what were the worst? Keep it to games you (or someone you know) actually paid money for back in the days when 8…
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Grid Iron, written in BASIC, and so bad that I ... I persevered with this game when I was younger, and may ... -
Dynamite Dan/Rod BowkettI'm surprised no-one's mentioned this before, but in this month's Retro Gamer, there is the interview with Rod Bowkett. I was looking forward to this…
... fool" (if you say it when drunk), and we know that ... in the post.
Tell you what I'll do ... upload your own Spectrum emulator (written by just you with no ... -
Their Finest Hour - manualHi all ! Any chances to see instructions for this game? 'Shorten' or full, in txt or jpg, pdf,...
... state (damages), and in the basic case aerial, the number and ... whose movement crosses its way. When they reach his destiny, ... action of the computers. Having written " The Comprehensive guide to Board ... . But for fast reactions when they are detected attacks and ... -
how do i....yank open a game and look at the stuff inside? (im sure there is a technical term for this.) someone mentioned that 'jet set willy 5, ZX heroes' has…
... alternating groups of 4 beeps when you would normally play 2 ... to convert. They are not written in BASIC for one, which is ... -
Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
It already compiles many Sinclair BASIC programs, with almost no modification. ... IF" (as in Free Basic, Visual Basic, etc...). This is a grammar ... Spectrum program, and if they tell you it is "compiled", it ... computer in the 80's). When I asked here and there ... -
how do i....yank open a game and look at the stuff inside? (im sure there is a technical term for this.) someone mentioned that 'jet set willy 5, ZX heroes' has…
... alternating groups of 4 beeps when you would normally play 2 ... to convert. They are not written in BASIC for one, which is ... -
Sinclair BASIC compiler for PC?Boriel's compiler is very powerful but it isn't meant for Sinclair BASIC, and the old compilers in the archive have their limitations: BASIC listing …
... Spectrum program, and if they tell you it is "compiled", it ... try to do with ZX BASIC).[/quote]
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I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
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Uncovered 2 of the basic endings and the rebirth ending ... obvious but nothing? Don't tell me though don't even ... -
Cheetah 125 AutofireI have two of these fine joysticks (I never did like the competition pro style) but cannot seem to get the autofire working - switching it on seems t…
... to have no effect. In basic the control directions and fire ... software have to be specially written to take advantage of autofire ... holding down the fire button when autofire is on? I can ... -
Rainbow Generator for 48K Spectrum using PUSHThis is what I came up with from [B]gasman[/B]'s suggestions. It's stable in ZXSpin and ZX32 simulating a 48K Speccy. Anyone like to try it on the …
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Now if anyone can tell me why it crashes on ... just don't return to BASIC, it seems fine. It may ... TAP file from a generic BASIC bootstrap loader and the binary ... surely it crashes when returning to 128K BASIC because 128K BASIC swaps RAM ... -
Earth Shaker - just remembered! Where 2 play?For ages I have been trying to remember a game akin to boulderdash that I enjoyed way back when. The rubber beermat finally answered my Q, with an i…
... basic version and I was 80-90% finished the speccy version, written ... I'll post this week when I'm off.
DIVIDE - NEW FATWARE for 128kB spectrums[url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/divide-fatware.htm[/url] [img]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/zx/divide/systems/fatware/fatware+2sp.gif[/img] [im…
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2) Can you tell me if it will work ... comming soon (will work +3 basic,ramdisc,+3 disc,fatware.... all ...Cooling (not for a PC) advice neededOwing to the fact that the Earth has aparently left it's old orbit, and is now about three feet from the sun, it's bloody hot here in England. Too ho…
... , and if they don't tell you what those assumptions are ... , and if they have indeed written it as "Kw/H" then ... of my pet hates, especially when someone does it on a ...xp halpi am trying to install some software but it is failing to do so. the website says i should install the current windows update, but... when i bought …
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when i bought my PC from ... on it and the code written on in pen. so i ... . will i get in trouble when downloading.
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Written in pen? I bet I can even tell you what ...Interface One - New FunctionalityAs you may (or may not) be aware the Interface One is a pretty powerful piece of kit. One of it's greatest features is being able to easily extended …
... signal in some way to tell peripherals "go and initialize", probably ... channels data already in RAM when it is first executed.
BASIC (by calling all the functions ... you end up having problems when you have two peripherals with ...The Reaper....WTF?!?If anybody wants to check out a short video of me playing my least favourite Speccy game ever 'The Reaper', and hear me ranting about it at the same …
... originally written as an experiment in doing tiny ninja animations - with basic basic ... , and then probably make a basic map.
After working out ... 's even a little animation when you complete it.
The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... . That one with James McAvoy when he's an Assassin was ... flicks the way they're written the sense of humour or ... , like it's there to tell them it's daylight so ...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... . Yes, RAM7 is active when you make the call to ... to the top 16K when it does any reading ... load a 'full' basic program in (from basic) otherwise!
< ... s MOS shim (for BBC Basic) to PLUSIDEDOS. The source ... ]. It is itself written in Z80 BBC Basic, but with a ...upgrades what you looking for?i start working for upgrades for ZX, but i'm Atari specialist and i don't know exactly what you need for ZX. On the moment i have DIVIDE in stock, an…
I have written a basic menu system which supports approx ... sorts the 3 byte pointers. When its finished reading those pointers ... the first "s" entry. then when "h" is pressed it will ...Your top five lists...If you're bored, skiving off work, or just want to increase your post count, then feel free to post your top five lists of anything at all here. I am…
... . Spending money on this rubbish when it could be spent better ... fictional character with most books written about him, etc.
when Davis vomits out the script ... 'll try that and then tell you.[/QUOTE]
PlayStation PlatinumI was given a PS2 recently, so I've been picking up a few of the old PS1/PS2 classic titles, when I can get them cheap. My question is about PlayStat…
... are dark, you can't tell where to go, and ... worst ones can be hilarious - written by eight to thirteen year ... you could miss the crosshairs when you shot unless you ... the first thing I bought when I bought a PS2; ... just ignores the hard drive, when it (Deus Ex) is ...New BUZZSAW+ Demo, No.2OK everybody, here's the latest demo of [I]Buzzsaw[/I]. This includes the title screen I wrote in Corfu with control selection, some new sprites and…
... 've written a program to let you use the mode from BASIC ... time! I was very tired when I posted, and I think ...It's just not cricketHaving just watched the ashes, well done England, I couldn't think of any cricket games for the speccy other than Ian Bothams:-o I just wasn't into c…
... are written in BASIC. Still, they were decent enough games for when they ...
