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The best Arkanoid type game?We Speccy fans have differing opinions about many things; some say Fairlight is the best isometric game on the Spectrum, others say Head over Heels, …
... when it was released. There were a lot of commercial games written ... in BASIC at the time and ... -
The best Arkanoid type game?We Speccy fans have differing opinions about many things; some say Fairlight is the best isometric game on the Spectrum, others say Head over Heels, …
... when it was released. There were a lot of commercial games written ... in BASIC at the time and ... bugger is this happens normally when there's only 1 brick ... -
Spectrum Blog - In spanish!For those who speak or understand spanish, I started a blog about the speccy. It's mostly based on reviews, but I plan to write other stuff for the Z…
... 't feel like an imperialist when on holiday in Mallorca. I ... done this morning in French when put on the spot by ... slowly, and the news is written in very formal language. To ... 't even read the most basic thing in Spanish, and now ... -
Best games list - a matter of taste!I always take a look at the best games list, It's really curious that in the list there are always so few spectrum games from 1990 on. Today is a luc…
... more to games written after 1991 than ones written before it? Thanks ... don't know whether games written before this time follow the ... received a stack of votes when voting was first introduced, and ... as these probably wouldn't tell us much. There are better ... -
C64 users dying to get another flamewar goingThe C64 folks really are a bit of a laugh. In fact, some are so insecure they need a new war. ;-) Read this and try not to snort: [URL]http://www.lem…
... combustion engine, the C64 BASIC programming language was terribly ... friendly as ZX Basic, and it was written by Microsoft ... themselves. Erk! :D
I remember when ... Microsoft also wrote Amiga basic for the Amiga ... -
48K BASIC to ZX81 BASIC conversion possible?Looking for an automated way of converting a BASIC program done on a 48K Spectrum to one for the ZX81. It's obvious that some things cannot be done o…
... written by Mike Wynne*. I could probably learn ZX81 BASIC ... like me learn ZX81 BASIC a lot faster, by ... Right now there's a BASIC ZX81 demo thing going ... programs in Spectrum 48K BASIC but would love to ... />
And next year, when the AY interface comes out ... -
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…
... the making..
* know basic , wanna progress further and gain ... just getting interesting, and was written when folks would have had to ... -
More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... have A0 low as well. When you think about it, this ... can also be low to tell the ULA+ [i]which[/i ... . Emulator take-up, software being written etc. Can we agree that ... is written now, should expect to have to be modified when the ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... qualify as higher level. When you go from machine code ... code (or assembly) to basic, the real machine underneath isn ... basic games that had a longer lifetime and text adventures written ... spectrum's library would havebeen written in assembler with some ... -
Lard!!!!!!!!!was thinking about getting a deep fat fryer. looked at a few, so maybe wait until the sales to get a good deal. want a plug in one with proper safe…
... someone that dislikes ya would tell ya it's a good ... due to how it is when heated.. its' NOT the same ... about the presents, she has written me a list this year ... -
RAM PagingCan anyone shed some light as to how RAM paging actually works, at a hardware level (so not POKE xxxxx stuff). I know about CE and OE lines on DRAMs …
... changes.
Essentially, the basic paging circuit comprises of the ... in the 74HCT273 flip flop. When IORQ returns high, this edge ... out) into the flip flop. When the 'flash enable' bit is ... below 0x4000 is read from/written to. There is also a ... -
Commodore 1541 disk Drive.I cannot find the original thread I said this in before so I'll start a new one. I am thinking of getting a commodore 1541 Disk drive for my old br…
... that goes in the drive when shipping. Interestingly in the box ... . I got with it Simons Basic cart boxed sealed mint, music ... did do my best to tell her what was worth more ... -
Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... tbh, even the ones written in BASIC and chose to concentrate on ... basically saying "it's written in BASIC therefore it's shite" :lol ... bought them from a shop when I was younger, then every ... -
ZX-MAS - How about we make this December a huge event this year?[center][img]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/cgi-bin/xmas_teaser.pl[/img][/center]The following may sound crazy now that we're at the height of Summer, but g…
... character interaction by then - I tell you, I have to type ... (just the basic words).
Remind me that when I do ... -
Everiss - A "highly respected person" ?It gets better..... [url]http://www.bruceongames.com/2009/12/13/high-drama-in-evony-llc-vs-bruce-everiss/[/url] Roughly - Ebony's lawyer (Dean Grou…
... How can games be dying, when, according to your own figures ... works as a business when the people who are ... than just deleting my posts when you find my points ... PSP games seem to be written to be used on ... tell me how games can earn a billion dollars a time, when ... -
This Is Your (Gaming) LifeHi there spec-chums. I'm in an inquisitive mood, and feel like doing a bit of writing, so I was wondering if you folks would like to share the story …
... handheld things at some point when I was a kid. You ... said he'd get it written off or summat).
tell you what, one of these ... , jumpers for goalposts... I remember when the Staines leisure centre had ... -
Pirates on ebay or not???Great lines are appearing in the item listings now... [SIZE=2][B][COLOR=#ff0000]NOTE TO EBAY STAFF:[/COLOR] [/B]WE HAVE HAVE PERMISSION FROM ALL RE…
... demo I wrote when I was a teenager (in basic) and a ... more recent demo (again written by myself ... , to use at work, for when the ward gets quiet (I ... ever inspired that much software written in the first place (hell ... -
Come along chaps......(From the Dr.Who Thread...) [QUOTE=guesser;412226]oh dear, I've been told off! sorry for losing my temper and taking everything out on you ewgf. Yo…
... the first wave of basic Spectrum emulators being written, so lots of ... newsgroup was created in 1993 when running SincNews stopped becoming viable ... user-centric forum.
When it got rather big in ... focus of CSS, such that when WOS Forums started up in ... -
How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
kgcneil is right. when i started out using C ... basic things, what i found easier was to get a game written ... see why something is done when you can see the finished ... -
How do you start?ok just humour me, ive always wanted to code but never got round to it apart from the real basics ie:- 10 print "hello" 20 print 30 goto 10 i coul…
... =mile;412792]kgcneil is right. when i started out using C ... basic things, what i found easier was to get a game written ... see why something is done when you can see the finished ... -
Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
... 's first commercially produced game. Written for the early black and ... nothing to eliminate you. The basic scoring is 10 for a ... ship. These scores are appropriate when you hit the enemy at ... free bonus the purchaser got when he bought a computer. Unfortunately ... -
Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
... often resulted in severe disappointment when the real thing turned up ... in BASIC.
I assume Delta Tau One was written in ... Machine Code rather than BASIC though? -
Most impressive game you've ever seen which has been written in speccy BASIC?What's the most impressive speccy game you've ever seen that's been written solely in speccy BASIC? +3 Basic or 48k basic. No machine code routines…
... actually written in Laser Basic, blimey.[/QUOTE]
Hang on - when you ... wrote stuff in Laser Basic, you had to ... ) or ship the complete Laser Basic runtime with your program (which ... -
Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
... =BloodBaz]Unusual for a game written in BASIC, this one includes 8 ... to knock out the letters when they are off the page ... -
DSK to TZX?Is it possible to convert a DSK disk image file to a TZX tape file? If so, then how? And is there a utility out there that does something like that? …
... ]LCD had a similar problem when he coded his MGT2TAP converter ... images to tap files), a BASIC loader would have to hunt ... forget the syntax changing in BASIC loader. MGT2TAP can also convert ... loader on +3 Discs is written in Assembler in most cases. -
Sorcery - wtf?Clicking on WOS's 'Random' link took me to [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004650&loadpics=3]Sorcery[/url], so I had a quick g…
... /> First up, it's written in Basic, which is a pretty clever ... think the guy was 15 when he wrote it. I love ... -
Official CSSCGC 2010 Competition ThreadDear Wossers, As 'loser' of the 2009 competition, I am now obliged to host the 2010 competition. I have created a site which will provide a hub for …
... normally e.g. when using BEEP from BASIC to preserve the border ... what the last value was written to the port.
when a sound was played.
when a sound is played. With ... -
Z80 compressorIs there one available? Is it any good? Peeps have been suggesting we should look into this, so here's a new thread! I'd do the compressor on the …
... is one of three (initially) basic types; ASCII text, binary data ... ]Compressor[/U]
C1. When run, the compressor should pool ... field to each file, to tell it to use tree 1 ... -
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…
... /> Teachers can give lines when facing away from Eric[/quote ... the store room door to tell the kids to sit, ... the end of what is written not over it
... over what's already been written. I don't think ... occasionally the game will crash when trying to move a ... -
Real Spectrum screen flicker with SCREEN$I've written a basic loader to simply do a 'load "" screen$' based video from a divide+ however I'm finding the Spectrum can't render a screens and a…
... functionality. Note that memory drops when the conversion finishes.
... can tell can just about cope with 10FPS with the BASIC ... />
Sometimes it freezes when trying to choose a subdirectory ... during conversion.
Even when the resize option is set ...
