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  • Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…

    ... a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC from the magazines on the ... spectrum back in the early 80's.
    in the production of Android 2 ... , this somewhat defeats the point in creating anything.
    #3 ...
    _PJ_ _PJ_ November 2016 New game ideas
  • "ZX80 Brain" RPN CalculatorIt is at times like [url=https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/54176/depression]when threads such as this are posted[/url] that I get the…

    ... Starfire, the early, mostly BASIC-based release from Virgin ... made some routines work in BASIC that I could never ... br />
    - Loaded in the ZX80 character set (which ... I've written it in +3 BASIC which goes mad ... character sets on the BASIC editor, I've had ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…

    ... games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me ... one could easily integrate, say, in BASin.

    Appreciate any ...
    NRA NRA March 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Memory questionsQuestion 1: PRINT PEEK 23732+256*PEEK 23733 returns 65535 for a 48K Spectrum and 32767 for a 16K Spectrum. PRINT PEEK 16388+256*PEEK 16389 return…

    ... try to write a program in BASIC so huge that it required ... does that bouncing ball program in the 128K+/+2 manual.
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Jump AlgorithmAfternoon all, trying my hand at a liitle basic coding ( it's a quiet work day :) ) and wondered if anyone has coded a platformer type jumping routin…

    ... my hand at a liitle basic coding ( it's a quiet ... a platformer type jumping routine in basic.

    I came up ... just goes up and down in diagonals and frankly looks s ...
    Saboteur Saboteur March 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Better "Hello World"are their any more visually impressive Hello world loops i can do in basic other than the print-goto one.

    are their any more visually impressive Hello world loops i can do in basic other than the print-goto one.
    festershinetop festershinetop May 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Minidisc and tap/tzx playerHi I have 2 questions: Is there a player for Windows that can play tap/tzx files (The old links for winamp are no good) I have tried to save to min…

    ... proper cable for the sound) in basic but when I try to ...
    ScottC2010 ScottC2010 May 2017 Hardware
  • Hey grandma!HOW TO SUCK EGGS! I always wondered about that saying 'teach your grandmother to suck eggs'! Blow them, yes, but suck? If you've never blown an e…

    ... you're getting into coding in Basic, squared (graph) paper is ... - mainly thanks to quirks in Basic working out what the instructions ... and Sprites, klutzy chr graphics in particular, its faster and ... had got lost in space were actually hiding in plain sight ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch June 2017 Chit chat
  • Just watched Paul Jenkinsons's spectrum chanel and now want to write code againPlease assume for the purpose of this thread I know nothing... I want to look to write games on the spectrum but want to develop and test on my wi…

    ... to prototype my game is basic and then either rewrite as ... assembler or compile the basic. Is this approach ok and ... as I will be prototyping in basic, is there a better option ...
    wbm wbm August 2017 Development
  • Go to, gosub or something different?I'm going to write an arcade game in basic. May compile it. In both basic and compiled basic would a goto or gosub be faster? Also if I stored …

    ... game in basic. May compile it.

    In both basic and compiled basic would ... the execution?

    Thanks in advance.
    wbm wbm August 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Control De Sprites - simple exampleHi, I have been looking for a routine to use Sprites in basic. I found Control Dr Sprites, which looks really powerful, but the instructions are in S…

    ... a routine to use Sprites in basic. I found Control Dr Sprites ... powerful, but the instructions are in Spanish, the example looks very ... />
    I also tried mega basic, but could not figure out ...
    Rickper1974 Rickper1974 October 2017 Development
  • Spectrum LoadersI know YS did a few loaders in BASIC which I have tried on Spectaculator and fair play they do a good job, but are slow when adding your stuff into t…

    ... YS did a few loaders in BASIC which I have tried on ...
    morcar morcar October 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bugaboo - speed run checker hackHi there, Here is a special mode of Bugaboo what helps you to press the jump key to perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for …

    ... perfect time. It is written in old-fashion magazine style for ... />
    3; Now you are in BASIC.

    4; Redirect 2 ... />
    and type these data in row (just 28 bytes):
    Pgyuri Pgyuri November 2017 Games
  • Need help with keyboard scanning ?After getting frustrated with learning ASM for a while I'm back into it. The little listing below is using the ROM's PRINT AT routine to draw me a sp…

    ... key it should exit to BASIC but it just stays there ... assuming this should work because in BASIC if you do
    10 ...
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2017 Development
  • Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…

    ... usually done with dirty rectangles in a buffer off screen, ... isn't much bigger in bytes than actually reading ... plus you can save in areas where masking isn't ... Duel on the MSX? Although in Basic and very slow, its ... same on Speccy, but in Z80, and obviously a ...
    Arkannoyed Arkannoyed November 2017 Development
  • How can I make a UDG rotate?I designed a set of UDG's that can be used for making shapes or letters. Trouble is that my circle - for example - consists of 4 pieces and it would…

    ... . This is to be done in Basic and ideally it would be ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch November 2017 Sinclair Basic
  • Other than using attributes what other ways to detect collisions, when using char based movement?So I'm slowly working out the bits and pieces to write a game completely in assembly. I've been using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whet…

    ... using attributes when writing in BASIC to detect whether and ... to check whether something in front of my ball ... Here's my version of BASIC's ATTR function. What you ... to return from subroutines in assembly with a return ... than storing them somewhere in memory.
    ivanb303 ivanb303 November 2017 Development
  • I feel like such a moron having to post this but stillI started out to write a simple cursor move program to demonstrate how easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right. I started by setting…

    ... easy it is to program in Basic! Hah, serves me right ... one - later I put in a CLS to get rid ... />
    I tried putting in a PAUSE thinking that for ... . I triple checked everything in case I'd made a ... wouldnt work and the Sinclair Basic manual wasnt much help ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch December 2017 BASIC
  • The I register pointing to $40–$7f causes ULA snow and a crash. Or does it?I have heard it from numerous sources, including a few members of this forum, that 128K/+2 machines crash if the I register points to a range of $40–…

    ... #7 (active while we’re in BASIC)
    ld bc,$7ffd
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore February 2018 Development
  • looking for a vertical scrolling routinein basic or like the standard scroll? routine but the other way round with the scroll? removed (this would have to be in code). ive tried a couple of…

    in basic or like the standard scroll? ... (this would have to be in code). ive tried a couple ... is the same as the basic one really.
    digital digital February 2018 Development
  • is there a way of seeing what is on the +3e hdd by using graphics?i want to develop a disk drive mapping system like you get on the c64. unfortunately it seems like this all has to be done in code. can it be done wi…

    ... it be done with pokes in basic?. i want to see if ...
    digital digital March 2018 Development
  • is there a way of reading characters off the screen and turning that into a string? this has to be done in basic. i know it would have something to do with peeking memory (maybe screen memory) but would this change due to programs r…

    this has to be done in basic. i know it would have ... change due to programs running in the memory? i also need ... command to program a commander in basic for the +3e.
    digital digital May 2018 Development
  • Have I got a mystery for you!All morning I worked on this set of 12 UDG's to draw a better looking tank. I created the UDG's and wrote the program in Basic using BASin for Beginn…

    ... 's and wrote the program in Basic using BASin for Beginners after ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch May 2018 Sinclair Basic
  • im looking for a fill routine written in basici know this would be slow but i want to tinker with it to produce something else.

    i know this would be slow but i want to tinker with it to produce something else.
    digital digital July 2018 Development
  • Max Pickles I - New Game from World XXI Soft Inc.World XXI Soft announces the release of Max Pickles I, an action arcade with puzzle flavors, and the first in the Max Pickles saga, and his tragic st…

    ... flavors, and the first in the Max Pickles saga, ... remake of unreleased games designed in 1988-1990.

    - 100% written in Basic, except M/C routines in loaders.
    - Optimised ... .

    Available in [url="http://www.worldxxisoft.com ...
    worldxxisoft worldxxisoft August 2018 Brand new software
  • "Good" Games?Hello all, just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone? Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, b…

    Hello all,
    just a quick question. Were any "good" games ever written in Basic alone?
    Yes I know it's hated and shunned because it's so slow, but really. was there ever any fun games that are purely coded in basic?

    Thanks
    SpeccySteve SpeccySteve September 2018 Games
  • ZY10, a tool to store and display some small bitmapped imagesZY10 Builder ============ Download at: https://www.sendspace.com/file/rncgbo ZY10 is a file format/tool to store some small images on the Spec…

    ... The conversion is a very basic colour guessing conversion, so ... the images.

    * in BASIC:
    POKE 49157, : RAND USR ...

    * or in assembly:
    ld a,
    in it.

    ...
    Timmy Timmy November 2018 Development
  • 21UDGS Graphics PlotterHello everyone, Enclosed is a dropbox link to the latest version of my 21UDGS program 1.03 which allows you to plot 21 User Defined Graphics on sc…

    ... use multiple banks of UDGs in BASIC too.

    Please run ... .
    I've included the BASIC 21udgs103bas.szx and 21udgsbas.tzx ... />
    Information can be found in 21UDGS.txt

    https ...
    Phil2 Phil2 November 2018 Software
  • im trying to get the name of a simple puzzle gameit has a really small game area, about a quarter of the screen and it is on a white background. you play a smiley face that moves around and collect …

    ... it could have been written in basic
    digital digital January 2019 Games
  • Book: Giant Book of Spectrum Arcade Games by Tim HartnellDarn it, I just missed out on getting this on eBay :( I'm looking for a hard copy or PDF. This book has games written in BASIC with machine code ro…

    Darn it, I just missed out on getting this on eBay :(
    I'm looking for a hard copy or PDF.
    This book has games written in BASIC with machine code routines and hopefully will help bolster my learning of machine code.
    LevelUp LevelUp January 2019 Wanted
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