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  • How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…

    ... programmers/hackers and was not in widespread use (except for ... some, but few) games written in BASIC. Far too slow for gaming ... Although perhaps some were written in BASIC and compiled). There is a ... site in archives > ulilities > H (also Pascal and BASIC) ...
    Fuzzbucket Fuzzbucket August 2001 Games
  • Making a speccy-like text-adventure for WindowsWell, I downloaded an adventure creator for Windows 95/98 from: [url]www.adrift.org.uk[/url] and I just thought I'd recommend it, just in case any …

    ... adventures were written in BASIC so surely using Visual Basic is a option ...
    Chris Chris August 2001 Games
  • Runestone; is this one done??I?ve got a copy of this with manual and maps. It?s labeled "Firebird" and "HOT" and it?s b*st*rd to get off tape into anything else, so, I want to kn…

    The Firebird version has been TZXd, it's the earlier Games
    Workshop version (slower and mostly in BASIC) that's
    missing in action.
    David David April 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Spectrum +3 tape to discHi I have ZX Spectrum +3 and about 20 blank disks, I need to know if there is a way to copy games from tape to disk i.e a basic program I could write.

    I should add if you don't know how to cope with the stuff that you could copy in BASIC you're way out of your depth here.
    cyborg cyborg February 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • INPUT magazine.Howdy folks! Does anyone know of an online archive of this early programming mag? I'd like to get my hands on the issue which had a random maze gene…

    Need. one???

    I have them self written in BASIC or MC.

    Just mail me!
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP September 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • S.O.P. Save Old ProgramsHi ! Does anybody have any idea how can I save my old collection for the future ? I've lots of tapes full of programs. I use Z80 emulator (ver 3.50)…

    ... the ManicMiner was loaded in. I played a lot ... I worked for it in summer time and finally ... what it meant 'copyright' in Hungary at this time) so ... lots of program (firstly in BASIC, after I had to ... lots of game. Unfortunately in that time nobody had computer ...
    Pgyuri Pgyuri May 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum disc/cassette magazinesI was just wondering, what Spectrum disc or cassette magazines are there that are in English? I know of AlchNews, 16/48 and so on, but what else are …

    ... love to wrote programs only in basic,because i don't know ... how to do in any way.if you are ...
    cristi cristi April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • HELP me, racing game fans. I have drawn a picture!Hi. What's this racing game. ' Can you see the picture???? <img>http://www.angelfire.com/music/badboysblue/zx.gif</img> If not go to <url>http://w…

    Crazy Drive looks similar. But this game really sucks, I don't think anybody could want it. It was written in BASIC maybe.
    Anonymous Anonymous March 2002 Games
  • Books on Programming (ZX Assembler )Before you ask I trawl eBay on a daily/hourly basis. Any books in VGC wanted on programming games for the ZX Spectrum 48K. No creased, defaced or mi…

    ... Ewbank consisting of 21 games in Basic at ?5
    49 Explosive ... Spectrum by Tom Hartnell being Basic listings of 49 games at ... games listings in Basic at ?3
    In addition two books in good condition ...
    mpaulj mpaulj March 2002 Wanted
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    I programmed a Martianoids map editor a few weeks ago in BASIC, it`s almost complete now.. just got to write some instructions.
    MatGubbins MatGubbins June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • can anyone remember?....................hi, can anyone remember the first game and last game to be released that came out for the zx spectrum and by which software firm? :)

    ... .

    Y'see people in some countries are still making ... ZX spectrum clones.

    In the UK the last pieces ... the wall' a game written in basic on the Horizons tape that ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Games
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    I do, for fun... and in Basic. Like, sometimes I get friends ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • which programming language?........hi there, which programming language did people first learn to program the zx spectrum? a. basic b. machine code c. other what sort of programs did…

    basic, always basic, and then more basic on amiga.

    the ... delved into was a type in from a MicroHobby that i ... up doing a similar thing in basic which was a helluva lot ... , i was geting more interested in graphics anyway. :)

    ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    ... , mostly crap, all in basic with maybe some things in machine code id ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    ... assemblers[/B]
    * in BASIC - one pass, forward referencing ... in assembler - two pass, in testing.
    [B]Two editors[/B]
    * in BASIC ... - slowish
    * in assembler - just ... [B]Monitor[/B]
    * in assembler - untested.

    JHutcheson JHutcheson July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • BASIC-code challengeFor the BASIC-coders among us. There is a number that has following aspects. divided by 16 remains 15 divided by 15 remains 14 divided by 14 remain…

    ... arithmetics, which is painfully slow in BASIC - I tried it yesterday wanting ...
    Mikie Mikie July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Now here's an idea...I don't know if anyone's thought of this before, if they have then I ain't heard of it. How about putting all the electronics required for a kickass …

    ... manages to do so entirely in Sinclair BASIC, and demonstrates it running ... Spectrum-emulator on the Spectrum in BASIC would be poorly slow. I ... ZX81 Emulator on the Spectrum in full MC (so a 16K ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2002 Emulators
  • SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…

    ... /> eg when you save a BASIC program or on a game ... speccy emulators, when you are in BASIC and you type save you ...
    martinball martinball July 2002 Emulators
  • Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…

    ... game which was completely written in BASIC.
    The Fall of ... multi-event sport game set in various Italian cities.
    ... off a platform suspended in space in this amusing conversion from ... English title has sometimes appeared in slightly different ways, you ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2002 Games
  • how many people?...............hi, how many people still program on the zx spectrum and what have you programmed? :) (game, utility etc)

    ... on putting some speccy code in somewhere, (as well as a ... ) but I can only program in basic. Anyone know of demo-making ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum ROMI downloaded some text files (they are actually the spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using TASM (or soemthing). I read on WOS th…

    ... hime a simple printing routine in MC.

    If you ... UDG's and print them in BASIC and when you move them ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…

    ... good game for something written in BASIC tho'.
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2002 Games
  • Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…

    ... a shame, eh?). In fact I bought it in 1987 from a ... seen that had been written in Basic at the time. They really ... taken with the Character Generator in Horizons and Draw was probably ... /> Anyone know of any others in this 'series'?

    Sam ...
    Anonymous Anonymous August 2002 Games
  • What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…

    ... . I usually went back home in the school bus, so it ... home, set up the ZX in ultra fast time (my dad ... of writing my first game in Basic. It was some kinda wimpy ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2002 Games
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    ... the code and accompanying instructions in basic.

    To prevent 'scroll ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…

    ... development , paranoid delusions and in severe cases total lack of ... a system created for use in agricultuaral colleges to display ... sound software and yet lacking in sufficient computational abilities to ... our cry!
    C NONSENSE IN BASIC! (The text of the ( ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis September 2002 Games
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... to Program! It's built-in BASIC language is very simple to ... !
    I'm developing a BASIC to Z80ASM converter soon.
    Takashi64 Takashi64 September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading Lord of the RingsHi I've got a new copy of the Lord of the Rings adventure game. it loads as far as completing the load screen graphics, but wont load any further. Th…

    ... if it had been written in BASIC ?

    Do Balrogs have ...
    dave_beer_uk dave_beer_uk October 2002 Games
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    If you only use BASIC, you don't really need ... map.

    Just state in BASIC the next command and every ... have the memory reserved. Your BASIC-program may grow up to ... almost 32K in length. You will be warned ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …

    ... unfortunatly. I was born in 1986) but I have ... 't read 48k Spellbound in TZX format on a ... The aim of this project in the first place was to ... world what was left behind in the Z80 machines. Because ... . Actually it was written in Basic and translated other to Z80 ...
    Takashi64 Takashi64 October 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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