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text routineI want to write an adventure in basic, and instead of a writing out a description for each location i want to use a kind of text compression routine …
... to use a kind of text compression routine
each ... :
5 REM Setup Word Table
10 CLEAR
20 ... "big","small","stone","wooden","chair","table"
99 REM Set Up ... -
High score table routineI wrote this general purpose high score table routine. It stores 5 scores and displays them alongside the player names, which are 8 characters long. …
... print the "TODAY'S BEST" table header
CALL PRINT< ... 255 ; 255 = end of text
RET Z ; if ... PRINT_MESS ; continue until end of text
RET
DEFB 255 ; end of text
; Righe ... -
Printing text, part MMXIIXI'm pretty sure there's been a zillion threads about this already, and I don't think it's the first one by myself either, but here goes. Proportiona…
... here goes.
Proportional font text drawing. Aligned to 8 pixel ... /> ; calculate destination offset (from lookup table)
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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 …
... speccy fans fancy making a text-adventure just like in the ... know of any other free text-adventure creators I could try ... -
Text info at FTP sitesBeware of game text info supplied by worldwide FTP sites. You can read there that Underwurlde has 256 screens or the mission of Dynamite Dan is to re…
Beware of game text info supplied by worldwide FTP sites. You can read there that Underwurlde has 256 screens or the mission of Dynamite Dan is to rescue his girlfriend.
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Best Text AdventureText adventures were considered 2nd class games by many, but any1 who played them know they had as many great moments as most of the classics. My to…
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NEW FANTASY TEXT-ADVENTURE?Are there still any freaks of the genre? Is there any point to make an English version of our new text-adventure game? (It would be a lot of work, s…
Are there still any freaks of the genre?
Is there any point to make an English version of our new text-adventure game? (It would be a lot of work, so I'm askin') -
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHAS - Obscure High score table messages...After posting a message about this game on the 'first three games you bought' section, I got thinking more about this game. When you typed certain m…
... messages onto the high-score table on this game, it would ... -
Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
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TEXT ADVENTURE MANOR OF DOOM BY ROB STRINGERHi, Is anyone else playing this text adventure at all as I am and am stuck at the moment with getting the long key and opening the hatch in the ceil…
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The Text Adventure whats it called?Back in ye olde days me and my brothers used to play this text adventure game but like so many cant remember the name of it. Basically it started wi…
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Text compressionI'm sure I remember seeing a short machine code routine published in a (very random) multi-machine listings magazine way back in the mists of time, w…
... of time, which compressed the text in the screen so more ... the same effect as the text in The Hobbit and Dragonsbane ... -
Transfer Tasword II files to raw text filesHow can I transfer my loaded Tasword files to raw text files, that I can read with a PC?
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42 column text, Sinclair Print Utilities, etcI'm currently developing the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as a side issue, I'm really interested in 42 column text for this g…
... the next of the ZXIF text adventures - "43 Minutes" and, as ... really interested in 42 column text for this game. I'm ... number of different text sizes, including 42 column text. I've studied ... -
Getting basic program listings into a text fileHi - can anyone tell me if there is an easy way of getting basic program listings out of an (any) Spectrum emulator and into a text file on your PC? …
Text adventuresHi everyone (first post!) how ya all doing? I was just wondering to myself how many of you used to play text adventures? I remember when I was aroun…
... of you used to play text adventures? I remember when I ...Dan Dare 256 colour project many may not be aware of.I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. …
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data as a palette table and you pretty much have ...IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using HALT, and one without ... of code.
(The table with pointers is not located ... efficient to place the pointer table at 254*256+254, i ... hl,58880 ;Building up a table with
ld de,58881 ...Playing text adventures thru emulators....I'm currently itching to play some text adventures through an emulator on my PC, but I was wondering : will it be possible to save my position? Or wi…
... currently itching to play some text adventures through an emulator on ...How can I scroll a line of text and wrap perfectlyI know this is easy for most of you but for some reason I am messing it up. In Assembly Language I want to do the following: I have 1 line of text …
... /> I have 1 line of text (8 Pixel Rows). I want ...Profanities in speccy text adventures[url="http://www.monkeon.co.uk/swearadventure/"]http://www.monkeon.co.uk/swearadventure/[/url] "A nostalgic look at what used to happen when you tri…
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"A nostalgic look at what used to happen when you tried typing swear words into text adventures"
DarenWest Bank: The most pointless high score table everWest Bank is a good little game. I played it and got a score of 25000 odds starting at stage 6, which I thought was quite good. Then as the game ende…
... it to the high score table. Then I looked closer - the ... last entry in the table has a score of 250000 ... on to the high score table ever! It's not that ...Hi-Score tableThe score in my game occupies 3 bytes. I want to create a hi-score but I'm not sure of the best way to work out where a new score would fit in the ta…
The score in my game occupies 3 bytes. I want to create a hi-score but I'm not sure of the best way to work out where a new score would fit in the table. Has anyone tackled a problem like this before ?ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... /exporting of BASIC programs from text listings
Session autosave/restore ...
Error help - full manual text to each error
Runtime ... construct and variable.
Token Table - shows a graphical ascii list ...ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…
... /exporting of BASIC programs from text listings
Session autosave/restore ...
Error help - full manual text to each error
Runtime ... construct and variable.
Token Table - shows a graphical ascii list ...The Best Text Adventures On SpeccyWhat do you think? What are the best text adventures for Speccy in your opinion? My choice: 1. Worm In Paradise 2. Sherlock 3. The Hobbit
What do you think?
What are the best text adventures for Speccy in your opinion?
My choice:
1. Worm In Paradise
2. Sherlock
3. The Hobbithow do I make a text adventure?Help me! Please! I tried to make a text adventure in the following way: 10 input "up or right",a$:if a$="right" then gosub 20:if a$="up" then gosub …
... ! I tried to make a text adventure in the following way ...ANNOUNCE: ZX Spectrum Game Coffee Table Bookhello peeps. I'm about half-way through writing a full-colour 250 page 8.5x5.5 inch coffee-table type book about Spectrum games from 1982 through 19…
... .5x5.5 inch
coffee-table type book about Spectrum games ... />
I've put the table of contents and some sample ...
