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New issues of Rebit Magazine Jogos 80Two web-based magazines are out with Spectrum-related articles. [IMG]http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/img/Rebit-8.jpg[/IMG] The last issue of [URL="h…
... interview to me, this time by Einar Saukas among many other interesting ... -
Great Giana SistersI read that the GGS was considered a Mario-infringement, and therefore it didn't come out on the Speccy, but why was it OK to publish it on ye olde C…
Check the Amstrad CPC version... the ZX version was a direct port of that (or vice-versa) and it sux big time.
Comparison shots: [url]http://pc.sux.org/tomcat/giana.jpg[/url] -
Game Of The Year 1984please wait loading poll loaded. sorry, i've started the thread early this morning, but then i've fallen asleep until noon. then i've been busy be…
... play Skooldaze from time to time.
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;683589 ... -
Browser comparison?Yes, I know, there have been a million threads recently about which is the best web browser, and everyone has their own favourites from the increasin…
... too lazy to spend the time researching which other browser to ... yet. And yes, a running time of less than an hour ... question is, is there a comparison site for browsers, listing their ... /> If there isn't a comparison site, or if you just ... -
Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... and this is my first time that I've tried this ... 'neutral' as possible in my comparison.
The "set" which ... loads stuff, it seems ? the time the tape is running but ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... your optimisations:-
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;208220]
You are ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;211620]One of the ... balance that slowly changes over time, so the player has to ... out of it, but in comparison, many of the other trade ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
OK Einar, I've now took those ... =Einar Saukas;215726]I'm afraid green looks too bright in comparison ... each player has just enough time to look at the last ... always has a little more time to react to each enemy ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;223050]I'm considering maybe it's time to drop ... it also.
In comparison, the PvP version has better ... " respectively).[/QUOTE]
OK, Einar, I agree ultimately that two ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... 602 bytes)
; Reimplemented by Einar Saukas (507 bytes)
; ... to expect row value next time
ret
comparison
ld a, INIT_RLC - ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... 602 bytes)
; Reimplemented by Einar Saukas (499 bytes)
; ... to expect row value next time
ret
comparison
ld a, INIT_RLC - ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... 602 bytes)
; Reimplemented by Einar Saukas (496 bytes)
; ... to expect row value next time
ret
comparison
ld a, INIT_RLC - ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... 602 bytes)
; Reimplemented by Einar Saukas (496 bytes)
; ... to expect row value next time
ret
comparison
ld a, INIT_RLC- ... -
RFC: 64 column font codeIn BASIC, type CLEAR 49999 then import the code at 50000. Then type RANDOMIZE USR 50000. This will create a new channel and attach stream #4 to it. A…
... 602 bytes)
; Reimplemented by Einar Saukas (496 bytes)
; ... to expect row value next time
ret
comparison
ld a, 256-( ... -
Surely not Buzzsaw+ Already..?But this game has had such a short development time, how can this be? Free version of [I]Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix)[/I] available here: [url]http:…
... to really piss off [B]Einar Saukas[/B] when he finds ... fun. In comparison, I had a really good time playing the entire ... -
Surely not Buzzsaw+ Already..?But this game has had such a short development time, how can this be? Free version of [I]Buzzsaw+ (Foxton Locks Mix)[/I] available here: [url]http:…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;571426]Found it!
< ... fun. In comparison, I had a really good time playing the entire ... -
LZ77 en/decodingI've written an LZ77 en/decoding routine as I couldn't find one around for the Spectrum. Initially I'm just doing it in BASIC to get the logic right.…
... to find room for improvement. (Einar's timings spreadsheet is coming ... quick (in term that 20 comparison with CPIR/CPDR cost you ... should not save you much time on common bytes as they ... can skip quite lot of comparison.
Have to say ... -
Released programs using Fourspriter?What programs have been released so far, using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023858"]Fourspriter[/URL]? There's [URL="http…
... =Einar Saukas;621280]That's not too bad at all. In comparison ... ;) Maybe if I found the time *or* a translator to make ... -
Released programs using Fourspriter?What programs have been released so far, using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023858"]Fourspriter[/URL]? There's [URL="http…
... =Einar Saukas;621280]That's not too bad at all. In comparison ... a game, and even more time to make it playable. I ... 'm working at, at same time (one is finished, but needs ... -
Machine Code Routine of the weekHow about a thread that has a routine each week that is in [B]assembly language[/B] and is also described in great detail what the hell is going on …
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;636329]
It ... with reasonable run time / stack use in comparison but this quicksort ... ld ix,strcasecmp_callee ; use caseless comparison of strings
call ... sorted in alphabetical order
;; comparison function below
... -
BIFROST* Advanced Programming - part 1In BIFROST*, it's much easier to just make changes in the tile map and let the engine automatically draw & animate everything in multicolor for you. …
... this:
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;643225]Using "sprite tiles ... anymore, thus leaving more time available for your program to ... the program will save enough time to "manually" process (erase, ... Notice the only differences (in comparison to the original demo at ... -
Xor-shift random number generator for Z80[QUOTE=Patrik Rak;320244]Come on, people, [URL="http://www.jstatsoft.org/v08/i14/paper"]xor-shift generators[/URL] devised by Marsaglia, that's the w…
... =Einar Saukas;650615]This is a great implementation!
In comparison ... (which is quite a long time), this will give you "only ... it could be used any time, so assuming interrupts are being ... will be changing all the time. Your rapid count method is ... -
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
As Einar pointed out, although "erase old : ... ; new variables are needed for comparison for computer controlled objects (for ... on successful bats and/or time. To avoid impacting on the ... main loop the time could be saved from FRAMES ... -
smooth movement in basicWas trying to figure this out myself but i would like to be pointed in right direction now :-). How do I make something move in Basic without gettin…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;658712]The extra time required for this extra assignment ... is often negligible in comparison ... screens side by side for comparison to be sure, and it ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;676049]Obviously, if ...
I measured the decompression time using the new "SmartRCS" version ... much more time this "intelligence" requires. Here's a comparison measured using ... compressed screens, and decompressing time doesn't seem to be ... -
Brazilian TK90X and TK95SpecEmu provides explicit support for Brazilian TK90X. Other emulators provide indirect support (perhaps the "Spectrum 48K NTSC" option in Fuse?). Al…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;628540]Jose Roberto performed ... repeated the test using Video Time 2 but with a LCD ... repeat the testing is for comparison with the clone of TK90X ... -
Multicolor chess?I thought multicolor chess pieces would be a good idea, since it's easy to fit a 8x8 chessboard within the 9x9 tile area of BIFROST*. However this tu…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;718581][URL="http://www. ... ) would work just fine. For comparison, [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... /4 of it at a time might be reasonable. Does stop ... -
A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;734703][I]OK, there' ... ] that I didn't have time to finish yet, they will ... />
[*][B]Simplicity[/B]: In comparison to the huge manual I ... , I just didn't have time to finish testing it yet ... -
Sorting BusinessThis is a little bit different from the usual game-related fare but I know there are a few people here who like this sort of thing. This is about so…
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;768841]OK, I have ... so you can see for comparison -- it is very similar ... bytes or so at a time (related to the max ... for :(
More time trials on different cases:
time how many equal values there ... -
Why is the scene less participative now? or at least, a bit hollow...I have found out in the last months, that despite of having a huge number of new games with a huge quality, a great number of hardware projects, and …
[QUOTE=Einar Saukas;777225]What about a comparison with last year? I also ... much the same as this time last year.
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