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Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…
... and it was coded by Toni Baker.
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gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.
... . Once I finish my 2d, flip-screen version of Quake, which is ... -
Opinions on CauldronAs it's coming up to Hallowe'en i thought I'd look at Cauldron for the first time in years and years. I haven't played the C64 version, but I'm sure …
Much as I hate to admit it, the Commode version blew away the Speccy one. A flip screen horizontally scrolling shoot em up was not a good idea. -
Heads Up: Programming the Z80 by Rodnay ZaksFull PDF on alt.binaries.emulators.misc
It's THE Z80 book... although Toni Baker's Mastering Machine Code on your ZX Spectrum is the best one specific to the Spectrum.
And no, I'm not prepared to sell my copies of either of them! ;)
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Heads Up: Programming the Z80 by Rodnay ZaksFull PDF on alt.binaries.emulators.misc
... 's THE Z80 book... although Toni Baker's Mastering Machine Code on ... have a spare copy of Toni Baker's Mastering Machine Code on ... -
Technical ExcellenceI don't know if I'm covering old ground here, forgive me if I am... I'm interested to find out what you all think was technically the best spectrum …
Lords of Midnight/Doomdarks revenge for me. Fitting that huge world into 48k was an amazing feat.
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Do the girls visit WOS and this forum?I'd like to know if there are any girls who visit WOS and are Speccy fans.
I guess it would be mostly guys but there are and/or were plenty of girls i think that programmed, etc.
Toni Baker, for example. Author of [B]Mastering Machine Code On Your Spectrum[/B] and many YS articles. -
128k Speccy ScreenAm I right in thinking that you can draw to one, while displaying the other (therefore eliminating the need for timing when you dump the screen and d…
... the archive, yet]. Article by Toni Baker, 4 pages, A4, as pngs ... -
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…
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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…
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Toni Baker did a series of really ... Fantastic[/url], as are all Toni Baker's other programming articles from ... -
After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
... On The ZX Spectrum by Toni Baker - Interface Publications.
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A deeper exploration of the SpectrumI've been reading a lot of posts in the BASIC and development forums and they've really intrigued me. Although my knowledge of the deeper working of …
Thats a very good book but I consider Mastering Machine Code On Your ZX Spectrum by Toni Baker to be better. That was the book that made it all make sense to me. -
After roughly 22 years can you help?Hi, A long one this but here goes. Roughly 22 years ago (i was 14 if i remember right) i got a 48K speccy for christmas of my dad it was awesome an…
... complicated to use and IIRC Toni Baker did a very good series ... -
what does the instruction im do?me again with more questions sorry :D finally got myself a book on machine code from ebay. whilst reading it it listed the command im with the warn…
... /> Ah yes! I remember this Toni Baker book well.
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what does the instruction im do?me again with more questions sorry :D finally got myself a book on machine code from ebay. whilst reading it it listed the command im with the warn…
... /> Ah yes! I remember this Toni Baker book well.
She ... />
thanks for that, the toni baker book is good. i am ... -
GUI in sinclair basic.Can anyone point me to any existing subroutines or functions or library to be called whithin sinclair basic to create visual command like messageboxe…
... .zip"]Streams & Channels[/url] (Toni Baker, ZX Computing)
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Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
Who's this Toni Baker then? I have William Tang and Rodnay Zaks on my shelve. -
Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…
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Who's this Toni Baker then? I have William Tang and Rodnay Zaks on my shelve.
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Machine Code QuestionHi All Not sure if this is the right place for this but it seems closest. Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book and its ver…
... /> Am starting to read the Toni Baker Intro to Machine Code book ... ON YOUR ZX SPECTRUM by Toni Baker
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How to Write ZX Spectrum Games As some of you may know, it has long been my intention to produce a document which explains pretty much everything I have learned - and am still lea…
I've only read the first few pages, and I am very impressed. I will print the document out for later reading.
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128k Screen Flipping - Sample Code PleaseI know this has been covered before, but I cannot find out code to do the following: On a 128k Spectrum tell the speccy to display from address 4915…
... 49152, the screen is black when I flip (Is this ... rampage)
xor 8 ; flip screen bit
ld (rampage), ... call PageRam ; effects the flipped screen
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Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…
... Invaders with bats, and a flip-screen layout. It's called, "Dracula ... -
name the game, possibly hard.you are a roller skate going round a maze, avoiding holes in the floor.
... The Game) - jungle, amulet, caves, flip screen maze, wulf
Jet Set ... -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
Also try Mastering Machine Code On Your ZX Spectrum by Toni Baker. I would say that and the William Tang book are the definitive books for learning MC on the Spectrum. -
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... I have skim read the Toni Baker book and can certainly recommend ... -
Combined remakes!If you wanted to save time and effort by remaking two (or more?) games at once, what would you do? :) My ideas so far are: Jet Set Wheelie -- Ride …
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how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
... with a downloadable article by Toni Baker. Very handy.
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