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Atlas Assignment - questions...(1) How do you know you have to fly to Quimper? If it's in the inlay of the "proper" version of the game, that's why I don't know - my copy was on a…
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Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …
... try it with a large BASIC program like Football Manager ... was intact, and, furthermore, the BASIC program proved to be saveable ... enough about the structure of BASIC programs, patch up the hole ... maybe some of the Spectrum BASIC tricks apply to. Are there many ... -
maketzx problemsDoes anyone else have problems running maketzx v2.33 (with or without the GUI) on Windows 2000 Sp4? I've just changed my OS from Win Me where i've m…
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maketzx problemsDoes anyone else have problems running maketzx v2.33 (with or without the GUI) on Windows 2000 Sp4? I've just changed my OS from Win Me where i've m…
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3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
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Programming Sound EffectsHi guys, Have decided, probably due in some way to my midlife crisis, to tart up and re-release (or even just re-lease) the old 48K Speccy games I w…
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Other PlatformsSorry for posting this ere... Any of you retro collectors got a Camputers Lynx and if so have u got any software for it ?? I've got one in front of…
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New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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The Spectrum Games Compo 2005It's open. Learn about it at its website: [url="http://www.ojodepez-fanzine.net/network/sgc"]http://www.ojodepez-fanzine.net/network/sgc[/url] The …
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WOS Times magazineOK folks, as promised in the latest ZXF I'm starting a thread up to discuss the issue of a new magazine. I know this has recieved some discussion al…
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What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…
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The first BASIC game I wrote was a ... followed a series of small BASIC games including road racers, alien ... at integrating machine code with BASIC. The MC did the ... My recent attempts at ZX BASIC have resulted in Dash-it ... haven't forgotten the tricks! -
GraphicsI can't find this posted anywhere else, but how do you use graphics, other than circle, pixels and lines? For example, how do you draw a filled box o…
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unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
... decryption you used? Any clever tricks? Just listening to that wav ... like you've got one basic bit then it loads some ... don't incorporate it into basic and move it to where ... -
unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
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Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …
... Dunny is anyway compiling all (?) BASIC tricks listed here into a single ... FAQ for BASIC, I suppose we don't ... as being available from the BASIC section here.
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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…
... system variables and before the BASIC area. There's not much ... , my memory may be playing tricks on me and I'm ... -
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…
... system variables and before the BASIC area. There's not much ... , my memory may be playing tricks on me and I'm ... -
ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... any site that shows visual tricks (which line is longest or ... and languages to illustrate the basic workings and logic of the ... issue would then use Blitz basic to do the same. Of ... the same article for Blitz Basic, then feel free.
total eclipse remake.myself and the ovine boyo's are currently doing a remake of total eclipse , the old freescape game. its early days yet but here's a few w.i.p shots …
... rooms meant that certain alignment tricks couldn't be employed, and ... guy... but messing with the basic physics is a no-no ...How do I put 1k game in a REM statement in TAP formatBasically, If I am assembling my machine code game, say using PASMO or TASM. 1. What address do I assemble it at to fit in a REM statement 2. What …
... the last page off "basic tips and tricks" BUT APPERENTLY this part ... display properties... Go to the BASIC forum and in "Display Options ...What should be the base address to set for my codeHi, I am new here and I have a simple question but one which I have not found an answer to. When I am developming my programs what should I set th…
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The basic loader generated by pasmo contains ... were written by hand, whithout tricks. The assumption is that clarity ...What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... of factors. It had the basic capabilities of colour graphics and ... by relying on the specialist tricks of their video hardware to ...What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... in those days (besides the basic of course). Compilers for any ... would have been full of tricks that were tied very closely ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... had a strong version of basic (better that anything offered by ... a beginner. The version of basic was excellent and I found ... to pick up a few tricks or learn a little. This ... a really weak version of basic. The disk system was the ...Adventure Books....Anybody remember the books where you just copied the program language word for word..and play the adventure game after? It was when I was a kid...I …
... one that used some neat tricks in BASIC.
You'll ...Sinclair Basic Vs PascalWith the rise of the structured programming movement (Jackson et al) was it wise to put the Basic programming language into the Spectrum. By this ti…
... me on some tricks to speed things in Sinclair Basic:
