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The Wizard of Hotspot HillockI've just re-discovered this unfinished game which I haven't done any work on for a couple of years. As it can be played through to the end as it is …
... #n" then select the relevant character array "wofm1"-"wofm9" in the ... -
help with another game!Hi all, Once again, I am going back to my childhood and trying desperately to remember the name of a game that my mum used to play on the zx spectrum…
... to that
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byte to screen eventI have another question regarding assembly routine in MMCOYZXS by Toni Baker page's 87-88 [QUOTE]21A440 LD HL,40A4 11083F LD DE,3F08 0608 LD B,08…
... the current bytes of the character @ 0x3Fxx are written to the ... indirectly addresses, which is the character, or the specific byte of ... the character from the ROM table.
Double-Buffer ScreenFor my Alien Breed Speccy re-write I decided to use a Double Buffer (DB) or 'Back Screen' to draw all the game action onto, before shuffling the whol…
... . But I do use other tricks to speed the draw-rate ...Postcards From SpectrumLand.What are the most beautiful, memorable or intesting places you ever visited? In a Spectrum game, I mean? Well, if you're playing a game and see some…
... better if you use your character for a pose, putting it ...Best or most unusual high score tableReading the recent post about jet pac and the initials in the high score table got me wondering about the best or most unusual effect used to display…
... one once where the main character winched it onto the screen ...ZX-Modules app reportZX-Modules app report If You are interested, I want to report about the state and progress about my ZX-Modules programs. I would like to report at l…
... solving a problem with the character display (not only for better ... and right side of a character. In italic mode, characters are ...48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
... working. I think displaying a character is not possible without (a ...The Spectrum ShowI just discovered The Spectrum Show by Paul Jenkinson on YouTube. if you have not seen it, I suggest you take a look, its really good for a hit of r…
... reviews, hardware reviews, tips and tricks and more.
Great ...ZX Paintbrush playing upDon't know if this is in the right section, but I'm having trouble using ZX Paintbrush recently. The pencil function is behaving erratically, it won…
... function wont fill the full character square, it either leaves 1 ... or overshoots to the next character squares.
Basically it ...UDG tricks?I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded th…
I always enjoyed using [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXBasicManual/zxmanchap14.html"]UDGs [/URL]for the 'sprites' in my games, when I coded them on the spectrum. However, I've since forgotten all of the methods for using UDGs.
Trick 1: ...BEEP & PLAY jingles in BASIC sourceI've been digging through the +3 manual and checking out the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ZXSpectrum128+3Manual/chapter8pt19.html"]great musi…
... just source code? Any simple tricks you like to use when ...Tile engine and slight colour flickerOver the past few nights I've been working on a simple tile game engine for a rock fold game I'm making. While all is going surprising well I've not…
... flicker when moving the main character / flashes red for a fraction ... seems to effect the main character when it's at the ... of the screen. The main character moving elsewhere and all seems ...Tile engine and slight colour flickerOver the past few nights I've been working on a simple tile game engine for a rock fold game I'm making. While all is going surprising well I've not…
... flicker when moving the main character / flashes red for a fraction ... seems to effect the main character when it's at the ... of the screen. The main character moving elsewhere and all seems ...RIP Sam KellySam Kelly, best known for his roles in 'Allo 'Allo and Porridge has died at the age of 70. His character Hans was always my favorite in 'Allo 'Allo a…
... the age of 70. His character Hans was always my favorite ...Dock's ZX Maze gameI'm hoping to finish a simple maze game in ZX Spectrum BASIC this week, as part of the Ludumdare Retro challenge. I used to dabble in speccy basic on…
... are foreground or background. My character collides with tiles with the ...Single shot type affair (i.e. not rapid fire)I'm struggling with this 'fire' routine... [CODE]ld a,239 in a, (254) and 1 call z,stinger[/CODE] I'm only wanting the one 'shot' so to speak but …
... ' routine basically prints the main character in 'fire' position.
Repton ManiaHi all, I am the creator, and look after, the Repton Resource Page ([url]www.reptonresourcepage.co.uk[/url]). For the site, I have written a freely …
... /> 0x08872 0x9A72 Repton 1 character area (each character is 0x80 = 32x32px: 54off ... )
0x0A372 0xB572 Character colour data (0x10 per character)
0xB8D2 End ... '2'
0F: Status character 10: Finish character 11: Safe
12 ...Fat characters in ZX Spectrum gamesHi all, I'm trying to think of some games that had heroes who were quite fat. Now there are some obvious ones, like Monty Mole, Wally Week, Henhouse…
... Decathlon) had a fat main character. But Decathlon definitely isn't ...Hello! I knitted a Horace Hat!First of all, hello to all! I've not frequented these forums much, well not as much as the main site :) A while ago, I was looking for a project to …
... can vote on which speccy character to knit, and I'll ...BASin + INKEY$ + SymbolShiftHow can I get BASin to recognise SymbolShifted keys with INKEY$ while running a program? The Help tells me that Control = SymbolShift, but I've tried…
... key code from the Windows Character Map tool into BASin's ... the bit of code. The character in "" in lines 521-523 ...ZX Spectrum games represented in Good Pub GuideI've only just managed to track down these entries from past Good Pub Guides... [INDENT] [B]The pub, 180[/B] Well stocked with spirits, yet has only …
... to be a well-feared character. I was taken to A ...Monty Mole - is my mind playing triicks?I'm looking through the Monty games in the archive, and I know I've played a game that I thought was part of the series, similar to Aufwiedersehen, M…
... of inertia applied to your character. There was a sort of ...Susan Kare 5 Dots Font...Hi Folks, Thought I would have a go at creating a version of Susan Kare's "5 Dots" font for the Spectrum. Susan's example on her web site gives the…
... Susan ever created a full character set? If so, is there ...New from Paul Farrow, the ZXC4This is exciting stuff!!!! Sorry if ive stepped on your toes Paul, wanted people to hear about it!!! [QUOTE]Hi I?m happy to announce the release o…
... the need to shift the character set bitmaps down in memory ...zmakebas updated - MSDOS executable includedHi all, Via a good friend (Alistair Neil) I have managed to update zmakebas - the tokenizer for Spectrum BASIC files. New version 1.3. There's now …
Seriously weird Issue 2 issue... (RAM-related)Hi guys; I have been trying to fix up my Issue 2 and have run across a bizarre issue that I haven't seen elsewhere in the forums. Hopefully one of …
... black paper with five coloured character squares in the top left ...Brick tile in games[IMG]http://i1016.photobucket.com/albums/af288/Thirdharmoniser/brick_tile_zpsdc6df85d.png[/IMG] This single character brick tile must have been used…
... [/IMG]
This single character brick tile must have been ...24:Live Another Day (May contain spoliers!)Well, just watched [B]24 : Live Another Day[/B] yesterday. All 12 episodes that were Sky+'ed earlier this year, end-to-end. Now I love 24. True it…
... Stephen Fry's Prime Minister character, who came across as a ... explanation about MY boys!" the character backed down in such a ...PLOTTER - display file utilityI've been disassembling Gyron and needed something to help with working out where things were being put on the screen, so I wrote this program. I was…
... file address
C = character r,c coordinates
P ... with verification.
Character coordinate rows: 0:23 origin ... area is the affected character squares; this is overlaid ... the black area fits on character square boundaries).
