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  • How do you work with fonts on speccy?just curious really.. I know c64 workings, and obv. the spec you draw direct to screen.. on 64 , you'd make what would be equivalent to UDG.. and sa…

    ... to this you can create double height characters quite easily using ... the ZX BASIC tips and tricks area for details).

    POKE can change this to "ar ...
    Paddy Coleman Paddy Coleman September 2010 Development
  • How do you work with fonts on speccy?just curious really.. I know c64 workings, and obv. the spec you draw direct to screen.. on 64 , you'd make what would be equivalent to UDG.. and sa…

    ... remember a way of getting double height fonts using BASIC, similar ... for example the the first character set was stored at 32768 ... this:

    9000 POKE 23606,0 : POKE 23607,127 : PRINT AT ... ,Y;A$
    9010 POKE 23606,0 : POKE 23607,130 : PRINT AT ...
    zxbruno zxbruno September 2010 Development
  • How do you work with fonts on speccy?just curious really.. I know c64 workings, and obv. the spec you draw direct to screen.. on 64 , you'd make what would be equivalent to UDG.. and sa…

    ... about adding +40 to the character to invert it means nothing ... , though, there are no particular tricks: the screen is bitmapped, and ... stored in memory, so printing double-height characters is just a ...
    gasman gasman September 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ... you can X and Y double them, that'd make em ... chunky .. but there are other tricks like multiplexers to get around ...

    try

    poke 53280,0 to 16
    fog fog August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... you can X and Y double them, that'd make em ... chunky .. but there are other tricks like multiplexers to get around ...

    try

    poke 53280,0 to 16
    poke 53281,0 to 16[/QUOTE]< ...
    Hedegaard Hedegaard August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Up/Down Left/Right scrollCan anybody give a newbie some pointer to simple one char scrolling by pixel? I've looked at a lot of resources, but as you can imagine, it's all a …

    ... 're limited to one character sprite movement which looks ... />
    If you poke the data with shift=1 ... br /> ....

    If you poke the data with shift=7 ... .

    2- Poke the shifted sprite data into ... /> add a,a ; double it since there are two ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous November 2011 Development
  • Tutorial - learn machine code in 30mins[B][I]Message from the moderators[/I] - bigjon has requested that readers' attention be drawn to a better version of this tutorial, one which is easi…

    ... pixels per byte.
    Try POKE-ing 255 into bytes within ... the paper colour of one character square to blue.
    - draw ... line of the road. Two double squares of black with a ...
    buzzy buzzy September 2012 Development
  • Speccy Vs Amstrad CPC Vs C64I hope no one minds me posting this here as well as in the announcements section. I'll delete it if there is a problem. It's childish fun but can I …

    ... I don't know what tricks are being used and their ... effect with the hardware character scrolling and some double buffering you can ...
    AndyC AndyC December 2014 Games
  • Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…

    ... of the listings below, the character "A" is printed twice ... vertical scroll for now. POKE any of those 32 ... of the listing do two tricks. The first number, '3 ... that many bytes, will POKE those bytes into memory. ... /> Lines 9140 and 9150 POKE just the first 8 bytes ...
    joefish joefish January 2017 Games
  • im looking for a double size, height and width character programi want to be able to stretch and scale up udg's

    ... to redefine the character set and just POKE it with double-height characters ... top-half of themselves in double-height, and the lower case ... , you only need to re-POKE the upper byte of the ... make them up.
    To double things up horizontally, you either ...
    joefish joefish November 2017 Development
  • Super Mario Bros 64An 1:1 conversion of Super Mario Bros is now released for the c64 (and it's fantastic!). Things are looking good for the old breadbin what with Knigh…

    ... , so whilst you can double-buffer the character part of the display ... and need to use numerous tricks to chase the raster. This ...
    AndyC AndyC April 2019 Chit chat
  • Zynaps scrolling - anyone ever reverse enginnered this?Zynaps has IMO some impressive scrolling - it utilises 18 character rows of the display file, so quite a large active play area, and scrolls 2 pixels…

    ... better and not positionally randomised (double firing points are fine when ... technically as good with its character-based sprites and less colourful ... />
    I'd love a poke or mod that could fix ...
    Gwyn Gwyn July 2020 Games
  • Dynamite Dan II - Island 6 - HELP!Hi all, can someone possibly create a snapshot of Island 6 (car park island) on Dynamite Dan II for me please? I'm trying to work out why half the…

    ... file. Open TAP with ZXBlockEditor, double click Program Data, in window ... )

    rst 16 ; PRINT character
    jr print2


    rungame: ld hl,29384 ; POKE 29384
    ld (hl),c ...
    FrankT FrankT December 2020 Games
  • POKE, how it works?I have a cool list of POKE's for some games, but I have no idea how it works. What I must do with these numbers?. Please help me. thanx a lot.

    I have a cool list of POKE's for some games, but I have no idea how it works. What I must do with these numbers?. Please help me. thanx a lot.
    Ivan Ivan September 2001 Emulators
  • Poke helpHi can any offer me some help please! I am using the WinZ80 emulator and playing footballer of the year. The Zip file contained POKEs but when i use …

    ... how do i input the POKE?

    Desperately

    Merlin Merlin April 2001 Emulators
  • EliteHave got some problems with Elite. I?m not able to dock, and that?s quite deadly. I remember that there was a cheat to get lots of cash (to buy a doc…

    ... .
    Also I tried the character editors of WOS, but they ... someone knows a really working poke (with an Emulator)
    or ...
    Bernhard Bernhard December 2001 Games
  • Poke filesJust wondering, how do you use the poke files? I have a game that is pass word protected (Avalon) and a .pok file with it - I assume that this is a h…

    ... , how do you use the poke files? I have a game ...
    Bottle Bottle November 2001 Games
  • Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …

    ... the pointer to the ascii character set is.
    I remember ... spectrum where to find the character set, so that it pointed ...
    Neil^P Neil^P May 2002 Games
  • a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…

    hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the ... />
    also, there were a poke to quit "scroll? " message in ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz September 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The DoubleThe Double was my favouritre Footy Manager game until I graduated to the PC. I've downloaded it from the site but it needs a code entered before I ca…

    The Double was my favouritre Footy Manager ...
    Wednesday Till I Die Wednesday Till I Die October 2002 Games
  • Poke Cards, Scans Needed.Hi folks, Does anyone have any of those YS or SU poke cards you got in certain mags. I don't remember if they were SU or YS. I've got one at home …

    ... of those YS or SU poke cards you got in certain ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker February 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was your 3 Character Signature?What was your 3 character signature? Mine was 'mik'. (short for Mike) 'mik' once showed up on the top of the first R-Type machine to hit Rhyl in the…

    What was your 3 character signature?
    Mine was 'mik'. ( ... ).
    Long live the 3 Character signature!

    I'm ...
    fairziff fairziff May 2003 Games
  • Sinclair User: Blue Print Double DragonI'm not sure what issue the Blue Print of Double Dragon appeared, I think it was issue 78 (September 88) Even a scan would do. Cheers

    I'm not sure what issue the Blue Print of Double Dragon appeared, I think it was issue 78 (September 88)

    Even a scan would do. Cheers
    Swainy Swainy June 2003 Wanted
  • More random questionsWay back in the mists of time I remember reading a couple of articles in an ancient copy of Sinclair User, ZX Computing or the like (can't remember w…

    ... ).

    One stated the POKE used to transform line 1 ... this POKE?

    The other was about all the tricks used ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…

    ... . I also had a ZX81 POKE (or, more probably, PEEK) once ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone October 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • THE DOUBLEThe best management game has to be the Double. I downloaded it, but it asks for the sode from the Cassette inlay. Where can i find this?

    The best management game has to be the Double. I downloaded it, but it asks for the sode from the Cassette inlay. Where can i find this?
    jetsetwi11y jetsetwi11y December 2003 Games
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 18 January 2004Sunday 18 January 2004 A fairly hefty update - lots of POKEs, maps, tips, cheats, and some general maintenance * Fixed the hyperlink for the tips …

    ... /> Dodger Don , Dogsbody , Doomskulle ,
    Double Dragon 3: The Rosetta Stone ... out a typo in the POKE for
    Dizzy X Part ... : Prince of the Yolk Folk , Double Xinox , Humphrey , Qang ,
    Sol ...
    hackersanon hackersanon January 2004 Announcements
  • Double Dash OriginalHi! Found the Double Dash original .VOC file on : [url="http://iec.host.sk/double.rar"]http://iec.host.sk/double.rar[/url] And it seems it has som…

    Hi!

    Found the Double Dash original .VOC file on :< ... /> [url="http://iec.host.sk/double.rar"]http://iec.host.sk ... /double.rar[/url]

    And ...
    Tom-Cat Tom-Cat March 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Poke Cards from Sinclair User.29 mint Poke Cards on Ebay. Your chance to complete your collection. These cards are RARE. Please take a look. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayIS…

    29 mint Poke Cards on Ebay. Your chance ...
    Frankie Frankie May 2004 Sales
  • Old Posts, Double Dragon remake, Lost picturesI assume we all here read old posts, I`ve been making my way through the devoplment ones last week, with the Misc ones also.. and now, finally I get…

    ... dozens of pages...

    Double Dragon for a start has ... `new spectrum games` mentioned, is Double Dragon even in the pipeworks ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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