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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…
... little more complex than ZX BASIC - wasn't the SAM ROM ... too, forget the numbering but SAM Basic is actually more or less ... Beta Basic 4 with MasterBasic being Beta ... Basic 5. So soo many commands :)< ... -
Add the numbers?Yesterday morning (about 1am) I was flicking through cable to see what was on, and I turned to ITV and that boring space filler "The Mint" was on. An…
people could always, Shock Horror, turn off their TVs and read a book :-)
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I'm thinking of performing a song at a small show will u help me ?As i said in the title, i am thinking of singing The Kooks She moves in her own way, but i don't want to make a complete arse of myself so if i email…
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VB Emulator UpgradeHas anyone upgraded the VB 6.0 open source of either VBspec or VB81 to the free VB Express 2005 Edition? [url]http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/expr…
... full version of Visual Basic. But Visual Basic Express Edition is more ... just a subset of Visual Basic: It includes many features ... that make Visual Basic programming easier than ever ... be familiar with all Visual Basic tools and concepts!
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Back to schoolMy brother said yesterday that Back to School had been remade for the PC, he couldn't remember the name of the game but he was adamant that it exists…
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... know this is way off topic but I just wanted to point ...The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…
... not be good enough to turn off the music -- you will have ...Elite 4?The good news is that it will definatly be made, the bad news is ... when?! Here's an interview with David Braben on Gamespot : [url]http://uk.games…
Still sounds very exciting, the fact he doesn't want to do it badly bodes well
People slagged off Frontier but I liked it. I enjoy the open ended games like GTA, you forget to play the game and just explore...A Pint of Tea on my Keyboard!!I droped a 1 pint (big I know) mug of tea on my keyboard :eek: I have taken the keys out and cleaned behind them however I cannot remember the order…
... Keyboard" :
START -> TURN OFF COMPUTER -> in my WinXP ... see three choises (Stand by, Turn off, Restart) press one of the ... /hibernate key. A sudden shut-off will indicate that you have ...Best of the worstWhilst trying hard not to do any actual work, I started to ponder what are the best games by the worst software houses. When I used to pick up a spec…
This may seem vague and off topic but if you want a software ... Rockstar as do many others, but in hindsight it was hardly ...Best of the worstWhilst trying hard not to do any actual work, I started to ponder what are the best games by the worst software houses. When I used to pick up a spec…
... ]This may seem vague and off topic but if you want a ... Rockstar as do many others, but in hindsight it was hardly ... , and Twin Turbo wasn't, but I'm a lil confusified ... , Pro Rugby= awful.
But can anyone come forward and ...Stamper Brothers leave RareEventually, Microsoft bought the name but the talent has left now... [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=71389[/url]
... no further use for it but retain the characters who might be ... new Spectrum games, but Eidos/SCI would retain the rights to the ...Windows VistaNever installed my Beta version, too many bad reports. Anybody tried it yet? I was reading a report that said serious 3D acceleration was required …
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Anyhow, you can indeed turn off the graphical gimmickery if your ...Early screenshots which differ from the final productI thought it would be interesting to try and list games that looked different in the previews/reviews to the final product. I'll start off with an ea…
... with a lot more colour, but when it was released a ... Perry had done the original but it was canned, probably on ... page.
Similar but slightly off-topic, but it's a good ...Proper emulation of the basic SAVE command?Most emulators respond to the SAVE command by saving the file to a virtual tape, but without sending the audio to the soundcard. Is there an emulator…
... to the soundcard if you turn off tape traps. I imagine most ...DivIDE and RWAP's DiwIDE*Opps, sorry, wrong forum, this thread must be in hardware topic.* I was planning to get a divide from Rwap, but I'm too afraid of long way the devi…
... a bad thing by itself but IDE devices are not designed ... (cf cards).
>But for now just pretend that ... with number 0000, for fom paging. we can add another extensions ... and 0011 for additional rom paging, but this can be also considered ...Qix on the SpeccyI've been playing Qix (pronounced 'kicks') on the old Gameboy, and great fun it is too. Qix was never officially converted to the Spectrum, but I was…
it's slightly off-topic but, is there a really nice super mario clone for speccy? I checked tom-cat's page and found one, but it's not a worthy clone.Shivery picture.I have two spectrums that show a shivery picture (vertical axis). The picture is crystal clear, it's just a slight vertical jitter but it is annoying…
Sounds like you guys may be describing "dot crawl" - it's off-putting but normalIf a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... best. This is a bit off topic but...
MSX2 had ... think there was a trade off between colors and resolution that ...Passing off games as your ownWe ran into a rather interesting case over the past day: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011821"]Jukebox[/URL], which appeare…
sorry for the slightly off topic, but how do I get ZX Shed? (I don't wanna miss this!!)Passing off games as your ownWe ran into a rather interesting case over the past day: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011821"]Jukebox[/URL], which appeare…
... ;171598]sorry for the slightly off topic, but how do I get ...Good review, bad gameSomeone mentioned Jailbreak earlier on in the week. I bought that on the strength of a Sinclair User review. The review gave it 5 stars but the colli…
... it's pants. Potentially good, but completely rubbish.
I ... my mates to buy it off me but they weren't having ...Good review, bad gameSomeone mentioned Jailbreak earlier on in the week. I bought that on the strength of a Sinclair User review. The review gave it 5 stars but the colli…
... it's pants. Potentially good, but completely rubbish.
I ... my mates to buy it off me but they weren't having ...If a C64 can do it...Forgive me if this isn't the right section. We've seen coders surprising us over and over again with excellent demos and things that a few years ago…
... best. This is a bit off topic but...
MSX2 had ... think there was a trade off between colors and resolution that ...That scene in "Big".....Anyone remember that scene in [URL="http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0094737/"]Big[/URL] when Tom Hanks finally completes the adventure game, towards the e…
... 10 times.
Going slightly off topic but....
Sometimes it ...What to do?Cornish, being incredibly stupid can't seem to see that no-one gives a monkeys for his theories. So, as a community, lets democraticaly decide what …
... that's it.
But the forums are relaxed, funny ... /> Almost every thread drifts off-topic, but it's no biggy.
Hints for a better life...PLEASE DON'T START ONE THREAD AFTER ANOTHER BASED ON THIS....POST HERE!!! Right, lets lighten things up a bit... looking for tips for a better lif…
9) If you want to have sex, never eat anything spicy - it's a turn offAtic Atac, the +3 and Multiface.Hello :smile: I have a Spectrum +3 with Multiface 3 attached and working well. I have discovered that at least JetPac and Atic Atac (all Ultimate …
... only be run from 48 Basic.
The trick is loading ... a different address and paging in 48 basic mode, then moving the ...Funny as fook!....[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW9ZeHgXbio&mode=related&search=[/url] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijcj8KqJySk[/url] AND THESE CRACK ME…
... Dom Jolly did years ago, but making it more risky and ... the top. But they just don't pull it off.
Edit: But saying that, the ...
