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Type-Ins Project - appeal #256This is primarily for all those who have just tuned into the Speccy scene (to the veterans- it's just another appeal for type-ins ok? ;) ): As you m…
... haven't written any games in a while ;)
Pete ... SH*T! My first ever type-in book was a portuguese version ... -
Is it possible... (in Spin or Spectaculator)For the emulator to save a tape image when a Spectrum program saves a data block to tape? and if it is possible how would you do it in SPin or Specta…
In Spin you do it like ... ' then 'Insert Tape for Saving'. Type in a filename (like test.tap ... -
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…
The thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can ... .
You *need* some assembler for things like sprites and ... not just write it all in assembler?
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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…
... possible to write good games in BASIC is ridiculous.
[/quote ... name countless great games written in assembler.
At a push ... maybe 2 playable games written in BASIC, certainly nothing un-put ... -
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…
... games are practically all written in assembler - I just think the idea ... better games can be written in assembler. It sounds a bit like ... -
Treachery does anyone have the game map for 'treachery' it was a type in of issue 29 of C&VG I believe it was written by Mike 'lords of Midnight' Singleton a…
... 'treachery'
it was a type in of issue 29 of C ... -
Help me with something important here pleaseHello everybody, I was wondering if anybody could help me. I'm trying to load a "picture" from the real tape into emulator. I used to create many …
... still got a problem. Typing in LOAD ""SCREEN$ didn't ... keyed out. I cannot just type in the word screen$ and ... supposed to be keyed in just by a stroke of ... press any key for example in the prompt the first ... ???
I know that in order to key out different ... -
BBC - Making the Most of The Micro Live - Speccy Type-inI've just been sorting out stuff in the garage and stumbled on a "Send For" Information sheet from the BBC's Making the Most of the Micro From Octobe…
... just been sorting out stuff in the garage and stumbled on ... ]
if its a type in.to arjun i think, i ... -
BBC - Making the Most of The Micro Live - Speccy Type-inI've just been sorting out stuff in the garage and stumbled on a "Send For" Information sheet from the BBC's Making the Most of the Micro From Octobe…
Eh? Wot? *reads the thread again, carefully* The listing! Yes, yes, send the type-in to me and it will be incorporated into the next Type-Ins update (whenever). -
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…
... can be read with IN 61438 and IN 63486, respectively.
... can be read in port 31: IN 31 which give ... /> On other machines: search in VARS for start of BASIC ... remember that every number in your program takes ... printed out is contained in ROM starting at address ... -
Looking for rare TZX blocksBy rare I mean out of the hundreds of TZX I have non of the following blocks exist. I need to test my loading/handling/saving code. Are there any TZX…
... include an encoding schema with in the TZX file itself.
type in a metalanguage and then use ... C code for each block type). This would work well for ... level of flexibility (aka complexity) in the format itself. -
Celebration IIIHow many of you will I see there? I will be the one wearing the red carnation. Skarpo :)
There is at least one thing I learned from Mr. Kendall : The power of [url="http://www.google.com"]www.google.com[/url]
Just type in Celebration III
So, how many of you will I see there?
Skarpo
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Whats happening here then? Still waiting on a Dizzy game though...as Colin Mc Rae Rally sucks big time compared to some other rally games. I cant stand PS2 ports: 1) Lazy 2) PS2 gfx are disapointing for a next gen…
Forgot to mention...
I got a Speccy emulator running on my X-Box too. Not quite the same though... type-in adventures are a bit of a mare. -
Activision mailed me I can distribute their games...well, it worked the other way around, I thought it might well be worth a try... Many many great games we lose with Activision!
... sure thats true!!).
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Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
Board and board style games on the SpectrumWhat good board games, or good games that are sort of board games, are there on the Speccy? I ask because I've just loaded up Scrabble (Psion) for th…
C&VG did a board game called Treachery in issue 29
it's a type-in but is in the archive
it was written by Mike 'Lords of Midnight' Singleton and is a multi player though
you'll need the mag for the board and counters.Oh, yeahOk, i hated Atic Atac, oh and i hated Back To Skool. And Horace Goes Skiing and the port of H.E.R.O. was very lacking. PS. also hate ALL of the Diz…
He only forgot to type in the letter "d" ;).Protection against MERGEI remember using a routine to protect against using MERGE to break into a BASIC listing. It was along the lines of :- 1. Enter a random line e.g. 1 …
... it vanish essentially.
3. Type in the actual program.
4 ... , were the line numbers stored in the LowHigh format? If not ...Competition: Sadistick routine on Spectrum ROMMy vote goes to BEEPER at #03B5 Let's ear you pick! :) And a great BOHHHHHHHHHHHHH to Dr Ian Logan & Dr Frank O'Hara for their description about the…
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Nope... Floating point in assembler is too much for me ... something like note (not freq) in A and duration (ms) on ... trivial to do that calculation in assembly. Not for me, at ...Competition: Sadistick routine on Spectrum ROMMy vote goes to BEEPER at #03B5 Let's ear you pick! :) And a great BOHHHHHHHHHHHHH to Dr Ian Logan & Dr Frank O'Hara for their description about the…
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On 2005-05-02 17:23, AE.Vasconcelos wrote:
Nope... Floating point in assembler is too much for me to handle.
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Hint: RST 28Competition: Sadistick routine on Spectrum ROMMy vote goes to BEEPER at #03B5 Let's ear you pick! :) And a great BOHHHHHHHHHHHHH to Dr Ian Logan & Dr Frank O'Hara for their description about the…
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Nope... Floating point in assembler is too much for me ... ... :(
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[FREQ] in Hz
HL ... whould not use 2 ROUNDUP in the same expression but without ... .
Can someone post values in order to compare with mine ...What Was YOUR First Speecy GameI Never owned a speccy, I never heard of it until i saw a peice on it in a book called "Supercade" by Van Burnham. When i first started playing via e…
Probably one of the sinclair adventure's 'Adventure A' I'd make a guess at. or perhaps even a type in from Big kPlay The Gamewhere is the Ultimate Play The Game Promotional material ?
on the WoS home page click on 'Sinclair Infoseek'
type in ultimate
under 'Publisher name matches'
click on ultimate
under 'Label name infromation'
click on promotional materialWhat 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…
Never wrote anything in BASIC, so my 1st program was a League Tables in assembler.Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
I use SPIN because of the excellent built in Assembler. Anyone know when the next release is due ?Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …
... because of the excellent built in Assembler. Anyone know when the next ...A 10 in 1 Speccy ControllerStored in a kempston like joystick. It would plug into your TV like those Atari and Intellivision sticks. Which games should go on it? My choices: …
... number keys , so you can type in the dates you need on ...Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
... ) Simple addictive games you could type in from many mags.
in BASIC.
4) Genuinely ... Speccy arena you were interested in.
5) Hardware and ...How that music was created?Games like for example "Chronos" and "Raw recruit" have excellent music played by 48k speaker. That music sounds "real" - it's very different from ty…
Tim wrote a program that he called a 'music driver' or something. Anyway, there was a type-in version in YS (i think) that he contributed. I scoped it out and it worked brilliantly.
