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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…
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Best way to have multiple characters in AGDHi Guys Can someone please tell me if you can have 2 playable characters in game at anytime that span multiple screen sort of like the way Enigma Fo…
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Fast Condition TestingHello my friends, I have been writing some input and string handling routines in BASIC lately - yeah I could write them super fast in C/ASM via z88d…
... the users input for restricted characters and ignores them.
characters like the asterix "*" and other ... an expression of the limited characters - e.g. [B]LET l ... can see what they are typing - which I find is quite ... -
The text edition window shrinksJust when I thought that all my problems here were solved , another bug has popped up : When I begin writing a message , no matter if a new discussi…
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What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new ... ]) makes a quick reference to typing "SPECTRUM" (and data loss?) and ... -
Speccy characters in Comic form.From a recent discussion about comics, several peeps said they'd like to see their favourite characters in comic form. We've already had Wally, thank…
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SpecBAS 0.900 ReleasedAgainst my better judgement, here's 0.900. It's got lots and lots new, but mostly the new shiny is the editor. You can indent your code, you can e…
... to IF/ELSE addressing string characters
Reduced CPU usage ... the editor so that fast typing isn't lost
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Fix for scaled characters overrunning the gutter
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INSERT$ added extra characters to the source string
ZX ROM in 64 characters a lineDear ZXS users, I am glad the today's release is not only concerning MB-02+ as it is normally the case with me, but it concerns really everyone, sinc…
... make ROM print in 64 characters a line. The biggest advantage ...How much can you get into 48k?Todays experiment was to see how long, how much text, a PRINT statement will hold. I filled it up with * and counted them and got 689 chrs. Almost 22…
... . Almost 22 lines of 32 characters but not quite I guess ... to hold. I dont mind typing it all in laboriously but ... own text to fit 64 characters on a line by making ...Graphic equivalent of control characters?I have done a Google search, but can't seem to find any. Is there anywhere which lists graphics for the control characters? That is, the ASCII Con…
... lists graphics for the control characters? That is, the ASCII Control ... -C0 range — characters 0-31, and probably 127 ...A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... difference to using Loader, or typing LOAD "" in 128 BASIC? ... a separate program, the characters would steadily change into ... all sorts of characters, including unprintables and keywords ... (seemingly random string of characters that holds all the ...High-quality magazine scans (and not the Big Three)First, note that I've already asked regular HQ-scanner Mort about this, but then, it's far from certain that Mort has every magazine I might need, an…
... more than one.
Typing in listings can be tricky ... the listing with small-sized characters to fit it all into ... so high that half the characters are indistinct blobs. Some of ...Right, who fancies another name the game?Ok, now I was about 14 the last time I played this in the eighies so my memorys a bit hazy. As far as I can remem it was isometric 3d view, you were …
Sounds very much like Movie indeed! The way that you can interact with other characters by typing text in speech bubbles is very cool.Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... the sprites graphically occupying 2x2 characters, the software treats them ... as 3x3 characters. Once you rotate a ... , it suddenly occupies 3 characters. Another trick gets me ... want to continue coding by typing DATA into BASIC ;)
...Anyone tried Dreamspec emulator for the deceased Dreamcast?I haven't heard much about it other than it only emulates about 200 games (which isn't a good start), but has anyone tried it here?
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After typing cdrecord -scanbus you should see ... /> The .TXT file has 9 characters in them, in THIS order ... (must be less than eight characters.) Data.iso will be our ...So many spectrum emulators! so few c64 emulators!Have you ever noticed just how many spectrum emulators there are out there? Its incredible! In fact the speccy may well be in the running as most emu…
... - and all the odd control characters put me off even further ... the cursor moves around by typing a string of hearts?Help with decyphering type-in !!!!Your Sinclair, January '86, pages 62-63, "Snake" by Robert Stockton Unfortunately, I can't really wait for the next type-in update (which might take…
... distinct in terms of normal characters, but when you look at ... my 6 hours' work of typing (done initially out of curiosity ...Type-ins for non-standard languagesDoes anyone know if there has ever been any type-in programs for non-standard languages e.g. Forth, Micro Prolog etc. I recently bought copies of tho…
... limited - has to be five characters long or under )
typing out utilities and miscellaneous programs ...Including data at compile time in C?Does anyone know how to write a C program (preferably using DJGPP) in which a large block of data is incorporated directly into the executable at com…
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extern character const characters[];
Put this in ... C file:
character const characters[]={
character(0x00, 0x10, 0x20 ... /> };
Theres loads of typing with the data obviously substituting ...Including data at compile time in C?Does anyone know how to write a C program (preferably using DJGPP) in which a large block of data is incorporated directly into the executable at com…
... C file:
character const characters[]={
character(0x00, 0x10, 0x20 ... /> [quote]
Theres loads of typing with the data obviously substituting ...There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…
... the same old mad characters instead of PRINT or NEW ... blythly just sort of typing in anything that came ... I finally corrected all my typing mistakes, clicked Build, Compile ... dog's been, ehm, typing on it, but Jingle ... joy it is just typing in BORDER 3... Tell ...what is the worst ocean gamemayby it's knight rider. (what's with the k!)
... was by my technique of typing "mame " at a DOS prompt ...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 read UDG as characters. You make your characterset point ... immobilises the keyboard, preventing you typing any further than when the ...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…
... games (though not for fast typing of text files) than any ... hated the new BASIC interface. Typing was terrible, as you had ... couldn't match up the characters in a full (thirty-two ... editor reserved the first few characters of each screen for the ...New - BASin r13a is available for downloadHi all, Here's the latest BASin. Mostly just bugfixes, but also now has the upgraded UDG editor which can now edit multiple UDGs on one editing gri…
... mentioned before.
When typing in a rather long line ... to show the new characters you're typing in. The horizontal scrollbars ...Question about Type-ins and OCR.Hi guys. I've never used OCR software before (yep, I've been living in a cave). What software do you guys use when you want to send something to Arj…
... , low contrast, low resolution, tiny characters. Most listings are derived from ... don't like as the characters are fragmented; enlarging the image ... it's generally quicker just typing it in. The 48K token ... system makes typing a BASIC listing a lot ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... unsigned types and rather than typing out "unsigned char" or " ... is the maximum number of characters from the string to draw ... br /> }
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Characters on the Spectrum screen are ... we're printing double width characters, single UDG bytes have ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... all declarations despite the extra typing involved which is why I ... each plot should be 3x3 characters in size which means the ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
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Actually ... the player can feel that typing destination twice has a real ...Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... the player can feel that typing destination twice has a real ... that this is only 2 characters over the limit.
