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How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... other than assembler for serious games programming that is anything ... - however the games are far inferior to raw machine code. You won't ... find any 8 way scrolling games written ... room for basic and the machine code. You don't have ... -
Ultimate GamesJust got a computer and found this site. I know this must be asked all the time, but what's the deal with Ultimate games on the net, why are they un…
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4) Are Ultimate games unavailable for download from the ... more publicity by releasing old games to the public?
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Ultimate GamesJust got a computer and found this site. I know this must be asked all the time, but what's the deal with Ultimate games on the net, why are they un…
I'm going to the extreme of being legally allowed to play Ultimate games by collecting all of them through eBay and Yahoo auctions.
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How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... more powerful machines. Raw machine code is often the domain of ... easily translatable into native machine code and games/software could be easily ... systems using essentially the same code (This being true today ... few (some, but few) games written in BASIC. Far too ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... MC games, it now seems incredible that I did actually hand code ... coded pure Machine Code!
As I wrote the games on the ... from the 5 commercially published games, in the loft and they ... powerful computers to write their code (assembler) then move it ... -
spectrum on pcI was just wondering,the pc is brilliant for speccy emus but wen playing speccy games on a pc keyboard it just doesnt feel rite for sum1 who used to …
... been trying to master z80 machine code for 20 years and even ... ...i did all my own games on that like pac man ... -
what are in your opinion........what were in your opinion the best magazines for the spectrum and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... articles on machine code, hacking, etc. as well as the games reviews. CRASH ... , but the genuine enthusiasm for games shone through. Derek Brewster's ... turbo interface, a hundred-odd games and utilities and about the ... -
PAW questionThis may not be the right place but anyways there it goes: I've been trying to figure out how to import graphic files in .SCR format in the PAW parse…
... suggest using only 1/3 or 2/3's of the screen ... mode. You then call the machine code routine that will dump the ... to get the 1/3 or 2/3 of your screen free ... 7 possible 1/3 screens or 3 possible 2/3 screens contained in ... you should use 1/3 or 2/3 screens then this is ... -
Which emulator and assembler?Hi, I am looking to learn z80 assembly language and I feel the best option is a spectrum emulator and an assembler. Can anybody recommend the best …
... u Lars! BTW, I learnt machine code in the 80's too ... I can play my fav games (not necessarily ZX ones). U ... -
Which emulator and assembler?Hi, I am looking to learn z80 assembly language and I feel the best option is a spectrum emulator and an assembler. Can anybody recommend the best …
... off topic but I learnt machine code in the 80's too ... cracked a few loaders of games, too) by looking up the ... -
Spectrum assembly programming Hi, I'm passionated in assembly programming and I'd like to find some documents talking about Spectrum (not Z80). Do someone have interesting refer…
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Introducing Spectrum machine code ?4.00
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Screen$ +3 disk to tape helpHi, I have several full screen pictures of my +3 disks (Screen$). How can I transfer these pictures onto tape without losing the last to lines beca…
... works on a standard PLUS 3 and a standard Spectrum without ... but wrote a short
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Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
... , followed by the main code out to microdrive or tape ... is was saved.
Games that never redrew the screen ... was possible to add small machine code routines to the decompressor routine ... with true 128k games, but worked with 48k games that accessed the ... -
Chuckie Egg and joypads on the SpectrumAn old favourite of mine is "Chuckie Egg", but it has no joystick option. I've got a dual port DK Troniks interface, the first port takes IN 31(Kemps…
... knew machine code: I would use it for a couple of other games ... need to know machine code to adapt it for other games (ie."Splat ... -
Games UNDERated by magazinesYep, a slight twist on the previous topic. Which were the games you thought were underrated by mags, but were really much better in your opinion. …
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Firelord - In my Top 3 for the Speccy - but didn ... in reviews.
On Ultimate games I thought Pentagram was massively ... - another underrated beaudy
Games that should have got Crash ... -
ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
I once wrote a machine code to scroll the screen horizontally - ... /> I think scrolling made some games worse - Cybernoid was a great ... -
what was the best?.................what was the best loading screen for the spectrum and who was it done by? :)
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Dinamic games had some cool screen$
>>>Always liked ultimate games loading screens cos they were ... be doing hacks for dizzy games, loaders, with an option ... especially like the way dizzy 3 and 4 screens i did ... -
Horizons and Thro' The Wall- the greatest game of all time.I just got that Horizons tape in a charity shop, I'd never seen it before, and loaded the programs up. What a barrel of laughs that must have been on…
... these were the most complex games I'd seen that had ... takes you into full on Machine Code. Quite interesting at the time ... -
Gunfrighttrying to get gunfright by ultimate, please email me
... ?2.00 and one for ?3.00 (both working and in ... to part with either.
Ultimate games do seem to fetch silly ... the more recent big box games (sabre wulf onwards), but keep ... -
what add-ons did.............what add-ons did people buy in the 80's for their zx spectrums? :)
... tape with a machine code program that whould trap #3 prints and inputs ... it... :(
3) A now deceased Timex 3" floppy disk (TOS ... -
Anyone got a copy of 'Z80 for primates'?This Z80 lark isnt easy, in fact it makes me feel very much like Washoe the chimp trying to learn learn sign language, I just dont think I've got the…
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Obviously your code won't work if you ... memory refrences may have labels machine code only deals with numbers. ... you *must* load the code into the point in memory ... co.uk/spec/tech/ay-3-8912.html"]http://www. ... co.uk/spec/tech/ay-3-8912.html[/url] for ... -
did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
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click on the GAMES section and then on EXCLUSIVE ... time into my +2A. The games are:-
DARTS - ... darts program (part BASIC, part machine code).
FONTOGRAPGH - A ... then sounded quite modern. The games were only sold mail order ... -
Games published in Magazines.First of all this is a fantastic site. I am 38 years old now and this has bought back memories(and a lump in my throat) of my beloved speccy. I wond…
... actually found one of my games following one of the links ... "Parastorm" which was my first machine code effort.I got a 4 ... -
Newer name of the gameI can't find out the name of my old favourite game. This was a Boulder Dash style game, but no scrolling screen. I think you had to collect ?beer? or…
... about the pure machine code FLB engine. :)
It has 3 different controller ... this. This cycle is around 3-4 screen refresh long. :)) Other ... is looks like a pure machine code, not some compiled basic program ... -
Dizzy Games - Were they really that good?I know I will get shot down in a hail of swear words, but......and its a big but (so to speak)....Were the Dizzy games really that good, and worth al…
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From Magicland onwards, the games were almost identical and got ... 3) over and over again isn't actually anything new (Ultimate games/Dizzy games ... -
WOW Bubbler from Ultimate on ebay!!!!!here is the link will be bidding myself :) [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3408211002&category="]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws…
... Ebay. I try to buy games to play, not to collect ... buy some to learn speccy machine code, but they all go for ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... standalone? i guess the games runtime is in the ... though to make the games standalone, but thats beyond ... thing about except loading games. The Sam Coupe has ... no resources to learn machine code so i never had ... Blitz 3D, and even Games Factory and Multimedia Fusion ( ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... the reverse polish notation, like 3 4 + 5 * would ... be like 5*(3+4) in spectrum, and ... at comoparable speeds as machine code. i think it's ... to and usually matches machine code speed, based on what ... life easier than using machine code also. you can also ... -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
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The thing with the games designing programs was that to ... we would have seen some games produced with it.
[/ ... you can make professional quality games with a high level language ... the average person nuts in machine code.
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just "plus other bits"Meteor Storm, Quicksilva Games 1, Sinclair Rainbow book of BASIC programs, WH Smith Cheers, Steve. [ This Message was edited by: steven on 2003-04…
... Artist 2, and a few games, particularly Carrier Command (which is ... AMX Control, a bit of machine code that provided extensions to BASIC ...
