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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…
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z88dk+splib2 sprites question.I'm creating a game and I have several "states" for my main sprite, such as jump, facing left, facing right, etcetera. All those states require a dif…
... of subroutines that would be useful.
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Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
... state that wouldn't be useful in a game or it ... , there are only so many useful things a ROM full of ... rare occasion, the tape loading routines, the beeper and sometimes the ... ) and RST 48 (calculator) are useful to m/c programmers.
Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... never got anywhere - no useful books, routines, examples, or assembler in my ... /> There is a lot of useful information in this thread, and ...Basic or Machine code?Hopefully the correct area of the site to post this question. Anyways, I have got hold of several books on programming my spectrum, and I was wonderi…
... never got anywhere - no useful books, routines, examples, or assembler in my ... /> There is a lot of useful information in this thread, and ...Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…
... ultimate in efficient circle drawing routines is probably [url=http://www ... ;n[/code]
Only really useful in special cases (you don ...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…
... - byte copy and byte fill routines I mentioned earlier where the ... is about as important and useful as having a third titty ... use fewer instructions for most routines. I don't think any ...Floating point representationI'm planning on picking up the [url=http://matt.west.co.tt/category/spectrum/openzxrom/]OpenZXRom[/url] project from where I left off a few months ba…
... , sure... all of my calculator routines will at least have to ... , it'll come in very useful when I get to that ... sure it'll be a useful starting point.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…
... the Spectrum was. Machine code routines would be used the same ... SPECTRUM command to do something useful by launching a Spectrum emulation ...Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coupé without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…
... great help regarding where ROM routines etc are, and ports and ... ]
ROM routines are quite useful if you're just ...Sam coup? - some questionsHi everyone. Got myself a sam coupé without any kind of cables. I was a bit suspicious about it's working condition. Hooked it to a pc at psu a…
[quote=Quazar]ROM routines are quite useful if you're just beginning ...Election of the new maintainer of the TZX formatHi folks, the topic says all, let the discussion begin :) Luca
... tape. It could have been useful for emulator authors to use ... think many emulators actually had routines to Flashload, and other fancy ... , some of this info is useful to verify exising or WIP ... that for infoseek info is useful too, harder if it's ...Small C on Sam help neededI'm trying to make good on some of my old developments that fell by the wayside and one of them uses Small C. The reason I stopped was down to not h…
... the manual, this is as useful as they want to make ... to your program calls ROM routines ( RST 16 and jump table ...Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... . Any ROM and/or library routines will (more than likely) have ... end up writing your own routines in the end... So give ... . Instructions using these registers - while useful sometimes - have a nasty habit ...Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... are diminishing of getting anything useful done.
However, I ... I can write my own routines for blitting sprites and if ... have to write my own routines to handle disks too, the ...Noob to Z80 needing +3 helpI'm quite new to z80 programming, but i'm attempting to write some kind of windowing system that will run alongside BASIC on my +3 with Kempston mous…
... there is a lot of routines i could use already written ... to link in lots of routines that i may not use ... model in particular would be useful) and care to share their ... be something that could be useful as reference. Here are the ...Learning z80 assembly - useful linksI'm starting here: [url]http://cobb.host.sk/z80guide/index.htm[/url] Anyone got any other great links?
More useful links ( SAM specific ):
... /> MC LESSON - Fred 11a - ROM Routines/Vector
MC LESSON - Fred ... 12 - GFX Routines enlarge/reduce
MC LESSON ... LESSON - Fred 18 - More graphics routines
MC LESSON - Fred 19 ...Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... a couple of collision detection routines for 16x16 sprites at the ... />
Your doc is very useful by the way. Cheers!Sam Revival magazine issue 16 now out! [Sam CoupIssue 16 of Sam Revival magazine is now out! This issue features the full Sam game 'Colony' on the coverdisk, which was written by Derek Koselo. Col…
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…
... as you can call rom routines ( which I don't know ... />
The problem with ROM routines are that they are slow ... of screen. Although, they are useful for beginners to get things ... !
Writing your own routines in machine code to do ...basizx newsHello. I've uploaded a new version of basizx. Now there is also an Amstrad CPC incarnation, able to LOAD and SAVE +3 basic files in disc. And the I…
... , just character or line entry routines. You don't need to ... that is too specialized to useful as a ROM call.
routines so that a lot of ...Cybernoid editorSo, my long tern goal is to make my own Cybernoid or Rex like game (see an ancient thread about Sprite advice)...but my skills are somewhat lacking..…
... by calling the appropriate loader routines and saving the code blocks ... dump the code would be useful?Are you a serious programmer of the Spectrum?A statement at the back of "The complete Spectrum ROM disassembly". [quote] The "Complete Spectrum ROM disassembly" is a must for all serious progra…
... the vast majority of the routines too slow and specialised to ... language, and it's pretty useful for beginners in assembler too ...Pause after blocksI've added a simple CRC routine to my app (thanks Gilby) to check for dupe TZX files and it was magical as I've located about two hundred of them tha…
... the data blocks. It is useful for comparing files from the ... bit crc because other crc routines I found surfing google were ... think it also would be useful a "re-released by" field ...Question about serial numbers, and issue marques.Hi, I don`t know if you can help me with this little question, but here goes. The spectrum computers have coloured serial numbers on the bottom of th…
... is not spectacular - better networking routines written in the same space ... elsewhere they would give a useful starting point but there are ...Game Programming Source Code & Startup HelpHi there, I'm planning on porting an existing commercial title to the speccy. I'm in the process of disassembling the original code and commenting i…
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That would be useful. The source code with TommyGun ... Spectrum ROM Disassembly may be useful as well.
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routines is a plus. (Sprites / Tilemaps ...mgt disk readeri started writing a program for the pc to read and disassemble the files in MGT image files, but i have not had the time to do much with it latley, s…
... though it's a damn useful bit of kit!
... lots of very specialised routines, I don't think ... of "generic" disk reader routines and file copy utilities though ... a library of generic routines that are tried and ... just tell me what routines I need, and the ...LERM information sheetsNot really sure which section to post this in but: I've come across a load of sheets that were obviously published by LERM to accompany their copyin…
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They were quite useful at the time to me ... like to normal ROM loading routines.
There is a ...WoS hits 500 permission statementsIt's been a while since I asked, but since we reached our 500th permission statement from individuals today, I thought I'd remind you all again: If …
... , I made up the evaluation routines as I went along, based ... too complicated for good AI routines to exist on such limited ... skill.
The only useful thing I did was actually ...
