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Game engine design, graphic format?Having never written a game engine before, I'm in need of a little advice on the best way to store the game map. Its 512 x 896 map, 4-way scrolling,…
... never written a game engine before, I'm in ... 896 map, 4-way scrolling, tiles are 16 x ... Either 2 or 4 pixel scrolling, depends on speed.
So how should the scrolling play area map be stored ... /generated for best scrolling speed in 4 directions?< ... -
Implementing smooth scrolling in games that don't haveHowdy, How easy/difficult in general is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls on boundaries such as Gothik or Saracen? Does it depend …
... is it to hack smooth scrolling into a game that scrolls ... depend entirely on the engine or are scrolling routines fairly standard? Could ... -
enJine: a fast tilemap enginetile engine based on excellent work by Joffa Smifff. here you can download first tech demo. [url=http://ketmar.no-ip.org/tmp/enJine.tap]Get It Now![…
tile engine based on excellent work by ... can have 25-fps smooth scrolling with almost full frame free ... -
Interview with Steve Wetherill (Odin)Hi you all!!! Here is the interview done to STEVE WETHERILL (Nodes of Yesod, Robin of The Wood, Arc of Yesod, Heartland... ?Odin!) and published at […
... quick project using the Nodes engine.
[B]P- Was ... have had time to add vertical jumping and platforms to Heartland ... ?s games, especially Cobra. His scrolling code was second to none ... -
Vertical Shoot'em Up's: Ground Vehicles.Ok, the topic says it all. We're talking about tanks, jeeps, cars, pogo sticks and futuristic vehicles (as in Marauder). There's no really substanti…
... in the gameplay from the Vertical Shoot'em Up's with ... have in common that the scrolling is not automatic, as it ... is among the finest Vertical (and non-vertical) Shoot'em Up's ... -
jet set willy 2, the end of the debate (or a new begining?)there are some good reason's why jet set willy 2 is great 1, it is faster than jet set willy 2, it has more levels that jet set willy 3, it has a bet…
... John Elliott's JSW128 engine, and up to 128 ... to choose the JSW2 engine as a basis for ... nice additions such as vertical lifts and guardians that ... patch for vertical lifts for the original JSW engine.
... 5, it has a cool scrolling message!!!!!
that's ... -
z88dkHello. I'm an spanish user of spectrum (and naturaly of this page). I have a question. I want to start to program games with z88dk, but I need a goo…
... br /> This negative offset for vertical pixel placment is the reason ... same reason with vertical rotation. The engine is smart enough ... each frame."
- Scrolling by pixel increments is out ... board game types of scrolling).
- The engine is now a memory ... -
A new full-screen bicolor engine called NIRVANA[I]OK, there's something I need to clarify first: Nowadays if you write [B]"multicolor"[/B] everyone assumes it refers to "multicolor 8x1" (an attri…
... a puzzle, platform, or scrolling shooter. The only other type ... not really suited to the engine.[/QUOTE]
An ... br />
[*] [I]No scrolling.[/I] Limited CPU means trying ... I] [B]NIRVANA[/B] eliminates "vertical color clash", which means a ... -
New game: Stormfinch<p><img src="http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/latestload_zpskxzef63y.gif"><img width="416" height="350" style="width: 376px; h…
... and vertical is in 2 pixels thanks to the Nirvana engine. When ... I said preshifted I meant for the scrolling row ... -
2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…
... /> [b]Explorer[/b]
[i](vertical shooter/adventure, inspired by Caverns ... /trial-version-of-charade-graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, hidden ... ZX[/b]
[i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
by Climacus ... -
2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…
... b]Explorer[/b]
[i](vertical shooter/adventure, inspired by Caverns ... version-of-charade-graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, ... b]
[i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
by ... /51535/ninjaman-8-way-scrolling-50hz-multicolour-demo"]Link ... -
2015 Games ListHi, this is the thread I use for the 2015 Games List. Note: Due to forum update policies, the latest version of the list will always be found somewh…
... b]Explorer[/b]
[i](vertical shooter/adventure, inspired by Caverns ... version-of-charade-graphics-engine-for-sinclair-basic"]download, ... b]
[i](Horizontal Scrolling Adventure)[/i]
by ... /51535/ninjaman-8-way-scrolling-50hz-multicolour-demo"]Link ... -
P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... , while managing the scrolling and fight engine?... I only ask ... , from previous experience:
- No scrolling
- No Flipping :)
... making an hybrid, by scrolling, without scrolling, i.e. by moving ... graphics cut up in vertical slices of 8 pixel ... -
P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... engine around such a conversion...[/quote]
Currently scrolling ... [b] Any thoughts concerning Vertical sections (ladder climbing isn't ... br />
b) Vertical sections, will require some form ... scroll back, horizontal or vertical, so you never go ... -
P.O.W.As far as I know, a port of P.O.W. (Prisoners of War) from NHK, doesn't exist. [img]https://cld.pt/dl/download/61d19b5e-453b-489c-b17b-d3ed6fccd594/…
... something like this for scrolling the attributes. It' ... engine like that of Stormlord or Cobra that allows background scrolling ... trying to make the scrolling and tilling functions independent ... methods are implemented separately (vertical and horizontal) it should ... -
How would you approach parallax?So ... there is this trick by Joffa that we all know...of waiting for the ULA to reach certain pattern on the screen using the IN command. And then s…
... not a problem if the scrolling parts never intersect (the ... is called smth like 'dual scrolling field' IIRC). It can ... of the 'CATS Meta' engine that uses a combination of ... -estimated for each scrolling step/line individually) + vertical tile mirroring. Despite ... -
Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
... world's crappest game engine counts as a crap ... listings do simple attribute-based scrolling, either vertically or horizontally. ... switch banks.
Happy Scrolling!
... /> 40 REM Example of Vertical Attribute Scroll
50 ... -
Search engine problemsHi, I cannot use the search engine to seek games neither click on "[more]" into games archive.. (appears a screen with that says "abuse denied!") I…
... /> I cannot use the search engine to seek games neither click ... -
Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
... is the name of the engine behind Driller, Darkside, Total Eclipse ... .
18. Name the scrolling shooter by Mikro-Gen where ... -
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…
... ... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer ... Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particularly bad effort was ... -
ZX Spectrum 48k Sync ProblemHi, Sometimes when I loaded a game it starts scrolling vertical. Seems something like a VSYNC problem or something? anyone familiar with this problem…
Hi,
Sometimes when I loaded a game it starts scrolling vertical. Seems something
like a VSYNC problem or something? anyone familiar with this problem and
knows how to solve it?
Regards,
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Best scrolling shooters on speccy?I think one of most popular genres, besides mazes, was scrolling shooter. Can you remember any favorites to recommend, besides r-type
I think one of most popular genres, besides mazes, was scrolling shooter. Can you remember any favorites to recommend, besides r-type -
ZX81 ScrollingI'm tempted to have a go at a bit of ZX81 programming, using MCODER II, though I could really use a fast multi-directional scrolling routine. Does a…
I'm tempted to have a go at a bit of ZX81 programming, using MCODER II, though I could really use a fast multi-directional scrolling routine.
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Vertical ScrollersI like finding classic Speccy games which i've never really heard of or played before. I like vertical scrollers, any gems i might have missed from …
... or played before. I like vertical scrollers, any gems i might ... Cresta
Any classic vertical shoot em ups please post ... -
Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …
... :
1) Full colour scrolling e.g. Lightforce - difficult ...
The full-colour scrolling in Lightforce is smoother than ... and did smooth monochrome scrolling both horizontally in Uridium and ... from the jerky blockwise scrolling. Probably the best was ... -
IM 2 interrupts and smooth scrolling - easy peasy!Okay, been fiddling around with IM 2 and have actually mastered (I think) how to use IM 2! Now I run my game Ragnar Revival in IM2 and use HALT to sy…
... for synchronizing screen manipulation (a scrolling text) using HALT, and one ... -
Smooth Screen ScrollingHi Everyone, Any suggestions on what is the best way to do horizontal scrolling ie. in Zynaps fashion. I am working on a routine at the moment, whi…
Smooth Screen Scrolling RoutineHi everyone, this is a follow up to the thread on smooth screen scrolling. As promised here is the code for the routine. It's pretty long and fairl…
... the thread on smooth screen scrolling.
As promised here ... /> RR L ;but we are scrolling 2 pixels
SRL H ...Cobra - scrollingHi everyone, I have been studying some of the code in Ocean' Cobra game using a debugger, in the hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In cas…
... hope of improving my own scrolling routines. In case your not ... IMO some of the best scrolling i've seen in a ...ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana TrumanHappy 26th birthday Allana! Today I release my new game, [I]Manic Miner: Neighbours - Allana Truman[/I] (MM:N-AT), a tribute to my favourite charact…
... 's based on the game-engine from Matthew Smith's classic ... to the Manic Miner game-engine[/B], all of which are ... to the Manic Miner game-engine.
3. You play ... an undesirable feature in colouring vertical guardians (their colour-attributes are ...
