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Speccy graphics on CBM64The recent "Starquake" thread had me browsing through Steve Crow's portfolio of games and I was quite surprised when following the links to the CBM64…
Monty on the Run is a good example of a C64 game using Speccy ... tune!) though ...
Dizzy is also very good on the ... - the main sprite is made up of a few hi-res sprites ... C64 can look awesome when a good artist is used (like Bob Stevenson ... -
My thoughts on the new Harry Potter BookI think that Snape is double crossing Voldermorte and will eventually help Harry Potter to kill him, and in so doing will be killed himself, I don't …
... was a very, very average kids film (a great kids film is something ... brilliant in that scene when a certain someone is exposed. I also thought ... bad (the Quidditch World Cup is the crappest part), nowhere near ... in the first five books when they come to arrest him ... -
Battle of Games 5!! :)Greetings ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Battle of Games 5! This time, we have sort of a Battle Royal of games with a twist: I will allow m…
I wrote a BASIC program to generate a random number, and that's ... 'll have to modify my program to generate more than one ... -
The 150 pound home computerWe missing out on this still ... I think. I know the PC market has wrecked all chance for any alternatives to ever have a hope but ... what if. :lol:…
... /> [quote]AROS is built and maintained to be a clone of AmigaOS ... br />
[quote]The alternative is the console market as mentioned ... emulator that boots into a menu system ( is this what the gp32 did ... QUOTE]
The GP32 is an ARM based linux device ... -
Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…
Anything that runs on a basic Spectrum is by definition within its hardware ... exception I can think of is Shadow of the Unicorn which ... -
Groundbreaking gamesWhich games really broke new ground? I mean the ones that actually got around the hardware limitations of the Spectrum. For example: Aquaplane - f…
... ;171367]Anything that runs on a basic Spectrum is by definition within its ... -
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..…
... , tonight I began work on a BASIC program that I hope will become ... a Cybernoid screen/map editor. It ... : Does anybody know of a way in BASIC to convert decimal to ... -
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..…
... 1 format. I`ve written a basic program that uncompresses the map data ... /> Not sure how to write a program to compress the data in ... -
RealX?Just wondering if anybody know anything about it. Ramsoft's page hasn't mentioned it since november 2004 and their e-mail addy doesn't work. This mus…
It is always sad when some good program is discontinued. I feel even little ... he abandoned it.
Internet is full with such projects. Probably ... than I'd like etc." Is it really so bad? I ... contribute, send bug-reports. Nothing is achieved without effort. -
Screen$ disappearanceGreetings to all developers :D As you know, I have been playing around with Professional Adventure Writer and was making a few tests in the adventur…
When a save-tape is inserted in ZXSpin, if the ROM save routine is triggered ... then ZXSpin will intercept it and dump a block ... 't triggered for a save and it's a custom routine instead ... one, unless I build in a special case trap for your ... -
Image convert: bmp - TAP - wav: help!(cross posted to css, too!) 'ello all! I've been asked to give someone a hand converting images into a format suitable for loading into a *real* sp…
... header because its looking for a basic program.
10 BORDER 0 ...
This will load a screen then pause/wait for ... a key press, then it will ... -
How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…
Since this trick is done while BASIC interpreter is running, we don't need to store registers. BASIC system variables are enough. Anyway, loading and saving procedures scratch most of registers. -
Notation questionI wasn't quite sure where to put this post, so anyone's welcome to move it whereever may be more appropriate. So I'm reading about Z80 interrupts he…
... N-channel transistor. So when a logic low is output, the transistor makes ... a path from GND to the output pin. When logic high is ... consumes current when the gate is changing state (there is a brief period when both ... -
Pentagon-1024 manufacturingI am finishing a trial assembly of 2 boards. Unfortunately getting components appears to be very time-consuming (it's difficult to obtain electronic …
I'm always interested in new hardware.
I had a quick shufty at the web site, but can anyone tell me what a Pentagon-1024 is and what it does ??
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What's the name of that game where youWhat's the name of that game where you fly around in a space ship and shoot things?
... ship shooting things a GAME??? This is exactly what's wrong with society ... proper insurance either.
A GAME??? You people make me ... -
How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... 's a BASIC program then you could easily BREAK into the program upon ... loading (although there are some BASIC programs ...
If it's a machine coded program (if it loads via ... example), you will need a disassembler to view the machine ... -
plotting and rotating wireframesCan anyone point me to an example of plotting a (2d) shape and rotating it in basic. Unfortunately my trig was never that good and I want to get a h…
... , it was time to write a basic program again. Here's an example ... of rotating a square in 2d, with the ... of the square, and with a global translation (tx,ty) to ... -
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…
... and performs the second test when field is used.
The for ... loop can skip itself when the endcondition is met before entering. Now ... /> Last bump to overcome is when a valid move is entered. This can be ... -
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…
... /> DIM c(3):
FOR a=1 TO 8:
FOR ... 8:
LET k=t(a*9+b+2):
PRINT ... 9,b;b;AT a,0;a;AT a,b; PAPER k+p ... *p*(a*9+b+2=z);" ":
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NEXT b:
NEXT a:
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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…
... correct the fault when a valid move is entered by decreasing more ... for them rather than getting a return to INPUT.
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It's not a major problem, but it's ... a little uneven, because if ... 4", then they do get a return to INPUT.
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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…
... " and correct the fault when a valid move is entered by decreasing more ... 3 different bugs:
a) The same crash bug I ... ) Whenever there's a pass, position (4,5) is highlighted on screen ... play at position (4,5) is incorrectly interpreted as an attempt ... -
Code execution logging (Spin and EightyOne)I'm currently trying to analyse a piece of code by looking at the path taken through it while executing it. The easiest way for me to do this is to u…
... anybody would be requesting such a feature to be honest :)[/QUOTE ... /> Having a look at Fuse, I think it does what I want ... ... it shows what addresses were executed ... and logs it to a file, which is just what I need. Even ... -
Code execution logging (Spin and EightyOne)I'm currently trying to analyse a piece of code by looking at the path taken through it while executing it. The easiest way for me to do this is to u…
... /> Having a look at Fuse, I think it does what I want ... ... it shows what addresses were executed ... and logs it to a file, which is just what I need. Even ... "]mine[/URL] come out looking a right mess :p -
Five updated ZX-Modules programsDear forum readers, I have updated my ZX-Modules programs to the following version states: ZX-Editor 1.1.0.4 ZX-Preview 1.0.1.2 ZX-Paintbrush 1.2.0…
Be welcome, zxbruno. A good acceptance is that what I want. :-)
Claus.
P.S.: If there are bug reports, please tell me - I will place them all on my homepage and will fix them shortly. -
Composite Video output problemHi everyone, I?ve got a problem that?s really bugging me. I have one Spectrum 48K and one Spectrum +3, both with Composite Video output modification…
There is another possibility: The tv's video-input may have been set to S-VHS mode. This will display a black-and-white picture when a composite signal is applied. -
Composite Video output problemHi everyone, I?ve got a problem that?s really bugging me. I have one Spectrum 48K and one Spectrum +3, both with Composite Video output modification…
No, I doublechecked that
[QUOTE=Pilsener;230764]There is another possibility: The tv's video-input may have been set to S-VHS mode. This will display a black-and-white picture when a composite signal is applied.[/QUOTE] -
BASIC type-insThose type-ins from mags like sinclair programs etc. Was it just me, or did you often spend ages on them to find out THEY DIDN'T WORK!!! Did nobo…
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BASIC type-insThose type-ins from mags like sinclair programs etc. Was it just me, or did you often spend ages on them to find out THEY DIDN'T WORK!!! Did nobo…
... format also feature a check sum, which a basic program some how controlled ... Yes, but they mostly used a simple addition checksum, so they ... Answers printed a checksum routine for their BASIC listings but ... missed out a chunk of ... -
best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…
... /> You can use a compiler to turn a BASIC program into machine code so ... />
Typically, you can get a 10x speed increase by doing ... only work with a limited number of BASIC commands and don't ... -
best BASIC games? - besides 20 tons and Derby Day perhaps i know few of them, yet i believe, there have to be some cool ones i couldn't appreciate then as i was stup…
... You can use a compiler to turn a BASIC program into machine ... /> Typically, you can get a 10x speed increase by doing ... work with a limited number of BASIC commands and ... want to look like a div, and have ended ... anyway ;) Sounds a bit like a cheat for people ...