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  • The Speccy Games Programming CompetitionFor those who weren't following the OT thread... We have the CGC and we have the Minigames competitions, but we don't have an actual Spectrum Games …

    A word of caution for those ... for compiled BASIC. It works a treat when it does, but ... the code for a specific compiler. That is, write a proper BASIC program ... . Make a copy of it ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2004 Games
  • Any news on the Minigame compo ?I was just wondering, does anybody have any idea as to when the next minigame compo will take place ? I'm eager to send my next crappy creation - per…

    ... to the CSSCGC under a pseudonym, and it too ... writing others, which is a pity because I have loads ... to inspire you to write another game this year ... called Arachno Joe for a long-forgotten computer and ... to your machine and write a world-beating minigame. :)
    jonathan jonathan June 2004 Games
  • Idea about improving EmulatorHi, I got a bright idea today how to improve such excellent emulators a bit more. Okay, disassemblers are available in nearly every one new released …

    ... does have the beginnings of a simple compiler. I'm also ... I'm learning how to write a compiler as I go.
    Dunny Dunny June 2004 Emulators
  • Atlantis softwareDoes anyone have a complete list of all titles released by Atlantis software across all formats? cheers,

    Hi Graham,

    Judging by the favourable reports of especially HOP 'N' CHOP - any chance of you all getting together to write a new Speccy game for old time's sake?

    :)
    chaosmongers chaosmongers June 2004 Games
  • The ZX Spectrum On Your PC - Book (pdf)by C . Woodcock. [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/ZXSpectrumOnYourPCThe.pdf"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/books/…

    ... professionally written, however I have a gripe!

    ... extensively covered, there was a very brief paragraph on ... don't realise it, a very large portion of ... publicly, I'm just a bit disheartened at the ... Any body want to write a book on how to preserve ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Crash,YS & SU .pdf discsWould someone be kind enough to point me in the direction where I can order these discs please. I have only just registered so am obviously not fam…

    I haven't actually done any yet. I would run a script to pdf the already scanned mags. It wouldnt take too long to do it this way.

    Any preferences?
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What childhood toy from the 80's are you?[url="http://www.quizilla.com/users/littlelilly/quizzes/What%20childhood%20toy%20from%20the%2080s%20are%20you%3F"]http://www.quizilla.com/users/littl…

    ... is which toy, and plot a pie chart! Us Speak and ... largest slice. Then I'll write a program to draw this pie ...
    monty.mole monty.mole July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Forgotten hardwareDuring the mid-eighties I became aware of a new hardware platform which I believe was released by Sinclair, it was obviously unsuccessful as I?ve not…

    ... I became aware of a new hardware platform which ... the above, and it was a Spectrum related hardware platform, ... to port. there are a bunch of spectrum games converted ... to use. if you write a line with INK in it ... to be. designed by a couple guys who were working ...
    Sadako Sadako July 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…

    ... advanced so fars as to write a nifty game with loads ... play in the middle of a program - this ruining the ... carefully rewind all tapes and write on C90s the tape ... I went and did a computing degree at college ... have been working as a programmer for 14 years!< ...
    Gwyn Gwyn July 2004 Games
  • ModdingWouldn't it be great if we could mod Speccy games just like today's PC games.

    ... would anybody be willing to write a pc prog to do such ... a thing when we all know ...
    CKay CKay July 2004 Games
  • Z80 core testing ?OK, my z80 core is almost finished (apart from RRD, RLD, and block instructions except LDI,LDIR,LDD,LDDR). I run the 48K rom and hurray, it resets co…

    ... wrote:
    is there a Z80 program that can tell ... opcode. You'll need to write a simple test harness, but ... under an hour for a random Z80 core last ... core was the value of a good test suite. I ... wouldn't even consider writing a processor emulation without one ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall July 2004 Development
  • Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …

    ... /> > for when a Basic listing becomes over a
    > certain ... at 60689 and, although only a very large BASIC program would ... system is very robust but a mistake in the manual that ... magazines and home-brewed programs write a random value at this location ...
    Geoff Geoff August 2004 Development
  • RemakesIm interested in getting into making remakes as a hobby although I have very little knowledge of programming at all. My question is which languages …

    ... , if you take care to write a clean program (like matching your ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2004 Development
  • IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…

    ... the CPC, so I'm a little rusty on the old ... Speccy but here are a few suggestions:

    1 ... rather than putting them in a logical order.

    2 ... !) and see if I can write a faster version.
    AndyC AndyC August 2004 Development
  • IM2 Machine Code Sprites Example Code Using Char Based SystemFurther to my earlier post, here are sprites running using char method with IM2 driving it Note, for 48k spectrum using TASM [code] ; ***********…

    ... !) and see if I can write a faster version.

    Yes ... version is done I will write a tutorial explaining char based sprites ...
    robpearmain robpearmain August 2004 Development
  • Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…

    ... anything about HOW to make a game.
    [/quote]
    ... of software: it provided a framework in which people with ... the time/skills/motivation to write a command parser, text display routines ... are (relatively) simple, and so a generic framework as provided by ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall August 2004 Development
  • Bouncy maze game???Hi, I've been hanging around other Speccy sites for awhile now but only just come accross this one,which looking at the content amazes me that I didn…

    ... was David Box. He did write a sequal which was much better ... was never any good as a programmer and was limited to ... glad to say I am a much better programmer these days ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty August 2004 Games
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... but... writing an emulator for a relatively simple device such as ... the MK-14 should be a trivial task... You just simulate ...
    GOC GOC August 2004 Development
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... an emulator (what was it, a debugger, moniter, ???, I ... wilsonsamm for trying to write a MK-14 emulator, I ... written an emulator of a more complex machine, and ... he knows enough to write an emulator, or whether ... Does anyone know how to write an emulator" aren't ...
    GOC GOC August 2004 Development
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    ... in the SAM community to write a compiler :( Plus also, you`ve ... implemetaion, or I`d have a look...

    ----------------
    < ... />
    I could print to a backscreen, but am waiting as ... as I can before using a backscreen... although when added will ...
    CKay CKay August 2004 Development
  • Clone Project feedbackFinally i now have some time to start again with my clone project. I have decided to drop the 48k project and go directly on a 128k clone. This migh…

    ... ' making it possible to load a ZX81 ROM and replace the ... : thereby making it possible to write a C64 emulator !!!
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP August 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • An emulator(another on of my projects) Does anyone know how to write an emulator? The emulated computer is very simple (a MK14, infact -also by Sir Clive) and a…

    I'm gonna go all kendall for a moment here, and suggest you read the FAQ. The information in there is up to the minute, and has *everything* you need to write a reasonably accurate emulator.

    D.
    Dunny Dunny August 2004 Development
  • This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …

    ... would be, NOT to "intentionally" write something crappy, but those who ... asm or basic, aiming to write a program/game that is just ... />
    so it would be a serious attempt at programming ANYTHING ... are amateurish, mediocre or lack a good idea for anything, etc ...
    Sadako Sadako September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "Frankie goes to Hollywood" HAS BEEN COMPLETED !!!!Yup ! What we thought impossible has now been proven possible ! There is no bug in the game, either - there are just some parts where you have to be …

    One could, of course, write a small program to display the ... , it should be online in a few days...
    GOC GOC September 2004 Games
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... ll need to write two things to have a mostly functional ... you don't want to write a Z80 core directly. You want ... sourceforge.net/"]Fuse[/url] contains a moderately comprehensive one. This ... the first bit you write.

    2) A trivial display emulation ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2004 Development
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... . Fuse's Z80 core being a notable example here.

    If you're trying to write a "proper" emulator, anyone not seriously ... your own core may be a worthwhile exercise.
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2004 Development
  • Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…

    ... personally think he obviously blew a ton of the money as ... /> Finding out that he could write a speccy game in 2 months ... Say he was on a wage of 1500 a month (3 grand ... be quite happy to donate a portion of that (as many ... wont blow the money on a 2 week jolly in ...
    psj3809 psj3809 September 2004 Games
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... /> Time to go and write a game, a tutorial and loads more.

    LD A,(COUNT)
    DEC A
    LD (COUNT),A


    LD A,(COUNT)
    DEC A
    LD (COUNT),A

    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • Smooth Color Masked Sprites using fast page flip on 48kHere is a quick demo of using char based sprites using the Page flip method: a) Background is copied to buffer b) Sprites drawn on buffer c) Buffer …

    ... right. Once done, I will write a tutorial
    robpearmain robpearmain September 2004 Development
  • I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…

    ... i.e. treat them as a number) are the programmer [ ... I have never attempted to write a Z80 core) would be to ... integer variable which always holds a value 0..255. For ... be more convenient as a signed two's complement ... value, or a string of bits, or ...
    gasman gasman September 2004 Development
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