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  • Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…

    ... stuff you knocked out as a ten year old.
    [/quote ... /> Single figures!
    Less than a decade!

    And now ... up on your offer of a 1K ZX81 game.


    I'm going to write a *ZX80* game!

    I ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2004 Games
  • SpectaculatorWill there be an update for this fantastic emulator soon? It's been quite a while since the last one :)

    ... , it's capable of writing a full Plus D disk (80 ... Plus D.

    At a later date, I may add ... , it's fairly trivial to write a usermode program to make EDSKs ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle September 2004 Emulators
  • SpectaculatorWill there be an update for this fantastic emulator soon? It's been quite a while since the last one :)

    ... the disk code (read and write a few Plus D/Uni-DOS ... version) since there isn't a build for Windows 2000 yet ... the lookout for someone with a dual-CPU machine to test ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle September 2004 Emulators
  • TZXs speed loadingIs it possible to write a program that will play back tzx files at double speed, the way that TAPER can play back z80 files at 3000 baud? The Z802TZX…

    ... :
    Is it possible to write a program that will play back ...
    secarica secarica September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • TZXs speed loadingIs it possible to write a program that will play back tzx files at double speed, the way that TAPER can play back z80 files at 3000 baud? The Z802TZX…

    ... Is it possible to write a program that will play ... , would it be a particularly difficult thing to ...
    That is not a thing you undertake lightly...
    a certain loop was ... and giving the appearance of a souped up turboloader.
    Dunny Dunny September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... am finding it hard to write a routine that can determine if ... operation results in a half-carry (i.e. a borrow from bit ...
    MadDoc MadDoc October 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…

    ... As for the half-carry, a straightforward method would be something ... its possibly-more-readable-to-a-BASIC-programmer descendant PerlSpectrum ... of other emulators is generally a good place to find ... who's already started to write a reply to the original version ...
    gasman gasman October 2004 Development
  • Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…

    ... /> If you want to write a Spectrum games like the commercial ... the ONLY way to write a decent Spectrum game from ... are happy enough to write games in BASIC ( ... crap and the games were a plain laugh.
    < ... excellent manuals and program a text adventure games. ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Development
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... . Full colour graphics with a decent sized palette...[/quote]
    write a lot more data than a Spectrum or C64 ... . It could hardly be called a neglected platform.
    [/quote ... that was becuase it was a cheaper and inferior product. [/quote ...
    TMR TMR October 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... /> Unless you're wanting to write a text adventure (or the next ... z80 assembly. Fortunately, it's a very simple instruction set to ...
    Dunny Dunny October 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... lexical choice but whether you write a begin and end or { ... /> If I put a :- infront of a C or Pascal programmer ... the operator for starting a logical statement in ... I place a { } in front of a Pascal programmer ... the symbols for marking a block of statements ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... and many others. Just stating a preference and my reason for ... must be said that if a particular langauge does something that ... don't ever have to write a Windows app in straight C ... I don't. It's a friggin' nightmare start to finish ...
    cyborg cyborg October 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    ... and many others. Just stating a preference and my reason for ... must be said that if a particular langauge does something that ... don't ever have to write a Windows app in straight C ... I don't. It's a friggin' nightmare start to finish ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Games
  • making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…

    The thing is.. as a pretty terrible programmer myself - ... hope that I can eventually write a game that's I' ... C++, which put me at a disadvantage! I've tried ... - it at least gives me a little bit of inspiration to ... language "SCOPE"? It's a sort of low/high level ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers October 2004 Games
  • Shoot-em-up gameHi everyone, For just over a month I have been working on a shoot-em-up game along the lines of Sidewize / Zynaps, ie. right to left scroller. It is…

    ... so i'll have to write a timed delay. Basically what ... question TMR, scrolling is a major drain, and will ... both Zynaps and Uridium use a technique which means the ... sweep, yet neither use a backscreen. In Uridium the ... it was simply copying a back screen. However I ...
    dmsmith dmsmith October 2004 Development
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... and before - it was a good fun thing and ... I would say that's a subjective thing. Some like ... dumb if they can't write a game from scratch" - ... we "really wanted" to write a whole new game in gazillion ... "Why can't people simply write a game from scratch?" - lots ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Emulators
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... ) "Why can't people simply write a game from scratch?"
    [/quote ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi October 2004 Emulators
  • Most popular new features? I know some people like a spectrum to be emulated as authentically as possible, while others like myself like features which improve the gfx, sound,…

    ... dumb if they can't write a game from scratch"
    a game. Cyborg has ... the Desire to create a game, and the Knowledge ... />
    Here are a couple of other ingredients - Time ... /> If everyone who wanted a program created had the Desire ...
    monty.mole monty.mole October 2004 Emulators
  • New Game Production ChallengeGreetings to all the communiy :) I have been around long enough to see that there are some very good spectrum programmers out here. Now, [start obvi…

    ... someone might be a Gallactica fan and make a simple NON PROFITABLE ... game as a challenge, as ... /> There's a world of difference between a competition to write a 16K game ... want something as specific as a 3D vector based game with ...
    AndyC AndyC October 2004 Games
  • Basic info about platformers...I have run a search for an answer to this question and haven't found quite what I was looking for so I thought I would pop a post on here... What ar…

    ... well suited to knock up a simple map editor, this could ... well, so won`t be a waste of time, and is ... 8 or 16 pixels at a time placing the graphics blocks ... if he hits/walks against a solid block...

    It ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Development
  • Bomb Jack 2Does anyone like this sequel? To me it's a dull, unexciting, badly-designed, visually-horrible mess, even before you consider how great the original …

    ... change the story entirely to a positive one!

    Fortunately ... , we a had a strong editor who didn't ... take for some reviewer to write a 'favourable' review would be for ... ones take the gift and write what they want anyway. But ...
    Arjun Arjun October 2004 Games
  • spectrum again(for me)...after all this years!!!!Don?t know why but decided to try an emulator, i thought i was just pass some minuts and then let go.., but, i don?t know if its only nostalgia, what…

    ... inspiration there. I will also write a little javaprogram for room designing ...
    ekoman ekoman October 2004 Games
  • OT: port scanning issuesI seem to be getting incoming scans every other second from 220.226.etc. I did a backtrace on sygate and found it to be some website called [url="htt…

    ... or thrice, and sometimes a few times within 10 ... all blocked automatically, and a mate says most of ... by someone running a script, which runs between a set of ... /> Can anyone tell me a better program to use than ... RIPE, is that just a service for tracking offenders ...
    CKay CKay October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • C+VG review of OleToro review in MicrohobbyThis is funny,.. [url="http://microhobby.speccy.cz/mhf/103/MH103_05.jpg"]http://microhobby.speccy.cz/mhf/103/MH103_05.jpg[/url] its a commentary in …

    ... ve always thought that its a good section of the ... br /> I was going to write a post saying that if the ... want to stab bulls with a pointy stick in the ... thought that there have been a few upsets on the ... War II look like a disagreement at a Womens Institute tea ...
    monty.mole monty.mole October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c (oh, even more horrors!!!!!!!!)what about jet set willy in b.a.s.i.c ? is anyone doing that? i think it's a really bad idea, but it's sure is a funny one! oh yes, i do know a littl…

    Hmm, Willy - ever thought of learning QBasic?

    It might even be good enough to write a spectrum emulator!
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a October 2004 Games
  • What's wrong with YS94...Hello, I'm Steve Anderson. You might remember me from such magazines as Your Sinclair and, um, that's it. I was the one who wrote a platform game in …

    ... s lifespan. So it's a puzzling 'thing'.[/quote]
    ... because his sister left a message in the YSRnRY ... choice of Jonathan Davies was a good one myself. He ... started off as a YS reader, was editor ... come into YS for a day and write a couple of articles, ...
    NickH NickH October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • HOW TO *FORCE* AMSTRAD TO PRODUCE ZX?!OK then. Many chats last times about new ZX models, old ZX models but contemporary produced ;) , about Amstrad - what could it do and why didn't do m…

    And while we're at it, we should FORCE Ultimate to release Mire Mare, and FORCE Matthew Smith to write a new Willy game...

    I think Amstrad would just laugh at you. They are a business, and big businesses don't like to take risks
    dansauk dansauk October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • HOW TO *FORCE* AMSTRAD TO PRODUCE ZX?!OK then. Many chats last times about new ZX models, old ZX models but contemporary produced ;) , about Amstrad - what could it do and why didn't do m…

    ... , and FORCE Matthew Smith to write a new Willy game...
    I ... laugh at you. They are a business, and big businesses don ... ]

    Oh, jee, what a sad creature without any sense ...
    Yerz Yerz October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I.E 6Can someone please help me! I know this is going to sound stupid but my I.E 6 has changed! It used to be that when I clicked on a file to download i…

    ... for dialers installing without a hint then please explain ... of OLE programming and invented a simplified version, known as ... no" dialog. Basically you write a web page which attempts to ... obvious technique is to bundle a control inside another application. ...
    AndyC AndyC October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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