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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…

    ... 's not possible to write a good game in BASIC? AFAICS, you're ... [/I], whereas the quality of BASIC games didn't actually get ... what can be done in terms of BASIC games, and there's ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... 's not possible to write a good game in BASIC? AFAICS, you're ... "2 and a half" decent BASIC games on page 1 ;)
    Rael Rael March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... interpreted than the original ZX BASIC does compiled (the 50MHz eZ80 ... 's a lot easier to write a program when it mirrors ... to see a game coded in BASIC than assembler. Although the assembler ... and took much longer to write, the BASIC version has more challenges ...
    Sparky Sparky March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... On a Speccy, a compiled Basic, or straight to assembler are ... , assembler is faster, but BASIC writes like a person thinks ... can't structure the design in BASIC.

    [quote]Although ... and took much longer to write, the BASIC version has more challenges ...
    cyborg cyborg March 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... implementation of BASIC provided by Sinclair is in-adequate to ... compiler, not the BASIC.

    Sinclair BASIC, although very powerful ... DATA in - I'd love to see smooth sprites using only compiled BASIC ... to modify or extend the BASIC in order to get the ...
    Dunny Dunny March 2005 Development
  • Battlecars Corrupted?Hi all, can't find Battlecars (the game of deadly driving, by some RPG blokes) at all. I've found what says is a perfect TZX, but the designer (Sid…

    ... too - I had the "all in one" 128k version which used ... 2 silicon disk to page in/out the game and ... my own 128k version back in '86. It was pretty ... all the control code is in BASIC.

    [quote]
    ... to get the correct data from my tape in a couple of ...
    Fred Fred March 2005 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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…

    ... : search in VARS for start of BASIC and POKE ...
    ====================

    * General BASIC tips
    --------------------

    * ... where the appropriate return data lies. Try calling ... ) to see what return data actually consists of.
    na_th_an na_th_an April 2005 Development
  • Cool BASIC tricks and tips!Following on from Dunny's excellent suggestion of a compendium of BASIC tips + tricks, I believe it would be better to have a topic dedicated to it. …

    ... desire. Useful for reading in two-byte values I ... is concerning tables or data held in memory, now I ... them frequently but what about Basic?

    If ... sprites` precalulated and held in memory ready to Peek the ... it`d be worth it in Basic, but I`ve always ...
    CKay CKay April 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Infoseek queries from emulators(continueing from the previous thread with the nasty subject title) [quote] On 2005-04-19 13:07, Jon Needle wrote: [quote] On 2005-04-19 01:03, Fred…

    ... Barker wrote:
    Subsequently [infoseek data] could be merged with an ... relevant info and keep it in sync when submitting updates (TZX ... I'd be happy to write a tool that will add ... />
    Having all that meta data in the files will interact fantastically ...
    Fred Fred April 2005 Emulators
  • Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.

    ... choice for worst game written in BASIC.

    I nominate a ... /> 30 PRINT "B: Attempt to write a piece of software which ... /> EDIT: By the way TGSR, in case you don't know ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2005 Games
  • What was the first game/program you wrote?Mine: ZX81 - a centipede clone with just one piece to shoot at - I called it Monopede :D Spectrum - a Basic game co-designed with a friend. I prog…

    ... what.

    Tried to write a platform game out of ... />
    Amiga (AMOS): Platform game in basic, in which you are a dot ... screen thrust game, levels designed in D-paint. Was simple but ... with a lot of features in the level design such as ...
    Arcane Design Arcane Design May 2005 Games
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…

    ... wanted to write a Delpi-like IDE for Sinclair BASIC. To ... this end, Woody helped me to write ... to the task of BASIC programming. Things went kind ... C.S.S. about BASIC and it's quirks, ... BASin for pratting about in BASIC with a little asm thrown ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Anyone bored?I'm looking for a volunteer for today only to help me out with the new magazines section of my site. I've made it all database driven, and need the …

    ... concentrating on getting the scores in first (Graphics, Playability, etc).
    basic at the moment (I'm concentrating on getting the data in ... that you know was reviewed in the first 70 issues you ...
    Vampyre Vampyre July 2005 Chit chat
  • Need some help making a BASIC gameI'm creating a text adventure in 128 BASIC (I don't like using the 'keywords' in 48 BASIC - It's slow and annoying!) called "The Legend of The Red Dr…

    ... /> Put all the IF's in seperate line statements. It doesn ... you wish). Then you will write a parser to go through ... . Tells you how to write a complex adventure in BASIC from scratch. Plenty ...
    Arjun Arjun July 2005 Sinclair Basic
  • Games with weird titlesSome games have weird titles. For example "Kokotoni Wilf". What are your favourite weird games titles?

    ... it probably makes more sense in Spain. Similarly, Dinamic's "Army ... /> They used to choose titles in English that sounded exotic to ... was 9, trying to write a game in BASIC with a friend. We ...
    cascarria cascarria July 2005 Games
  • Does Anyone Still Write Games For Speccy?I was wondering, does anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum for example who has written a text adventure or another kin…

    ... anyone still write games for Speccy? Is there someone in this forum ... MIA. I think it is in BASIC and therefore relatively slow. I ...
    3d Maze : 1992
    BASIC 1Liners : 1985 - 2004 and ongoing ...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP July 2005 Games
  • ANNOUNCE: BASin Release 12 ready for downloadWell, after a rather large break, BASin's latest incarnation is ready for public use. Probably. BASin is a Sinclair Spectrum development environme…

    ... just gives a 'C Nonsense in Basic' error. It does not ... with code actually assembled in SPIN itself. Does machine ... code work properly in Basin yet?
    [/quote ... NEXT A
    50 DATA 50000,12,33,180,195 ... ,176,201
    60 DATA 50011,1,201
    ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2005 Emulators
  • my new spectrum websiteright well I have now got a website for my spectrum project: Spectrum OS [url="http://www.freewebs.com/specos/index.htm"]http://www.freewebs.com/spec…

    ... the best ever if you write in in BASIC...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler August 2005 Announcements
  • sprite making in +3 BASIC?Any sprite tutorial I come across is far too complicated! Can someone help me? For instance, how do you create a person-shaped animated sprite which …

    Are you looking to write a game in BASIC that implements pixel perfect ... said, BASIC isn't really the language to do it in. It ... / used, with examples based around BASIC commands rather than machine code ... be easier to give examples in that rather than BASIC.
    Mr Millside Mr Millside September 2005 Development
  • 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…

    ... last slot to page in graphics and game data.

    If ... player + music data) are paged in or are paged in when the interrupt ... whole experience more like programming in BASIC than assembler, where many projects ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous September 2005 Development
  • football managers ( portuguese competitions..? no?)))just wondering if exists any football manager game with the portuguese league, im asking this cus some of this games have team/players editors and ma…

    ... in BASIC, I guess you could edit it to include the portuguese data ...
    na_th_an na_th_an October 2005 Games
  • horror text adventure scenario writer neededany outthere? I started to make program for text adventure [B]Mysterium Magnum[/B] on basis of ?multiple choice? which was project I wanted to make …

    ... I can ensure its functionality in Basic game: not knowing the way ... the graphics in the memory (like sprites or just some data) and ... then recall it to a certain place in graphic ...
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup October 2005 Development
  • did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…

    ... was writing my own games in Basic in the final stages (of the ... getting into machine code using data lines for objects before i ... a map layout,placing items in locations on paper,numbering locations ...
    jammajup jammajup November 2005 Games
  • Surf the net via Spectrum(ZX Box)I found this project om sourceforge. [url="http://zxbox.sourceforge.net/"]http://zxbox.sourceforge.net/[/url] You can download a early version fro…

    ... that hard to write a very basic terminal app (appropriately) in basic, which I ... though it was severely lacking in the functionality department.
    dasteph dasteph November 2005 Emulators
  • If it wasn't for Uncle Clive...ISTR that until the Speccy came out, the C64 was ?350 (or something ridiculous like that) in the UK, and the Speccy's release was held to be directly…

    I used to love writing games of my own in basic on the speccy. You`s write it out and it would take you weeks to do. I even put my own loader and loading screen ..... good days those were and i still get a buzz even now thinking about it
    morcar morcar December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • damn damn and damn againwell the 128k speccy i was going to have has gone from the shop but i got the guy to hold another speccy for me cuz i wanted your views on it. It`s …

    ... intend to relearn the basics in both the speccy and c64 ... that. I`ve tried the Basic`s on the pc and ... and it does my head in.

    I got some ... . I used to write games for it in basic and foudn it to ...
    morcar morcar December 2005 Hardware
  • ZX Advance on the DS....It's fantastic!!! I new soon or later I was bound to get a DS, even though I have Zero time to play with it, and I am glad I did!! First thing I did …

    ... Mr. TheHive for joining in our little discussion and a ... seems you joined sometime in 2003 but nobody ever ... on the DS !
    In fact, there is no ... you never plan to write some 48K basic program on it ... ]...
    Hops, did I really write that ? :)

    ...
    Arm73 Arm73 December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…

    ... something like (just the stuff in square brackets) :

    < ... if the virtual Spectrum was in BASIC entry mode, not that that ... /> note:

    * pressing [BACK] in Jet Set Willy would end ... moves, XBox X makes Eric write on the blackboard (use either ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2006 Emulators
  • Method to read byte as binary string rather than dec?Hi all Am fiddling around with the screen buffer and have written a routine to scan the screenbuffer into upper ram and then write it back in upside…

    ... raw Z80 is than BASIC. Copying such data would take about 5000 ... per frame, but this depends in part on the model, and ... in part on the memory you' ... sight faster than doing it in BASIC :p
    icabod icabod February 2006 Sinclair Basic
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