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New BASin features - what do you want?Ok, this poll is just a quick method of gaining the measure of what you lot expect from BASin. Go vote! Which ever gets the most votes at the end of…
... with similar limitations to HiSoft BASIC ought to be achievable. ... and let it compile the basic program in the background? :)
... too, because basic programs clearly lack nice sound effects/music. First, ... if you can play the music in your mind. second, there ... -
New BASin features - what do you want?Ok, this poll is just a quick method of gaining the measure of what you lot expect from BASin. Go vote! Which ever gets the most votes at the end of…
... 'll write a BEEP composer in BASIC. I just need to find ... commonly used in Arabian music, it's just .5; the BASIC interpreter already ... tempered scales, or to work in the exact parameters that will ... -
New BASin features - what do you want?Ok, this poll is just a quick method of gaining the measure of what you lot expect from BASin. Go vote! Which ever gets the most votes at the end of…
... which is used widely in BASIC, but in its most arbitrary form ... to BASIC are offered? Some compilers are designed for writing arcade ... br />
In most respects, the HiSoft BASIC compiler is the ... useful extensions for people writing arcade games so long ... -
CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... speed of writing it, not running it. :D Execution speed in BASIC is ... -
New Spectrum Game - AlbatrossityMerry Christmas, and all that. Here's a little Christmas present for Spec-chums everywhere. Albatrossity is a crazy golf game which doesn't take it…
Cool game; nice music. I've just supplied a ... "Ballance" (great Windows puzzler released in 2006 or so; you have ... view and (ii) something crappy in BASIC :)
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The best ... beginning with "F"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "F", which do you think are the: [B]Best…
... BASIC for that now though.
[B]Best sound or music (in ... .
[B]Best graphics (in a game)[/B]: Fat Worm ... of the best Spectrum games in terms of playability, but seeing ... it in action is still pretty impressive ... -
The best ... beginning with "E"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "E", which do you think are the: [B]Best g…
... dunno... Extended BASIC?
[B]Best sound or music (in a game ... .
[B]Best graphics (in a game):[/B] Exolon - This ... were one of the best in the business IMO. -
The best ... beginning with "H"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "H", which do you think are the: [B]Best ga…
... I can squeeze it in. Great animation, some ... /> Best Utility: [B]HiSoft BASIC[/B] - The best all-round ... BASIC compiler for the Spectrum ...
Best sound or music (in a game): [B]Heavy On ... />
Best graphics (in a game): [B]Head Over ... -
The best ... beginning with "H"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "H", which do you think are the: [B]Best ga…
... /> [B]Best Utility:[/B] Hisoft Basic.
[B]Best Demo ... />
[B]Best sound or music (in a game):[/B] Not good ... /> [B]Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B]: I'm ... Melbourne company) for my interest in programming and eventually to make ... -
How many of you are game programmers?So, how many of you programmed a ZX Spectrum game? Was it released commercially? :)
... /> Most of it is pretty basic stuff nowadays, though Girl Who ... Death got some reasonable reviews in Crash and YS at the ... report about the experience of writing it in The Spectrum Bible 1985 ... -
AY tracker routineHi. Yesterday i played with some ay tracks and was surprised how big are tracker routines and music data (over 1.5KB for Pro Tracker routine and 4-6 …
... before anyone starts writing a new music player with it ... they have invested time in learning the tool and ... sweet sounding tracker routine in the first place.. but ... I just stick it in a spare 128k memory ... and on the subject of writing music that takes up only a ... -
Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
... think the problem is that Basic is sooo slow that it ... up any enthusiasm too type in two sides of A4 magazine ... ...I had hours of fun writing my own stuff but that ... not going to be done in basic. -
Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
... think the problem is that Basic is sooo slow that ... up any enthusiasm too type in two sides of A4 ... I had hours of fun writing my own stuff but that ... not going to be done in basic.[/QUOTE]
Not all ... type-ins were in BASIC. I remember there was a ... -
Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
I got quite good at BASIC after a few years and started to write a lot of games in BASIC. Things like 'You are in a cave. Exits are west'. I spent ages writing them. I still have C90's full of these games, but they just look crap now. -
how do i....yank open a game and look at the stuff inside? (im sure there is a technical term for this.) someone mentioned that 'jet set willy 5, ZX heroes' has…
... example, 8 quick beeps in place of one normal speed ... slow main tune comes in and then stop playing ... have to find the sheet music and translate it yourself, ... . They are not written in BASIC for one, which is ... first page of the sheet music, which I think gets ... -
how do i....yank open a game and look at the stuff inside? (im sure there is a technical term for this.) someone mentioned that 'jet set willy 5, ZX heroes' has…
... example, 8 quick beeps in place of one normal speed ... slow main tune comes in and then stop playing ... have to find the sheet music and translate it yourself, ... . They are not written in BASIC for one, which is ... first page of the sheet music, which I think gets ... -
River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
... a small retailer back in 1980-something (done in BASIC and compiled). This ... br />
I did try writing some machine code multi-colour ... make them appear to be in 3 colours, but they ... , though I have worked in programming for various communications and ... -
Best 128K games?My M&D bought me a 48K Spectrum in December '83, and I never had a 128K (sniff!). Well, until recently when I started collecting a few! I am steadil…
[QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;351295]L.E.D. Storm
Deathwish 3
Auf Wiedersehen Monty
Joe Blade
180
All had good 128K music IIR[/QUOTE]
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divide plus back to life , preorderI have green light form authors to made DIVIDE PLUS, anybody interested? Promise from me , fully asembled and tested DIVIDE PLUS in plastic case. Qua…
... grey) in USR 0 mode. But 128 basic is ... SPANISH rom with 128 basic).
For example: ... in USR 0 mode or loading from 128 menu only. But writing ... command in 128 basic is possible only ... only add possibility use 128 basic.
For ... -
Question about ZX Spectrum AY interfacesI got this information from Mike, author of EigthyOne: [QUOTE]128k spectrum 1.7734 MHz Timex 1.764 MHz ZON-X 1.625 MHz Fuller 1.625 MHz QuickSilva 0…
... of thousand T-states in processor time, so ... about 60Hz machines, in which case I suppose ... to transpose the tune in software to compensate for ... the difference in clock speed. Most AY ... actual musical note when writing music, let alone transpose it ... -
Czech compilations not listed on Infoseek"Krtek a auticko": [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002774[/url] and "bad dream": [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseeki…
... čka is missing author of music
Honba za pokladem ... Hlavička as author of music
Jm?no r ... modifying graphics, fonts and texts in games), GARGANTUA, PANTAGRUEL, DAVID, ... PRESSOR V which was written in basic with some MC routines and ... -
Multiload in 48K, single load in 128KIs there a list that reflects which games were multiload in 48K and had single load in 128K? (i.e.: I think Rainbow Islands loaded all levels in 128K…
[QUOTE=Nonsense in BASIC;380803]Outrun loaded in one go on the 128 and was much better for it. (and of course it had the music!)[/QUOTE]
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A nice Basic type in for your coffee break[code]5 BEEP 0.212765,20 10 BEEP 0.106383,19 15 BEEP 0.106383,20 20 BEEP 0.106382,24 25 BEEP 0.106383,22 30 BEEP 0.106007,19 35 BEEP 0.105634,20 40 B…
... 2 channels in parts :smile:
whats wrong with music box ... ?[/QUOTE]
Music Box doesn't work in BASIC. I was thinking ... why wasn't it done in GarageBEEP ... -
More colours II (Was: Most popular new features?)The suggested 4xCLUT multi-colour solution never took off.
... would result in something that looks little more than a basic recolouring ... said that, even someone writing for the basic Speccy will probably want ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
Say I am mucking around writing a game in BASIC. I'm aware there ... I can do as a BASIC monkey to maximise the efficiency ... -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... I am mucking around writing a game in BASIC. I'm aware there ... I can do as a BASIC monkey to maximise the efficiency ... ?[/QUOTE]
Use HiSoft BASIC and typedef *all* your variables ... . Most of the time HiSoft BASIC is fast enough. It will ... -
POKING graphicsI remember using binary code (in BASIC) to POKE graphics (thanks Input magazine!) Using a FOR..NEXT loop you would POKE each square in the 8X8 charac…
... it and every time the BASIC PRINT (or ROM routine ... What if instead of writing 8 bytes to make up ... with his legs and arms in slightly different positions, and ... all this with the BASIC PRINT functions and using ... are way round this in BASIC but you won't get ... -
8 Bit MusicThis is an old article, and you guys may have already have had this topic, but here's an article on New Scientist about music created with 8 bit mach…
... the Einstein was cool for music. Unfortunately, I was rubbish at ... --I lack all talent were music is concerned. But a friend ... track and then program in the chords in BASIC. I'll never understand ... -
Have you ever looked back and gone 'Why on EARTH did I.....buy that game??' I look back now at some of the games I bought in my youth. When I worked 8 hours a week at the Co-Op and got paid just ?10. Out o…
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Why was I taken in by that ridiculously over-sized ... ago... The game ws coded in basic if my memory serves correctly ... come in a huge great big game case with silver writing etched ... -
Full original Spectrum music?Many specy music are coming from somewhere: the game of other platform, or from classical author (for example: Jet Set Willy, Manic Miner), but I sea…
... an archive of speccy music in Protracker and VTX formats... ... them are demo musicians, writing for demos, although there ... composers there wrote original music... I personally enjoy listening ... modern sounding speccy stuff in Protracker... Anyway, hope ...
