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Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... made his editor for Cybernoid in basic. Everything is pre-calculated from ... a lot of slow down in rooms with the volcano, so ... can't put too much in those rooms.
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Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... /> Some titles have 128K music. Where possible, I'll try ... then the music has to be stored in another RAM ... additional RAM, page in the music bank, and load ... can easily be done in BASIC. I make no apologies ... have provided graphics or music. When asked, I ... -
Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... released into PD, but the Basic loader just loads an MC ... and loaded the main part in Basic. Then jumped back to the ... style of the magazine than in changing unnessessary loading routines.
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Message to all programmersHello folks, more and more programmers in the recent time are using special loading routines for their Homebrew-Software. This makes their game runn…
... ]Some titles have 128K music. Where possible, I' ... then the music has to be stored in another RAM ... the additional RAM, page in the music bank, and load ... can easily be done in BASIC. I make no apologies ... may have provided graphics or music. When asked, I ... -
Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…
... standards!). I wrote the following BASIC program:
[INDENT][FONT ... a long time to run in BASIC and I thought would be ... .
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Z80 Machine Code Question...Hi Folks, I know not strictly a BASIC question but I have started to learn Z80 machine code - 25 years too late! :smile: I have been reading a book…
... I poke the hex values in to RAM via the HEXLD ... program in Toni Baker's book. [/QUOTE ... 's much more convenient. Hand writing the bytes will cause you ... actually wrote my own assembler in BASIC, back in the day, because trying ... -
Another machine code problem, sorry[CODE] OPCODE HEX ADD LD A,00 3E00 F000 PUSH AF F5 F002 LD B,05 0605 F003 LD C,06 0E06 LOOP F005 POP AF F1 ADD A,C 80 DEC B 05 …
... you list the basic?
Speaking of basic, you might want ... from within Boriel's ZX Basic, from [url]www.zxbasic.net ... 's possible to write code in basic, compile it to machine code ... /> Really, far far easier than writing out mnemonics for machine code ... -
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... gaz, I live up in the peak district and have ...
I had a job in a newsagents shop at the ... used it on their 48k in the shop. Working on ... />
I'd been writing adventure games in basic on the schools bbc ... at least one game finished in this life. Wish me ... -
Loading BASIC programs stored as "bytes:"Hi all, I have a question regarding loading BASIC programs, that I managed to save as machine code (I suppose) when I was a child, as a result of e…
... ""CODE 23755 gave me "nonsense in BASIC".
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... hundred percent sure they are BASIC programs?
5) When ... a Multiface or by writing a simple BASIC program to peek the ... remember if 128K BASIC is compatible with 48K BASIC - could this ... -
Sam Coupe for sale...hi all, i've just listed the following item.. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220679378384[/url] i have no idea it's a g…
... Mel Croucher I think in writing the SAM Basic manual. So that's ... -
Opinion on new 128K only gamesHello, Being new to the WOS community, I am unclear on the attitude towards 128K only software, that is; Is there a strong need to support the 48K m…
... , do you already have music in some form or other for ... the modern ZX scene in terms of music, but might be too ... the above music editors, which could be used for writing complex soundeffects ... the same way you'd write music (not ... -
Non Mario Nintendo Ds game recommendationsPlease recommend some good Ds games. All genres welcome but please no Mario games. Ta!
... a real level of challenge in getting high scores to unlock ... />
So far as writing stuff in Sinclair BASIC goes, I'd generally ... -
Whole upper memory lostHi! I own a rubber key Spectrum with 48K RAM. Suddenly it lost it's whole upper memory. All diagnostic programs says that it's 16K model with workin…
... s in.
I suppose you could start by writing ... a small program (in BASIC?) that goes over ... locations. For each location, poke in a few values (0 = ... what you just poke'd in.
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Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…
... out of I suspect just basic ignorance wrote their own ... compiles to something pretty tight). Writing something in C, Java, Perl or ... tested and debugged instead of writing something from scratch.
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Looking for a MusicianHi all, I'm looking for a musician for a game. I need AY and 1 bit tunes. Preferably a good composer as I'd like original tunes. PM if you are intere…
... 't know where to start writing music [I]specifically[/I] for the ... your tracks. fantastic! 1bit stuff in particular is outstanding. :) -
life problem...What is the best thing to do when your [I]ONLY[/I] social contact turns into a bad, unhealthy relationship? Being 28, and with social anxiety disord…
... through gender reassignment, which in itself is cutting me up ... skilled in many areas: photography, computing software & hardware, writing, music composition ... & production, ND in art& design ... -
Mister Beep honourThis year we had a great amount of games with music produced by [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=%5EMister+Beep$&loadpics=…
... if you'd been writing Spectrum music in the 1980s then you'd ... -
New platform game: Sid SpannersHi all, here is my Christmas present. A new platform game (well, more of a mini-game really). [url=http://java.cms.livjm.ac.uk/homepage/staff/cmspc…
... I don't think in game music adds much to this ... the time limit a bit in the second game, to ... sequel won't have any music either, but one thing' ... the first game.
Music on the intro screen is ... a bit more skillfull with writing games in C and the sprite ... -
Spectrum +3' AY sound issuesHi everyone - first time poster. I just got a Spectrum +3 for Xmas, and I am over the moon at this - I used to write games which I have here on 3" d…
... on my +3, but in 48K basic (it loads on 48K machines ... will almost certainly play the music. Typically, software doesn't do ... all - it just outputs the music data anyhow, and if there ... time you'll have missing music in 48K mode is if the ... -
Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…
The best way to code in BASIC for me is firing up my favourite text editor, writing my source, then compiling it with the ZX Basic compiler, obtaining a TAP file to run in the emulator or the real machine. Nothing beats that :P -
Best way for programming in BASIC?New to the ZX Spectrum, and fixing up ccowley's vbSpec emulator. Aside from that, I would also like to try programming a game or two in BASIC. What's…
... code in BASIC for me is firing up my favourite text editor, writing ... my source, then compiling it with the ZX Basic compiler ... , obtaining a TAP file to run in the ... , how do you debug your BASIC on a line-by line ... -
NEW! Poll Best Spectrum game from 2010 - Everybody vote here please -OK, so since there were several releases after the day I posted the original Poll, I would post this new one to include all the games from 2010. Eve…
... you do, explain it properly in your first post. "Why are ... />
It's also like writing a blog of the best ... games in the last 10 years and removing all the BASIC games ... there because they are written in BASIC.
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SpecBAS: Request for comment - SpritesHi all - Having been slaving away at the new SpecBAS release, I've decided to finally bite the bullet and implement a sprite engine. I've got a nice…
... there are no record types in BASIC). In which gfx$ can be changed ... 2GB in size. It plays sound samples and mod/mp3 music. There ... 's shitloads of enhancements, but it's Sinclair BASIC ... modern PCs.
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Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]
... mean some people even wanted BASIC listings in the mag ! I mean ... sometimes, judging by the impersonal writing and the lack of enthusiastic ... , other people how to write in basic, difficult to cater for everyone ... -
Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
Thanks Nathan. Thinking about writing a proportional font routine in MCODE - just prototyping in BASIC at the moment to see what it looks like.
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Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…
... the classic cases where 'prototyping' in BASIC just causes you more problems ... in BASIC. It also stops you getting into the bad habit of writing ... assembly that looks like translated BASIC, which is ... -
Making music for the SpectrumI was wondering what programs are about on PC or Spectrum that would allow you to make music for the ZX Spectrum 128k or 48k as i love doing it. Bee…
... worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/music/players-pc/VT1. ... the effects and dynamics in expressing that music...
... music engine, or the simple Music Box type engine, for instance (I writing ... but basically you create your music in a mod tracker (eg: ... -
Multiface 1 (Romantic Robot) RepairHello there my fellow ZX'ers! recently I got an Interface 1 + MicroDrive from a friend and since then I have been having awesome geeky moments in fr…
... station! =)
In the end I routed Composite ... br /> LOL I even started writing up the premis of the ... the constructs in BASIC and then rewite them in C or ... see a single capacitor in the whole design! no ... s Portable CD Player (in black) that really looks ... -
Flynn's Adventure in Bombland v1I am pleased to announce the initial release of Flynn's Adventure in Bombland. You can grab it here [url=http://tomdalby.com/retro/zxspectrum/FAIBL_v…
... and I'm no expert in that. The current monster AI ... [/URL] about writing the Pac-man ghost's AI in BASIC - this thread ... goes into the original AI in great detail -
Copying a SCREEN$ in ZX BASIC in 1 second?!Following on from the revived "[thread=20207]Saving a complete SCREEN$ in BASIC[/thread]" thread (although Arjun really only needed a suitable POKE i…
... (eg. at line 60 in the original listing, something like ... workspace, extend VARS up (in effect) by DIMing a ... thread=30618]"storing machine code in BASIC"[/thread] from last August).< ... a "quick-BASIC"/regular BASIC timing comparison by writing a short routine ...
