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Designing a game.Hi all Lets say that i have been impressed with the games being created by guys on WOS and want to have a shot at making a game myself,my ageing know…
Baisc is easier for game writing but you won't achieve ... game, strategy or text game in Basic.
If you are ... interested in machine code, download some tutorial ... [/url]). It's full game in only 1 kB of code ... -
Best sound emulationHi guys, Which Spectrum emulator would you recommend for sound emulation, especially the 128K but also ofcourse the 16K/48K ones. greets! ps: litt…
... want to listen some ay music. It also supports directx audio ... , as source is available and in basic. -
A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
... of densely packed listing in a tiny font that ... thought into designing and writing the game, and I ... that's written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a ... It'll be included in the archive whenever I ... games are still left undiscovered in 80s computer mags.
New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…
... has rekindled my interest in trying Bob's stuff ... machine, but I think in the main its reputation is ... games for it being written in BASIC and so being slow, ... was the reason I started writing stuff for it a ... (go to my website in the signature to download them ...New game! Nanako in CJMC for ZX81!Yup, that's true. We've been busy in crafting a nice, small, simple library to code games in text mode (this is, standard, unexpanded) for the 16K ZX…
... little machine, but I think in the main its reputation is ... games for it being written in BASIC and so being slow, unresponsive ... was the reason I started writing stuff for it a couple ... Logic (go to my website in the signature to download them ...Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... Austerlitz 1805 128K - "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error upon loading ... loading.
[*]Three Weeks In Paradise 128K - Reset upon ... [*]Top Gun (Hit Squad; no music, sound effects only)
[/ ... Anyone willing to help? Thanks in advance :)[/QUOTE]
Renegade (the hit squad)Hi fellow spectrum peeps,nice to meet you all!,and what a great site you have here!. I have been given a spectrum +2 which didn't load tapes,until i…
... Loader, I just stick it in [b]48k mode[/b] and ... , I go into [b]128k Basic[/b] and type
music in!?! Anyhoo, try and load it ...Renegade (the hit squad)Hi fellow spectrum peeps,nice to meet you all!,and what a great site you have here!. I have been given a spectrum +2 which didn't load tapes,until i…
... Loader, I just stick it in [b]48k mode[/b] and ... , I go into [b]128k Basic[/b] and type
music in!?! Anyhoo, try and load it ...Renegade (the hit squad)Hi fellow spectrum peeps,nice to meet you all!,and what a great site you have here!. I have been given a spectrum +2 which didn't load tapes,until i…
... 0 (entered in 128K Basic) will drop you in to 48K Basic, while still ... loaders like Speedlock, which bypass Basic functions completely...)
... of what mode you're in. 48K Basic doesn't have the ... always do. (If you get music in usr 0 mode but not ...A Pointless Propotional Font demoSomething I've made the last couple of days, which is probably completely pointless, but might be a bit amusing. It's also not worthy of posting thi…
... file and the graphics and music in 128k parts. GAC supports already ... ).
[QUOTE]The 128K music would be achieved very easily ...
2.- calls music routine
3.- pages in bank 0
writing a C64 document :pHi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
If the game loop takes exactly the same amount of time in every iteration, a call to the music routine once per iteration would do the job. The problem is that, most of the time, this is hard to achieve in BASIC.Hi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
... of time in every iteration, a call to the music routine once ... , this is hard to achieve in BASIC.[/QUOTE]
Hi Na_th_an ... problem, but in-game, one only call to music makes it sounds ...Hi there ;) New development groupHi everybody! I'm Baron Ashler, founder and member of a new very little development group called "Kabuto Factory" and this is my first post ;) We'v…
... call is not constant, the music will sound weird. I've ... had that problem in the past and it's ... fellow Beyker has achieved ingame music in compiled BASIC, you should talk to ...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. …
... start learning how to program in BASIC?[/QUOTE]
... a book entitled "Basic for kids" (in Spanish). The first ... odd pages and started writing my first game straight ... 20 PRINT "YOU ARE IN A DARK FOREST"
... "YOU NOTICE A HOLE IN THE FLOOR.": PRINT "GOOD ...Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... 't do much with built-in Basic, it is not enough even ... !
As Shiru said writing a game today entirely on ... C or asm in z88dk.
For writing small programs I ... the ZX its was programmable in both BASIC and Machine Code? Would ...Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... (or PRINT in Joefish's example) is just BASIC syntactic sugar... You ... be accepted as a valid BASIC statement, that's all. It ... , which you'll find stored in BASIC programs as comma separated lists ... recommend having a go at writing code on paper, converting it ...Where to start?..Hello, First off, sorry if this is in the wrong and sorry if the questions I'm about to ask have been asked and answered numerous time! Little back…
... (or PRINT in Joefish's example) is just BASIC syntactic sugar... ... you'll find stored in BASIC programs as comma separated lists ... recommend having a go at writing code on paper, converting ... BASIC and everything before touching Machine Code, but with writing ...Is it a must...Since this ZX Evolution thing I have been wanting another ZX Spectrum but with the ros and an ide device. Well yesterday I was very lucky as I had a …
... you are writing is something that can be done in an evening ... you wish to write something in assembly, or something larger, then ... written in basic, but does become a problem once you start writing out ... line is this: If your writing something big, your going to ...Interview tomorrow!Yes, you read correct! Unemployed, sponging, waster me actually has an interview! :D It's for Toys R Us...hopefully as a Sales Assistant in the Vide…
... more interesting than another espresso in another place called Cafe Opera ... />
(snd f/x: organ music in minor key - cresc. and out ... Norwegians are remarkably single-minded in their attachment to the ... I intended to get some writing done on the train.
The end of the road for the CD is nearWell, it seems that cds are now definately on the road out. There was a report last week that Mercury will stop pressing cd's at the end of next yea…
... seems everyone is downloading music now and not buying ... like to have the music in my hands rather than ... packs in, not so easy with cds).
The writing ... If i listen to music in the house it's ... record companies (EMI, Warner Music, Sony, Universal and BMG) ...Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
... 's some nice David Dunn music, I suppose, but other than ... have been the only fish in a small pond. Still, porting ... this pile of dog-turd in BASIC back in the day - to be ...Worst graphics ever?There's (yet another) thread about the best Spectrum graphics, so here's one about the worst. Of course, if you want to be fair then a "worst" graphi…
... game from data statements written in basic to poke the code for ... after his brain ached after writing the bloody game, he wanted ...How to start a new game?I know this might sound really stupid... but I've always wanted to make a spectrum game, but no zero of programing... is there any "making speccy gam…
... start with?[/QUOTE]
In the erstwhile ZX Shed magazine ... that squarely focussed on writing a speccy game in BASIC. You may find ...Better or Worst! Speccy vs C64Just wanted to see what games you all thought looked better or played better on the Speccy or the C64? I always thought that Renegade & Target Ren…
... the C64. And the music on the 128k was not ... 3. a nice BASIC (I think the Sinlair Basic is much more ... better than the CBM BASIC V2.0).
in my opinion.
And ... fun to learn to program in BASIC with it.
W*H*BMany of you will know W*H*B from Bob Smith. For those that don't - what a game! One of the best puzzle games I have ever played. Some folks from WO…
... W*H*B. I liked writing it, and since KnightLore have ... a huge amount of AY-music in it - over 35K - which was ... [URL="http://www.last.fm/music/lee+du-caine/Stranded+2 ... .5"]http://www.last.fm/music/lee+du-caine/Stranded+2 ...W*H*BMany of you will know W*H*B from Bob Smith. For those that don't - what a game! One of the best puzzle games I have ever played. Some folks from WO…
... W*H*B. I liked writing it, and since KnightLore have ... a huge amount of AY-music in it - over 35K - which ... URL="http://www.last.fm/music/lee+du-caine/Stranded+2 ... 5"]http://www.last.fm/music/lee+du-caine/Stranded+ ... of the program was written in 13K or less then? ...You have one hour...You have one hour in which to convince a modern teenager that spending some time with a Spectrum rather than their XBox 360/PS3 might just be worth w…
... the PC playing a very basic looking browser game (having hoisted ... like that, that looks so basic and of course the old ... we get that calls itself music in the top 40 these days ...Music Trackers, draw a line! __________________________________ This is a little poll and here we can give us tips about music tracking with Zx Spectrum. Ask something and if I can , I'll…
... sound programming. First is writing code that actually generate sound ... sequencer, such as an existing music player code. First possibilities ... limited in a certain way, no matter if music data ... interface. Even when you program music in an assembler, you don' ...The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... I was self-taught in basic (combined with an early ... find out later in university. I was writing printer drivers ... , writing machine code versions of sorting algorithms publish in basic in magazines ... at computer literacy with basic keywords printed on the ...The Sinclair Myth - New Scentist June 12 1986I thought you'd all find this particularly interesting, so I scanned it especially for the holidays! Merry Christmas! [url]http://www.zxdesign.info…
... I was self-taught in basic (combined with an early ... find out later in university. I was writing printer drivers ... , writing machine code versions of sorting algorithms publish in basic in magazines ... at computer literacy with basic keywords printed on the ...
