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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…
... Amaurote 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the ... [*]Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... 48 BASIC in order to load it with 48K music and ... -
Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
... Flag.....making music and graphics with the brilliant Sinclair BASIC, sheer bliss ... it was loading this incredible music started pumping out the TV ... it holds a special place in my heart, it's a ... the Spectrum's for programming in BASIC (sooo much nicer than that ... -
Spectrum Playbasic EMULATORHi, Im new to the site and im writting a spectrum emulator in Playbasic :-o Its halfway complete. But i need help with emulating sound!? Anyone care…
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I tried writing it in PURE BASIC. But there isn't ... learn from.
E-BASIC was the same as PURE ... -BASIC.
I even tried ... is why i chose PLAY BASIC :grin: The only limitation im ... -
Your Computer Magazine ScansPlease forgive my Intrusion. At the moment I'm trying to type in an Amstrad game called "Bomber" which was published in an issue of "Your Computer" O…
... the "@" begin used in other BASIC programs in relation to the ... that cause I was writing the program out on ... Integers can still be used in this manner, though having ... being written for a 464 in BASIC 1.0. The later ... 664 & 6128 had BASIC 1.1, though the ... -
Found old AY recording.Found it on an old tape today. I did this when I first got my 128k toastrack. It took forever, sitting down with sheet music and typing it all out.…
... The Worlds demo in basic, whilst it played the music through a Yamaha ... then is recordings of the music. Lost the source programs. -
adventure compilerThis is the project I've working on for the last week(?), but I realise I won't be able to work on anything Spectrum related for a while. So here's …
... only ever written adventure games in BASIC personally), but that is very ... quite impressive!...
Certainly writing an adventure game with something ... -
adventure compilerThis is the project I've working on for the last week(?), but I realise I won't be able to work on anything Spectrum related for a while. So here's …
... only ever written adventure games in BASIC personally), but that is very ... too.
[quote]Certainly writing an adventure game with something ... adventure. It looks surprisingly easy, in that all the stuff like ... -
Project on ZX Spectrum in UniversityHi everyone, I am Max, student of media studies in berlin, and I have to do a little project on the spectrum. I am working on a sinclair zx spectrum…
... questions, examples for differences in basic language. Maybe you can ... tl$ are not included in spectrum... any other ways?
in Basic...
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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…
... Amaurote 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the ... [*]Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... 48 BASIC in order to load it with 48K music and ... -
Quest for Witchcraft undeniencedI notice on the latest [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/whatsnew.html[/url] (02 Jan 2013) that LCD undenienced [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org…
... the (admittedly excellent) music.
In FUSE and JSpeccy hitting ... br /> though some small BASIC jerkiness is still there, ... investigate more on Boriels ZX Basic.
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Deaf spectrum +3?I'm not having the best of luck so far. I've made a couple of poorly thought out impulse buys, and to date I've not really had much use out of any o…
... ever owned a 48k back in the 80s). While loading Centipod ... very quickly either with "nonsense in basic" error, or a tape load ... loading Centipod (and also SOS) in 48k mode too but without ... test writing/saving a basic program to tape and loading back in. But ... -
Deaf spectrum +3?I'm not having the best of luck so far. I've made a couple of poorly thought out impulse buys, and to date I've not really had much use out of any o…
... ever owned a 48k back in the 80s). While loading Centipod ... very quickly either with "nonsense in basic" error, or a tape load ... loading Centipod (and also SOS) in 48k mode too but without ... test writing/saving a basic program to tape and loading back in. But ... -
What makes a 'perfect' TZX image?I'm curious as to how a perfect TZX imagine can be created - can anyone advise? By way of comparison, I rip all my audio CDs to FLAC and I follow gu…
... musicians worked from in order to make that music in the first ... To go back to my music analogy creating a tzx is ... playing a piece of music and writing it down note for ... note on music paper! (I'm ... it as if it is music to give you a ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... I did with Apulija-13 in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... and - even more important - space in the RAM and especially the ... me at present than writing a shorter BASIC "housekeeping" program. I guess ... -
ZX7: an "optimal" LZ77 packerAbout 20 years ago, I started a M.Sc. in Computing, planning to work on data compression. Although I quickly changed to another subject for a number …
... I did with Apulija-13 in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum. ... and - even more important - space in the RAM and especially the ... me at present than writing a shorter BASIC "housekeeping" program. I ... (start address 64859, length 422). In this case, ZX7 will produce ... -
8-bit Bach, in developmentI'm actually working in another musical program for all ZX Spectrum 128k. This time, Johann Sebastian Bach will be the composer I selected for my las…
... for organ music but it's very painful to do in BASIC. When ... looking into interrupt-driven AY music to take the idea further ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... already posted but I started writing anyway, here is a way ... already have).
6-In BASIC type Save "loader"LINE 1 ... loading screen file you saved in step 1, Type load""CODE ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... posted but I started writing anyway, here is a ... have).
6-In BASIC type Save "loader"LINE 1 ... or the Screen$ Toolbox in Basin. Then make a ... the LOAD "" SCREEN$ in the main basic program). Then I ... first as one chunk of BASIC, then load the SCREEN ... -
Assembler v Machine CodeHi. I've been looking at a lot of the code examples in the Development section and can see that Assembler is the way to go. However, I was wondering …
... assembler back in the 80s. I wasn't writing enough code ... very slow and cautious in coding. In later years we ... code for a game in a small chunk of ... editors I wrote for myself in BASIC. But it never amounted ... late in its day that I got anywhere with writing ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... already posted but I started writing anyway, here is a way ... already have).
6-In BASIC type Save "loader"LINE 1 ... loading screen file you saved in step 1, Type load""CODE ... -
Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
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-ThunderBlade - AY music,
-Mr.Heli - ...
-DynastyWars - Intro + AY music
-Football Director 2 ... - the game is mostly written in BASIC).
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A quick newbish questionI'm reading through 'mastering machine code on your spectrum',as kindly posted by Mr bert on this forum. Correct me if I'm wrong from what i read,bu…
... now talking about the basic command 'POKE'.Is this ... 'm not up with writing routines using the poke ... 65536 8 bit locations in which you can store ...
Try POKE 16384,255 (in BASIC) and you'll see a ...
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Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…
... to select an icon, writing text in 64 columns and see what ... mysterious modes Leszek is writing about are :smile: In fact, almost all ... listings made with Boriel ZX BASIC I have seen so far ... -
Designing an icon-driven adventure: looking for adviceHi fellas, after the release of Funky Fungus, I am currently contemplating the possibility of designing an icon-driven adventure with location graph…
... " key to select an icon, writing text in 64 columns and
writing about are :smile: In fact, almost all ... listings made with Boriel ZX BASIC I have seen so far ... /> Is a perfectly valid ZX Basic program :)
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SOUND to PT3Hi guyz and gelz) Meanwhile I'm into AGD a little and as far as it works better (?) with PT3 tracks I've got a question [I]what sound formats/types …
... Vortex Tracker to write your music in the first place, as ... point of my tutorials in [url=https://sites.google ... d personally recommend: writing good AY music is about making creative ... totally unrelated to 'mainstream' music production - just like drawing ... -
First polyphonic beeper tuneWhat was the first game on the 48k Speccy to have a polyphonic tune? By this I mean a proper 2 (or more) channel tune, not the "lots of really fast …
... I put two note harmonies in. The sound note loop ... different on different Spectrums. In the end I used the ... / pink noise and faked speech in some cases ?[/QUOTE]
... the 'warmer' sound of Music Box tunes like Fairlight). I ... not as good, obviously) in BASIC. -
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…
... Amaurote 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 2:9" error after the ... [*]Austerlitz 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 1500:3" error after the ... Gallipoli 128K: Returns "C Nonsense in BASIC, 22:1" error after the ... 48 BASIC in order to load it with 48K music and ... -
Type in game with font generatorBack in the day I can remember a BASIC type in game that generated its own font by PLOTing extra pixels next to the PRINTed characters existing pixel…
... wrote a chararacter generator program in BASIC which used the joysick to ... I ran out of memory writing it, and had to cut ... -
The Official Crap Games Competition 2013 Thread!Just to announce that the 2013 CGC is OPEN! [IMG]http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/cgctitle2_zps77591934.jpg[/IMG] And for th…
... aghh, using 2 arrays in basic will slow down the ... poking and peeking values in memory, its the same ... then, is it 100% BASIC??? UDGs don't count!), ... EDIT2: And the only writing that gets done to the ... the JIT compiler for BASIC do any peephole optimisations ... -
Spec dev in the eighties and ninetiesWhat different ways were there of making speccy games? There is the 'worst' way which is typing in hex commands in Basic unreadable, easy to make m…
... for rich people) and writing a program in BASIC on paper and then ... I had all the time in the world!
