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Tritone WIP tunesTwo wip's I don't know what to do with. Free to use. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9498358/beepola/tritone/super70s.tap https://dl.dropbox…
... I listen to modern ZX music, Im usually looking for ... when I listen to your music, Im occasionally struck by something ... br />
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z80 assembly helpEver since I was a child I wanted to program my zx81 then my zx spectrum + 2. However, it was such a mystical beast and I only ever used BASIC not kn…
... routines is quite like programming in BASIC,C or other higher level ... , give them the parameters in the exact way they want ... they actually do.
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Recreated ZX Spectrum Release date?!?Hi All, I ordered a Recreated ZX Spectrum from Amazon. The release date has since changed to 26th April (3rd time it changed). In the meantime, El…
... . The batteries charged fully in the device in less than an hour ... . Elite have obviously got themselves in a mess with the combined ... want to have fun writing some programs again in basic... if only I ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... Fuse’s Opus emulation (although in turn, EightyOne uses the ... on their own emulators than writing docs. To be fair, ... up with something like "Nonsense in Basic 10" or something similar. I ... . Of course, noise introduced in early stages of amplification will ... -
Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…
... quote]Details of Sprites/Graphics/Music are universally the exact wrong ... t need to address the music/sprites frames/pictures, then ... out the specifications required for writing an engine - EVEN if ... .net/game/1513
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Was there a POKE that broke the SpectrumHi Everyone I've been recalling myths and rumours from back in the day. You know "Lunar Jetmans" trailer and that sort of thing. But one rumour …
... find ROM and RAM. POKE in BASIC simply writes the specified value ... location may cause the the BASIC ROM program to crash, but ... just ignored. And in fact, the BASIC program in the ROM actually does ... with I/O ports when writing (OUTputting). And when INputting. ... -
What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
... . This has a "SPECTRUM" command in its loader which, even (and ... a SPECTRUM command on toastrack, in basic mode, does. What gives here ... patches the 128k paging code in the printer buffer so that ... clears the lock bit before writing the value to the hardware ... -
What is the "SPECTRUM" keyword on a 128K?The 128K replaced UDG characters T and U with new commands; PLAY and SPECTRUM (or possibly the other way around.) The manual ([url="http://www.wor…
... . This has a "SPECTRUM" command in its loader which, even (and ... a SPECTRUM command on toastrack, in basic mode, does. What gives here ... patches the 128k paging code in the printer buffer so that ... clears the lock bit before writing the value to the hardware ... -
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 ... to 48 BASIC in order to load it with 48K music and ... -
Remaking Special Operations - some thoughts and questions.(Edit: Sorry - long one!) Special Operations is one of my favourite titles and, despite them being very different, is up there with Halls of the T…
... for a modern platform in something like Unreal or ... with it. That scene in Fawlty Towers is still funny ... remake due to being written in basic and primitive graphics, but ... these days are interested in arcade-style titles that ... me out with some music suggestions? -
Character Based SpritesHi, I'm working through Jonathan's excellent guide to writing games, and have mastered the animation of single UDGs. Before or move onto Pixel…
... make much sense to use BASIC/ROM routines, to read ... used to process keyboard modes in Basic editor.
The ... Spectrum, and for performance reasons in advanced game development, we ... and AY ports for synthesized music.
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The Adv. Game I'm Ridiculously Trying To Play Part 1Ok, from now on from time to time I will start playing some adventure games and I will keep a "journal" in the forum about my progression, or, more p…
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Brave attempt at writing an adventure in BASIC though, not bad.
BASIC code would spoiler it ... someone could delve into the BASIC program - perhaps they could ... -
The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... birthday in September 1983 after having a few goes trying BASIC on ... to surprise him by writing my first BASIC program - lots of BEEPs ... -
Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…
... . I know very little about writing machine code/assembly but willing ... 's roughly equivalent to the BASIC instruction:
[b]LET ... of one of my routines in BASIC would be:
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A BEEP program I want to make in Basic. Helpful remarks gratefully receivedI want to explore the possibilities of the BEEP command. So I need to be able to try different combos of pitch/duration and sequences of same. I'm tr…
... the BEEP command, from BASIC?... That would be TOO ... likely after... In BASIC, your kind of limited in what you can ... generation...
Within BASIC itself, Iv never had much ... You can try encoding midi music in interesting ways, using tools like ... -
ZX GameDev tools consolidatedHello WoS! It's been a while, yet with a plenty of decent gamedev tools (including new ones!), is there a [i]single/pivot table[/i] or some datash…
... /> That's 8 sprites in 16x24 sprite mode. Most users ... by BASIC and COBOL and is designed in a ... d write myself when writing the program logic. But ... program together in the same way you would in BASIC.
... the sprite table etc. In fact, the Spectrum Next/ ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... an unplayable mess. Quite nice music in the 128k version.
[b ... while, in spite of the total simplicity - which includes the basic appearence ... . But not the music: it's got ... -
flash in a stringhi, is it possible to store flash in a string? u can store colours, bright, etc.
... can persuade the (48k Spectrum) BASIC editor to insert attribute modifier ... up print statements in a simple game I'm writing in BASIC. I had ... -
User defined function in Sinclair BASICI'm looking to create a user defined function in Sinclair BASIC to add up numbers being input. This is the program without a user defined function be…
... usually get several dozen "Nonsense In BASIC" errors before I can ... be quite compact compared with writing an equivalent function "long- ... area for each iteration. In this particular example, if ... the topic and several examples in this file:
Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
How about re-writing [i]Starstrike II[/i] in BASIC and call it [i]John Peel's Advanced 'You're Playing it at the Wrong Speed' Simulator[/i]?DivIDE allram mode help neededHi guys, are there any DIVIDE wizards out there that can explain how i page in the allram and add a rom file to it i sometimes need to load spect…
... with 16kB ram paging in zx rom area + ... ram to DIVIDE allram. In basic you can easy switch ... and disable or enable writing to low 16kB (writeprotect ... image in mapram mode is possible (also from basic) use ... in low 8kB and ram 0 in next 8kB is ready for writing ...User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... shared banks, but I like writing Spectrum BASIC games. I can't ... the mcode area for use in BASIC programs.
What I do ... game about Michelangelo, the trees in the cut-scene came originally ...User-friendly UDG banks/sheetsHello, retro-colleagues) Sometimes I still play Speccyal games and try funny things in BASIC, but one thing keeps me slow: [b]sprites[/b]. Alright…
... case font because it's in ROM (well, I suppose you ... ). When you see custom fonts in BASIC programs, usually it's because ...
I'll be writing some more Spectrum games this ... 2K's worth of graphics in my BASIC, all converted from hi ...Comp.Sys.Sinclair Crap Games Competition 2017As the creator of the second-least crap game in last year's competition (and the only mug stupid enough to agree to host it this year) I am proud/ash…
... I'm still thinking of writing an appallingly primitive text ... (mild) challenge - make a game in BASIC where a prescribed list of ... ..., VAL$, a CONTINUE statement in the program that actually does ... and score 100 points" game in there somewhere)
16. ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... The whole point of BASIC was for non-computer-scientist ... to learn to program. Writing code in a way that allows ... to 'describe' your program in an English way is ... 'second level' way. BASIC was never really meant to ... code, keep re-reading BASIC books and you'll ...The trouble with good code isLots of times I've come here to ask for help and always got it pretty promptly. Which is wonderful and one of the reasons why I don't think there's a…
... The whole point of BASIC was for non-computer-scientist ... to learn to program. Writing code in a way that allows ... more 'second level' way. BASIC was never really meant to ... code, keep re-reading BASIC books and you'll ... 8 to the Speccy Basic plus a rather cynical ...ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... , i do have something better in mind.)
[quote=" ... 's imaginations, probably due in no small part to the ... quality games even in basic.[/quote]
So, basically writing a new game ... br /> i'm not sure in what alternate reality things completely ...ZX Spectrum Next Kickstarter Launchedhttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1835143999/zx-spectrum-next
... interests. I'm more interested in new software (regular spectrum included ... use in word processors, cp/m terminals and an adaptation of basic ... />
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So, basically writing a new game for a ... I can write a program in basic that moves a lot of ...endless runner project..So I'm thinking of writing a small tutorial series on writing games for the speccy in C, and figured that an endless runner would be an easy example …
... control over everything by writing your asm in a separate asm ... of code you see people writing here in the forums.
< ... example in Basic. Okay, you have the same stuff in asm. But in ... same sort of thing in Sinclair Basic in the recursive DEFFN functions ...Flicker free animation in BASIC, is it possible ?With all my various noodlings in BASIC and indeed with my so far limited assembly I keep coming up with the same issue. How do you do animations wit…
It's not ... entirely BASIC. There's some neat tricks ... of UDGs.
The music is an interrupt-driven asm ... boundaries of what's possible in BASIC.
