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Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
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You know you're a Spec-chum when......devoid of anything serious to think about now that your next house move is all sorted out, you still cannot sit back and relax because your mind i…
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You know you're a Spec-chum when......devoid of anything serious to think about now that your next house move is all sorted out, you still cannot sit back and relax because your mind i…
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(Somewhat OT) Circular regression analysisI'd like to be able to regenerate the "Tunnel" image from [I]Jumbly[/I] (that's why this post is only "somewhat" off-topic), but to do so I need to b…
... for circle is:
(x-a)^2 + (y-b)^2 = r^2 ... :
2xa + 2yb + c = x^2 + y^2
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Sprite DesignerDoes anybody know of a good sprite-designer package? The game I'm currently working on is requireing a lot of sprites, and coding them all as binary…
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Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
I know that port 254 controls the loudspeaker among other things. Are there any advantages to using OUT x,y over BEEP? How would that be achieved?
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Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…
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You've got the Programming skills, I've got the Ideas lets make lots of moneyYou know those tank games, one tank on either side of a hill where you choose angle of fire and strength, well can someone tell the the BASIC instruc…
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60 LET x=v*COS (a)*t
70 LET y=v*SIN (a)*t-0 ... *t*t
80 PLOT x,y
90 NEXT t
Y on the spectrum).
Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
RealSpec start upI understand that you can add a start-up line to initiate the version, mode,interface etc; for RealSpectrum but I'm a complete ham with emulators, a…
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-videomode X Y : set video resolution
-windowed ...Code sheetsI sure most speccy owners spent an hour or so copying the code sheet to jet set willy at the back of the classroom, but did anyone ever copy the shee…
... should be based on the x,y postion etc)?
I had ...Code sheetsI sure most speccy owners spent an hour or so copying the code sheet to jet set willy at the back of the classroom, but did anyone ever copy the shee…
Timex 80 column display driverI subsequently wrote an 80 column font driver for 512x192 mode.
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defb 0 ; y coord of next char to ...Amazing Short Type-InsHey all ! Been having some pretty stressfull days lately so I tought I would type in some games. There was a very nice type-in book here in Slovenia…
Here's one of mine - not a game, but good fun all the same:
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10 REM BASin Mind Reader
20 REM \* 2004 Paul Dunn
30 REM
40 BORDER 0: PAPER 0: INK 6: BRIGHT 0: CLEAR : PRINT AT 0,0; PAPER 1; INK 7; BRIGHT 1;" ...how to pass arguments from Basic to MC ?can someone explain me (or give some link) how to pass arguments from basic to machine code? i mean something like this: PRINT USR xxxxx, arg1, arg2:…
... /> 10 poke 30000, 10: REM Y POSITION
20 poke 30001 ... , 20: REM X POSITION
30 poke 30002 ... code routine passing in the x,y position the size of the ...ZXCF InterfaceI'm just trying to get an idea for the ZXCF interface, and to me, it looks a much cleaner design compared to divIDE (Of course, that's just my opinio…
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;Z GBLT x y w h x2 y2 -- blt ... have:
; HL=x, BC'=x2, E=y, D=y2, BC= ... have:
; HL=x, BC'=x2, E=y, D=y2, BC= ... out (yport),a ; reset dest Y position
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ld ...Sprite adviceHello. So, I'm slowly getting to grips with Z80 assembly - currently equal parts frustration and enjoyment. Now looking for some advice to help shift…
... screen address for a given x, y coordinate pair.
HL returns ... ;
; b - y position in pixels ;
; c - x position in pixels ... /> This code implements an Increment Y routine for the hl screen ...Lesser used BASIC commandsAre there any interesting articles or books that explore some of the lesser used BASIC commands/functions e.g. DEF FN, IN, OUT etc? The Spectrum BAS…
... ,x/2;CHR$ (128+8*POINT (x,y)+4*POINT (x+1,y)+2*POINT (x,y ... +1)+POINT (x+1,y+1 ... ))
100 NEXT y ...
110 NEXT x ...How to create pretty screenshot maps[size=+1][b]A. What will I need?[/b][/size] 01. Your favorite [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/emulators.html]Speccy emulator[/url]. 02. An util…
... 8-bit color depth, Step X=256, StepY=176.
X/Y.
08. A final ...a question about isometric gamesHello I have a doubt... in the isometric games(Batman, Head Over Heels,...)the view is over 45? or 120? ? thanks.
... nice and reasonably smooth, the X/Y lines are usually rendered at ... line B versus the screen X-axis (horizontal) would be arctan ...Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…
... /> [code]x = x - y>>n /* for some constant n */
y = y + x> ...Problem with rotating procedureHi folks! I wrote a proc in z80 asm, based on: x' = x * cos (z) - y * sin (z) y' = x * sin (z) + y * cos (z) I used a precalculated table of sin a…
... store the result of X * sin(Y) where Y (0..255) maps to ... the lookup address. Ideally, the X * Y should be performed as:
X * sin(Y) takes just 77 cycles ( ... mentioned earlier). X * cos(Y) is the same as X * sin(Y + 64). Ages ...Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... care to tell us the X,Y,Z coordinates of the three ...Alien8 style 3D Tiles - TheoryHello, Are there any articles etc explaining how to do 3d style tiles, i.e. when to redraw those in front etc. I would guess you would need to work…
... move, move in either the x/y plane at the same level ...CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
I compiled this list of ones that I had come across for css. However they are more an indication of last-minute changes than any poor standards. The book remains one of the best manuals ever.
The ZX81 manual had a minor error in the RND explanation ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... calculations have to be for x, y and the Z axis I ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... faster to POKE the new X,Y coordinates or sprite frame than ...The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... faster to POKE the new X,Y coordinates or sprite frame than ...
