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Adventure games written in basic (commercial)This thread partly got me thinking > [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=31141[/url] But I'd like to know about adventure ga…
... know about adventure games (either with or without graphics) written in Basic :) , I'm ... and main game should be Basic.
I can quickly ... -
Games written in BASICHi all, I've been racking my brain trying to think of a game which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing that I can …
... game which was definitely written in BASIC (ie not in assembler). The only thing ... have any favourites which were written in BASIC? There were certainly a few ... Mad Martha might have been in BASIC (IIRC) and I enjoyed that ... -
super-quick games in BASIC?do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed? (i wonder, speccy is rare…
do you think, games written in BASIC could run flawlessly at high speed when run in a speccy emulator at, say, 1000% speed?
(i wonder, speccy is rarely used in this way - it's even more platform independent then JAVA! :-))) ) -
Games in basicIs there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures.
Is there a definitive list of published games written in Basic, I'm particularly interested in Text adventures. -
Mountains of Ket - Written in Basic?Was Mountains of Ket written in Basic? And if so is there any way to break into it? The parser's pretty impressive, I want to see how it was done.
Was Mountains of Ket written in Basic? And if so is there any way to break into it?
The parser's pretty impressive, I want to see how it was done. -
Any adventure game frameworks written BASIC ?I remember INPUT published a simple adventure game, with about ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program framework one co…
... ten locations. It was all written in BASIC, but it provided a program ... Adventure Game frameworks written in BASIC. Also any commercial adventure games written in BASIC, back in the day? -
Where any games programmed in C?Were any Spectrum games written in C on a secondary computer that could compile Z80 code?
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Scrolling in BASICI remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that claimed to be scrolling the screen. Obviously vertically its not too difficult - once you dis…
I remember a few BASIC typeins for other machines that ... was thinking of horizontally as in a scramble type game
written in BASIC) on the Apple II, and ... like this could be done in BASIC on the Spectrum using Arrays ... -
i need a sideways scrolling program written in basicso like ghosts and goblins it scrolls along with the player. i had help with this before in making a tunnel game but this time i need it to be a able…
... had help with this before in making a tunnel game but ... statements that i can view in basic to make each screen easier ... intend to speed it up in an emulator. i also need ... 'to' statement to implement this in print but am unfamiliar as ... -
Book: Giant Book of Spectrum Arcade Games by Tim HartnellDarn it, I just missed out on getting this on eBay :( I'm looking for a hard copy or PDF. This book has games written in BASIC with machine code ro…
Darn it, I just missed out on getting this on eBay :(
I'm looking for a hard copy or PDF.
This book has games written in BASIC with machine code routines and hopefully will help bolster my learning of machine code. -
The best Arkanoid type game?We Speccy fans have differing opinions about many things; some say Fairlight is the best isometric game on the Spectrum, others say Head over Heels, …
... were a lot of commercial games written in BASIC at the time and it ... for a port to the ZX81 to be made.
The best Arkanoid type game?We Speccy fans have differing opinions about many things; some say Fairlight is the best isometric game on the Spectrum, others say Head over Heels, …
... were a lot of commercial games written in BASIC at the time and it ... for a port to the ZX81 to be made.
in an impossible loop where it ...Success or FailureSuccess or Failure is here...the brand new Football Management game for the ZX Spectrum. Do you long back to the days when Football Management gam…
... days when Football Management games were simple games written in basic, where you could start ... a Football Manager in this brand new game written for the ZX ... , including features never seen in any Football Management games before.
How do i learn to programAll the years i had a computer the only one i could program was the Texas Instruments Ti99/4a and when using extended basic with its so simple sprite…
... other than assembler for serious games programming that is anything other ... based"
i know arcade games written in basic and then compiled
(e ...How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... hackers and was not in widespread use (except ... native machine code and games/software could be ... games written in BASIC. Far too slow for gaming performance (Although perhaps some were written in BASIC ... in archives > ulilities > H (also Pascal and BASIC) ...So who plays PS2, Xbox & GameCube games?I'm still into gaming in a big way, how about you guys?
... those puzzle and even arcade games written in Basic! theyre that much fun. ... . i also have Playstation games i kept before buying that ...
* Activision Anthology ( 45+ games and 2 never released )
games I've played/had ...Does Anybody remember The Abyss??? It was a tough little cookie of a game. The entire screen was filled with what looked like chicken-wire. Every section of the wire you came acros…
Can anyone remember any other games written in basic???Better on an Emulator?!With the power of current PCs we can have our old spectrum running x2 x20 x100 it's original speed. There must be some games that benefit greatly f…
... I hate football and stat games] a few years back. It ... it was written in BASIC, in fact there must be a few games written in basic that could ...New utterly crap game!Inspired by Andy Herbert's crappy game I decided that I should try and produce a similar if not better (or worse depending on how you look at it) eff…
... ago: a contest for games written in BASIC (pure BASIC or compiled).
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In the spanish scene ... games, but it asked for pure BASIC games. I would rather allow compiled games ... 80% of my old games could be compiled without ...This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... "good games using not much memory", a BASIC Challenge for "good games written in BASIC", a ... suggest that many of these games are going to be crap ... sort of "crap to mediocre" games competition (with no winner), basically ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
The thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can make ... not just write it all in assembler?
Just my ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
Nice games written in BASIC, BASIC + CM sprite routines or compiled BASIC, which I remember ... last year (Interpreted BASIC) and some neat games were produced. ... pop. Discouraging to code in BASIC is not a good ... game out of 20 BASIC games rather than out of ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... was not "Don't write games in BASIC, it's rubbish" more "Don ... Cronosoft (or anyone) to sell games written in BASIC, it's rubbish"
By all means have a BASIC competition (compiled or otherwise) but ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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The thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish[/quote]That's the same as saying "games on an 8 bit computer are rubbish"New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... saying that to say "all games written in BASIC are rubbish" is nonsense. I ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... was not "Don't write games in BASIC, it's rubbish" more "Don ... Cronosoft (or anyone) to sell games written in BASIC, it's rubbish"
By all means have a BASIC competition (compiled or otherwise) but ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... not possible to write good games in BASIC is ridiculous.
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games written in assembler.
At a ... can name maybe 2 playable games written in BASIC, certainly nothing un-put-downable ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
... C. - 'The thing is, games written in BASIC are rubbish. Compilers can make ... />
Cyborg - ' The BASIC language is simply not powerful ... in) to competition with 3 sections comprising of BASIC, Compiled BASIC ... the chance to code in BASIC and thanking you for ...Presevation malarkey - what i've found in my collectionhey, just gone through all my old speccy games, the original purpose was try get rid of them but i'm finding myself loath to do it anyway, i've run …
The games in question, Inheritance and GB Ltd are games written in BASIC, so it's more than likely that it's just a small tweak or bug fix in the program somewhere...
SteveSpectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…
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(Mostly simple games written in BASIC, or sub-standard arcade clones ... br /> My favourite era for games - original ideas, great gameplay, ... reissues of formally big name games, from Codemasters, Mastertronic, ...
