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The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…
... a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn' ... any of the games against the CPU in the last decade ... having played this in the arcades back in the 90s, I ... hard compared to the other games, so I investigated on ... played some of those games back in the 90s. -
A couple of random questions......because, why not? (1) USR0 mode on the +3/+2A/B I know of its existence, I know how it's used, and I have some games that require it to work o…
... and I have some games that require it to ... , or typing LOAD "" in 128 BASIC? And was there some ... ?
(2) ZX81 machine code
I'll ... much about machine code - the ZX81 (and, presumably, ZX80) ... code program on the ZX81 be typed in as, say...
How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game (Tutorial) [b]How to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling game[/b] In this tutorial, we will be talking about how to write a simple BASIC* horizont…
... how to write a simple BASIC* horizontal scrolling* game.
... I assume you can enter BASIC easily, for example using Basin ... isn't in basic, because that part is easier written in machine code ... ,3)... Remember the spectrum basic has its Y coordinate first ...Manic Miner in Basic ?Hi, I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ? C…
Hi,
I remember many moons ago a version of Manic Miner that was coded in ZX Basic and wonder if anyone knows where i can lay my hands on it ?
Cheers in advanceBest games in 1984 for the ZX SpectrumWhat were your favourite games made in 1984 for the Speccy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZibQJ_xyWTw
What were your favourite games made in 1984 for the Speccy?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZibQJ_xyWTwHow 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…
... find any 8 way scrolling games written with a compiler that's ... compile you need room for basic and the machine code. You ... of assembler and BASIC which invariably will not work in a way ... stands - assembler is far superior in such limited systems.
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
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2: Two games on one cassette. Fly a ... to GO!
Name both games.
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games written about it, released by both ...Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... point.
2: Two games on one cassette. Fly a ... to GO!
Name both games.
(2 points)
Fast ... the actual advert that appeared in Your Sinclair Dec 87
games written about it, released by both ...What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... I usually went back home in the school bus, so it ... these cute black machines running games on T.V.
... box with ZX Spectrum + written on it. I could have ... home, set up the ZX in ultra fast time (my ... of writing my first game in Basic. It was some kinda wimpy ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
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1) You'd written your BIOS in basic and then compiled to ... /> 2). You mentioned porting Spectrum games to your new machine. Again ... be developed - a few games would refuse to work on ... z80 (which would render most games unplayable).
If ...did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... games are:-
DARTS - Not surprising a darts program (part BASIC ... of usable typefaces (main frontend written mainly in BASIC).
MICROLINK - A ... then sounded quite modern. The games were only sold mail order ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... your own menu. Finished games can be run in 2 ways, with ... your own title screen maybe in BASIC, wait for the relevant keypress ... screen and all that is written in the basic program, or if the ... can do manic miner type games, if the sprite editor allows ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... were very basic. Does anyone remember some cheap adventure games written using the ... and another was a murder in a big manor house and ...Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
... in basic and all. youve obviously have not seen some of those games ... games in basic that run exceptionally well for basic and a Q-bert game in basic ... and plays great, entirely in basic. THAT takes intelligence. ... the ones ive written, are written in 2 minutes or ...Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
... in basic and all. youve obviously have not seen some of those games ... games in basic that run exceptionally well for basic and a Q-bert game in basic ... and plays great, entirely in basic. THAT takes intelligence. ... the ones ive written, are written in 2 minutes or ...Who is your favourite Software House ?? and why ??So which games company was your favourite and why ?? and come to think of it .. who did you think was pants. my fave has to be Ultimate I can remem…
... bring us QUALITY budget games, and with the guts ... br /> Atlantis:
Good original games at a low price
games weren't particularly good, (look suspiciously like compiled Basic), ... games created in the very early days. Even in the ZX81 era, their games ...Spectrum LpatopSo I'm sitting at work board as normal I've already played klass of 99 3 days today and have nothing left to do. So after setting up 5 laptops today…
... number of emulators ( zx81 and Speccy ) and the games database at your ... written in C++ ( again, I can't confirm this ) and all the games ...games with digitized speechI can only think of one... METEOR STORM by Quicksilva Are there many more?
... have a lot of type-in applications for you to use ... used to dabble with making games in BASIC and their apps were great ... and Future Games - it may have been written by Tim Follin in fact).sorry for repost, but can you give me the C64 games siteThere are a couple of site I was given earlier by someone on this board where I can download and play old C64 games. Can you send me there again? Tha…
... any of those basic games written for the Crap computer games competition or whatever ... said "not some 5 line basic game someones made up !" i ... Football Manager was written in 5 lines of Basic then i'm the ...The Speccy Games Programming CompetitionFor those who weren't following the OT thread... We have the CGC and we have the Minigames competitions, but we don't have an actual Spectrum Games …
... make diferencies between BASIC and MC games. probably only few games will be ... because there are only 2 games in MC compo. on other side ... music written in WHAM! or simply mc routine it is a BASIC game ... much better game than many games in MC)
just ...Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
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Commodore C64, 16 and ... but they were shown in a cabinet, too expensive ... and it had a built in plotter printer, anyone?)
in BASIC". hehe :)
... machine worked, but the games were crap.SMAX - My Spectrum Killer App that never quite materialisedThis is basically a copy of my post to CSS, for anyone that doesn't read the group:- One or two of you may, if you have particularly good memories, …
... they are willing to jump in to help ) and ... merge the two. TommyGun in its new form, unlike ... be added if plugins are written. it may also have ... program, much in the same way as the Games Factory/ Game ... i did get kinda close in basic though ;) except it had much ...AmericaI've been wondering, was the Spectrum released in America? Was it popular? Are there Spectrum games that were made in America? There must be a few A…
... on the demise of Timex written in around 1986.
... being garnered by the TS1000 (ZX81) that may have been impacting ... or a smart peripheral. The Basic system enumerated the expansion memory ... modem (compatible with both the zx81 and spectrum) and the ...Any Windows based Spectrum Progam makersHi. I am looking for a game maker that i can use to make spectrum software. If possible could it not be a code typing in program and Windows based. T…
... and drop to make games isn't written in stone, but would be ... of very good games were and are done in BASIC. If speed becomes ... a more powerful BASIC like Laser Basic or Beta Basic among others.
in your Basic programs, like POKEing to ...Splat!how many levels does it feckin' have? ive been playing it and saving snapshots after every level, so far ive done 1-7 then the level stays on 7 but …
... was the subject of a games competition by Incentive as to ... .
The game is written in Speccy Basic with varoous pokes, so you ... had to sit Zippy in the gap in the middle of the ...3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... pretty much what you did in Visual Basic, however, even though ... Spectrum based upon it - written entirely in Basic!! I've also created ... submitted it to the Crap Games Compo. :)
Basically, ... with the HiSoft Basic Compiler results in an update of ...Announce: Crap Game Competition 2004The comp.sys.sinclair Crap Game Competition 2004 is now officially open! :roll: [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/cgc2004"]www.speccyspoilers.co…
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... I thought I could code. In Basic, obviously - nobody of that ... code. I knew the BASIC commands and what they did ... will be the one written by a nine-year- ... wants proof that it was written when it was, I' ...Starting from scratchHello, I'd lack to have a crack at writing a Spectrum game. I have very limited programming experience from mucking around with javascript and VB an…
... are happy enough to write games in BASIC (quick and dirty) you ... of picking up a Spectrum BASIC book (there are hundreds ... if you like text adventure games. Download The Quill/PAW ... text adventure games. Some really excellent adventure games were written using ...making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…
... /> Firstly, there are many decent games written with AMOS. AMOS, although far ... been lots of good compiled BASIC games too - FRANK 'N' STEIN by ... there is very little wrong in my opinion with using compilers ... be a really useful tool in turning a good idea into ...making games on a real speccy-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- i have recently bought a speccy on ebay and i want to try to make s…
... /> Firstly, there are many decent games written with AMOS. AMOS, although far ... been lots of good compiled BASIC games too - FRANK 'N' STEIN by ... . I code in Delphi - and pascal is close to BASIC. It's ... compiled, but I'd not consider coding in ...
