... as my own. In fact, I've written a log for it ... 128 (128.rom - no SE BASIC)
No peripherals
... /> Accelerated Loading: Edge Loader (loads games in seconds!)

TURBO ... />
- These games work in 48k mode only. Select 48k BASIC and type ...

... , how were all the games of the late 80's ... PC had to be in the mix somewhere........so ... imagine early/mid nineties games being hacked out on ... the inefficiency of any basic compiler (in comparison to hand tooled ... for the Speccy are written in mc from scratch.

... can imagine early/mid nineties games being hacked out on a ... released for the Speccy are written in mc from scratch.
[/ ... hat of to those early games programmers, as from my humble ... based development package using Sinclair basic code, then compiling it down ...

... 99.9% of classic games are practically all written in assembler - I just ... think the idea of a BASIC games competition ... shouldn't just be dismissed because better games can be written in ...

... of your PC 3D games utilize a BASIC, Python, PHP, or ... m not programming games, although some Linux games are written in Perl with GTK ... interpreted than the original ZX BASIC does compiled (the 50MHz ... to see a game coded in BASIC than assembler. Although the ...

... so may never have written a game for the ... entrants (and final games) should be better ... games that are or could be best suited for a Speccy Basic ... anything in basic (even compiled), or that arcade games require ... basic, such as the old early 80`s handheld games ...

... Cauldwell for making such excellent games.


... MANIC MINER style, progressive screen games

PGD Explorer ... that can be called from BASIC if necessary, so you ... and presented game, originally written in 1989. More info soon.

... were some reasonable games could be and were written - look at Microprose ... />
For the transition from BASIC to machine code, the C64 ... are handled by the hardware; in order to do a simple ... also over 17,000 C64 games catalogued in Gamebase64 so i suspect ...

... of programming :)

in real Basic only ?two lines? long command ... is better to be tested in real Basic, something can be only ... all, there can be more games made on the same basis ... before - first I read book written in such style: you only could ...

... 8x8 sqaures - like zooming right in on the usual game sprite ... d love this look - back in the day resolution was everything ... ZX81 games always used those character set symbols which divided the basic ... br />
*I just typed in "miner willy" on google images ...

... true of the ZX80 and ZX81 (which sold very well indeed ... There were commercial Speccy games written by teenagers in their bedrooms which became ... got a computer dominated games scene in the 1980s, it felt ... how to code your own games instead of just buying ...

... code is running in the context of a Basic operating system ... it is part of the Basic operating system. And, naturally, ... think the vast majority of games written after, say, 1985 wouldn ... for creating space within the basic workspace, something totally useless ...

... /> I got a ZX81 for Christmas back in '81 (I think ... Parents took me upto WHSmiths in Manchester and got it, ... of writing a database in basic (on the Vic-20 ... br /> Wrote a couple of games on the speccy that were ... arses on the same chairs in The Bulls Head, Swinton ...

... wanting to do speccy development in a high-level language, ... generated by a basic compiler to use functions in SP1, for example ... it is possible to compile BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, etc programs ... and have almost identical API (games written for one will be almost ...

... five years as my main games/programming computer and sticking ... factors. It had the basic capabilities of colour graphics and ... earlier machines - like the ZX81 - and came in at a much lower ... scrolling which tended to constrain games to particular formats that ...

... was still done in SGD.
Then Infoseek was written. Then I ... covers 6150 titles, which includes ZX81 games) and "only" 31 magazines ... than 100 in the archive). There are plenty of games that ... were only advertised in the small ads ...

... above Spectrums were upgraded in exactly the way you ... remember being stuck with 16k games for the first year ... and Deathchase) and teaching myself BASIC. For my next birthday, ... because I'd written a game in BASIC which filled up ... just to play more games on! ;)

... . Unfortunately very little software was written to use these modes and ... want to create more sofphisticated games. A Tetris Clone. What ... to the screen in a very similar manner as in Basic. And then ... you would like to write in Basic, Basin is the ideal tool ...

I wrote a series of games in 1988-90 called 'Explorers' (i ... think there were 5 in all). It was based on ... of thing. I wrote them in Basic and they were actually quite ... a free game in return! I must have written about 100 adventures ...

... had written with way back in the 80's (in BASIC and LASER BASIC) although ... to make a couple small games on the Sam!

... style, hmmm they were both written mainly in BASIC. Could there be a ... then) the bombs were never in the same place twice.
games threw a partially random game ... you sprite wise apart from games like Jet Set Willy (which ...

... ` at 50 fps in Basic (erm, in fact, that`s with ... writing certain types of games, or scripting bits then ... />
Does beta basic on Spectrum let you place ... that worries me with games, I know you could ... although that manic miner written in ZXBasic a couple of ...

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Tape loading ... /> The spectrum had the most games.
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[quote ... anything useful on the C64 in basic.
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... instructions, and just type in 10 PRINT "HELLO" rather ... ' I had just typed in CODE after the "", stupid ... the chance you take written something in basic then trying to ... paly a few speccy games while I think wether ... game so it runs ok in basic
or
...

... articles on making games using compiled basic in ZXSF magazine, which ... The catch is it's written in Spanish; maybe google translator ... wondering is arcade games are a no-no in basic full stop, ... br /> Some examples of compiled basic games that can give an idea ...

... code for PGD was originally written in 1995/6 when I didn ... br />
Some basic object handling code is in there already, and ... br />
It's pretty basic but hopefully should give users ... do interesting things with their games. Where I'm really scratching ...

... right about Striker. It is written largely in basic. (with some m/c ... to get past the short BASIC "loader" program).

... />
Re: m/c games. It may be worth spending ... machine code games, and many emulators have dissasemblers built in nowadays, ...

I guess it would depend on the game. Some games were written in 100% BASIC, so they may have variables attached.
Out of curiosity, what game did you try that worked in BASin but not in ZX-Editor?

... of the best 1K games appear to be written in assembler. Some of ... the OTHELLO game was written) that oneliner BASIC games would have a ... think the best one-liner BASIC games are maybe worthwhile submitting ... be very surprised if a BASIC game ever won the ...

... 't work with 128k Basic ROMs paged in.
About your question ... because the basic loader is not written correctly (it reports NONSENSE IN BASIC)... but ... />
The fact that other games and demos (even more complex ...