Spectrum Computing

I use something very similar to that, but use DEFS instead of ORG to allocate the required space to align the next instruction. I also find it useful to store a label of that ‘padding’ size in case it’s large enough to store some data in. That also helps when re-arranging code to reduce such unused ...

Just saying that there’s 14 great modern ZX81 games available to download from:

https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/

Including official conversions of Ant Attack, Crossy Road, and Super Hexagon - all of which play on a standard 16K machine.

Enjoy!

Looks like a poor-man’s Splat!

Straightforward enough to code though I would think.

(If I wasn’t consumed with Melkhior’s Mansion I imagine I could be your conversion bitch! ;D )

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catmeows wrote: ↑Thu May 14, 2020 8:28 pm Isn't W*H*B conversion ?

No. It’s original levels for an existing concept. X=Y=Z is a different take on that concept

I’d like to think that splATTR is original, as is Factory Daze.

I often thought it could be somewhere Farmer Jack might go...

My last game https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/sokobaarn used a vertical linear back buffer (VLBB) to speed things up given the amount of overdraw. And my current dev. of Melkhior’s Mansion is also using one for the exact same reasons. It’s heavy on the memory, but you can use the extra 64 bytes per column...

Thanks for all the votes for LumASCII (I’m still taking that as joint-first )

See you all again when we get to the letter ‘S’!

Aye here's the main site . Denis made this thread here . It adds a few things about machine type. Thanks, but that’ll be a no then, as work and family life means that I simply can’t commit to producing something to a deadline. And besides, Melkhior’s Mansion is taking any spare time that I do get.

Alone Coder wrote: ↑Wed Jan 15, 2020 3:34 pm bobs, happy to see you here! I never heard of this game before, it's great! Is there any chance for you to participate in Your Game 6?

For that I’d need to know what Your Game 6 is... link? (Sorry, I don’t follow the retro scene closely)

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Jan 12, 2020 7:07 pm To include a more modern game - LumASCII has to be noted, made out of the pure Sinclair ROM font. (It does look good when you see it play though.)

I *think* I’ll take this as a complement!

Oh dear! It really should be possible to make a very good conversion

If anybody would like to play LumASCII you can download it freely (athough donations are very much appreciated) from my Itch.io site using the link below: https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/lumascii You can also get it on cassette from Cronosoft - https://cronosoft.fwscart.com/LUMASCII_ ... 28343. Some of m...

Very nice! I used the flash bit in splATTR to mask the data. Thanks. SplATTR was such a brilliant use of this art style., and clearly you'd made a very fast engine. I was super impressed with it when it was released ... In fact on your website you quote my review (that I wrote for RGCD) singing its...

Sprites are one byte per 'pixel' and the masking is currently anything 'Magenta Ink,MagentaPaper' (0x1b) - but it's my intention to search and replace that at the last minute to be 'flashing bright black' I think. I was just likely to use black in my drawing, and drawing on a hideous magenta backgr...

LumASCII . Proof that an game using the Spectrum's own font doesn't have to be crap! Scrolling shooter, a novel idea, well executed. Cassette only . That’s not entirely correct - you can now download it freely (athough donations are very much appreciated) from my Itch.io site using the link below: ...

Bringing the hugely detailed isometric PC game “Melkhior’s Mansion” to the humble 128k (See my Twitter/Facebook for more details) Any chance of further updates on your development tutorial blog. I used to really enjoy reading those. Pretty please! I should be resuming those after Melkhior’s is fini...

Bringing the hugely detailed isometric PC game “Melkhior’s Mansion” to the humble 128k
(See my Twitter/Facebook for more details)

Horace came third. It's a very decent Horace tribute. Thanks for the vote :) I don’t consider HITMW a tribute though - it’s a conversion to the Speccy of the actual fourth published title in the series, which was produced in the mid-90s for the Psion series 3 palmtop. It was written with the suppor...

If anybody would like to play Horace in the Mystic Woods - the conversion to the Spectrum from the Psion handheld of the 4th official Horace title with the support of the original programmer - it can be downloaded from https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/ for free, or consider a donation if you can afford to.

If anybody would like to play Gem Chaser or Gem Chaser 2 - my contributions to modern ‘G’ games - they can be downloaded from https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/ for free (or donate if you can afford it)

If anyone wants to play any of my games from the list - Factory Daze, and the Farmer Jack triology - you can download them all, and many others for both the Spectrum and ZX81 from my Itch.io site at https://bobs-stuff.itch.io/

FAO whoever maintains the database entries... A while ago I moved all my ZX81 and Spectrum titles over to Itch.io, and as a result will likely be shutting down my original website at some point in the future. When that happens the database entries for my games will have broken links. It would be gre...