Spectrum Computing

it very addictive. BUT you have to do some hardcore memorisation. The worst offenders are the floor blocks that disappear without warning, giving you no time to react. And there is the circles thing that comes every so often , and you pretty much have to memorise when it will appear. At the top of t...

The photo file size is bigger than the whole game

https://i.postimg.cc/xJJjxLpZ/IMG-20231212-073641-915.jpg This game is ridiculously unfair and evil in the design of level 1. But also very addictive and I was determined to beat it. When I did I felt compelled to take a picture! Does anyone else ever feel like doing that? If so, what was the game?...

I've never used RESTORE to do anything cool like this. I need to read more about it I think. Very interesting, thank you.

this game has some charm!

I realise I've spent all year playing a very different type of game!

Thanks guys - some great suggestions here. TMD2003 - thats so simple - great idea! Although I like the idea that the Spectrum does all the work itself. So I prefer an approach where the spectrum does the calculations this time. Actually, I'm glad I did because my 10 year old got interested and ended...

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That's great to hear. There have been some really good ones this year.

Try this game everyone - its very good.

Just 6 days to go.

Still have things to review.

Not long now. If you have something please send it in asap!!!

It works/worked really well.

I went from having all the issues described in this post above, to having reliable discussion

Hi, I can't remember exactly, was about 15years ago I made it, on a bit of perf board. I still have it so I'll find it later and take a pic. I also added a little speaker and you could play music through it or use it as a small speaker for the spectrum. It was probably a bit like this... https://ext...

I made a little 9v amp with a 555timer and a few caps that could I powered from a splitter cable off the PSU. Using that fixed all my woes!

I have a folder on my desktop entitled "cgc24"

It is not empty.

OMG who new this was going to even be a thing. I just assumed basic would know the true length of a string. But then I guess why should it! Or have I missed something? it there a better way than this example code... 5 PAPER 7: CLS 10 DIM a$(3,12) 20 FOR x=1 TO 3 30 READ a$(x) 40 NEXT x 100 FOR x=1 T...

Nice video!

Sinclair Basic is 100% compatible with ZX Boriel BASIC compiler? I mean can Boriel compiler be used as a replacement for zmakebas or bas2tap? If I send any working Sinclair Basic program to ZX Boriel compiler will it work ? I remember I read somewhere that it wasn't 100% compatible. No. You can't c...

@uglifruit you are far too kind!


Reviewed!!!!!!! https://csscgc23.blogspot.com/2023/12/o ... inson.html

Come OVER to the blog and take a look at this one. Bomb-tish!

Why isn't there a little drum emoji????

Medic!

Yes, there is still time, get them in!

I'll try my best to review in the time I have.

Looking forward to seeing what you have.

Please send them as soon as you can

Is the +3 able to run Spectrum 48 games and software in your experience?

the grey +2 is the most compatible computer. It has a great keyboard, and integrated tape make things easy.

+3 if you want a disk drive cos there cool - which they are.

@Red Zebra OMG that is perfect. Blink and you miss it. This is a basic code snippet worth holding on to. I think @PeterJ could just this too, its fast!

grey +2 is the only correct answer.

I made a version for the spectrum a long time ago, but I lost it!

It was in basic and used attributes - it was pretty slow. Could be a fun challenge.

@pqr - I did not know this. PeterJ that's great. I was working on a similar bit of code, but hadn't quite got there! My original example could be modified to just the attribute address and it would work nicely with yours to copy a whole screen very slowly, and colour it in. Perfect for a crap game, ...

Is there a faster way in basic to fill the screen with a SCR file you have placed in memory somewhere... like this? 1 REM LOAD "image" CODE 40000,6912 10 LET c=23295 20 LET n=16384: LET i=40000 30 FOR x=1 TO c: POKE n,PEEK 40 LET n=n+1: LET i=i+1: PRINT AT 0,0;n: NEXT x another question is...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Dec 01, 2023 10:27 pm Amusement Park. It seems more like a management game, but it's listed as a a sim.

Just noticed he's knicked the trees from cyclone!

Great list. I will be playing a few of these over the Christmas holidays.