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- Wed May 15, 2024 6:41 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: How much of a 48k game is graphics? How much is code?
- Replies: 42
- Views: 937
Re: How much of a 48k game is graphics? How much is code?
Heavy on the magick: > words: 0x5E49-0x661D=0x07D5 ; 24137-26141=2005 > creatures: 0x661E-0x679E=0x0181 ; 26142-26526=385 > room names: 0x67A5-0x68A4=0x0100 ; 26533-26788=256 > astar tele: 0x68A5-0x68CC=0x0028 ; 26789-26828=40 > items desc: 0x68D4-0x6AB5=0x01E2 ; 26836-27317=482 > messages: 0x6ABD-0...
- Mon May 13, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: Questions about gamedev in an emulator...
- Replies: 22
- Views: 393
Re: Questions about gamedev in an emulator...
Why you need to save it as snapshot?
If we are speaking about assembly, then usual workflow is to write text in any editor, compile it, save to sna/tap then test in emulator.
Fast load in emulator merely does not take time to run fresh file.
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:36 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: BASin - How to load code from assembler?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 454
- Wed May 08, 2024 4:13 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy no longer available
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1752
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
- Replies: 37
- Views: 904
Re: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
I got on first tape these. Luckily, my aunt tape deck successfully copied this tape to tape...
Mask III : Venom strikes back
Eric and the floaters
PSST
Stop the ITA
Manic miner
Atic atac
Chequered flag
Draughts
Movie
Down to Earth
Into the eagles nest
Renegade
Sweevo
Mask III : Venom strikes back
Eric and the floaters
PSST
Stop the ITA
Manic miner
Atic atac
Chequered flag
Draughts
Movie
Down to Earth
Into the eagles nest
Renegade
Sweevo
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Bank switching issue
- Replies: 38
- Views: 1501
Re: Bank switching issue
Banks 2 and 5 always appear as 'conventional' RAM, between &8000-&BFFF and &4000-&7FFF respectively. You can page them in to also appear at &C000-&FFFF as for any other pages, but it's not really clear why you'd want to. For example, you are drawing on two screens. It is eas...
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:40 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: New Game: Nectar
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1599
Re: New Game: Nectar
Some dirty implementation of loader:
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ijvfsplp ... 42q55&dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ijvfsplp ... 42q55&dl=0
- Sun Mar 24, 2024 9:12 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!
- Replies: 45
- Views: 3716
Re: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!
Fun and attractive. Thank you!
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 8:47 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: My new emulator - ZX Miracle
- Replies: 19
- Views: 2323
Re: My new emulator - ZX Miracle
Yes, that's true. Emulator got many best things from other emulators, and additionally own unique features.
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 8:43 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 494
Re: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: vote
Sim city
North & South
Hostages
North & South
Hostages
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:52 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Could Knight Lore have been (a lot) faster?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 558
Re: Could Knight Lore have been (a lot) faster?
Thanks, very interesting!PROSM wrote: ↑Fri Mar 01, 2024 11:30 pm There were some insightful posts recently in the "Ultimate Filmation Maths" thread, written by @what_the_wasabi and quoted below:
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 1:30 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Which games use teleporting ?
- Replies: 103
- Views: 3467
Re: Which games use teleporting ?
Heavy on the magick
you can travel with help of Astarot to a named place in castle, or can be thrown to the furnace.
you can travel with help of Astarot to a named place in castle, or can be thrown to the furnace.
✓ Reviewed
- Mon Feb 12, 2024 10:16 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: That thing with the bottom two lines
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1105
Re: That thing with the bottom two lines
Do you tried to POKE 23659,0 and then print?
Be careful, your program must not return/break! In that case it will hang.
Be careful, your program must not return/break! In that case it will hang.
- Sun Feb 11, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1271
Re: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
If you are going to smallest clear screen routine, then
It clears backwards, and assumes that ROM area is read only.
Code: Select all
clear_screen:
ld hl, $5B00 ; 3 23296
xor a ; 1
loop_cls:
dec hl ; 1
ld (hl), a ; 1
cp (hl) ; 1
jr z, loop_cls ; 2 loop if ROM is not hit
ret ; 1
; TOTAL 10
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 1:46 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1271
Re: Machine code comment syntax recommendations
it is two bytes, 10 Ts
replace it with
ld (hl),l
one byte, 7 Ts
- Fri Jan 12, 2024 9:26 pm
- Forum: Graphics
- Topic: Showcasing my graphics
- Replies: 458
- Views: 41504
- Tue Jan 02, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: SkoolKit: ctl file or skool file?
- Replies: 65
- Views: 2224
- Sun Dec 24, 2023 11:26 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: The New Secret of Pinocchio (Buratino)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 564
Re: The New Secret of Pinocchio (Buratino)
Some people would say he IS Pinocchio, some would say he's a plagiarism of Pinocchio ;) I'd say it is re-work for eastern culture. Something like nowadays we can find new Little mermaid. Anyway most of children in Russia don't know Pinocchio, they know Buratino. Not only Russia, but nearly all ex-U...
- Sat Dec 23, 2023 11:19 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: change names inside TZX or TAP
- Replies: 5
- Views: 356
Re: change names inside TZX or TAP
ZX Blockeditor
- Mon Dec 18, 2023 9:15 am
- Forum: Graphics
- Topic: Showcasing my graphics
- Replies: 458
- Views: 41504
Re: Showcasing my graphics
Why you didn't born earlier to create graphics for game hits back in time?
- Mon Dec 11, 2023 3:54 pm
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Game of Life sizecoding contest
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2561
Re: Game of Life sizecoding contest
Back in time I remember at least two versions exists.
For example: https://vtrd.in/full_ver/LIFEGAME.ZIP
- Wed Oct 25, 2023 10:22 pm
- Forum: Emulators
- Topic: How hard is it to write an emulator?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1569
Re: How hard is it to write an emulator?
Double that!
And add more: 128K is harder to emulate; more memory, fiddling with pages, AY.
And of course if programmer go for additional hardware (for example, disk system), it will be even more.
And add more: 128K is harder to emulate; more memory, fiddling with pages, AY.
And of course if programmer go for additional hardware (for example, disk system), it will be even more.
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 6:52 am
- Forum: Graphics
- Topic: Showcasing my graphics
- Replies: 458
- Views: 41504
Re: Showcasing my graphics
Dunno about popular, but active without questions!
Take five, bro!
- Mon Oct 23, 2023 5:54 am
- Forum: Programming
- Topic: Laser squad a.i.
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2530
- Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:47 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Durell: vote
- Replies: 44
- Views: 1082
Re: The best Speccy game by Durell: vote
Anyway my voice can not change anything.