Spectrum Computing

That all depends on how tidy your code is, and if you RETurn from every CALL!!! :lol: You can get away with a lot of mess in a game with, for example, a jump JP directly to your 'You Died' or finally 'Game Over' function, and have that reset the stack pointer, then jump again directly to your title...

How do you set SP from machine code? ld sp,44000 Yep just like that Sludge. As long as you're not planning to return to BASIC, you can LOAD SP anywhere your own code will not encroach, and the stack will build down from there. Maybe allow 100 bytes space to be extra careful. It's best done once at ...

sludge wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 7:22 am Any easy way of remedying the issue or will my data have to be shifted lower down?

Can't you put the stack below your own code? You can go as low as CLEAR 24000, but a bit higher is safer in case you have a large BASIC loader later.

1 - Cricket Challenge 2 - The Racing Game The field sport games are the same formula. The racing game arguably has more going for it in terms of presentation and play, but I went for the one that interested me more. Nay third place. I'm not a horse racing fan but I can remember both my uncle and my ...

Can anyone give any pointers on how to convert cassette tapes to TAP/TZX. I thought it would be straightforward, but nothing has worked so far. I'm after the basics: -how do I get the sound onto a laptop? I have a tape player, a mono-stereo jack, and Audacity to record. Do laptops automatically reco...

This is what I use on the title screen to load Kempston values into the game code: It might be less confusing to have 3 separate routines rather than all that code poking. So e.g. on the intro page you have a byte that says what control option has been selected, the game code could look something l...

and found out why - different graphics set if you load in 128k mode... never even knew this was possible.... ? They're not different graphics, well they are, but not intentionally . The program uses memory location 23300, which needs to be zero so the program can find the graphics correctly. This l...

Lee P wrote: ↑Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:09 pm I was thinking 23 lives was too generous, until I reached level 3 and that bloody trident thing at the bottom left. Argh!

I called it a wobbly candlestick, but my experience of it was much the same! In the end I had to do it from stationery, and mark where my feet needed to be and what stance.

Glad you both like it! I think this user review by @Digital Prawn sums it up really well. Having level names, whether in Czech or English would add to the fun, though coming up with 128 of them could be a stretch...

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/m/Maglaxians.gif I always return to Maglaxians . It just cheers me up, and reminds me that I may never tire of platform games. You probably couldn't get more 'oldschool' and 'bedroom' if you tried. 23 lives, I reached level 10... of 128! ...

Miner Willy.

Hi sludge . That was based on my code from way back. Not sure what went wrong with the 'nextlinedown' routine, but that was one of the problems as goblinish points out. Here's a fix. Compare the extra bits I blanked out - you tried to draw and colour sideways when you only need to go down. Also, you...

Thanks for the heads-up Jim. Congrats on your first 100% machine code game. So good I played it twice (as instructed). Despite it actually running on QPC2, I've added Mona Loser to the DB queue as a QL game. Can't think of a better way to do it. UNIS is actually pretty good. Does anyone know who the...

Here's a few for starters:

- speak in words of only one syllable for the hour
- play while having to answer general knowledge questions
- speak in voices suggested in the chat - accents, celeb impressions

Sounds like a bit of daft fun, and I'm always up for that Is this for the early May bank holiday @RoseTintedSpectrum?

I'll get my thinking cap on. Post them in this thread or PM?

Heh you're playing it wrong blucey - think of it as relaxing car journey, with explosions. I definitely get why it's a marmite game though. Some will like the atmosphere and that it's not too difficult, but I can see why some would see it as a slog. Contrary to most - I like the game but not the mus...

uglifruit wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:33 pm I'm really enjoying this. And looking forward to the last one the trilogy "We're Wolves" due out in 2064.

There aren't many things I'd support on crowdfunding these days, but...

I wonder if we'll get any mavericks voting for their earlier stuff. For some people that's always the best. I wonder if Stuart Ross is still a fruit graphic designer? StuRoss 8bit Fruit Design LTD made an honest living right up until a few years ago when AI spoiled the party. The Canary Wharf office...

Hehe thanks Kryten

Pure arcade machine feel - it deserves that font!

Btw I've found a bug - sending you an email Andre.

Jbizzel wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:42 pm why was it changed? Seems like that level is almost as iconic as the whole game.

I'd like to know too. That rising and setting sun works well, but to miss out Eugene?

(I meant to post earlier, but I looked at the calendar and then the clock, and held back, just in case... )

The Nether Poppleton Treasure Hunt . Since it's been drizzling all day here, I enjoyed a few hours solving puzzles in Nether Poppleton. Both the game and author's names make me picture a quaint village in the 1950s, a bubble which not even my encounter with a local using a mobile phone could burst....

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:59 pm I see Dragon 32 colours... and from the text screen, at that. If only SCREEN 0,1 had been more useful...

Actually now you mention...orange and brown. At least the Dragon's black on green would be possible on the Speccy. Sorry @hitm4n you'll have to start again.

It'll be interesting to see what happens to your subscribers from today's shock announcement @Wizwords