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ZX Review #5-6

Diskmag (electronic magazine)

04 Nov 1997 Download

  • ZX Review #5-6
  • ZX Review #5-6

This issue features hardware advancements including the Scorpion 2000 board with 2 MB RAM and 640x200 graphics, alongside the Tramplin suite designed to help Z80 programmers transition to IBM PC. A substantial technical block focuses on TR-DOS low-level programming, direct VG93 controller access, and Huffman data compression. Developers are provided with dozens of ready-to-use assembly routines for screen manipulation, video buffer management, AY chip handling, and debugging via STS 5.1. The gaming section delivers guides for Total Eclipse 2, Renegade, and Land of Myths, trade tactics for Elite, and articles on RPG design and adventure game localization.

Issue contents:

  1. Adventure Project - Design and razrabotaka Adventyurnyh and RPG games.
  2. Adventure Project - Russification adventyur.
  3. TR-DOS for beginners - Continued.
  4. Authoring - Scorpion 2000 (S. Zonov).
  5. Authoring - Trampoline (S. Veremeenko).
  6. Business Card - a new electronic humor magazine "SpectrofUn".
  7. Crossing Dragon - Promotion of the game Finders Keepers.
  8. Crossing Dragon - Promotion of the game Knight Tyme.
  9. Crossing Dragon - Game Promotions Spellbound.
  10. Crossing Dragon - Game Promotions Stormbringer.
  11. Retro - 40 best procedures: Merge images, rotation of the symbol clockwise Inverting character, changing the attribute, fill circuit construction templates (Dzh.Hardman, E. Hyuzon.).
  12. Expert Tips - Total Eclipse 2.
  13. Expert Tips Super League.
  14. Forum Games - Description of the game land of myths.
  15. Forum Games - Passage Renegade.
  16. Forum Games - Subtleties trading game Elite
  17. Forum - Studying and debugging @ files using STS 5.1. Features of debugging using a monitor STS. Bugfix STS 5.1.
  18. Forum - compression programs.
  19. forum - Reduction in the time format. On the recording sectors while formatting. Rebuilding the screen for one interrupt.
  20. Forum - Features assembly ZX ASM 3.0.
  21. Forum - As for the BASIC compiler "Blast".
  22. Forum - With regard to relotsiruemyh programs.
  23. Forum - Program "Flame" and "Dragon."
  24. reader-reader - TR-DOS: how to avoid mistakes?
  25. reader-reader - The effective work with the drive.
  26. ethidium - The calculation of addresses in the file attributes. Program scrolling specified window 1 pixel to the right. Cleanup of the specified window. Procedure display images from the buffer.
  27. Studies - LED channel music processor. The procedure for cleaning the screen. Proposal for standardization.
  28. Studies - A set of eight programs of "extension" screen. Two procedures are manifestations of the screen.
  29. Studies - New themes for development.
  30. Studies - Playback software tool from the editors of digitized music.
  31. Studies - processing program @ BASIC files.
  32. Studies - The procedure for turning the symbol 90 degrees clockwise.
  33. Studies - The procedure for searching text files.
  34. Studies - Screen procedure "UP HL".

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