< FIVE MINUTE BASIC #6 - Easier Animation of Multiple Graphics
More than one User Defined Graphic (UDG) to animate? Here's a quick routine to move multiple UDG's using just one FOR...NEXT loop. Note -...
US Mega-Modder Makes Handheld ZX Spectrum (2014)
This is one I just have to share. US Modding genius Ben Heck, has been working on a portable ZX Spectrum, and it's based around a PAL...
< FIVE MINUTE BASIC #5 - Simple Principle to Avoid Colour Clash
If you're new to the Spectrum or have returned to it after a long time, you may have noticed that when you draw or print with two...
< FIVE MINUTE BASIC #4 - Firework Display
This program creates a random, multi-coloured firework display on your Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer. By some strange coincidence there...
< FIVE MINUTE BASIC #3 - Cycling Colour Menu
The following program gives you an arcade-style menu, with text that rotates through the colours available on the ZX Spectrum. 1 REM...
< FIVE MINUTE BASIC #2 - 'My Spectrum is Made by Commodore'
Here's a fun little program that makes it look like your Sinclair ZX Spectrum is a Commodore 64. For the record, after owning a Spectrum...
Tomb Raider Super Bundle - Windows 8 Settings
For Christmas 2013, I was given the Tomb Raider Super Bundle, containing the original 9 games in the TR series. I noticed a few people in...
< FIVE MINUTE BASIC #1 - LASER Light Show
Here's a five minute listing I entered into a ZX Spectrum emulator on my phone recently. I was waiting for a relative's school play to...
Birth Of An 8-Bit Computer - Can A Beginner Build One?
The FIGnition is an open source, 21st Century, 8 Bit Computer inspired by the early DIY home computer kits available to electronics...