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Basic Programming Now and Then II Basic Programming Now and Then II
Posted by: minijimi

Video duration: 582 seconds

Times table program written in Visual Basic 2005 and in ZX Spectrum basic. In over 20 years nothing has changed, watch and see.

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Barbarian Spectrum 48k Barbarian Spectrum 48k
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Video duration: 364 seconds

Classic beat 'em up game that paved the way for games like street fighter. This game was a home computer original and due to the marketing, the game sold lots of copies.

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German Beat. The Lords.. Boom Boom German Beat. The Lords.. Boom Boom
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Video duration: 91 seconds

Obscure german beat band performing Boom Boom. Intimate and interactive.

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Programming Now and then III (a) Programming Now and then III (a)
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Video duration: 596 seconds

In this series I will demonstrate how to create a class in VB6 and VB.Net 2005. Part (a) is VB.Net 2005.

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Star Wars - Spectrum 48k Star Wars - Spectrum 48k
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Video duration: 480 seconds

Popular Star Wars arcade shoot 'em up conversion.

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ZX Spectum - Target Renegade ZX Spectum - Target Renegade
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Video duration: 444 seconds

Target renegade was the sequal to renegade. It was the best beat 'em up of its day. Great playability and graphics.

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ZX Spectrum 128k - Daley Thompson Super Test ZX Spectrum 128k - Daley Thompson Super Test
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Video duration: 342 seconds

Next few events in DTST.

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ZX Spectrum - Renegade III The Final Chapter ZX Spectrum - Renegade III The Final Chapter
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Video duration: 299 seconds

Dissappointing final release in the renegade series.

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Basic Programming Now and Then: Part 2, now. Basic Programming Now and Then: Part 2, now.
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Video duration: 600 seconds

The "Average Age Calculator" programmed in Visual Basic .Net 2005.
As we can see the functionality of the program is exactly the same as the previous program.

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Spectrum 128K - Gryzor Spectrum 128K - Gryzor
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Video duration: 287 seconds

This game was called Contra in North America. Very playable game by Ocean Software. Side scrolling shoot 'em up.

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Driller - Spectrum 128k Driller - Spectrum 128k
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Video duration: 593 seconds

Incentive Software released Driller in 1987. It was the first game that used the Freescape 3d engine.

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ZX Spectrum 48K - Football Manager ZX Spectrum 48K - Football Manager
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Video duration: 429 seconds

Football manager was written entirely in basic. It was the first sport team management game that was released on the market.

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spectrum 128k - LED Storm spectrum 128k - LED Storm
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Video duration: 319 seconds

Arcade conversion of the popular driving game LED Storm on the Spectrum 128k. This game is great because it features paralax scrolling, fast game play and amazing music. Music was very important in games back then. Creating new sounds and incorporating them into the music in the game made a huge difference in the success of the game.

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Spectrum 128K - Hard Drivin\ Spectrum 128K - Hard Drivin'
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Video duration: 366 seconds

Conversion from the popular arcade game. Great use of 3d graphics. Accurate down to the last details.

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ZX SPectrum - Renegage (1987) ZX SPectrum - Renegage (1987)
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Video duration: 132 seconds

Demo of the popular arcade conversion game Renegade by Imagine software.

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Chase HQ Spectrum and Arcade Demo In HD Chase HQ Spectrum and Arcade Demo In HD
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Video duration: 421 seconds

Chase HQ was an arcade conversion release in the late 80s on computers. The game was a fast driving game in which you had to catch up with the bad guys and ruin their car with yours.
It featured sampled speech on the spectrum which was taken from the arcade game.
Wikipedia link for more information: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Chase_H.Q.

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Stunt Car Racer - Spectrum 128k Stunt Car Racer - Spectrum 128k
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Video duration: 607 seconds

3d stunt car driving game. A step forward in the driving game genre. This game is a great game that has stood the test of time. It is as good today as it was when it came out.

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Todays music is CRAP.... Todays music is CRAP....
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Video duration: 381 seconds

Music that is being released today is total garbage. There is nothing original in todays music.

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Ghosts and Goblins - Spectrum 48k Ghosts and Goblins - Spectrum 48k
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Video duration: 511 seconds

Arcade game conversion of the popular platform game.

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Ghouls and Ghosts - Spectrum 128k Ghouls and Ghosts - Spectrum 128k
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Video duration: 524 seconds

Demo of Ghould and Ghosts from the spectrum 128k. Great conversion from the arcade game classic.

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Visual Basic 1 in Windows Vista - Programming Demo Visual Basic 1 in Windows Vista - Programming Demo
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Video duration: 293 seconds

Created a simple random number generator in VB 1 under windows Vista.
When programming in the .net environment all of the time it can take some time to generate code in the classic basic languages.
I was getting stuck on setting the integer number to the value of the text box, but then I remembered our old friend Format$.

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ZX Spectrum - Robocop ZX Spectrum - Robocop
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Video duration: 339 seconds

Robocop the game came out after the movie. It was a big hit with gamers. I put lots of time into this game when I was a kid.

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Interstate 76 PC Demo In HD Interstate 76 PC Demo In HD
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Video duration: 289 seconds

Interstate 76 came out in 1997 for the PC. It was a great mission based driving game, set in an oil starved 1976. The storyline was interesting, the game was strategic and online play was lots of fun.
Wikipedia link for more information: http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Interstate_ '76
Demo here consists of a melee match with opponents in one of the arenas supplied. Car crunching fun.

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ZX Spectrum 48k - They Stole a Million ZX Spectrum 48k - They Stole a Million
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Video duration: 589 seconds

Robbery planning strategy game. There hasnt been a game like it since. This game takes you through all aspects of planning a large scale robbery.

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Spectrum 128k - Operation Wolf Spectrum 128k - Operation Wolf
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Video duration: 261 seconds

Arcade game conversion. Playability the same as the arcade game. They did a great job at this conversion.

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