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ZX Spectrum Sinclair BASIC programming enthusiast. #zxspectrum #basic #sinclair #thespectrum

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VIEWERS GAME!!! Collect the things - ZX Spectrum BASIC
YouTube video by Animated ALex VIEWERS GAME!!! Collect the things - ZX Spectrum BASIC

In this video I share a game that was sent to me by a viewer.
youtu.be/OiO0HZRx6rQ

09.08.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes, the IN command allows for diagonal movement too, plus you can press two keys at the some time, handy for say a running jump, or shooting whilst moving, better then INKEY$. I use the method code you've mentioned as much as possible too, avoids using the IF command.

02.08.2025 09:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
POOR MAN'S FROGGER - ZX Spectrum BASIC code share.
YouTube video by Animated ALex POOR MAN'S FROGGER - ZX Spectrum BASIC code share.

POOR MAN'S FROGGER - BASIC CODE Type in. Enjoy! 😎
youtu.be/cy-5ZEdmhJs

02.08.2025 08:32 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
STACKER - BASIC ZX Spectrum game - Animated ALex
YouTube video by Animated ALex STACKER - BASIC ZX Spectrum game - Animated ALex

Another BASIC game by yours truly. This one is called 'STACKER'
youtu.be/R92d-mhuDLo?...

31.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Speccy phone app - Play AnimatedAL BASIC gamed ZX Spectrum #zxspectrum #8bit #homebrewgames
YouTube video by Animated ALex Speccy phone app - Play AnimatedAL BASIC gamed ZX Spectrum #zxspectrum #8bit #homebrewgames

I'm looking forward to receiving the kickerstarter 3 Speccy NEXT, waiting and ready to create more games! Here in this video I share a few of my creations being played on a ZX Spectrum emulator phone app. youtube.com/shorts/cSYsm...

28.07.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Keeping it simple! No User Definded Graphics. #ZXSpectrum
FULL VIDEO: youtu.be/klDmFHrUC2E?...

27.07.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKSPACE by Animated ALex

The type-in that featured in the BREAK-SPACE magazine is NOW AVAILABLE FOR FREE DOWNLOAD!!! animatedal.itch.io/breakspace #zxspectrum

26.07.2025 10:24 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

yeah, good point. i might have to re-think my ways on this one πŸ˜€πŸ‘

26.07.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The speccy rainbow now chases away some commodore clouds thanks to a fast circle routine that was posted to the #zxspectrum discord #breakspacehero (fan fiction/tribute snorkification)

24.07.2025 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

NICE!!! good to see @whathosnorkers.bsky.social coding being enhanced, great work!

26.07.2025 07:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
JetPac Willy - DEMO coming soon!!! - ZX Spectrum - Sinclair BASIC game development.
YouTube video by Animated ALex JetPac Willy - DEMO coming soon!!! - ZX Spectrum - Sinclair BASIC game development.

JetPac-Willy UPDATE - youtu.be/iv6M9_O6wYY
JetPac-Willy, which is Miner Willy in JetPac, the game is still under development, In this video I share the result of the game being compiled, there is still loads to do but it is still happening, a DEMO will be released soon! 😎

26.07.2025 06:31 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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That’s right. We broke Kickstarter! 🀣🀣🀣

25.07.2025 15:11 β€” πŸ‘ 99    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 2

oh boy!!! that is a one hell of a challenge.

25.07.2025 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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B-TYPE by Animated ALex ZX Spectrum Sinclair BASIC

"B-TYPE" is one of my proudest game developments to date so far, unfortunately I may have posted it at the wrong time on itch as it didn't get much attention.
animatedal.itch.io/b-type

25.07.2025 13:46 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
Sinclair BASIC  - frogger style - AnimatedALex #zxspectrum  #thespectrum #sinclairzxspectrum
YouTube video by Animated ALex Sinclair BASIC - frogger style - AnimatedALex #zxspectrum #thespectrum #sinclairzxspectrum

ZX Spectrum - Frogger inspired - Sinclair BASIC
youtube.com/shorts/-lUv0... #zxspectrum

24.07.2025 22:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Animated ALex Welcome to Animated ALex, On the channel - Learning to program in Sinclair BASIC. Recreating classic ZX Spectrum games using only Sinclair BASIC. plus other stuff on the channel, includes animatio...

Learning BASIC on The Spectrum YouTube series
If you're unfamiliar with my channel series, i try my best to explain Sinclair BASIC programming,
Plus, I try to recreate classic ZX Spectrum games, like, Manic Miner, Death Chase, currently I'm working on a JetPac style game.
youtube.com/@animatedal?...

23.07.2025 13:29 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Random inlay: Daley Thompson's Decathlon/Ocean Software Ltd (1984) https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1217/ #zxspectrum #retrogaming

20.07.2025 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I may not have it yet but i'm getting ready!!! i am reading up on NEXTbasic , got to get those homebrew type in games ready, excited times ahead, #zxpectrumnext #zxnext

20.07.2025 10:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BREAK SPACE, My featured Type In - game play. ZX Spectrum Magazine.
YouTube video by Animated ALex BREAK SPACE, My featured Type In - game play. ZX Spectrum Magazine.

BREAK SPACE - ZX Spectrum magazine check it out. In this video i share the game play of the featured type in that i provided for issue 2.
download the mag here: breakspace.itch.io/issue-2

youtu.be/IdDqY6z0sVA

20.07.2025 09:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 The Sinclair ZX Spectrum Next: the evolution of the Speccy computer, now expanded into the world of the Sinclair QL, C64 and... More!

Incredibly humbled by the ZX Spectrum Next Issue 3 Kickstarter being fully funded in mere 7 minutes (!)

The team behind the project, all of them members of the Speccy community, are just the best.

Now, stretch goals! Let's make some new games!!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

19.07.2025 08:48 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1
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Whilst waiting patiently for the ZX Spectrum NEXT kickstarter 3 to launch I corrected the code in my BASIC scrolling program.
#zxspectrum

19.07.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Animated ALex

My selection of ZX Spectrum games programmed in Sinclair BASIC are all free for download here: animatedal.itch.io
ENJOY!!!

18.07.2025 14:31 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A little Screen trick using DIM a$(704) - Learning BASIC - The Spectrum.
YouTube video by Animated ALex A little Screen trick using DIM a$(704) - Learning BASIC - The Spectrum.

Screen trick using DIM a$(704) - Learning BASIC on The Spectrum. youtu.be/FYBdtJ-nSq0?...

17.07.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A little Screen trick using DIM a$(704) - Learning BASIC - The Spectrum.
YouTube video by Animated ALex A little Screen trick using DIM a$(704) - Learning BASIC - The Spectrum.

Screen trick using DIM a$(704) - Learning BASIC on The Spectrum. youtu.be/FYBdtJ-nSq0?...

17.07.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I released this game ZAP on the 13th July, today I have made some improvements to the Alien movements. Download FREE here: animatedal.itch.io/zap

15.07.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Sinclair User (Aug 1983) - Sinclair Research Ltd, Sinclair C5 and Cyrus IS Chess news. Also Trickstick, SP48 and ZX Slowloader adverts

READ: (1/2) #zxspectrum #retrogaming

15.07.2025 15:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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@wordsoup.bsky.social
I've been experimenting too πŸ‘πŸ˜Ž

14.07.2025 20:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

10 DIMa$(32)
20 LET a$="ZX SPECTRUM"
30 LET a$=a$(32)+a$
40 PRINT AT 10,0:a$
50 GOTO 30

14.07.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Scrolling some String$  - ZX Spectrum BASIC - Animated ALex
YouTube video by Animated ALex Scrolling some String$ - ZX Spectrum BASIC - Animated ALex

Just a bit of fun, scrolling with some string$ πŸ€ͺ
youtu.be/9fBBsgbwEAg

14.07.2025 11:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
How to to create Laser Beams , plus FREE game "ZAP" -Learning BASIC on The Spectrum
YouTube video by Animated ALex How to to create Laser Beams , plus FREE game "ZAP" -Learning BASIC on The Spectrum

How to to create Laser Beams , plus FREE game "ZAP" -Learning BASIC on The Spectrum
youtu.be/VND5bjLtHSQ

13.07.2025 10:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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