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25 Years Later......that was [u]ALL[/u] that it took. So today, I am messing with my Spectrum that I have created using a Raspberry PI. It's housed in a Microdriv…
... there is about 4,225 of them on it. Sorcery ... But there is still plenty of room on the device, what ... lets visit some Spectrum games on the machine that ... through a few more C64 games of titles I know, not ... reminded me of an upgraded TV Games Console of the era ... -
System Shock's ownership has been sorted out, and you can now buy a copy!Finally, System Shock is available again to purchase! If you go to: https://www.gog.com/game/system_shock_enhanced_edition then you can buy one…
... you can buy one of the best games of all time! Yep, ... solver, that was ahead of it's time on ... depth and immersion than most games released since.
of 3D objects (ala Doom ... we want deep and innovative games, and maybe the next ... -
Wired.co.uk hatchet job on the Speccy..."The ZX Spectrum exists in an uneasy position in the annals of retro video games. Commercially it was tremendously successful in the UK, and was avai…
... position in the annals of retro video games. Commercially it was tremendously ... , often imperfect games, and looking back lacks a library of stand-out ... slow, while even the greatest games of the thousands programmed for the ... -
Vega Upgrade problemHi, I have just tried upgrading my Vega to the latest version (September 2015). I have copied the vega-firmware.bin file to the root of my SD c…
... .bin file to the root of my SD card, inserted it ... detected because I can load games of it.
Am I ... -
Remake permissionsHi everyone, sorry if this is not the correct forum. I'm new here and just getting my bearings. I am a hobbyist programmer since typing in BASIC f…
... -style games.
One of my all time favourite games of the ... is no intention whatsoever of charging any money nor ... since this defeats part of the consideration of the challenge and the ... of remake projects for other such 1980's ZX Spectrum games ... -
NEW RELEASE: "Willy's New Mansion" Special EditionOn the twelfth anniversary of the [url="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/manicminerandjetsetwilly/conversations/messages/4593"]release[/url] of my…
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- Patch Vectors (PVs) - chunks of code which produce special effects ... obstacles, periodic reversal of the direction of the conveyor, gaps ... away from the most difficult games of the genre, though, and ... and used in his games - many of which I applied in ... -
PROJECT ZX LONGPLAYED! :-DHere you go guys after many of you kept requesting it from me, finally here it is, a longplay of the AWESOME Project ZX game. So the story is, Sir…
... that used his invention for games only and not It's ... by unleashing hundreds of characters from around 100 games to destroy you ... a dozen levels across many games released by many software houses ... nostalgia seeing all these classic games of my past, it really is ... -
Crystal Kingdom Dizzy Remake[img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hu3KFlY4PPQ/WPKTFRnh2mI/AAAAAAAAhRo/Fb92COWf6oMPL4oyEQ_z_Ep6BrRHUCOPgCLcB/s640/Crystal0.jpg[/img] [quote]Dizzy fan…
... celebrate the 30 year anniversary of Dizzy in a really big ... a very special Dizzy remake of ' Crystal Kingdom Dizzy ' on the ... in 1992 on a multitude of systems in a completely different ... worse than most of the other 8-bit Dizzy games of the time ... -
MARBLE MADNESS (MD - WEST 'EA' vs JAP 'TENGEN') - WHICH IS BEST?Hi everyone and welcome to the May 2017 of Which Is Best? (All previous episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwNreNhW7CgheHTRuhjGLO…
... welcome to the May 2017 of Which Is Best?
... placed two of the most famous remembered games of the ZX ... were heavily in favour of Manic Miner although they ... Chuckie Egg was one of my fondest gaming memories, ... I place two versions of Marble Madness on the ... -
Playing my own random 'Cover Tapes'So after reading through some old magazines, I started to get nostalgic about the old days, where I'd get a new Spectrum mag 3 weeks out of 4 complet…
... a cover tape full of games to play for the ... bag of software, and got me hooked on games I ... could recreate the feeling of getting these cover tapes ... I had 5 random games of varying quality that I proceeded ... lot of the games, but that was always true of cover ... -
Headerless tape loading blocksIs there any way to convert headerless machine code blocks to regular headed blocks? I imagine it involves Taper. I ask because now that I know I'…
... attempt to transfer some of my favourite games of t'old days onto ... 128K mode, even though none of these games are 128K). Annoyingly, the ... YS Megagames, so none of them have any sophisticated copy ... protection to speak of. A turbo loader is ... -
Isometric enginesWhilst taking a breather from Chess development I've been playing around with a little isometric 'room' building idea. Just wondering what sort of…
... is needed for live action games of the Alien 8 ilk?
I'm sort of trying to achieve the same ... -
1988-2018..OK This feels a little odd since it's always WhenIWasCruel who does these threads, but I've had the proxy approval from the man himself to go ahead a…
... your favourite, or least favourite games of the year 1988. Touch on ... your past experiences with these games good or bad, and have ... -
Bruce Lee WR Speedrun Attempt via Livestream!Calling all retro gaming fans, the Zeusdaz livestream is back this weekend! This Sunday (9th Sep) at 7.30pm BST (U.K) I will be kicking off the li…
... get to choose 7 games of their choice that ... the top of the que (these games will be ... you practically full control of my channel (except ... you the passwords of the account of course lol).
of being picked!!!
After this I will play some games ... -
Please guide me with this decision!Hello, I have decided I would like to try and create some simple ZX Spectrum games of my own. The problem is that machine code is totally and utter…
... create some simple ZX Spectrum games of my own.
The ... know it limits the kind of games you can make, I' ... give you a couple of examples of what I'd like ... old Spectrum Star Trek games where you move from ... fast movement. it's kind of turn based. ie move, ... -
Joffa Smith - Kim Justice DocumentaryTHE LIFE AND GAMES OF JOFFA SMITH, ZX SPECTRUM GENIUS | Kim Justice: [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beC0Ze1wFXw"]Youtube Link[/url] RIP Fr…
THE LIFE AND GAMES OF JOFFA SMITH, ZX SPECTRUM GENIUS | Kim Justice:
[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=beC0Ze1wFXw"]Youtube Link[/url]
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King Valley ('WE' Group, 1994) unofficial tape versionKing Valley is one of the best games of the year 1994, unfortunately there is no official tape version. But I wanted to play King Valley with a +2, w…
King Valley is one of the best games of the year 1994, unfortunately there ... ]
This tape version of the game is unofficial, I ... the original creators. Of course, at the request of any of them, I ... -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
... turns into a list of complied Basic games perhaps.
So ... any other good compiled Basic games ? Of any type, does not need ... aware of [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/archive/software/games/sorcery-virgin-games-ltd ... -
Does Supertest actually end?I've been playing a few games of Daley Thomson's Supertest lately (128K version) and often wondered does the game end of do the targets just get toug…
I've been playing a few games of Daley Thomson's Supertest lately (128K version) and often wondered does the game end of do the targets just get tougher? Does anyone know? -
[Video] Another TOP 10 ZX Spectrum Games of My Childhood (Rus voice with Eng subs)Warning! Russian language. But you can turn on English subs. Translated by Google, some words are missing. https://youtu.be/0G6_IIMw2Pg
Warning! Russian language. But you can turn on English subs. Translated by Google, some words are missing.
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The threat from the ISDAWhat does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if …
... for downloaded copies of their software. After ... shelflife than v/games could ever wish ... is one of the most played games of all ... time.
2 other examples, Tetris and Prince of ... Persia. Nobody in their right mind would pay for these games ... -
TBThumb Bandits (UK C4) had a Spectrum feature celebrating the 20 years of the machine but... they say on the site that Knight Lore is the first isomet…
... or in the history of computers and video games just take what ... the advancement of games nowadays while the small home produced games of the early ... genuine interest in the history of it all. -
Movie ConversionsWho loves the classics "Batman the Movie", "Ghostbusters I and II", "Ninja Turtles", and "RoboCop 1 and 2"? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh so many memories!!! I'd…
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MiB? Various James Bond games of varying quality (from Golden Eye ... forget the uber cash cow of the moment Harry Potter.
There's still splenty of licensing going on because there ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... a very stupid way.Of course I didn't ... overhead due to the arrangement of the screen. For instance ... to facilitate the task of scrolling and drawing sprites ... perform worse in games of the _TYPE_ of Turrican 2 (i ... than the C64, all of that extra computing power ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... the PC. It is more of a means to an end ... /> The programming thing, or lack of, is a very sad thing ... things when i was bored of whatever games i had. The sam ... about 6 mins. The aim of the game was to press ... that once i was bored of my games (of which there wasn't ... -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... it, how many Spectrum games do we Spec-fans still ... the range of available games was limited by the capabilities of the ... titles, and on the Spectrum games of this kind were extremely rare ... that superb games like Shogun: Total War (a masterpiece of appearance, ... -
That Nostalgia ThangI was bored sitting waiting on a bus the other day and it was bucketing down with rain. As it does in gloomy situations like that, my mind started t…
... and complaining about the decadence of morality, the uneducated youth ... me.
Even games that nowadays look simple to ... the position of those who think that the Spectrum games history ... We all remember the wonderful games of the last years, when the ... -
denied gamesI to am guilty of sending denied games by email to other spec chums who are new to the emu scene,spesh ultimate games as they are some of the best an…
... all know, is one of the greatest games of all time,
though ... -
Good Isometric 3D GamesHi My fave game of all time was Head Over Heels, which I have now completed thanks to emulation. I have also now done Batman and recently discovere…
Fairlight! One of the greatest games of all time (though avaoid the ... rubbish). Try the 128K version of Fairlight, which as far as ... -
Is there anything new to comeApart from doom. I personally don't think there has been anything all that innovative on the pc. Whereas the Speccy had handfuls of games in that c…
... endings, countless touches of humour, tons of different weapons for a ... quite atmospheric, though, like many games of that kind, could seem too ... /> And about the loss of performance of FF7 on the PC: ... pieces of it are designed and assembled just to run games, ...
