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  • Which Emulator do you use the most? and whyI currently use ZX32, it's free, which is great but it's not as fast as I'd like. Please everybody, tell me your fave emulator and why. I'm quite …

    ... my first Spectrum back in 1983 I'd been working for ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler April 2006 Emulators
  • Board/party games on the SpeccyI had some friends over recently and we played some board games in the WoS archive. Trivial Pursuit worked pretty well, although some of the question…

    Yahtzie(1983 - Bob Hemmings). It's so slow, that the tension just builds up and up making it the best version in my book - Spooling for begooners.
    Ælita Ælita April 2006 Games
  • Tonights Doctor WhoWell, I don't care what anyone says. Tonights Doctor Who, For Me, Was the best episode of Doctor Who I've seen since the 23rd November 1983. Flawle…

    [QUOTE=aowen]What episode was shown on the 23rd November 1983? Was it the one where they finally killed off Adric?[/QUOTE]
    No idea, but he fucking deserved it the whining twat monkey...
    stefrobb stefrobb April 2006 Chit chat
  • Tonights Doctor WhoWell, I don't care what anyone says. Tonights Doctor Who, For Me, Was the best episode of Doctor Who I've seen since the 23rd November 1983. Flawle…

    ... shown on the 23rd November 1983? Was it the one where ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy April 2006 Chit chat
  • Looking for 'Your Computer' gravity simulation type inHi, In one of the old Your Computer mags, in the type in progs section near the back, there was a Speccy program which simulated interaction between…

    ... /> 6 REM \* W.R.Masefield 1983
    10 REM Input Data ...
    Dunny Dunny May 2006 Sinclair Basic
  • Phillips put in a patent to stop you skipping advertsRead this im sure its against our rights [url]http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsr…

    ... the sun -- I remember (circa 1983) [i]ETX[/i] by Abbex ...
    robert@fm robert@fm May 2006 Chit chat
  • Phillips put in a patent to stop you skipping advertsRead this im sure its against our rights [url]http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PG01&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsr…

    ... the sun -- I remember (circa 1983) [i]ETX[/i] by Abbex ...
    thx1138 thx1138 May 2006 Chit chat
  • Nintendo Wii - WTF?"The Nintendo Revolution has had its name changed to the Nintendo Wii": [url]http://games.slashdot.org/games/06/04/27/1625208.shtml[/url] Confirmat…

    ... there first Windows OS in 1983 or whenever" fuck it they ...
    PureGamerJim PureGamerJim May 2006 Chit chat
  • Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…

    ... loading systems being released in 1983) plus there was a listing ...
    JonNorth JonNorth May 2006 Games
  • Alien Command found (I hope)Sorting through my collection today and came across Alien Command (Mia according to the archive search engine). Have scanned the inlay anyhow as it i…

    ... as it was released in 1983. 16k as well so will ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker May 2006 MIA/STP/SDP
  • What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…

    It was best buy in 1983.
    It is very good for diverse hardware upgrades - self made.
    Good for learning about computers and programming.
    Some games are still 'playable' :D
    piters piters May 2006 Games
  • Games Club WC 27/5/06Heres the options for next week.

    ... 's got a simple very "1983" arcade game concept and gameplay ...
    Zagreb Zagreb May 2006 Games
  • speccy speechCan anyone tell me what the first spectrum game to feature digitised speech? Was it Ghostbusters? I think it is but i might be wrong!

    Splat! had "Yippee!" - that was 1983.
    NickH NickH June 2006 Games
  • speccy speechCan anyone tell me what the first spectrum game to feature digitised speech? Was it Ghostbusters? I think it is but i might be wrong!

    If you count the Currah Micro-Speech, Atic Atac and Lunar Jetman (I think) had speech and they were both 1983.

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton June 2006 Games
  • What is the name of this game.Hi all, I am trying to remember the name of this old a rather obscure looking game I had. It was in a different kind of box from all my other Speccy…

    ... a REALLY old game - say 1983 or 84. I thought it ...
    robert@fm robert@fm June 2006 Games
  • speccy speechCan anyone tell me what the first spectrum game to feature digitised speech? Was it Ghostbusters? I think it is but i might be wrong!

    ... speech and they were both 1983.[/QUOTE]

    IIRC, one ... />
    [i]Xavior[/i] (also 1983) definitely supported the uSpeech, but ...
    robert@fm robert@fm June 2006 Games
  • speccy speechCan anyone tell me what the first spectrum game to feature digitised speech? Was it Ghostbusters? I think it is but i might be wrong!

    [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Punchy$&pub=^Mr%2e+Micro+Ltd$]Punchy[/url] from 1983 had digitised speech.
    Daren Daren June 2006 Games
  • speccy speechCan anyone tell me what the first spectrum game to feature digitised speech? Was it Ghostbusters? I think it is but i might be wrong!

    [QUOTE=Daren][url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Punchy$&pub=^Mr%2e+Micro+Ltd$]Punchy[/url] from 1983 had digitised speech.[/QUOTE]


    and didnt it just make you want to kill yourself??!
    Hungry Horace Hungry Horace June 2006 Games
  • There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…

    ... 'll often review some quirky 1983 jobby that people may have ...
    michaelf michaelf June 2006 Games
  • How many Speccy games did you complete on the actual machine?I couldn't resist posting this question, it gives everyone a chance to flex their egos and gives an insight as to what people were playing when they …

    [QUOTE=mile]
    20p!!! luxuary, you must have been one of those posh kids. :)[/QUOTE]

    Pah! It was a thrupenny bit every fortnight for me. And that was in 1983...
    monty.mole monty.mole June 2006 Games
  • How many Speccy games did you complete on the actual machine?I couldn't resist posting this question, it gives everyone a chance to flex their egos and gives an insight as to what people were playing when they …

    ... me. And that was in 1983...[/QUOTE]

    That wouldn ...
    Matt_B Matt_B June 2006 Games
  • Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…

    It's a bit strange that you used a speccy in 1983 when you weren't born until at least 1990. :p

    Necros.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…

    [quote=Necros]It's a bit strange that you used a speccy in 1983 when you weren't born until at least 1990. :p

    Necros.[/quote]
    Whoops!
    I copied the stuff from others profile but I didnt see that one :razz:
    now its corrected
    FRGT/10 FRGT/10 June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…

    ... /> FIRST USED A SPECCY: Christmas 1983
    FIRST OWNED A SPECCY ... : Christmas 1983
    SPECTRUM HARDWARE OWNED: Knackered ...
    Vampyre Vampyre June 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…

    ...
    FIRST USED A SPECCY: 1983 16K
    FIRST OWNED A ...
    Ælita Ælita July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • about a book....Does anyone have any news on when the spectrum book will be published? I really want this book!

    ... -them-over proofs of 1982, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 199x. (Although ...
    andrew_rollings andrew_rollings July 2006 Games
  • b00mzi11a - where is he?I transferred money for the xbox to his account nearly 3 weeks ago, since then he's dropped off the 'net. I don't want to jump to assumptions as he'…

    ... Spectrum 16k -> 48k in 1983 which I loved, it is ...
    BigBrother BigBrother July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best speccy xmas gifts?What was your fave xmas and what games did you get, my fave xmas was back in '89 when i first got my speccy and the operation wolf and lightgun pack,…

    Easy. I got my first Speccy for Christmas way back in 1983. i played it for quite a while then got bored with it. I rediscovered it several years later during a summer holiday from school while it was pissing down with rain, and I've never looked back!
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob July 2006 Games
  • A very first computer, a very first gameMaybe i'm duplicating some other posts, but... what was your first computer and game??? For me it was a rubber zx-spectrum 48k and tape with only t…

    June-ish 1983
    ZX Spectrum 48K
    Planetoids
    mrmessy mrmessy July 2006 Games
  • What is the rarest sinclair item u have ?For me, its a Sinclair PC200 boxed working and complete, has anyone any idea what its worth ? I am going to be selling it along with the rest of my …

    Not strictly Sinclair, but it's probably my copy of Jet Set Willy from 1983, still sealed with the original Software Projects "security" seal thingy.
    Daren Daren July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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