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Tipshop - hacks wanted!Hello all.. We at the Tipshop are on the lookout for type-in hacks from the mags. There aren't that many on Tipshop just now because they never OCR …
... bothered typing them in by hand? Ed).. Ermmm..
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Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... . Most of them were second hand, bizarrly enough...like the flight ... -
Sticky Tape!I've just tried out an old ZX81 tape (from 1981, naturally) and it immediately chewed up. I've noticed that turning the wheels (by hand) is a bit st…
... that turning the wheels (by hand) is a bit stiff, so ... -
Time Gate and GryzorHi there, long time reader, first time poster! Was it possible to complete Timegate? I remember warping through galaxies (at random it seemed) wiped…
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Follow up from "name the game" by bjohnnybravoBjohnnybravo posted the following:- OK... this one can be hard as I don't remember very much... i think u were some adventurer, wandering around som…
... to city buying and selling goods to make a profit. The ... money. You could also smuggle goods across the border but ran ... -
Four faulty 48k Rubber Keyed Spectrums for SaleOkay, I've finally dug them out and decided to offer them on here, as when I mentioned them once before some people showed an interest. The circuit …
... I did notice the left hand keyboard ribbon is broken in ... -
city slickerhello i was playing this game and then i remembered from when i played the original,you could use the PEP pills in the bottom left hand corner.but n…
... pills in the bottom left hand corner.but now i have ... -
Was it Search for the Crystal Sphere??Does anyone remember an adventure game, I think it was called "Search for the Crystal Sphere". You started up in a deserted town of about 10 locati…
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ANNOUNCE: Andrew Broad's new websiteI'm back, with a PhD in Computer Science and a new website! :)) My real Spectrum and Mac both died in the last three months, but I'm now discovering…
... Suburbia will be released on 2nd August.
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Am I SAD ?A beam of delight has just come across my face. I wrote a simple piece of z80 code to set the attribute in the top right hand corner to Cyan. Assem…
Emulators for Psion machinesOver the last few weeks, I've been playing the Speccy emulator on my second hand Psion Series 5 (which I brought for ?4) and I think that it is reall…
... Speccy emulator on my second hand Psion Series 5 (which I ...ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy Construction Kit (JSW CK 1.0)Today I release Version 1.0 of my Jet Set Willy Construction Kit (JSW CK): the program I used to write We Pretty, Jet Set Willy: The Lord Of The Ring…
... typed in this file by hand (via BAS2TAP) - in the nick ...neuro - what the hell is going on?I paid for his WOS compilation CD back in February. This is August, and still nothing. I've emailed him a couple of times and there is no response. O…
... aside , Neuro on the other hand has played the role of ...Wonderful new(ish) and silly gameI have just remade a classic and very simple game from the Sam Coupe for the Spec :D right-click the link, save as, and let me know what you think …
... have the original code to hand...
By the way ...Mastertronic are backThe Return of the King 20 years on, the most famous re-publisher of them all is set to return to the industry. Mastertronic will be re-launched by ga…
... 3DO. Andy on the other hand, has run software manufacturing and ...Women members on WoSFI couldn't help but notice that the newest member of WoSF is a woman: Carol Knight, I believe. Does this make her the only 2nd member of the fair se…
I couldn't help but notice that the newest member of WoSF is a woman: Carol Knight, I believe.
Does this make her the only 2nd member of the fair sex on this forum, apart from Knightlore (who is MIA now)? Does anyone remember anyone else?Nokia Logos ( and maybe Ringtones )( continued from the "Ringtones" topic ) speaking of nokia i made a Dizzy Set 1 of alot of the characters from the Dizzy games. I planned a second s…
... Dizzy tunes in Midi by hand that maybe can be used ...Turn based aliens gameDoes anyone remember this game? I've been itching to play it since selling all my old spectrum stuff years ago. It was on the front of YS I think a…
... to sneak to the right hand side of the playing map ...Old/New Systems comparisonThe Teletext Magazine "Gamecentral" today (2nd September) printed a letter from someone talking about the C64's superiority to the Spectrum and how b…
The Teletext Magazine "Gamecentral" today (2nd September) printed a letter from ...Plus 2 QuestionsHi, I have just bought a second hand Plus 2 (A) from eBay and have a few questions that (I hope!) someone can help me with: Joysticks: Which Joys…
... have just bought a second hand Plus 2 (A) from eBay ...Retro Remakes competition results... I won 3rd place... woop woop!1st Place - SWIV - coded in Delphi with some game lib. 2nd Place - R-Tronic - created in MultiMedia Fusion (I think). 3rd Place - Impossaball - cre…
... with some game lib.
2nd Place - R-Tronic - created in ...Starstrike vs Death Star InterceptorThe two main Star Wars clones on the Spectrum in late '84-85. Which was better? I thought Starstrike was a little too slow, but having just played it…
... signature in the bottom left hand corner of Starstrike's loading ...Favourite Spectrum game musicDoesn't have to be 128k music either... Anyway mine is the 2nd track on Xenon.
Doesn't have to be 128k music either... Anyway mine is the 2nd track on Xenon.code cards etcJust been looking at the code cards etc for jetset willy and the like and i had a thought :o Back in the speccy days when they released games with s…
... once spent all day carefully hand copying a coloured code card ...Yet another name the game ;)Ok, this one was pretty gross. You are in a factory and there is an elevator (lift to us brits) on the right hand side and rats running around. You h…
... us brits) on the right hand side and rats running around ...+3 questions, easiest way of playing games?Yes my old 128K spectrum didnt seem to come alive, so I bought a second hand Spectrum +3 on an auction site, it wasnt cheap! but wtf nothing beats th…
... , so I bought a second hand Spectrum +3 on an auction ...SDP Project Revision.Hi folks, I doubt we're gonna hit the 60% target which I set for the post/christmas .TZX Vault update. Funds have been short and we've only had one…
... not comming up with the goods, so alternative sources will have ...Which ZX games are you playing at the moment?Hi! KiloByte e-zine is finally going to be released by the end of this month (at least I hope so ;) )... SOOOO.... We wanna know what games you a…
... you like most 10 points, 2nd will receive 6 points, 3rd ...New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... /> The idea is: in one hand we?ve got the speccy ...