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Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
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So many spectrum emulators! so few c64 emulators!Have you ever noticed just how many spectrum emulators there are out there? Its incredible! In fact the speccy may well be in the running as most emu…
... still my all time fave 8 bit machine(maybe it's because ... -
your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…
I sometimes got my games from a shop called PEAK Computers, which was a small independent, that used to stock games for all the 8-bit's. Incredibly, its still open now, though (apparently) only concentrates on PC stuff.... -
Professional Adventure WriterHiya all This is probably me looking straight through it, but is the full instruction manual available online for the Professional Adventure Writer? …
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your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…
... had a corner filled with 8-bit games. I started out buying ... -
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Do you think the Speccy will live forever?Sorry if this was already discussed, but what do you REALLY think...will the Speccy live forever, or will the machine die with our generation... I …
...which makes me think, somebody out to write a good book about 8-bit gaming in the '80s. ...although tha's probably been done already. :) Either way, I might just be a nostalgic nerd, but it seems like it would be a realyl cool story to tell. -
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Sprinter...Hi all. I have recently came across a Spectrum compatible called Sprinter from a company called PetersPlus but they are in Russia. Has anyone managed…
... interested in new models of 8 bit computers, maybe You could be ...Edge RetroThe CAPS web-site posted some news stating that the latest version of Edge Retro has a feature covering preservation of games for various platforms i…
... calls the C64 " the best 8-bit machine *to come out of ... America*"
With that last bit they acknowledge that there was ...Edge RetroThe CAPS web-site posted some news stating that the latest version of Edge Retro has a feature covering preservation of games for various platforms i…
... calls the C64 " the best 8-bit machine *to come out of ... America*"
With that last bit they acknowledge that there was ...My web was extendedI enlarged [url="http://zx-maps.wz.cz"]my web pages[/url] about all maps composed of the actual screenshots which have been created up to this day. O…
... -saved as a PNG (indexed 8-bit) then it doesn't really ... so the map is a bit crap and useless and not ...Use MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…
Try sampling the tape first (8 bit mono) and then play the sample through MakeTZX.
ColinUse MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…
... , SYNC pulses and 0,1 bit timings !) or you could use ... works with VOC files - mono, 8 bit !) which auto-detects any turbo ...Use MakeTZX to make perfect TZX filesI own the "Heise Sammelkassette 2" with many Spectrum programs, among them the utility "Super Loader" to record files with a higher speed. On this ta…
... with GoldWave at 44100 frequency, 8-bit mono and this is the ...List of Missing Cover Scans?Hi, is there a list on WoS of cover scans still missing? Daren
... back burner in favour of 8-bit tape dumps etc. May try ....P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…
... .TZX and believed that ALL 8-bit formats could be stored that ....P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…
... expanded to cater for all 8-bit tapes ? You don't have ...Lord of the ringsAs I've seen, the Speccy version of this game only deals with the first part of this saga. Am I right to assume that they never got round to doing th…
... to help clear things a bit:
In late 1988/early ... Hand.
However, the 16-bit versions had a more adventure ... of the Crown[/I]. The 8-bit versions were purely strategical instead ...Italian versions of ZX GamesHey everyone ! While transfering A LOT of ZX games to TZX files I stumbled across an original casette with about 10 games on each side. Side A is fo…
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…
... s display. Take this 8-bit value and look it up ... to get a 24-bit RGB value for display. ... a fixed meaning to the 8-bit value (like RRRGGGBB). Stick ... emulate a single 64-bit z80 than 8 z80s in parallel, ... space. Perhaps emulating a 32-bit z80 is more practical -- ...[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... P166(!), 48k emulation in fullscreen (8-bit) delivers a constant 50fps (you ... may need a bit more for 128k because of ...The War between the Machines!I grew up with the C64, and I spent far too many hours with it. I also made the Lemon64 website. To me, the charm about Spectrum, MSX, C64 or any ot…
... for, and using an old 8-bit machine.
Everyone needs ...when did you last buy a spectrum game?When did you last buy a new commercial game in the shops for your spectrum? I guess I can't really answer that because I sold my spectrum in about 1…
... interesting. I think the last 8 bit game I ever bought must ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... assembler and C on an 8-bit machine are closely related. I ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... .com/8-bit/sinclair/zxspecman/index.html"]http://www.madhippy.com/8-bit/sinclair ...tatung_einsteinWas just surfing the net for tatung einstein webpages cos today i went in the loft and made a list of all my retrogames ive got and totally forgot i …
errrm im not sure
but reading bits and bobs off the net i believe
1) its an 8 bit comp released in 1984
2) can play speccy games via the speculator
3) is close to an msx
4) uses a not too different type of bbc basicC64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…
... mode and is the only 8-bit version that isn't monochrome ... it compared with most other 8-bits (the 2-colour hires ...C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…
... fact is that as an 8 bit device screen modes that require ...
