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  • Your 15 minutes of fameI was an extra in a French made-for-television version of Robinson Crusoe.

    ... school back in the late 80's. I got into trouble actually ...
    Cappy Cappy January 2006 Chit chat
  • ?bomb? game nameoh, I?ve forgotten name of the game (that was mentioned here before) with a jumping guy (maybe fireman) whose task was to extinguish/defuse the firin…

    ... , Richard Stevenson co-authored Short's Fuse (also known as Bomb ... hand-held ones from the 80's, right?

    Skarpo
    Skarpo Skarpo January 2006 Games
  • TV Licence (spit spit)Since we're forced to pay an ever increasing amount for a service that many of us (including me) don't bother to use, despite that situation being mo…

    ... repeats of shows from the 80's.
    mile mile January 2006 Chit chat
  • TV Licence (spit spit)Since we're forced to pay an ever increasing amount for a service that many of us (including me) don't bother to use, despite that situation being mo…

    ... , presenter at HTV in the 80's. We had Sam Mason, she ...
    DEATH DEATH February 2006 Chit chat
  • Creating a loading screen in 80'sToday painting a picture using a computer is easy with mouse, scanner etc. But in the 80's it was harder. So, how did "game artists" create their loa…

    I wrote my own.

    And then later on in the 80's Jabba Severn from players Software Sent me a free copy of the 128k Advanced OCP Art Studio for tinkering with.
    The Starglider The Starglider February 2006 Games
  • name the game.I was currently rumaging through my current gf's bag last night and i found something she brought home from school. It was one of those stupid paper …

    errm - you did this when you were a kid in the 80's, yet your current gf is still at school?

    Lucky bugger.
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty February 2006 Chit chat
  • Which looks 'real'?Out of Spin and Spectaculator, which looks and 'feels' most like a real Speccy to you? I mean in terms of border size / playing area the look of the …

    ... /> [quote]
    Mirroring of user's room (possible via WEB CAM ... the Spectrum screen on it's side for instance?
    [ ... simulation of PAL encoder/decoder's color distorsions, chroma cubcarrier noise ... the emulation of a dodgy 80's portable TV.

    ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler February 2006 Emulators
  • Which looks 'real'?Out of Spin and Spectaculator, which looks and 'feels' most like a real Speccy to you? I mean in terms of border size / playing area the look of the …

    ... the emulation of a dodgy 80's portable TV.

    [/quote ...
    Dunny Dunny February 2006 Emulators
  • Radio SoftwareDoes anybody remember back in the 80's, local FM radio stations used to close down at night, and every hour or so, transmit Speccy, Commie and BBC pr…

    ... anybody remember back in the 80's, local FM radio stations used ...
    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…

    ... electronic equipment back in the 80's. Cheap DIY-kits sure was ...
    Pilsener Pilsener February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…

    ... part of the Speccy's appeal, and it's subseqent success, was ... computer (and in the early '80's there were new computers advertised ... was intended as a programmer's computer, rather than a gamers ... -player's machine, which was supposedly why ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Barbarian II competition in Speccy magBack in the late 80s I entered a Barbarian II competition in one of the Speccy mags (I think it was either SU or YS, but I might be wrong). The idea…

    ... the mags from the late 80's until you find the competition ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Which Speccy game would you like to see as a movie?Personally, I'd love to see Dun Darach made into a film. It could be brilliant if it was done correctly. :) Jean-Jacques Annaud would probably be the…

    ... !


    or an 80's action movie based on Last ... ninja action movies from the 80's had westerners instead of people ...
    Skarpo Skarpo February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hannah SmithI remember back in 1986 seeing that drawing/picture of her in the playing tips section in Crash. Having seen the pic again all these years later whil…

    thought this could be her for a sec...

    [url="http://www.networksplus.net/nga/HALLFAME/HannahSmith.htm"]http://www.networksplus.net/nga/HALLFAME/HannahSmith.htm[/url]

    the 80`s was a long time ago now remember!
    BuzzySounds BuzzySounds February 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…

    ... long ago and thinking "it's not aged well"

    80's but it was a bit ... my eyes)back in the 80's and i had a lot ...
    Technician-Ted Technician-Ted March 2006 Games
  • Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…

    ... me back to the early 80's as soon as i hear ...
    psj3809 psj3809 March 2006 Games
  • Top 100 things to do while your Speccy is loading100. Stick on the kettle and nip down the shops for a nice bar of chocolate to go with your tea. _________________ BigBadMick (bigbadmick2000@hotmai…

    34

    Hop into your Sinclair C5, then pedal down to the local newsagents to buy a wham bar, some refreshers and a strip of 1p whoppers.

    Gotta love the 80's.
    BigBadMick BigBadMick March 2006 Chit chat
  • Anyone from Cambridge?just been down this weekend. I must say it was probably the most dissapointing place i have ever been to.

    heh, there is a computer shop in a corner of Worthing, with the same staff that was there in the 80's, and if you ask, they still have the old stock out back.

    I bought a BBC from the same bloke 20 years later. :D
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2006 Chit chat
  • Big camp Steve VaiJust finished watching G3 Live in Denver on DVD and I just realised how camp Steve Vai is. He's super camp! My gaydar was going off the scale just w…

    I can't believe that now the 80's spandex god David Lee Roth is now being put down...

    _________________
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...

    [ This Message was edited by: karingal on 2006-03-06 20:45 ]
    rich_chandler rich_chandler March 2006 Chit chat
  • Big camp Steve VaiJust finished watching G3 Live in Denver on DVD and I just realised how camp Steve Vai is. He's super camp! My gaydar was going off the scale just w…

    ... 't believe that now the 80's spandex god David Lee Roth ... , it appears that during Roth's set, there were constant calls ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers March 2006 Chit chat
  • Odd soft drinks?I swear that years ago I saw a fizzy [I]chocolate[/I] flavoured soft drink -- I kid you not! :lol: There have been some strange cola flavours come (…

    I may be wrong here but i do think that McDonalds or some other fast food chain did rootbeer drinks, pretty sure it was McD's though, late 80's early 90's
    Coz Coz March 2006 Chit chat
  • Odd soft drinks?I swear that years ago I saw a fizzy [I]chocolate[/I] flavoured soft drink -- I kid you not! :lol: There have been some strange cola flavours come (…

    ... McD's though, late 80's early 90's
    [/quote]
    Rootbeer's big ... over here. It's ...
    monty.mole monty.mole March 2006 Chit chat
  • Pointless Thought For The Day ...If we all went into shops and asked for Marathon instead of Snickers, would the company that makes them change the name back to what it should be? S…

    ... visiting Holland in the early 80's and I wanted a Twix ...
    Skarpo Skarpo March 2006 Chit chat
  • Odd soft drinks?I swear that years ago I saw a fizzy [I]chocolate[/I] flavoured soft drink -- I kid you not! :lol: There have been some strange cola flavours come (…

    ... favourite drinks from the 70's/80's were Quattro and Top Deck ... rancid and sickly. Maybe it's subconcious...?
    chaosmongers chaosmongers March 2006 Chit chat
  • Pointless Thought For The Day ...If we all went into shops and asked for Marathon instead of Snickers, would the company that makes them change the name back to what it should be? S…

    ... visiting Holland in the early 80's and I wanted a Twix ...
    Paul van der Laan Paul van der Laan March 2006 Chit chat
  • Pointless Thought For The Day ...If we all went into shops and asked for Marathon instead of Snickers, would the company that makes them change the name back to what it should be? S…

    ... visiting Holland in the early 80's and I wanted a Twix ...
    udgoverload udgoverload March 2006 Chit chat
  • Linda BarkerI was sitting in a coffee shop today drinking my favourite caffeine-filled beverage and flicking through one of the local newspapers when I came acro…

    I like Stuart Barker. Thought i had a bad 80's haircut until i saw him !
    psj3809 psj3809 March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Linda BarkerI was sitting in a coffee shop today drinking my favourite caffeine-filled beverage and flicking through one of the local newspapers when I came acro…

    [quote]
    On 2006-03-13 11:35, psj3809 wrote:
    I like Stuart Barker. Thought i had a bad 80's haircut until i saw him !
    [/quote]
    Stuart Barker? I thought marriage caused a name-change the other way 'round?
    icabod icabod March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Linda BarkerI was sitting in a coffee shop today drinking my favourite caffeine-filled beverage and flicking through one of the local newspapers when I came acro…

    [quote]
    On 2006-03-13 11:35, psj3809 wrote:
    I like Stuart Barker. Thought i had a bad 80's haircut until i saw him !
    [/quote]
    Who's Stuart Barker?
    rich_chandler rich_chandler March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hardest game you actually completed?Mine was Sonic Boom (the monochrome sega shoot em up). I managed to finish the whole game despite it being (a) rubbish and (b) impossible to see the…

    ... of games back in the 80's, i might have mistaken the ...
    Daren Daren March 2006 Games
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