World of Spectrum
  • Categories
  • Discussions
  • FAQ
  • Sign In
Home › Search
Title Search
@title beer Word 'beer' in title
User Search
  • @user admin Only posts by Admin
Text Search
  • @body beer Word 'beer' in the text
Phrase Search
"Hello World" Exact phrase match
Exclude Terms
  • car -red Search cars that are not red
"Or" Searches
  • honda | bmw 'honda' or 'bmw' results
Multi-Field
@(title,body) hello Both contain 'hello'
WildCard
  • hond* civ* Match all with an astrix
Combination
  • @title bmw @user admin
See more supported syntax examples
Search Again :: Adv Search 1000 results in 0.005s
<1…9101112131415…34>
  • I've found my old Spectrum softwareAbout a month ago, I contacted my ex partner and pleaded with her to look in her attic for my old cassettes containing the master copies of all my ol…

    ... in that attic since the 80s.

    To my surprise ...
    sj_howlett sj_howlett September 2014 Games
  • Z80 Pins ScamblingDon't if this is any interest for anyone: "If you look closely at the datasheet for a Z-80 chip, you'll notice the data pins are in a random-looking…

    Don't if this is any interest for anyone:

    "If you look closely at the datasheet for a Z-80 chip, you'll notice the data pins are in a random-looking order."
    [url]http://www.righto.com/2014/09/why-z-80s-data-pins-are-scrambled.html[/url]
    Van_Dammesque Van_Dammesque September 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Trying to remember a film!Hello folks! Trying to remember the title of a film I saw quite a few (10+) years ago on telly. I don't know why but it's stuck in my mind and I'd l…

    ... think it's from the 80s (thinking about the fashion etc ...
    Maroc's Other Projection Maroc's Other Projection October 2014 Chit chat
  • Why do you love the Spectrum?I saw a similar question posed on a Spectrum FB group and it got me thinking. At first, I struggled to answer what should be a simple question. So af…

    ... growing up in the pioneering 80s. The games were great, more ...
    sj_howlett sj_howlett October 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Arcade conversions, automatically convertedHi! My first post, be gentle with me :smile: I was creating for a hobby project of mine (a completely non-speccy-related, unfortunately) a postproce…

    ... look if I processed some 80s arcade games thru it.
    arttu arttu October 2014 Games
  • z80 reverse engineeringI came across Ken Shirriff's blog today where he is reverse engineering the Z80 from images of a Z80 die. I guess this may be of interest to those of…

    ... .com/2014/09/why-z-80s-data-pins-are-scrambled.html ...
    smogit smogit October 2014 Hardware
  • What if Amstrad never bought Sinclair ResearchApologies if this has been previously discussed, but I was thinking about this subject the other day. How do you think the whole Spectrum scene woul…

    ... before the end of the 80s.
    4) Spectrum owners would ...
    sj_howlett sj_howlett October 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Hallowscream! Issue 6 - Tribute to Scream! Horror comic from the 80sIt's that time of year again folks! My brother and his fellow freaky scribblers have put together the 6th issue of [b]Hallowscream![/b] [img]http://…

    It's that time of year again folks! My brother and his fellow freaky scribblers have put together the 6th issue of [b]Hallowscream![/b]

    [img]http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j260/MalcolmKirk/c1cb23ea-5df4-4037-8060-c982e84c3775_zps2d673920. ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 November 2014 Chit chat
  • Sir Clive loves Speccy games?It?s often mentioned how dear Sir Clive was somewhat miffed how his ultimate home computer, designed for serious stuff, home business and the househo…

    ... for the oiks of the 80s, but I?m not buying ...
    Graz Graz November 2014 Games
  • Spectrum Vega Media Reviews (Good & Bad)Good: [url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/02/zx-spectrum-vega-games-console]The Guardian[/url] [url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/scien…

    ... -spectrum-vega-resurrects-the-iconic-80s-pc-as-a-handheld-1610728 ...
    sj_howlett sj_howlett December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Name the TV show...A friend of mine was speaking of a scene from an opening titles of a TV show he remembers from the 70s or possibly 80s which rings a bell for me too…

    ... from the 70s or possibly 80s which rings a bell for ...
    The Starglider The Starglider December 2014 Chit chat
  • Thanks for supporting my Speccy bookI wanted to share my good news with my Speccy chums. My Spectrum related book 'Diary of an 80s Computer Geek' has passed the 1000 sales mark. As you …

    ... related book 'Diary of an 80s Computer Geek' has passed the ... ://www.amazon.co.uk/Diary-80s-Computer-Geek-Computers-ebook/dp ...
    sj_howlett sj_howlett December 2014 Announcements
  • Twenty years of the PlaystationThis month's Retro Gamer celebrates the twentieth birthday of the Playstation, so let's discuss our memories/delights/disappointments of the machine …

    ... 't moved on since the '80s, and gave the impression of ...
    ewgf ewgf December 2014 Chit chat
  • Best Worst Gadgets of the 80sWhilst working today my mind began to wander as it does regularly to the 1980s. I began to think of all the fads and gadgets that came and went, some…

    Whilst working today my mind began to wander as it does regularly to the 1980s. I began to think of all the fads and gadgets that came and went, some of which stuck around, some of which are laughable now.

    So I thought, lets reminisce once ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2015 Chit chat
  • Find the most 8 Bit Sweater (Jumpers)I got side tracked today looking at vintage clothing from the 80s. Particularly jumper s (no not the Jeordie Jumpaz). 80's jumpers tended to be brig…

    ... at vintage clothing from the 80s. Particularly jumper s (no not ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2015 Chit chat
  • Klass of 2005Blimey, just noticed I became a member exactly 10 years ago :o Time flies, dunnit 8-) Just wanted to shout out my regards to WOS, still my fave foru…

    ... in the mid to late 80s, to me it was a ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG January 2015 Chit chat
  • trying to find the name of a band...was reading about when Prince changed his name to that symbol, and I remembered this band whose name was also a symbol. but I've been googling and ca…

    ... about in late 70s early 80s ish, so maybe Karingal might ...
    def chris def chris January 2015 Chit chat
  • Catchiest 80s pop/ rock song.Its got to be this, but if there are any others mention so we can have a poll. All fun. :smile: [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIAJnzAWrA"]…

    Its got to be this, but if there are any others mention so we can have a poll. All fun.

    :smile:

    [URL="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtIAJnzAWrA"][/URL]

    [youtube]PtIAJnzAWrA[/youtube]
    dmsmith dmsmith January 2015 Chit chat
  • 80's fashion the good the bad and the fugly.Ok so it seems it's 80s season on WOS so here's another 80's thread. Fashion in the 80s? Was is good, bad, fugly? I appreciate that all decades have…

    ... so it seems it's 80s season on WOS so here ... .

    Fashion in the 80s? Was is good, bad, fugly ... /> The thing I liked about 80s fashions was not so much ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk February 2015 Chit chat
  • 80s assembler choiceHi These emulators have great little assemblers built into them but I was wondering what people used to use on their physical spectrums to program w…

    Hi

    These emulators have great little assemblers built into them but I was wondering what people used to use on their physical spectrums to program with assembly language?

    I have heard of people cross compiling; if so what would ...
    username username March 2015 Development
  • The grass is always greener...I have been a ZX Spectrum User since I owned one in my teens when they first came out in the early 80s. Not that I use it every day, but I get a fit …

    ... came out in the early 80s. Not that I use it ...
    jonesypeter jonesypeter March 2015 Chit chat
  • Did anyone sign on in the early 80's?I was listening to the Half Man Half Biscuit album Back in the DHSS and I'm a bit confused about the line ?He hands me my Giro every two weeks? in th…

    ... song was written in the 80s whether you got it handed ...
    festershinetop festershinetop March 2015 Chit chat
  • Kung Fury ~ 80s-themed action comedy mini-movie!<font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal;">You might have seen me going on about this various places for the las…

    You might have seen me going on about this various places for the last year or so...or you might have seen the Hoff-sung song from the movie....if not, then watch this anyway! 
    Features Gore, Hitler, Laser Raptors, Swearing, Killer Arcade Machines, ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 May 2015 Chit chat
  • 'Input' MagazineJust wondering if anyone else remembers this magazine from the 80s..&nbsp; And the cheesy TV ads..<br><br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usiyCD2ptBQ…

    ... remembers this magazine from the 80s..  And the cheesy TV ads ...
    Tizer Tizer June 2015 Chit chat
  • 1980s movies in ZX Spectrum form<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">My chum Ryan Lambie wrote this for Den Of Geek, sh…

    ... /tie-in-games/35565/10-80s-film-scenes-as-seen-in ...
    peteprodge peteprodge June 2015 Games
  • Fairlight CMI Library 4 ZX Spectrum (SampleTracker)<p>Here is the 1:1 conversion of the Fairlight CMI sample library straight from disk to .TAP for use with SampleTracker!!<br></p>(The Fairlight Com…

    ... was used in almost every 80s hit).DOWNLOAD NOW!

    adrdesign adrdesign June 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Interview with Ocean inlay/poster artist Bob Wakelin<div><font face="Arial, Verdana"><span style="font-size: 13.3333330154419px; line-height: normal;">Fascinating stuff...</span></font></div><font face…

    Fascinating stuff...
    http://motherboard.vice.com/read/a-chat-with-bob-wakelin-the-artist-behind-the-most-iconic-game-art-of-the-80s
    peteprodge peteprodge June 2015 Games
  • Lisp InterpretterStefano came across a Lisp interpretter written in C and had a go at compiling it. I decided to try to make an if2 cartridge for it and was succes…

    ... that was everywhere in the 80s.

    One big flaw ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous July 2015 Development
  • Makin' a WAV workOk - probably discussed way back in the forum somewhere - BUT... I have been trying to record WAVs of two (very similar) games I have on tape that I…

    ... designer back in the late 80s/early 90s ... they're not ...
    retromad retromad September 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Success at recording WAVs to tape and them loading!Hi I thought i'd share my recent great experience of making reliably loadable cassette copies of games from TAP / TZX -> WAV -> audio cassette. …

    ... factory produced tapes of the 80s in terms of volume and ...
    Jim M Jim M October 2015 Hardware
<1…9101112131415…34>

Latest Posts

  • Happy 40th Birthday to the Amstrad CPC464!
    AndyC on 6:29PM
  • Goodbye Z80
    i love the z80s on 6:28PM
  • Another Birthday! The Game Boy Is 35!
    dm_boozefreek on 6:17PM
  • I bought an accoustic guitar. How do you play it?
    Maroc's Other Projection on 6:04PM
  • I am currently watching.....
    Antiriad2097 on 5:05PM
  • European Software Titles with an English version
    harriusherbartio on 12:06PM
  • How Do You Categorize Your Speccy Software and Games?
    harriusherbartio on 11:21AM
  • Fixed Speccy Software. And which games remained unfixed?
    harriusherbartio on 11:01AM
  • New video about S-video modification on Issue two 48K Spectrum.
    Renegade on April 21
  • Elusive Strategy Games done by the Smaller or less Prolific Software Houses.
    harriusherbartio on April 21

HitBox

Word Docs Hits
80s 4.7K 5.3K

Related Threads

  • What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
  • eBay: NINE ZX Spectrum titles. Excellent condition, early '80s stuff.[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item=8216218963"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;rd=1&amp;item…
  • British telecom game I think or what ever they were called in 80sI am looking for a game way back in mid 80s that was a walkthrough adventure collecting items and going through phone portals by dialling in numbers …
  • 80s SciFi TV seriesHi,<br /> <br /> There was a series in the early 80s I think aired in the evenings, ITV possibly. It was sort of Sci-fi about aliens arriving on eart…
  • 80s television programs about computer games?Hey there guys<br /> <br /> apart from the commercial breaks programming about santas software does anyone know of any other 80s programs on speccy/c…
  • Looking for a TV show from early '80s.OK ... I just remembered watching a show (pretty sure it was a BBC production) from around 1981-83 (maybe that was just the timeframe I saw the show)…
  • Last late '80s show.Funny show about a Viking town who has problems with the neighbouring Romans.<br /> <br /> The name of the show consisted of the name of the town (I …
  • Looking for a cartoon from the '80s.Anyone remember the name of this '80s cartoon movie or can you add something more to this memory? <br /> <br /> Evil dude enslaves the townfolks and …
  • Probably NOT the 80s thing I'm nostalgic for...Compare the photo here:<br /> [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6957589.stm[/url]<br /> <br /> And the one about 3/4 the way down this page:<br /> […
  • Just discovered 12" 80s compilation CDs...and having a ball. Some desperately-needed new blood for my 80s music knowledge. Already have three box sets, and now considering buying more.<br …

Related Searches

  • 80s songs
  • diary of an 80s
  • 80s
  • diary of an 80s computer geek
  • tv series spectrum 80s

Copyright © 2024 World of Spectrum