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Myth - History in the Making (Sound..??)New to this forum (but not to speccy ownership!!) and have just been given a game I never owned as a kid all those years ago... Myth - History in the…
... !!) and have just been given a game I never owned as ... a kid all those years ago... Myth - History in the Making ... .
Looks like a game I could ... how it was..? According to the youtube videos i'm watching ... -
Stuck in the Forgotten City.Hello. I am playing the adventure 'Forgotten City' by H.A.W.K. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006322[/url] I am stuck, as …
... the WOS page found a review of the game where the reviewer got stuck in the ... same place! And the ... second half of a solution, but the first ... -
mapping a usb to the keyboard input stream?Hi is there emulator suport for this, what i want to do is map a USB input from a game controler to the keyboard input. so when say press button 6 …
... is map a USB input from a game controler to the keyboard input ... will be mapped to key a
1 will be mapped ... ,4,5,6,7,8 in the same manner.
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SpecBAS article in The Register todayDunny's SpecBAS (for the Raspberry Pi) got a write-up in The Register today: [url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/13/sinclair_basic_for_raspber…
Dunny's SpecBAS (for the Raspberry Pi) got a write-up in The Register today:
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How to lengthen the life of a laptop battery that I rarely use?I keep my laptop mostly plugged in, so the battery doesn't get used. So to keep the battery viable (not charged as such, just working so that I can c…
... laptop mostly plugged in, so the battery doesn't get ... used. So to keep the battery viable (not charged ... 'm going to take the laptop away with me) ... ), or leaving it in the laptop all the time? I've ... in the freezer (!), as somehow that does the most to keep the ... -
Pure Monty Python: living in the middle of the road.Would you like to live in the middle of a motorway? [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236746/Road-built-building-couple-refuse-China.htm…
Would you like to live in the middle of a motorway?
[url ... . I wish the Chinese goverment would just pay the man the money he ... 't want their money - just a similar place to live, but ... -
New Game: The Hobbit (Vah-ka's Cut)Hi, we are glad to announce a new release! We produced our very own interpretation of The Hobbit for a contest held in Bytemaniacos. After a quick'n'…
... run very fast. One nice day he was relaxing at home ... old chap who worked as a magician (in the good ol? Merlin fashion ... ) and as the gay professor in Harry Potter. The ... SPACE of FIRE in the joystick. When you get the [B]ring [/ ... -
Stuck in the mudGot a load of new goodies in the post today, new camera too, so went out to play and got stuck in the mud [img]http://sphotos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos…
Got a load of new goodies in the post today, new camera too, ... to play and got stuck in the mud
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TZXVAULT Manic Miner 128k MM128 with AY Music In The Hall Of the Mountain KingHi, while doing a little GOOGLE search for a ManicMiner Game with 128k Music I found some notes like On: [url]https://pipl.com/directory/name/Novit…
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version of the "In The Hall Of the Mountain King" tune.
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But the [url]http://www.speccy.home ... exist anymore (even on the "Internet Way Back Machine"- ... about it in the INFOSEEK DATABASE.
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TWS vs IACLiT a Race to the finish!!Oh no, Mel's 'I am currently listening too' (IACLiT) thread's too big, its just over 1000 views smaller than the 'Three Word Story' (TWS) now. :-o …
... over 1000 views smaller than the 'Three Word Story' ... />
I thought the three word story was going ... his post erased then the figures would not ...
Right then a race to the finish I suppose. < ... mon folkes post more crap in the three word story. :)
Quick question on the IN #FF port fix for Spec+3 issue2Was wondering if the [b]IN #FF port[/b] fix shown here: [url]http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#inFFport[/url] applies to the Spectrum +…
Was wondering if the [b]IN #FF port[/b] fix shown ... #inFFport[/url]
applies to the Spectrum +3 issue 2?
a +3B since the component names and values match a +3B in the schematics ...Retro Computing in the USA.As some of you know I am planning on emigrating to the USA this Summer and I'm debating what I should take with me and what I should sell. As for Si…
... planning on emigrating to the USA this Summer ... a container and take the lot?
Also powering the things over in the ... US won't that be tricky?
As a ... differ on machines like the C64, and Atari ... because of the PAL G and ...Games with reflections in (i.e. with working mirrors)On another forum, the question arose of why modern games mostly don't have reflective mirrors, when they have almost every other visual effect you co…
... shown on the screen. A mirror in the Build Engine, is just a wall flagged ... the real-time image-in-image effects as seen in e.g. Half-Life ... 2 and Batman: Arkham Asylum, and taken to the extremes in Portal ...I may have some +3 disks that aren't in the archives yet.Upon reading the thread in the games section regarding Intensity, I posted within that thread a picture of my +3 disk version of the game. However th…
... the thread in the games section regarding Intensity, I posted within that thread a ... picture of my +3 disk version of the game ... is no reference to a +3 disk version in the archives.
< ... which don't have a disk image in the archives. They are Pool ...New game from Retroworks coming in the future...You can see a little bit in this video, which has been published in the Spanish Spectrum forums... It was shown at Retromadrid, a couple of months ag…
You can see a little bit in this video, which has been published in the Spanish Spectrum forums...
It was shown at Retromadrid, a couple of months ago, and it does look good! ;)
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTRdZV-jvhU[/url]Terry The Turtle-Yellow,Cyan and Red.I am 16 days late with this as i wanted to release it on my birthday on the 1st,so instead as it is father`s day i wish to dedicate this game to my o…
... on the 1st,so instead as it is father`s day i ... a major hurricane the turtles hatch to find the run across the beach to the ... (I guess in a similar way to the Gameboy Pokemon games),the games are ... once again there may be a variation in the game map.
Twenty years since the final issue of Your SinclairIt is now twenty years since the last official issue of Your Sinclair hit the streets - and they were few and far between. Shops around where I lived…
... by seeing a report on the old Digitizer Teletext magazine one day in the summer ... put together a fantastic tribute issue in 2004 which reproduced the YS look ... />
A few years later, in 1997, I started work on the [url ...Diodes placed the opposite way in +2A/+3 PCB'sI was just going to report this as a mistake in the schematics drawn by Guesser, but I saw a real board and realize that the schematics are right. […
... going to report this as a mistake in the schematics drawn by Guesser ... , but I saw a real board ... the same in the +3,... does this mean that the +3 gate array outputs the ... it wouldn't be a problem if the gate array supplies an ...Went scrambling in the Lake District.No not that sort of Scrambling :), What I mean is like a gentle form of free climbing, not very dangerous, but some physical effort needed. [quote]S…
... require a head for heights and is considerably harder in bad weather. The ... rake starts beneath the East Buttress at the precipice ... west across the face of the crag. The rake follows a natural groove in the precipice ...Official - Birmingham is in the 3rd WorldA water main has decided to have a little lie down and left a large section of Brummie town without water. I thought is was my fault at first becaus…
... I had the sort of crap this morning that in olden times ... ballads about and we lost the supply very shortly afterwards but ... wine related stuff, make the christmas cake, clean the patio ect) are ... if we will get a rebate on the water rates....... thought not ...The Atari 800XL (600XL, 1200XL, etc..) How popular was it in the UK?I was wondering how popular in the UK in the '80s (if it was available) was the Atari 800XL (or variants)? There's quite a few UK youtubers I watch …
I was wondering how popular in the UK in the '80s (if it was available) was the Atari 800XL (or variants)?
There's quite a few UK youtubers I watch and never really hear about that computer.
tJag - a cousin of the Speccy - is 20?[B]Jag is 20 - The Movie (ATARI JAGUAR 20th anniversary)[/B] [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hXwTF43qY"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4hXwTF…
... that the ATARI JAGUAR is a kind of a cousin to the Sinclair ... Richard Miller) were the key people behind the JAGUAR. The two processors, ... this week on the Jag may rest and in accordance with ... my web alias QLvsJAGUAR the Sinclair ...Type In Adventure....With a "sage"?I remember as a kid getting a book from the library. One of those type in adventure book thingys... I vaguely remember an adventure with a sage in a…
... as a kid getting a book from the library. One of those type in ... vaguely remember an adventure with a sage in a forest or something on ... />
Might have been a map in the book with it.
Its a long shot I know ...Tom and Jerry ever released in the UK?I have the feeling that this game was only released in Spain, as we havent seen any copy in UK all this time, and nor there is a review in a British …
I have the feeling that this game was only released in Spain, as ... time, and nor there is a review in a British magazine...
Any ...Struggling to find an artist (as in the drawy type)In the late 80's/early 90's I remember watching a documentary on BBC1 about an artist. He essentially drew tiny detailed monochrome drawings that we…
In the late 80's/early 90's I remember watching a documentary on ... than solid blocks of black. The one picture I remember was ... -pully systems all built within a giant stalactite.
I ... pretty sure it wasn't a dream :-)What to use to create a map of the place where I live?I would like to create a map of the area where I live and, ideally, be able to explore it with a game character or at least be able to explore it usi…
I would like to create a map of the area where I live ... what's seen and used in The Great Escape and Where Time ... like it on the Speccy. Custom maps for a game, even if ... the purpose is just to ...The Hobbit - Chaos EngineI had a bit of a slow day yesterday, so I ended up playing 'The Hobbit' (Version 1.0 from this site) for a few hours. I know how to complete the gam…
... had a bit of a slow day yesterday, so I ended up playing 'The ... chaos thing really comes in. The Goblins are a total pain and you ... kill you (which is frankly a pain in the arse). I've also ... can figure out a way to open the Magic Door in the Elvenking's ...Under development: COUSIN HORACE - with playable demoHi fellow Spec-chums, for the first time ever, I am publicly disclosing some details about a game I am currently working on. It is an epic adventure…
... a sort of parallel life if you prefer, on the other side of "the ... One day the US Horace invites his cousin for a holiday in the US ... and waits for him at the airport. However the ... ever-present dangers coming in the form of mad bikers, ...SSD on an old laptop - a question for the system builders among you.I'm upgrading an old laptop from Win XP to Win 7. I've bought one of these [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-crucial-m500-slim-msata-ssd-msa…
... in speed is not matched by the performance of Win 7. (In fact the ... SSD drive speeds are faster than the old hard ... a big delay whenever the system accesses the drive. I click on something, the ... old PATA drive and put the SSD in a cupboard!48K: Half of copyright message in the middle of the screen?!Issue two. Has 74LS08 over the Z80, but the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E??? - I have one, but I'm not sure if it is working, at l…
... the ULA is 5C112E-3 (I think this should be a 5C102E ... 's are in adapters, so someone might have created a problem there ... , and then it says in the middle of the screen "1982 Sincla" and ... quite a bit with the hardware...
It's now in a different ...
