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Z80 Jet Set Willy (hacked) in the archive.What is it with the version in the archive? You start the game, it says 'Sam and Job hacked this program' at the bottom of the first screen and you c…
What is it with the version in the archive? You start the game, it says ... hacked this program' at the bottom of the first screen and you ... find a version that works without you having to type in the security ... -
Memoirs of a Spectrum Addict - The MovieHello there!! My name is Andy Remic, novelist (16 books out so far!) and ZX Spectrum fanatic. I wrote a 48K/128K Spectrum game in 2009 called BIOHEL…
... thesis/memoirs (7 years in the writing) about my childhood ... Spectrum initiative, via inclusion in the film either by direct ... Financial investment in the film with a chance to make a profit for ... project in their blog over the next few days. A great start ... -
A Tale From The Other Side : Commodore Format PP62Those who dabbled in the black arts of Commode usage back in ye olden days, might be interested to know about this.... [img]http://commodoreformat.f…
Those who dabbled in the black arts of Commode usage back in ye olden ... Bayliss approached us with the idea of doing a new one ? which ... would be the 62nd ? we found the idea ... you guys over the last year ? consider this a thank-you! And ... -
What's going on with the 128 music in Madballs?I always remembered my copy of the (terrible) Madballs having a neat 128k tune, but for a long time now all the TZXs I've been able to find have only…
... have written this off as a bug in the game, but I distinctly ... remember getting the 128 music out ... get the AY version of the same tune, but the +2 gets a completely ... /> What's going on? Bugs in the game? Emulation glitches? I'll ... -
Matthew Smith missing credit in The Birds and the BeesIm a bit suprised that nobody else has realized before, in the loading screen: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000536[/url] …
Im a bit suprised that nobody else has realized before, in the loading screen:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000536[/url]
Or maybe there is something I dont know about this case? ;) -
A nagging but very minor mystery solved by accident.I got into the 80's band The Chameleons probably sometime around 2008. Their original cover artwork was done by their guitarist and the cover for th…
... by their guitarist and the cover for the second album "What Does ... .jpg[/IMG]
The Chameleons weren't very successful ... but i couldn't for the life of me remember where.
in years, although i did watch the VHS tapes a lot in the early ... -
Drunk With Blood (Bible not boring after all)Flip! Not another religious thread from BB. How many's that now?! (... errrm ... two). I haven't forgotten about the Koran commentary (now that I've …
... the breath of life, from under Heaven, and every thing that is in the ... so, putting my finger in the book somewhere, as a random selector, it ... wives, on the roof of his house in the middle of the day "in the sight of ... -
Were Bud Spencer and Terence Hill movies popular in the UK?Was watching some videos, really funny ones, from these 2 actors, and wondering if their movies were popular in the UK? In Germany and Spain they wer…
... popular in the UK? In Germany and Spain they were a lot, and in Italy ... even n2 best seller here in Germany! -
searching for a sum in a listBy which I mean I have a list of 187 figures (175 +ve, 12 -ve) and I want to find two or more of them which add up to some figure (let's say 19.56, …
... I did a couple of calculations. Taking the formula for a distinct ... combination of 'r' items from a list ... figures in advance which couldn't possibly be a constituent of the required ... be easy if all of the figures were +ve, as ... -
Corrupted graphic-wise entry in the databaseWhen browsing and checking this game: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017359[/url] The additional info looks to have some co…
... looks to have some corruption in the compo name, and also that ... field (It is a Simon says game), appears in the additional info field ... anyone spotted something like this in another entry? -
Wrong information in the Khazzad-Dum entryIt states that "Originally planned to be published by Idealogic (in 1987). A few tapes were even manufactured - and since preserved - but they never …
... be published by Idealogic (in 1987). A few tapes were even manufactured ... never reached the shops. The first officially sold release was done in 1989 ... Ayo, in a recent podcast, he found a copy of the game in a shop, so ... -
What game in the Vega pics?What game is shown in the Vega reporting? (About two-thrids down this page: [url]https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/sinclair-zx-spectrum-vega[/url]) …
What game is shown in the Vega reporting?
(About two- ... supposed to be a photo of a TV screen, but the colours don ... -
I think my stack is in the wrong placeHi Im using SDCC and my game crashes for no apparent reason in the compilation arguments I put --stack-loc 60000 but im printing SP to the screen and…
... for no apparent reason
in the compilation arguments I put --stack ... 24969
SP is the location of the stack right?
< ... sure that Im printing the value to the screen correctly though< ... />
is there a way of getting the stack location using an ... -
Going further back in the ForumsIs there a way to go further back than the 5/6 pages of threads that are currently shown in each Forum area? In particular, I'm thinking of the 3 pa…
... there a way to go further back than the 5/ ... in each Forum area?
In particular, I'm thinking of the ... 3 pages shown in the Hardware section that ... think that there is a huge amount of useful ... been built up over the years that is not ... -
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…
... album Back in the DHSS and I'm a bit confused ... Giro every two weeks? in the song All I Want ... When i was on the dole in the late 90's my ... sure if when the song was written in the 80s whether ... the bloke whose uncle owned a sports shop is a Postman or works in the ... -
draw single pixel in the borderI have problems with drawing in the border. I can get it to draw a line ,but it always becomes a line and not a single pixel. <br><br>rept 3580 <br…
I have problems with drawing in the border. I can get it ... question. You can see a blue block in the top left corner. Is ... it possible to get a multicolored ... block using the same wait technic ... -
What's actually happened while the forums where down?Anything of note happen to anyone while the forums were down? They were down long enough and I kinda had a gut feeling of when they would come back.…
... note happen to anyone while the forums were down?
... .......on a bad day for me(give or take a day).
So - the missus ... and she finally decided - when the forums had just gone down ... and the forum came back within a day. It sucks but then life was ... -
Bug in the game "Bronx" which makes it resetI just found a nasty bug in this game from Animagic. If you hit the last enemy, from level 6, with the upper punch, the game starts getting a lot of …
... found a nasty bug in this game from Animagic. If you hit the ... 6, with the upper punch, the game starts getting a lot of garbage ... reseting, Could anybody investigate the reason why and if there ... has happened in my +2A and un the 128K model in the emulator.
Retro Asylum reaches finals in the UK Podcasters AwardsRetro Asylum has reached the finals in the video games section of the UK Podcasters Awards. If you enjoy the show then please give us a vote: http://…
Retro Asylum has reached the finals in the video games section of the UK Podcasters Awards. If you enjoy the show then please give us a vote: http://newmediaeurop...campaign=bufferElite - Travel anywere in the galaxy without using fuel.I was flicking through a domestic computer magazine from '86 and stumbled upon a tip for Elite that's not in the Tipshop so I thought I'd post it her…
... stumbled upon a tip for Elite that's not in the Tipshop so ... I thought I'd post it here in ... . If you have a Galactic Hyperdrive, target any system in the galaxy (no ... matter how far away) leave the space ...The Smell of Intrigue in the good old days.When I was a kid I remember part of the wonder of discovering arcade machines and playing on them, was this weird but some how quite intriguing smell…
... remember as a kid the joy of discovering a big leather bag in the loft ... packed with 60's 45 rpm singles. The musty ... of the acrylic layer on the arcade machine or the bonding chemical in the wood ...Way of the Burgle (2008) - Incomplete XFAWorld Game + DownloadDownload: http://1drv.ms/1IN8l3M Hello there everyone! ^_^ I doubt many (if any) of you will remember me, but once upon a time I used to post h…
... I was able to fill in the last 7 houses, my ... off from the internet... and aside from all that, life happened lol ... .
Anyways yeah, 23 of the 30 ... are fully playable but not a challenge in the slightest, this was essentially ...Which peripheral listened on port $9f from back in 1984 (Chuckie Egg related)Hi Apologies if this is in the wrong section, please feel free to move it to the correct one if so. I've been looking through the Chuckie Egg c…
... an OUT ($9F),A instruction in the middle of the interrupt service routine (ISR ... start a new level (or restart the current level after losing a life)
5) when you lose a life (after the regular BEEPER tune has finished ...ZX Basic interpreter in the Forum Postings. It would be so nice to do this in our forums [basic line=1] 10: BORDER 1: PAPER 6 20 FOR N = 0 to 7 20 PRINT "Happy Birthday Dear Joe Bloggs…
... so nice to do this in our forums
[basic ... ]
and have a simple Emulator run the code in the thread posting.ZX-Uno in the USA?Hi all, Okay, I tried to search, but cannot find where to buy a ZX-Uno in the US. Maybe it is not possible? I tried to bid on one on eBay, but…
Hi all,
Okay, I tried to search, but cannot find where to buy a ZX-Uno in the US.
Maybe it is not possible? I tried to bid on one on eBay, but lost by only a little bit!
Thanks,
JRNew Game (2016 revival): A Yankee in Iraq (1992)Hello everyone, Way back in 1992, I wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire game was written in Sinclair BASIC. Recently, I…
... wrote a shoot-em-up called [i]A Yankee in Iraq[/i]. The entire ... game was written in Sinclair BASIC ... launched in the 128K mode and replace the nice looking LPRINT routine with a ...New Game! WIP demo based on HP Lovecraft's "In the Walls of Eryx"Started making this a fortnight ago after listening to an audiobook of "...Eryx" on Youtube and thought "This would make a brilliant wee game, actual…
... thought "This would make a brilliant wee game, actually"; ... bounds in that time (I've even learned a few ... maze/puzzle game (per the story), with lizard men, ... farnoth flys as enemies, a flamethower that basically sets ... meter. Here's a video of the progress I've ...HACK PACK - A YANKEE IN IRAQ24 minutes in the making, 60 seconds to hack. I'm not really sure this counts as a hack. 34892,x lives 34946,x bombs
24 minutes in the making, 60 seconds to hack. I'm not really sure this counts as a hack.
34892,x lives
34946,x bombsMy new Lovecraft-inspired game, "In the Walls of Eryx", is almost ready for release!Bit of back-story first: I regularly go to sleep while listening to a Lovecraft-audiobook-filled playlist that I've created on Youtube. In August, I …
... hadn't heard before, namely "In the Walls of Eryx" and thought ... the aspects of a wee video game". So I've made one in ... at all costs, the Carnivorous Blossoms that lie in wait underground, and ... then there's the invisible maze...Can you survive "In the Walls of ...The death of Rock n Roll and why rock died?I know most of you guys are more Punk & Techo oriented, I've always been more a Hard Rock / Grunge / Metal fan. While I work, I spend most of my …
... grunge scene, the Nu Metal with all that Green day, Limp ... " rock , with bands like The Strokes, Jets, Franz Ferdinand, Artic ... Monkeys & the creation of "super bands" like ... have sales. its like a sideshow in the carnival now. And I ...
