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New Game: In the Walls of Eryx.[b]"In the Walls of Eryx"[/b] is a brand new game for the 128k ZX-Spectrum by Monster's Legs Productions, using Jonathan Cauldwell's Arcade Game Desi…
[b]"In the Walls of Eryx"[/b] is a brand new game for the 128k ... Stansfield after he crash-lands in the Erycinian Highlands of Venus and ... collect 6 gems and survive In the Walls of Eryx?
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New Game: A Yankee in Iraq (2017). A shoot-em-up.Last year, I [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/53207/new-game-2016-revival-a-yankee-in-iraq-1992"]resurrected my old shoot-em-u…
... written in Sinclair BASIC. It was a fun project for me, but the ... rewrite it from the ground up in assembly. For the technically non-savvy ... , this simply means a proper ... -
Are there any unreleased Spectrum games or prototypes in the hands of collectors?You know how some games for various machines were written but never released, and then a collector buys the developers' discs or whatever hardware, a…
... never released, and then a collector buys the developers' discs or whatever ... person is supposed to have a working Marble Madness 2 ... based Spectrum games, such as a Popeye game?
... and which ones are still in the hands of private collectors?
In the Nick of Time?I've got an idea for a game titled 'In the Nick of Time' You're nicked chum, it's the 23rd century and your punishment is to be put into a prison …
... got an idea for a game titled 'In the Nick of Time'
a prison (the nick) with no cell ... stay alive and establish a home there in which case you'll ... -Cambrian through to the middle of the Pleistocene. In this one you might ...How to separate a character from a number in a string?Hi I've been writing a kind of logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and then draws according to what you give it. Say you w…
... logo type program in BASIC that takes a string a$ from INPUT and ... will draw from the current PLOT position a line up 20 then ... the Speccy can determine if the next character it reads in the string a$ is a ... 'm telling it how long the number is if I do ...Help me remember a type-in listing?When I was a kid I got a book of Spectrum type-in listings from the library. I only typed in one of them as far as I can remember. I'm pretty s…
... 'jump' a car over holes in the road.
The road was a thick ... line at the bottom of the ... make the car jump when a hole appeared in the road.
In practice ...A problem with the divMMC Future interfaceHere's my second attempt at posting this: I bought a divMMC Future, which allows you to load and save Spectrum games in seconds. It does this very…
... in conjuction with my Comcon joystick interface, the joypad controls are a ... bit off. The divMMC Future has a kempston ... if it's possible the two are conflicting with ... other, even though a joystick isn't plugged into the divMMC?Uploading a Type-in TAP fileHi, Not sure where/how to progress this. I've been playing with Emulation for awhile and thumbing threw old mags on archive.org. This site, WOS,…
... 's helped me experience a number of type-ins ... having to put all the hard work in!
... ins I wanted to try in the archive. Namely "Diamond Draughts" ... by Pat Norris from the September '82 issue of ... now have a .tap file from ZXSPin of the game that ...Robot 1 in The Ship Of DoomApologies if there's already a thread for this game, but I couldn't seem to find one.... https://prefim.itch.io/robot-1-in-the-ship-of-doom htt…
Apologies if there's already a thread for this game, but ... ://prefim.itch.io/robot-1-in-the-ship-of-doom
Just a grump about the lack of informative documentariesI watch a lot of these always hoping to learn a bit about how things work even when I'm already fairly up on the topic. What gets me is how anyone ca…
... all wood construction and nowhere in the many films on this ... given the glues available at the time. Delamination of plywood was a ... had hoped from the thread title that meant a description of ... of stock shots overlaid by a narration apparently written by ...Conflict likely in Korea?Is anyone getting nervous yet about the escalation of threats coming out of North Korea and counter-threats from their perceived enemies? It's har…
... a teenager in the 80s, so remember the height of the nuclear arms race between the ... and the rest, plus scary stuff like the docu-dramas 'Threads', 'The Day After ... from some rogue nation, say in the Middle East, getting hold of ...Controllers... I'M A CONTROL FREAK!...to paraphrase the Volvo advert from about 20 years ago, for some variant of the 850/V70, if I remember rightly. Anyway, I wonder if it's possib…
... a joystick, having missed the boat with Kempston's interface back in the day and ... being utterly frustrated with the dead action of the SJS ... />
I have a PS1 and a PS2 in the roof, neither of which ...Got Myself a 128K “Toast Rack”! (Plus a simple audio fix guide.)I got myself a 128K Spectrum off of eBay the other day. It’s in pretty good nick, but the membrane went the way of the dodo sometime during shipping …
... myself a 128K Spectrum off of eBay the other day. It’s in pretty ... the membrane went the way of the dodo sometime during shipping (a crack in the wider ... ribbon cable right at the ...Alternative to Poke 23659,0 to prevent a 'break in' to a Basic Program.Good morning everyone, My memory fails me these days but in the early days of programming I used to use Poke 23659,0 as a crude way of offering so…
... me these days but in the early days of programming ... then recall using a new way which rendered the 'Break' ... capabilities ineffective and didn't end up crashing the program in a ... 'Break-in' attempt.
Fixing a poorly Issue 3 - Odd faults.Here's one for you Spectrum fixers, I warn you it's a long one. I've spent a couple hours this evening doing several repairs on a rubber keyed Speccy…
... 't get any signs of life from it at all. So ... noticed a thick horizontal bar that rolls from top to bottom in the ... background of the television picture, like theres ... seem as though there maybe a fracture in the board possibly or bad ...Dead Links (404 Not found) on Automata 10 Pack Volume One and Two e.g. for Pi in the sky Dead Link (404 Not found) on Automata 10 Pack Volume One http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0011443 and Automata 10 Pack Volume Two…
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Pi in the Sky = https://www.worldofspectrum.org ... /> Not Found
The requested URL was not found ... server.
Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was ... use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
Apache Server ...Why is it so hard to produce ZX Spectrum add-on Hardware in the UK.Arguably the UK Spectrum add-on market is stagnating? Why ? Well obviously the ZX Spectrum is a very old retro micro so it's fan base would normall…
... in the UK anymore which is odd and the Spectrum still has a ... loyal following in the UK . So considering the ... is still made in the UK but not much . The days of ... declining wealth and power of the UK in the world economy.
...Playing a Game in FrenchWell thought this might be one way to improve my overall game playing performance . I came across this title in the WOS Archive "Manager" (Ere Inform…
... I came across this title in the WOS Archive "Manager" (Ere ... be a game running a Software house in France ( a bit like the ... Addictive and Cult titles only in ... I could put this game in the "educational" section of my ...Were people uglier in the 80s? Have we gotten more beautiful?I have been watching some old British game shows from the 80s such as Family Fortunes and the like. The one thing I have noticed is poorer dress sens…
... British game shows from the 80s such as Family ... Fortunes and the like. The one thing I have ... on the telly. As someone involved in teaching for the last ... 15 or so years I have come across a ... lot of young adults in the UK and ...Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... the way for CP/M but also provide better games, all in a ... plug-in upgrade... A ready-made market with ... started outperforming the C64 of the era, but at a lower cost ... pretty easy... Just using the original as a donor CPU, RAM ...Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
... and shine.Its another beautiful day in the village. Time for us all ... cheerily and says "A still tongue makes a happy life".^{7}
the camera
Object 50
a long life battery
Conversions better than the originalRenegade was way better than the arcade version. Better sound, better graphics and better playability. Just load up Renegade in Mame. Any other conve…
... smoke, wapping a 10p in the slot and watching the machine spring into life, staring ... br />
Bunking off one day with two of my mates ... see us all in the clear and ready for a great day out.
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[1 ...Spelling mistakes in gamesI was playing the arcade version of Bomb Jack on a Mame emulator the other day and found an amusing spelling mistake. I collcted a power up which …
I'm sure there's a boatload in the archive. Only one I have ... Marauder where you can LOOSE a life and get your gun JAMED ... TAXES TO STOP SCUM DYING IN THE STREETS AND THEY COME ROUND ... Mr. Deakin's colour telly the day before I wonder? ...as I ...Games that have become part of your history ...I started playing Starquake form Bubble Bus software in the mornings for a while before going to school as it was a great unplug. I still play and h…
... Avenger by Gremlin. on Chrismas Day in the Morning, because I always have ... to go a room or two, every time I get the feeling ... to get there without losing a life. :) still crazy about emIt's near halloween so here is a true ghost storyWhen I lived in Sweden(here I go again). I stayed for a in cabin deep in the woods with my gf for a bit. For 3 nights she was called to work and I wa…
... was a *ghost* (in every sense of the word) that assailed you in the ... I've seen a lot of strange things in my life, but always ... a change in the atmosphere, sudden drop in pressure that you can feel. the shadow in ... to my gf's family the next day, but did as an ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... a doc in the Army. Some of my fav memories are playing in the snow in ... Kashmir, before the things went ... fine day I saw an ad in the paper for a Story ... the latest gaming tech in mobile phones and enjoying it. Life has come a ...The Google GameJust go to Google and type "[Your name] needs" in the search box and do a seach. Here's what I got: [b]Tommy needs[/b] to commit to Nikkole [b]Tomm…
... on a low-sodium diet for the rest of his life< ... br /> [/SIZE][SIZE=-1][B]Matthew needs[/B] a ... to be very close to the source material
[/SIZE ... Matthew needs[/B] a Mother's Day gift and is ... discover whether there's a prize in the cereal box when his ...PS3 - Wintel killer?What do most households use computers for? Here's what I think are the core uses: Games Word processor Spreadsheet Web browsing Email Instant messag…
... to date on the cheap with a few upgrades now ... and then. I'd guess that the life ... cycle costs probably work out just the same ... as if you bought a new top ... I'm sure that one day, in the far future, PCs won' ...TorchwoodThe wait is almost over! Torchwood will start on Saturday 21st October on BBC1 with episode 2 right after on BBC3 Two whole hours of Captain Jack..…
... need a rewrite) and Father's Day (good, but again needed a rewrite ... did so, the Doctor always regretted any loss of life, it was ... a room in the Tardis that contained a computer. Still a brilliant story though, and the ...I'm not Russian into anythingI seem to have attracted the attention of a very pretty young lady from Russia. So, get your betting heads on..... How many emails it will take bef…
... /> [QUOTE]Hello Lee. Have good day. I waited your letter and ... not made
Establish a computer in the house, therefore That I have ... I see off with them the day off. We frequently we are ... br /> In the order . And you Lee, have any sports meets in a life? You ...
