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XBox 360 to 'feature' more advertising - lucky us!The greedy gits at Microsoft have discovered another way to make cash; getting people to play with (well, interact with, to a very limited degree) pr…
... with (well, interact with, to a very limited degree) professional advertisments. The ... we have to pay for a service that relentlessly hurls adverts ... that Microsoft might be adding a new feature that when you ... tell no one has posted a link to even vaguely confirm ... -
Indestructable???My 48K appears to have survived 18 months of non-use, being stored in a box in a very dusty room and the harshest, coldest winter in living memory. …
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Development Enviroment System Setup WoesI am following the instructions on this [url=http://zxspectrumdev.blogspot.com/2009/01/setting-up-development-environment-on.html]blog post[/url] to …
... environment and have hit a very small snag. I have setup ...
This will create a ZX Spectrum TAP file with ... output, it works but displays a dos console which doesn't ... -
Desktop Spectrum Arcade MachineI have started a project to build a mini arcade machine dedicated to spectrum The plan is to build a small arcade cabinet no bigger than 15" high an…
I have started a project to build a mini arcade machine ... br /> make or purchase a pcb for usb joystick ... br /> Install and setup a quality emulator 'not one ... have never really used a spectrum emulator 'i always ... I hope to make it a very high quality item
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Another commercial game's source code is released - Arx Fatalis[B]Arx Fatalis[/B] has had it's source code released! It's a RPG, so it's not really my sort of game, and it's available on the XBox 1 and PC anyway,…
... someone to compile it on a machine can use, but ... 't been on sale for a long, long time.
... controlled by AI, not a human), allow more players ... all, and it's still a very rare occurrence, which is ... of the games are still very enjoyable indeed.
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Eugene - Lord of the BathroomI would like to know if everybody noticed a strange bug in the game "Eugene - Lord of the Bathroom", or if it occurs only on my computer. The game wo…
... to know if everybody noticed a strange bug in the game ... , but it doesn't work very well on the real ZX ... title screen appears only for a very short time and the action ... -
csmith talks about games/ULA book on EITBHere is what looks like a very rough edit, courtesy of EITB (Basque country TV) with Chris Smith about the ULA book and game engines of back in the d…
Here is what looks like a very rough edit, courtesy of EITB ... (national newspaper), I'll do a quick translation of the relevant ... ZX Spectrum, which brought a great deal of excitement to ... OpenGune conference area and attacted a good sized collection of people ... -
Help needed: Craig DaviesI'm looking to get in touch with Craig regarding his adventure game he wrote back in 1988 called Custerds Quest. He also wrote some games for Zenobi…
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Unfortunately he has a very common name which is making ... tracking him down a bit tricky!
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Erik Phantom of the Opera inlay[IMG]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/e/Erik-PhantomOfTheOpera.jpg[/IMG] Eugenes Lair uploaded this pic for the 14th july upd…
... 14th july update. It has a very low resolution.
Can ... he or anyone upload a better pic, please?
Talisman of Death - PSP MiniFor any of you that have a PSP sat around gathering dust then I must heartily recommend the 'Talisman of Death' mini that is available on the PSN. I…
... any of you that have a PSP sat around gathering dust ... you get is a very nice looking game with a simple to use ... as, being able to use a dice based combat system or ... is good and there is a built in log which has ...z88dk + File Handling ProblemHello my fellow WoS'ers I thought I would ask here as I am having a bit of trouble with a very simple C program that I wrote for the spectrum using…
... I am having a bit of trouble with a very simple C ... of choice, and its emulating a +3e system environment with ... \s61s_.opt
z80asm -a -m -Mo -LC:\PROGRA~ ... So I am at a bit of a loss at the moment ... I have even tried writing a file, alas the same problem ...Psi Ops - The Mindgate Conspiracy is now free for PC owners!Psi Ops, a very good game indeed, has been made freely downloadable for PC users. It's a third person shooter, where you play a soldier who through t…
Psi Ops, a very good game indeed, has ... shooter, where you play a soldier who through the course ... and remote viewing. It's very playable, fairly long, and ... few action games with a story that actually interests ... morning (e-mail from a friend). Anyway, you can ...Neat possibly true Stories Found on the WebNo1: - VINIEGAR BOY A very interesting could be true tale straight from the horses mouth. This one's about a petrol station attendant, a vinegar dri…
No1: - VINIEGAR BOY
A very interesting could be true tale ... . This one's about a petrol station attendant, a vinegar drinking teen ...The geekiest dream!I rarely remember my dreams, and the few I remember are usually upseting things &/or nightmares. But today I actually woked up thrilled with the dr…
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sure it was a very geek & bloody dream, but ... bet it will only be a couple of years until someone ... join both franchises & make a videogame out of it!another day.. another bundle..[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270827067043[/url] 125+ items.. including a very good condition M-A-C and a rather "not go…
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270827067043[/url]
125+ items.. including a very good condition M-A-C and a rather "not good" scrabble.. sorry no stonkers or cassette 50 (this time)The origin of Dr. Maddo TZX...The origin of the original release of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001479"]Dr. Maddo (US GOLD)[/URL] is unknown. No maga…
... that this original version is a never released (see this ... available Google translation it's a bit crap)? ... and ... included this review as a 'magazine reference' in infoseek?< ... game as it's a very r@re piece of ... the very important (and not r@re ...ZX-Preview 2.0 out nowDear forum readers, I've had published a new version of ZX-Preview today, we have version 2.0 now. :-) You find it on my homepage at [url]http://www…
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[*]I've added a scrollbox around the SCREEN$ view ... .
[*]Bugfix: There was a bug in the text column ... displayed.
[*]Bugfix: There was a very wrong display of INVERSE attributes ... INVERSE 0 or INVERSE 1. Very silly bug.
[/LIST]< ...Which superhero would you like to be?Yep, a rather childish topic perhaps, but "What's the point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes" as Doctor Who (the one with the lon…
Yep, a rather childish topic perhaps, but " ... bullets and stuff, which is a bit of an advantage when ... />
3) He's generally a very happy bloke. Not like Batman ...Simple SpriteHow do you draw a sprite on the screen? For example i want to draw a smiley face sprite and would like either a link to a tutorial or a very well com…
How do you draw a sprite on the screen? For example i want to draw a smiley face sprite and would like either a link to a tutorial or a very well commented demo. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Ooze48khow can we convert .z80 to .tap ?is there some way to convert a .z80 file (specially 48k) to .tap, in a similar result as saved from Multiface1? (i'm asking this because i imagine th…
... there some way to convert a .z80 file (specially 48k) to ... .tap, in a similar result as saved from ... registers are both stored in a very similar way?)
( [url ...Budget classicsWhich budget titles can be considered as true classics? Speed King 2 in my opinion is a true classic predecessor of Lotus series on Amiga and many o…
... 2 in my opinion is a true classic predecessor of Lotus ... .
Also Scumball is a very addictive and entertaining title with ...Two good ebooksAlan Sugar has written two good eBooks which are available free from iBooks and one is free on Kindle. [B]The Tiny Fork Diet[/B] details how to lose …
... /> [B]My CV[/B] is a very detailed chronology of his early ... , went on to work in a Government statistics department before setting ...(unreleased game) ApprenticeAnyone know about this game? never heard of it before now but the screenshots in the SU and Crash links look really good, shame we can't just play wh…
... ...shame really as it was a very cool big game even made ... it was detected. I had a helluva time fitting it in ...Vampire Hunter WillyA very nearly finished version of a game I started in 2004. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/DaRkSiDe74/VHWTitle.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i…
A very nearly finished version of a game I started in 2004.< ... , so I guess consider this a half-complete demo. Music could ...Hires Opus Discovery picturesAs I had the rare and awesome opportunity to be able to buy 5 or 6 Opus Discovery interfaces this year, and because I couldn't find hires pics of the…
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- one had a defective WD1770 floppy controller; replaced ... easily with some movement: very frustrating when you are repairing ... floppies filled with data; very rare to have owned as ... together the Opus Discovery is a very solid system, which still ...Spectrum +2 and DivIDE - which SWHi I am completely new to Spectrum, and have no clue. I just bought a spectrum +2 and a DivIDE (non plus) is hopefully on its way. (together with an…
... /> I just bought a spectrum +2 and a DivIDE (non plus) is ... for +2, but there is a newer 0.14 (I guess ... it normal that I get a very strong noise on the RF ... hissing)? (eg over antenna on a TV) The dedicated sound jack ...Famous Arcade coin ops wich did not get Spectrum conversionsI was thinking about this the other day, and realized that the spectrum users we were very lucky on this, since we got most of the most important and…
... the spectrum users we were very lucky on this, since we ... Bros, which would be IMO a very good games on the Spectrum ...48K games which also had improved 128K versions released...I bought a 128K toastrack Speccy last night from our sales director at work for ?30. Works perfectly, I'm a very happy bunny! :smile: I've never own…
... ?30. Works perfectly, I'm a very happy bunny! :smile:
... play before. I imagine a lot of games had ... 't know about until about a year ago).
a very silly question, I've ... the heatsink does get very hot indeed. This is ...Labyrinth puzzle!Hi people, I have here a copy of Labyrinth by Axis software ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002792[/url]), it's the second c…
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I have here a copy of Labyrinth by Axis ... "....
It's either a very good copy or else it ...Alkatraz protection systemI recently became interested in the Alkatraz protection system, a very widely used tape protection (a infoseek search returns more than one hundred r…
... protection system, a very widely used tape protection (a infoseek search returns ... tapes, but it seems a completely different scheme, I ... 2 (also)
Again, a Infoseek search returns incorrect results ... -black border)
a long pause (a dozen seconds or so ...
