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Impressive Service - Retro Computer ShackI've just ordered some Zetex transistors to repair one of my Spectrums from the Retro Computer Shack. The service was very impressive, and so I thou…
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The service was very impressive, and so I thought ... I would put a post up on WoS to ... arrived extremely quickly and were very well packed.
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Boriels ZX CompilerI'm trying to compile a very simple program and I keep getting the error: unexpected end of file. Here's my code: [CODE]10 cls 20: let n=0 22 do 2…
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Asking for help: ZXBC to ASM routine translationHallo, In order to save some bytes and gain speed, I'm asking for translation of a very simple ZXBC routine to Assembler [code] sub light(x as uinteg…
Hallo,
In order to save some bytes and gain speed, I'm asking for translation of a very simple ZXBC routine to Assembler
[code]
sub light(x as uinteger,y as uinteger,intensity as ubyte)
dim adr as Uinteger
if x -
Halo 4Halo 4 is great! At least it is so far, but I've only been playing it for a couple of hours. If you don't like the Halo games then this won't change …
... only been playing it for a couple of hours. If you ... it could be like Dishonoured (a very good game that goes off ... -
Composite mod headachesI did the composite mod on my two 48k machines a long time ago, used them with my Composite to VGA adapter, and no problems. Then my adapter break, s…
... on my two 48k machines a long time ago, used them ... on my tv, I get a very noisy picture with lots of ... , looks like beat frequencies of a sort across the picture, and ... -
The Wii started with the Spectrum :DI came across this game, which is MIA but it was reviewed in a magazine, which basically consists in a couple of guns and a target with a sensitive b…
... but it was reviewed in a magazine, which basically consists in ... a couple of guns and a target with a sensitive board ... what is happening!
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ZX Spectrum + 2 128K - Video Issue?Hi All, I have just picked up a secondhand +2 and am having a problem with it. :( When I power the unit on and hook it up to my TV with the RF cable…
... /> I have just picked up a secondhand +2 and am having ... a problem with it. :( When I ... is CRT based and also a modern LCD. I have also ... the TV in I get a very faint/distorted picture of what ... -
SpecBAS 0.759 Now available!Hi all - Another round of bugfixes and a couple (well, one) of new features! Go grab the latest from [url]http://www.specbas.co.uk/[/url] - linux a…
... - send text output to a variable (OUT var$), a stream (OUT stream ... br />
Fixed a very, very nasty bug where a GOSUB after an ELSE ... OUT command
Fixed a problem with files attached to ... /> [/code]
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Chimera (Remastered)According to Shahid Ahmad, the author's post on Twitter, his remastered version of Chimera is now available for the Mac. [url]http://chimera2010.com…
... Viable Product. It?s not a very good game, I know that ... forms the basis for something a lot better, which will contain ... -
Vectrex Regeneration Out Now On iOSNot sure if any of you guys are fans of the Vectrex or not? Anyway, the long awaited emulator for iOS is now out. The app is free and Minestorm is i…
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Everything seems to be very well emulated but there is ... say that this is a very good app and well ... worth taking a look at, especially if ... the same menu screen for a game, eg Minestorm with ... is turned into a vectrex remote! Very cool and works ... -
Mario de Paula Leite Gouvea countryAs per the loading screen of "Countdown to the Death", it reads "Made in Brazil", so there is a very high possibility that he was brazilian (the only…
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New Game: Cheril the GoddessIn the Temple of the Big Cucumber, Prince Chicken (who was famous for his studies of the arcane, for being a proud intelligent man and for having a f…
... the other), awaited a very special delivery: ?arogas?, a sustance capable of ... increasing his inner power to a ?Master of the Universe? ... ?bad will?. There was a proble, thought: it took ... , specially, submit Eleuterio, the Very Serious Monkey, her nemesis.
Spectrum games where you can control time?I'm just playing through Timeshift* on the XBox 360, and it's got me wondering if there are any games on the Spectrum where you can pause and reverse…
... Broken Timemachine, which, though a nice game, isn't ... though I think it's a very over-rated game, as ... The story is told in a *staggeringly* bad manner. ... rain effects are very good indeed (a real plus to ... streamlined the levels, removed a few of the more boring ...Level 9 Adventures in 80 columns for Speccy SEA new ROM for Spectrum SE, SE Basic IV, has just been released. SE Basic IV features a very nicely implemented 80 column mode, great for revisiting …
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SE Basic IV features a very nicely implemented 80 column mode ... Speccy text adventures. Thanks to a nifty loader by Chev, all ... . ( PI-FUSE-SE-CRT - looks a lot nicer IRL )Batman gamesThree games published by Ocean: [I]Batman[/I], [I]Batman the Caped Crusader [/I]and [I]Batman the Movie[/I]. What's your favourite? [CENTER][IMG]ht…
... spite of Cape Crusader is a very interesting adventure, I prefer the ...Retro-Computing/-Gaming Picture Gallery release.Lucerne, 12.12.2012 ? For immediate release Today is a very special day. It?s the last day - at least for this century - on which day, month and yea…
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To celebrate this very special day - I mean today ... forever![/B]?
Have a great holiday season, Merry Christmas ... and a Happy New Year.
< ...Merry Christmas / Happy HolidaysHi All. I would hereby like to wish all my Fellow WOS'ers a Very Happy Christmas, or Happy Holidays to those who prefer this, and a Happy and Prospe…
... all my Fellow WOS'ers a Very Happy Christmas, or Happy Holidays ... those who prefer this, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year ... /> Sincerely,
The_Bert (A.K.A. @BertyFromDK on Twitter - A.K.A. Gert IRL)ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 25 December 2012Tuesday 25 December 2012 Happy Xmas, everyone!! * It's a very small update this month, but it's a mad time of year for all concerned! * While wait…
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* It's a very small update this month, but ... it's a mad time of year for ... present thing, I put together a quick POKE for BAUBLE BLAST ...Memotech MTX 512 Speculator addonWhen Googling a bit I stumbled across this website: [url]http://primrosebank.net/computers/mtx/mtxphoto.htm[/url] The Memotech MTX 512 offers an opt…
... offers an option of adding a interface called 'Speculator':
[ ... An add-on that allowed a limited number of ZX ... /> The machine's architecture looks a very lot like the ZX Spectrums ... with discrete logic chips and a separate video processer ;) Sinclair ...Bolle - italian game???Hi, I'm looking for very long time for a game called 'Bolle' which I have played on my Spectrum long long time ago. It was a very simple game with…
... /> I'm looking for very long time for a game called 'Bolle ... ago.
It was a very simple game with shooting balls ...Revival Retro Gaming Event - 18th and 19th MayWorking in collaboration with Craig Turner (Turnarcades Custom Arcade Machines), we have begun the organisation of an all-new event focusing not just…
... want to share, whilst retaining a very personal, social event feel. ... will be evening entertainment of a 'retro' kind). Sunday will ... venue has a fully licensed bar and a cafeteria with a good ... this room has impressive AV, a stage, projector screens etc and ...Depressed ModeMany months ago you may remember I wrote a post about facing a sinking depression after completing my post graduate studies. Well it was great that y…
... and the process of creation very very much, the commercial aspirations ... and this is being distributed very unfairly. Others getting away ... That said he's potentially a very intelligent man because the games ... quite clever sometimes, a bit like a chess man. His ...Is this as good as BinMans +2 Grey?I and others here have seen the grey +2 that Binman owns and know just how good it is, but [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271145374864"]this[/URL] m…
I and others here have seen the grey +2 that Binman owns and know just how good it is, but [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271145374864"]this[/URL] might be a very close second!RS232C disk driveWhilst compiling a very concise accurate list of my speccys (now numbering 24!) I came across a Tandy battery operated 3.5" drive with an 8 pin rs232…
Whilst compiling a very concise accurate list of my ... numbering 24!) I came across a Tandy battery operated 3.5 ...Knightlore remakeHi. Knightlore was my favorite game, and I have recently tried a very nice PC remake developed by RETROSPEC. I wonder if there are any tricks for thi…
Hi. Knightlore was my favorite game, and I have recently tried a very nice PC remake developed by RETROSPEC. I wonder if there are any tricks for this version (infinite lives, for instance). Thanks!!I am not sure what to think about this!I was seaching for images of sides of a +2 and +3 and happened across this! The blogger has certainly done a very careful, proper job, and I think it…
... for images of sides of a +2 and +3 and happened ... /> The blogger has certainly done a very careful, proper job, and I ...The Worst Speccy Cover ArtI was thinking of doing a youtube vid on the worst cover art to grace the old speccy. I only ever owned about 20 games when i was a kid and they didn…
I was thinking of doing a youtube vid on the worst ... 20 games when i was a kid and they didnt stick ... stinkers but thsoe are only a very small percentage of the amount ... speccy cover art and maybe a link to the game on ... the DB as there a lot of duplicate names for ...Revival Retro EventWorking in collaboration with Craig Turner (Turnarcades Custom Arcade Machines), we have begun the organisation of an all-new event focusing not just…
... want to share, whilst retaining a very personal, social event feel. ... will be evening entertainment of a 'retro' kind). Sunday will ... venue has a fully licensed bar and a cafeteria with a good ... this room has impressive AV, a stage, projector screens etc and ...Games Club - February 2013Seeing as Mile is no longer with us ( rest his pole, poor boy :cry: ), I have decided to force myself into this cruddy little "Games Club" outfit of …
... by me, YES ME!!!, in a very particular order:
[URL ...New Game: Advanced Premiership SimulatorHi Friends, I discovered BASin last Saturday, and I've found it rather fun to play with. I ended up producing this; It's basically (no pun intended)…
... basically (no pun intended) a rewrite of something I tried ... make when I was a kid. Using a very simple algorithm, it simulates ... English Premiership and then produces a league table after every match ... (although Advanced might be a bit of an exaggeration...)
