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'Evil' bogus spy jailed for life[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4218022.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/4218022.stm[/url] I know it…
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Post #1000 - Be afraid, be very afraid!!!Yep, that's right. I've finally joined the four-digit club. And now, as promised, here are some random thoughts. You've all had ample warning so you …
... have my original rubbery 48K in almost complete working order. ... these are mostly only available in Eastern Europe and Russia, ... who will probably stay in the "scene" for a while yet, most ... only here because of a rise in interest in emulation and retro computing ... -
Has anyone got ZXATASP ver 1.6 plans?Hi guy, I'm needing to get a hold of the designs for the ZXATASP version 1.6. I contacted Sami Vehmaa asking how to remove the memory upgrade from …
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So I had a look around his site but ... and asking if he had a download link so I could ... about as much help as a kick in the pants lol.
Can anyone remember this tv programme?It's been bugging me now for a few weeks. It's a sitcom in the early 80s. I seem to remember Richard O'Sullivan in it (but no help on IMDB) as a ca…
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It's a sitcom in the early 80s. I seem ... to remember Richard O'Sullivan in it (but no help on ... IMDB) as a cartoonist. He also had a puppet which he ... back of the set on a technical drawing board.
Speccy art wanted.Alright, those of you who don't know, I'm working to launch a magazine in November called RETRO:BYTES. And I've been asking about for submissions to …
... m working to launch a magazine in November called RETRO:BYTES ... of pixel art, using a paint package or your ... programming skills etc... grab a screen shot on your ... can) and send it in to [email="retrocomtoday@aol ... of Speccy art would be a nice addition!
Help with game namesHello! I'm looking for a couple of games for the Spectrum which I can't recall their names. First game was about a spaniard that had to rescue a dam…
... was about a spaniard that had to rescue a damsel in distress. ... I remember beginning outside a castle with a ... drawbridge, and you had a fencing ... & releasing to shoot in a desired direction. I think the ...I am 34 years old today.I feel like I am about 17 years old, unless I run upstairs or play football or something, then I feel about 40. :D I can legitimately get smashed…
... , and my in laws just dropped round a load of beer ... I can shake a stick at, and a motorbike in the drive, ... and a fridge full of ... are paid, and I could in theory, go out and ... the outcome, if not a bit embarrased about the extra ...What do you prefer?Heres a question for debate. What spectrum do you prefer? The rubber keyed speccy of old or the later Amstrad offerings? I prefer the +2 cause it ha…
Heres a question for debate. What spectrum ... cause it had a built in tape deck. Saved a lot of hassle ...Speed of variables vs. POKE/PEEKGreetings, I'm sure I could probably find this out after careful study of the 48K ROM disassembly, but I was wondering whether someone already knew …
... Suppose BASIC encounters a variable reference while parsing. In order to do ... memory address instead of using a variable ? Obviously, for O ... much of a difference, but would one see a change in the case ... of a tight loop ?Football DirectorThis game had me hooked in my teenage years and after having a dabble again recently my addiciton to it has not waned one bit, although i have numero…
... me hooked in my teenage years and after having a dabble again ... manager games this 1 is a classic in its basic format.
in the tipshop but none seem ...80s SciFi TV seriesHi, There was a series in the early 80s I think aired in the evenings, ITV possibly. It was sort of Sci-fi about aliens arriving on earth. I am pret…
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There was a series in the early 80s I think ... aired in the evenings, ITV possibly. It ... am pretty sure it was a British series - not american. But ...Want really good sound on your +3? Or any Speccy with an AY chip...Hi guys, This is the plans for a passive stereo mixer circuit with a built in amplifier I've been working on for your speccy. I've not built it yet…
... plans for a passive stereo mixer circuit with a built in amplifier I ... audio levels upto exactly what a TV or any other standard ... .
It will produce a lovely sharp crisp sound. Although ... . The stereo output is Channel A+C on one side and ...Green BeretThis conversion surprised me a little. I hadn't played it in 15 years at least, and I was familiar only with the arcade version via MAME. In playing …
... me a little. I hadn't played it in 15 ... version via MAME. In playing the Spectrum version ... arcade game has a flaw in that there's ... version there is a new feature in jumping enemies. Why ... was a particularly strong year for arcade conversions in Speccyland. ...Paperboy reviewIs there anyone here capable of playing paperboy on their mobile phones? The game is available from here:- [url="http://www.elite-systems.co.uk/eli…
... 'd like to put a review in the next issue of ZX ...bin2sna?Is there a utility in existance somewhere on the net that performs a .bin -> .sna conversion? (or .bin -> .z80) The .bin file is made from z88 C cro…
Is there a utility in existance somewhere on the net that performs a .bin -> .sna conversion? (or .bin -> .z80)
The .bin file is made from z88 C cross-compiler.
ThanksBest way to deal with big spritesI'm trying to write a routine in MC which would display a moving sprite on the screen. The sprite is quite big (24X48 pixels) uses a mask and moreov…
... trying to write a routine in MC which would display a moving sprite ... quite big (24X48 pixels) uses a mask and moreover needs to ... quickest way to display such a sprite? I know it would ... sprite frames already shifted but in my case it is impossible ...Compact Flash IDE adapterHELP! I lost the link, can someone give me a prod in the right direction. Thanks
HELP! I lost the link, can someone give me a prod in the right direction. ThanksBloodwych Maps...FINALLYI haven't been here in a "wee" while, I had a job that ate all my time up. But now I've been laid off from my job! Yay! *grumbles* Anyways. A while …
... t been here in a "wee" while, I had a job that ... to woo a girl in my class at school...and a bag ... , but I've scanned a couple in, to show their potential ... this one was a finalised map made back in the day... ... try to scan a couple more maps in for tommorrow, and ...ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 30 October 2005Sunday 30 October 2005 Crivvens! What an indecently massive load of stuff this month - a veritable feast of tips, maps, POKEs and complete solutions.…
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* Darren Shacklady sent in a routine for International Cricket, which ...
* Branko Ferk sent in a POKE for Frank N Stein ...
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* Mike_Myers sent in a POKE for Phantomas and tips ...DOOM - The Motion PictureI just saw DOOM the movie. Now... DOOM, the game broke me. I played PS1 Doom to the end and it almost gave me a nervous breakdown.... not really tou…
... and it almost gave me a nervous breakdown.... not really touched ... ! It's got the ROCK in it AND Dexter 'Gamemaster' Fletcher ... ! and there is even a part in the film that looks like ... THE ROCK pulls of being a live action Johnny Bravo next ...Writers needed for retro sectionGamestyle.net is currently on the lookout for talented writers for its retro section which we plan to give a major overhaul over the next few months.…
... which we plan to give a major overhaul over the next ... few months. In fact the entire site is ... receive a facelift and a change in direction. Gamestyle is moving up a gear ... should I apply? What's in it for me? The fact ...Amusing things you didnt know about speccies...When you were a kid, when you were a young kid, like me, aged 9-10, seeing a speccy in the shops for the very first time, where Jetpac was loaded and…
... , aged 9-10, seeing a speccy in the shops for the very ... horrible to the machine, as in actually "Break" it, or something ... when someone I knew in my class borrowed a tape, then returned ... , not quite so blonde as in the years before)
"Well ...ROCKYDoes anyone have a copy of 'ROCKY' by gremlin graphics they want to sell or swap..I'm finding it a pain in the arse to get hold of....Regards
Does anyone have a copy of 'ROCKY' by gremlin graphics they want to sell or swap..I'm finding it a pain in the arse to get hold of....RegardsQuazatron/ParadroidI've never played Quazatron on the Spectrum and I've never played Paradroid on the C64 either. I was thinking of firing up Quazatron on the Speccy, b…
... , but if it's just a poor man's port of ... a C64 game then I'll ... Speccy Quazatron stand up as a game in its own right, or ... Mission - an inferior version of a C64 game?PDF/OpenOffice for instructionsI recently uploaded the instructions for Nigel Mansell's World Championship, and I'm currently working on Space Crusade. Because of the number of sc…
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Is there any point in uploading the OO version too ... what happens if someone finds a typo in the PDF, and, say ...Compiling BASIC programs using Hi-Soft CompilerThis might get me nowhere, but it's worth a try... I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for Simon's CD compilation, if he'll have it - …
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I'm writing a game in Spectrum BASIC - hopefully, for ... writing the game in BASin, saving as a tape file and ... finding out about this (a lot of learning has ... and compiler were still resident in memory. So I save ... emulator and load it in to the address I ...The Biz, Frank Sidebottom and one Shaw Brother brother adrian shaw-brother who did most of the "noise" on our spectrum games recently played a gig in london. it was a "smiths" tribute night thin…
... games recently played a gig in london. it was a "smiths" tribute night ...Writing for MultifaceI was just wondering, is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it and use the Multiface to run it? I'd like to write a small util to edit te…
... is it possible to write a BASIC program, compile it ... to write a small util to edit text in games, using ... documentation (I'll do a search anyway) that can ... main Spectrum memory from a program in the Multiface, how to ... and how to get a program into the Multiface ...ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 30 November 2005Wednesday 30 November 2005 Happy 10th Birthday, WoS! Another massive update including 185 new adventure game solutions/tips(!!!) amongst other things…
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* Jil sent in a more accurate guide to accessing ...Name of crispsI remeber when i was a kid in the 80s there were these crisps which were shaped like little pigs and were hollow. There was only one flavour which wa…
I remeber when i was a kid in the 80s there were these crisps which were shaped like little pigs and were hollow. There was only one flavour which was bacon i think. Does anyone know what they were called and if they still sell them
