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Question about SPLAT!Hello! I've just discovered SPLAT! (Incentive, 1983), which has instantly become a classic in my mind. There is, however, one problem. The controls…
... ), which has instantly become a classic in my mind. There is ... only get 3 lives in the game, and it ... moved two, straight into a bunch of spikes / river ... using the ZX32 emulator in Windows. I tried another ... my keyboard repeat rate in Windows, but it made ... -
RIP Paul Hunter - Terrible news...Just returned to work from a long weekend away - been to a Wedding in London. Just read about Paul Hunter's death. Devastating news. 27 years old - …
... weekend away - been to a Wedding in London. Just read about Paul ... - Talented, handsome, rich, famous - Leaving a beautiful wife and young kids ... .
Such a shock as everyone in the game of snooker ... -
History Channel documentary doesn't even mention the SpectrumI recently saw this documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant when it comes down t…
... a failure in the U.S. that it doesn't deserve a place in ... , I have yet to see a documentary, on any channel, that ... -
Type-ins update at TTFnAs I've recently added a bunch of new stuff at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]The Type Fantastic[/url], I thou…
... long ago, this is a pretty frowzy bunch, perhaps ... ever seen, either as a type-in or commercial program ( ... archive of the type-in programming articles and readers' ... the 1980s-early 1990s in a host of magazines. Primarily ... & ends from a bunch of other mags ... -
Games that use multicolour effectsMulticolour (which created via ula timing, not screen switching) is the only functional effect that ULA can do. It's the only way to break colour cla…
... in their game?
In actionforce II, there is a ... great intro screen showing a tank and a ... chopter in multicolour. Many ... dependant structure stricts their use in title screens.
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poor quality questionI'm struggling to remember the name of a song (very bad - probably early '80s) which contained the line 'an inch is better than a mile in the wrong d…
I'm struggling to remember the name of a song (very bad - probably early '80s) which contained the line 'an inch is better than a mile in the wrong direction'. Can't find anything on Google. Any ideas please ?
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The Terrible and Corny Joke ThreadC'mon lets here em... give us your worst!! :D Whats the difference between a Nun at the Alter and a Nun in the Bath One has hope in her soul and t…
C'mon lets here em... give us your worst!! :D
Whats the difference between a Nun at the Alter and a Nun in the Bath
One has hope in her soul and the other has..............
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Question for the tzx dev guru'sI'm almost finished with a batch of adventure tapes which I've got on loan.. The final tape, is a development version of Birthday Surprise, which ha…
... /> The final tape, is a development version of Birthday Surprise ... is that there is a blip in the sample at ... to the blip in the sample, outputting a block which ... bytes of the block in question being correct... The ... by other means... with a bit of head scratching ... -
Not so BRIGHTOk, on the Spectrum I'm a crayon man so I don't know much about the coding. If I create a graphic in, say, SevenUp or TommyGun and the graphic is not…
Ok, on the Spectrum I'm a crayon man so I don't know much about the coding.
If I create a graphic in, say, SevenUp or TommyGun and the graphic is not bright, is it possible to BRIGHT it programmatically? -
Lik Sang go out of businessLik Sang, the Hong Kong based computer and console sales company that many people used to buy Japanese/NTSC or hard to find hardware and software fro…
... and have recently obtained a judgment in the High Court of London ... differences et cetera; is not - in PS3's case - backwards compatible ... the world wide gaming community in more than 100 countries ... news, but everybody else in the gaming world lost something ... -
Help needed. American TV horror prog!!!In the eighties there was a US TV Horror program which I think was called "Its in the closet, its under the bed" which was introduced by some bloke i…
... was introduced by some bloke in a dark suit, and I remember ... story about a mother who's son had drowned in the sea ... so she makes a pact with ... on end. THere was a remake in the 90's but that ... -
Zenobi correctionsI've been going through my collection and have noticed that a few titles were bundled with freebies on side 2, whether they were full games or teaser…
... collection and have noticed that a few titles were bundled ... /> Behind Closed Doors III / A Stroll In The Bleak Forest
Balrog ... br /> Retarded Creatures And Caverns / A Legacy For Alaric (Part 1 ... Elfin Wars were ever released in their own right or bundled ... -
Q: MakeTZX problemsHello all, I am having problems with MakeTZX. I sent an e-mail to RamSoft, but have not had a reply. Can anyone help? The details follow. I am h…
... RamSoft, but have not had a reply. Can anyone help? The ... am having trouble with DirectMode in MakeTZX v2.31 for Linux ... />
If I record a sample in DirectMode like this:
# maketzx ... -
Best Who 'Casted' Character.[FONT=Courier New]Never really thought about this before & because this forum has some interest in Dr. Who, I figured it would be a good place to pos…
... I'm after a character which appeared in one particular story ... hmmm seemed good in the end, though was a pest before the ... however Nicholas Courtney had a character in The Daleks Masterplan (Brett ... play Greg (in the Inferno) played a savage beast in "An Unearthly ... -
Saddam - should he swing?The bastard probably deserves it, but would hanging him be good for the soldiers on the ground in Iraq? I'd hate to see the number of suicide bomber…
The bastard probably deserves it, but would hanging him be good for the soldiers on the ground in Iraq?
I'd hate to see the number of suicide bombers that go off over there the day he swings. :/ -
Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I ... /> 1. Print start number in format (H)ours:(M)inutes ... one line(byte) at a time in blocks of 8 bytes ... from the top line of a ... scroll one pixel upwards at a time into '8'.
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Jet Set Willy Guru Nedded UrgentlyNow I know these questions have probably been asked over and over and over again but I just want to make sure my memory is correct and I've actually …
... has a bug in it - you need a poke that was printed in a magazine ... 't complete?
was it a handful? or several hundred? several ... -
Nintendo Game and WatchDoes anybody remember the Nintendo Game and Watch games? [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_&_Watch[/url] I used to have this little beauty her…
... game itself.
A friend in school used to have Snoopy ... , including one that leads to a site where you can download ... games. Pretty cool. I see a lot of these games are ... and upwards on ebay (do a search for "Game and Watch ... -
Red 5I'm working on a game for the CSSCGC and thought I'd have a look in some old Program Pitstops as I recall there being a little Sound FX Generator one…
... thought I'd have a look in some old Program ... Pitstops as I recall there being a ... by one Tim Follin in [URL=http://www.worldofspectrum ... mentions that it will appear in an upcoming game, " ... Gough$]Peter Gough[/URL]. A quick look on Infoseek ... -
The BASIC ISRFirst of all, excuse me if my blatant ignorance about this topic makes me write some nonsense :) The thing is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BAS…
... is that I'm finishing a game in mixed BASIC and Compiled ... part is to manage stuff in the RAM disk back and ... but there are some events in the game that take way ... too much and placing a RANDOMIZE USR in between seems to be ... and I need to stay in BASIC (for the RAM ... -
That Game ShopI thought I'd mention "That Game Shop" in Newcastle, it was literally a game shop called "That Game Shop". It had no signs outside apart from one say…
... Game Shop" in Newcastle, it was literally a game shop called ... I'd never have a Commode in my house. But either ... way It's a shame ... decent retro minded game shop in the north east.
in games threads.
Sam Coupe GameI remember seeing a preview, in YS maybe, about a point-and-click style adventure for the Sam Coupe. It was set on a space station I think. Anybody h…
I remember seeing a preview, in YS maybe, about a point-and-click style adventure for the Sam Coupe. It was set on a space station I think. Anybody have any information on it. Did it come out? Was it any good?Highthing - SoftelI'll wager that this MIA has appeared because of a typo in SU... My money is on the title actually being Nightwing which is already dumped. Steve
I'll wager that this MIA has appeared because of a typo in SU... My money is on the title actually being Nightwing which is already dumped.
SteveCheap IPod Car Chargers.I brought an IPod in car charger from Hyper Value (Wales answer to pound stretcher) for £1.50 the other week. Well you get what you pay for, de…
I brought an IPod in car charger from Hyper Value ( ... it with a volt meter or chuck it in the Bin!!!
I am looking for a good in-car charger unit and holder ...Spectrum Spare parts neededI have a customer in Croatia purchasing some items from me, but to save on postage and currency conversion costs, can anyone supply the following ite…
I have a customer in Croatia purchasing some items from ... would need shipping to me in the UK
Many ...My First Mobile PhoneOkay - I need a mobile phone. BUT I need it to do two things - 1 - be able to play my own home made mp3 ringtones ( via a plug in cable sort of dea…
Okay - I need a mobile phone.
BUT ... made mp3 ringtones ( via a plug in cable sort of deal would ... to display my own wallpapers in the same way as the ...
Any suggestions of a good, reasonably priced phone that ...Goodbye and best wishes!Sorry if this is not posted in the right group but I didn't know where else to put it. There might be those that see this as a way of advertising my …
... As the website is mainly in danish, there wouldn't ... me, so the interest in the old 8-bit ... my efforts on everything published in my native language, Danish. ... away on a DVD in the back of a closet in my office ... the few questions I posed in the same forums, you ...Component Equivalents/substitutionsA while ago, I mentioned to somebody in a thread that we should have a list of component equivalents and substitutions so that it's easier to fix our…
A while ago, I mentioned to somebody in a thread that we should ... have a list of ... direct observation of seeing it in a properly working Spectrum, or substituting ... instead of ZTX650 as a tr4 (in 3 boards). When replaced ...Port problem with either EightyOne or FUSEA bug in EightyOne's keyboard handling has now been fixed.
A bug in EightyOne's keyboard handling has now been fixed.Fancy a career in local television?Here's something to inspire you: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMAL3ey9inM&NR[/url]
Here's something to inspire you:
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