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Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text.
Does anyone know of any code to do this?
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The longest (but most fun) weekend of my lifeAn archaeology conference (which was organised by an archaeologist friend of mine) was held in Kilkenny this weekend. It concentrated entirely on dis…
... organised by an archaeologist friend of mine) was held in Kilkenny ... it was the best weekend of my (recent) life. :) Since I ... and historians from various parts of the country.
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I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…
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last of the living dead remakesDay of the dead will be out in 2007 - posters now out and a page has been put up on imdb. Don't know about this one though... i like the original so…
Day of the dead will be out in 2007 - posters now out and a page has been put up on imdb.
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A doubt with "Prince of Persia"I have seen that there are two entries of the game Prince of Persia, and I downloaded all the tzx, tap, trd and z80 available, and I realized that th…
... there are two entries of the game Prince of Persia, and I ... only one game, one Prince of Persia, the other one is ... -
The Prayer of the Warrior - where's the ending gone?I've just watched the [url="http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/games.aspx?letter=p#prayerwarrior"]RZX[/url] of this game. At the end of part 1, a password i…
... letter=p#prayerwarrior"]RZX[/url] of this game. At the end ...
There's no TZX of the game at WoS ([url ... org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Prayer+of+the+Warrior%2c+The$& ...
So could the TAP of part 2 be missing some ... data at the end of it? Does anybody here ... -
some of my retro collectionnot much but i have niether the space or the money to compete with the likes of thx and chaos :p and my n64, commodore, tatung, atari st, amiga stuf…
New York New YorkHi all Yes I realise I don't post often (I usually accessed the forums in work, but they stopped me doing that and said I had to actually do some wo…
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Can you think of any computer games from ANY ... New York-based games: True Crime: New York City, Spiderman ... doing a second part of it too for any ... Golf 2... that kind of thing. Any suggestions for that ...Pre-order Issue 1 of Retro FusionHead over to [URL=http://www.retrofusion.co.uk]www.retrofusion.co.uk[/URL] and click the "Buy a Copy Online" menu option. I hope to send out the ma…
Head over to [URL=http://www.retrofusion.co.uk]www.retrofusion.co.uk[/URL] and click the "Buy a Copy Online" menu option.
I hope to send out the magazine by the end of the week.Lords of Chaos entry errorThe entry for Lords of Chaos claims it was released in 1991, but all of the reviews seem to indicate a mid-1990 release. Can anyone confirm which is…
The entry for Lords of Chaos claims it was released ... in 1991, but all of the reviews seem to indicate ...Spectrums in faraway times & places ...I was watching the trailer for the Kiddy Grade SF anime (on the Ikki Tousen vol.2 DVD), and after some explosions it starts into a computer command s…
... these key-caps zip out of the screen - A/STOP/NEW ... the trailer, with a series of Spectrum key-caps (unfortunately just ... &white) flashing dynamically out of the screen.
Has ... they're about a team of cyborg crime-fighters, apparently.) Are there ...Any chance of an RSS feed for the What's New page?Well, now that the forums are upgraded, clearly Martijn has loads of spare time on his hands. :) So, is there any chance of an RSS feed for the What…
Well, now that the forums are upgraded, clearly Martijn has loads of spare time on his hands. :)
So, is there any chance of an RSS feed for the What's New page? I think it's about the only 'news' page which I check by hand these days.Computer journalist predicts the demise of the mouse? in 1984!!In the December 1983 issue of 'Your Computer' that I scanned for the archive, there is an article titled 'The Spirit of Christmas to Come'. In the ar…
... few years various types of alternate input device have ... keyboard which uses combinations of five keys strategically located ... mouse.
None of these devices has been particularly ... /> [/quote]
Of-course hindsight is a wonderful ...Best version of The Sentinel?Which version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, CPC, PC, ST and C64 versions, and of them I still prefer the Spectrum version. …
... atmosphere, I think (all of the other versions have several ... has only a fraction of the levels of the original versions. ... />
What other versions of The Sentinel were there? I ... Rainbird did produce 128K versions of some of their games, so hopefully?"The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" now availableThalamus' new book "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" can be ordered at Amazon now. [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902886062/[/url] I…
... ' new book "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" can be ordered ...Lots Of Crash Magazines!!If anyone wants to pick up a large collection of Crash magazines, from about issue 21 to the end, with cover tapes etc, I dropped them off yesterday …
... pick up a large collection of Crash magazines, from about issue ... yesterday at the Dalston branch of Oxfam (Kingsland Road, London, E8 ...Issues of C+VG (before 1986)Does anyone have any copies of this mag that they would be willing to sell. Happy to negotiate a price so long as its realistic. Derek
Does anyone have any copies of this mag that they would be willing to sell. Happy to negotiate a price so long as its realistic.
DerekLoads of tapes for sale...Time for a clear out....or rather i've been told it's time for a clear out. I've been collecting Speccy games since 1982 with maybe a slight pause f…
... do have in the region of 1000 tapes to get rid ... of, any advice would be greatly ...Fantasy Art of Oli FreyJust got one of the 1st copies direct from Thalamus and Mr Kean for helping source material and it is an excellent book (not being biased or anything…
Just got one of the 1st copies direct from ... seeing alone for a lot of the mag cover artwork from ...War of the worldsI just got back from the live show. I have to say that it was absolutely fantastic! The hologram of Richard Buton was a bit weird, and Justin looks…
... fantastic!
The hologram of Richard Buton was a bit ...Rear of rubberkey SpectrumHello! :) Please look at this picture below: [url]http://www.cosam.org/images/spectrum_rear.jpg[/url] and tell me does EVERY rubberkeyed Spectrums…
... there any difference between sockets of rubberkey Spectrums sold around the ...Tintin on the Moon, 3 kind of levels??I just completed the game "Tintin on the Moon" and I found out that there are only two kind of levels, the third, apparently when you have to land th…
... there are only two kind of levels, the third, apparently when ...That minigame at the start of EurekaDoes anyone else think that minigame thing you have to play before you get into Eureka is really annoying? I've had it for years but I haven't played…
Does anyone else think that minigame thing you have to play before you get into Eureka is really annoying? I've had it for years but I haven't played the game much because of it.
Is there a hack to skip past it?
Necros.new release of winTZXHi all I released v0.7a of winTZX Brand new look anf feel and conversion speed improvement. Now handles *.tzx *.t64 *.prg *.p00 for C64 machines Tha…
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I released v0.7a of winTZX
Brand new look ...Speccy games and hundreds of Megadrive NES and SNES games[url]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZkevinlightfootQQhtZ-1[/url] I am having a bit of a clearout at the moment and am trying to concentrate on co…
... I am having a bit of a clearout at the moment ... them individually or keep hold of them.
Anyone ... I might get for some of the more scarce games? ... too rare apart from some of the Sega games.
< ... anyone have a spare copy of Crash issues 83, 97 or ...Michael Carroll, King of ChavsAnybody watch it? I don't know what was more painful - watching Keith Allen obsequiously croney up to all of Carroll's bruising mates in Blackpool i…
... obsequiously croney up to all of Carroll's bruising mates in ... /> Have to admit, the clip of Carroll and Keith Allen smashing ... big field at the back of one of his houses, while his ...National versions of programming languagesI remember reading in old Polish computer magazines that there were serious plans in the 80-ties to create Polish versions of BASIC, Pascal, Logo so …
... -ties to create Polish versions of BASIC, Pascal, Logo so on ... was even a polish version of Logo with translated commands published ... your countries (apart form UK of course :) )such efforts? And don ...