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Share your freaky storiesShare your weird or freaky stories here! Here's mine: A few years ago me and the girlfriend were on holiday in Spain and we got friendly with the y…
... from beer barrels to the pumps at the bar.
... called in to reinstall the filtration system shortly after it got blown ... up. The place was still ... the same cop with part of the initial clean-up crew shortly after the ... -
TeletextDoes anyone remember those 'teletext' things you used to get on the Piranha tapes? Theres a couple of adverture tapes i have (one being 'the big slea…
... you used to get on the Piranha tapes? Theres a couple ... have (one being 'the big sleaze') and after the adverture theres an extra ... thingy where you type in the page number to read various ... -
MEMPTR finally crackedThis post is mainly for emulator developers. As you may be well know there is a misterious internal register in Z80 CPU (MEMPTR) which value is set …
... 3 and 5 of the Flags register after the instruction BIT n,( ... which Z80 instructions initialize the MEMPTR and which way ... ) programmers and engineers. The documentation with the results of those hard ... work is available by the reference: [url="http://zx ... -
Chuckie Egg EditorsHi, Can anyone give me step-to-step instructions on how to get the Mercury Software Chuckie Egg Editor in the archive to work, using an emulator? […
... instructions on how to get the Mercury Software Chuckie Egg Editor ... in the archive to work, using an ... />
It seems to hang after the first couple of screens.
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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 ... in 1991, but all of the reviews seem to indicate a ... really delayed for 6 months after the reviews?
Thanks
How did you spend your Good Friday?So how did everybody spend their Good Fridays then? For me: Got up around 9am, had a nice cup of tea and watched Spongebob Squarepants and Chantell…
... boyfriend Preston with the failed career go around the world doing ... over a balcony after the first hour.
After this exercise ... in brain-cell murder, I went to the local ... .
After this - back to the house for a well ...Music help - CPC/SpecHey, I need some advice or help or something. I have a game in development that will be appearing for the Amstrad CPC and possibly Spectrum (if ther…
... (if theres interest in it after the CPC version and I can ... get used to the Speccy... 'interesting and unique' graphics ... creation. I'm under the impression that the CPC and Spectrum sound ... similar and had, for the most part, the same sounding tunes in ...Chips Challenge Crash Under EmulationHey Yo! I recently tried the Chips Challenge game (.tap version) on the Amiga ASp ZX Spectrum emulator. I seem to get to level 11 and it hangs after…
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I recently tried the Chips Challenge game (.tap version ... ) on the Amiga ASp ZX Spectrum emulator ... 11 and it hangs after i complete it (after the score board). It ... remember exactly) and i get the exact same result as above ...+3e rom and my Videoface......aaaarghwell, i've finally gotten around to doing three things in my life replace my +3 drive belt find my videoface and driver disc burn the +3e ROMS and …
... disc
burn the +3e ROMS and bung 'em ... issue with the videoface and the +3e roms......the red light ... but then about 15 secs after the disc spins up, it ... when i try to scan, the thing crashes out
... it worked ok with the original roms, any tests ...Load Softcrack into Softrom?I`ve been trying to get softcrack working in spin. It doesn`t load into the multiface in spin. Shouldn`t it be possible to load Softcrack into the …
... . It doesn`t load into the multiface in spin. Shouldn`t ... `ve tried but it corrupts after the big letters 'SOFTCRACK' message appears ...+128ks and Specdrum!Does anyone have a Specdrum they wish to part with? needs to be working, but I want to use it not collect it, so not bothered about packaging and in…
... ' in a shared house, the other got nabbed when I ... Spectrums. That is the issue after the +48k, but before the (apologies) awful Amstrad ... />
I believe this was the best issue - best looking too ... /> It is the 3 channel sound abilities I am really after.
Sintech titles no longer denienced!8 years after the initial denience ( June 1998 ), the 3 Ultrasoft titles that [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=Sintech"]Si…
8 years after the initial denience ( June 1998 ), the 3 Ultrasoft titles that [URL ... we finally get to play the utterly fantastic Quadrax.
Oh no! Not again! (Serious PC probs)I was upadting my graphic drivers (NVIDIA MX440 GeForce 4) and my sound drivers (Realtek AC'97 for VIA (R) audio controller), but when installing the…
... but when installing the sound drivers the PC STOPped and ... the nv_mini.sys file.
it repeated with several crashes, (one after ... logging in with the user, others right after the WinXP ... (when I check the (the list with the devices installed - ...FPS pollAfter the currently lengthy discussion about FPS games, I would just like to know from you guys and gals what FPS game is your fave.
After the currently lengthy discussion about FPS games, I would just like to know from you guys and gals what FPS game is your fave.John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
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(4) After cutting your teeth on the excellent Molar Maul ... sour grapes.
(10) After the Imagine crash you went on ... . Did he leave soon after the team was set up?
after the company was formed. You see ...Help with AGF Joystick InterfaceHi, Does anyone out there have the documentation for the AGF Joystick interface? I am after the programming chart and any quick reference cards. …
Hi,
Does anyone out there have the documentation for the AGF Joystick interface?
I am after the programming chart and any quick reference cards.
Thanks in advancePretty CrashesTo make a 48K spectrum crash spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also works on a 128k in 48k mode though not quite as prett…
... spectacularly and beautifully enter the following into basic. Also ... />
..and watch as the ZX Spectrum culminates colourful array ... squiggle and scroll from the top of the screen. Lasts for ... must wait 10-20 seconds after the initial crash.
Amiga........Anybody else have an Amiga? I had a A1200, quite good actually after the speccy died! Any websites like this one dedicated to the Amiga?
Anybody else have an Amiga?
I had a A1200, quite good actually after the speccy died!
Any websites like this one dedicated to the Amiga?Games you can end DUE to bugsAfter the several threads about impossble games to complete due to bugs, I start the opposite thread: games that can be finished due to bugs! :) I s…
After the several threads about ... ,
I start the opposite thread: games that ... censored nowadays, btw...) on the bottom paltform, you would ... position yourself below the princess and jump into ... skeleton, but the skeleton would save the princess! YAY!< ...Simon Cowell shits himselfDid anybody see Simon Cowell's face last night when Louis voted Ashley off? Jesus, that was funny. He was RAGING! I'd love to have been a fly on the…
... when they were talking backstage after the show. :)
Fair play ... to Louis - sticking the boot in. Very funny. It ... had to keep Ashley in the competition before Louis cast his ...AGF InstructionsHi all, Does anyone out there have the documentation for the AGF Joystick interface? I am after the programming chart and any quick reference cards…
... interface?
I am after the programming chart and any quick ... to use but would like the instructions and programming card.
Owners of Fords with factory fitted radios beware!!There has been a spate of car crime in Cardiff this weekend 4 times the normal rate for and the highest common denominator of this increase is For…
... 4 times the normal rate for and the highest common ... particular the thieves are after the ford factory fitted radios.... the CD5000R being ... Well apparently they are after the chips inside the radios. There is a ... they are false as the sky incription method is ...Gamestation Stores throw away retro games!!!After the closure due to the robbery of "That Game Shop" (see my "that game shop" thread in this part of the forum for more info), I resorted in phon…
After the closure due to the robbery of "That Game Shop" ( ... is probably the Red Cross shop or the bin, but the bloke in ... />
So I lugged the suitcase all the way into town and ... .
I left the store after palming some PSone and Dreamcast ...Best build game?Which Build game do you think was the best? The Build engine was the game engine used for a fair few first person shooters in the mid/late '90s, th…
... was the best?
The Build engine was the game ... person shooters in the mid/late '90s, the games being:< ... I've put an asterix after the ones I've played).< ... case anyone's wondering, the reason for my posting ... stuff coming out for the XBox, so any new ...old tapeshy there! i have a problem with my spectrum 48k. my brother and i have found it on the attic, its 24 yr old and it still works great! but i have prob…
... i have found it on the attic, its 24 yr old ... ! but i have problems with the tapes, i have around 15 ... loads after the tape is over the spectrum just resets itself...and the sound ... of some of the tapes is strange... the sound of the tapes is ...Strewth, it's my......birthday in 6 minutes time (12:10). 34. Thirty f!"$%ing Four. Where's all that time gone? Looking forward to my two year old daughter singing h…
... memorable day for me is the day after, the 23rd Anniversary of my ...North America chumsDunno if any of you guys have seen this but thought I would give a heads up incase you haven't. New in the box never opened Sinclair +2 on Ebay in No…
... you haven't. New in the box never opened Sinclair +2 ... figured Andrew might be interested after the money he spend a while ...Help understanding some z80 asmI'm trying to work out how to represent the structure of a "sprite" in the SAM as "Grabbed" by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I …
... by SmallC. I can see the assembler implementation but I can ... to do.
Ideally the structure would look like this ... is is located after the sprite structure itself is the data.
I also want to wrap the Screen base pointers in structures ...DartsI know a few members here (not to mention the Site Administrator) are from the Netherlands and the Dutch and the British are the biggest darts fans i…
... the Site Administrator) are from the Netherlands and the Dutch and the British are the ... biggest darts fans in the ... Klaasen was knocked out after he was so ... only a few hours after the tickets went on sale. ...What has happened to DEATH?!Hi About a month ago, DEATH said he would repair the keyboard membrane in my ZX Spectrum 128k: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthrea…
... , DEATH said he would repair the keyboard membrane in my ZX ... he would repair it soon after the new year and i thought ...
