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So far so good sound and visionPlease bare in mind the following 1) When I had a spectrum, I never tried writing anything that was arcade, graphically interesting or had any sound…
... realspectrum and basin ok displays the start screen, plays a tune and ... think of asking where the any key is) and the game ends.
The reason for posting ... Is what Im seeing and hearing in the emulator, is what people ... -
Repartition and backup in XP - please helpMy laptop snuffed it, so I've bought another one, this time running XP (as opposed to Win98 ). Anyway, when I bought the old one, it's hard drive (FA…
... the C: partition, and the rest of the drive (the majority, I think 16GB to the ... and format and re-install XP, but I want to keep the ... current installation)
and
... image of the NTFS c: drive?
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game where you pushed others off the 2D playing field into outer space?hello there! this is my first post -- hope it's in the right place! the view point of this monochromatic game was from above. you controlled a small…
... a small robot or spaceship and the point was to bounce off ... (computer controlled) robots and push them off the surrounding ledge. if you ... a shape, colour, etc). the early levels might have had ... more and harder/bigger robots to push off the ledge. also the ... -
Best of the best UK 80's seriesTiswas Minder Only Fools and Horses Magpie (only just 80s) Chorten and the Wheelies Dangermouse Joe 90 Crossroads (for its crapness) Why don't you Wa…
... (only just 80s)
Chorten and the Wheelies
Dangermouse
Joe ... /> Come on lets show the uk had the best 80's programs... -
The Amazing Rocketeer[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017643"]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think it may offer Ke…
... ] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think it may ... why someone would do this? And is there a way of ... a standard laptop?
The screenshot and the voting make this look a ... -
Games you wish you'd had the intrsuctions toI would have loved to know what I was supposed to be doing in both Fairlight and The Great Escape
I would have loved to know what I was supposed to be doing in both Fairlight and The Great Escape -
it's the ?who can recommend their favourite music? gameI thought I best make a thread for people to put their favourite music into. Here's one: ?trombit?s fr?di ?s rettenetes embereknek? (freddy the trom…
... ?s rettenetes embereknek? (freddy the trombone player and the terrible people" by Omega ... for Hungary what the Rolling Stones did for the west. So I ... .
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New ResiDOS & +3e versions: bugfixes and TAP/TZX supportI've just released a new version of ResiDOS (v2.01) and the FATfs/ZX80/ZX81 packages. These include a few bugfixes, and a couple of important new fea…
... of ResiDOS (v2.01) and the FATfs/ZX80/ZX81 packages. These ... [*]ResiDOS installer now automatically installs the FATfs package
[*]New TapeIO ... large disks (the bug is an old one and was actually ... present in the +3).
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Emulating the Plus3e in SpinHi. At the weekend I finally got my ass in gear and started to go through my many +3 discs, with the aim of transferring a lot of the content to a CF…
... use zxspin, as it emulates the DivIDE and the plus3e (tho' I'm ... not sure what the difference is ... Spin (emulating a +3, DivIDE, and the v1.31 Plus3e ROMS for ... s all question-marks and things). Interestingly, the partitions are listed ... -
Emulators on the PS2.Zophars domain has a nice list of emulators for various hardware. I was wondering if anyone has tried any of the emulators for the PS2: [url]http://w…
... has tried any of the emulators for the PS2:
[url]http ... 'm especially interested in the SNES, Sega Genesis and the Speccy emulator. Would ... be fun to play the games on the ... -
The 'Must read' threads.Ahhh, memories! There's been a hell-of-a-lot of great WoS over the years, and many fantastic threads currently being reminisced over, like the X-Box…
... coding tips, the great game debates, the most helpful pointers, and the downright ludicrous ... raw-scampi induced ravings... Trawl the ... -
I woke up this morning and wanted it sooo bad!I woke up this morning next to my girlfriend and the first thing that came into my mind was.... "I wanna play R-Type II on the Spectr…
... morning next to my girlfriend and the first thing that came into ... I on the Spec was an amazing technical achievement and brill to ... made. On formats like the Atari 2600 and XL/XE their seems ... while YOU can make the game and contribute to the scene".
The Big Four Oh (Oh Oh)!Wow! I can't believe I've just reached the 4e3 point. As you all know, it's customary for me, on reaching such milestones, to ruminate, reflect on, a…
... year marked the 25th anniversary of our beloved Speccy, and what a ... far. I bet Sir Clive and the myriad of game programmers would ... ) are being released all the time and there's a very interesting ... is awesome though and if you're into the more cerebral type ...Spectrum Emus for the DSSo what's the emu of choice then, I've got a DS on the way and one of those blank cart things, and the first thing I want to do is play Spectrum gam…
So what's the emu of choice then,
I've got a DS on the way and one of those blank cart things, and the first thing I want to do is play Spectrum gamesProbably NOT the 80s thing I'm nostalgic for...Compare the photo here: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6957589.stm[/url] And the one about 3/4 the way down this page: [url]http://www.thunder-a…
... [/url]
And the one about 3/4 the way down this ... page:
[url]http://www.thunder-and ... -lightnings.co.uk/lightning/history.html[/url]
Yes, the ... not worrying about the next story about Russia and America being a ...The actual top ten Spectrum games EVER! : )I had a free moment and collected all the votes from the thread of "Top 10 Spectrum games ever". ([I][url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/show…
... moment and collected all the votes from the thread of ... br /> [*]Ghouls and Ghosts
[*]Heavy On The Magick
[*] ... /> [*]Stonkers
[*]The Hobbit
[*]The Wild Bunch
[*]Treasure ... IK+
[*]Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
[*]Jet ...What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... , but causes polution and the greenhouse effects. Why ... and so on, but it stops the programmers from pushing themselves and the hardware. And ... shared between the program and the video RAM). The game authors ... , where's the driver discs?", and the same answer you ...Holiday disasters and injuriesJust come back after a 10 day camping trip to France... Four days into it the missus wanted a block of butter cut so did it whilst holding the butter…
... of holiday I was loading the trailer and it toppled over onto ... /> It was a great holiday and the stitches meant I did not ... I just stayed in the tent and worked on writing a ...
Oh and I overloaded the trailer and the axle weld snapped, luckily ...Found a few things out in the last couple of weeks :)Q. Who funded Hitler ? Now you bound to say, he did it all on his own ! Alas wrong. Q2. Who prints out money ? (now this i would love to know, i kn…
... does `promise to please pay the bearer` mean on every note ... />
Also while im in the typing mode @ `mr death`. Richard ... 200M away from the gf`s and the parents house and also writes for ... Retrogamer (tm).
BTW. 21st is the ...Contention and floating bus timingHello, I was recently playing a bit with memory contention and floating bus stuff in ZXDS and there is one thing which puzzles me a bit. It is the d…
... is the difference between the time when the screen data are supposedly sampled and the ... time when they seem to appear on the floating ... (which lasts for 32 cycles and the Z80 can generate interrupt for ...Indian Jones and the raiders of the lost 80's computer gamethe new indy film [url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/photogallery[/url] hmmmmmm. [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inla…
the new indy film
[url]http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367882/photogallery[/url]
hmmmmmm.
[url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-inlays/c/CrystalKingdomDizzy.jpg[/url]What did Spectrum BASIC lack (and was BBC BASIC so good?)Over the years, I've read in various multi-format magazines, that BBC BASIC was probably the best BASIC available on an 8-bit machine. I've never use…
... I always thought that the Spectrum's implementation was ... /sprite/3D drawing functions and the ability to add libraries ... seen the need for that.
And in ... I much prefered the Spectrums editing and you-can't ... -enter-a-line-with-the- ...England sucks the sausage once againFucking England at the rugby. Arrrggh!!!! And the fucking Queen was watching too. Bah humbug!
Fucking England at the rugby.
Arrrggh!!!!
And the fucking Queen was watching too.
Bah humbug!The PrinceBeing interested in all things microdrivey, and seeing what Digital Prawn has been up to recently I thought I'd have a look at [URL="http://www.world…
... interested in all things microdrivey, and seeing what Digital Prawn has ... check of sorts. Anyway, the two turbo load sections (which ... should be at the beginning of the tape) do not exist ... also released by ACS. Oh, and the turbo load blocks are present ...Video rental shops and Speccy games.Just had a thought... How many of us hired out Speccy games from our local Video shops? Most of the games said, 'not for rental or re-sale' on the …
... , 'We rent Spectrum games!' and amongst the usual, Mad Max, Dark Crystal ... , Beastmaster and Starcrash boxes, the guy hid a suitcase ... , 'Spellbound, (Beyond)' 'Space station Zebra,' and, 'The Crypt.'
Good advice for your wives and girlfriendsGood advice for your wives and girlfriends as published in the May 13, 1955 issue of Housekeeping Monthly. [b]Pay attention ladies!![/b] [FONT="Tim…
... for your wives and girlfriends as published in the May 13, 1955 ... hungry when they get home and the prospect of a good meal ... /> [*]During the cooler months of the year you should prepare and light a ... Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always ...The most overrated games of all timeWhich games did the magazines say were really good, but are actually... um... not so good? By a combination of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/b…
... , we can easily compare the ratings given by magazines to ... hackery later, and I can exclusively reveal that the most overrated ... at the difference between WoS's score and the mean of those the ... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0005237]Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends ...The Vindicator - Why can't I go up?Maybe you're not meant to be able to, but on The Vindicator (not Vindicators), up is working fine as a control but once I go left or right or down of…
... the door on the right, but the laser came through and hit me before the ... door had opened and the alien walked ... out. BAD SHOW!
I'm using the ...Dog the Bounty Hunter does a Jade Goody......when he calls his son to tell him to get rid of his girlfriend: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bxv1hGRl4Y[/url] And the son tapes the conv…
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And the son tapes the conversation and sell it to the National Enquirer ... !!!!!
:)
And ... 's been taken off air and the sponsors Yum Foods have withdrawn ...The weird case of Express RaiderAnyone knows why this game was writen by this hungary team? (which by the way, never wrote anything else for the speccy)?? Maybe they wrote this conv…
Anyone knows why this game was writen by this hungary team? (which by the way, never wrote anything else for the speccy)?? Maybe they wrote this conversion of the coin op and the people of US Gold liked it??
