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Professional PiracyI was just wondering... Back in the early nineties I tripped into my local John Menzies (Dunfermline) to buy a few Speccy games. Having picked up a …
... a (frankly scary looking) machine behind her. After thirty seconds or ... -
need helpw with speccy i found in a binToday what a find, walking past a wheely bin I saw an atari box, after more investigation I uncovered a wood panel atari and a speccy plus leads for…
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Lucky Find?Moving boxes in the loft the other night, trying to make space for the wee ones outgrown baby stuff and i moved a box, the bottom gave way and out sp…
... see if i left anything behind there, i am sure i ... -
BASin Release 6 available for DownloadHi all - It's another cut'n'paste from CSS :) I've been tapping away again, and seeing as a couple of people have recently seen BASin's latest bits…
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NEW INTERFACE FOR ZX SPECTRUM!!Hi all zx-maniax! Here is a letter from Polish inventor, Yarek Adamski. He constructed a new brilliant interface for ZX SPECTRUM. Ready carrefuly i…
... them in "a sequence"
behind Spectrum or disconnecting one before ... -
Dream remakesAll this talk of the DD remake got me thinking about what kind of games I would love to write on the speccy if I had the Z80 skill, graphical talent,…
... climb on top of things, behind things etc.
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Dan Dare 2 questionThis question is for those who actually owned at one time the game and still (vaguely) remember its instructions (which are not on WoS :( ). Can you …
... tell me briefly the story behind the game ? I for one ... -
New (?) auto-hacking methodFollowing a discussion with BadBeard on another thread, I think it would be appropriate for me to share something with the rest of the world (i.e. th…
... /> POKE 26496, 201 => No ATTR update (looks weird)
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Emigration SaleWell, considering that I'll be disappearing to Canada in a couple of months I've decided to list a load of my retrogaming stuff for sale on my websit…
... 'll never leave my Speccies behind!) but there's a fair ... -
CHARITY SHOP - JUNK SHOP - CAR BOOT SALE - Spectrum games recovered!i've just paid 20p a piece in the Aged Concern shop for Penetrator (48k Spectrum)and Space Raiders (ZX81). it seemed such a pity to leave them to gat…
... of the little old ladies behind the till was shouting into ... more games to be had behind the women's blouses which ... -
Turn based aliens gameDoes anyone remember this game? I've been itching to play it since selling all my old spectrum stuff years ago. It was on the front of YS I think a…
... marines I think and started behind a swamp or big load ... -
PLKON 2003 - AT THE TOP OF THE SPECCY AGELife is beautiful "thing", which pass like a water, and which no one of us repeat it. So every moment is needed to be used bellyfuly. Someone is doin…
... are doing it by sitting behind keyboard and watching
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Sinclair Basic compiler for PC?I know we all can use BASin to play for a while in a little window. But... What about creating a 80x86 EXE program from scratch using Sinclair Basic…
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Old/New Systems comparisonThe Teletext Magazine "Gamecentral" today (2nd September) printed a letter from someone talking about the C64's superiority to the Spectrum and how b…
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Spectrum music rule the chiptune-world ;)There are some chats about ZX music nowadays on WOS, so... ;) According to news from MICROMUSIC.NET (the biggest site about chiptune music), Your hu…
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Finding yourself rubbish at gamesDoes anyone else like myself find themselves being useless at the old classics that they once were gods at. Yesterday i thought i would give Jetpac …
... someone with their hands tied behind their back.
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Fuse moving to SourceForgeI (and the rest of the Fuse team) are in the process of moving Fuse's "home" from its current location to SourceForge. For reasons to do with the Fai…
... in, they are 24 hours behind.
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The story behind EliteI just came across this superb write-up on Ian Bell and David Braben of Elite fame. Very interesting history I must say! "http://www.guardian.co.uk/…
I just came across this superb write-up on Ian Bell and David Braben of Elite fame. Very interesting history I must say!
"http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,3605,1064107,00.html"
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ANN: Nodes Of Yesod Pocket PC Free Download!Attention all WOS surfers: As a gesture of seasonal goodwill, we're making Nodes Of Yesod for Pocket PC available for free for a limited time! Node…
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We were behind the development of most (if ... -
Dizzy questionLately I have been playing Dizzy again. Being absolute crap at it back in the days I was surprised how easy the puzzles actually are. I completed th…
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zx elite missionsHi all, I am big fan of original elite and love zx version too much because it was forst elite i played. I actualy own ZX 128k and c64 original pack…
... pick up the debris left behind. You will now have a ... -
Game With Biggest Development Team?Hi all, In contrast to the golden era of bedroom programmers and small teams in the 80's, does anyone have an idea, which Spectrum game might have h…
... had the biggest development team behind it?
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Games that SHOULD have been madeI have just watched the film scum. I thought what a great speccy game this would have made. Apart from a text adventure:- >Where is your tool? Wha…
Dan Dare 256 colour project many may not be aware of.I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. …
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by the chaps behind Spec256 - just do as it ...WYE Compiler Infoi wonder that nobody knows about this masterpiece... for example games BLUE THUNDER or some of AUTOMATA games were compiled by this tool... it is lim…
... for basic like sprites and attr manipulations..
simple benchmark ...Don PriestlyDoes anyone know how I can get in touch with the genius behind Popeye and Flunky?
Does anyone know how I can get in touch with the genius behind Popeye and Flunky?Last speccy game you ever played....................before packing the thing away and leaving your childhood behind. Mine was Where Time Stood Still, 1988 I think.
.......before packing the thing away and leaving your childhood behind.
Mine was Where Time Stood Still, 1988 I think.Decimals, bcd etc in z80...Working bloody full-time on my Ragnar Revival game right now - just finished the basic sprite engine and before I go on coding the actual 3d engine (…
... the actual 3d engine (moving behind blocks and other sprites), I ...ScanlinesHere's an excerpt from the FAQ: [quote] Now for the timings of each line itself: define a screen line to start with 256 screen pixels, then border, …
... two: a screen and an ATTR byte). The border is 48 ...Ragnar Revival updateOhyes - finally implemented a solution on how to solve "moving-behind-blocks-and-masking-accordingly" for my 3d isometric game! The code is not very …
... on how to solve "moving-behind-blocks-and-masking-accordingly" for ...
