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Xmas GamesHi folks, long time no speak. Just a quikie today - Name your all time favourite Xmas based games on our beloved Speccy. Cant remember much but I a…
yep av to agree Alessandro i played the snowman for ages,i only wish it had walking in the air beeping out in manic miner style while the game was being played,i still play it now by the way,always reminded me of burger time. -
Kempston Interface/Games cartridge portI recently bought an original Kempston joystick interface which features 3 rather nifty joystick ports (1 kemp, 2 sinclair) and a little slot which i…
... stick and the port. That mod sounds extremely handy given the ... -
Questions about +2The Spectrum +2 has a built in tape recorder. As I am about to put my hands on ony of those, I have a few questions: first, the +2 power supply the s…
... the games forum (about the AV channel), getting composite video and ... -
+2A external tape loadingGot a +2A on the way and will want to load externally. Now I know that the +2A is basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy …
... cassette would work without that mod. and I would not try ... -
+2A external tape loadingGot a +2A on the way and will want to load externally. Now I know that the +2A is basically a stripped down +3 with a tape deck instead of a floppy …
That shows what I said was right. The socket is output only. All you needed was the mod. I described.
I was wondering what sound chip you have in a +2b. I have seen Gi, Microchip and Yamaha in +2as. -
Spectrum emulator on playstation 2hi guys there is a speccy emulator for the ps2 which has only just been released. it only plays manic miner at present as it is a beta test. downlo…
I have just tested Manic Miner for Playstation2. it works perfect !! except no sound (PS2 needs mod chip)
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PS2Have just tried the PS2 version of Dreamspec and it works great (need action replay 2) am i the only one testing PS2 emulators !!! The Howdon Hackers
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I am lucky enough to have a mod in my PS2 (neo2) it might be the mod that loads the dreamspec
before any body spends any money on a AR2 it needs to be tried by someone with PS2 (no mod)+ AR2 !!!
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RGB Cable for Spectrum 128K +2Anyone have one for sale? Or know where I could get one - tried the highstreet stores but no joy :?( Is it a special Sinclair version or can I use …
I discovered a further enhancement to scart cables. If you want the AV mode of the tv automatically selected when the computer is on connect +12V to 8 on the scart socket. -
New style Reviews are upJust wanted to tell you my site is now doing reviews for Spectrum games (amongst others) like the old days of C64 legend magazine, Zzap!64. [url="htt…
Haven't played Uridium for the C64. Neat site btw! How bout some really cool C64 music to download? Maybe some converted to the MOD or MIDI format (is this possible)? -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
There is adverts for a few computers/games here:
[url="http://www.datsunworld.com/av/ads.htm"]http://www.datsunworld.com/av/ads.htm[/url] -
spectrum in united statesIs there any way to use a Spectrum in the United States? I notice all the ones I have seen on ebay have a power plug very different from the kind use…
... have successfully done this easy mod on a 48 and 128k ... -
ahem!.. could I have a minute of everyones time please :)ok... here's the thing. I'm looking into sourcing some spare IC's for the whole range of Spectrums - mainly memory, as that's probably the weakest l…
... the picture quality - renewing the mod will return the output to ... -
Keyboard MembraneHi all I'm about to finally replace the dead keyboard membrane in my 48K Speccy. Is there any preventative stuff I can do to improve the life of the…
... easily implement this cool running mod.
it is indeed ... -
Keyboard MembraneHi all I'm about to finally replace the dead keyboard membrane in my 48K Speccy. Is there any preventative stuff I can do to improve the life of the…
If the temperature cycling is the culprit then how about if I insulate the header strip?
I'll have a look at the voltage mod but I'm a bit hesitant to fiddle too much with the old girl ;)
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Any info on 'Fred Loder'?Does anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder'? I'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, but I can't find any reference to it a…
It was a russian TR-DOS mod, but as far I know, there was nothing changed in the gameplay itself. -
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... bank. I did also a mod for interlacing in interupts. I ... -
Spectrum officeJust out of curiousity ? What are you up to while u are online during the day.. I'm currently in an office for a magazine company in South wales. Th…
... (network analysis, sniffer, SNMPc, firewalls, AV & consultancy plug plug plug ... -
Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…
... without needing any form of mod-chip *may* have affected software ... -
Playstation????Does anybody know where I can get hold of a good speccy emulator for the playstation 1? I see there are a couple on here but how on earth do I get th…
... you don't need a Mod chip with those. If you ... Mod it you may only need ... -
Is there a way to convert .AY to .MID file?actually, I need only note lengths, beginings and so on. I don't need any FX or speciality effects.
... converted Sound Tracker files to .MOD (without samples of course : ) If ... the case then several PC MOD Trackers (Modplug tracker for instance ... ) can convert MOD to MIDI with pretty decent ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... were a way to make MOD out of wav files or ... a wav or mp3 to mod or med ... anyway im going ... -
Playstation 2 emulatorFew day ago I got my PS2. I downloaded DreamSpec for Playstation 2 from WoS (bootable NERO image) and burn it to the CD using NERO. However, my PS2…
... :D ... there are actually some mod chips that dont require you ... 't need a Mod chip ( because somehow the Mod chip data or ... -
ask to Spanish-speaking personsHello there. Who would be able to translate one short text for me? I used BabelFish site, but it isn't very good in this case. The text is here: …
... - except AY music - also a MOD music).
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Playstation 2 emulatorFew day ago I got my PS2. I downloaded DreamSpec for Playstation 2 from WoS (bootable NERO image) and burn it to the CD using NERO. However, my PS2…
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+3 Distorted audio fix?I found a page on the Web a while ago which explained how to fix the "flaw" on the +3 circuit board which causes the sound from the AY chip to be hor…