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Computer Space and Beyond - 50 years of video gaming.A nice article by the BBC on 50 years of video gaming: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-58281812
A nice article by the BBC on 50 years of video gaming:
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Two new spectrums arrived. One no video.Got a +2 and a Toastrack arrived today. Toastrack was actually in good condition, little wear, though a little dirty. Worked well on first power up, …
... can't even get video sync, and the video modulator is gone ... hard since there's no video. Will put it aside until ... -
Paging for 64Kb of Video Ram??? What is the best way to page this?Hi all, I'm just putting together a concept card for a "Loki" style of video card, which supports shadow ( so it fits a normal Speccy ) and also t…
... a "Loki" style of video card, which supports shadow ( ... a 48K or 64K video card, how would you ... 16K for a "Normal" video screen and variables/basic area ... This would allow the video card to have two separate ... would allow for 2 video screens that could be viewed ... -
When some new video tech enters your old houseBeing the sort of creature that has kept all the old TVs and monitors around since I first began taking interest in video matters it was with curiosi…
... first began taking interest in video matters it was with curiosity ... /> Hey, scart connector!
Component video?
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48k S-video output -- pcb board (credits 1024MAK & RGA24) just fitted a revision A of the s-video board to a issue 2 specie and i am very impressed with the results. the picture is…
... revision A of the s-video board to a issue 2 ... be on the specific s-video channel rather than RGB, I ... -
ZX Spectrum on police filesI found this video via Rupert's Blog on ZDNet [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lztemas2fFI[/url] It shows how back in 1985, anti-Communist, non-…
... in the company of a bandit who had robbed priests in ... who had stolen [U]pornographic video tapes from the cultural center ... -
machines you've owned and favourite games on each?Just reminiscing about games of the past - speccie and beyond - and the pleasure they have brought. Here is my list of my ownership of machines and …
... Carnage.
Cosmo Gang the Video.
Mortal Kombat II.
Gekido Urban Fighters.
Panzer Bandit.
Parodius (all of them ... -
Zx Spectrum used to fight with communism :)No, I don't mean Green Beret or Raid Over Moscow :) I mean real life. I don't know if this story was told on this forums. As some major Polish newsp…
... in the company of a bandit who had robbed priests in ... [COLOR=Red][I]stolen pornographic video tapes from the cultural center ... -
Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
[QUOTE=Bandit;541104]The game is unplayable ... ]
There is a video with a complete playthrough for ... -
machines you've owned and favourite games on each?Just reminiscing about games of the past - speccie and beyond - and the pleasure they have brought. Here is my list of my ownership of machines and …
... TV.
Cosmo Gang the Video.
Mortal Kombat II.
Streetfighter alpha 3.
Panzer Bandit.
Parodius (all of them ... -
Games featuring... relevant bugsThere was a recent improvement to the WoS database in order to classify [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34261"]Games fea…
[quote="Bandit;858206"][quote="Ivanzx;774904"]There ... if you watch the above video (not that I'm trying ... -
The RZX Request ThreadI have no idea if anything like this has ever been tried - but given that I am only a very occasional visitor these days I'd hope you all don't mind …
... now go and watch that video of a Japanese teenager beating ... who is now known as "Bandit" has been my go-to ... ] undertaking for 25 minutes of video, I'll tell you all ... -
Short Circuit part 2 - impossible to complete?Author of this [url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A1IrBtWFyQ"]longplay[/url] says that part 2 of Short Circuit has no ending. Is it true? C64 ver…
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I can't get my +2B to work over RGB to SCART.Hi so I have a black +2B and no matter what I do I get a black screen using the RGB-SCART scart cable (specific for the model ) and I'm using a SCART…
... -HDMI-adapter-720P-1080P-HD-Video-Converter-Box-for-HDTV-DVD ... ?_trkparms=aid%3D555019%26algo%3DPL.BANDIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20151005190705%26meid ... so can anyone post a video for me it working and ... -
Does Supertest actually end?I've been playing a few games of Daley Thomson's Supertest lately (128K version) and often wondered does the game end of do the targets just get toug…
... playthrough of Hyper Sports by @Bandit . No ending, it just goes ... 1:55:45 in the video.
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X128 keysAs you may know, the Spectrum 128 had Extend Mode, True Video, Inv Video and Graphic buttons. Are these buttons emulated on X128? If not, can anyone …
... 128 had Extend Mode, True Video, Inv Video and Graphic buttons. Are ... -
adventure gamesI always liked text adventures and the speccy had loads,my favourites were Robin of sherwood,,Espionage island,,emerald isle,,dracula,,secret of st b…
... i sent to Computer and Video games mag,,but other than ... -
Amstrad CPC Monitor Lead I know this is a speccy site (and the spectrum is no.1 as far as I'm concerned) but I got an Amstrad CPC and green screen monitor included with a sp…
... SCART TV lead or composite video otherwise .
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InterferenceCan anyone tell me how to get rid of those horrible lines on the +2a? I'm sure these are interference from something but I just cant get rid of them.…
... ran the +2a through a video recorder or something but this ... -
Speccy Mags For Sale! I have the following magazines for sale, anyone interested, please contact. CRASH Issues:- 42 - July 87; 43 - Aug 87; 44 - Sept 87; 45 - Oct 87; …
... 88.
Computer & Video Games
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Didaktik M (ZX Spectrum clone selling)Here is an offer to buy ZX Spectrum clone ( DIDAKTIK M ) from Slovakia, basic info: 100% functionality, Kempston & Sinclair joysticks connectors, tap…
Here is an offer to buy ZX Spectrum clone ( DIDAKTIK M ) from Slovakia, basic info: 100% functionality, Kempston & Sinclair joysticks connectors, tape device connector, TV and VIDEO out, 48kB RAM/ 16kB ROM. Price GBP 50. -
Just started a 'retro' BBoard. All welcome to advertise/post links there.I am not trying to compete with the mighty WoS, but I have just started an EZ-Board, dedicated to all things 'retro-tech' video games, arcade games e…
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Were there any Spectrum games based on horror movies?On an American based BBoard someone is trying to compile a list of video games based upon horror movies. Does anyone know if there were any for the …
On an American based BBoard someone is trying to compile a list of video games based upon horror movies.
Does anyone know if there were any for the Spectrum either based on horror movies or official movie tie-ins?
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Spectral Invaders screenshot in the Saturday TIMES.I was just reading ''PLAY'' the arts & entertainment supplement in the Saturday TIMES newspaper. In the gaming section there is an article about the…
... article mentions a History of Video Gaming exhibition being held in ... -
Recognize this (not so popular) speccy game?i am looking for this old spectrum game but i don't know its name... so here's a description: it's got gfx like small stickmen and you are the good g…
... complex trap to kill a bandit who appears a few mins ... set the traps right the bandit gets killed and you move ... -
Game On exhibition- EdinburghI was there today and it was highly enjoyable. The game I enjoyed playing the most was IK+ on the C64- fantastic! The sprites look so close to Karate…
... felt when I was nine- video games are significant after all ... -
Memory usageBrowsing the online documentation for the Spectrum I came across a peculiar discrepency. As we all know the start of the RAM is at 16384 which is whe…
... before KSTATE and after the video memory is used for on ... -
The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... games.
Just play Video Meanies on both platforms to ... -
Out of Controller It's a new newsletter i'm doing every month. I has lots on all the new video games and consoles. It has: *>Gamecube News *>Handheld News *>Game revi…
... lots on all the new video games and consoles. It has ...
