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Arkanoid / Batty clones ?Although there is an old 2008 topic [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/16532/best-worst-arkanoid-clones/"]here[/url] , I felt a new …
... from Ark2 and 'Though The Wall' :D , are there any worthy ... -
OLD TOWER - Background renderingLove this game. Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down. W…
Love this game.
Plays great on ZX Spin, but on Speccy and EightyOne, the red brick background flashes irritatingly while scrolling up and down.
What does it look like on a real spectrum, anyone? -
Olympics - Tokyo 2020 (in 2021)Anyone watching the Olympics?? I have been watching the US coverage and it is much better this time around. There are less adverts (none during ev…
... you fed up with the wall to wall sports coverage. -
ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 15 August 2021Sunday 15 August 2021 Those paying attention might have noticed that largely due to people not sending me enough new tips to warrant doing an upda…
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Bolder Dash, Brick Rick: Graveyard Shift, Buckaroo Banzai ... -
Why Sir Fred, why?So I thought this morning I would give Sir Fred a bashing. I always liked the idea of the game, but found it too hard and gave up too easily. So here…
... you hit any kind of wall. So I must have to ... -
Hunchback is back!Hi, I would like to publish again an old-fashion style writing what perhaps should be valueable if we wrote 1985. Maybe somebody will try it ... …
... YOU stuck on the 2nd wall at rope ?
DO YOU ... PRINT " 1 = flat wall"
40 PRINT " 2 = wall with 3 holes ... "
50 PRINT " 4 = wall with 3 guards"
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350 INPUT (STR$(F)+". WALL TYPE: ");A(F)
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Building a ZX Spectrum and I have some voltage questionsI've posted about this before looking for parts, but now I've found all the hard-to-get stuff (thank you Retrolium!). So I figured new questions, new…
... is an American (110v) generic brick, rated at a similar 9v ... -
Most precious thing you own.Sentimental journey. What thing you own is most precious to you. It could be a faded brown memento mori from a long gone Victoriana maiden. A let…
... . A lock of hair. A brick you found on the beach ... -
Favourite Foreign Language Films (Non English)I likes an arty film or two and stuff and so forth. Gotta be just heaps of them. Given the English titles here to save messing around. Man Bites D…
... (Belgium - 1992) - 'Fly on the wall' sadistic adventures of a psychopath ... -
Completed gamesMy housemate and I are currently working our way through Deus Ex at the moment and the thought struck us that today it is actually possible to comple…
... the screen, then hit the wall a few times to lose ... first, then drive into the wall at high speed holding fire ... -
Incognito?Hey how many of you guys who peruse through this forum are in fact old spectrum programmers/coders from yesteryear. Surely some of you are and maybe…
cant we hurl rubber bricks?id like to hurl them at the programmer of jack and the beanstalk especially for the brick level...one thought did any of these bad games programmers ever try and play their games before they were released. -
StormbringerHi, I am looking for a game called Stormbringer with Magic Knight, Thnx
... quickly. To get past the wall in Main Lever 4, throw ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... the Horizons tape (thro' the wall was entertaining for a while ... -
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…
... box (well, more like a brick) for the 464. My mate ... -
2 AM and still playing?I remember one night when I was intently playing BATMAN (Jon & Bernie version) when I suddenly heard mom asking me, "What on earth are you doing on t…
I recently had a 'what r u doing' call from my wife whilst batlling thru Invincible ISland. My cries of 'oh f*&^ing hell' must have permeated thru the wall.
I knew there was a reason why I wnated egg boxes rather than wallpaper!!!! -
What were the most difficult, and pointless, games you ever played?1) Jack and the Beanstalk - incredibly difficult, a system of losing lives that seems to have designed by a certified lunatic, and no real sense of a…
I always found Highway Encounter pretty easy and completed it on my second go. Alien Highway, however, was a "Throw the cassette at the wall in a fit of frustration" game! -
Gaming MythsLike mentioned in earlier threads - we have games like Mire Mare, Lunar Jetman and Scooby Doo. Does any other ones spring to mind. They need not be…
... leaves his gun on the wall, but when he gets up ... -
The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... hard to guess when the brick changed colour to shoot it ... -
Bloody Jet Set WillyThis game suffers from the same problem that many others from that time do: it's too damn hard? Anyone got any pokes that will make the game easier, …
Bloody Jet Set WillyThis game suffers from the same problem that many others from that time do: it's too damn hard? Anyone got any pokes that will make the game easier, …
... in the middle of a wall then the games collision detection ...Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
... jump left just into the wall of the house then jump ... , you can climb up the wall of the house and avoid ...what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.
Combat School- I couldnt even get over the first jump.
R-Type No life loss till level 4 then no lives left :(
Thro' the wall: Never was any good at them games. Got bored quickly
Spikey Harold
And lots moreStupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
... and just touch the house wall, and then immediately jump straight ...FAILED THE BLOODY TEST !!!Well, I finally worked out the courage to take the Spectrum certification test... AND FAILED !!! Not exactly that I was expecting to pass, but - My G…
I got it on my 2nd try!
I printed out the certificate, and its stuck up on the wall at work!!!
Its the only "real" qualification I have hehe ;)Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
oops. my bad. either the ay or my tv didn't do it justice. (that or i had a lego brick stuck my ear)
thanks for clearing up a long running family argument. i now know i'm not insane, just deaf. :) call me kermitWhat were the most difficult, and pointless, games you ever played?1) Jack and the Beanstalk - incredibly difficult, a system of losing lives that seems to have designed by a certified lunatic, and no real sense of a…
ghouls and ghosts and ghosts and goblins, they drove me up the wall, the made those games way too difficult i lost interest.