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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…

    ... travels round the junk shops / charity shops etc:(
    thx1138 thx1138 May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... under the Cronosoft label as 'charity-ware'.

    All of ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers June 2003 Games
  • Funniest GamesWhat do you lot think was the funniest speccy game EVER? I think mine would have to be Bored Of The Rings....expecially the bit where the Dark Rider…

    'How to be a Complete Bastard' with Ade Edmondson always made me titter as a youth. I found the book which inspired the game a few years ago in a charity shop, and that's pure Young Ones/Bottom style humour.

    Love it.
    MattLamb MattLamb July 2003 Games
  • What did you pay for a SpectrumJust wondered what everyone paid for getting hold of a spectrum. I got hold of one from eBay MINT condition, both the Box and the Speccy. Paid 110 …

    ... a 48K Speccy in a charity shop for a quid. Apparently ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone July 2003 Games
  • WOS Archive website thoughts.I had a flash of brilliance earlier, as recorded by the wonderful IRC... [snip] [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> anyway [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> bck to w…

    ... in return (i.e. pure charity)

    and

    charity (i.e. not getting anything ...
    NickH NickH August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WOS Archive website thoughts.I had a flash of brilliance earlier, as recorded by the wonderful IRC... [snip] [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> anyway [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> bck to w…

    ... purely out of goodwill and charity (i.e. not getting anything ...
    Woody Woody August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WOS Archive website thoughts.I had a flash of brilliance earlier, as recorded by the wonderful IRC... [snip] [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> anyway [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> bck to w…

    ... purely out of goodwill and charity (i.e. not getting anything ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • WOS Archive website thoughts.I had a flash of brilliance earlier, as recorded by the wonderful IRC... [snip] [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> anyway [18:14] &lt;DarkHalf|nap> bck to w…

    ... purely out of goodwill and charity (i.e. not getting anything ...
    Dunny Dunny August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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…

    ... two ladies out of the Charity Shop in League Of Gentlemen ... anyway) of Car boot sales, charity shops and crap markets and ...
    stupidget stupidget August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... profit on.

    The charity shops have some retro stuff ...
    ADJB ADJB August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... three different machines....

    Charity shops are so fickle. League ...
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    My entire spectrum software library was only made possible thanks to charity shops!
    Everything from sinclair's own releases to recent-ish hit squad releases! had the lot!

    Never pay no more than 50p
    , though or you'll be done.
    sdaonline sdaonline August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    /me wants to move to Fareham

    Those bargains are out of this world!

    The only games I have seen in a charity shop recently were a Saturn footy game, and a couple of CPC tapes.
    caffeinekid caffeinekid August 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... a lot of stuff in charity shops shows up from house ...
    ADJB ADJB August 2003 Games
  • Anyone want to swap all my tapes, for all systems, for game carts?I live in terrace house, not much bigger than the ones on Coronation Street. I don't have a whole lot of spare room left, and my wife, bless her, obj…

    ... been 'tidied' or donated to charity when I've been working ...
    thx1138 thx1138 October 2003 Sales
  • your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…

    ... Wolves there are loads of Charity shops which tend to have ...
    stupidget stupidget November 2003 Games
  • mia listLOL yesterday i emailed the MIA games list to my m8, then i went round and got him to print it out cos my printers got no ink cartridge at the mo and…

    nah sorry, thought i had war of the worlds till i saw it was the css version :( when im out christmass shopping and visiting charity shops for records and cds too :) ill also look in the computer games see wot i can find :)
    mel the bell mel the bell November 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • OT: I hate modern music!Sorry for this off topic thread, but I've been subjected to one hip hop/ r'n'b record too many when out tonight. Why do we have to listen to this? …

    ... book about him all from charity shops....top bloke (the original ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Warlock of Firetop MountainMy other half, Siouxsie, is quite pleased with herself as she has got 1050 points and 9 keys :) But here's the reason I've posted this: Why do you …

    ... of the later ones from charity shops.

    I agree ...
    jil jil January 2004 Games
  • Codemasters petition and suchAbout a year ago there was talk and a petition to get codemasters to release their back catalogue, either to the public domain or on CD... Did anyth…

    ... ) Buy games from carboot, ebay, charity shop etc

    2 ...
    caffeinekid caffeinekid February 2004 Games
  • How rare is R@RE?Yes, I've been wondering this 'rare' thing. How rare, in fact, are the old Spectrum-items? I mean it seems that some Ultimate games fetch hefty piles…

    ... do find stuff cheap in charity shops or free of people ...
    mel the bell mel the bell February 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Erm, wheres Badbeard?Well, where are you?

    And another point... Noel Edmonds shaved off his beard for charity a few years ago, and to the best of my knowledge it stayed off...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone March 2004 Games
  • WindyBwoy its windy today, i spent all morning picking the damn bins up that kept blowing over while out for the bin men

    ... and gave the money to charity, and I sold his Commodore ...
    thx1138 thx1138 March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "Mega-tree (Manic Miner 3)" : development disks to be auctioned on eBayI plan to sell the development disks of "Mega-tree" to coincide with the 20th anniversary; the third game in Matthew Smith's "Manic Miner" / "Jet Set…

    ... the money is going to charity. If he wanted to keep ...
    Adventurer Adventurer April 2004 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Megatree @ eBay - VERY SUSPICIOUSThis seems like an unholy scam from Hell to me. I apologise if it's not. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8101295013"]http…

    Its Not.

    The guy actually worked on the project alongside Matthew Smith at the time.
    Plus hes donating the money to charity.

    It says it all on the ad.
    Sard Sard April 2004 Games
  • Megatree @ eBay - VERY SUSPICIOUSThis seems like an unholy scam from Hell to me. I apologise if it's not. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8101295013"]http…

    ... hes donating the money to charity.

    It says it ... to give the money to charity is hardly proof he's ...
    Zagreb Zagreb April 2004 Games
  • And you think Bubbler is expensive?Found this on AtariAge, and my eyes nearly popped out. [url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3084975541&indexURL=0&photoDisplayTy…

    ... , but he did win this charity/joke auction:

    [url ...
    John H John H April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Megatree @ eBay - VERY SUSPICIOUSThis seems like an unholy scam from Hell to me. I apologise if it's not. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8101295013"]http…

    And the award for twisted reverse logic of the day goes to: Zagreb and Waz, for "donating the money to charity makes it more suspicious"...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall April 2004 Games
  • Megatree @ eBay - VERY SUSPICIOUSThis seems like an unholy scam from Hell to me. I apologise if it's not. [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8101295013"]http…

    Giving to charity: the more money you get the better, agreed?

    Auctioning a unique collection of disks: Is that worth more than a collection that has been imaged and distributed to the community at large? Or less?

    D.
    Dunny Dunny April 2004 Games
  • Miner Willy Meets The Taxmandunno about you but im tempted!! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8101295013&category=3545"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBa…

    ... again, it was alll for charity wasn't it retrogamer, i ...
    pigdog pigdog April 2004 Games
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