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Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... point of head hair was a) protection from objects ... in practice, although this was as much down to ... to play Scrabble. Psion Chess played very well (though ... Chess played very badly!), and the AI in Think! was ... ideas?
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Spectrum ZX was on University Challenge just nowWatching University Challenge at the moment and one question was to identify a Nintendo NES from a photo and the bonus was to name three other machin…
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what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain ... think of that did this was Mega Man 2 with it ... .
The last thing was something I noticed when looking ... -
About Chess games & BASICIs it possible to write a chess program in BASIC? Does it exist in the archive?
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Juggernaut was great!Forgive my ignorance not having trawled through the vast archives of posts, but I remember the game JUGGERNAUT with incredible fondness. I'm wonderin…
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My grand dad just died...he was 86...pneumonia...one of the persons with whom I learned the most in my life... I even got to play a bit of speccy with him (mostly chess and …
he was 86...pneumonia...one of the ... of speccy with him (mostly chess and dailey thompson...
Chess recommendations for XPCan anyone recommend a place to get a chess game for Windows XP? There are a few out there, would prefer one that you have used and free if possibl…
Can anyone recommend a place to get a chess game for Windows XP?
There are a few out there, would prefer one that you have used and free if possible.
cheers.Was there ever a good terminator game?Now that the new movie is comming and we'll sure get a load of new games around that franchise, I wonder...was there ever a good Terminator game? PC…
Now that the new movie is comming and we'll sure get a load of new games around that franchise, I wonder...was there ever a good Terminator game?
PC, Gameboy, SNES... I can't think of one that I would say "well...this one was ok"Alien Swoop & DomainWhy are Alien Swoop & Domain listed separately as "Available" when there are no files available for download and they were only released on a compila…
... to Music Monitor & Star Chess. This seems to be a ... to me. If a program was only released on a compilation ...You thought the g20 cop push video was isolated?there seems to be another video now circulating [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V23PGWd46MM[/url] A new video shows unprovoked assault from a l…
... number, suggesting that the attack was premeditated. The sheer number of ...It was 20 years ago today...That Nintendo put gameboy to play! so, what's your best memories about Game boy? best games, best stories? etc. etc.! I remember I got my 1st Game…
... the most about it, was that my birthday was in April, and ...If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …
... bought something different if money was no object.
Don ...Title marked as "not sold separately" - actually it wasJust noticed this: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013206[/url] Under the "Original Price" field it has "not sold separately…
... sold separately" - actually, the tape was sold as a separate item ...Freescape was first developed on...?Hi I have a small debate with some Amstrad users at my forum, over on which platform Freescape was developed on. I insist on Speccy but what the heck…
... , over on which platform Freescape was developed on.
I insist ... Amstradians, they think that everything was founded on their machine. :)
Guru3D guys first computer was...Guru3D is THE place to go for computer tech info and forums. It has been going for over 10 years now and Hilbert Hagedoorn is the guy that started i…
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His first computer was... ([URL="http://www.guru3d.com ...was it all a dreamAfter looking at the forums earlyer today my mind turned too amstrad and i have a vauge memory of two quite different, but both strange machines that…
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the first one was a pc/megadrive the second ... was a email/internet thing with ...Which Arcade original was most copiedBack in the day, I used to love comparing Kongs, Space Invaders, Pacm(e)n! and other clones Which classic game :Ddo you think was most replicated - …
... classic game :Ddo you think was most replicated - A guy called ...A few more games for saleA few more games surplus to requirements. You can have the lot for ?5, plus postage, or I am prepared to split if you are only interested in particu…
... [/B] Code Masters
[B]Chess[/B] Psion / Sinclair
[B ... (box and inlay only - tape was badly damaged so I threw ... or inlay card. )
[B]Chess[/B] Psion / Sinclair (Tape only ...Something that was on a Speccy magThis is a long shot, but I know some people here have really good memory, so here it goes: In some Speccy mags there were sections with questions by…
... one of those mags there was a reader who asked "What ...OMFG! That game was terrible!!!!I was bored so I looked around the dark forgotten parts of WOS and found an "ewgf type thread" Emulator. So I loaded it up to see what it would come…
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I was thinking maybe Bubsy, B.O ... , but Bloody Roar 3 was pretty crap. Feel free ... br />
Daytona USA was a shockingly poor conversion, but ... to it was pretty bad, but there was other crap ... potential to be good but was just crap really.
...Instructions for Turbo chess searchedHello, if somebody knows where I could find the "Manual" for Turbo chess or if he has the original, it would be nice to tell me, where I could get …
... find the "Manual" for Turbo chess or if he has the ...What was the name of a poor driving game, with product placement?I'm trying to remember the name of a driving game. It was a vertical scroller, top down view. It got a very sarcastic review in a magazine, the titl…
... driving game.
It was a vertical scroller, top down ... /> the implication being, that there was perhaps some kickback involved to ...Super Chess - CP Softwareanother, no listing for Super Chess the original 48k version ? versions 2+ and 16k version are listed Title: Super Chess spine has no space neither …
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no listing for Super Chess the original 48k version ?
Title: Super Chess
spine has no space ...Most users ever online was 12523-04-2007 at 06:39 PM. what was all that about then? never seen more than about 15-20 names online here at once!
23-04-2007 at 06:39 PM.
what was all that about then? never seen more than about 15-20 names online here at once!I was laughing, my mate was laughing, f--ing funnyAnyone remember this Alexie Sayle one? It was on his album, the cover of which spoofed Jacksons Off the Wall? Dropped down a cog, give it handful we…
... this Alexie Sayle one? It was on his album, the cover ... roundabout
I was laughing, my mate was laughing etc
Master Chess (missing artist)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/load/l/gif/LapOfTheGods.gif"]Master Chess[/URL] RUB in lower right corner. [img]…
... /l/gif/LapOfTheGods.gif"]Master Chess[/URL]
RUB in ...10/10/84I'm not that sure how I remember the date (although with it being 10/10 its easy) Anyway it was that date I brought my first Speccy, (obviously rubb…
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Anyway it was that date I brought my ... ) , 48K, from what was the co-op. Was ?129.99 from what ... Flag / Make A Chip / Survival / Chess / Horace Goes Skiing) , and one ...When do you think video games no longer needed imagaination?I'm not sure if I can phrase this question coherently, hence the pre-amble. What I am getting at is - when I was a kid I'd play a game, take Chequere…
... getting at is - when I was a kid I'd play ... example, and the cover art was great, the loading screen okay ... Chess for example.
What year do you think it was ... where games delivered what they promised? When was the ...What was the name of that game?Hi there, This is my first thread of any kind! I hope it brings me beginners luck. I?m after a game I used to play and was very fond of, but you'v…
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It was made by a French software ... developer/company. It was predominately a Puzzle game. ... so levels and each was contained in just one ... /> The character you controlled was a ball/dot whose only ... that would vanish and was able to spit?! to ...Looking for contact!Hi all, Back in 1998 I sold most of my Spectrum gear........I traced the add in comp.sys.sinclair and it's quoted below. I think I sold it to JAMES …
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copyrights but hell I was only a teenager at the ... Golden Hawk Ninja Master Psion Chess Chiller Santa Street Fighter II ...
Ninja Master
Psion Chess
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