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For a laugh...my partner Lisa said she would wear a t-shirt that says "I LOVE WILLY" on it, with a picture of Miner Willy, of course. Unfortunately, I can't find a…
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ZX Spectrum 128K +2A for saleHi, I've just bought a Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K +2 from a car boot sale. The seller said it came with 200 games, but I've counted 151 tapes in total…
Elite +3This is a patched version of ELITE that saves commander data on +3 disks (and +3e hard disks) and of course loads them back. Commander names can only…
... +3e hard disks) and of course loads them back.
Commander ...Thoughts on laptop upgradesI have been given an old laptop, an IBM Thinkpad 600E for free. Some of the specs are as follows: Pentium II @ 364 MHz. 256KB cache. 128 MB PC-66 RAM…
... 98 installation which I of course scrapped. In its stead I ...Issue 14 of THCACwanted Issue 14 of The Home Computer Avdance Course. Anyone will to sell or scan this issue? if so PM me please. Sans should be 200dpi as Tiffs, pa…
... of The Home Computer Avdance Course.
Anyone will to ...Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
... . You could check for a collision with a second sprite, but ... two colliding sprites after a COLLISION test, allowing you to write ... a bullet sprite for a collision with another sprite of type ... would be:
IF COLLISION 3
TOGGLE
LET ...Seikosha GP-50S questionI have this old Speccy printer without the original power supply. I know it needs a 18.7V - 600mA DC power supply. Unfortunately I just have a maxi…
... printer's head ok. Of course, I cannot see the result ...PS3 slim = ?250!I've dragged my feet over this generation's consoles due to price and the like (Garden and house DIY tasks really do steal time,) but wow! that see…
... till I re-start my course and get that grant cheque ...The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
Attn: XBox users (original XBox, not the 360)On the original XBox, game patches were sometimes issued, to fix problems with the games, or to add new in-game levels, or whatever. The patches were…
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Kapalua Plantation - new course. 6369 blocks
O.M ... . Director's cut - new golf course. 5565 blocks
The Gallery ... - new golf course. 3508 blocks
Attn: PS2 Hard drive ownersIf you're having trouble getting a particular game to run from your PS2's hard drive (having tried the inbuilt HD Loader fixes, of course), then the …
... inbuilt HD Loader fixes, of course), then the following might eb ... (NTSC) worked fine. I of course have the PAL version, being ...Renumbering routinesI sometimes modify programs that either I or others have written and sensibly renumber them - usually 10/10, to make future alterations easier and ma…
... handle it?
Of course, where possible, I tend to ...Transferring programs on real tapeHi, I've converted a TZX to WAV by using "TapeToWav" utility. Then I've tried to transfer the wave to a real tape, connecting the sound card speaker …
... present, even during pauses. Of course, it's unuseable on the ...First chapter of new Monkey Island free for one day (19/9) only!To celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day, of course [url]http://www.telltalegames.com/playlikeapirate[/url]
To celebrate International Talk Like A Pirate Day, of course
[url]http://www.telltalegames.com/playlikeapirate[/url]Mark your collectionSo, I was up in the loft yesterday going through my stash of ZX Spectrum stuff (as well as other retro gaming goodness) and I thought that it was abo…
... your collection.
Of course, I'm not sure this ...Cartridges vs. Discs vs. Digital downloadFollowing a discussion in another thread, I thought a poll about cratridge vs. disc vs. digital download might be interesting (well, compared to the …
... /> Cost[B]: [/B]This of course relates to the cost of ... hardware of a system, of course.
[B]Middle: [/B ... , althoguh by tape standard, of course, discs are blindingly fast, we ...Home Computer Course TV ad foundSecond advert in (and the first advert is so '80s it hurts). [youtube]lk4YtM6yVSc[/youtube]
Second advert in (and the first advert is so '80s it hurts).
[youtube]lk4YtM6yVSc[/youtube]What games have collector's value?I've got boxes of games (primarily for the ZX Spectrum 16K/48K), original and some look like they have never been used. Honestly I have always been m…
... definitely keep?
(of course I'll keep my The ...Smash!!They say they don't make cars like they used to, and on certain levels, I'm *damned* glad about that. It's a real shame they had to wreck a nice old …
... a 40mph typical head on collision between a brand new car ...Plus D and Grey Plus 2Hi, I have two grey Plus 2, both fully working (one of them was "new" when I got it from a technical center stock). I put my Plus D clone on both. …
... garbled screen.
Of course I don't think it ...Remake WIZBALL on the SpeccySeeing as all my graphics are available why not re-make it to include all the stuff that wasn't used? I made graphics for the Ying and Yang wiz and t…
... was never implemented either. The collision detection is awful and inacurrate ...Back of the net!Picked this up from a nice lady in Harold Hill today. ?10.00 for the lot! 128k Black Speccy, leads, joystick, lightgun and manual [IMG][IMG]http:/…
... [/IMG]
and of course...although bizarrely for the Amstrad ...AWAY DAYS (not the film)After the recent comodore 64 thread that saw many people viewing the lemon forum I thought it might be a nice idea to visit other forums. A bit like …
... known forums.
Of course we would first seek the ...Stansett Trade games22 years ago, in 1987, there were few games released in Poland by a company called "Stansett Trade". Those games weren't written by this company - th…
... on loading screens. And of course Polish in-game language.Repair options for my own dear old Spectrum 48k?Hello all, This is my first post to this wonderful forum, which is part of a truly great website! My name is Arnold, and I live in Utrecht, The Nethe…
... old ZX Spectrum 48? Of course I am prepared to pay ...Some ever noticed that +2A/+3 halts Z80 using WAIT?I mean: Anyone ever noticed that the +2A/+3 halts the Z80 using WAIT? All documentation I've read about contention state that the ULA halts the Z80 …
... with high wait activity. Of course, the first period is supposed ...Implementing goto on error condition...OK, so when I'm reading a file or directory on a network filesystem, when I reach EOF, it's not actually useful at all for ZX BASIC to stop the progr…
... low farting noise (RASP, of course) then prints C Nonsense in ...trying to find some games - need helpHello First of all a big thank you for this great site, it brings back a lot of memories - even if some of them were very frustrating ( due to diffi…
... way towards the front. Of course dozens of enemies came to ...'The ZX Spectrum on your PC' - now just ?3.75I've transferred my Spectrum book, 'The ZX Spectrum on your PC' from Cafe Press to lulu and, in the process, fiddled with all the settings to get the…
... popularity. The PDF will, of course, remain free.
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