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What was the last commercial game released / you bought?Two pronged question this. Does anyone know what the last commercially released Spectrum game was and when? I guess it would have been about 1994 i…
... parents to buy me a computer, and reading through a copy of ... Thus my first experience of computer games - as opposed to Atari ... 8-bit section became tinier and restricted solely to budget games ... years previously, and ironically both the Amiga and Atari ST were ... -
Frankie Says RelaxHahahahahahahahahahaha I know I shouldnt laugh, but is guy for real? or is he made of clay or something? No offence meant.
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Me: Have you got a computer?
Bart: No but ... . So you'll need a computer, and a modem.
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So how does this Bit Torrent thing work then?Hi, How do I go about setting this up? Is it safe to use? How much does it cost? Derek
... from the Bit Torrent website and its downloading now. Just 7 ... over your downloads at all, and to resume a download you ... required download link to your computer and double click to start it ... the saved part file is and it finds what youve downloaded ... -
Green BeretThis conversion surprised me a little. I hadn't played it in 15 years at least, and I was familiar only with the arcade version via MAME. In playing …
I bought Konami Coin-op Hits for the C64, as Mikie hadn't been previously released on that computer, and I always loved the Speccy version - I was expecting it to be terrible but it was very good. -
Green BeretThis conversion surprised me a little. I hadn't played it in 15 years at least, and I was familiar only with the arcade version via MAME. In playing …
... been previously released on that computer, and I always loved the ... . Great Martin Galway soundtrack and brilliant vector effect when putting ... the Speccy version (messy and not brilliant), the C64 ... Drive version (quite good), and the PC Engine version (great ... -
A question about connecting PC'sThis will I am sure, sound like a dumb question to those that know about such things. Anyway, if I got my Windows XP laptop, and connected it to m…
... go into My computer and in the address bar and type:
... try to connect, the computer you are on will ... s username and password over to the other computer for ... exists on the other computer it will let you ... cable, its sooper slow and is more trouble than ... -
Network issues?Hi folks, The past 2 weeks, I noticed a dramatic drop in FTP traffic from the WoS archive, which I can't quite seem to explain. The amount of files …
A few months ago, over the space of many weeks, I downloaded the entire Sinclair User archive and I plan to do the same with Crash, Your Sinclair and certain issues of Computer and Video Games sometime. -
hmmmmmmmThis forum used to astound me with feats of technical prowess and stuff i never understood these days its frequented by peeps who cant run mame or b…
I can do most things on a computer and have been able to since I was about 8 but I can't boil an egg or hammer a nail in straight. -
hmmmmmmmThis forum used to astound me with feats of technical prowess and stuff i never understood these days its frequented by peeps who cant run mame or b…
... do most things on a computer and have been able to since ... -
ZX computing scans in the archiveHi, I was looking for a couple of issues of Zx computing in the archive that I used to own, but they don't appear to have been added yet. One had a …
... if it had been compiled and then released commercially as the ... an arcade machine, I think), and the graphics in each are ... type, compare Blockman from Your Computer and Stampabout from Your Spectrum. -
If E-bay were a dictionary, the word "rare" would win!Is it just me, or anyone else tired of reading the word "rare" before the words "zx spectrum" on ebay? Do the sellers really think this is going to …
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Magazine collectionsWhat game magazines do people collect? I have every Crash mag apart from 6 issues(with 2 binders) and every Zzap apart from 11 issues (with 5 binder…
I used to collect Amstrad Action, Amstrad Computer User, Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, Crash and Computer and Video Games. Sadly, I don't have these anymore but I do have two issues of Retro Gamer.. -
Magazine collectionsWhat game magazines do people collect? I have every Crash mag apart from 6 issues(with 2 binders) and every Zzap apart from 11 issues (with 5 binder…
Got most of ZX Computing. used to have virtually all YS, SU, Your Computer and Crash. -
Amusing things you didnt know about speccies...When you were a kid, when you were a young kid, like me, aged 9-10, seeing a speccy in the shops for the very first time, where Jetpac was loaded and…
... speccy loading screens, and one classmate saw it and started asking about ... how he will hack my computer and I won't be able ... -
Another thread about my computer...... hope you don't mind :) Now the issue is an entirely different one: I have Red Hat Linux on the primary harddisk, and my Aunt gave me an old non-…
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Gyroscope vs SpindizzyTwo games that play similar, both based on the Marble Madness theme. Gyroscope has more great graphics, with neat use of BRIGHT on the playing area a…
... pressed down as you win (and most people wouldn't), you ... wipe the file from my computer, and destroy all of my backup ... -
"Unknown disk format"-error on Spectrum +3Hi, I have just gotten around to changing the drivebelt in my newly acquired +3. I tried to format one of the 3" disks I bought on eBay the other we…
... I got home from work and had my supper with ... my +3 via the taperecorder and it is now - unsuccesfully - ... the second to last step and purchase a set of pre ... really want to save this computer and make it work properly. I ... find out what is wrong and/or when I get ... -
Sound mod for AY audio chipsHi again. This is a repost. I posted it in the misc forum a while back but it definitely should be in here. I was totally pissed off with the crap…
... I was a child and have recently got back ... I've been putting my computer and (minimal) electronics knowledge towards ... drop me a mail and let me know your ... thought was the tone output and he replied with 'I ... good or bad, just fun and boring.
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Music / Tune on Booty - is it a classic one ?Hi, can anybody help me with the in-game-music / tune / soound on BOOTY ? Is this a remake of a classic "song" or just a little melody which the pr…
... listening to the tune now, and I am worried that I ... when I turn off my computer and go to bed. It will ... with me during the night and influence my dreams.
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How many pulled a sicky to stay home and play speccy?I used to pull sickies almost every time i got a new game, i used to act really lethargic and ill, and my mum usually fell for it, then i would spend…
... Sabre Wulf, The Fall Guy and a little known gem called ... left, I switched on the computer and started playing ...
... until ... , realised what I was doing and immediately brought me to school ...Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
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And Amstrad Action or whatever it ... about the Amstrad/Schneider, and one of the blokes ... is called Florian Schneider, and that hero from Jaws ... the 3rd best selling home computer in the '80's. ... was a very good computer and preferred it to the ...Look at this - hundreds of inlays and manualsif you're interested in inlays, games booklets etc., then don't miss this MASSIVE lot... some really, REALLY rare stuff here too [url="http://cgi.e…
... ... it should automate things somewhat and that should help with your ... apply the macros to your computer and not your significant other.
Speccy abuseI've not checked this forum to see if this topic has appeared before but are there any cases of spectrum abuse out there .. for example, i've lost co…
... a visit from Sir Clive and Cliff Lawson any day now ... ; one has a ginger beard and glasses, the other is holding a ...You know you're a Spec-chum when......devoid of anything serious to think about now that your next house move is all sorted out, you still cannot sit back and relax because your mind i…
... /> Take me away from a computer and drop me into a social ...Horace goes skiing...Was this the game that sold more than any other game on the Spectrum? The reason I ask is that whenever you look on ebay for speccys they ALWAYS have…
... with my Speccy+ in '85 and although it was more fun ... , Ship Of Doom (Adventure 'C') and that "Goldstar" tape, it didn ... between a fabulous Speccy game and a mediocre one. I bought ... week of getting the computer, and so HGS and the other bundled "games ...Another idiot writesGuy's I seem to have a problem when trying to download files from the WOS archive. None of the links (such as [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub…
... or proxy server between your computer and the internet that doesn't ...What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…
... for me a computer genius who created Spectrum, and a good ... , presumably through industry contacts, and rather than shrugging his shoulders ... minimum required of a home computer, and stripped away everything that made ... to buy their kids a computer. If he'd gone ...What does Sir Clive do nowadays ?I have searched the net a lot, but can't find much about Sir Clive's present whereabouts. The Sincair Research-pages still offer the same products a…
... much more than another home computer (and in the early '80's ... time, look in any general computer magazine). I'd always understood ... to the basics of the computer) and an easy to use layout ... , and many of us would have lost interest in the computer world ...Atari XL/XEWe have topic about CPC so why not about Atari? I'd like to know if the Atari XL/XE (not the Atari consoles!) was popular in your countries. In Pola…
Ironically, it was a bit of an cult machine compared to the Spectrum (Sinclair being a small British company and Atari a huge US multinational). I never knew anyone which had one and it only got the odd mention or listing in Your Computer and PCW monthly.
