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  • Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…

    ... 1984 edition of Personal Computer Games magazine he says ... unaccounted originals were sold through shops that stocked Molimerx products ... and given away by some shops - copied software was seen ... got when he bought a computer. Unfortunately compared to the ...
    Turkwel Turkwel January 2010 Games
  • Most Disappointing Budget Game?I've completed my ten now ([URL="http://jdanddiet.blogspot.com/2010/02/spectrum-budget-games-special-part-2.html"]http://jdanddiet.blogspot.com/2010/…

    ... have a selection of budget computer games on the back wall ... speccy. Turns out all the shops stocking the commode version were ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2010 Games
  • More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …

    ... as far as an enjoyable computer game / hardware show went and ... graphics before they hit the shops.... what's to review?
    Dave Fountain Dave Fountain February 2010 Chit chat
  • Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …

    ... ..so it was the first computer I really got to know ... plastering about with one in shops...and I liked the name ...
    Ælita Ælita March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • So which 8-bitter was biggest in which country?ewgf's topic "Be honest now..." got me thinking about this. As we got people from most European countries here and also a few abroad, tell us which 8…

    ... ), they eventually became available in shops as well. So for first ... wasn't easy to buy computer. I recall that in ~1990 ...
    Shiru Shiru March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I've been meaning to post this for yearsGAMESTAGE. Yep, you know 'em. Okay, so they're weird - but why... why... why... Is their logo ripped from a Lidl's cereal packet? [IMG]http://…

    ... transfer the pics onto the computer, as I've taken quite ... shelves at work (and other shops).

    There's a ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • memoryprobably a dumb question i have 1gb memory in my PC, if i buy another 1gb memory (the same one i bought before.) and plug it into the other slot, do…

    I had 2 shops near me one up the ... that's the type of Computer Shop I like.

    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek June 2010 Chit chat
  • Calling all Deus Ex fansThe Nameless Mod, a huge (to say the least) mod has been released for Deus Ex. It's a 950MB download (over twice the size of a complete Deus Ex insta…

    ... the rivalry between two coffee shops? It's a game about ... way both manual locks and computer locks were now bypassed by ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2010 Chit chat
  • Joffa - my brother...I really don't know how to thank you all for the love and support you have given the family during this dreadful time. Jonathan's last days were so t…

    ... 't buy British games in shops. It was mostly copying a ... anymore about this little Spectrum computer and don't come here ...
    Ralf Ralf July 2010 Chit chat
  • Laptop recommendations pleaseI might be buying a laptop sometime soon. I'll have a budget of around ?250 or ?300. Incredible specs/gaming stuff is not anything I care about reall…

    ... through PC World and other shops and see if you find ... will be cheaper than the shops (but use a reputable on ... get in early at a computer fair, before the good stuff ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2010 Chit chat
  • Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!

    ... availability of software / choice in shops.. English software and red rat ... the first 16 bit home computer.. kinda funny since it pre ...
    fog fog September 2010 Games
  • Any retail workers here with tales of idiot/time wasting customers?Having seen the tread about people smiling on supermarket adverts I could tell you that The customer is NOT always right. Where I work theres some r…

    ... don't think its because shops and services are getting worse ... , or consult the in-store computer which just tells them the ...
    joefish joefish September 2010 Chit chat
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... , my parents, who had a computer shop on Deansgate in Manchester ... of shops.

    Spent a week using my brothers computer to ...
    Sock_Shock Sock_Shock September 2010 Chit chat
  • Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]

    ... , my parents, who had a computer shop on Deansgate in Manchester ... of shops.

    Spent a week using my brothers computer to ...
    STeaM STeaM September 2010 Chit chat
  • Why are speccy games so ****ing cool?I grew up with a spectrum and fell in love with it from a young age, so I may be slightly biased, but it seems to me that the look and feel of games …

    No one has mentioned the shops yet - that certainly played a ... my local (and very tiny) computer shop. You could just about ...
    Paul-J Paul-J October 2010 Games
  • Games in machine codeHi everyone, How do go about doing multiple shots like a machine gun, do you have to store every x and y position of each bullet? When you kill som…

    ... they'd end up in shops. I would think the only ... over the value of the computer itself.

    Meh, I ...
    guesser guesser November 2010 Development
  • Programs & hardware you lostThought i would start a thread on a discussion of stuff you lost, sold, gave away....& pehaps stuff you now find you are in the process of getting ba…

    ... for giving them to charity shops, selling them at car boot ... teacher who looked after the computer room sent me the discs ...
    Jonathan Harston Jonathan Harston November 2010 Chit chat
  • Spectrum "console"Is it me just getting more irratable as I grow older or does anybody else share my annoyance at people listing Spectrums on ebay as consoles?:mad:

    ... I see! Been to the computer museum yet?[/QUOTE]

    shops in town!:p)
    pasty72 pasty72 January 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Specventure. Anyone got an invincibility poke?Anyone know of an invincibility poke for Mastertronic's Specventure? I can only find an infinite lives hack. Love this game, it was the first compu…

    whats wrong with the poke ?

    Infinite lives 48139,0

    corner shops around my way sold games as well as the usual places.

    wembley photo centre, wembley computer centre.. acton market , my local woolies. etc etc :)
    fog fog January 2011 Games
  • Match Day UK TV AdDoes anyone remember the TV ad for Match Day? I think it was voiced by football commentator Brian Moore. I can remember it was always shown during TV…

    ... . there were adverts for home computer course / input

    [url ... /> I do remember in the shops they had the tv showing ...
    fog fog January 2011 Games
  • Match Day UK TV AdDoes anyone remember the TV ad for Match Day? I think it was voiced by football commentator Brian Moore. I can remember it was always shown during TV…

    ... . there were adverts for home computer course / input

    [url ... /> I do remember in the shops they had the tv showing ...
    MrCheese MrCheese January 2011 Games
  • Did anyone forsee the internet?I was just wondering, given how much the internet has changed everyday life, did anyone actually forsee any of it in the pre-internet days? I mean, …

    ... future. We could go to shops, see their products and actually ... a Spectrum 48k. What the computer was doing I really don ...
    xpect xpect March 2011 Chit chat
  • Buying GamesWas reading a thread the other day (can't recall which one now - think I'm suffering RAM pack wobble) which put me in mind of the whole process of bu…

    ... shop in huddersfield called, 'the computer store'. i got all my ... the best was J.S. Computer Software in the now demolished ... now has more video game shops than it did in the ...
    thersw thersw April 2011 Games
  • Why didn't you want a NES?I'm trying to work out why consoles didn't make much of an impact in the UK in the 80s. At school in the late 80s, I knew one person who had a NES, …

    ... remember it being mentioned in Computer and Video Games, and I ... in the British press and shops, and the fact that none ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2011 Chit chat
  • Places of Speccy interest in Google Street ViewI've noticed that there are a few cities in the UK where Street View is available on Google Maps. No idea since when, I haven't used this feature muc…

    ... of shop that wouldve sold computer games back in the day ... />
    in that row of shops used to be a video ...
    mel the bell mel the bell May 2011 Chit chat
  • The Work Life Ballance.Is it really possible to be successful in your job and achieve a good work life balance? Is it possible to earn a good wage or get the promotion with…

    ... bit of luck. I love computer games, so when I managed ... applying for jobs in game shops. I've applied for everything ...
    deadpan666 deadpan666 July 2011 Chit chat
  • Bill S.978The American government is considering a new bill (law): "[COLOR="Blue"]It [this law] would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material a f…

    ... noticed the odd article on computer games

    computer+games[/url][/QUOTE]

    'playing computer games, make teenagers hungry'
    shops this year' - 2008
    ...
    mile mile July 2011 Chit chat
  • CeefaxBedford having gone digital a few months back, and myself having used ntl/Virgin Media for several years now, it has been some time since I've seen C…

    ... masses that they had a computer and were therefore technological and ... you remember the times music shops and bars used have multiple ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk July 2011 Chit chat
  • London RiotsLooks like the riots are spreading all across London. Police are all over Romford as that's expected to be hit next. I don't live far from there so I…

    ... to identify criminals who visited shops to commit burglary - they were ... past a camera unmasked, the computer controlled camera system could link ...
    Hercules Hercules August 2011 Chit chat
  • London RiotsLooks like the riots are spreading all across London. Police are all over Romford as that's expected to be hit next. I don't live far from there so I…

    ... to identify criminals who visited shops to commit burglary - they were ... past a camera unmasked, the computer controlled camera system could link ...
    Wookiee Wookiee August 2011 Chit chat
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