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xbox 360 woes...just bought an xbox 360 elite, got it home and the pile of shite wont read discs!!! tried 3 discs in the whore and no joy, brand new from HMV, no won…
... by people who work in computer shops as being 25% to 30 ... -
Where will Microsoft go after Vista ?If i were Microsoft, i would develop a media center only OS with no backwards compatability that would be able to be used on a Dual Booted pc running…
... microsoft have given OEMs and computer shops permission to offer XP downgrades ... -
Where to find games in London?Hi, The wife and I are going to visit London for a weekend in early November and I would like to ask for advice on where to find gamestores, maybe …
... if there are any good computer shops there but IF there are ... excellent.
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Durell ?100 reward...I was just playing saboteur 2 and noticed the ?100 reward (I had totally forgoten about it!) if i'm not mistaken other durell games also have it...so…
... there were no local specialist computer shops.
That one included ... -
Durell ?100 reward...I was just playing saboteur 2 and noticed the ?100 reward (I had totally forgoten about it!) if i'm not mistaken other durell games also have it...so…
... there were no local specialist computer shops.
That one included ... -
Which C64 games did you really likeand wish where better on the ZX Spectrum. I remember 2 event games Melbourne House's Way Of The Exploding Fist and David Crane's Ghostbusters where s…
... came after the home micro/computer versions. But I think my ... mattered anyway, none of the computer shops in town sold Speccy stuff ... -
What if...What if when you were a kid in the early 80s your parents didn't buy you a Sinclair Spectrum as your first computer? I was thinking about this earli…
... /> As an 8 year old, computer shops, and they were very few ... far between, were the only shops that seemed to take me ... -
Have you ever queued up for a new game?....Have any spec-chums queued up outside the local computer shop for a new speccy game back in the day? Or been that excited about the new spectrum gam…
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Sort of, computer shops took delivery of games early ... -
Have you ever queued up for a new game?....Have any spec-chums queued up outside the local computer shop for a new speccy game back in the day? Or been that excited about the new spectrum gam…
[QUOTE=FrankT;317453]Sort of, computer shops took delivery of games early, ... -
Did anyone produce anything for a commercial game at home before it came out?I.E: Way back in '85 I saw that 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' was coming out for the Spectrum so I made a loading screen for it. Wasn't used of course, I was at…
... R Jones;331125]Yeah Northants Computer Centre which is now a ... /> There were a few bespoke computer shops in the 80's. I ... -
Did anyone produce anything for a commercial game at home before it came out?I.E: Way back in '85 I saw that 'Ghosts'n'Goblins' was coming out for the Spectrum so I made a loading screen for it. Wasn't used of course, I was at…
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Where did you buy your spectrum games from?I was just thinking today of where i used to buy my spectrum tapes from. I used to buy them at a local WH Smith or John Menzies. I sometimes used a…
... and there were market stalls, computer shops etc everywhere so then I ... -
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…
... /> But on a lighter note computer shops round where I used to ... -
Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…
... about 90/91, loads of computer shops had it running on their ... -
Amiga or Atari STWhich system did you like the most ??? My person fave was the Amiga as i had loads of fun on it with games like Star Dust, Supr Frog, Speedball 2 an…
... about 90/91, loads of computer shops had it running on their ... demon. it makes sense for shops to run flashy-looking games ... -
Ace mass USB storage..I know that its not a Speccy but, its a close relation. [url=http://www.youtube.com/profile?gl=GB&user=JupiterAceArchive#p/a/u/0/U5rUW0LtSEs]Jupiter…
... getting new CF cards in computer-shops. Hm. -
Would love to see a Speccy version of this someday...[url="http://www.play.com/Gadgets/Gadgets/4-/13496887/SPEEDLINK-Competition-Pro-USB-Joystick-And-99-C64-Games/Product.html"][img]http://images.play.c…
Of course what we really need is a chain of 8/16 bit computer shops popping up, selling all sorts of old/new goodies with hands-on cabinets to get people excited. That'd be heavenly! -
spectrum copyright etcjust curious. does anyone know of any cases where someone has been prosecuted or sued for selling copyrighted spectrum material? or for that matter …
... one of the 8bit / 16bit computer shops in our town was shut ... -
Student looks for material stuff to do with 80s gameplayHi everyone, Thanks to everyone for their help in advance by the way! I'll be posting this message or something like it on other retro gaming forums …
... kid, only big cities had computer shops.. e.g. Limerick / Dublin.. BUT ... /> atrac ? was a board game + computer game.
The ... -
Hardware and software on ebayPicked up a few issue 1's and i found an issue 2 with them so put it on ebay. Not like any issue 2 i've ever seen [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBay…
... just transistor fixes applied by computer shops, this is clearly a Sinclair ... -
Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
... average. There was no dedicated computer/gaming shop until the late ... the local papers). The other shops were more accomodating.
... had some new and secondhand computer games and it was ... M) which did have dedicated computer shops, and a rather good HMV ... -
The World's Greatest Computer Games (1984)Saw this on YouTube, a 1984 documentary narrated by Chris Tarrant, featuring home computers and their software from the day. Not seen it before. [yo…
"computer games of tomorrow at computer shops now!"
How they manage that then?
Even sounds like Tom Baker on the advert.
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Castle Computers StokeLooking through an old Crash just now and I noticed an ad for Castle Computers in Burslem, couldnt help but [URL="http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=st6…
... was situated above the neighbouring shops. There was a forum post ... 2.230545"]one of these shops[/URL], I forget which).
computer shops in Hanley.
... Rd, more of a serious computer shop, although I remember buying ... -
Switchable Timex Sinclair 2068 ROM modificationI have just finished a switchable TS2068 / Spectrum ROM modification and implemented it on two TS2068s. It uses a 32K EPROM chip for the HOME ROM and…
... were "home-made" here in computer shops. Don't know about the ... -
Switchable Timex Sinclair 2068 ROM modificationI have just finished a switchable TS2068 / Spectrum ROM modification and implemented it on two TS2068s. It uses a 32K EPROM chip for the HOME ROM and…
... were "home-made" here in computer shops. Don't know about the ... -
My childhood computer shop up for auctionOnly closed down a few years ago and has been nothing else since, quite sad to see the interior and being able to place exactly where everything used…
I wish I'd taken photos in the local computer shops back in the 80s, it would be great to look back on them. -
What was the last ever game released for the Speccy?Similar to the other thread currently running, does anyone know what the last game was for the Speccy? I suspect this will be slightly harder to rese…
[QUOTE=Ivanzx;784893]which was the last Spectrum game in the "real" shops[/QUOTE]
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What was the last ever game released for the Speccy?Similar to the other thread currently running, does anyone know what the last game was for the Speccy? I suspect this will be slightly harder to rese…
... count as real shops? Do small chains of computer shops count as real ... shops?[/QUOTE]
I ... dont know the brands and shops in the UK, but in ... -
Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
... proverbial 'Aladdin's Cave' of computer shops. There was that other shop ... -
What do you do for a living?In another thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=49352[/url]) Karingal said: [QUOTE=karingal;801168]Funnily enough wh…
... pages and looked for local computer shops, called them up and asked ...
