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Cricket Captain by Hi Tec[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001150"]Cricket Captain by Hi Tec[/URL], 1990 is on the list for the review for the Spectrum …
I thought about reviewing it for the book because I remember playing it, but honestly couldn't get any enthusiasm. It is a poor game and as a huge cricket fan I really wanted to like it!
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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…
... same scanlines, which isn't the case in the 2 ... you described. The C64 didn't have playfields.
... On the Spectrum it wasn't easy or - as it ... ink/paper and move them every frame for a fast 8 pixel ... 'd already stopped coding for good when I got ... -
People holding back the emulation sceneAs mentioned once again in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22690"]this thread[/URL], some people think Ramsoft willfully…
... their site - I often don't upload my stuff to WOS, doesn ... to use a scope. I used realspec for years, and didn't become ... aware just how much they don't ... I co-authored my own emulation.
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Check your spam-boxCos it may well be 75% empty. According to [url]http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/11/major_source_of_online_scams_a.html[/url], a ma…
... . I've had my email address for a very long time.
There comes a point ... You don't have to close your old one...(my junk yahoo ... and used to be my primary email addy)....So ... check the old one for a few months just to ... -
Abadia del crimen laThanks to someone voting the score 1 for other games such as manic miner , skool daze , head over heels etc , the Adadia game has finally made it to …
... at number one couldn't do it via voting for it as its ... , bubble bobble hit number 1 for a day or 2 until it ... got sabotaged by a rake of number 1's ... .
Anyway a who new batch of games ... entered the top 10 this week , which is nice to see ... -
Abadia del crimen laThanks to someone voting the score 1 for other games such as manic miner , skool daze , head over heels etc , the Adadia game has finally made it to …
... was blocked because of a flame war over at speccy ... "legacy" which resulted in a stupid number of votes (both ... at number one couldn't do it via voting for it as ... in this thread that a large proportion of the ... bubble bobble hit number 1 for a day or 2 until it ... -
I have flu.I can't talk without coughing, my lungs burn when I breathe, my throat is on fire, I'm coughing up weird stuff every colour of the rainbow, except gr…
... experienced anything like it in my life, nothing else has ever ... I was bedridden for a week and when I had a bath I had ... medicine, I didn't and it took me a lot longer to ... recover fully. It didn't help that my ... and gave birth during my illness. -
2008 Lookback/2009 Lookforward ThreadSo, what have we done this year? On the YS site, I've added the Virtual News Stand (the clickable double-page magazine spreads you see dotted around…
... ]The speccy highlight of 2008 for me was myspeccy.org.[/QUOTE ... 't dropped in there for a week or so, I've noticed a lot of my ... scores are slipping now, don't have ... -
Huawei E220 modemI doubt that I'm the only [strike]twit[/strike] SpecChum using one of these. I've [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220]just read[/url] that…
... more vicious nonsense spouted about my modem problem in #speccy this ... WoS and who thus know my side of the story, in ... of my disconnections this morning aren't due to my modem problem for a change ... , but to the fact of my ... -
Adverts on BBC Websites?? Ahhhghh!!Watching videos on the BBC news website gives me crappy adverts for Diamonds. When the fook did the BBC start advertising. I know this only affects…
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I didn't pay my licence fee for this!!??:mad:[/QUOTE]
Overseas viewers don't pay a ... , I keep a handy UK based proxy server for when I'm ... -
Can you identify this board?[img]http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/849/szxport1ue6.jpg[/img] [url]http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/849/szxport1ue6.jpg[/url] it says "ZX PORT" on…
... br /> Doesn't look like it's for a Speccy though, ... the edge connector is wrong (no key for ... that board physically can't plug into a Spectrum)[/QUOTE]
my friends. it's in a auction site ... /> But it looks like a pretty useless thing. I ... -
Jetpac questionHi all, I just bought a copy of Jetpac off of Ebay and I'm having problems. To start, I'm trying to play it on an issue 2 Speccy with Interface 1, 2 …
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lottery winso what would you do if you hit the jackpot on the national lottery. or what ever lottery your country has.
... work, and sort out my finances so that I'd ... I'd get a few things out of my system, like ... this). I'd move into a detached house with a massive garden, ... d pay off many of my friends and family's ... ?15 million or so for a week on the International Space Station ... -
I've just had my first Guinness......and I'm bitterly (no pun intended) disappointed! After all the expectations I'd build up I was expecting something special but, alas! It was bit…
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Sorry Southern Comfort isn't a Burbon it's generic grain ... /> As for Guinness it hasn't been produced in London for a while, ... br />
My dad however was a life long Guinness drinker ... says :(
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Console wars - does the least powerful machine usually win?In the console and handheld wars, does the least powerful machine usually win? I mean, for example, in the [I]XBox vs. Playstation 2 vs. Gamecube[/I]…
... of why developers don't go for replay-ability is they ... where is you don’t play it for a week or two you forget ... been missing from computer gaming for quite a while now.
< ... from my university department (faculty of advanced technology) asked for a Wii for ... -
Console wars - does the least powerful machine usually win?In the console and handheld wars, does the least powerful machine usually win? I mean, for example, in the [I]XBox vs. Playstation 2 vs. Gamecube[/I]…
... where is you don?t play it for a week or two you forget ... if you don't play for a week or two? Sounds a lot like Hotel ... from my university department (faculty of advanced technology) asked for a Wii for his ... -
Computer or console: Which do you prefer for games?Yep, the old argument again. I was talking about this yesterday to a mate (a World of Warcraft addict) who doesn't like consoles, and neither I (who …
... ;333171]Playing an FPS with a keyboard is different when your ... couldn't get to play them on a console (either because they weren't ... (yet) out on a console ... to set the joypad up for every game, and not all ... -
Fred mapWere you ever able to make any use of the map in Fred?
... Fred was one of my favourite games for a very long time (never ... the net, but we won't mention it. -
Help requested to remove files from +D disksOne of the Outlet issues that's due to be added tomorrow contains a denied game (not even the original, but a cracked version. Tch.) Unless I remove …
Thanks for sending me the disk Martijn ... copy the remaining files to a second blank disk.
< ... with the interface to create a new blank disk image - ... br />
I don't think a new Plus/D MGT image ... at least I couldn't find such an option at a quick glance ... -
DivIDE on Spectrum +3Hi all, Is it possible to use the DivIDE on the Spectrum +3 in 128K mode? I have the 'A' jumper set on the board, but my +3 resets into 48K mode wit…
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Yes, you can't avoid triggering but maybe the ... It could turn out be a very difficult or even impossible ... create a divIDE firmaware for the +3.[/QUOTE]
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CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …
... t say this will be the only game in 1K for a week ... keep me occupied for a whole week like TRACERS then ... /> [/quote]
Thanks for keeping up the maintenance of ... corrected levels again, for the sake of completeness ... could apply them to my own copy. I'm ... -
ZXDS how ?Hi Where can I go to find out all I need to know and need to run ZXDS on a DS ? Same for FUSE on the PSP. Totaly new to this DS & PSP emulation t…
A superb emulator - one of my favourites on my DS - I hardly play with ... and that is it - at a demo party last year (Sundown ... a very basic demo on it! Couldn't release it because nobody had a ... -
Chuckie AppleI did a quick forum search and surprisingly hadn't seen this mentioned... Has anyone else seen the 'official' Nigel Alderton sequel to Chuckie Egg e…
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Ahem - how about a double release; [I]Saucer[/I ... your "friend". And you don't want that. :-o:-o:-o ... 't! And my head is in bits!
It will be next week ... .
Send 'Mile' around! I'm in need of a ... -
Chuckie AppleI did a quick forum search and surprisingly hadn't seen this mentioned... Has anyone else seen the 'official' Nigel Alderton sequel to Chuckie Egg e…
... 't! And my head is in bits!
It will be next week ... .
Send 'Mile' around! I'm in need of a ... bad sh*g![/QUOTE]
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Bioshock or System Shock 2?Assuming you've played them both, which do you think is better between Bioshock and System Shock 2? I've played Bioshock on my mate's 360, and I thou…
the finding all the diary tapes challenge was a bore, and awkward to do too, as you couldn't go back and look for them as you progressed in the game. -
Advice Needed For A Soon To Be Learner Motorcylist :)Seeing as i passed my driving test 5 months ago i thought i might as well go and try and get a Motorbike licence, i need to book a CBT ( the center …
... 've had my tank bag for a couple of years. As for the open ... face jet hemlets, I wear them, though a lot ... gloves do too, my gloves were rubbish. My two piece waterproofs from ... not tried. Their stuff isn't the best, but it's ... -
Byte Back, anyone else going?Anyone else from these forums going to be attending this in Stoke this weekend? I know Joffa, Mark and Jonathan are but what about "civilians"? ;)
... 't! And my head is in bits!
It will be next week ... .
Send 'Mile' around! I'm in need of a ... =mile;339464]i fuck like a stormtrooper![/QUOTE]
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Retro Reunited - 2 Day Retro Gaming Event - Sept. 2009[url=http://retroreunited.info][img]http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e226/darthgord/2qbbud3.jpg[/img][/url] Apologies if this is a long post, I wil…
... /> Then I roughed it for a week or so, then I finally ... though. carried my school uniform in my bag and ... nothing wrong. Stashed my sleeping bag in the ... every day for about a week.
My best one though ... 19 or 20, wasn't homeless just really pissed ... -
Javier Pe?aJavier Pe?a (Javier Pena) who appears in today's update, it's actually "utopian", they are the same person. :)
Hehe I think I didn't explain my self properly, in the credits of ... the game it says : "Javier Pe?a ... to clarify that Javier Pe?a is the same person as ... was presented as Javier Pe?a.
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What's happened to Retro Gamer?Retro Gamer's website is just returning the imagine publishing logo, and other addresses such as the forums all 404. The magazine is still listed on…
Works for me too... Although it didn't work for a while yesterday... Then it did... Then it didn't again.
My guess would be a software upgrade gone slightly awry.
Andrew
