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What game was your first 'tape to tape'Inspired by a post in another thread, what was your first 'tape to tape' game you received? (I know it might be several but which stood out). I got …
... remember a friend of my dad's giving me a C90 of ... -
Spectrum Dead On Arrival StatsDr. Rupe, who worked at Sinclair Research at the time, sees parallels with Microsoft and the XBox saga [url]http://community.zdnet.co.uk/blog/0,1000…
... player of mine), and my Dad's video recorder (nasty mechanical devices ... time) still runs, and it's about 20 years old too ... xbox 360 parts. Unless it's an IBM DeathStar drive (now ... of DVD drives...and it's probably because they are getting ... -
Looking through the Crash online......web site, and browsing through the articles ,it makes me feel incredibly nostalgic. For example, The February 1986 edition of Crash has the Mikie…
... Crash... :smile:
My Dad actually introduced me to Crash ... have the magazines at my Dad's house, all in mint* condition ... -
Sometimes I can be a little slow...I first played Saboteur when I was 10. I am now 30 and have just found out that you can kill the bloody dogs by pressing fire and down! It only took…
[QUOTE=neoncherry;241332]Luxury.
In my day we had to sign on to 20 month waiting list just to get conceived.[/QUOTE]
Well, I got that beat! I was a thought in my dad's brain for close to 30 years before I got on aforementioned list. -
Mint conditions items wanted...If you have any of the following items in mint condition with all the original packaging and manuals then I am happy to pay a good price to add them …
... thinggy). Found it in his dad's loft last night. -
One game which made you change computersWas there any game (or games) that made you think 'thats it, the times up with the Speccy, time to move on' and get an Amiga or ST back in the late 8…
... year or so later my dad, for work reasons, bought a ... the Speccy. So I asked dad very nicely if I could ... PC was Gerton Lunter's emulator Z80, my dad's mate built me ... -
Insane string of bad luckWhat a horrendous past 3 months. :cry: All my computers died (including WoS), 2 of my guinea pigs died, my holidays got canceled and tonight my DVD p…
... (well not his but his dad's I think) stolen from the ... -
Pot NoodleQuestion for the people in here who used to enjoy a pot noodle. Is it just me or now they have take the salt out are they completely inedible? I us…
... , then so is beef - it's as simple as that. The ... , going to a proper butcher's shop is best if you ... cuts.
When my Dad's boat is sorted out this ... :-)
Perhaps my attitude's a bit different because I ... -
Announce: BASin r14a (Bugs fixed) AvailableOk, same as before, but this time I hope I've fixed all your bugs. Well, the ones that were reported. If you didn't report one, then it won't have …
... bug with BASin on my dad's PC, which has Win XP ... -
Announce: BASin r14a (Bugs fixed) AvailableOk, same as before, but this time I hope I've fixed all your bugs. Well, the ones that were reported. If you didn't report one, then it won't have …
... bug with BASin on my dad's PC, which has Win XP ... where all other Windows OS's use 32bit), but if it ... 's affecting more than just those ... -
Did you ever annoy someone with Speccy sounds?... or with any other video/computer game sound effects? I remember in Starquake, there were those small "holes" at the side of a wall that would th…
... Deal over one of my Dad's music tapes. Cue five years ... -
The last oasis of peace...gone...So, now mobile phones on planes. The last refuge from yammering businessmen is gone :/ "HI, I'M ON THE PLANE", they will yell, 12 inches from your …
... 'd like to use my Dad's boat, but the north Irish ... -
Pic of my 1966 Trimuph Bonneville[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Bikes/66BonnyL.jpg[/IMG] :D Well, I'm going to pretend it's mine, i've hired it for 4 days, in…
My Dad has one of those. Pity my Dad's is currently completely disassembled! -
Missing girl foundGreat news about that kid Shannon Matthews [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/7296756.stm[/url] Must admit i really really thou…
... it was Shannon Matthews' step-dad's step-uncle who was arrested ... her step-dad. Then her step-dad's sister, and step-dad's mum.
Now Shannon's mother ... been arrested.
It's good to see the police ... -
Strange non-working software20 years ago I had a Spectrum 48k. It wasn't damaged but some programs (games) didn't work. For example "Ghostbusters" always crashed after the title…
... cassette player apart from my Dad's big hi-fi. Problem was ... in my bedroom. So my dad got a mate at work ... -
Guesser is tired and pissed offgah first computer broken, Service Pack 3 breaks the wireless connection on both my PCs. Only way to get wifi to connect is to roll back to SP2. :-x …
dad's laptop is finally fixed. did a new install on a totally fresh hard drive, and got it set up eventually. With proper user security setting too ( a couple of programs have their forlders r/w able by all :( but at least it works now -
Economy Down the DrainWhat with the economy going down the drain what does is mean for us?? I was thinking about selling some of my Spectrum stuff off on ebay, but now I…
... of shelter. So whatever it's worth in terms of £, ... constantly tell me it's a great thing that the ... to buy someone else's liver with which to replace ... />
If Mum and Dad's house went up 30% since ... move right now) ... It's only people who have overstretched ... -
Economy Down the DrainWhat with the economy going down the drain what does is mean for us?? I was thinking about selling some of my Spectrum stuff off on ebay, but now I…
... They constantly tell me it's a great thing that the ... for the money it's worth any more than ... more to buy someone else's liver with which to replace ... />
If Mum and Dad's house went up 30% since ... move right now) ... It's only people who have overstretched ... -
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - Good? Bad?I thought it was indulgent mediocrity, but lets have a definitive poll on this. Comments on the movie [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/sho…
... seen. I talked my mate's dad's head off on the way ... feel like it was. That's the magic of the movies ... . That's what my nephew felt last ... ARE just old fuddy-duddy's!!!! -
Worst driving behaviours....?Can anyone explain to me why most drivers in the UK seem to think it's ok to sit in lanes 2 and/or 3 of a three-lane road despite the fact that the i…
... an old ford that my dad's friend drives, only person I ... -
Worst driving behaviours....?Can anyone explain to me why most drivers in the UK seem to think it's ok to sit in lanes 2 and/or 3 of a three-lane road despite the fact that the i…
... has no computer anywhere, that's the way cars should be ... with the choke if it's a cold day, and if ... round. :D
my dad's car has a computer, and ... that's why when a little sensor ... jammed. Stupid computer, thinks it's being helpful! :) -
Sir Clive's favourite game?Maybe not, but did Sir Clive Sinclair ever show any preference for any Spectrum game or game genre? Is any game known as Sir Clive's favourite game? …
... -shirts, in cut off cammo's, army boots, converse all stars and ... -
The RatsDoes anyone out there have a walkthrough / solution for this game? Searched the net and have come up with nothing!
... like to know too. It's one of the few Originals ... + after I sorted out his Dad's PC for him!).
Who is still an active gamer?Does anyone play contemporary games? I'm a big fan of Battlefield 2142, Enemy Territory Quake Wars and the delightful Urban Terror.
... than commercial ones: Nexuiz, America's Army, Enemy Territory, FreeCiv, FreeCol, TORCS ... in some cases even that's marginal.Who is still an active gamer?Does anyone play contemporary games? I'm a big fan of Battlefield 2142, Enemy Territory Quake Wars and the delightful Urban Terror.
... than commercial ones: Nexuiz, America's Army, Enemy Territory, FreeCiv, FreeCol, TORCS ... in some cases even that's marginal.[/QUOTE]
Not ...free pc gamesafter reading some posts on the active gamer thread anybody got any proper links to good FREE pc games (full games, not trials etc) i know theres qui…
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If so, here's my top ten:
America's Army - First Person Shooter; promotional material ... />
If that's not enough, there's also an article on ...New music ain?t for old fartsGot the wife and kids out of the house and i?m sitting here drinking and listening to great music of days gone and getting all sentimental. I don?t m…
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Girl 2 : Meat Loaf's alright but a bit old ... .[/QUOTE]
That's reminded me of a conversation ... . They were discussing there dad's cd collection and got to ... but it was Pearl Jam's Ten! Nearly choked on ... music is shit if it's not Heavy Rock. My ...Remember your old cassettes for games ?[url]http://www.tapedeck.org/[/url] Damn its quite scary how many of these tapes i recognise, just needs some of my writing on them saying "Alien 8,…
... the counter values but my dad's stereo didn't have one ...Remember your old cassettes for games ?[url]http://www.tapedeck.org/[/url] Damn its quite scary how many of these tapes i recognise, just needs some of my writing on them saying "Alien 8,…
... the counter values but my dad's stereo didn't have one ...
