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Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
I just had a look at the advert - I'd clean forgotten about that one.
And it prompts the question - was the ship from Dark Star named after The Lying Bastard from Ringworld? -
Now this is going to sound odd...But i distinctly remember playing a few speccy games where if you entered a rude word or phrase in the high score table then another comment appeared…
I think the one I'm thinking of is Chronos or maybe Dark Star. Also some of the preset names in the high scores were quotes from Monty Python films - "moistened bint with a scimitar" rings a bell! -
Design Design / Crystal ComputingNice post on [URL="http://groups.google.com/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_thread/thread/56e6ebdedc6930ac#"]comp.sys.sinclair[/URL] about [URL="http:…
... question - was the ship from Dark Star named after The Lying Bastard ... -
Now this is going to sound odd...But i distinctly remember playing a few speccy games where if you entered a rude word or phrase in the high score table then another comment appeared…
... to the score table, try Dark Star as it and forbidden planet ... game.
I think Star firebirds used to do it ... -
Now this is going to sound odd...But i distinctly remember playing a few speccy games where if you entered a rude word or phrase in the high score table then another comment appeared…
... to the score table, try Dark Star as it and forbidden planet ... game.
I think Star firebirds used to do it ... -
Jokes on Design Design games tapesWhen I was generating the tape masters for my ZX Spectrum games I'd occasionally add noises, comments and other bits and pieces on the beginning/endi…
... . I lost Forbidden Planet and Dark Star a long time ago, for ... -
Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…
... who has.
And... Dark Star? I remember destroying everything - albeit ... -
Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…
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[QUOTE]And... Dark Star? I remember destroying everything - albeit ... -
Jokes on Design Design games tapesWhen I was generating the tape masters for my ZX Spectrum games I'd occasionally add noises, comments and other bits and pieces on the beginning/endi…
... . I lost Forbidden Planet and Dark Star a long time ago, for ... />
I have copies of Dark Star here and I've checked ... -
What's rare and what's not?I've entered another one of my collector phases and realized I have absolutely NO idea what's rare and what's not (in case I decided to trade). It wo…
I once bought Dark Star for one penny...I think the cheapest rare speccy tape I've bought was 25p for the Robin Candy Crash mail-order tape. -
Your Top 20 Spectrum GamesJust to follow on from the top 20 thread below - list your own Top 20 games. Its been a while since i thought about it but , Mine would be 1) The …
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Cyclone
Uridium
Dark Star
Combat Lynx
Scuba ... -
70's space film with Jim Bob?Can anyone remember the name of the space film with Jim Bob from the Waltons? I think it might have been an early 80's space film with Hanibal from …
... watch is John Capenter's Dark Star....I watched it for the ... -
Crashable Spectrum games?Following the discussion at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24821[/url] I was wondering what Spectrum games could be m…
... Forbidden Planet (could have been dark star) would crash with the message ... -
Crashable Spectrum games?Following the discussion at: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24821[/url] I was wondering what Spectrum games could be m…
... Forbidden Planet (could have been dark star) would crash with the message ... -
Help me to name some games![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnf_XqWGVKE[/youtube] Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing on this video,but sadly I can't …
... 'The Pyramid'
227 is 'Dark Star' or 'Forbidden Planet' (can't ... -
Loading screens, worth the wait?Inspired by a topic in the chit chat thread I thought I would have a poll about loading screens. What with the R tape loading error problems and ea…
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It's a Crash SmashJust wondering, has anyone put together a complete list of Crash Smashes? I've been looking but can't seem to find one?
... % Iss. 11 (Dec '84)
Dark Star 89% Iss. 11 (Dec '84 ... . 15 (Apr '85)
Death Star Interceptor 92% Iss. 15 (Apr ... % Iss. 53 (Jun '88 )
Dark Side 95% Iss. 54 (Jul ... -
It's a Crash SmashJust wondering, has anyone put together a complete list of Crash Smashes? I've been looking but can't seem to find one?
... % Iss. 11 (Dec '84)
Dark Star 89% Iss. 11 (Dec '84 ... . 15 (Apr '85)
Death Star Interceptor 92% Iss. 15 (Apr ... % Iss. 53 (Jun '88 )
Dark Side 95% Iss. 54 (Jul ... -
DVD boxsets you ownboth series and film i own Spaced (all series) black books (all series) Fast show (everything) Comic strip (everything bar the nuns on the run / ea…
... York?
...and not Dark Star???
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Speccy Tour 2009.Hi All The voting for which games we'll be playing in the Speccy Tour 2009 have begun. Also, for the very first time ever, there'll be a Bounty on …
... . I had voted for [i]Dark Star[/i] instead. 41 vs 30 ... -
Speccy Tour 2009.Hi All The voting for which games we'll be playing in the Speccy Tour 2009 have begun. Also, for the very first time ever, there'll be a Bounty on …
... . I had voted for [i]Dark Star[/i] instead. 41 vs 30 ... -
Framerate of Spectrum gamesI was reading a bit about framerates in modern games and it got me wondering about the Speccy. First off I'd hoped to find what framerate my old gam…
... this point Design Design's Dark Star and Forbidden Planet are ones ... -
Games you completed this year?I've been taking some time playing old pc games like "The Dig" that I just finished (marvelous game, it kept me wanting to know what would happen nex…
Dan O'Bannon (1946-2009) RIP[img]http://johneaves.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/bb.jpg?w=655&h=436[/img] [quote]Dan O'Bannon, the sci-fi and horror screenwriter behind some of th…
aww god dammit, as DARK STAR is on of my favs too!!!
ALIENS as well
rip spacemanDan O'Bannon (1946-2009) RIP[img]http://johneaves.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/bb.jpg?w=655&h=436[/img] [quote]Dan O'Bannon, the sci-fi and horror screenwriter behind some of th…
RIP Dan....
I only seen Dark Star for the first time a couple of months back...excellent film!I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... of Fist of the North Star, I guess I'll take ... of Fist of the North Star II.
I can ... some Fist of the North Star video games :lol:
........no ...I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... of Fist of the North Star, I guess I'll take ... of Fist of the North Star II.
I can ... some Fist of the North Star video games :lol:
........no ...Show some love for crap scifi movies.I love scifi and i love some truly awful sci fi films but what are your favourite crap scifi films. Ill start the proceedings with "the last starfig…
There was a sci-fi film called 'Dark Star' which came out in 1974. If anyone has seen it please let me know what it's about! It's completely barmy!Show some love for crap scifi movies.I love scifi and i love some truly awful sci fi films but what are your favourite crap scifi films. Ill start the proceedings with "the last starfig…
... a sci-fi film called 'Dark Star' which came out in 1974 ... completely barmy![/QUOTE]
Dark Star, Classic John Carpenter!!! :D
