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How would you win ?1m in a Spectrum virtual reality challenge?Imagine, if you will, a strange opportunity in which you have been selected to play a virtual reality challenge game pitting your wits against the pr…
... the thing: dying in the game means dying in reality. Injuries ... suffered in the game, whether ... inflicted upon your person back in the real world. Games ... tile in 'Scrabble', for example), and sports game like Match Day ... -
Weird Fallout 3 Type Radio Signal in Russia...Noticed this mentioned in Metro the other day and wondered what other folks take on it is? [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76[/url] It's a bi…
Noticed this mentioned in Metro the other day and wondered what other folks take on it is?
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UVB-76[/url]
It's a bit like something from Fallout 3 or Lost.... -
Steve Day, artist on ZX ArmalyteI've been speaking to a [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Steve+Day$"]Steve Day[/URL] recently about graphics on 8bit syst…
... .org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Steve+Day$"]Steve Day[/URL] recently about graphics ... ST. However, I did notice in here that he was doing ... Speccy Armalyte. Is there anywhere in here to 'file' this sort ... -
Actors in Games...I've been watching Heavy Rain all day, and thinking how much it looks like a movie, so I was wondering: would it be better if the charecters had face…
... been watching Heavy Rain all day, and thinking how much it ... more appealing? (imagine Brad Pitt in heavy rain)
Or ... -
Games that never loaded, to this day!Hi there, my first post that is not an ad! I have been looking at the thread about games that you could not complete and it got me thinking to games…
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One that always sticks in my memory is Imagines Stonkers ... spectrum plus, my mates 128 in all modes or my +3 ... same way it did back in the day!
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I'm doing my first track day, and stuff.Next Weds. I am doing a track day, I am riding my motorcycle around Cadwell Park race track. It's a training day for road legal bikes only, no slick …
... I am doing a track day, I am riding my motorcycle ... . It's a training day for road legal bikes only ... put on my c.v in addition to my volunteering ... page CV out the other day, specifically targeting the date ... the job assessment the other day. I hope it carries ... -
Photos from a 1987 Sinclair users meeting in the U.S.These pictures were sent to me by a fellow TS user who told me it was ok to share them online, so here they are: [url]http://www.flickr.com/photos/1…
... to download all the pictures in one go:
in Washington D.C. and ... or anything from back in the day to please come ... and enjoy something they had in common.
... I'm posting this message in all the Sinclair online ... -
An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
After a day at work which didn't ... magazines left and no bullets in the onscreen counter. If ever ... it was ripped and used in the rather nifty ninth ... with 1987, but also mixing in the politics theme, I played ... episode. You play Jim Hacker in his first week on the ... -
Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…
... keyboard, including reviews from back in the day:
[url] ... TV screen. Everything is in excellent condition considering its age ... joystick interface of the day. This is in great condition, but I ... would work with a modern day PC floppy drive, and uses ... -
problems tuning in a new +2Got a new +2 today from eBay, as the last one I 'won' turned out to be a 48k+ that didn't work. Anyway, I've connected it up to 2 TVs, by the Aerial…
... my original 128k+2 back in the day.
I just ... simply can;t tune it in properly ... I can tune this in?
In the near future however ... -
I'm in shockWas in work today when the section manager called me and some others into a small office saying he wanted a word with us, i thought we were going to …
Was in work today when the section ... believe it, apparently he died in hospital of septicemia, he was ... ). I've spent the whole day on auto pilot, i still ... can't take it in. He was a really friendly ... -
Flying Ant Day 2010They flew here yesterday, and two weeks ago at Worthing. Hows about elsewhere? This year there were more of em. I got caught while leaving the hou…
... numbers, it was all over in a couple of hours. Usually ... early hours of the next day. -
Java Lite (does it exist?) Can't play games in WoS archive.I am using an older laptop that has Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (v1.4.1 - from Sun Microsystems) ... it's not good enough for playing games in t…
... enough for playing games in the Java emu in the WoS Archive ... /> So ... I have no interest in putting the "full"* version of ... it becomes bloated within a day ... (maybe it's a settings ... box with the Java logo in top-left corner then after ... -
Jet Set Willy: Manic Mining Robot's Day Out (missing info)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017662&loadpics=3"]Jet Set Willy: Manic Mining Robot's Day Out[/URL] * - JSD in the upper ri…
... Mining Robot's Day Out[/URL]
* - JSD in the upper ... /> * - This stand-alone version made in 2008 (the hidden game version ... game(as per the credits in the instructions), and here ... 3"]Manic Miner Technologies[/URL] in the instructions is: [B]Minertech ... -
Day Trip: authorship speculationIf you type in something which isn't understood in [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010763"]Day Trip[/URL], it responds with t…
If you type in something which isn't understood in [URL="http ... ://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010763"]Day ... 'T INCLUDE
THAT ONE IN THE VOCABULARY.
... Looking at the Leslies in Infoseek (Les is too short ... -
+2: 128k enhanced games no longer loading (but OK in 48k mode) :-/Having a spot of bother with my +2, a couple of my favourite games are now refusing to work in standard "Tape Loader" based 128k mode - Marauder (Hew…
... are now refusing to work in standard "Tape Loader" based 128k ... try to start the game. In fact, they don't so ... .
Both load fine in 48k mode, but with the ... problem with these games back in the day on my original +2 ... -
Derby Day[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001351"]Derby Day[/URL] is 1 to 5 players (as noted in the screenshot, and 2 of the 3 reviews…
[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001351"]Derby Day[/URL] is 1 to 5 players (as noted in the screenshot, and 2 of the 3 reviews), but is listed as 1 player. -
Games Without Frontiers (8th Day)These six adventure games were originally released individually by 8th Day Software @ ?1.75 each in a series entitled "Games Without Frontiers" (note…
... individually by 8th Day Software @ ?1.75 each in a series entitled ... Ice Station Zero
5. In Search of Angels
6 ... to the loading screen for In Search of Angels, there ... supposed to be 12 games in the series. This isn' ... is for HRH not In Search of Angels. -
Am I the only one left in the world without locks?With reference to this post: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34293[/url] Which seems 'alien' to me to live in a place wh…
... Am I the only one in the world that has ... night and is still there in the morning.
3-Not one break in.
4-No ... neighbor, anyone can just walk in.
8- ... laying about and the next day, everything is exactly where ... -
Homebrew Coding Weekend @ In Da 80s, July 16-17, ManchesterHi, This is a bit late notice, but we're trying to reach out to 8-bit homebrew developers who might be at a loose end this weekend! We're trying to…
... down very well with those in attendance.
The ... of the previous events in the retro calendar with ... and how to join in is available from the ... stuff which is available for In Da 80s attendees, which ... even if just for a day, we're hoping it should ... -
Picture of yourself in the 80's with a speccy...I thought it'd be fun to start a thread where people post pics of themselves back in the day with a speccy. Only condition, is that its not a recent…
... post pics of themselves back in the day with a speccy.
in the foreground/background.
Heres me, in 1983 at Christmas time with ... -
Name this game (type in)I'm trying to remember the name of this type in game from Sinclair Programs. It was pretty awesome, involving you controlling a ship that had to ref…
... the name of this type in game from Sinclair Programs. It ... /> Any ideas? Hopefully it's in the WOS archive, I'd ... sound effects as clear as day. -
2 blown PSUs in one dayI got a SAM Coupe today, and the PSU started to smoke as soon as I turned it on. Since the Spectrum +3 PSU looked up to powering the SAM, I wired to…
... looked fine - and plugged it in. I was getting 5V on ... /> I put a disk drive in to try to load a ... LED. I had a look in the PSU and sure enough ... new one and put it in. Still the same thing from ... 5V pins to 12V, resulting in a burning smell and smoke ... -
I Remember "Back In The Day"Forgive me for rambling (Led Zeppelin wrote a song about it). . . I remember my Dad buying a computer in 1996? Pentium 100, 8 Mb Ram. I remember spe…
... my Dad buying a computer in 1996? Pentium 100, 8 Mb ... Ram just to play Quake in Windows.
Oh, 1 ... -
Games from Alexandru Simion without entry in the archiveI think I misplaced the thread by writing it in the MIA section, so I copy it here ;) As he mentions in his website, there are some games which were…
... the thread by writing it in the MIA section, so I ... ;)
As he mentions in his website, there are some ... did while learning, since the day I managed to print something ... -
cat in the gardenno it's not a euphemism for something else.. I put the washing out early in the day only to find loads of feathers about, then went to where the s…
... put the washing out early in the day only to find loads ... of the bird, in a public bin.. put in carrier bags etc ... -
Imperica - Horizons - End of Day 1Just got back from the big smoke. We started with a live performance of 'Hey, Hey, 16K' by MJ Hibbett, a history of computing from Crash's Prestel m…
... it into a tracker chiptune in a matter of minutes. [B ... have recognised?
Great day and more to come tomorrow ... -
Question about Pixel Smoothing in SpectaculatorI was wondering what exactly does this function? It is something that any type of TV had back in the day? And another, what is the most normal setup…
... type of TV had back in the day?
And another ...
