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improvements to gameshello while i playing a few spectrum games,i thought how better some games would be better with an improvement:- automania-128k tune,less grating t…
... /> the hobbit-when you speak to a character,the currah speech ... -
Question to people who moved to another countryI may become a U.S. citizen this year if I want to (there are benefits), but I remember reading somewhere that if you move to another country, you st…
... this year if I want to (there are benefits), but ... somewhere that if you move to another country, you still ... taxes and send them to the country where you ... about this? Would that apply to permanent residents too?
... that I would have to do taxes for both ... -
.avi to DVDI used to use Nero 7 to write a few .avi files to DVD format on a DVD to use in a DVD player. But after upgrading to Nero 8 I cannot do this any mor…
... to use Nero 7 to write a few .avi files to DVD ... player. But after upgrading to Nero 8 I cannot do ... notch program (free or to pay for) that can ...
1) Enable me to write .avi to DVD format
2 ... Enable me to be able to add fancy menu to the DVD ... -
What games to review ?Doing quite well with the Speccy Review Book (643 pages, 525 games reviewed) [url=http://www.sabremultimedia.com/speccybook/speccybook.htm]Speccy bo…
... yet (Check the URL to see if it is there ... know as i want to make sure i get ... course if you want to do a review and ... (Pretty please ! Wont take long to do a review (150-400 ... a review of it to be inside the book.< ... Got less than 100 pages to go until thats it and ... -
help to find the name of gamehello. help to find the name of game. played in 1990 on some of Spectrum. 2D arcade, kind from above (like a Dyna Blaster). it is needed to hurry a m…
hello. help to find the name of game. ... Dyna Blaster). it is needed to hurry a manikin on levels ... , something to collect, escape from monsters. that ... it is possible it was to walk in basement. all that ... -
360 is back from repair. It's ice cold. How long do I leave it to warm?From first contacting them online, to getting it back, it's been 3 weeks. Apparantley the motehrboard, and dvd drive have been replaced. Just delive…
From first contacting them online, to getting it back, it's ... ice. Have I got to let it get to room temeprature? Something ... -
DVD editing and conversion to .aviMy mate recently lent me his domestic DVD recorder, which has a VHS player built in, and I've converted some old VHS tapes of television programs to …
... VHS tapes of television programs to DVDs (in normal DVD format ... I want to be able to edit the programs to remove advertisments.
to bypass the advertisment breaks) into ... /> Failing that, I might have to convert the whole DVD into ... -
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 …
... , what was your first 'tape to tape' game you received? (I ... awesome....It had never occurred to me that I could do ... a defining moment that lead to a life time of file ... -
Converting tape files to TAPHowdy, new to the forum and feeling nostalgic. I had a go at doing a game years ago for the Spectrum and actually managed to make one. Anyway, I fo…
... the Spectrum and actually managed to make one. Anyway, I ... old stuff and would love to get it up and running ... in using any of them to do what I'd like ... process of converting a tape to a TAP file and if ... I've managed to use Taper (I believe) to copy the sound ... -
Free to a good home - Anyone in South Wales want a pile of Spectrum Games and a +3?Bit of an emergency - I'm moving out in a hurry and I don't have time to sell these! Is there anyone in South Wales who wants a fairly big pile of s…
... I don't have time to sell these!
Is ... spectrum games and is able to pick them up one of ... this week?
Free to a good home - You are ... -
"How To Play Adventure Games" missing from WoS?Just noticed on this page: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=YourSinclair/Issue56/Pages/YourSinclair5600062.jpg[/url] ...there's …
... 's a program called How To Play Adventure Games which the ... publisher 8th Day used to include on all their games ... /> This B-side program appears to be missing from WoS, I ... can't find any reference to it in the archive. -
I don't want to sound like the Daily Mail but......isn't this "political correctness gone mad"? [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/7204635.stm[/url] [QUOTE]A story based on the Thr…
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These judges really need to get out more if they ... -
Most difficult game to playThanks to Rickard's thread about Skulduggery (or however they wanted to interpret the English language) where you had to not only control your charac…
... Skulduggery (or however they wanted to interpret the English language) where ... you had to not only control your character ... is the most difficult game to play, not through actual game ... it's been designed specifically to get on your tits, ... -
Putative guide to CSSCGC 2009Can I start by saying kudos to Digital Prawn! His tireless promotion of this year's CSSCGC is practically certain to make it the best one ever. Ass…
... I start by saying kudos to Digital Prawn! His tireless ... game before you were allowed to download the existing entries. ... BBC game Zalaga.
To discourage people from writing just ... would be anonymous, except to the computer program running it ... -
How to rotate an imageI'm working on an idea for a game and to test it I want to draw some graphics on the screen which are made up of 8x8 pixel squares (single characters…
... a game and to test it I want to draw some graphics ... rotated I didn't want to store each shape and all ... rotations. What I want to do is to store the a set ... hard part, if I want to rotate the image (in 90 ... ) I need to apply some maths to the original data to get the ... -
How-to-beat-coin-ops bookBefore they founded Apogee (now 3D Realms), the founders wrote a book on how to beat the coin-ops of the day. It's now available as a .pdf (11Mb). …
Before they founded Apogee (now 3D Realms), the founders wrote a book on how to beat the coin-ops of the day. It's now available as a .pdf (11Mb).
[url]http://www.3drealms.com/news/2007/07/zap_some_history_resurrected.html[/url] -
Copying games I created on Spectrum to PCI should look up for the tape somewhere, but I'm sure I had couple of semi-cool games I've created back in 80-ies. What should I do in order to conv…
... I do in order to convert them to TZX files (or TAP ... -
How to add speech to a program?Is it possible to add speech to a machine code program? And with possible I mean with relative ease. Hardware could be 128k. Is there some utility …
Is it possible to add speech to a machine code program? And with possible I mean with relative ease. Hardware could be 128k.
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eBay - sellers will no longer be allowed to leave feedbackforthcoming changes for feeback system [b]sellers not allowed to leave negs or neutrals[/b] [url]http://pages.ebay.com/services/forum/new.html[/url…
... Feedback system was originally designed to provide a simple, honest, ... significant changes to eBay's Feedback system to continue to improve accuracy ... will be able to earn up to one Feedback per ... suspended or who fail to respond to the Unpaid Item Process ... -
Enhancement to Games archive?This website is excellent, but I was thinking. It would be really good if there was a small section on each game page in the archive where people …
... ect, In a similar fashion to the lemon64 site.
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Converting .pdf to .txtWhat is a good, preferably free, program for Windows to convert pdf files to text format, for portable viewing? I don't care that any graphics or dia…
... free, program for Windows to convert pdf files to text format, for ... the conversion, I just want to produce .txt versions of the ... -
'Tried to get me a visa, they said "No, no, no"...'[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7234002.stm[/url] :D Serves the talentless cow right, to my mind. :p
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7234002.stm[/url] :D
Serves the talentless cow right, to my mind. :p -
Converting .tzx to .tap?Is there a program available that can do that? I used to use Taper but it no longer seems to work (probably an XP problem). I tried Tapir but that do…
... can do that? I used to use Taper but it no ... longer seems to work (probably an XP problem ... but that doesn't seem to support tap files. The reason ... I want to do this is so I ... doesn't support tzx files (to my knowledge anyway).
sinclair zx spectrum issue 6a (again) - how to repairHi All, Is there someone who may explain what these jumpers can be used for. [url]http://forest.no-ip.org/repair/jumpers.gif[/url] <- this is from …
Hi All,
Is there someone who may explain what these jumpers can be used for.
[url]http://forest.no-ip.org/repair/jumpers.gif[/url]5 down 3 to Go!!I have just taken delivery of a further two microdrives to add to my collection. I now have 5 Microdrives. Who else has microdrives??Anyone else …
... of a further two microdrives to add to my collection.
to collect the whole 8?? I ... /> Can you connect one microdrive to another using the ribbon cable ... if anyone has a linkage to go between micridrives would any ...Tell you what Speccy mod I'd like to see...An interface/cable/mod that allowed the trusty squidgy rubber keyboard to be plugged into a PC and used as a controller/second keyboard, for use with…
... the trusty squidgy rubber keyboard to be plugged into a PC ... 's a more sensible route to go down. Still, is sending ...Went to buy some wine, ending up putting fire outWent to local store just now to buy some wine and as we were leaving we noticed that the bin was smoldering at the entrance to the store. Turned rou…
... store just now to buy some wine and as ... was smoldering at the entrance to the store.
Turned ...ARGH! need to display new XP style in XP with classic view.Not quite what I mean but what I want is when I go START -> Control Panel I want to be able to view it like the way it was Default XP. I don't mean …
... Panel I want to be able to view it like the ... know I can get to this window via another way ... incorrect way and specific to a card I'm ... am right now trying to follow their official Ad ... person might completely forget how to switch back!) ;-)
...Free to a good homeAs long as you pay the p+p or collect. Due to the total failure of my marriage (cue violins) i need to create some space in that my cupboards. So, …
... or collect.
Due to the total failure of my ... marriage (cue violins) i need to create some space in that ... of software that I need to get rid of.
to actually get it all together ...Death to all the lawyers (if only!)I read a quote once along the lines of "To get true justice you must first kill all of the lawyers", but I can't remember where I read it. I seem to …
... once along the lines of "To get true justice you must ... I read it. I seem to recall it was from Shakespheare ... />
Any ideas (on where to find the, quote, I mean ... have any ideas on how to rid the world of lawyers ...
