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ANNOUNCE: vbSpec v1.60The latest, greatest, most wonderful and beautiful release of vbSpec, the free Spectrum emulator for Windows, is available now from:- [url="http:/…
... bother!
The basic design philosophy involves using as much ... -
Happy Birthday WOS!I read in the front page that this is WOS's 7th birthday... Quite a long road you've gone! ...and what is this with the on-line chat? I thought brow…
It just keeps getting better. No pop-ups or adverts, just a simple clean, unpretentious design which has basically stayed the same for a long time. Keep up the good work Martijn. -
Lloyd Mangram is back!There's a new magazine out in the UK called "Games TM" and it covers retrogaming in a section larger than any other magazine available. I could not b…
... amazing job, in terms of Design and Content. I think everyone ... -
just got three 'faulty' speccys...off of eBay - and found they all work :) I was geared up with schematics and soldering irons as well, half hoping to have to get the 'scope and LA o…
... listing said they had video faults, but I think this was ... -
crystal games.can anyone add any more games to this list that crystal released in the 'white inlay' style packaging : Invasion of the body snatchas cosmic guerill…
As far as I know Return of the things was never originally released, but it did appear as part of a design design compilation around 86, and later on a Sinclair User magazine tape.
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Celebrity Deathmatch- Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillySince the two games have come up in this forum recently, it has made me think back to how imaginative they were, and how much fun they were to simply…
... better than JSW. The level design in MM is a masterclass ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... was based upon the Spectrum design, but Timex made many improvements ... to the hardware design and the OS as well ... the cassette routines). Nevertheless, its design was an improvement on the ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... its banking system works. Its design allowed for up to 16mb ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... its banking system works. Its design allowed for up to 16mb ... -
Can somebody help me with this?One of my "friends" shoved a piece of metal into the back of my spectrum (48k RAM) and now whenever I try to use it theres nothing but weird lines an…
... hardware - and in particular, memory faults.
I'm a ... -
did anybody program games for their spectrum?did anybody make games for their spectrum and have you still got them in tap/z80 format. i once attempted to make a side scrolling game but it didn…
... and a book on Game design, but they all are stacked ... -
New commands workingSE Basic is no longer being developed.
... for runtime ofcourse, just for design time. And every modern language ... -
crystal games.can anyone add any more games to this list that crystal released in the 'white inlay' style packaging : Invasion of the body snatchas cosmic guerill…
... full catalogue for Crystal and Design Design (at least as far ... Of The Things.
DESIGN DESIGN
Halls Of The Things ... video style case with the Design Design name and the Crystal ... The Things (Definitely released by Design Design - I have a jpg of ... -
Arcade gamesAny thoughts on what are the best speccy versions of classic arcade games? I think 3D Tank Duel is probably the best speccy version of Battlezone, P…
Pang is without doubt an excellent conversion. Great game physics, and level design and 'feel' is identical to the arcade original. -
Se-Kaa of Assiahthis is a strange one - I have the 'Mastervision' version which looks very much like a mastertronic tape - I'm guessing this is the forerunner to the…
... Spectrum games. It had its faults, but it did have tremendous ... -
crystal games.can anyone add any more games to this list that crystal released in the 'white inlay' style packaging : Invasion of the body snatchas cosmic guerill…
what about these Design Design titles.
Kat Trap
Invaders
Spectacle 1
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crystal games.can anyone add any more games to this list that crystal released in the 'white inlay' style packaging : Invasion of the body snatchas cosmic guerill…
... have been programmed by the Design Design guys (I believe it was ... winning entry in a Crash 'design-a-game' competition) but it ... girlfriend of one of the Design Design team, and Spectacle I & ... the b-side of other Design Design games, and on one or ... -
crystal games.can anyone add any more games to this list that crystal released in the 'white inlay' style packaging : Invasion of the body snatchas cosmic guerill…
You're dead right, Kat Trap was written by Design Design and yes it was a Crash competition winner who designed the game. -
virtual worldsAny suggestions for which were the most interesting speccy games as far as giving you a sense of being in some big or convincing computer generated w…
For me it is Spindizzy, which never repeated
a scenario and managed to have different atmospheres for different areas. It was available on all platforms. A lot of imagination went into the design of that world. -
Dizzy Games - Were they really that good?I know I will get shot down in a hail of swear words, but......and its a big but (so to speak)....Were the Dizzy games really that good, and worth al…
... be applied to the entire design of the ZX Spectrum. did ... -
ahem!.. could I have a minute of everyones time please :)ok... here's the thing. I'm looking into sourcing some spare IC's for the whole range of Spectrums - mainly memory, as that's probably the weakest l…
... fault older speccies develop - memory faults can manifest as anything from ... the occasional game crash. ULA faults again can be a total ... -
looking for a illustrator? nameHi, Im looking for a illustrator who paint sympathic monters with green and black colours.. Also I know that theres a town all decorated with his st…
... did actually do all the design for the movie 'Alien'. Still ... -
Extension for 128k + 3 keyboardHi everyone. Im working to put the plus 3 inside a pc at tower and already replaced its psu for a pc at one and its 3" drive for a 3.5" one. Im worki…
... . It is not a great design since you often get numbers ... -
Spectrum Instructions ProjectAs we're all aware, WoS is great and has lots and lots of games on it. However, not all of those games have had their instructions uploaded to WoS, w…
... the overriding principle behind any design decisions made. -
"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
Nice bit of interior design there, Tommy - I'm sure ... -
Best Speccy ProgrammersRe-post from the thread "Who is your fav speccy programmer". It was getting rather unwieldy so I thought I'll post a new topic on this. So, after mu…
... come those hippy doods at Design Design dint get a mention? Dark ... /> I know one of the Design Design space cadets was Simon Brattel ... -
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHAS - Obscure High score table messages...After posting a message about this game on the 'first three games you bought' section, I got thinking more about this game. When you typed certain m…
Lots of crystal computing (design designs) games had this kinda feature. try typing "Jet Set Willy" or "Cheesecake" into DarkStar for example......
Told ya they were space cadets !! :) -
I've never seen a Spectrum in real life.Only in pictures and I've got to say that I'm not all that impressed with what I've seen. Looks more like a casio calculator than a computer. Peopl…
... totally with Alesandro, the Spectrums design is often overlooked, but it ... -
Cronosoft - NEW SOFTWARE HOUSE - FIRST RELEASE NOW AVAILABLEHI EVERYBODY! I'm really pleased to announce our first Spectrum software release: EGGHEAD IN SPACE by Jonathan Cauldwell The third in the EGG…
Hmm... I like the logo but the rest of the design is a bit amaturish.
