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Trying to remember an old text based game I used to play...Hi all, hope u had a nice Christmas.. I've been scratching my head for some time now trying to remember the name of an old game I used to play on my …
... to remember the name of an old game I used ... an adventure but rather than the standard linear nature of ... hunt or some sort of mystery solving thing... my ... so it was perhaps more of an RPG... the areas or " ... was in control of a number of characters and had ... -
One of "many", but not "last" one...;) [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI&ob=av3e[/url] ... enjoy, and, this is true spirit of the 80s' and ZX Spectrum "feeling"...
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[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8gmARGvPlI&ob=av3e[/url]
... enjoy, and, this is true spirit of the 80s' and ZX Spectrum "feeling"... -
TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…
... 's also a couple of hacks of the 80s commercial games (like Barbarian ... . The footages, all given in an alphabetical order:
[ ... right, you might also hear an extra tune on beeper; [URL ... you sick, here's an extra bunch of them for your consideration ... -
Bit of an obscure oneThink it may have been Dynamite Dan? If it crashed when loading near the beginning , an R:Tape error would appear on screen , but also a message in b…
Think it may have been Dynamite Dan? If it crashed when loading near the beginning , an R:Tape error would appear on screen , but also a message in brackets saying something like "Look Jim , another pirate"). Anyone else remember seeing this? -
Time for higher dpi magazine scans?I'm the current owner of an iPad 1, and bought at some time in the past, the Crash DVD (that was linked to via this site). The DVD contained scans of…
I'm the current owner of an iPad 1, and bought ... The DVD contained scans of all the crash magazine pages ... printed magazines (even in the 80s) - were printed at around ... is, with the release of the really high-res ... this is a terrible amount of work, but I would ... -
2 new games - Brian Vs the Bullies & BlitzIn case you've missed it in this thread ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=38962[/url]) I've uploaded 2 games to celebrate …
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This is a conversion of the classic VIC-20 game ... BASIC back in the late 80s/early 90s for my aunty ... to give it a bit of an improvement to make it a ... being built. The sound of the bombs dropping on the ... ), plays the same order of notes as the original when ... -
The Curse of the Larch : Text Adventure(c) 1988 & (c) 2012 You never really got on with your cousin. So when a party invite turns up on your doorstep you decide that it's maybe time to m…
... break down on the outskirts of your cousin's village ... Hand drawn maps, scribble of an inlay, list of Locations, Vocabulary, Connections, ... and the first two pages of Response Table.
... missing the rest of the response table, most of the flag ... -
Bringing light to the City Connection conversion...Reading the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39015"]Freddie Laker's Airline Capers[/URL]", it called my attention the co…
... my attention the comment of [B]Alessandro Grussu[/B ... br /> At the end of the 80s/beginning of the 90s, during the ... first days of ...
Although there is an option that let's you ... play with an Amiga joystick
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A list of budget titles I'm looking for.[B][U]Alternative:[/U][/B] [strike]4 Most Action[/strike] 4 Most Cute 4 Most Mega Heroes 4 Most Warzone [strike]Andy Capp[/strike] Australian Rules F…
... /> Bargain Basement
Colour Of Magic, The
Count Duckula ... Rugby Boss[/strike]
Secret Diary Of Adrian Mole
[strike] ... Atlantis:[/U][/B]
Caverns of Kontonia
Hunter
... br /> Cybernoid
Dragons Of Flame
Final Fight
Any such thing as an 8bit radio station?I remember ages ago hearing about Starglider radio but I don't know if it's still going. Does anyone know of an 8 bit radio station? Love that sort …
I remember ages ago hearing about Starglider radio but I don't know if it's still going. Does anyone know of an 8 bit radio station?
Love that sort of thing!How to change the colour of an input line?Hello my fellow WoS'ers I remember the way-back machine on the humble 48k where I could write a REM statement in basic, but I could also change the …
... also change the background paper of that text input. This would ... project as its a bit of a chore to read - sadly ...The Hobbit, Empire, and an interviewHi all, I've got a little article on the making of The Hobbit in the latest issue of Empire magazine (we've run a huge feature on the film). I inte…
... and then the challenge of turning that into Assembler code ... quite a mental transition of layers of abstraction! We also thought ... characters as objects for many of the possible actions. Phil ... think about the lasting popularity of the '80s computer scene - the ...Can an LCD monitor corrupt a hard drive?Can an LCD monitor damage (corrupt) the files of an external hard drive? I've been asked to sort out an external HD that's corrupted, and when I went…
... monitor damage (corrupt) the files of an external hard drive? I've ... been asked to sort out an external HD that's corrupted ...Can't remember the name of a gameHi everybody! It just crossed my mind some vague remembrances of an old game I played couple times in an "alternate" sourced tape if I mean, but can…
... my mind some vague remembrances of an old game I played couple ... times in an "alternate" sourced tape if I ... your Speccy so you saw an underlying 48K model board as ... and all the expected sort of components.
So... anyone ...Long 80s mashup mixWell if Chris can start a new thread then so can I :razz: When I'm not writing crap Speccy games for the CGC, I make long mixes and mashups. Here's…
... mixes and mashups. Here's an 80s mix I stuck on Mixcloud ...Is there an emulator that can "autosnapshot" after loading a tape?The reason i'm asking is that my everyday speccy is a grey +2 with a DivIDE 2k11. Some TAP files simply won't work because of rom checks and other in…
... simply won't work because of rom checks and other initialization ... make SNA and Z80's of the TAP/TZX, but i ... disappeared or the first notes of the theme tune has gone ... . I'm hoping some of you know of an emulator that can do ...An Ex-Pat's Lament.It feels weird coming on here of an evening to find everyone has gone to bed. I'm already missing English baked beans, proper sausages (veggie ones)…
... feels weird coming on here of an evening to find everyone has ...The Pros and Cons of "alternative" assembler syntaxContinuing from [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showpost.php?p=720754&postcount=72[/URL] [QUOTE=u6c87;720754]But that wouldn't change if…
... becomes available to you as an alternative assembler).
of an improvement, but continuing to ... increases the possibility of finding bits of code that do ... continue on the entertaining path of learning without assembler / ...Denizen: Rainbow of VengeanceI've just had an idea to design a game based on my novel - "Denizen: Rainbow of Vengeance" - for the ZX Spectrum (128K only). Read on below to find o…
... my novel - "Denizen: Rainbow of Vengeance" - for the ZX ... b]
The adventures of an autistic outcast and his fight ... a stand against all forms of authoritarianism, gaining and losing ... PDF format
- An extended synopsis with character biographies ...Legalities of using Spectrum game screenshot/tape covers.I'm working on an HTML5 game, which would be based in the 1980's and would allow the player to 'play' Spectrum games (not actually play them, you'd j…
... set, with a screenshot of the game on the screen ... nostalgia trip with a bit of an adventure game thrown in. ... it'd be a sort of adventure game, where playing ... anyone know the legalities of using game screenshots in this ... grey area. The age of the games and the ...Trying to find a complete list of firebird titlesAs per title really, can anyone point me in the right direction of an online list of all the titles released on the firebird range please. :)
As per title really, can anyone point me in the right direction of an online list of all the titles released on the firebird range please. :)Trying to remember a film!Hello folks! Trying to remember the title of a film I saw quite a few (10+) years ago on telly. I don't know why but it's stuck in my mind and I'd l…
... /> Trying to remember the title of a film I saw quite ... think it's from the 80s (thinking about the fashion etc ... house?). He meets a load of odd people on his travels ... up with an ex-girlfriend and it's kind of a ... comedy but with a bit of an edge to it.
< ...Tee Shirt of the year[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/19/awsome_countdown_contestant_pay_homage_to_it_crowds_moss/[/url] In my opinion the best episode of an ex…
[url]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/11/19/awsome_countdown_contestant_pay_homage_to_it_crowds_moss/[/url]
In my opinion the best episode of an excellent program. Pity he didn't win with the style of Moss.Which games would you remake? Or like to see a mockup of?We all have a list of titles that we know or felt was not good enough or simply rushed to market without thought or effort. So which titles would you…
... at least a sample screen of an eerie monochrome level, complete ... is understandable though because of the lack of RAM and I ... , a beautifully animated set of monochrome or limited colour screens ... showcasing the best of the Spectrums abilities would ...The Disslike of LikesCan anyone explain why we have a LIKE button they serve no useful purpose on WOS discussion forum. (cue everyone liking this post :( ) I read po…
... starting to notice a trend of ....intimidation (too strong?) with the ... a bit pissy and all of a sudden people that have ... that relate to one side of an argument are suddenly all liked ... that agrees with his side of the argument.
so ...The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... Unfortunately there are no photos of that project available, but there ... explained:
“This would take an entire book! ;)”
... the idea of an "hybrid" interface, the fusion of divide and ... that there was an adapted version of ESXDOS for the ...Success at recording WAVs to tape and them loading!Hi I thought i'd share my recent great experience of making reliably loadable cassette copies of games from TAP / TZX -> WAV -> audio cassette. …
... share my recent great experience of making reliably loadable cassette ... decided on the order of my compilation of games and imported ... recorded the compilation at an input level of '3' on my ... with factory produced tapes of the 80s in terms of volume and detail ...Text Adventure Game... The Dreaded Castle of SlovI am standing in the middle of dense woodland. Birds twitter in the trees, small animals rustle in the undergrowth and I hear wolves in the distance.…
... am standing in the middle of dense woodland. Birds twitter in ... motes. A dirt track leads of through the woods to the ... /> I see a the body of an adventurer lying in the undergrowth ...ZX Spectrum games set in EnglandIs it possible that there's at least one ZX Spectrum game set in each English county I wonder? [b]NORTH EAST[/b] * [b]Northumberland[/b] * [b]…
... .cgi?id=0006942]Secret Diary of Adrian Mole[/url], Mosaic ... on the then-astounding achievements of Rushden & Diamonds FC ... (now sadly defunct), an East Northants team residing in ... infoseekid.cgi?id=0005663]Werewolves Of London[/url], Mastertronic
Castlevania Spectral interlude has to be one of the best Speccy games ever.I never played Castlevania really before even when I owned a NES but after downloading this Zx game I was simply blown away with the way it was progr…
... to town if this was an 80s release.
Well done to ...
