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Why wasn't there a Madness game?Am I the only person who thinks there should have been a Spectrum game based around the band Madness? It just seems so perfect, really 1980s, really…
... called Barrow Hill for much of the 80s.
Someone really ... from a Spectrum game anyway! An adventure game might be nice ... too, lots and lots of in-jokes.
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Nintendo DS - First ImpressionsI picked up one of these on the European launch day yesterday, along with a copy of Super Mario DS. Very happy with it so-far. The quality of the s…
... shame. Almost like the end of an era - those old games have ... knocking around since the late 80s, and up to this year ... released which supported them. And of course, the original Game Boy ... .
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Nintendo DS - First ImpressionsI picked up one of these on the European launch day yesterday, along with a copy of Super Mario DS. Very happy with it so-far. The quality of the s…
... shame. Almost like the end of an era - those old games ... knocking around since the late 80s, and up to this ... which supported them. And of course, the original Game ... about a new version of the GBA coming out ... but the line-up of games scheduled for the PSP ... -
Worse on a colour tellyOnly with the power of emulation have i bothered to try out some old games which i only ever played on a black and white portable. It's amazing how …
... the colour limitations of the Spectrum in the 80s compared to the ... that wasn't as much of an issue as it would be ... heyday ('83-'87) a lot of people played the Spectrum in ... . For a lot of people, the colour advantages of the C64 would ... -
ZX Shed Issue 1[url="http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf"]http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf[/u…
... the overlooked games section - more of that, please!
Don ... always loved that bit of RG.
An idea for future ... away. I think a lot of people would find that most ... new material on the joys of the 80s. -
What was that tv show? Cat Weasel?Cat Weasel, was it? About a bloke from anceint britain who ended up in modern britain, kids show. What was the name?
... , we used to escape out of the gates and go down ... smoke. There used to be an old tramp called Brian with ... of the 80s, but someone had a whip round and bought him an ... -
The Collected Works - Ultimate Play the GameJust wondering on the street price of this? I bought mine last year for about ?45 on ebay. In mint condition, including the letter & envelope, post…
... a flea market a couple of summers ago, and there it ... did custom loaders for each of the games on the double ... '. Overall, an interesting compilation of the most important software house of the 80s... probably. -
CassettesIs anyone here in agreement, that it's bloody annoying that shops decide when to make a product obselete (and not the consumers)? I recently bought …
... . I still have a bag of tapes that are useless to ... impossible to get hold of an old-fashioned mid-80s cassette tape recorder ... -
CassettesIs anyone here in agreement, that it's bloody annoying that shops decide when to make a product obselete (and not the consumers)? I recently bought …
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ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... . And 70+ pages of decent quality material can' ... in some things (reviews of old games, coding stuff) ... new hw, interviews, reviews of lesser known but good ... see more of is a verbal description of an algorithm, strategy ... it was in the early 80s.
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... on a forum about an 80s computer! If we're ... to ban altogether discussion of religions or religious philosophies, ... sex, sexual orientation, freedom of speech, politics and governments, ... etc. Many of these threads are interesting - ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
... it would stomp anything short of an eZ80 or CPU in a ... the designs originated in the 80s.
Some CoCo owners ... indicate anything about the quality of the games.... all it shows ... would ever objectively quantify quality of the games. That even varies ... -
Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... all guesswork. Here's an excerpt from an [URL="http://www.ysrnry ... hide it in the toilet of an international express train that headed ... Scorpion, both are upgraded versions of ZX Spectrum clones.
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TV Headaches!!!Here's a little puzzle for you all to solve. Back in the early 80s (or possibly the late 70s) I remember watching an American shitcom featuring a mid…
... was a short film, orr an episode of an anthology series, which I ... the t-shirt ran out of power. Does anyone remember this ... on CBBC in the late 80s when they had feck all ... -
How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
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Back in the 80s and early 90s I used ... consisted (as it still does) of writing suspect registers to screen ... have a couple of early efforts written without using an assembler. Each ... you'd missed something out of an earlier routine and there wasn ... -
How are people developing?Are most coding on actual HW or under emulation, or cross developing?
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Back in the 80s and early 90s I used ... consisted (as it still does) of writing suspect registers to screen ... have a couple of early efforts written without using an assembler. Each ... you'd missed something out of an earlier routine and there wasn ... -
25 years of gamesWith the anniversary fast approaching I wanted to start some discussions about the last 25 years of the Spectrum firstly of course comes game Which…
... An artistic masterpiece that defines the nouveau riche excess of the 80s ... lack of royalties are typical of society's treatment of artists ... FGTH also spoke of overcoming the lethargy of life.
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Speccy 128Im looking to buy a speccy 128 (pref the original sinclair model (even better with the additional keypad)) to replace my broken 48+. I dont have a jo…
Well, as the honoured supplier of keyboard membranes, I ought ... you don't lose any of the screws, all you ... keyboard membranes is a bit of an issue, but alas, we ... - we sell maybe one of those for each 10 rubber ... replacement membrane in the 80s?
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Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... that I should write "'80s" when 'dropping' the ... write "80's" or "80s". Sometimes I get confused. ... br /> We also use an apostrophe to signify that one ... bloody complicated and full of rules that constantly change ... s, does it becomes "Music of the 80s' " :-S
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Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
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We also use an apostrophe to signify that one ... 's bloody complicated and full of rules that constantly change. :)< ... 's, does it becomes "Music of the 80s' " :-S
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Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... /> We also use an apostrophe to signify that one ... bloody complicated and full of rules that constantly change ... s, does it becomes "Music of the 80s' " :-S
< ... Drawer" - as in "chest of drawers". grrrrrr[/QUOTE]
... - yes, it's an embarrasing one, I hang ...Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... /> For me, some of my best memories are of the 80s (whew!). The ... speccy, lots of games, discovering ... the joy of being part of an ...Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... /> For me, some of my best memories are of the 80s (whew!). The ... speccy, lots of games, discovering ... the joy of being part of an ...Probably NOT the 80s thing I'm nostalgic for...Compare the photo here: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6957589.stm[/url] And the one about 3/4 the way down this page: [url]http://www.thunder-a…
... Kursk, it's hardly an example of quality Russian military hardware. ... squeeze. Most of what was developed in the 80s, when the ... s decline started before the '80s - Gorbachev was at CPSU ... generation behind" is a bit of an exaggeration - the best American tank ...B.T. are c*ntsIf anyone here works for BT, hang your head in shame. Having just moved house, I enquired with BT about having the existing line in the new house …
Well, despite an email by BT to me ... got through within a minute of phoning compared to 2 1 ... it. I've made a diary of calls made/replies etc.I'll have this for Christmas peeps, thanks.[url]http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/1060499/Blade-Runner-The-Final-Cut-Ultimate-Collector-Edition/Product.html[/url] Blade Runner: The Final Cut - U…
... he had read some diary of some Nazi death camp ... commandant. In the diary, the commandant complains that ... tell if someone's an android is to give ... them an empathy test.
A lot of the ... experience empathy -- "Quite an experience to live in fear ...Formula One: a Speccy driving game complete with free steering wheelWhenIWasCruel's mentioning of Voyage into the Unknown in the beautifully programmed thread made me discover this game. Apparently, Formula One by Sp…
... that appeared at the end of the 80s? Utter utter bollocks! I ... line would appear (some kind of interference i think) and it ... it.[/QUOTE]
An old friend of mine got one in ...Leave AY Chip alone guysWould you have a go at a child with down syndrome? No, thought not. AY has Asberge Syndrome, it's a form of Autism - think of that please before y…
Oh sweet mother of the worlds... COBOL and JSP ... something that transforms an input file to an output file. Code ... ) by saying this, by means of an ice breaker:
... been transported into early 80s Soviet Russia. Of course, the communist government ...48K vs 128KWhat does everyne think is the best machine - the 48k or the 128k? Personally i prefer the 128K+2. It has more memory, built in tape deck (so no fid…
... . I recognised that it was an 80s micro and whacked it into ... disks with a simple piece of software), it can be hooked ... only a few pence worth of components and some soldering (the ... , and compatability really isn't an issue for me as I ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... go for a small run of 2068 / IF2 carts just for ... like the idea of using C as an '80s cross-machine porting tool ... source has been used as an intermediate language to port to ... and keep at least 2K of memory free for the tune ...
