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What Sir Clive gets up to now...Check this out: [url="http://www.pokerzone.co.uk/story_get.dor?STORY_NAME=betting/02/05/21/manual_154904.html"]here[/url] :o Always knew the guy ha…
... s Sir Clive for inventing the world's best computer. I ... he sold Sinclair?
BTW did anyone see Sirclive on that BBC ... inventions? He talked about the Z80 being the first ?100 computer and ... how the Spectrum being the best selling computer in the world at ... -
Urban Speccy MythI remember many moons ago my mate telling me that there was some RANDOMIZE USR command that would destroy your speccy!!!! Is there any truth in this…
... if left on too long...did anyone's ever burn out completely ... 'd reach for the plug so fast thinking the damn thing was ... -
I think I have thought of a brand new topic!! Horse Racing predictors.......Racking my brains, trying to think of a brand new topic earlier, and I don't recall seeing Horse Racing forecasting (or any other real gambling predi…
... used to work for Coral the bookies too, so here is ... "HORSE ";B;" WILL WIN"
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What was this game?Never played it at the time but wanted to! It was basically a Rampage type game but with very colourful graphics. You controlled the Godzilla chap an…
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Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... not claiming to. Did you give the Retrospec team such ... for who made the original game. The moment I say ... t say anything about the current version. They ... m just showing the public what the Spectrum version of ... it. I'm not asking anyone to distribute it.
What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
... eighties pop explosion set the mood for the last major decade ... Madonna captured the spirit of the times better than anyone else with her ... oops, where on earth did we put the the tune? I admit ... though, it did get to Number One - in the ...GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
Stone the crows. Does anyone else sense the slightest degree of things being ... I'd like to see the online Spectrum community start cloning ... . I merely suggested, as did others reading the start of this thread ... be interesting to see on the Speccy, if it were at ...Message for LCD and Anestis1) LCD Hi LCD! It seems that you were once named "Tiger's Claw". I've got a little question for you. Do you remember translating a game "Bitwa O Wys…
... the game and converted it back to normal TAP. Unfortunaly I did ... not know anyone with the polish original, it ... purchased in poland short before the copyright law was accepted, it ...Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
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the fact you can have a ... pixel shift as well as the obvious one pixel shift.Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... This is _wasteful_ of memory... did anyone use this???
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The rotation table is pointed at ...COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... they didnt adopt the spectrum as the official micro for ... their schools because of the game "raid over moscow ... really asking is if anyone else ever heard this ... intelligent over the years and did a hit the road jack ... Clive" or just merge the sirs and just say ...Frog hopper questionThe 3 Frog hopper (by Walltone) tapes on the WOS archive all share a very interesting problem: when you load the game up and press I for info, you ca…
... with 128 mode because of the low-level quirks used. So ... , thanks for the suggestion, but the problem remains. In fact ... hacking to try and find the correct address and make myself ... been unsuccesful.
So, did anyone actually buy an original of ...World of ZX81?Considering there is a lot of interest in the ZX81 (as well as some resources) on this site, how feasible would it be to include a WORLD OF ZX81 sect…
... other things). So the Jaguar is the nearest to a super ... and mroe so in the SAM. the Loki would have been ... upped to the status of the Atari ST and ... friend i had did. only guy in the city with one ... astronomical, i wish id win the lottery, id put down ...Aventura EspacialCan anyone tell me how to interpret the coordinate sheet for Aventura Espacial ? I can't make heads or tails of it !!!! The game works with 3 coordi…
... certainly serves to confirm the authenticity of the scan... but not ... much else ! Remember, the game wants 3 coords of ... interpret that ?
Has anyone played this game and actually ... planet ? If so, how did you use the codesheet ?
...which game would be the best remake?ive got a few remakes and the best of them is Head Over Heels. what do you think should be done? I want to see a more developed version of Dun Darach…
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About the ARCTIC MOVES, yeah, I would ... it very possible, specially the second part (the game had two " ... anyone wanted to help make it and we did, i think the ...New gameHello. I've just started developing a new game for the 128K spectrum. In fact, its the first thing I've ever programmed on a Spectrum (i'll admit, I…
... br /> Just in case anyone gets the wrong idea... AA is ... looking at some of the minigame entries with an ... screen scroll like you did there and it's ... asking for help, does anyone fancy thinking up some simple ... game. You know, the kind on the Atari 2600 where you ...Head Over Heels remake RELEASED !Hey all ! The Retrospec remake of Head Over Heels has JUST been released. The URL with everything important, including a 15Mb download is : [url="h…
... I wonder how anyone did it on the Speccy for all the planets! Hats ... example, in moonbase, if the floors had a reflective surface ... instead of the black mettalic touch (very ... . Would it have slowed down the engine considerably?
...Sequels that were better than the firstFOllowing on from disapointing sequels, how about sequels that were better than the first.. I nominate: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 2 Indiana Jones …
Target Renegade was indeed excellent. Gyroscope 2. Jack the Nipper 2 (Although 1 was very cute too).
And did anyone like Cybernoid 2 better than Cybernoid 1? I couldn't make up my mind since I found both equally tough!Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... !). When I went to get the ZX, the shop (Farnons in Newcastle ... the M5.
Re. Vic-20. I admit that it did ... , Bongo, Arcadia (much better than the Speccy version), Gorf (on cartridge ... version of Manic Miner. Can anyone remember the title of that one?Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... I went to get the ZX, the shop (Farnons in ... the M5.
Re. Vic-20. I admit that it did ... Arcadia (much better than the Speccy version), Gorf (on ... Manic Miner. Can anyone remember the title of that ... a boxed one for the same price the following week! :)
WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
... once you got past the hand.
Did anyone manage to complete ... this with all four of the characters ...WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
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I believe that Mr Langmead (Jil) has that very snapshot, completing at 100%.
D.WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
... br /> Did anyone manage to complete this with all four of the characters ... Mac emulator right near the end :mad: The screen went corrupt and ... 10%! But then he did hack the game to bits and ... shall give the game another go. In the meantime, if anyone can shed ...Hi! I'm new here! :)Hello, I mainly use my Amiga(!) nowadays but i have always been a fan of the ZX Spectrum computers. I used to own a 48k and +2 range. I now play the…
... great utilities like ( forget the name ) to get transparent ... on there but i did and it's fine. ... br /> last alternative and probably the best, although i dont like ... Who knows tho.... if i win the lottery, I may go ... that other UAEs especially the Amiga UAE are so ...Beelzebub and other Spectrum owners...According to the site: [url="http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator"]http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator[/url] based on it's content, [url="http://www.…
... when you realise he sings the theme tune to Jim Davisons ... to Rage Against the Machine & groups like The Drop Kick Murphys ... .
I don't know anyone ... famous, at all, altough I did once meet the Krankees. :(.P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…
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Doesn't the .P-file start loading at ... used mem and therefore the length.
Did anyone tried to COPY ... could add extra data BEHIND the actual data. You can reach ... finding the LENGTH from the SYSVAR, Added to the actual position in the file ...Speccy modems and telnetDid anyone use a modem for the Spectrum back in the heyday of the British service telnet? I wish I had known a bit more about it at the time, that wo…
... /> Did anyone use a modem for the Spectrum back in the heyday of the British ... , a precursor to the internet. Can anyone tell me what it ... had an internet connection via the local university, which was ... ) and saw pieces of the sinclair mailing list that preceeded ...Codemasters petition and suchAbout a year ago there was talk and a petition to get codemasters to release their back catalogue, either to the public domain or on CD... Did anyth…
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... they did this signatures have skyrocketed, for example in the space ... know about it did.
Anyone who read the last issue ... of ZXF would know about the ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... C64 games suffer from the presentation over playability problem ... the start of the slippery slope as you did? Why not the ... Amiga where stuff like [B]Shadow of the ... said "I defy anyone to tell me that ... him so. The quality of the games named didn ...Good Isometric 3D GamesHi My fave game of all time was Head Over Heels, which I have now completed thanks to emulation. I have also now done Batman and recently discovere…
Did anyone else like I of the Mask? I spent ages playing it. It was compellingly odd and soon became addictive. Does it count as isometric? Looking at it now it seems to anticipate Doom etc (similar point of view but without all the scary monsters).
