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Doubling the Spectrum's resolution?Before the advent of digital, PAL TV sets had a resolution of about 702x576 pixels. It was overscanned (i.e. the edges of the broadcast picture would…
... of the CRT screen) - subtract 10% from the screen resolution, or ... corresponds to twice the Spectrum's screen resolution, plus the screen ... -
FUSE error - cannot load Journey's EndIf you go to the Journey's End page: [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002644[/URL] and download the .tap file, that tap file …
... you go to the Journey's End page:
[URL ... /emulators/pc/windows/fuse-0.10.0.2-setup.exe[/URL ... -
PC freezes during first 10 minutesStarting about a week ago, my PC (Windows XP) randomly completely freezes in the first few minutes after I've turned it on. I bought it near the end …
... it has been running for 10-15 minutes so far it ... . Any pointers towards which piece(s) of hardware could exhibit such ... -
A-10 Thunderbolt (AKAs)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017207&loadpics=3"]A-10 Thunderbolt[/URL] Several AKAs come to mind based on this loading sc…
... =0017207&loadpics=3"]A-10 Thunderbolt[/URL]
Several ... loading screen:
"A-10 Thunderbolt Combat Craft"
"Combat Craft A-10 Thunderbolt U.S.A."
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Games Becoming Retro....(or 10 Years Old)...After fighting my insomnia looking for games that were 25 years old on the Speccy this morning and feeling old (see Games chat), I got to wondering w…
... my personal category of Retro (10 years old or more) this ... Or Alive 2
Smuggler's Run
Timesplitters
Silent ... Skater 2
American McGee's Alice
Legend Of Zelda ... - Majora's Mask
Baldur's Gate 2
Counter ... -
Cyberbig (Animagic S.A.)So, on dm_boozefreek's semi-recommendation (he's bored of it now) I've been playing [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010481]Cyb…
So, on dm_boozefreek's semi-recommendation (he's bored of it ... the pause screen, there's a high chance that ... levels. You get your 10 lives back each time ... this screenshot[/url], there's no access to the ... the screen, sometimes it's central, sometimes slightly to ... -
Three Word Story 10,000 posts!!Wow the three word story celebrates its 10,000 post. Little did I know all that time ago it would go on as long as this. I thought it would only be …
... three word story celebrates its 10,000 post. Little did I ... data elsewhere.
It's got to be the longest ... -
Wanted: Mag CovertapesFog's already helped me out with a few, but I can be more specific now. I'm after the following Magazine covertapes:- Crash Issue no 45 - 10/87 - C…
Fog's already helped me out with ... /> Crash
Issue no 45 - 10/87 - Crash Sampler
Issue ... 2: Go, Bear, Go!/Bard's Tale demo
Issue no ... 81 - 12/88 - Megatape 10: Magic Knight Trilogy
Issue ... no 111 - 05/91 - Ten Pack: TLL/Alien Highway/HATE
It's Magazine Index Update Time Again!The SPOT+SPEX Spectrum magazine index at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/spot-on/default.htm]SPOT*On[/url] has been updated. There ar…
... (214)
Plus there's a smattering of coverage for ... know of only two (of 10) outstanding issues. It depends upon ...Budget Spectrum Games For SaleThere hasn't been much interest in anything I have listed so far but thought I would offer some more games anyway. These are all budget releases, I h…
... .50 each or 5 for ?10, thanks for looking.
Booty
Peter Pack Rat
Enduro
Daley Thompson's Super Test
Skate Wars ...Mistakes in Starter Pack from Tartan SoftwareMartijn, the Starter Pack entry has some mistakes. It has 4 games, not 3, and when you click on the "Escape" game belonging to this pack, the link t…
Martijn, the Starter Pack entry has some mistakes.
< ... "Escape" game belonging to this pack, the link takes you to ... "Abe`s mission : Escape".
Im ...RetroEuskal 2010 ReportWell, RE'10 is now over, and I'm bloody knackered :-) However, there's enough time before my brain shuts down to write a quick event report... Retro…
... 10 is now over, and I'm bloody knackered :-) However, there's ... this many people will pack the hotels for miles ... gamers are nocturnal, there's lots of strange noises ... the Basque Country Government's stand. We did ... Ghost Castle, Buzzsaw, King's Valley and a couple ...Boxed Spectrum +3 128k Action Pack For SaleCirca 1987ish I think. This pack comes with a light gun and 3 games. 1)Barbarian (I think Wolf from gladiators is the front cover model!!!) 2)Arcad…
Circa 1987ish I think. This pack comes with a light gun ... I can see both led's on the keyboard and disk ...Hero Quest Twin Pack - MIAAccording to this... http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Hero+Quest+Twin+Pack$&pub=^Gremlin+Graphics+Software+Ltd$&loadpics=1 ...it…
... .cgi?regexp=^Hero+Quest+Twin+Pack$&pub=^Gremlin+Graphics+Software ... ;loadpics=1
...it's MIA. I've got it ...Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…
... .
Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and ... the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer ... />
You have to choose 10 games that were fondly remembered ... . Aliens
9. Tapper
10. Operation Wolf
What ...Carmageddon port crashes and burns?Why did no one post on here that the DOS classic Carmageddon was being remaded to run on Windows (well, a coder was writing his own version of the ga…
... ]http://blog.1amstudios.com/2010/10/i-just-cease-and-desist ... this bloke's engine, so it's not damaging Carmageddon's owners profits ... Carmageddon and it's add (The Splat Pack), as it's so much ... ]http://blog.1amstudios.com/2010/10/opencarmageddon-v1.html[/url]
Dutch meeting(s) in 2011[I]Hi, I'm busy organising something in The Netherlands and will email lot's of Sinclair-enthousiasts with detailed info. There is no concrete plan …
... Netherlands and will email lot's of Sinclair-enthousiasts with detailed ... gehuurd), hier een paar video's die je een impressie geven ... /> 9. Frans van Egmond
10. Jeroen Kwast
11. Johan ...Possible design fault in +2A/+3 power pack. Fix?It's the second time a +3 power pack ceases to work when I make a short while using the scope to diagnose a +2A/+3 computer. And it's the second tim…
It's the second time a +3 power pack ceases to work when ... computer.
And it's the second time I replace ... replacing the 2N2222 the power pack comes to life again.
pack.
[url]http://hardware ...Here's An Idea...Re: The Definitive Top 10 Without looking back at the original thread, why don't we re-list our top 10 Definitive titles - then copy and paste the o…
... re-list our top 10 Definitive titles - then ...
So my definitive top 10
1.Cyclone ... 9.The Wild Bunch
10.Booty
Now ... looking back , my top 10 in November last year was ... WOTEF
9.Doomdark's Revenge
10.Atic Atac
...Brief report about RetroEncounterAnother April... another retro event! (Firstly sorry for the quality of the photos, owing to not being able to find my camera battery before leaving …
... (Indeed, when we started to pack up they asked us to ... br />
By about 10.30 the place was pretty ... ]
(that's Mcleod_ideafix's hands you see playing on ... . I was given a 10 minute Verilog lesson, looking ... it was finally time to pack up. I don't ...Google's incredible data centers.Google's data centers are like no other, the individual machines and server clusters are installed in containers that can be hotswapped at will. Read…
Google's data centers are like no ... ://webmaster.ccpblogs.com/files/2008/10/generators.jpg[/img]Cheetah 32K RAM PackI acquired a Cheetah 32K RAM Pack this week and took it apart to give it a clean. Unusually all the identification marks on the top of the chips hav…
... acquired a Cheetah 32K RAM Pack this week and took it ... ]
Here's another example of "id removal ...Compilation Collection - help needed.As some of you may know, for some bizarre reason I have been collecting Spectrum Compilations for the last few months. I decided that in the interes…
... STAR GAMES
10 COMPUTER HITS
10 COMPUTER HITS 2< ... /> HOLLYWOOD COLLECTION
KONAMI'S COIN-OP HITS
KONAMI ... POWER UP
ROD PIKE'S HORROR COMPILATION
SCREEN HEROES ... /> UNBELIEVABLE ULTIMATE
VALUE PACK (BEAU JOLLY)
WE ARE ...Maroc's Cryptic(ish) Games QuizHowdy folks I was a little bored today so thought I'd put together a little quiz. It's simple stuff and just involves guessing a game from a cryptic…
... a little quiz. It's simple stuff and just involves ... your demented minds, but let's see how it goes : ... smile:
1. Where's the sun gone?
2 ...
7. A fortnight?s not long enough in Eden ... Coil gone weird
10. Noah's craft isn't very happy ...Spectrum Pack (Paxman) on eBayThe guy selling this might be right as I can't see a compilation listed on WOS with Mission Impossible, Exterminator, Armageddon, Freeze Bees, Sam Sp…
... 's also got another MIA in another auction - Spectrum Games Pack 48K ... my spare room and it's complete with the outer packaging ... " cardboard box. Anyway... so that's at least one MIA soon ...Trying to recall a children's bookHowdy folks. I'm trying to remember the name of a children's book I read around the mid-80s in the UK. It's something that really stuck with me but I…
... in the UK. It's something that really stuck with ... , delivered nothing. Anyway, here's what I can remember...
It's about a girl who lives ... I think I was about 10 or so when I read ...
Anyway, I think that's all I remember at the ...is sainsbury's/ASDA still open today?to save me a wasted journey, does anyone know if sainsbury's or ASDA is still open... it's bank holiday so does that mean they shut at 4 like on sund…
to save me a wasted journey, does anyone know if sainsbury's or ASDA is still open... it's bank holiday so does that mean they shut at 4 like on sundays or is it still open till 10 ish?
sorry for the rubbish thread10 Computer Hits 3 - Forbidden Planet - Huh?Hi people, Can anyone help with this bizarreness? I'm testing a copy of 10 Computer Hits 3. The first game on tape A? Forbidden Planet. I try and …
... 'm testing a copy of 10 Computer Hits 3. The first ... Spectaculator and breaks. So what's broken? I have no idea ...Two different versions of Elite's 'Battle Ships' gameHello! I've recently downloaded the demo version of Elite's Spectrum emulator on my iPod, and the free game that comes with it is called "Battle Sh…
... the demo version of Elite's Spectrum emulator on my iPod ... (which YS only gave 6/10, oddly... had it changed that ...
instead. Also, P. Walker's name ("Grafix") is missing off ...
