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Blue screen of Death on PCsI have had one of these on my PC for last two years on "Shut Down" . It was not doing any harm so I left it alone till it got worse and started appea…
... image" file on a rather dodgy spare drive he had lying ... -
+2B: where's the tape signal gone?So, this is what I really came here for today... I've got two +2Bs, one with an issue 1 board and some extra soldered wires, and one with an issue…
... board that's free of dodgy-looking fixes - so in the ... -
Technically terrible games you likeHighrise Harry by Blaby is technically awful. It's got tiny UDG graphics, no animation, rubbish jump mechanism, dodgy collision detection, poor keybo…
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Politically Incorrect Games I Love To Own . By today's standards a lot of the 1980's freedoms seem to be seen as being politically out of date and sometimes abhorent even from some standpoint…
... be that extra zing of dodgy INCORRECTNESS! ( Ahhr I can just ... -
How to Use a real Physical Old Style Retro ZX Spectrum INFREQUENTLY and EFFECTIVELY.These days a lot of WOSSERS use emulators most of the time but like to get out the old Speccy ,every once in a while ,for a quick nostalgic revisit .…
... one that depends on "sometimes dodgy" membrane cleaning is quick and ... -
If Spectrum games were Tv shows.What if Spectrum games were TV shows, my schedule would look like this: 6:00 Classic Adventure - Can tonight's contestants escape the dungeon? 7…
... earn get shot of those dodgy diver suits with the help ... -
Not great places you would love to go.Ok, this is simple, bad or dodgy places you would go to. PLACE: For me, a start would be North Korea (Pyongyang to start with). REASON: Look at t…
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moneyWhen i was younger and writing speccy games in basic with the occasionaly machine code subroutine, i used to dream of writing a hit game and making a…
... for a lot of distributed dodgy games and money.When software ... -
Whodunnit by MastertronicI've found another one not on the main list... am I expecting too much or is it actually worthwhile mentioning games not on the list? Am I mentionin…
... mail order) also "published" a dodgy basic game i wrote when ... -
Plus 3 Disk ConversionIf anybody wants any commercial +3 disks converted to .dsk format, I've rigged a +3 up to my PC and can make .dsk images of nearly all commercially p…
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Zenobi Software?I know WOS are busy sorting through all the software companies, but these people whoever they are, created a game I have been after for many years. …
... only contains Z80s and some dodgy TAP files.
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slightly different question - how long ago did you pack away the speccy ?if at all ;) personally I think I was about 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - SNES and PCs etc took over. I'm 32 now, and only in …
... tv output sockets were well dodgy, and it never totally recovered ... -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
... with, as it has a dodgy ROM...
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Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... : Pigs witb bombs and a dodgy 2 page advert. Jaleco. Name ... -
Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... : Pigs witb bombs and a dodgy 2 page advert. Jaleco. Name ... -
Character set variableCan anybody help me? I'm trying to find out where the pointer to the ascii character set is. I remember that if you wanted to change the font on the …
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that's allowed me to just fix a dodgy font in a game I wrote 13 years ago :) -
Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
... : Pigs witb bombs and a dodgy 2 page advert. Jaleco. Name ... -
Magicland Dizzy - I'm stuck!I had a look for a walk through guide but can't find one. I'm stuck. I've put the leaf and apple in the cauldron but can't get fire to light it with…
I think I've got maps and walkthroughs for most Dizzy games, too. Feel free to mail me if you want any! (I was going to post a link where you can get 'em, but I just noticed that the site was 'dodgy'...!) -
new speccy game here!!You may remember a while ago I posted a demo of a game I was making on this forum, and I asked at the time whether or not anyone knew of any software…
... agree they are a bit dodgy, but then again I had ... -
Name of a game (again...)Big hellos to everyone in the [B]Spectrum community[/B]! You guys must be [I]sick[/I] of this type of posts by now, but here's another one. I rememb…
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Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
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Cylon Attack Question for AndrewA little while ago I sent you a TZX of AnF's Cylon Attack. I was just checking you had received it as it hasn't been put up on TZX Vault yet. I also …
... . My e-mail is being dodgy from outside of work, so ... -
best emulatorhowdy, I know this is the wrong forum for this question, but I'm new to speccy emulating and most people look here. What is the best emulator?, I'm c…
I agree that X128 is a great DOS emulator, unfortunately it seems to be a bit dodgy under Windows XP. I've just downloaded the 'Klive' emulator from the archive though, and it seems to be pretty decent - worth checking out if you're an XP user. -
SDP Project Started, Can't Wait ;-)Hi folks, I can't stand it any longer, I'm just gonna lob what I have on the SDP page with respect to disks that are needed. I've manually done the…
... your +3 (drive could be dodgy, just need a drive belt ... -
SDP Project Started, Can't Wait ;-)Hi folks, I can't stand it any longer, I'm just gonna lob what I have on the SDP page with respect to disks that are needed. I've manually done the…
... your +3 (drive could be dodgy, just need a drive belt ... -
My own Home Computer (part 2) This one is set up because of the other one got locked... Oh, and anyone who tries to lock this one down will not get any satisfaction: i'll just s…
... catch a virus of a dodgy tape.
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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…
... made a couple of very dodgy games in +3 basic. I ... -
A feature missing in emulatorsJust yesterday a thought came to me while trying to load a really old and worn tape. Wouldn't it be interesting if one of the emulators had a featur…
How about an emulator which simulates the other quirks, like a dodgy tv lead, or corrupting the input files like a dodgy tape recorder did (chew them up) -
A feature missing in emulatorsJust yesterday a thought came to me while trying to load a really old and worn tape. Wouldn't it be interesting if one of the emulators had a featur…
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On 2002-12-24 20:57, madmekon wrote:
How about an emulator which simulates the other quirks, like a dodgy tv lead, or corrupting the input files like a dodgy tape recorder did (chew them up)
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A feature missing in emulatorsJust yesterday a thought came to me while trying to load a really old and worn tape. Wouldn't it be interesting if one of the emulators had a featur…
... , 17 odd years ago, Spectrum, dodgy tape deck, Knightlore, Speedlock.
dodgy tape deck. And when it ...
