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Wasp ATTACK!!!!Was funny at first, I was just out having a smoke and playing(ahem)with some home-made gunpower(well its cottonwool soaked in NaClO3) To my amazment …
... all the wasps got mad, we hid and a neighbour walked down ... :oops: he was running down the street waving his ... arms in the air screaming ... EM OFF.
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What do other nationalitieswho live abroad think of UKI would be interested to know what others think about UK, are we in US pockets is Tony Blair good or bad leader etc _________________ As featured i…
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The difference is that the foot evolved down the age as a ... nearly the size of the metre (the yard being one of the obvious exceptions). The ... idea of the ... -
The Crap Games Compo 2005I've submitted a game to the CSSCGC 2005. Take a glance and tell me what you think :D [url="http://www.ojodepez-fanzine.net/network/sgc/stuff/AlToro…
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Which dizzy was bigger?I always thought the Treasure Island Dizzy was a bigger game than dizzy, but after looking at the maps this doesn't seem to be the case. Does anyone …
... /> Officially `Digger Dizzy` was the biggest, as well as bein ... ` the dude who calved out the mines in ... bodybuilding, a brawler from down the pubs that no-ones ... been at least twice the height and size of ... day. Even Zaks turned down an armwrestle with him ... -
Q on Ebay.So ... I finally have an Ebay account and I won a bid on Monday ... should I be concerned that the seller hasn't contacted me since then? I have sen…
... long as when i get the item its all fine and ... and hassle to go down the post office during your lunch ... to send it. I know the postage up front and like ... -
Decent ScrambleAre there any decent Specy versions of scramble? All the near matches on WOS are fairly poor. I after something approaching the quality of the (shock…
... lot.
That last bomb down the hole in penetrator is annoying ... if you overshoot the hole before pulling back to ... drop it.
(anyone played the VECTREX version of scramble? - it ... it and having bosses at the end of each level........what ... -
What control keys for Jungle Trouble?I feel a bit embarrassed asking this,but what are the correct control keys for playing Jungle Trouble? I've managed to find the left and right but no…
... holding down the direction button at the same time.I've mastered the jumping ... to do now is crack the rope swing...arghhh!
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The Customer/Sales Assistant is always wrong.....or just an idiotI've been on both sides of the counter (worked in a computer shop in the early 90's) and have heard and seen a couple of stupid things. Had one lad…
... opened a smaller Costcutter franchise down the road, and runs it with ... , ) that they had given me the wrong change.
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Does anyone play a Speccy through a Plasma/LCD Tv?What does it look like? Without the scanlines of a normal cathode TV, it would be all blocky. In fact it would probably look just like an emulator wa…
... the old cathode ray tube the image would be built as the ... sanline moved down the screen. Is this the ... programs that utilise timing of the scanline to produce special ... modification may be required to the RF out circuits.( that' ... -
Does anyone play a Speccy through a Plasma/LCD Tv?What does it look like? Without the scanlines of a normal cathode TV, it would be all blocky. In fact it would probably look just like an emulator wa…
... the image would be built as the sanline moved down the screen. Is this the ... programs that utilise timing of the scanline to produce special ... to do with the internal workings of the TV, but about ... the stream of pixel data that the Speccy sends in the ... -
Weird loaders; 1) Why? 2) How? (Curiosity question)Hello again. Sorry to be asking/posting so much today, but I've just arrived here and am plumbing the depths of nearly 22 years of making cups of te…
... the state of the speaker. This produces the familiar lines on screen as the ... electron beam scans down the television, and the ... familiar loading noise as the speaker is ... -
Derren BrownLast Friday I got dragged to see Derren Brown live by the missus, as he was doing a show in Skegness. To be honest, I'd never seen the Channel 4 sho…
... worked out how he did the Russian Roulette trick.
[/quote ... . There was no bullet in the gun.
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the most basic of illsions. He ... discharged the blank sideways out of the side of the gun, rather than down the ... -
Derren BrownLast Friday I got dragged to see Derren Brown live by the missus, as he was doing a show in Skegness. To be honest, I'd never seen the Channel 4 sho…
... worked out how he did the Russian Roulette trick.
... . There was no bullet in the gun.
[/ ... a slight of hand is the most basic of illsions. ... out of the side of the gun, rather than down the barrel.
the island of Jersey even ... -
more star wars bollocksive just seen a real stormtrooper while out shopping :) walking down the street DAMN i wish my digi camera was working, i couldve had a snap :p
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ive just ... out shopping :)
walking down the street
DAMN i ... -
more star wars bollocksive just seen a real stormtrooper while out shopping :) walking down the street DAMN i wish my digi camera was working, i couldve had a snap :p
... -05-21 17:44, mel the bell wrote:
ive just ... out shopping :)
walking down the street
DAMN i ... -
Why do people around here favour Spin/Spectacular?I use Klive. I've never used either of the above two. Can someone tell me why they appear to be superior, is the author hanging around here somewhere…
... if it's changed then the (slagging) is usually ... br /> A good comparison is the emulators we have used/are ...
For myself the likes of the original Z80, JPP couldn ... be beat, but years down the line they are now ... sitting in a box in the "Disk attic" where ... -
Item on ebay. I had one. It was cr@p[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8191689941&ssPageName=ADME:B:EF:UK:1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item…
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My friend also had one, and he also thought it was crap, but now he can't find it.
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Diagnostics on SpeccyHi, can anyone please tell me what key combo after you reset that you have to hold down to get the diagnostics for the speccy to show itself? I think…
... [Heat sink Model]. You hold down the Break key while you press ... is sounding via the TV . If you run the Speculator emulator ... hold the Esc key on your ... br />
Better still read the instruction manual!
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Diagnostics on SpeccyHi, can anyone please tell me what key combo after you reset that you have to hold down to get the diagnostics for the speccy to show itself? I think…
... [Heat sink Model]. You hold down the Break key while you press ... is sounding via the TV . If you run the Speculator emulator ... br />
Better still read the instruction manual!
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GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... of limited intellect was the victim of an accident ... he began skateboarding up and down the east coast while programming ... battery-operated spectrum, and the final fragment surfaced in Portugal ... remotely to do with the spectrum, the need to post several ... -
BORDOM..... and Tomb Raider Musings...God I'm Bored..... Bored Bored Bored Bored... Bored. that got me to thinking.... I'm currently ( when not drawing that is ) learning to use the To…
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Cylu, and the mapping thereofIf there's a hand-drawn map of something, such as [url="http://www.zxsoftware.co.uk/C/Maps/Cylu.jpg"]this one[/url] of Cylu, is there any value in do…
... the original and the one I am working on has the colours split down the ... -
Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
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Spectrum 128kHi everyone, As a long time Speccy fan weaned on the original +2 machine (hence the username!), I'm thinking about finally buying a genuine Sinclair…
The whole point of the heatsink is to keep the voltage regulator cool (just like the much smaller heatsink inside the 48K machine). Without it, the 7805 should go down the drain pretty fast. -
Saving BASIC code as CODE... can't start programHi guys! I'm trying to create an adventure game for the Speccy in BASIC, called The Legend Of The Red Dragon. I'm using the excellent BASin to code…
Thanks guys! I'm gonna go down the compiling route! Heard of compilers, but didn't know what they were for, and now I know! -
Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
... then. Just go down the corridor; second door on the right. No, don ... -
Describe what makes the Spectrum so special and uniqueFor me its very much a nostalgic thing. I havent even seen a spectrum or a spectrum game for real for 13 years, and so when I found this site I was j…
... then. Just go down the corridor; second door on the right. No, don ... say that it's the THIRD door on the RIGHT ... but only ... after you've been on the magical elevator of frilly frumpyness ... -
New forumsurely this new forum is just going to encourage usspeccyfan
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Name the GameJust tried a few MAME games out last night, one was 'Metro-Cross'. Totally reminded me of an old Speccy game which was very playable. It was a horiz…
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Because i got the name Metro-Cross from MAME ... or so more and scrolled down the 'M' listing to see if ...
