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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…
... speed up if you went down the screen, was that an illusion ... /> I'm sure I remember the instructions referring to blue cans ... -
For those that hate that trained chimpanzee masquerading as a government leader ...Check out this [url="http://www.sorryeverybody.com"]site[/url]. I discovered it after seeing the book in my local library earlier this evening. There…
... Guy', specifically the episode where the world ends and the Griffins set up ... new town a few miles down the road where we discover it ... "nuclear". It's "nukular", dummy, the "s" is silent!
For those that hate that trained chimpanzee masquerading as a government leader ...Check out this [url="http://www.sorryeverybody.com"]site[/url]. I discovered it after seeing the book in my local library earlier this evening. There…
... Guy', specifically the episode where the world ends and the Griffins set up ... new town a few miles down the road where we discover it ... nuclear". It's "nukular", dummy, the "s" is silent!
[/quote ... since I fall asleep to the Family Guy practically every night ...Q on scanning books.Those of you with experience scanning books: What is the "best" way to scan them without making creases etc? I am wondering if a hand scanner is t…
... scan and ocr [at the same time] the Melbourne House books, ... side of the page the correct way up. When scanning the next ... easier to scan it upside down. The scanner software will auto correct ... look like?, well lookup the ZX Logo instruction manual which ...Cleaning a +2AI just acquired a +2A (quite rare in Holland actually) and the casing is really dusty and dirty. Now, in ZX Format no. 9 there was a guide to clean a…
... like I just went down the shops and purchased a ... /> 2) Disassemble the entire thing: remove the tape drive and circuit ... the membrane etc. Dust the membrane off: Then soak the keyboard / keys with the ... rest of the caseing.
Attack of the chavsA friend of mine just got attacked by three youths. Apparently a recent craze is to take photos or video by mobile phone of your friends attacking pe…
Where does it end?
If it happened to my daughter I would rip out their eyes and flush em down the bogjoke alertQ: what does American coffee and Ginger Baker have in common? A: They both suck without cream
Eric Clapton was also one of the members of Cream.
His music, however, doesn't seem to have gone down the drain.
Who the hell is Russ Abbott? :)One for Blakes7 fansI know this is old, but I recently re-discovered this site. Now, If I could have any PC case out there - I'd want this one! [url="http://www.bit-te…
... pumping round it to cool down the machine, does look quite cool ...NorthamptonI've noticed that there's a healthy discussion about Inverness in another thread, and frankly, I'm feeling very left out. It seems that everyone and …
Northampton - I've driven down the A1/A14/M11 and you don't have to drive through it. Does that count? Or the M1 on the other side but that road seems soooo slow. Mind you, too many b'stard cameras on the A14.manic miner scoreHi! is it possible to get more than 1700 points from the first screen in MM? :) I have tried lots but only gets 1700 (the picture below!) the scree…
... , and hold down the opposite direction key whilst also holding down the jump key ... , Miner Willy lands on the ground, turns ... the extended jumping sequence along the top and (d) avoiding the robot and the ...Mia Kirshner has the same birthday as me.Yes, it's a completely pointless post and not at all spectrum related, but I just had to mention it. :) For those of you that don't know, Mia Kirshn…
Right, I'm off to the chemist to get some chloroform.
**Runs out the door and down the road, gibbering excitedly**
:D
Necros.Games Club Week 17Morning all off on my Holls today for a week so this is going up early This week I asked for games by Mike Richardson and received the following Co…
... that the shooting appears mostly pointless. You can slow down ... and pick things up and try to drop them on the ... pelt and not bother. The only place I really ... fight was in the cave with the big spiders, as ... I'm trying to shoot down the big doors too, which ...Classic games you don't likeProbably most people will hate me but I have to say it. "Manic Miner" & "Jet Set Willy" - two Speccy classic games. But I don't understand why they b…
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Also couldn't stand the 'Renegade' games. Peeps at my ... /> I never got on with the 3D games either 'Alien 8 ... Sabre Wulf, but they went down the 3d road instead. ho humFor a quid I got:Commodore Amiga 500, 100 disks and all gubbins, grubby but good cond. A quid!!!! thats 1/8 the cost of the last Speccy i got! Its a steal.
For a tenner I got a wash-and-a-wank down the local knocking shop.
Now top [I]that[/I] for value.For a quid I got:Commodore Amiga 500, 100 disks and all gubbins, grubby but good cond. A quid!!!! thats 1/8 the cost of the last Speccy i got! Its a steal.
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For a tenner I got a wash-and-a-wank down the local knocking shop.
Now top [I]that[/I] for value.
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Yes, I'd heard the rumours that Mel had a new job.Spielbergs War Of The Worlds ( warning spoilers )Just seen it. What an absolute load of crap, there was no tension or climactiic build up, granted the story doesn't lend itself to a whizz bang …
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The spleenbug version of WOTW walked ... on fire rolls back down the hill! and everyone runs ... the technology available today, why oh why has no one sat down ... with the book and made ... have the CGI version of the musical on the way?.
ZZap lives on! Just a quick note, New Retro Gamer is out with the 20th anniversary ZZap64 64 page special which I was lucky enough to help out on, its awesome and…
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I wouldn't know. The last one my local shop ... later my local (5 mins down the road) Tesco started getting it ...Most stupid thing you've donePulling on the handbrake at 50mph in a Bedford Rascal aint to clever, but its nice the way they roll. Also pulling the trigger of a BB gun aged abou…
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I was doing 90 down the M6 just after 10pm one ... the underside. The car flipped over & landed roof down on top of the ... , cos when the roof came down on the crash barrier, the whole lot caved ...Game featuring lots of sub games ?One game i love is the GBA game Warioware Inc. Basically lots of mini games to play. I know in Frankie GTH, Cosmic Wartoad (3), Pyjamarama (Space I…
... the size of it i doubt i could get it down the staircase ... to the basement. Brings back great ... memories of the early-mid 90's though ...Game featuring lots of sub games ?One game i love is the GBA game Warioware Inc. Basically lots of mini games to play. I know in Frankie GTH, Cosmic Wartoad (3), Pyjamarama (Space I…
... the size of it i doubt i could get it down the staircase ... to the basement. Brings back great ... memories of the early-mid 90's though ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... color implimentation was better than the c64!
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The disk drive IS an ... operations, basically the Spectrum pissed all over the C64 performance ... br /> At least the Spectrum was the machine of the people, what happened ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
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The disk drive IS an ... operations, basically the Spectrum pissed all over the C64 performance ... br /> At least the Spectrum was the machine of the people, what happened ...Advice needed - Xbox EmulatorsDoes anybody have experiance of using a speccy emulator with an Xbox ? My intention is to install Linux and then try and run an emulator (most like…
SpeXtrum works well enough without having to go down the linux route."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... much better than the Spectrum. Considering the C64 had hardware ... really should ensure the C64 wins hands down) the C64 display looks ... horrible and chunky, the colours ... would say the C128 has the spirit of the C64 but nothing ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... how much they are into the whole thing in 2005. It ... . As long as we keep down the responses with "erm" in them ... who will not concede that the Spectrum has any real merit ... . As David Crosby sang in The Byrds "Everybodys Been Burned". :)"Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... As long as we keep down the responses with "erm" in them ... looking at some of the arguments though, the playability side of things ... disagree, but opinions are, as the saying goes, like arseholes; ... ". :)[/quote]
Now the VIC... some bloody [I]class ...First game you REALLY wantedOK. I searched but couldn't find a thread like this so why not start one. So, I'm interested in what was the first game you really, really, really w…
... was stuck on "Attack of the Mutant Telephones", and then "Skylab ... Landing Bay".
In the end, I copied JSW from ... weeks until his mother wrote down the colour-codes so that I ...Robocop in Retro Gamer this month.Quote: "Overall, this version provides mixed results. Flawless presentation (including lots of speech) and Jonathan Dunn's well known 128K title mus…
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Robocop walks down the street. Shoots some guys. As ... kill them, only for the exact same thing to happen ... at the next set of windows.< ... />
Now where's the fun in that, eh? If ... at every single point in the level then you've ...New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…
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I do believe the Spectrum mode splib2-type library ... one will see more push. The more specific libs like Timex ... and can accept declarations of the type "when this memory segment ... project a year or two down the road if currently active projects ..."Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]
... embellished than the C64 equivalent was the exciting thing, not the drawback.
down to it's essentials, leaving all the decoration out ... education.
Taking the argument down the technical route is for me ...
