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Where Time Stood Still.....Just rediscovered this Masterpiece.... I need a little help, from memory, plane crash, use rope to stop fatty falling down the hole in the bridge,…
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Favourite Speccy MomentsOk, just for fun (and for my own curiosity), what are everyone's favourite (or most satisfying) Spectrum moments? For example, the swot in [I]Skool D…
... satisfying) Spectrum moments? For example, the swot in [I]Skool Daze ... , Miner Willy sticking his head down the loo in [I]Jet Set ... -
"Bouncing Bug" and "In-betweening" - missing games?Has anyone heard of the following two Speccy games: - Bouncing Bug - In-betweening They are not listed on World of Spectrum Infoseek at all, and I …
... Back in the day, I used the notebook to write down the controls for ... Speccy games. On the ... Jet Set Willy were listed the controls for Bouncing Bug ( ... I wouldn't have written down the controls for that.
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redtube.com has been hackedA bloke down the pub who I can't remember the name of has just this second told me that said website has been taken down by hackers. Hope nobody was…
A bloke down the pub who I can't remember the name of has just this second told me that said website has been taken down by hackers.
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camping it up.me and the GF are going to go camping, she wants to go buy a tent on sunday, ive suggested i use my knowledge of the ray mears tv show to build a she…
me and the GF are going to go ... i use my knowledge of the ray mears tv show to ... .
should i go down the tent route? any suggestions for ... -
PSPectrum problem (and other PSP problems...)Please read this all the way through - I know it might seem like rambling, but I want to give all necessary data if possible. A couple of weeks ago,…
... exit to the XMB.
Doing the above causes the PSP to ... start it the screen goes black, the orange light on the left hand ... quick enough to read the rest of the digits).
... you turn on the PSP from cold whilst holding down the Right Shoulder ... -
Of soldering and whatnot.So. It looks like if I'm going to have any sort of active retrogaming habit in the future, I need to learn a bit more about the nuts and bolts. Emula…
... of active retrogaming habit in the future, I need to learn ... a blast but lacks the tactile loveliness of the original hardware. Said ... mean there's the maths/logic side, the physical skill of soldering ... nice if, say, five years down the line I could be doing ... -
ANNOUNCE: BASin r14 is up. New SCREEN$ paintbox included.Hi all, Well, I can't sit on this any longer - so I've released it. Let's all get a good testing session going, eh? You can get the new BASin [url=…
... track them down.
The paintbox is possibly the most powerful ... paintshop/photoshop (the drawing parts) for the Speccy. READ THE MANUAL, ... flakey, to say the least. The new system is a ... number (9999:3) to crash the the profiler. (Arda)
Fixed ... -
football critics[URL="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/soccerstars.htm"]This page [/URL] reviewing the compilation Soccer Stars on Nick H's site interested me becuas…
... football games on the Speccy. "A complete let down" he writes, scoring ... it 35 when the other games ... football game debate always boils down the voter acknowledged top 2, Emlyn ... -
Can anybody help me identify this arcade game please?Ok, I used to play this quite a lot in my local youth club as a kid. You were a bloke in armour and you walked along a corridor, fighting various pe…
... held up high, in the middle, or down low, in order to ... that you could wiggle the joystick up and down really fast and ... /> Sometimes big boulders would roll down the corridor and you needed to ... opponent and different blows to the body knocked off different pieces ... -
Issue 1 ZX Spectrum for SaleBefore I go down the route of shoving this on ebay, I would like to offer fellow WoSsers the opportunity to express their interest in this item. It …
Before I go down the route of shoving this on ... like to offer fellow WoSsers the opportunity to express their interest ... 1 48K ZX Spectrum (the one with the 32K RAM on a ... an original case, complete with the beige keyboard mat. It comes ... -
+3 disk drive won't read discs :(Hi all Hoping you knowledgable ppl can help me out!! Manage to rescue an old +3 off a second hand market recently, but despite having replaced the d…
... recently, but despite having replaced the drive belt (albeit with a ... band), cleaned the whole bugger out and cleaned the heads, the +3 still ... to read the disc (the motor moved the heads up and down the disc in ... after a moment or so the prompt on screen asks for ... -
Brand new 3.5 inch floppy drive with a Disciple InterfaceHi folks, I just acquired a disciple interface and have bought some brand new "pc" floppy drives to use with/on it but cant get them to work. I found…
... on this site of the ribbon modification which i ... disk in drive and the light will stay on ... the other way (upside down) the drive will try to access the ... ? or am i simply getting the wiring wrong.
Also what is the difference between HD and DD ... -
Random WoS quotations.[QUOTE=chaosmongers;101848]Someone once told me that pigs willies were corkscrew shaped. So theoretically, if you had one large enough, it could be …
... of organic 'slinky', and walk down the stairs on it's own ... -
Farmingi'm gonna start planting things in my gf's back garden. (oooer - ed) ive started by planting some seedling in little pots. (corn) and some broad bean…
... a strip of arrable land down the middle of her garden that ... i am gonna propogate. but the only experience ive had is ... />
anyhoo, i spent the weekend seiving the dirt for rocks, and ... throwing the rocks over the neghibors walll. is this ... -
I can't find my TV remote control. Does anyone know where it might be?I've looked down the back of the sofa, under the sofa, and all of the usual places, but I just can't find it. I'm stuck on channel 5 at the moment, …
... looked down the back of the sofa, under the sofa, and all of the usual ... stuck on channel 5 at the moment, and my Sky box ... you to change channels without the remote :(
Any suggestions ... -
Kids off-roading on motorbikesProbably done something stupid, round the back of our house is some public council land for kids to play, walk dogs etc. Just had some chav going up…
... some chav going up and down on his motorbike (have ... crappy hairdryer bike up and down for 10 minutes just ... if you went up and down revving your bike for ... mate on the back they then zoomed off down the main road ... but revving it up and down for ages, no reg, ... -
Worst driving behaviours....?Can anyone explain to me why most drivers in the UK seem to think it's ok to sit in lanes 2 and/or 3 of a three-lane road despite the fact that the i…
... three-lane road despite the fact that the inside lane (lane 1 ... br />
Recently I travelled down the A3 from Kingston to Guildford ... ... now, to no surprise, the traffic has shifted into lanes ... buying fuel, hence blocking the pump for anyone who actually ... -
St. Kilda[quote]The predominant theme of life on St Kilda was isolation. When Martin Martin visited the islands in 1697,[13] the only means of making the jour…
... knew little of the rest of the world. After the Battle of Culloden ... to the west. When the St Kildans were persuaded to come down, the soldiers ... discovered that the isolated natives knew nothing of the prince ... -
fking post officeI'd complain to them but what's the point? A PO van just pulled up. Shoved a non delivery card through the door. Without knocking. He was back in h…
... to them but what's the point?
A ... a non delivery card through the door. Without knocking.
... my wife was half way down the drive. (By drive I ... 've paused, calmed down in the middle of the rant, made a ...
It's no wonder the PO is in such a ... -
Moooooving home.Well our landlords put the house up for sale and since we have been looking for a new place to live. Well we have now found a wonderfull place just …
... a wonderfull place just down the road (down being the operative word).
the house 6 doors down we brought it ... piano movers.
The road down to the new place is a ... -
Hurricane Kay!!!Hurricane! Kay is on her way and SW Florida is in a state of emergency..hard to tell the difference really. Batten down the hatches for it arrives T…
... emergency..hard to tell the difference really. Batten down the hatches for it ... !
With any luck the house will lift up and ... -
Looks like im looking for a new job :(background currently been in my job 4 years next april, in that time ive gone from complete noobie to senior operator. ive learnt most there is to le…
... as number 2 in the department (under the bare board production ... downstairs to take over the running of the hot air solder ... a bee line for the clipboard with the daily sheets detailing ... /> 2: ive essentially been pushed down the pecking order for no fault ... -
Two different versions of Bruce Lee?There's a possible MIA here, I think. I sat down at lunchtime to play a bit of Bruce Lee and discovered that the version I'd downloaded from WOS (th…
... br />
One where down works properly:
Erbe
the game, run to the first ladder and push down. In most of the ... versions above, you lay down on the floor. In the ... Erbe one, you actually go down the ... -
Jon Ritman InterviewI'm travelling up to meet Jon Ritman next week and we're going to spend the day down the pub. Is there anything you'd like me to ask him? Darran
I'm travelling up to meet Jon Ritman next week and we're going to spend the day down the pub. Is there anything you'd like me to ask him?
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I think my wife's cheating on me...I've never talked about this before, but I really need the boards advice on what could be a crucial decision. I’ve suspected for some time now …
... me.
The usual signs… Phone rings but ... , but she always walks down the drive. Although I can ... has gotten out of the car round the corner. Why? ... approached the subject with my wife I think deep down I ... just didn’t want to know the truth ... -
Your favourite Half-Life game?Right, I've posted a few polls up today, and I've had so many pm's (nearly one, so far) from people saying how much they liked them, and asking for m…
... very well is give the player the illusion of choice. See ... fight against advanced soldiers. The story for this runs parallel ... amazing (even now) graphics for the environment, some superb set pieces ... /> with Blue Shift far, far down the list. I'd probably add ... -
15 years of comp.sys.sinclair!On 13th December 1993, thanks to the efforts of Arnt Gulbrandsen, comp.sys.sinclair sparked into life, taking the reins of the primordial soup of the…
... life, taking the reins of the primordial soup of the Speccy retroscene that ... days without others laying down the groundwork over the SincNews/CSS period, and ... and taking part in the evolution of the Speccy retroscene.
400+ games for saleHiya! I'm likely to be moving house in the New Year so rather than try and sell my Spec tapes bit by bit on eBay as I have been doing, I'm having to…
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Batman The Caped Crusader - Hit Squad, The
Batman The Caped Crusader ... /> Dizzy Dice - Players
Dizzy Down The Rapids - Code Masters
Dizzy ... /> Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters - Hit Squad, The
Eureka ...I have flu.I can't talk without coughing, my lungs burn when I breathe, my throat is on fire, I'm coughing up weird stuff every colour of the rainbow, except gr…
... cold shivers shooting up and down my spine, all of ... In desperation I went to the chemist yesterday, it was " ... it's only at the end of the street.
... , and then got her down the GP's surgery who sorted ... ride my bike for the rest of the week. I must ...
