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Piracy (a good solution for both sides?)A week or two back, Micro-Mart wrote an interesting article about software piracy, although they didn't say anything new, as there's little if anythi…
... games) consider such piracy a real crime. Otherwise ... me, there's a real difference between pirating a ?40 game ... it's common knoweldge that when a shop sells a game ... even not provide a box or a paper manual, then ... would become more of a social stigma. Whilst ... -
"Life of Wally" a game time forgot?At the end of Pyjamarama you get a "Congratulations!" screen that says " [I]Now watch out for 'Life of Wally'[/I] " What's the news on that game? I…
At the end of Pyjamarama you get a "Congratulations!" screen that says " [I]Now watch out for 'Life of Wally'[/I] "
What's the news on that game? Is it just a pre-release name for "Everyone's a Wally" or what? -
Buying a second hand PS3As I don't think I can stretch to a new one :( It will be after Christmas anyway, so perhaps that's a good time to pickup any unwanted / duplicate ?…
... think I can stretch to a new one :(
It ... Christmas anyway, so perhaps that's a good time to pickup any ... /> I was playing Uncharted2 at a friends house last week, and ... -
Mr. Gas (missing something?)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003308&loadpics=3"]Mr. Gas[/URL] As per the inlay card (lower far left) the game apparently …
... also:
(C) PROEIN, S.A.
Distributed by Proein[B ... notice the second line has a comma between Proein and Soft ... Line ... of importance or a mistake in this case? (i ... -
Alternative power supply for a +2B?Hi friends, On impulse, I recently bought a ZX Spectrum +2 (unit only, untested) on eBay, thinking that the cables (specifically the power supply) o…
... On impulse, I recently bought a ZX Spectrum +2 (unit ... . What a genius :-? I should mention it's actually a +2B, ... not sure if the first +2 has a ... /> Anyway, before I buy a genuine +2 power supply (at ... with it? I know it's a long shot.
Steven Seagal LawmanThose of you with A&E on your TVboxthingie ... better stay away from that channel tonight. Steven Seagal has his own reality TV show where he's a De…
Those of you with A&E on your TVboxthingie ... better stay away from that channel tonight. Steven Seagal has his own reality TV show where he's a Deputy Sheriff. Much hilarity ensues ... I'm guessing.I have copied this title from a textbook,called "The History of Language" and I'm fairly sure there's something wrong with it, grammatically. It's written with capital letter and full stop. …
... I'm fairly sure there's something wrong with it, grammatically ... . It's written with capital letter and ... Generally Perfect."
It's a sub-heading, explaining the random ... my view the verb needs a "-s" since the subject of the ...Need a names of a gamesHello, [U]First one:[/U] There`s a little tower on the picture at the main page of this site, right under big S in "Spectrum". Remind me the name pl…
... ]First one:[/U]
There`s a little tower on the picture ... this site, right under big S in "Spectrum". Remind me the ... ]Second one:[/U]
There`s a kind of platformer. I remember ...the sooner the post office doesn't have a monopoly THE BETTERrather early "post" from me... so I am asleep.. and hear the door getting the crap battered out of it at 7am.... it's a ****ing postie.. probably …
... of it at 7am.... it's a ****ing postie..
a packet of tapes from someone ... />
there is a perfectly good door bell they ... more than one WOSer is a postie..lol)
s.. whenever it suits us.. ...Odd keyboard behaviour due to a single bit failure in +3 ROMI've just fixed a spanish +3, which, among normal issues (drive belt missing), presented a very strange one: the keyboard autorrepeated without a del…
... />
Nevertheless, with a little practice, command typing was ... same result. Definetly, it's not a keyboard matrix issue.
s happening with these ROM's? A binary compare with a working ... copy of the spanish +3 ROM's ...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…
... ?id=0017207&loadpics=3"]A-10 Thunderbolt[/URL]
... this loading screen:
"A-10 Thunderbolt Combat Craft"
"Combat Craft A-10 Thunderbolt U.S.A."
[img ... .cgi?screen=screens/load/a/gif/A-10Thunderbolt.gif[/img]Les Tresors De U.S. GoldCan you please add "Les Tresors De U.S. Gold" A french compilation released in 1987 by US Gold (France) S.A.R.L Tape 1 Side A Gauntlet Tape 2 Side…
... "Les Tresors De U.S. Gold"
A french compilation released in ... 1987 by US Gold (France) S.A.R.L
Tape ... 1 Side A Gauntlet
Tape 2 Side ...Backgammon's corrections1.[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0015053]Microparadise Backgammon[/url] is a Spanish re-release of [url=http://www.worldofspec…
... =0015053]Microparadise Backgammon[/url] is a Spanish re-release of [url ... .cgi?id=0017961]Monser S.A. Backgammon[/url] is a [url=http://www ... screen from Postern's Backgammon, right - Backgammon by Monser S.A.
[img ...Matthew Smith's Delta Tau OneGoing through some old boxes I've managed to dig up some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B]Delta Tau One[/B]. I don't know…
... some stuff on Matthew Smith's first commercially released game [B ... interest to anybody since it's got nothing to do with ... (Mods permitting).
There's a screenshot as well but it ...New Game: Box ReloadedBeyker has just released his new game, a puzzle game that he started to develop almost 3 years ago in CEZ GS. It's a remake of his old BASIC game Box…
... just released his new game, a puzzle game that he started ... ago in CEZ GS. It's a remake of his old BASIC ... boxes to move them (in a Sokoban style), and joining boxes ... , including almost all of his productions (in spanish):
[url]http ...Spectranet updateWell, I've not put an update in here for too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ... * A snapshot manager module. Basically, you can…
... too long, so here's a summary of what's been developing ...
* A network filesystem server so that ... the socket library, such as a resolver routine (gethostbyname, to ... that conflict with BASIC extensions (e.g. ResiDOS, or +3 ...riveted spectrum?just got an issue 2 , 48k and I "think" I've seen it before.. where just by the user port instead of a normal screw. it's a different screw or looks…
... a normal screw. it's a different screw or looks like a ... rivet..
is there a ...
I guess it's a seal to stop people from ... on holders , the 4116's etc.
... for cleaning the keys...e.g. washing up liquid ...Personal Software magazineHere's a list of the type-ins for the issues of the Personal Software magazine already in the WOS archive. (Note: Some listings may have previously …
Here's a list of the type-ins ... Cole
52-55,Leprechaun's Gold,Clyde Bish
57 ... /> 88-91,Air Raid,Stephen A Ormrod
92-95,Coding ...
37-43,Datafile,Nigel E Salt
44-47,Quizmaster ... /> 77-79,Zipping and Zapping,E French & David Mold
I am spamming my Online Football Game. New season starting soon.Xpert Eleven, a free online football management game. Not very complicated, easy to pick up, but very difficult to master. Free to join and play. New…
Xpert Eleven, a free online football management ... soon,
* It's a simple and easy football management ... kick off.
* It's free to register and play ... season kicking off soon!!! i.e in a few days!
< ... need to apply for a team in the Football ...Note to self: Check other's pokesI was bored yesterday evening so decided I wanted to learn a little as well as achieve something, so decided to disassemble Manic Miner (bug-byte ver…
... decided I wanted to learn a little as well as ... it as there's a few instances of LD A,2 and I ... although I do remember looking a few months ago and must ... and I think I learned a little bit in the ... curious:
34268 = LD A
34269 = 2 , so poke ...My first program - a vertical scrollerHi all, I'm new here. Nice to meet you all! A couple of weeks ago I decided to learn Z80 assembly language. I spent many hours in front of the Spec…
... all!
A couple of weeks ago I ... />
Now, here, after a few evenings of coding, is ... URL]
It's a little vertical scroller. My goal ... I'm sure there's still room for some ... collision detection, and make a simple game about running as ...It's Sunday Afternoon And I'm Slightly Bored...So here's a quick little one-question quiz to help alleviate the ennui. Where is the quote in my signature taken from? First person to answer correc…
So here's a quick little one-question quiz ... answer correctly wins a date with Lister (he's very desperate for ...Konami CodeDo you peeps know about the Konami Code? This code has been commonly used in Konami games to activate cheats and Easter eggs. [img]http://upload.wik…
... .wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Konami_Code.svg/300px-Konami_Code ... many to list but here's a few.
[url]http ...Daley's SupertestThe 128 tape version (not tried the other one yet) I had this with my grey +2 (or possibly with my +3, can't be sure, I think the +2) , took ages to…
... /> I'm wondering if there's a quick hack I can use ...Well, it's just sat on my hd doing nothing otherwise..Here's a platform game I was working on late last year. I spent something like two months of not very plentiful spare time on it. So I worked during …
Here's a platform game I was ... spare lunch hours. Also a little bit of time spent ... . So much of what's there right now is placeholder ... wrapper
It's incredibly unlikely that I will ... it here.
There's a playable .tap version here (128k ...ZX Basic 1.2.5 - a BASIC CompilerWell, my old post about ZX BASIC seems to be gone (maybe this phorum purges old threads?), so I started a new one. After more than 6 month, I've fin…
... old threads?), so I started a new one.
s a free compiler for the Speccy ... -O3 was broken. It's been rewritten, and now even ... tries to optimize user's ASM inline code. Also ... , but not the least, a 42 column PRINT routine (ripped ...What happened to EmuZWin?Does anyone know what happened with the emulator EmuZWin? This Windows based emulator was very feature rich, and very easy to use, and didn't need to…
... updated and the author was a regular poster on WOS ( ... about EmuZWIn by e-mail a few times, and a very nice and ... ] ) to see if there's any newer updates, but there ... 's nothing. The emulator (and ... he is, I hope he's happy and healthy, and ...divIDE problemHi There, I have an English +3 with English +3e Roms for divIDE in it and all works ok. Last year I bought a divIDE 57C but only tried it last month …
... /> Last year I bought a divIDE 57C but only tried ... t see the files inside a CF card.
I ... divIDE has both jumpers (A and E) closed it recognizes the ... menu saying that there is a Transcend with LBA and ... 2GB FAT partition or it?s a divIDE problem?
Help ...Changing the look of the 48K editor cursor?I've read many books and mags since 1987 but never saw it done, and a wos forum search revealed nothing. If I wanted to customize the cursor and, let…
... never saw it done, and a wos forum search revealed nothing ... customize the cursor and, let's say, turn off flash or ... replace all the L's, C's, K's and E's with something else ... , would it be just a matter of a few POKEs in the ...My 1st CPLD project using the Xilinx XC9536Title says it all - for those of you who are considering the use of a CPLD or FPGA (programmable logic) in your electronics ventures, I've documented…
... are considering the use of a CPLD or FPGA (programmable ... to write a 'tuturial' of sorts since a lot of ... but it should give a nice overview of the ... available docs first - there's a lot of stuff out there ... here or through e-mail).
P.S.: Cross-posting ...
