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From The LoftHello All I have just been up in the loft (I have to clear it out Mrs VQ says so), and found my old Spectrun+2 (boxed) with outer sleeve telling me i…
... and floppy drive. All the manuals for the console, an instruction form ... been up in the loft since the dawn of the ?affordable? PC era ... .
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Why hate the C64?Well, why? I've never understood the bitter rivalry between C64 and Spectrum fans - both computers had their strengths and weaknesses. Both had goo…
... why? I've never understood the bitter rivalry between C64 and ... released for them. The C64 had the advantage in graphics and ... sound capabilities, but the Spectrum was easier to develop ... both equally.
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Dr. Polidori - "Because I Can!"aka Yet another insane idea for a thread by Necros. If you could create a hybrid of two well known games and make a completely game out of them, wha…
... she has paid the pilots of the planes from Raid Over Moscow to ... recently installed on top of The Watch Tower because he had become ... re wondering, the thread title comes from an episode of The X-Files ... called "The Post ... -
Specdrum2 For The PcHi guys n gals just wanted to let you know that i have written a remake of specdrum (you know the one from 1985(c) CheetahSoft Ltd. if you head ov…
... remake of specdrum (you know the one from 1985(c) CheetahSoft Ltd ... you either put the cd in or run the cd from the virtual drive ... .
I used Blitzmax (The game and util Ide software ...
screen saver inside the software etc.....
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What's your favourite CGC2008 Game from the Crap Game Arcade?Chaps and Chapattis, In case you haven't been, there's now a handy easy to use CGC Crap Game Arcade for you to play with (playable [URL="http://rept…
... favourite overall?
What's the crappest game so far?
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Severe problem with The Trap DoorHelp! I've got 2 Speccy emulators on my PC at the moment, ZX32 and SPIN, which are usually capable of perfectly running all the files from the archi…
... capable of perfectly running all the files from the archive between them.
I downloaded the Trap Door.tap file from the archive on this ... longer put the frying pan on the stove to cook the eggs, it ... and doesn't pick up the heat.
Anybody ... -
Sometimes You Just Miss The Boat![quote]Blackpool Illuminations Department is in the process of selling its giant model of Thunderbird 3, as seen in the 2004 Thunderbirds Movie. Weig…
... Illuminations Department is in the process of selling its ... 3, as seen in the 2004 Thunderbirds Movie. Weighing ... and 15.5m tall, the mammoth structure has a ... My Little Pony tableau from the 1980s and a range ... of horses from a carousel displayed in ... -
Recording music from Spectrum 128Does anyone have any tips for recording music or improving sound quality from a real Spectrum 128 +2? I tried the obvious method of running a jack t…
... a jack to jack lead from the tape/sound output port on ... the clarity of the Amiga sound. Theoretically I could run a lead from ... my 128 to the Sound Enhancer and ... record from that. I'll give ... -
[Deep voice] The Big One...Wow! This is going to be my 1,210th post! And it only seems like days since I made my 1,000th post (not that anyone'd know, as no-one reads my posts …
... deliberately or otherwise) hides from itself the great truth of it ... mind, simultaneously seeing life from the point of view of every ... thing in the universe? Is the answer hidden from us, or ... br />
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If they'd have been released in the 80s...Hello again, Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url]…
... would have been the must have ('killer app') games from today's ... br /> Apart from Manic Miner, which is already on the ZX81 - and ... think this is a game from the 80s that ANDRE*** fixed as ... GameX - The Game Exchange[/url] to name but three from Jonathan Cauldwell ... -
Dan Isaaman's Computer games (to play and write)hi I own this book, and the publication date is 1983. I didn't quite know whether to put this in Infoseek or in MIA - but the book contains a whole …
... or in MIA - but the book contains a whole ... -ins whose entries are missing from infoseek: (plus page #)
... br /> Nim 33
From the Depths of Time 37
Haunted House 58
Escape 62
Space Dogfight 66 ... ...e.g. Over the Spectrum.
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JSW... how does the game "finish" in assembly?It seems the ZX and C64 versions of Jet Set Willy suffer from the same "unfinishable" problem. Thankfully the ZX version has been patched with pokes …
... Set Willy suffer from the same "unfinishable" problem. Thankfully the ZX version ... has been ported from the ZX version, perhaps the room data is ... . What I need to know from this page though...
... fully aware of the direness of the C64 port. The stairs and ... -
Threatening letter from baliffs. Need some advice.I've just opened a letter, not addressed to me, but to my ex-lodger, and someone whom I have never heard of. Mr.Someone I'd Never Heard of & Mr.ExL…
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For the urgent attention of [i]someone ... debt at public auction. The very significant costs of removal ... auctioneers will be deducated from the proceeds of the sale of your ... an entry - what with the new Civil Enforcement Officers?
90 (Not so) Super Games for the price of oneWhat's the odds every game here was shit? [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=Crash/Issue72/Pages/Crash7200024.jpg[/url] Anybody pl…
What's the odds every game here was ... spec-chums taking different tapes from the 10 tape set? :D
the reviews and screenshots.
What was the first Spectrum game you bought.Mine was Technician Ted and Gift from the Gods. What were your first game you bought for the spectrum?
Mine was Technician Ted and Gift from the Gods. What were your first game you bought for the spectrum?*The* Sinclair Knowledge baseOk, get ready for a long post. :p Let's consider a few facts: -The WOS ftp has thousands of important files, but it can be difficult to find what w…
... what I mean)
-The WOS forums have valuable information ... something (even if we use the advanced search)
-If ... from the ZX81 german group were willing to save the forums and all the ... something like this:
-The site would have information for ...Was this the worst game compilation?Is this the worst compilation ever? [B][URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012017"]Power Plays[/URL][/B] from "The Power House"…
Is this the worst compilation ever?
[ ... =0012017"]Power Plays[/URL][/B] from "The Power House" in 1987 costed ... had eight games with the following scores in the archive:
And the last and final game:
On the subject of reverse engineeringIn this world of emulated hardware, there are Specchums out there who would like to put their hands on that peripheral they never had, that add-on th…
... 't really been explored: the reverse engineering of Spectrum interfaces ... .
The hardware gurus at Speccy.org ... chips with their info erased from the top, etc.
So ... engineering, and without deviating the topic to a discussion about ...From toast rack Spectrum to toast rack PC...Only tangentially related to the Speccy, but we now have four toast rack PCs at work... some of these: Passively cooled Hush PC [url]http://www.hus…
Only tangentially related to the Speccy, but we now have ... =Endkunde[/url]
Note the big black aluminium toastrack heatsink ... ambient temperature. A refreshing change from the Intel or AMD space heaters ...Why is the ZX Golden Years web site not linked?Why is the ZX Golden Years web site not linked to from the WOS links page? I'd have thought that such a site was very worthy of the attention of Spec…
... web site not linked to from the WOS links page? I'd ...
and covers the best* Spectrum games from 1982 to 1986.
* Alright, so the "best" is (as usual) subjective ... , but this time round, the selections are made with far ...The starting a film script thread...Please add as you see fit: A back garden in a traditional surburban UK neighbourhood. It's past midnight and everthing is in silhouette and quiet. …
... lights a cigarette and from the glow we can see ... the gate between the two houses (which sounds like it was from the outside). The ... man peers over his own gate to look at the ... -splitting scream from directly behind the gate the man is ...Star Wars Knights of the Old RepublicHas anyone played Knights of the Old Republic? What do you think of the game? I've never really played an RPG before (apart from Deus Ex and No One L…
... the game? I've never really played an RPG before (apart from ... between Morrowind and KoTOR (aside from the games' setting - medi- ... sorcery vs. science fiction) the difference in combat - Morrowind ... br />
* What's the phrase for the opposite of "real time ...The amazing Miles Mad Mission thread!Following on from the "Thuderstorms" thread! The JSW I mocked up for a laugh then decided to actually do is under construction. As promised I said …
Following on from the "Thuderstorms" thread!
The JSW I mocked up for ... pretty rough at the min but you get the idea :D
8K Adventure finally makes it on the ZX-81Well, over at the Sinclair ZX80 / ZX81 Forums: [url]http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ZX80_ZX81/forums/8k-adventure-ported-to-the-zx-81-t40.html[/url] …
... 8k-adventure-ported-to-the-zx-81-t40.html ... over to the ZX-81 from the ZX Spectrum (the original version ... is on the Commodore ... out. And of course the ZX-Spectrum version has ... about 3/4ths of the way to download either ...ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 07 July 2008Monday 07 July 2008 A VERY overdue June update, and coming in at 122 new entries, it's a bit of a biggie! (fnar! Ed) * Archie Robins sent in a POKE…
... Decathlon, Dragon's Lair II: Escape from Singe's Castle, Football Director ... , Nameless One, The, Operation Thunderbowel, Pendant Of Logryn, The, Prisoner, The, Protect, Survive ... , Quest for the Poorly Snail and ...Game clichWe all know about movie clich?s, e.g. guns never run out of ammo regardless of how many shots are fired; the Eiffel Tower can be seen from every wind…
... shots are fired; the Eiffel Tower can be seen from every window in ... ?
Probably the worst is when the player loses a life ... , and the game announces this with a ... tombstone or the [I]Death March[/I] or ...Games that are way too hard ... on the EASIEST settingToday I dug up my MAME emulator and played a few oldies. Amongst those was "Side Arms" (Japanese Version; dunno if and how it differs from the wester…
... if and how it differs from the western release regarding difficulty). ... />
Afterwards I checked the dip switches and was flabbergasted ... like 1943 (also from Capcom) released in the same era are ... especially all the wacky 2D shooters where the boss enemies ...The much rumoured Pandora is finally being built !!!!!!!20 years late though. Its from the people who made the GP32, GP2X. Its a hand held similar in size to a DS. [IMG]http://pandora.bluwiki.com/images/…
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Its from the people who made the GP32, GP2X. Its a ... />
This is the home page with all the stats.
Relieved is the word.I've got a crappy little T-reg Saxo which has just gone in for its MOT. The last couple of years it failed, mainly due to the exhaust and poor workma…
... mainly due to the exhaust and poor workmanship from a shoddy tyre ... while and just had the phone call from the garage to give me ... the damage. I was expecting the " ... paid the £50 for the test and pretty much ran from the garage ...One for the Darwin Awards...[URL="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7545002.stm"]Man chokes to death in cake eating contest[/URL] "A mature student choked to death after an "imp…
... to see who could eat the most fairy cakes, an inquest ... Deeley, 34, from Birmingham, and his friends were at the opening night ... put up to four cakes from the buffet in their mouths.
the floor. Swansea Coroner Phillip Rogers ...
