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"Empire" by FirebirdDownloaded this game of WOS the other night on one of them ol' whims. It looks quite intriguing but, such is life, whilst stuff like Xecutor has a wh…
... towards either the nearest star base(sb) or the ... starbase (use w) and the star base should draw your ... them to 100% the star base can manufactor add ... own empire by buying star bases and to construct a ... the starbase.Shooting lots and lots and lots of aliens ... -
THE BEST EMU'I've beem using ZX32 for about a year now.However,certain ROMS such as Double Dragon 1 or Phantomas will not run with this emulator.Is there another,…
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Check the phone book and find out!Seriously though, I ... of Tape Files or whatever,and have Mr Dunny be picking ... fun.
Now an evening has passed and it is a new ... at Dunny's original Post and I'm laughing at ... it,and to be honest my ... -
Worst game - sort ofAny suggestions for worst game - but not just worst game period - the worst game that has had a lot of work go into it and ought to have been good, b…
Hey! I bought Star Wars and furthermore, knew what I was ... progressed. E.g. The Death Star attack level of Rogue Leader ... -
Evening Star Gradient ProfileDoes anyone have a scan of the gradient profile / map for Evening Star or know where I can find one on the web? What I am looking for is the equival…
my copy of evening star has a gradient chart in it like southern belle..
the resolution isn't great but i can mail it you if you like?
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Shocker: C64 to be relaunched!Just read this piece on PC Word: [url="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0"]http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0[/url],aid,111556,00.asp Is that …
... you make the connections, and if they say they ... , all kinds of games sites and even ( knock on wood ... of hand we should protest and start a petition.
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Your most played Speccy game?What Spectrum game did you play more than any other? For me it's got to be Back 2 Skool or Cyclone.
Nigel Mansell's Grand Prix
3d GP Championship
Grand Prix (by D&H games)
Evening Star
Football Director 2 (+3 version)
The Double
Pro BMX Simulator
Vulcan
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Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
... the blue n yellow lines and the picture drawing first. ... a game load like that and i thought the tape ... time. I remember loading star wars and when the loading screen ... no loading lines or stuff and at first i didnt ... so i stopped the tape and rewound it to load ... -
Profile of a Spectrum user...Whilst watching Crimewatch on the telly, there was something on there about certain criminals fitting lifestyle profiles... Is there a profile of a …
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Italian and Indonesian, provided it's fresh ... and healthy.
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The Sopranos, Star Trek and golden oldies like Monty Python ... , Young Ones, Fawly Towers and Black Adder.
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Worst Colour Clash ever?As Malcolm Hope's posted a request for the most boring looking monochrome cop-outs, how about this... Which games have the most appaling colour clas…
... what games I want and she seems to have ... and told Amy (my finance) that I like games like Zelda and Star ... Wars and Lord of the Rings ... ..
(and on my birthday Amy got ... me Zelda: Wind Waker and LOTR: Two Towers on ... -
Review of the site.Hi, just thought id mention that i have done a review of the site. The link for this review is [url="http://www.uk.ciao.com/void_jump_org_World_Of_…
I too am glad this matter was sorted out!
When I looked at the proposed link a few days ago, there seemed to be only the star rating and nothing else.
Now I can see the full review, and it makes much more sense... :)
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I've finally bought a Spectrum at a boot sale!I do rather well at boot sales collecting games carts for consoles, but for some reason, I have never,ever,ever seen a Spectrum for sale second hand …
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Astroclone...Huh... Does anybody make sense of astroclone at all? I have seen the tipshop, but they speak in strange ways. There is this defender game, then kill…
... then fly back to the star gate and depending on which way ... the puzzles were pretty obscure. And not being a big fan ... the game as a story and it was published in the ... -
golf gamesIve been playing the fantastic Leaderboard, and trying to increase my ability ;) my question is, there are other cool golf games on speccy?? thank…
... /> World Class Leaderboard (with trees and water - oooh!)
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Collision DetectionHi everyone, This is my first post on WOS. Like most people here I owned a Spectrum when a teenager. At that time I was quite heavily into programmin…
... deadly on contact, then logically AND the player's sprite pixels ... draw things such as your star field and any explosion particles.
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Instructions Project updateHopefully you're all aware of [url="http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~pak21/spectrum/instructions"]the attempt to get instructions for more of the games on W…
... go very little beyond food and water, so I'm really not ... them all the free advertising and hype?
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... Nintendo will change their mind and allow distribution. Does this ... adopted a 'revisionist history' policy and denied all existence of Zenobi ... -
Pentagon/Scorpion Speed of software Just wanted to ask if anyone knows if the 7Mhz mode is ever/ or maybe frequently used on the Pentagon or Scorpion Spectrum clones... Just that with…
... rather large number of animated star sprites, and I wondered if some ... the usual 3.54 Mhz and just some nifty acid induced ... />
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P.S. and the intro for the russian ... the game, with russian music and speech features a filled pollygon ... -
Cost of official licensesDoes anybody know how much it cost companies to obtain the licence to prduce arcade conversions or movie/film/celebrity tie ins?I would imagine they …
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Best Sci-Fi TV series!Seeing we're doing best sci-fi films, why not best sci-fi TV series.. My votes: Dark Angel Doctor Who Roswell The X-Files Planet of the Apes TV Ser…
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Angel
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Everyone say"Awwww!" I was made a "single bloke" today. unattached without bird bereft of **** So I've been out to the pub, had a couple of pints of real a…
... liked old computers, punk music, and junk food.
True ... Dr Who, Stargate, Charmed, Star Trek, and every other boring bloody sci ... up with 100+ old computers, and even take an interest in ... -
Dr Who Waaahooooo Ooooooo OoooooooooThis is the first programme i've been excited about in many years, all we need now is Star Wars the series. [ This Message was edited by: swordhe…
... are Philosophical, and think the big picture, Where as Star Trek fans ... are Scientifically minded and focus on single ... for instance), that love Star Trek and Doctor Who? Am I ... philosophical about science and do I focus on the ... -
Movies that should be made/remadeEveryone hates it when a classic movie/tv series/radio series/book/breakfast cereal/duvet cover is turned into a movie. Think of the outcry when they…
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Not Star Wars and Aliens! I love Star Wars! Who can ... replace the sneer of Harrison Ford? And ... the delightful r2d2. And the flavour of a ... horror movie I've liked and having seen the quality of ... -
Vector GraphicsMy thing, back in the day, was games that had vector graphics. The Spectrum was generally better at them than other, inferior machines and there were…
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Evening Star
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Power Pack?I have a cassette at home called Power Pack (no cover) with the games W.A.R. Uchi Mata Speed Boat Race Zoids Solo Flight on it, there is no mention…
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Games with weird titlesSome games have weird titles. For example "Kokotoni Wilf". What are your favourite weird games titles?
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Games with weird titlesSome games have weird titles. For example "Kokotoni Wilf". What are your favourite weird games titles?
... /> Terraqueous = amphibious; consisting of land and water.
(see [url="http://www ... = not consisting of land or water ?!
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"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]
... bought VHS in droves and betamax died a death. ... sport, i love football and american football, the best ... and did well for their team. Put them on an All Star ... team and they might have done ... do something equally useless and go to a Sikh ...I'm so happy!I just won this! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8203781036&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWN%3AIT&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/…
... 's the later ones including Star Wars, and even some Cronosoft titles ... ? I just get garbled graphics and that's it.
< ... Mission Escape (with easy difficulty and default controls)
- Gilligan' ... /> I also have Bubble Bobble and J. Cauldwell's Lunaris on ...I am getting an x-box tomorrow. Recommendations? On loan for quite a few months from my brother-in-law, as he has a spare one. He bought one on eBay, was outbid on another, and got a really good 2n…
Personally my fave Xbox game is Project Gotham Racing 2. The Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic duo are excellent if you like Star Wars and RPG's.
All should should be picked up dirt cheap now.Death Star Interceptor - a Crash Smash but 1/5 stars from SU...Having just watched the new RZX of Death Star Interceptor, I checked out the reviews and was surprised to see that while the game was a [url="ftp://f…
I have just played Death Star Interceptor and thought it as pretty good ... the other mags were childish and trying far too hard to ...Doctor Who DVDs ... any recommendations?You've probably all seen many more episodes than me so maybe you can recommend some really excellent ones. I already have Pyramids of Mars (which I …
Too true Beccy. You don't see us inventing a "language" based upon howling and grunting. :)
I like Star Wars and Star Trek and many other "religions", which makes me a sci-fi polytheist. :)
Necros.
