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Was it Search for the Crystal Sphere??Does anyone remember an adventure game, I think it was called "Search for the Crystal Sphere". You started up in a deserted town of about 10 locati…
... (heart of the game), each of the 4 directions led to a new ... 't remember the other. I remember the gruesome task of having to hack ... you found a portal back to the crossroads.
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Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…
... quite understod what the hell I was supposed to do. So I ... inch widescreen television and came to the conclusion that it still was ... pointless trying to figure out what the hell the game was about ... their time to maybe program some hints or help in the game ... -
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 …
... what? Tulip computers relaunching the C64 due to a resurgence of interest ... happen to the retro scene, and the emulation scene?
Will the c64 ... relaunch lead to a clampdown on the emulation/archive scene for the ... -
You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
... work in the 80's hasn't all gone down the drain.
the sad excuse that the rights to some games are ... others must have put in to contact the authors individually and get ... want their titles being exiled to the oblivion of yesterday do they ... -
I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
... that it was better to have a Spectrum instead ... of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do ... I just got hooked to the thing after getting Warajevo about ... a better word processor for the Spectrum? I really feel ... so good using the apps. It makes me ... -
The Text Adventure whats it called?Back in ye olde days me and my brothers used to play this text adventure game but like so many cant remember the name of it. Basically it started wi…
... or Orcs, well near to the start. But the main bit we remember ... river, when suddenly the boat would start to fill with water, with ... the things we had we kept trying to ... fill the hole but nothing would ... -
ALIENATE - final version of the ZX-demo! (MOD music!)Hi there! Next new-school demo from HOOY-PROGRAM is here: [url="http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/alienat.zip"]http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/alienat.…
... required. USR0 mode. You know the score.
Supports General Sound ... couldn't move the blocks for GeneralSound to the end of the tape,
the memory is empty :-/ Tape
the tape, though.
Norwich Spectrum and SAM Computer Show 2003Hi, My name is Tarquin Mills (Shadowtlx) I never managed to get to the original Gloucester shows because I lived in Aberdeen and was a poor studen…
... (Shadowtlx) I never managed to get to the
original Gloucester shows ... br /> the car park for the day. The show will be free to all ... too small, I have gone for the newly
refurbished Scout ... is, will you come? To help judge the numbers (for
...Two Manic Miners in the top 100 games table?A while ago I was checking the top 100 games (according to WoS visitors' votes), but I couldn't help notice that there are [I]two[/I] distinct "Manic…
... .6 (at the time of writing). The first entry refers to the Software Projects ... re-release version, while the second to the ... original Bug-Byte version. Now, since the [I ...The AbyssI tell you what, one of the best games for the spec is the Abyss. Its written in Basic, but it provides an almighty challenge to the modern gamer. Ch…
I tell you what, one of the best games for the spec is the Abyss. Its written in Basic, but it provides an almighty challenge to the modern gamer. Check it out. You wont be dissapointed.Im no mathematician, but some of the RUNES are impossible.Games that looked good from the screenshots but....Nothing was more disappointing than shelling out a load of pocket money on a game that looked really good from the screenshot, but turned out to be a…
... really good from the screenshot, but turned out to be a load ... great in the screenshots, but didn't have the gameplay to go with ... is not eligible for entry to the hall of shame)
C64's SID music on ZX - the demo is HERE!!I'm proud to announce, that two great persons from Central Europe - Poke & Omega - have made something really important for Spectrum world. Now ZX …
I'm proud to announce, that two great persons ... with SIDsound mode!) and listen to the music!! 14 minutes of completelly ... [/url]
For now the prog works only on following ...Anyone want to swap all my tapes, for all systems, for game carts?I live in terrace house, not much bigger than the ones on Coronation Street. I don't have a whole lot of spare room left, and my wife, bless her, obj…
... house, not much bigger than the ones on Coronation Street. I ... , bless her, objects to the house 'being filled floor to ceiling with your ... /> So, I am mainly going to collect games consoles and carts ...Foo Fighters & The SpectrumBit of a strange one this dunno if it's been mentioned before. Anyway, I've just been doing a bit surfing, catching up on my favourite bands websites…
... 've just checked out the Foo Fighters. On the homepage if you ... Black Box you're taken to the Black Box page (obviously!!) take ... the computer keys all down the page, look familar?. I even had to ... pull out my old Speccy to ensure the keys matched ...LensKey - The LENSLOK EMULATOR!!!!!!!!!!Here is the link to the site: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.owen/lenskey/"]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.owen/lenskey/[/url] Is thi…
Here is the link to the site:
[url="http:// ... house).
Got the link from The Bird Sanctuary site:
Speccy Tour : Approaching the last two hot weeksHello Specchums! Firstly, I invite all of you to watch how the competition is at the moment [url="http://www.speccy.org/st03"]http://www.speccy.or…
... of you to watch how the competition is at the moment
to encourage the players readers of this forum to do a ... qualified will be the ones to choose the selected games for the tour.
to give more weight to the votes that people ...Problems downloading from the Archive?Is it me or is the download facility from the Archive not working? All I?m getting is a box saying ?Explorer Cannot Download? and ?The Server Return …
Is it me or is the download facility from the Archive not working? All I?m getting is a box saying ?Explorer Cannot Download? and ?The Server Return Extended Information?. Is this my set-up or something to do with the resent changes to the site?Do you think the Speccy will live forever?Sorry if this was already discussed, but what do you REALLY think...will the Speccy live forever, or will the machine die with our generation... I …
... you REALLY think...will the Speccy live forever, or ... really think the machine wil be interesting to the youngsters of the future? ... And there is also the ... Lemon about losing the enthusiasm for the machine...I know ...A sad day...Just received all the stuff that I had shipped over from the UK. Guess what's missing? Yep, some of my Speccy games. About 200 to be precise. And…
... I had shipped over from the UK.
Guess what ... apparently they've 'gone for good' according to the delivery driver.
At ... and running over here (connecting to NTSC, power supplies, etc)?
Emulation - the Legal breakthrough? ( taken from RAWW.ORG )Just saw this at RAWW.ORG. Since thre tends never to be much discussion there maybe it'll interest those of you here: [I][B]Although it doesn't real…
... scene, I was interested to read in the latest issue of PC ... be considered to be breaking the law. Perhaps all of the petitions finally ... nice if it did apply to the Spectrum, and company ( All ... game, denied ones inclusive to which the rest of the world, may not ...Z80 to TZX Converter !Hey Everyone ! I have a bit of time lately and I coded a little utility that can convert the Z80 snapshot (any version, 48k and 128k supported) to T…
... utilities to do this, but unfortunetly none had the features ... the ZX Spectrum (if you record the TZX file to tape then use the ... TZX file plays back perfectly to the real ZX Spectrum, altough ... issues ???? - Tapes load perfectly to the real 48k/128k speccy at ...Do you know similar games to "rocky horror show?"Hello to all! I have played to "the rocky horror show" and would want to know if you know other games similar to it, acclimatize in a house and with…
Hello to all! I have played to "the rocky horror show" and would want to know if you know other games similar to it, acclimatize in a house and with pieces finding in order to exit! Thanks!AY sound is directed to MIDI on some emulator ?I am not sure, but it seems that current AY emulations are going to the PC's soundcard Wave device. Is there any emulator that directs the AY instruc…
I am not sure, but it seems that current AY emulations are going to the PC's soundcard Wave device.
Is there any emulator that directs the AY instructions through the PC's soundcard MIDI device ?
CristiCrash 20th AnniversaryOn 13th January 1984, Crash magazine was launched on our shelves, and was used as the template for all game magazines for the rest of the decade. Gon…
... the template for all game magazines for the rest of the decade. Gone was the ... style of the early issues ... , which had drawings to illustrate the graphics, and gone was the ultra-dry approach ...early diy mods, techy threadjust wondered wot everybodys earliest speccy modifications were, i cant do the electrical stuff too much. BUT my dad once added an auto fire switch t…
... wot everybodys earliest speccy modifications were, i cant do the electrical ... added an auto fire switch to my competition pro joystick before ... theyre still popular? with the advances in computers and stuff ... get sold / machines use em to connect to the tellyHelp with Su 20 and issues to swap /beg for to finish 1st 50!Got hold of issue 20 but with no cover, I can get an image of the front cover, but could someone tell me if the Kempston advert on page 2 and the qui…
... back pages are the same as the issue 19 or ... Also I am after the middle spectrum user suppliment ...
I have the following issues to swap with your doubles ... etc if you have any of the ... lot of early issues to the cause.Paul You are ...Spectrum on the phone!I've been using ZXBoy Spectrum emulator on my Nokia 3660 cellphone for a while now and I must admit that I'm somewhat surprised how well it works. Bi…
... Biggest problems are controls. As the Nokia's controller recognizes only ... work well!
The emulator runs somewhat slower than ... sound most of the time. The emulator is easy to use and ... can bind the keys of the spectrum to the keys of the phone. You ...Arcade to...Spectrumnew feature at PeeknPoke about those great arcade conversions ported with love to the humble Spectrum. How well di they fair? Hope you enjoy [url="h…
new feature at PeeknPoke about those great arcade conversions ported with love to the humble Spectrum. How well di they fair? Hope you enjoy
[url="http://peeknpoke.emuunlim.com"]http://peeknpoke.emuunlim.com[/url]
LeeThe Next GenerationJust won a Speccy off Ebay, so for the first time in about 10 years I'm using a real Spectrum. When I was opening it my 8 year old son was looking ov…
... up and he said wheres the mouse and what graphics ... all over for where to put the CD's in and ... was stunned to discover you need ... up in his bedroom next to the Playstation 2, he played ... this evening and is looking to do the same tomorrow.
...The Tomb of Dracula remake (sort of)!I have converted The Tomb of Dracula (a crappy Spectrum game from K-Tel) to the Commodore 64(!) Have a look at [url="http://www.geocities.com/tombofd…
I have converted The Tomb of Dracula (a crappy Spectrum game from K-Tel) to the Commodore 64(!) Have a look at [url="http://www.geocities.com/tombofdracula2004/"]http://www.geocities.com/tombofdracula2004/[/url]
Enjoy if you can! :)
