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Deadpan Flook's selling Speccy games! (Shameless plug!)As promised elsewhere, here's a link to my new Ebay page! [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/deadpan666[/url] Which is actually my old Ebay page, only …
As promised elsewhere, here's a link to my new ... :D
Anyway, there's a few Speccy games for sale ... b]....and there'll be a lot more on soon, ... out! :)
There's other retro games, books and ... url]
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looking for a [forgotten] demoit's a poetic demo, I was sure it's written by gasman but it looks like it's not. as I remember, it was a letter to a girl named ~lucy-ish one. I'm n…
it's a poetic demo, I was sure it's written by gasman but ... it's not. as I remember, it was a letter to a girl ... it. it's a melancholic demo. it's very possible it's from the ... time span.
it's background was mainly white, I ... -
Using an EPROM in a 48K SpectrumThere are plenty of guides as to how to do this floating around, however I didn't like the fact that you can't then plug in the standard 27128 ROM ch…
... decided to approach this from a different angle :)
a couple of more pin ... removed)
Here's a shot with the diode/resistor ... want to plop in a standard ROM for whatever ... IMG]
And a final shot for proof :)
Dan Dare 2 is a bad game ... or is it?I am a huge fan of Dan Dare 1 (one of the few games I can complete on Speccy) and I really like Dan Dare 3. I absolutely hate Dan Dare 2. It looks a…
I am a huge fan of Dan ... it very good scores, there's a cool sounding "play the enemy ... the whole game is just a random dash thru (extremely) pretty ... corridors aimlessly trying to find a terminal (or whatever you ... educate me about the game's good points / how to ...How do you tell if if you're a hipster?http://i1142.photobucket.com/albums/n608/daveyboyhughes/hipster_zps81hkjsle.jpg What exactly is a hipster? As far as I can tell it's a pretentiou…
... as I can tell it's a pretentious fashion victim*, something ... *as Frankie Boyle said - with a beard they don't want ... I'm definitely not a fashion victim! I tried ... but didn't understand a lot of the questions ... importantly, I don't have a beard.
...What's currently in your garden (or out and about)?Saw a Hummingbird hawk-moth this evening. It's a shame I couldn't catch it hovering by a flower with its proboscis out (fnarr!) but it's nice to see …
... hawk-moth this evening. It's a shame I couldn't catch ... it hovering by a flower with its proboscis out ... (fnarr!) but it's nice to see one. Haven ...Anyone have a PO BOX address?No, I don't want to nick yours, am just seeing if it's worth having. Looks as though Royal Mail charge about £250.00 a year for one? Sounds VERY ex…
... am just seeing if it's worth having. Looks as ... charge about £250.00 a year for one?
... Sounds VERY expensive, adding a considerable amount to every purchase ... :( Sounds as though it's the only way to get ... need convincing that it's a great idea with loads ...Members list is a messIf you look at the members list it's a mess, it's not even in alphabetical order so i'm guessing this is part that is still being worked on.
If you look at the members list it's a mess, it's not even in alphabetical order so i'm guessing this is part that is still being worked on."The Writing's on the wall", the new Bond theme tuneI've just listened to the new theme song for the next Bond film ("The Writing's on the Wall" for the movie "Spectre" due out later this year), and I …
... , I think, but it's weak and lacks the memorability ... or the power of a good Bond song, but ... com/watch?v=8xbzlttMo0E) that's much better, but shows ... Then again, I'm not a musical person (wih regards to ... and think it's a good fit for a Bond film. What ...A happy Christmas for Deus Ex fans! GMDX is here.If you're a fan of Deus Ex (the classic PC FPS/RPG that's a decade and a half old and still better than 99.99 to 100% of all PC games) then you're in…
... a fan of Deus Ex (the classic PC FPS/RPG that's a ... decade and a half old and ... ! Actually, it was released a while, back, but this ... is version 8, which is a *massive* overhaul. Almost every ... game, polishes it to a very high standard, and ...I've released a (free!) floppy disk filled with sci-fi themed custom levels for "Worms" on the AmigaOver the last couple of months, I've been transferring all the artwork, animation, music, games and writing I made on my Amiga in the 90's to my PC. …
... [url="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8bw48c1y99qodwy/WAR%20OF%20THE%20WORMS ... here. [/url]
It's a self-booting disk, instructions on ... them.
Here's a couple of example levels...
And here's Starbug in action on real ...Wow! A drone you can ride in!!![img]https://assets.entrepreneur.com/content/16x9/822/20160107190852-ehang-184-car-.jpeg[/img] Quote "[b]On Wednesday at the Consumer Electronics …
... inside the pod-like cockpit—a passenger selects their flight destination ... relaxes in the airborne vehicle’s air-conditioned cabin as ... certainly something to behold. It’s a four-armed, eight-rotor drone ... wing doors for passengers, and a trunk for luggage. The ..."Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca""Jet Set Luis: Rumbo a la Costa Blanca" (Jet Set Luis: On the Way to Costa Blanca) is a 2014 or 2015 (see below) Spanish remake of "Manic Miner", mad…
... that it suggests it's a remake of "Jet Set ... /> "Jet Set Luis" has a beautiful title screen and all ... been modified. According to a comment posted by its ... to modify the game's variables". Judging by this ... Set, are a perfect culmination of Luis's week, accompanied ...The Great North Meet III: A Good Day to Meet NorthOK. Here it is: It's about damn time for another north meet. There wasn't one last year so we thought this year's would be a bit sooner than usual: …
OK. Here it is: It's about damn time for another ... we thought this year's would be a bit sooner than usual ... otherwise? It's near to midsummer's eve, so it's a a nice summer ...SINCLAIR QL SUPER JOBLOT: ORIGINALS BOXED and 60 MD'shttp://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/-/172121007952? Direcly from my Sinclair QL archive... ...SINCLAIR QL SUPER JOBLOT: ORIGINALS BOXED and 60 MD's!!! …
... : ORIGINALS BOXED and 60 MD's!!!
Original games & ... other MD box, 60 MD's, a Sinclair QL magazine & manuals ... .
The MD's are 50% just responged.
Have a nice bid ;)A ZX Printer returns to actionAfter quite some messing about, I've got my second printer working. There were 2 reasons it sat idle (apart from the obvious being it's a sh*tty 30 y…
... the obvious being it's a sh*tty 30 year ... were:
- Blew a speccy TR4 just by being ... plugged in!
- Had a 'header' missing from the ... For the belt, I had a disaster. During attempts to ... The solution was obtained with a staple and super glue, ...Forum Section Titles in Bold and a New Posts Button.At the moment the forum feels like a wall of text with little visual 'signposting'. I think the forum section titles should be in a bold font. It w…
... the forum feels like a wall of text with ... section titles should be in a bold font. It would ... just make things a little clearer on screen and ... make the forum a little easier to navigate ... with. I know there's a Recent Posts button that brings ...FTV-1 info sticker (?) on a +2 grey heatsink[img]https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/130902294@N06/26087120803/[/img] I've just received this +2 grey. I'm puzzled by what appears to be information r…
It's not just gaming that's ripping off (sorry, REWARDING) gamers nowThere's a new film coming out, based on the Assassin's Creed games. No, I couldn't care less either, but what caught my attention is that you can pre…
... 's a new film coming out, based on the Assassin's Creed ... .
There's various uninteresting stuff depending on ... ticket [i]plus[/i] a 20" figurine. For only ... get your ticket and a 1:1 replica crossbow! ... get to see a movie AND get a replica crossbow ...Anybody got a Smartwatch?I'm thinking of getting smartwatch for my birthday, but, having looked on the 'tinterweb it's a veritable minefield. I'd like one that'll synch with…
... looked on the 'tinterweb it's a veritable minefield. I'd like ... 6, Strava and other odd's n sods. I've looked ... see why it's any better than say a Pebble Time or ...I've embedded my old "Wicker Woman" game into my comic's website.It's a few years old now, so I don't think I can justify posting this in Brand New Software. For the past week or so I'd been playing Heroes of Ka…
It's a few years old now, ... Sinclair. 27 years it's taken us. I'm ... re-hosting my comic's website made me remember ... my old text adventure into a page.
[ ... think anyone ever made a compete solution for the ... have the time, pay a visit to my comic on ...Buying a new PCSo, here we go again, me posting for help about buying something. Shame you guys ain't on commission :)) Anyways. I've pretty much chosen everyt…
... wondering about the PSU. Here's what everything is:
s a £37 difference if I add ...Rolling display from RGB port on a +2Hi gang, after many years I finally decided today to attempt connecting my +2 to my Japanese RGB monitor. Using just the composite video pin only …
... pin only ever got me a black and white picture ... can stabilise it a bit by tuning a knob but it ... .
I had a Toobin PCB which runs at ... had to combine them with a 7402, then it worked perfectly ... August of 2002. It's a Z70700 with a date code of 8647 ...New Game! WIP demo based on HP Lovecraft's "In the Walls of Eryx"Started making this a fortnight ago after listening to an audiobook of "...Eryx" on Youtube and thought "This would make a brilliant wee game, actual…
... and thought "This would make a brilliant wee game, actually"; ... ").
Essentially it's going to be an invisible ... farnoth flys as enemies, a flamethower that basically sets bonfire ... for enemies, and a refillable Oxygen meter. Here's a video of the ...Bob Smith's zx81 games (and others like UWOL 81) should be ported to the zx spectrumThere's a bunch of great zx81 games made recently. I think that by maintaining the same blocky grafix and by adding color and sound, games like one…
There's a bunch of great zx81 games made recently. I think that by maintaining the same blocky grafix and by adding color and sound, games like one little ghost, crozxy road, virus, boulder logic etc would be just great...Is there a PSN thread?Just wondering if there's a thread anywhere to share PSN IDs. (Mine's Grunaki17 by the way. :) )
Just wondering if there's a thread anywhere to share PSN IDs.
(Mine's Grunaki17 by the way. :) )Creating a POK from RAM or binary.Don't know if this is the right category or not but here goes. I'm working on a bug fix for a game, it's a few hundred bytes worth of custom code …
... m working on a bug fix for a game, it's a few hundred ... thinking about distributing it as a POK file. Is there any ... said file from a set RAM location or a binary? I ... the file but since it's a lot of numbers to jot ... the code later, it's not really the best option ...Help remembering a game...Hi guys, maybe someone can help me here, although it's a difficult one. I'm trying to remember a game I tried to play when I was younger, but have…
... help me here, although it's a difficult one.
a side scrolling game, our ... screen where there was a door of some sort ... sort of knight, or having a sword...
... Does this ring a bell to anyone?
Ebay Words that Turn You off a Sale.I have a love hate relationship with Ebay. Sometimes it's the only way to get what I want at the price I want. Sometimes its not the price I want, bu…
... have a love hate relationship with Ebay. Sometimes it's the ... And... other times it's fjust douche bags that think ... the lead (even when it's a common one) or in ... the seller thinks he's/she's got some kind of ... anything about it being a genuine product from say ...Prime Mover - A (free) ZX-Spectrum-style platformerI've uploaded a fully-playable HTML5 version of a small platform game I've been messing around with. It's playable from start to finish but is missin…
I've uploaded a fully-playable HTML5 version of a small platform game ... I've been messing around with. It's ... and music.
It's a fun little platformer that isn ...
