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Obscure great games......Having recently received an old PC, I've transferred all my Speccy roms over to it off of my mums PC where they were previously stored, and have been…
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What Z80 development tools do you use? What books?Hi. I've been meaning to do it for over 25 years, but.. better late than never :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get a developme…
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When I see e.g. number #ABCD I have no idea ... does it belong to. I need to use calculator ... br /> However in my code I often use for example
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cash 4 WoS'ersthats right.. got an old un-used one.. send it to us.. and get cash in return... a whole 1p.. hhmm my little rant against all those cash/gold ad's t…
... " collect " the stuff, they vanish, I must try that one myself ... me a ?50 note, I will e-mail them with an offer ... are unhappy with the offer, I will return the note within ... -
cash 4 WoS'ersthats right.. got an old un-used one.. send it to us.. and get cash in return... a whole 1p.. hhmm my little rant against all those cash/gold ad's t…
... me a ?50 note, I will e-mail them with an offer ... are unhappy with the offer, I will return the note within ... />
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Favourite/Least Favourite Arcade Conversion?The Speccy was home to some great arcade conversions considering it's relatively miniscule power. I've put my ten favourite and least favourite up o…
Favourite: [I]R-Type[/I] (runners up, [I]Space Harrier[/I] and [I]Gauntlet[/I]).
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TrackSuit Manager Updated?Hello everybody.:p I'm new in this forum, and i would like to know if anyone has information concerning the existance of a TrackSuit Manager update?:…
... Honduras. :razz:
Unfortunetly i don't have a share ... download link here, but i'll e-mail the files to the ... great Bad Beard and i' ... .
Now that i got the hang of it ... dream come true, now i'll enjoy every minute of ... -
QuestionI've noticed on my living room, bedroom and kitchen walls small, hairline cracks on the plaster (and some in the stonework). They seem to have appear…
Slap it on E-Bay, it must be collectable and R@@E !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.................L@@K !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!....... -
Are Pokes or snapshots 'cheating'?I've seen a few threads about easy/difficult games, but I've been wanting to ask this for a while now and haven't seen anything specific yet. Most m…
... [I]Knight Lore[/I] and [I]Alien 8[/I] still have time limits. [I]R-Type[/I ...
Yet invulnerability in [I]Fairlight[/I] (where you only have one ... -head modes in [I]Virtua Fighter[/I], the bike and ... the teleporter cheat in [I]Manic Miner[/I] to practice, but ... -
best box arti'm sure we had this before. but what speccy box art is the *best. by best, i mean the most awesome. post up your faves.
Someone here recently mentioned [I]N.E.X.U.S.[/I] being released in a rather snazzy box, although I've not actually seen it as I didn't have the original copy. -
Gaming Epiphany?!?!?Not sure if this has been asked before, but, here goes. I was wondering which games people had played on what ever system and thought 'WOW now that?…
Speccy [I]R-Type[/I] was a must-have from ... manta ray, the playable [I]Destruction Derby[/I] bowl level and most ... of all, the video of [I]Tekken[/I] - just amazing.
Then ... XBox, it was seeing [I]Wreckless[/I] on monitors in HMV and ... -
Good/bad hotelsScotties post about his SF hotel being a money trap reminded me of some of the crappy hotels I've stayed in for work. They picked up the tab but I r…
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another time I was in blue water, and ... were there. If I had known I could have got a ... to see g/f)
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once I stayed in Wembley P.I.. but that **** from ... fugly woman.. anyways.. when I was getting re-aquanted with ... -
Another 128k bundle..Was quite interested in this but it's collection only & I couldn't be bothered driving up to Bradford/Leeds (I live in Bristol). [url]http://cgi.eba…
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I think it would be criminal ... get to see it, I could do with a ... br /> [QUOTE=ZX Beccy;432054]I'm seriously considering this one ...
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Another 128k bundle..Was quite interested in this but it's collection only & I couldn't be bothered driving up to Bradford/Leeds (I live in Bristol). [url]http://cgi.eba…
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I thought this was a re ...
That's why I dislike e-bay, I rarely use it so ... collection of items and i keep buying more and ... some of it off . I know this anoys certain members ... So in the near future i will give you speccy ... -
Joystick InterfacesDoes anyone have a spare 9-pin D-sub male (the hollow type with the pins) connector with circuit-mount legs on the back (as opposed to the solder-buc…
... thanks, I'll see what I can do.
I'm ... think of is [I]Head Over Heels[/I]. Although the ... 2-button mod is really only there for [I]R ... -Type[/I].
... it in [I]Knight Lore[/I] etc., but I'd need ... -
48k titles you wished had AY tunesFollowing the GAMES for Spectrum48+AY_interface & Paperboy remake threads, it's got me thinking about those games that were lacking either a 128k mod…
... . I think the 128K mode spoils [I]Chronos[/I], ... for example.
Still, [I]R-Type[/I] and [I]Space Harrier[/I ... ] had great music in the arcade. [I ... ]Space Harrier[/I] could also ... -
Games that made your jaw dropThere were some games that really 'wowed' you the first time you ever played them - those games that made your jaw drop in disbelief. It might have b…
[I]R-Type[/I] really impressed me. I'd just about given up ... .
But yes, [I]Fairlight[/I] looked amazing too. It may ... to do too.
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Which two games show the progress made over the lifetime of the SpectrumJust voted for Batty on the free cover-tape poll. It made me think of the massive leap from thru the wall in 1982 to Batty in 1987. Which game fro…
... /> [QUOTE=WhizzBang;438239]Penetrator to R-Type?[/QUOTE]
... Knackers - I was going to say that...< ... though why stop at [I]Penetrator[/I]? It's still pretty ... way. What about... [I]Ground Attack[/I] to [I]R-Type[/I]? :)
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OOOOOH censorshipEr no I guess it has some loopholes :lol: That's 2 posts that have backfired on me in the last half hour :D But anyway I noticed you can't submit …
... hard to type out fu[I][/I]ck?
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OOOOOH censorshipEr no I guess it has some loopholes :lol: That's 2 posts that have backfired on me in the last half hour :D But anyway I noticed you can't submit …
... in the tag.....like this....'F[i]u[/i]ck'
... You know I swear and I'll admit I know I'm bending ... the rules a bit, but I ... word. I swear cos' I mean it when I swear.
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OOOOOH censorshipEr no I guess it has some loopholes :lol: That's 2 posts that have backfired on me in the last half hour :D But anyway I noticed you can't submit …
[QUOTE=ToxieDogg;445143]Only seems to work if you include one or more letters in the tag.....like this....'F[I]u[/I]ck'[/QUOTE]
[I]F[/I][I]u[/I][I]c[/I][I]k[/I] ;)
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OOOOOH censorshipEr no I guess it has some loopholes :lol: That's 2 posts that have backfired on me in the last half hour :D But anyway I noticed you can't submit …
[QUOTE=VincentAC;445247][I]F[/I][I]u[/I][I]c[/I][I]k[/I] ;)
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So, er, [u][b]f[/b][b]u[/b][b ... though...not sure why the 'f' word gets censored but not ... -
Speccy Games better than their arcade version...First one I can think of is Bosconian, so much better than the original, with all the litle add ons (the gun upgrade, etc) and the amazzing music! w…
... Bluce.
Yup, [I]Commando[/I] is a huge improvement over ... the arcade original. I'm not convinced about [I]R-Type[/I] though. An ... based movement.
[I]Robocop[/I] was way better on the ... the Speccy version, but [I]Strider[/I] on the ST was ... -
How works the Line-Draw ROM routine ?The 'complete spectrum rom dissasembly.pdf' show info related to the draw rom subroutine. The Line-Draw require two sets of parameters: X,Y coordinat…
... set of general purpose registers. I don't know how explain ... ',BC',DE',HL',IX,IY,I,R,PC,SP. You can use ... -
+3 how to detect if a file exist ?Need help. I am making a generic menu to my compilations over the spectrum +3. Exist some way programatically to detect if some file exists on the d…
... of f$ address
ld e, (hl) ; 49073 94 ;E =lo ... byte of f$ address< ... ;D =hi byte of f$ address
ex de ... hl ; 49076 235 ;HL=f$ address
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Worst default key configurations in a gameSomething I used to hate in a lot of early Spectrum games was the bizarre key configuration that was set for some games. What made matters worse is t…
... the keys you wanted. [I]Chuckie Egg[/I] had a stupid setup ... -player games or anything). In [I]R-Type[/I] you pressed [ENTER] to ... -
New to the ZX, what games?I just got my First ever ZX (+2) :-D and was previously an Amstrad cpc owner back then so i have no idea what games are the classics, any suggestions?
... -platform greats like [I]R-Type[/I], [I]Fairlight[/I], [I]Cybernoid[/I] and [I]Head Over Heels ... [I]Cyclone[/I], [I]Highway Encounter[/I], [I]Quazatron[/I], [I]Batty[/I], [I]The Trap Door[/I], [I]Commando[/I], [I]Sabre ... -
X128 - moved forward.I don't know if anybody noticed but author of the X128 emulator resumed works on the program: [url]http://www.indigobanquet.adsl24.co.uk/x128wip/x12…
[QUOTE=Spector;453552]I still use X128 on my ... more... :)[/QUOTE]
I've e-mailed James, so if he ... no doubt answer, otherwise I will, as I can't recall offhand ... X128's configuration file. Also, I can't remember if you ... -
Any Civ IV BTS players?I'm starting a PBEM game of BTS looking for recruits, would be nice to have a WoSser involved. Thread on CFC is here: [url]http://forums.civfanatic…
... I've rectified that, and I saw the pop up when I clicked ... end turn, and I've e ... the next player :)
I think it is all straight ... on.
Except I know what the AI is ... likely to do, I have no idea what human ...
