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End of an era....well for me anyway.Well that's it. Last day working in IT support for a well known publishing company. Desk cleaned up. PC cleaned out. Bag full of goodies(I should hav…
... cleaned out.
Bag full of goodies(I should have hired ... cheers people - this is one of my favourite places to hang ... -
I've just found a couple of my old cassettes...Some people have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made while they were still at school. Not me. I found one cassette…
... have interesting old cassettes full of machine code experiments they made ... long gone) featuring a load of BASIC type-in programmes, ... magazine.
Not all of it though... One item, called ... to pick between three types of military vehicle to defeat ... -
Your 15 minutes of fameI was an extra in a French made-for-television version of Robinson Crusoe.
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IK+ ... a bit of a rip off?I've just sat through the rzx of IK+. The game doesnt end, it doesnt even let you go past 1st Dan. You even see the guy doing the rzx get bored eno…
... just sat through the rzx of IK+. The game doesnt end ... levels.
I kind of got the feeling that the ... -
Very interested in the YS special of 2004I am really interested in getting the special YS number that appeared in 2004 (i Think), this issue came with another magazine (Retrogames??), but i …
... , somebody has a copy? I, of course, would pay the issue ... -
Something of a celebrationI think I should have something of a celebration; I bought my 1,000th DVD today! Woohoo! ([url="http://void.thunderteam.org/dvds.cgi"]list[/url] for…
I think I should have something of a celebration; I bought my 1,000th DVD today!
Woohoo!
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Anyone know the name of this music demo?Back in the day I remember playing through the various games and programs on a magazine covertape and being amazed at a music demo. It began with …
... was probably a rock tune of some sort.
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The A-Z of Classic Computer GamesI was looking around a local bookshop today and I came across this brilliant little book. The author, Jack Railton, appears to be a big fan of the Sp…
... a big fan of the Speccy as most of the book talks ... about our favourite games of old, e.g. Manic Miner ... -
Freedom of Speechfoggy, I don't know why you locked the thread. a)insults: everyone on WoS has insulted someone - even you I'm sure. Anger breeds insults, it's a fac…
... , it's a fact of life. And I felt ... putting himself in the position of expert when he had ... can to stop the propagation of aspartame, as it is ... worse!!!
Everyone knows of the danger posed by terrorists ... is a case for freedom of speech?
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25 years of the SpectrumWhat would people like to do or have made for the 25th anniversary of the launch ZX Spectrum in April 2007?
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You've got the Programming skills, I've got the Ideas lets make lots of moneyYou know those tank games, one tank on either side of a hill where you choose angle of fire and strength, well can someone tell the the BASIC instruc…
... , one tank on either side of a hill where you choose ... angle of fire and strength, well can ... instruction to plot the line of fire, or point me in ... the direction of a BASIC game in the ... -
what is the name of this game? If anyone can help me, i am looking for the name of a game I used to play on my spectravideo 318 maybe on other platforms as well You run around an…
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Games that crash because of contended memory.I find these are really annoying. You load up a game like Astro Marine Corps, Fantasy World Dizzy, Dizzy: Prince Of The Yolkfolk and so on (the init…
... World Dizzy, Dizzy: Prince Of The Yolkfolk and so on ... (the initial versions of Cisco Heat as well) ...
You can play (most of) them in 48K mode, but ... those days to fix all of them.
... Anyway, I think a list of these games should be made ... -
After a name of a person who use to do ZX Music for GamesHis first name was Nigel, It very miss of me forgetting his full name as i did a HND with him for 2 years. He would be about 45-50 now. And completed…
... was Nigel, It very miss of me forgetting his full name ... -
Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
... toe in to the world of machine code I find ... the ROM at the point of you winning - which I ... /> I have taken a screenshot of the debugger output just before ...
Its in the middle of a DJNZ (ie does B ... isnt changing the exit point of that loop.
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games that cannot be mapped because of bugshello i decided to start off this topic after having one too many problems with differnt games:- the plot-can only find three quarters of the rooms…
... -can only find three quarters of the rooms
psycho hopper ... reach diamond at the end of level 2
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Any examples of Proportional Font (Dark Star)Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text. Does anyone know of any code to do this? Cheers
Dark star had a cool proportionally spaced way of displaying text.
Does anyone know of any code to do this?
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The longest (but most fun) weekend of my lifeAn archaeology conference (which was organised by an archaeologist friend of mine) was held in Kilkenny this weekend. It concentrated entirely on dis…
... organised by an archaeologist friend of mine) was held in Kilkenny ... it was the best weekend of my (recent) life. :) Since I ... and historians from various parts of the country.
Anyway ... -
I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…
... they are and how much of a problem they are causing ... -
last of the living dead remakesDay of the dead will be out in 2007 - posters now out and a page has been put up on imdb. Don't know about this one though... i like the original so…
Day of the dead will be out in 2007 - posters now out and a page has been put up on imdb.
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A doubt with "Prince of Persia"I have seen that there are two entries of the game Prince of Persia, and I downloaded all the tzx, tap, trd and z80 available, and I realized that th…
... there are two entries of the game Prince of Persia, and I ... only one game, one Prince of Persia, the other one is ... -
The Prayer of the Warrior - where's the ending gone?I've just watched the [url="http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/games.aspx?letter=p#prayerwarrior"]RZX[/url] of this game. At the end of part 1, a password i…
... letter=p#prayerwarrior"]RZX[/url] of this game. At the end ...
There's no TZX of the game at WoS ([url ... org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Prayer+of+the+Warrior%2c+The$& ...
So could the TAP of part 2 be missing some ... data at the end of it? Does anybody here ... -
some of my retro collectionnot much but i have niether the space or the money to compete with the likes of thx and chaos :p and my n64, commodore, tatung, atari st, amiga stuf…
Pre-order Issue 1 of Retro FusionHead over to [URL=http://www.retrofusion.co.uk]www.retrofusion.co.uk[/URL] and click the "Buy a Copy Online" menu option. I hope to send out the ma…
Head over to [URL=http://www.retrofusion.co.uk]www.retrofusion.co.uk[/URL] and click the "Buy a Copy Online" menu option.
I hope to send out the magazine by the end of the week.Lords of Chaos entry errorThe entry for Lords of Chaos claims it was released in 1991, but all of the reviews seem to indicate a mid-1990 release. Can anyone confirm which is…
The entry for Lords of Chaos claims it was released ... in 1991, but all of the reviews seem to indicate ...Any chance of an RSS feed for the What's New page?Well, now that the forums are upgraded, clearly Martijn has loads of spare time on his hands. :) So, is there any chance of an RSS feed for the What…
Well, now that the forums are upgraded, clearly Martijn has loads of spare time on his hands. :)
So, is there any chance of an RSS feed for the What's New page? I think it's about the only 'news' page which I check by hand these days.Computer journalist predicts the demise of the mouse? in 1984!!In the December 1983 issue of 'Your Computer' that I scanned for the archive, there is an article titled 'The Spirit of Christmas to Come'. In the ar…
... few years various types of alternate input device have ... keyboard which uses combinations of five keys strategically located ... mouse.
None of these devices has been particularly ... /> [/quote]
Of-course hindsight is a wonderful ...Best version of The Sentinel?Which version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, CPC, PC, ST and C64 versions, and of them I still prefer the Spectrum version. …
... atmosphere, I think (all of the other versions have several ... has only a fraction of the levels of the original versions. ... />
What other versions of The Sentinel were there? I ... Rainbird did produce 128K versions of some of their games, so hopefully?"The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" now availableThalamus' new book "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" can be ordered at Amazon now. [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902886062/[/url] I…
... ' new book "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" can be ordered ...Lots Of Crash Magazines!!If anyone wants to pick up a large collection of Crash magazines, from about issue 21 to the end, with cover tapes etc, I dropped them off yesterday …
... pick up a large collection of Crash magazines, from about issue ... yesterday at the Dalston branch of Oxfam (Kingsland Road, London, E8 ...
