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The end of the road for the CD is nearWell, it seems that cds are now definately on the road out. There was a report last week that Mercury will stop pressing cd's at the end of next yea…
... cds are now definately on the road out. There was a ... will stop pressing cd's at the end of next year.
at HMV's sales, the same is going for ... as i like to have the music in my hands ... cds).
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The short blocks loaded in Jet Pac(Hope this have not been previously discussed. If so, my apologies) Is there any reason why Jet Pac loads three short blocks after the main block? I…
... writes two values at FRAMES address. The value at 23672 does not ... use. The value at 23673 is checked just at the beginning of the game, ... and if it is not the ... be altered, the loader could patch the game at the point it jumps ... -
The Making of 'Ant Attack!'This short film by Anthony Caulfield and Nicol Caulfield is about the making of the ZX Spectrum classic game ANT ATTACK released in 1983. [youtube]…
... Nicol Caulfield is about the making of the ZX Spectrum classic game ... /> There is an interview with the developer Sandy White, who remembers ... came together.
Filmed at the at the Fusion 08 event in Leamington ... -
Dizzy, Prince Of The YolkFolk: Alternate loading screen?Hi, Please have a careful look at the new Dizzy remake teaser (seconds 0:42-0:52) [youtube]LGW53914gDk[/youtube] That certainly looks like a [b]*r…
... /> Please have a careful look at the new Dizzy remake teaser (seconds ... question is: could the loading screen shown at the video have been used ... in the standalone release? Otherwise ... -
The rescue of a coil.The problem at hand was a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a Spectrum. Both windings are not interrupted and not intercon…
... the copper of the next turn. As the outside of the coil is cooled at the ... air, the meltdown is ... on the inner turns ... -
Read the Warning!We sell those bloody Moshi Monster things at work. Didn't take much interest (except flogging them to kids who haven't quite discovered Pokemon yet) …
... those bloody Moshi Monster things at work.
Didn't take ... I nonchalantly glanced at the back of one of the packets.
Why are the same size memory cards different sizes?I've heard before that two memory cards or USB sticks can have the same official capacity, but be different capacities in reality, and I'm not talkin…
... wrong), or about the user confusing the true measurement of a ... confusing confusing the measurments, but today a bloke (at work) asked ... down to the pre-format size given at the top of the Windows ... legal (because the lawyers are employed by the companies who make ...retiring at 42!well not as such, due to the cut backs at the council where I work, and the fact that I've 'pupped' the missus again I'm taking VR and becoming a hou…
... as such, due to the cut backs at the council where I work ... , and the fact that I've 'pupped' the ... house husband to look after the kids. But as a matter ...Jumping Jack in the arcades...I was looking some information up recently on Imagine's Jumping Jack game and glanced at the Wikipedia page, only to be mildly surprised by the fact …
... Jumping Jack game and glanced at the Wikipedia page, only to ... mildly surprised by the fact that the article made mention ...
So here's the question: are the two games actually related ...
(in fact, looking at the history for the page, I suspect this ...Willy's Guide to the GalaxyJust starting out, trying something a little different. [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v627/DaRkSiDe74/WGttG-BabelFish.jpg[/IMG] The idea i…
... the rest will be screens based on the actual book (with the numbers at the ... side representing the entry number ... .)
The screen is ...ISR's in lower ram, a.k.a. the snow effect - did any game or demo ever use this?Hi all I've been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked like in real life for a while now so today I wrote a quick IM 2 ISR in lower ram to wi…
... been curious to see what the 'snow effect' looked ... before then to see the corruption dancing away merrily ... think of at the time when I had the green text ... on the black background!
... "]Very poor attempt at Matrix effects! [/URL]Ship of the line[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006971[/url] Nothing important really, had not noticed it before today. A look at the basic …
... today.
A look at the basic (it is all basic ... K of basic. Only looked at V1
I wonder ...The official 'Jamorski clear your inbox' thread.Tidy up, lad. Anyway: Have you got a list of any games remaining (if there are any)? I hardly saw any of Your Spectrum at the time - I just wanted…
... saw any of Your Spectrum at the time - I just wanted to ... 13, April 1985, which has the Jet-Set-Willy 'April Showers ... it. I've never seen the actual article.
Might ...hunchback at the olympics (MIA)[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020263[/url] did anyone ever buy or play this game back in the day? find it weird that it's n…
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020263[/url]
did anyone ever buy or play this game back in the day? find it weird that it's not available in the archive, considering it came out (apparently) on software projects.BOB the Screen BuilderHere's my first attempt to use that tokenising idea from "more on storing mazes" in a screen designer - "[url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27p…
... 's two screens of instructions at the start explaining how to use ... routines & workspace are located at the top of RAM to leave ... is the reason for the speckly line which appears at the top of the screen ...The INPUT command routine ($2089)I was looking at the INPUT routine with a view to modifying the intro so that I could pre-load the workspace and edit an existing value, rather than …
... looking at the INPUT routine with a view to modifying the intro ... CALL 0F2C,EDITOR Now get the INPUT and with
... -E made the current
position in the lower screen.< ...Using a Spectrum Plus 2 Gray in the USBelieve the gray has what's called a SCART video output, so would something like [URL="http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCAP-Video-Audio-Capture-Card/dp/B0…
Believe the gray has what's called ... capture?
Also looking at the thread regarding a modification to ...Cause of the financial breakdown?I've written down (dictated) from a video, what Lord James of Blackheath said on the 16th February 2012 in the House of Lords. Though you can probab…
... has also put at the disposal of the US Treasury the entire asset backing ... again receipted by senior executives at the Royal Bank of Scotland. I ... agree with him. The problem is that at that point we ... have asked what the scam was instead of at that time ...The Sinclair ZX Microdrive Resurrection Project (long)Dear Spectrum fans! [Management summary: Download [url]http://www.bartheld.net/temp/mdv2img.zip[/url] and tell me what you think. All help very much…
... t software related at all but affected the hardware, the cartridges themselves ... fine from within the PC at 19200 baud. The next iteration brought ... tweaking of the logfile filter was necessary here) at 19200,8 ... will be loadable again but at the risk of a crash ...Zodiac on the OricI played my first game on an Oric at the weekend. I was struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took about 6 to 8 seconds between typing somethin…
... first game on an Oric at the weekend.
I was ... struck by the slow speed of the parser. It took ... also struck by the cool sound chip in the Oric (on an ... chip.
What are the best games for ...Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
... project in an electronics magazine at the time.
[ ... aware of any others at the time. The main company I was ... considered a completely different industry at the time.
[I ... hobby at the time. Phil stayed on at Beam.
[I]?The ...Infoseek search form in the forumBy popular request, I added a small Infoseek search form at the top right of all forum pages.
By popular request, I added a small Infoseek search form at the top right of all forum pages.Your views on... The Fourth ProtocolOkay, so it gets a lil mention here... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35863&highlight=fourth+protocol[/url] [url]http:/…
... hadn't yet seen the film and certainly hadn' ... t read the book, but I really ... got into it, despite the lack of blam blam or ... . Every little advancement in the game felt like a real ... so much fun just staring at the screen, racking my brains ...Arctic Moves - Game missing from WoS as last part of the trilogy Army Moves-Navy MoveWhen you manage to finish the game "Navy Moves", a last screen appears with your soldier surrounded of women and a message displayed on the screen: …
... you manage to finish the game "Navy Moves", ... Now you can lie in the sun and keep in shape for ... Dinamic, although the 8 bits versions of the game never ... saw the light.
... cover for the game (for the entry, as in the other ...Ocean?s never-released games for the SpectrumI was having a look at the Ocean?s softography and I came across many interesting games, specially in the early 90s which were not published for the …
I was having a look at the Ocean?s softography and I ... many interesting games, specially in the early 90s which were not ... published for the ZX, even if the british company was ... be easy to convert to the Spectrum??
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Basil the Great Mouse Detective missing creditsAfter the music ends at the title screen you are given a high school table, after this you have a credits page which lists. Music Ben Daglish
After the music ends at the title screen you are given a high school table, after this you have a credits page which lists.
Music Ben DaglishGet Dexter! - why was this never ported to the Spectrum?One non-Spectrum game I always wanted to be brought to our rubber keyed friend was the Amstrad CPC isometric adventure Get Dexter (originally called …
... progress at all. What did you have to do in the games ... , how did GD2 improve on, or at least ... machines other than the CPC and the ST did the games appear on ... the French title, by clicking on the British flag (the Union Jack) at the beginning ...The TZX Format - State of Play?Was on here some months back asking more or less the same thing, as I recall at the time the author, due to the posts, said he was going to release t…
... or less the same thing, as I recall at the time the author, due ... to the posts, said he ... was going to release the source for maketzx.
New Game: THE LOST TAPES OF ALBIONOkay here's my present for the Speccies 30th birthday: [B] [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Lost+Tapes+of+Albion%2c+The$&pu…
... universe, where the Spectrum still exists but the software is oh ... hoping to improve my programming, the better sprite routine should be ... 30 lives, a bonus tape at the end of each level and ... at top or bottom
Attribute Giants: Either the Gumlet or the ...30 years ago today, launch of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum!Friday, April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive Sinclair revealed to the world his new personal computer, the ZX Spectr…
... April 23th 1982 - At a press conference at the Churchill Hotel, Clive ... Sinclair revealed to the world ... new personal computer, the ZX Spectrum. The rest is history ... Birthday Anniversary 2012
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