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Specchums on the tellyHere's a video clip with David Ward from Ocean Software, and some other guy, talking about Daley Thompson's computer games from the 80s: [url="http:/…
... video clip with David Ward from Ocean Software, and some other ... Daley Thompson's computer games from the 80s:
[url="http://video ... shows Decathlon on the speccy, and is from the programme "The Essential Daley Thompson ... -
name the 80/90 horror movieHi everybody, about 10 years ago i saw on TV a horror movie that i remember i liked. Now i wanted to buy it on dvd but i can't remember the name of t…
... up by the screaming child in the other bedroom.
The boy ( ... bed with the sheet up the eyes frightned by the BLACK ROCKET ... moving anymore ,he calms the child ,close the window saying that < ... been moved by the wind from the window ,kiss the child,say good ... -
War of the worldsI just got back from the live show. I have to say that it was absolutely fantastic! The hologram of Richard Buton was a bit weird, and Justin looks…
I just got back from the live show. I have to ... was absolutely fantastic!
The hologram of Richard Buton was ... Justin looks *very* old, but the show itself was brilliant. I ... -
Game: the GEM machineHi all, I'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to here, so we can concentrate on just the game. Any comments/suggestio…
... 'm moving this game discussion from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread to ... we can concentrate on just the game.
Any comments ... idea should still go into the other thread. Thanks!
The team so far is
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The sun has got his hat on, hip hip hip hooray!It's going to be 25c tomorrow. Yahooo!!! Ahh, they joys of working from home. I think I will work from the garden tomorrow. With some ice cold dr…
... . I think I will work from the garden tomorrow. With some ice ... my laptop to the pub & sit in the beer garden?
These are the decisions I have to make ... -
Why did Alan Sugar not pick Ruth "the Badger" to be his Apprentice?My theory: because she backstabbed Syed in the boardroom two weeks ago, at the end of the cruiseship task. :/ Anybody think of any other reasons? (A…
... : because she backstabbed Syed in the boardroom two weeks ago, at ... the end of the cruiseship task. :/
from the obvious fact that Michelle is ... Ruth falls somewhat short of the male ideal of female beauty ... -
Who remembers HTV's "Children Of The Stones"?"HAPPY DAY!" Being a classy drama-for-children shown back in the early 80s in ITV regions? Absolutely brilliant - I found a copy on video on eBay a…
... -for-children shown back in the early 80s in ITV regions ... and approach was so far from the 'janet and john' approach of ... -
ANN - ZXSoftware.co.uk Update V1.5 21/05/06ZXSoftware has now been updated to V1.5. Changes :- 299 new titles have been added - Listed below. A few thousend new ingame screenshots and loadin…
... strange. (All posted from the same IP on the same date - not ... Hobbyscoop
Batman The Caped Crusader The Hit Squad
... /> Dam Busters, The Erbe Software
Dark Star Firebird Software Ltd ... Century
Way of the Tiger, The Kixx
Wender Bender ... -
10 Years Since The Death Of Brad NowellIt's been ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead singer/gutairist/songwriter for the 90's Long Beach, CA based ska-punk band Sub…
... , lead singer/gutairist/songwriter for the 90's Long Beach, CA ... punk band Sublime, one of the most underrated punk bands of ... active, influencing bands such as The Suicide Machines, and some of ... Mighty Bosstones had huge success from the band's 1996 major label ... -
Loading problems from PC to SpectrumI've been loading Spectrum games via Spectaculator's virtual cassette player for a while now. Unfortunately I find that the sound from the PC often c…
... . Unfortunately I find that the sound from the PC often cuts out halfway ... do that before. TAPER has the same problems. I'm wondering ... -
name the bikewhat´s the name of the [I]transport tool[/I]... (hardly a bik,e though it has two wheels, but it´s totally different from the image we´…
... it´s totally different from the image we´re accustomed ... to see under the name "bicycle" witj pedals ... as I don´t know the name :(
the film [I]Broken Flowers ... Jarmusch - in the first scene, where the staff manager goes ... -
2-player games common on the Speccy, rare on the PC, keyboard as the cause?Hello everyone Does the Spectrum have an edge over semi-modern (from the 90's) computers, when it comes down to keyboard input speed? I've always …
... an edge over semi-modern (from the 90's) computers, when ... my transition from the world of the spectrum to the one of the PC, ... superior platform. The spectrum seemed, most of the time, to have ... much more slowly with the CPU, than the corresponding speccy one? ... -
My PC won't boot from DVDI want to do a fresh install and then sell it, I have set it to boot from CD and then when that didn't work i set all the boot options to boot from c…
... have set it to boot from CD and then when ... i set all the boot options to boot from cd ie 1st ... device = CD etc, but the following is what happens each ... " press any key to boot from CD " and it doesn't ... or not, it boots XP from the hard drive ???
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Detect if program was loaded from tape or microdriveHow (if at all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from tape or microdrive? This can be helpful to then load the screen or more machine code…
... from tape or microdrive? This can be helpful to then load the ... screen or more machine code from the correct device ... -
The Hanso Foundation GameHas anyone tried this yet? Have you gotten very far into it? I just started it myself and I've already made some progress. Yay!!! The main website (…
... some progress. Yay!!!
The main website (thehansofoundation.org) and ... down but you can access The Hanso Foundation website [url=http ... (which you would usually get from the above phone number) is [B ... -
DIZZY: The Main DayHello. I saw some pictures on [URL="http://art.speccy.cz/art.htm"]DeVandemar's site[/URL] from the project DIZZY: The Main Day. Anyone know if it's…
Hello.
I saw some pictures on [URL="http://art.speccy.cz/art.htm"]DeVandemar's site[/URL] from the project DIZZY: The Main Day.
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Your favourite Unreal Tournament/Championship game?Which Unreal Tournament/Championship game do you prefer? Personally, I think the original Unreal Tournament (the 1999 game) is still the best, as t…
... from Goldeneye and Perfect Dark, maps that (due to the limited power of the ... N64, the ... few user definable options, the same omissions from the original UT as UT ... It's a departure from UC and the UTs, in several ... -
Still Life - What The F*ck was that??? **Spoilers**I just finished Still Life after being stuck on a seriously headwrecking puzzle for the last year (the robot/laser puzzle for anyone who has played t…
... seriously headwrecking puzzle for the last year (the robot/laser puzzle ... I downloaded a saved game from the point after it, out ... floated downriver, and the credits rolled. The game was supposed to ... on some online adventure but the website ([url]www.stilllife- ... -
What are the best Soccer Management gamesI found the following in the archive : 2 Player Soccer Squad 7(5) The Boss 8.6(15) Graeme Souness 6(2) Jimmy's Soccer Manager Kenny D…
I found the following in the archive :
2 Player ... Soccer Squad 7(5)
The Boss 8.6(15)
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Battle Of The TrollsHello and welcome to WoS Gardens for the inaugural 'Battle Of The Trolls' Sporting Event (?). Tonight, squaring off against each other are two legend…
... WoS Gardens for the inaugural 'Battle Of The Trolls' Sporting Event ... in getting Activision titles removed from the archive, and is universally ... every single Speccy enthusiast the world over. His opponent ... without further ado, LET THE BATTLE [URL="http://www. ... -
A note to self - in the future from the past.Has anyone come across this quirky site? [url]http://www.futureme.org/[/url] Apparently, you can write a note to yourself for the future. This messa…
... a note to yourself for the future. This message will be ... of decades later. Back to the future anyone? :) -
HL2 - Episode 1 - Funny moment (Small spoiler)Decided to get into Episode One last night, as I thoroughly enjoyed the first Half Life 2 game - Which I bought the day it came out and completed wit…
... I was wandering about in the dark underground car park level with ... sidekick Alyx, with limited visibility from my torch. There were ... later further along, the same happened - I heard the groaning noises, ... to shoot her in the forehead with the shotgun - but it ... -
Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... to do it?
Does the compact flash card directly wired ... but replacements that look like the originals?
I also ... /> Are there plans for running the cassette lines to din jacks ... ? One that doesn't risk the compter.
Sorry for ... -
How do I run games/programs from TR-DOS?Hi, the World of Spectrum is a nice and great site. I already looked a bit through it but despite of its hugeness I couldn't find any information reg…
... worked fine by using the emulator [url=http:// ... you want to run from the disk via mouse point ... But now with the end of the [url=http://cc6. ... different emulator. The problem is that the other emulators do ... sorry, I never used the real Spectrum myself back then ... -
The bizarre cost of thingsI think the world has gone completely silly when it comes to setting the prices of things these days. I've just bought a pack of 25 HB Pencils fro…
... when it comes to setting the prices of things these ... pack of 25 HB Pencils from Tesco and paid 12p, ... even get a DVD player from Amazon, delivered for £17< ... a can of Red Bull from the garage shop is £2 and ... something a bit strange about the way that things are ... -
Add the numbers?Yesterday morning (about 1am) I was flicking through cable to see what was on, and I turned to ITV and that boring space filler "The Mint" was on. An…
... , as they deviate from the common meaning of the question's phrasing. ... You could also add the numbers in the colums that they ( ... was given, then post the question, without the answer, on here ( ... something that totally twists the meaning of the question, or (and ... -
PIC programmer for the Spectrum?Hi all, Does anyone know of a PIC programmer for the Spectrum ? ([url]http://microchip.com/[/url]) I'd like to program (burn) PIC chips (to be more …
... of a PIC programmer for the Spectrum ? ([url]http://microchip.com ... more specific: 16C621A-04/P) from the spectrum.
I don't ... that, besides, I really like the quick startup of my Spectrum. ;) -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
... . If you read the section about the tape player, which ... awful, and the Simon Goodwin article (apart from the last bit) ... was the reason why I ... it looked terrible and characterless. The original Spectrum and Spectrum + ... -
Spectrum games for saleAnyone want any of the following? If so, please make me an offer. Pole Position Groucho (no inlay) Wizard`s Lair Universal Hero Storm Bringer Splat!…
... /> Lunar Jetman
The Unorthodox Engineers- The Pen and the Dark
Silent Service ... br /> Nightflite II
Sinclair Flight Simulation
Penetrator
Destructo ... /> Sinclair Flight Simulation
Test Match + One Day Cricket
The Graphic ...
