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Improving the Spectrum +2's Cassette RecorderHi people, Nice techie question here! I have a Spectrum +2 (grey). Actually, I have several. I'm trying to get this particular one to load tapes be…
... steadfastly refuse to even though the tapes work perfectly on ...
I've cleaned the heads, set the alignment, all that.... I ... looked at the schematic, and I can see the output from the head ... goes through a transistor, and into an op-amp. The ... -
100 Gruesome Games for Halloween! Finally!If you've been reading the Shameless Blog Plugging thread, you'll know I've been writing about 100 horror-themed games for Halloween on my blog! Wel…
... - Call Of Cthulhu :- Dark Corners Of The Earth (Xbox)
89 ... )
76 - Horror Zombies From The Crypt (Atari ST, Amiga, PC ... )
73 - It Came From The Desert (Amiga)
72 - Mystic ... Family (SNES)
57 - Amnesia-The Dark Descent (PC)
56 - ... -
Empire "Mega" PatchI've been posting [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001619"]Empire[/URL] related bits and pieces [URL="http://www.worldofspectr…
... use of a "gravity drive" from the galaxy map
[*]No need ... your ship
[*]No death from complete energy loss [John Hooper ... ,222,176: REM NO DEATH FROM ENERGY LOSS
410 DATA ... TO MARKER"
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A great end to the ZX81 30th Anniversary Year2011 has been a really good year for the ZX81 and its 30th anniversary. We have seen new games: - A collection of 1K games with hi-res graphics - Bo…
... /> - Chopper Drop
- The Crystal Frog
- Domin8tr1s
the ZX81 users:
... - Replacement keyboard membranes
- The ZXpand SD-Card and 32K ... for early ULAs, resolving the dark screen nightmare on modern ... -
An apology to Mark Jones and David and Anna from The Attic BugI've wanted to post this for a week, but I'd involved a moderator because I wanted to have the thread locked right away and they were going to vote o…
... because I wanted to have the thread locked right away ... so instead of posting the full text here I' ... to this thread and that the first moderator that comes ... waited a day to get the whole picture – or asked – ... And if you do feel the need to say "you screwhead ... -
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…
... ;-)) which is completely different from the loading screen currently shown at ... />
Indeed, the picture of the first loading screen matches ... the cover illustration of the [url=http:// ... loading scheme been taken from? Or do you think ... -
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…
... a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a ... nothing special is visible from the outside? I have not ... tinning the ends, winding the 40 turns in the right direction from the correct ... real test. Removing the coil from a working Spectrum took ... -
EBAY - Spot the difference!Was looking for a 3.5mm jack-jack cable for listening to my ipod in the car (via aux slot), did a quick search on ebay and this came up:- [URL="http…
... listening to my ipod in the car (via aux slot), did ... ;hash=item483b00bd40[/URL]
the one i bought was this ... =item45fedbdbd2[/URL]
Apart from the price, what's ... -
30 minute video from BBC East 1981There is an incredible 30-minute video from the East Anglian Film Archive [url]http://www.eafa.org.uk/catalogue/5099[/url] showing Clive Sinclair…
... an incredible 30-minute video from the East Anglian Film Archive < ... Lunn Poly travel office on the ground floor.
... br />
Featured People:
The late Mrs Ann Sinclair, wife ... Clive Sinclairs Cambridge home; The Clive Sinclair Factory, St Ives ... -
battle of the comedians xmas dvd'sseems to have taken over from the music charts "who will be #1" (that cowell infests every year) and every chat show has a comedian on. the fitne…
seems to have taken over from the music charts "who will be # ... a comedian on.
the fitness ones are funny, because ... .
some have told the same joke for what seems ... -
Slightlt OT. - ZX81 ULA Modulescomming soon... ZX81 ULA module. Plugs into original ula socket, provides composite video output (requires vwry small mod to bypass UHF Modulator, b…
... with a soldering iron the addition of 6 more ... software controlled by a simple POKE
1. ... slow i have found the motorola type to be ... need to route the constant 3.25Mhz from the ULA to your ... sound card (or cut a track on the ... -
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…
... or wrong), or about the user confusing the true measurement of a ... format size given at the top of the Windows FORMAT dialogue ... txt
from the c: drive to list the drive size, and ... company will be the same size, whereas those from a different company ... -
what was the first game you played with your new joystick interface ?I remember getting a kempston + quikshot 2 (soon trashed) from the local woolies and electrical shop... first game... decathlon, was great at trashi…
... kempston + quikshot 2 (soon trashed) from the local woolies and electrical
think the kempston cost like ?25 or ... -
ZX-7 instruction (BEEPER 8-channels editor)ZX7 was the most powerful ZX Spectrum 48K music editor end engine since 1988 to 2011 (when OCTODE appeared). [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/inf…
... it wasn't totally free from various limitations.
Its bass ... -7.gif[/img]
The dark-blue star is in fact ... the cyan tempo indicator in the left-down corner of the screen. Exit from ... and the one above).
UP+RIGHT (Q+P) = EXIT from ... -
Crash 62 march 1989 "ULTIMATE Play the Spectrum game again!"In this issue of Crash, well after the disappointments of Bubbler & Martianoids, 'Crash' reported that Rare had bought back the Ultimate name and was…
... of Crash, well after the disappointments of Bubbler & ... developing games for (the Spectrum). The first Spectrum releases are ...
"Chris Stamper, the programmer of the original hits, will be ... playability has been missing from the Spectrum for far too ... -
Games for Sale 7[B][I]Cardboard Box[/I][/B] Badlands - Domark Cyberball - Domark Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters - Domark Klax - Domark Pit Fighter - Do…
... - Domark
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters - Domark
The Ninja Warriors - Virgin
... Driller - Incentive (x3)
Dark Side - Incentive (x2)
... /> Psytron - Beyond
The Lords of Midnight - Beyond
Your favourite game musicSo what's everyones most favourite music from the vast library of Spectrum games? I' say my 3 favs are; Robocop, Dark Fusion & Thundercats Trantor …
So what's everyones most favourite music from the vast library of Spectrum games?
I' say my 3 favs are;
Robocop,
Dark Fusion &
Thundercats
Trantor and agent-x are up there too.The name of the game - HELPHey I remember playing a game in Spectrum that I loved but can't recall the name. It was a bird that moved left, right, up, down, and in each cenario…
... loved but can't recall the name. It was a bird ... top of a hill and the food/symbol was under his ... head. I believe the game is dated from the begginings of spectrum, considering ... the graphics.
Anyone ...TR-DOS Gameplay Videos MegathreadA thread made mainly for your amusement for one evening. Yeah, it contains lots of videos of the games that have mainly been left without attention o…
... friendships and even converted screencaps from the MK movie.
[*][ ... couple of levels thrown from the infamous Tank 1990 hack. ... watch?v=WYiTzRrf8C8"][B]Dark, The a.k.a. Quak ... - Simcity with the Starcraft-ean storyline. The first from the Imperia trilogy. ...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 …
... suspect this fact has come from the old "chinese whispers" syndrome; someone ... a declaration that the arcade game was derived from the home-computer game ... . Which is an interesting reminder about the ...A z88dk + sp1 demo (with source)Since nowadays people are still wondering about how difficult it is to make something in z88dk, I thought I just put a very simple demo to show how e…
... /> // malloc and free talken from the sample code.
// Not ...
// The maximum number of sprites is ... // Define Starting Positions of the Sprites
struct sprentry ... />
// Fill the background with some arbitrary patterns ...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…
... based on the actual book (with the numbers at the side representing the entry ... number.)
The screen ... You Crazy Diamond" or The Eagles "Sorceror" theme from the TV show (now ...Fast Lane - Never released game from AnacondaAccording to "The games that time forgot", there was a game in early stages (Mock screens) recovered from the Anaconda development disks, called Fast…
According to "The games that time forgot", there ... early stages (Mock screens) recovered from the Anaconda development disks, called Fast ...Krutons - Never released game from ReptileAccording to "The games that time forgot", there was a game in early stages (Mock screens) recovered from the Anaconda development disks, called Krut…
According to "The games that time forgot", there ... early stages (Mock screens) recovered from the Anaconda development disks, called Krutons ...Andy Carr in Egypt - Never released game from Reptile IndustriesAccording to "The games that time forgot", there was a game in early stages (Mock screens) recovered from the Anaconda development disks, called "And…
According to "The games that time forgot", there ... early stages (Mock screens) recovered from the Anaconda development disks, called "Andy ... Carr in Egypt, the adventures of the intrepid explorer".
The next XBox might not run used games (gotta love the software houses...)Edit: Sorry, I posted this to the wrong forum (thought I was in the Chit Chat section). Can any mod please move it there. Or leave it here and preten…
... coming true.
[Quote from the article] "[I][COLOR="Blue"]I ... GameStop crow about their revenues from the sale of used games. But ... to play the game after the second period expires) the payment will ... it up than the article I've quoted from, but it is ...Missing series from the last archive updateThere are a few :) -Virus Delta Parte 1 and Virus Delta Parte 2 -Triangolo Maledetto Parte 1 and Triangolo Maledetto Parte 2 -Roy Norton: I mister…
... this, as I dont know the criteria in WoS to accept ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 31 January 2012Tuesday 31 January 2012 Happy New Year! A tad belated as always - the joys of monthly updates * Jimmy provided a type-in hack for Deathchase which …
... A tad belated as always - the joys of monthly updates
the speed. I'm just sorry ... /> * Jevilon sent in a POKE for Escape from the Holy Tower.
Gloop Troops: The Lost Crown , Go To Hell ...more on storing mazesPrompted by Wookiee's escapades, I've been pondering on how to use DATA statements directly for displaying background graphics, thus avoiding the dup…
... it can be printed directly from the DATA line and thus saved ... encode the DATA (if not already done)
72 POKE datend-2 ... ;=217 THEN
POKE a,PEEK a-201: POKE a+1,PEEK ... NEXT m
80 POKE defadd,0: POKE defadd+1,0
That box in the attic.Every so often when she's out I go into the attic, grab that cardboard box, and plug my rubber chums into the family TV and Hi-Fi. So does this guy …
... 's out I go into the attic, grab that cardboard box ... plug my rubber chums into the family TV and Hi-Fi ... ]
The program is "Three Blind Mice" from the Jupiter Ace manual ...
