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  • Lost Retro ComradesDoes anyone, like me, have friends who used to play avidly on Spectrums or other machines back in the day but have absolutely no interest in them wha…

    [QUOTE=beanz;617617]Is breakfast, dinner and transport to the Smithsonian included?[/QUOTE]

    Oh, I wish! I don't live in D.C., I just had to go there on a very important (fool's) errand.
    ZnorXman ZnorXman April 2012 Chit chat
  • Trying to remember the name of a driving gameIt look graphically a little like Turbo Esprit, but was more directly top down. There were black and red cars, and when you crashed into one, they sh…

    ... for leading everyone on a fool's errand.
    MattLamb MattLamb February 2015 Games
  • The Fool's Workplace SurveyI thought I'd try and find out more about what my fellow WOS'ers are up to during their work hours, so I've compiled a simple survey. Overwrite my an…

    ... like your job ?
    It's ok. It could be far ... really complain.

    What’s the best part about it ... to people.

    What’s the worst part about it ... .

    What’s the funniest thing that’s happened there ?
    misguided_fool misguided_fool June 2007 Chit chat
  • Seeking April fool article: turn 48k into 128kHi everyone! When I was about 11 years old (I think ?) an article appeared in a Spectrum related magazine. It turned out to be an April fool's joke,…

    ... out to be an April fool's joke, but I fell hook ... following text message repeatedly: "APRIL FOOL!". I picked up the magazine ...
    pieterc pieterc February 2015 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Elite / MagratheaI remember one of the magazines (And my memory was convinced it was Your Sinclair) ran an April Fool's tip advising of a hidden galaxy in Elite. Thi…

    ... Your Sinclair) ran an April Fool's tip advising of a hidden ...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey March 2007 Games
  • LucasArts Shut Down By Disney"[B]After acquiring LucasArts and Lucasfilm last year for a hefty price tag of $4.05 billion, Disney has today announced that LucasArts has seen its …

    ... licensing model, minimizing the company's risk while achieving a broader ... might be an late April Fool's joke, given that with the ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2013 Chit chat
  • Elite: Did I imagine this, or......did Your Spectrum have an April Fool's joke about the planet Magrathea being in Elite? There was supposedly a key sequence that you triggered in W…

    ...did Your Spectrum have an April Fool's joke about the planet Magrathea being in Elite? There was supposedly a key sequence that you triggered in Witch Space and then you had two missiles to deal with...
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey August 2015 Games
  • A Question about something that has been bothering me for a while ..First off, I'm new to this forum, so please don't all flame me at once >:) I've had a Speccy since about '85 and started with the rubberkey Spec 48K…

    Aha! April Fool's day is a tradition started ... years ago when New Year's day was changed from April ...
    Geoff Geoff July 2002 Games
  • A Question about something that has been bothering me for a while ..First off, I'm new to this forum, so please don't all flame me at once >:) I've had a Speccy since about '85 and started with the rubberkey Spec 48K…

    Damn April fool's joke! Aargh! And it looked ...
    GyroPhleghm GyroPhleghm July 2002 Games
  • Play The Last Ever Shaw Brothers NEW Spectrum Game - Hop 'n' Chop ...it's in the WoS Archives now!The last ever Shaw Brothers Spectrum game is now available to download in the World of Spectrum archive section, it's called... Hop 'n' Chop it's p…

    ... chops at a tree Jack's axe will be blunt & ... 4 branch locations and Jack's ammunition are:

    (1 ... /> (4) Deadmans Gulch Jack throws Fool's Gold

    GAME CONTROLS ...
    sickhappyidle sickhappyidle March 2003 Games
  • Manic Miner 3DI have now uploaded a playable demo of my [url="http://www.speccyspoilers.co.uk/temp/manicminer3d.html"]Manic Miner 3D[/url] game (which is almost co…

    April Fool's joke? Good god man, look ... screens like that for April Fool's day! :p

    (pssst ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2004 Games
  • Is this possible - Has it Been Done - Is there a Spec!!I was just wondering has anyone took an old speccy - ripped it to bits - done a bit of soldering - added a plug- connected it to a pc- So it wo…

    A few years ago an interface was introduced by the dutch SGG that could connect your rubber keyboard to a PC.

    The next month they announced it to be a April fool's day joke.

    A very nice one however...
    Dr BEEP Dr BEEP February 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Aviation?![url="http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/049/news.htm"]http://www.sincuser.f9.co.uk/049/news.htm[/url] (C5 Takes To The Skies) This must have been a joke …

    Heh. I like how their April Fool's story is about "Sinclair Aviation" and there's a story on the same page with the title "Sinclair doing well" or somesuch, and in the next issue SU reported the Amstrad buy-out...
    NickH NickH December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • On the Burgle! 3......does not exist yet. APRIL FOOL!

    Doesn't a successful April Fool's have something to do with how many doors you are able to get the person to walk through ... or is that just an old Karingal's tale?

    Skarpo
    ;)
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2006 Games
  • On the Burgle! 3......does not exist yet. APRIL FOOL!

    ... /> Doesn't a successful April Fool's have something to do with ... that just an old Karingal's tale?

    Skarpo
    rich_chandler rich_chandler April 2006 Games
  • Crash's poor attempt at an April FoolOn page 8 of Issue 63 of Crash (April 1989), there was an April Fool joke (see if you can spot it [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/ma…

    ... whole point of an April Fool's thing is to make people ...
    udgoverload udgoverload April 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Retro: Interesting eBay Item. But a little steep?[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NES-M82-PRODUCT-DISPLAY-UNIT-NINTENDO_W0QQitemZ160016372540QQihZ006QQcategoryZ3617QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem[/url] I've never s…

    ... .[/QUOTE]


    misguided fool's partner. 'did you buy your ... consol thing then?'
    misguided fool ' better than that, i bought ... of smack instead'
    misguided fool's wife 'excellent, lets get high ...
    mile mile August 2006 Chit chat
  • Xmas are not over!You thought Santa had forgotten your presents?? You just have to wait a little to find out that he left something on his way back to the North Pole..…

    ... , you are wrong, the spanish fool's day was a news from ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx January 2007 Games
  • Elite / MagratheaI remember one of the magazines (And my memory was convinced it was Your Sinclair) ran an April Fool's tip advising of a hidden galaxy in Elite. Thi…

    ... Your Sinclair) ran an April Fool's tip advising of a hidden ...
    mjwilson mjwilson March 2007 Games
  • What's yer forum avatar? (avatar haters please ignore)I'm bored so I'm just curious what do other people have on their avatars, as I can't regodnize some of them :) I have a south-park version of me, ma…

    Mines from a game written by Kizza...... probably :D
    Always laughed at mile's av. Mad as anything !!
    And Misguided Fool's.... Quality !!!
    Sard Sard March 2007 Chit chat
  • Anyone remember "Sinclair Programs"Anyone remember this magazine ? I seem to remember i brought a fair few of them, pretty sure they stopped though in late 84 / early 85 My memory ha…

    ... ZX-81 was an April Fool's joke! I so wanted it ... someone pointed out the author's address was a Mr. A ...
    Winston Winston May 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Mire Mare videoI've just found a video of Mire Mare in YouTube: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMtKVVZeFWE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMtKVVZeFWE[/URL]…

    [QUOTE=Daren;243593]That's the "snapshot ending" submitted to Speccy Spoilers.[/QUOTE]

    Actually, I think Jim devised it himself, as an April Fool's joke. Sadly, we'll never know now...
    robert@fm robert@fm February 2008 Games
  • Remembered time change not shift changeMoved my alarm one hour last night. Set my alarm for 0430. Got showered and dressed. Then remembered the missus wanted a print out of my roster. Jus…

    April Fool's came early for you, eh ;-)
    ZnorXman ZnorXman March 2008 Chit chat
  • Disappearing/appearing effectI remember doing a small routine in BASIC which could be used to cover the attributes section randomly, until all 704 characters were filled with the…

    [QUOTE=BloodBaz;259453]I think the man (Woody) is right, the two versions take the same T-States.
    [/QUOTE]

    OMG! frobush is [i]wrong[/i]? He did post on April Fool's day so maybe he was just having us on... :wink:
    Arjun Arjun April 2008 Sinclair Basic
  • "Ben Johnson's Doping"?![url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=MicroHobby/Issue184/Pages/MicroHobby18400006.jpg[/url] Look at #9 in the chart! Anyone have anym…

    ... like that). It's roughly equal to April Fool's Day.

    S?nchez[/url] is an spanish ...
    Zup Zup May 2008 Games
  • Flood Fill ConundrumI have written a flood fill alogirithm. It uses the stack, but only with the y axis. It works quite well, but on large polygons it does take a while …

    ... caught out by the April Fool in either Sinclair User or ... said it was an April Fool's joke, and I was in ...
    Winston Winston June 2008 Development
  • i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…

    It's yet another progressive rock evening here on Planet Necros (TM). I'm listening to The Kindness Of Strangers by Spock's Beard now and I will be following it by Fool's Mate by Peter Hammill, both of which I bought today.
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton June 2008 Chit chat
  • Chuck Norris Facts!Great website here for all you chuck norris fans: [url][b]http://www.chucknorrisfacts.com[/b][/url] [list] [*] If you have five dollars and Chuck N…

    ... . T pities the fool. Chuck Norris rips the fool's head off.
    BloodBaz BloodBaz October 2008 Chit chat
  • Ocarina Of Time - 10 years old!I can't believe that ten years have passed since I first played the greatest game ever published. C&VG have published their original review to celeb…

    ... so, I thought, but that's sort of a compliment, since ... it's supposed to be an unpleasant ... ]

    Nah, or there's be Speccy games all over ... course. Unless it was April fool's day.
    ewgf ewgf November 2008 Chit chat
  • Take A Look At This!...NOT BIG BOOBS! lolBloody Awesome! [url]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fb50GMmY5nk[/url] I have seen some "fanmade" trailers before...but this is..... GENIUS! Must h…

    I thought this one that IGN.com did as an April Fool's gag earlier in the year was nice. It's a trailer for Legend Of Zelda: The Movie. Again, looks like it could actually work if it became a reality....

    [youtube]kKGehSw5ht8[/youtube]
    ToxieDogg ToxieDogg December 2008 Chit chat
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