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Games with amusing body counts and excellating carnage!For those of a lighter heart than the philosophical muse of appreciation then how about good old deatha nd killing and killing, you get the idea. I a…
... am sure that after the Rambo moovies have been released time again on different formats ... -
Spectrum games that were much better to play than their C64 or Amstrad counterparts?Retrogamer and PC Action Emulate! magazines often state that they would much rather play the C64 or Amstrad versions of games that also featured on t…
... Emulate! magazines often state that they would much rather play ... versions of games that also featured on the Spectrum, and that nostalgia is ... know from anyone what games they thought on the Sinclair truly ... of at the moment would have to surely be Target ... -
Selling off my old Speccy games...Hey! I've moved house and as such all old crap I don't use needs to be shifted etc etc etc blah blah blah I've got some games fully cased with inla…
... pack
Rasputin - the demo that came with YS
SU ... Grid Patrol - Last 3 have been scribbled on in biro - pesky child i ... also have something I think is an extra joystick port - that ... considering the amount of caseless games i have! bah!
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Which games that never materialised would you most like to see?Over the years there has been many games that never made it to the shelves. Which ones would you most like to magically appear now? I would like to s…
Over the years there has been many games that never made it to the ... never released. It was only when I found this site that I ... -
Great games that aged badlyAny thoughts of games that were great at the time, but are just not fun to play anymore. eg. I loved manic miner at the time, and still enjoy playin…
Any thoughts of games that were great at the time ... br />
but other games such as Fairlight - at the ... t seem so bad to have a game like Driller ... smoothly, than a complicated game that runs irritating slowly.
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Sherlock Holmes couldn't solve this...Right, you all know the drill; someone asks a question, then lots of people post responses, and sometimes, hopefully, amongst all of the "[COLOR=roya…
... song was played. It might have been late 2001, or early 2002 ... smart enough to play Spectrum games instead of boring crap like ... the top forty songs that were ever released, I suppose. Or can ... ? Is there a site that lists all songs released on a data basis ... -
When could Speccy have been born?Just a pondering excercise for those that know more about the different types of chips in the Spectrum than I. Whilst browsing the z80 page on wiki …
... a pondering excercise for those that know more about the different ... Whilst browsing the z80 page on wiki last night I was ... whatever cost, could the Spectrum have conceivably been brought to market.
have been made in say 1978, or ... -
RDS SoftwareThis is a short version of an Email sent to Andy Barker, over a week ago. Since it's not been answered I'll post it here in the hope somebody tells …
... Software", who in 1993 released a Disassembler and Workbase program ... he sent the next version on a Chrome tape - which ... load simply bevcause it was on chrome tape. NExt, he ... Later informed that I should have been sent an instruction leaflet that explained the ... -
Selling my "Big-Box" games on ebay.Ok, so I am running out of drawer space to keep my gaming stuff, so the big-box games have been put on ebay. The games are: After Burner - Activisi…
... stuff, so the big-box games have been put on ebay.
The ... games are:
After Burner - ... -
Compiling FUSE from source for a complete and total beginner...?[b]ACHTUNG: this is going to take a while to read...[/b] A message above tells me it's been nearly 14 months since I last visited here. Ye gods. Wel…
... into my collection of Spectrum games.
Because, ... reference, the guide I have been using on hand-compilation is here ... 44, but may already have been executed by cancer, terrorism ... Should I make it that far, all the studying will have to have been ... -
Why didn't The Pawn on the Spectrum have graphics?I've noticed that other versions of The Pawn have graphics, but not the Speccy release. Why is this? I think good graphics could have been achieved o…
I've noticed that other versions of The Pawn have graphics, but not the Speccy release. Why is this? I think good graphics could have been achieved on the machine.
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48K games that don't work on a +2Not sure if there is already a thread about this but recently I've noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even in 48K mode. Examples are…
... noticed some old 48K games will not run on my +2 - even ... and Rommel's Revenge. Both games load perfectly but reset as ... soon as you start the games.
Is this a ... there a list of games that won't run on the +2?
Some things to talk aboutThere's not too much posting going on here, so to hopefully break up this temporary lull in the postings, feel free to answer or discuss these follow…
... too much posting going on here, so to hopefully ... -Life are first person games? Well, what would ... and if so does that mean that the creator has to ... ? Can you play all games perfectly now, or what? ... not as good as it should have been, but still lightyears ahead ...In the Dizzy games, I used to like......standing on a black background between two red pieces of scenery, so that Dizzy's body was white and his gloves were red, just as they should have…
... on a black background between two red pieces of scenery, so that ... were red, just as they should have been. All thanks to attribute clash ...Playstation vs. N64 vs. SaturnIn another thread ( [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20482&highlight=xbox+360[/URL] ) we discussed the virtues and quali…
... of a cartridge (8MB to 64MB, and the latter must have been especially ... expensive, only three N64 games came on 64MB cartridges ... I still say that the Makopad 64's design should have been the official ...Your favourite Half-Life game?Right, I've posted a few polls up today, and I've had so many pm's (nearly one, so far) from people saying how much they liked them, and asking for m…
... the trouble with linear games is that you often feel like ... fun, as you know have soldiers on your side (who ... and last, commercial add-on for Half-Life, and ... this is the game Barny should have been in, and maybe it ... had to play the HL2 games on PC, though, as I ...games that are not exactly 'PC'...had a flick through the archive earlier and stumbled on this, [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000795[/url] [IMG]http://i40.ti…
... the archive earlier and stumbled on this, [url]http://www.worldofspectrum ... a strapping english fellow and have to avoid being eaten by ... there are any other speccy games that are a bit , erm, dubious ... all)
btw, I have no 'axe to grind' here ...Games that you've realised you would never have the patience or skill to finishBack in the day, there where plenty of games I could never finish, now that I'm not a toddler any more, and that I've spent enough time in WOS and pl…
... where plenty of games I could never finish, now that I'm ... a toddler any more, and that I've spent enough time ... of games that I think: "Man even now I would'nt have the ... life be able to finish that game with out cheating)ZX Spectrum arcade machine[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=Bo2FJ2ySC7A[/url] Anyone remember the Nintendo Playchoice 10 arcade machine? This was basically a 2 screen…
... Spectrum arcade machine, what games do you think should have been on it?
games that were converted.
Still ...Great ideas for comp.sys.sinclair crap games compo games that you will never programJust thought I'd start this thread with a few ideas for csscgc 2009 games that I've come up with, but will - if I'm being honest - never get round to…
... few ideas for csscgc 2009 games that I've come up ... Cat vindaloo, the flowers on the table or a fresh ... with the munchies you have to pick a meal ... the blind man going on a number of different adventures ...
- Blind Man Goes on Holiday
- Blind Man ...The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... great films and terrible computer games whilst Batman is the ... mind subtitles, then you really should watch the Ring (Japanese ... on.
I don't think anyone doubts that America have been ...
13) I know that spiders have eight eyes, but what other ...Rare Games and ROM CartridgesOver the next couple of days, I will be listing various rare Sinclair ZX Spectrum games on ebay, including the following Ultimate titles: TransAm - …
... Spectrum games on ebay, including the following Ultimate titles:
TransAm - on ROM Cartridge ...
Pssst - on ROM Cartridge
Atic Atac (cassette ... />
Don't forget that all of the Ultimate Play ...Sinclair ZXC3 FLASH ROM CartridgeI recently received mail about the new ZXC3 PCB which provides the unique ability to program it directly from the Spectrum without the need for an EP…
... ROM image files (.ROM and .BIN), allowing the majority of cassette based games ... ZXC2 ROM cartridge programs. The ZXC3 also adds detection circuitry that can ... emulator can be found on my website [url]www ... email.
I have a number of PCBs available ...Old games that only recently got releasedhehe sorry for the clunky title In te Mire Mare thread Znorxman mentioned that some games didnt get released back then but got released recently, i …
hehe sorry for the clunky title
In te Mire Mare thread Znorxman mentioned that some games didnt get released back then but got released recently, i was wondering what were those games?Games programmers playing other gamesI've always wondered what it was like for programmers of the Speccy when they played games from other companies/developers. Would they sit and analy…
... the Speccy when they played games from other companies/developers.
that bit was done' or 'that could have been done better if ... was like for a games programmer to play games created by other ... Jof can shed some light on what it was/is like ...Do you use MAME?If so, what CLASSIC arcade games do you play on it? Or what game SHOULD have been a classic but has been forgotten? I'm ADDICTED to I,Robot. It was …
... CLASSIC arcade games do you play on it? Or what game SHOULD have been a ... classic but has been forgotten ... 's NO other version of that game other than the arcade ...The Top 25 Videogame Consoles of All TimeYep, another "best of..." list posted on the 'net, and like all lists based on opinion it's contentious, but even by the standards of most lists I th…
... ][COLOR=Blue]Each console on the list ahead was ... but even I have to admit that it did so ... games than the 2600 or the NES?
The XBox should have been ... had the most influence on gamers and the industry ... never played on a real Neo-Geo (have on the ...Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... just becomes a chore. From that moment on, it's irritating, boring ... first person shooter, it could have been much more, if it' ... and should, have been much more. Oh, and anyone who says that games can't ... complaint so many times on XBox 360 boards that it must be ...Alan Turing's Wartime notes have been savedFound an interesting article in the Daily Telegraph where its reported that Alan Turing's papers [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/pol…
... Daily Telegraph where its reported that Alan Turing's papers [URL ... his wartime activities on breaking the German Enigma Cipher[/URL] have been saved.Do you collect games?Do you collect games for the system(s) you own? I don't mean pirate games, I mean original game cassette, disc or cartridge. Or direct download games…
... game cassette, disc or cartridge. Or direct download games, I suppose - many ... there's never been enough non-PAL games that I've been interested in ... up on your shelves. The other machines' range of games all have their ...
