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WoS - the websiteYe Gods - it took me long enough to discover how to start a new topic. I don't see a "new topic" button on the main forum page, and it's counter-int…
... Which leads me in to my post: the current WoS site, ... and by this I mean the general template, has been ... , attached to every entry in the archive. This way when ... discussion kind of ties in with the recent one about new ... wins as one of the greatest web sites out ... -
Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…
... maximium", and that the emulator running the game supports these ... each instruction, at critical points in the program, so that, for ... speeded up.
In the same way, Freescape games such ... no waiting whilst the computer thinks, in games such as ... -
The Last Starfighter ( And you thought GLTRON was good! )WOW!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW! WOW! This is AMAZING!!! I Mean! I've not got this excited since I played GLTRON For the first time, this is just.... …
... I played GLTRON For the first time, this is ... />
Remember the fantastic 80's movie 'The Last Starfighter' ?
the amazing coin op arcade machine in the film ( well, it was for the ... 'Space Paranoids' ( Downloading that at the moment! )
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Spectrums in faraway times & places ...I was watching the trailer for the Kiddy Grade SF anime (on the Ikki Tousen vol.2 DVD), and after some explosions it starts into a computer command s…
... similar sequence occurs several times in the trailer, with a series of ... , starting in 2004. I think the title may have lost something in the translation ... any more Spectrum references in them? Anyone know the background to this ... -
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 (or ... girl) is in his bed with the ...
When the dad arrives in the child's room the cygnus is not ... br /> of it on the wall ).
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the jetsonshello i am trying to map this game,i have already done level 1 but i am stuck on level 2(not to mention level 3+4)have already checked the tipshop b…
... 3+4)have already checked the tipshop but only has level ... /> PS in the 1st level,when you have fixed the lift get the handbag ... and find the end of the level ... -
The Countdown Has Ended...Look at this. I've reached 2000 posts at last, and in a fraction of the time it took me to get to 1000. Let me review what has happened in that time.…
... at last, and in a fraction of the time it took me ... I left secondary school though. In the last few years I found ... that was starting in September. I immediately applied for the course and ... to some interesting job opportunities in the future. I was also lucky ... -
Board/party games on the SpeccyI had some friends over recently and we played some board games in the WoS archive. Trivial Pursuit worked pretty well, although some of the question…
... we played some board games in the WoS archive. Trivial Pursuit worked ... pretty well, although some of the questions were amusingly dated... :)
the Spectrum? (We tried Scrabble but ... -
The Google GameJust go to Google and type "[Your name] needs" in the search box and do a seach. Here's what I got: [b]Tommy needs[/b] to commit to Nikkole [b]Tomm…
... and type "[Your name] needs" in the search box and do a ... ]Tommy needs[/b] to find the perfect roommate
[b]Tommy ... to come to terms with the fact that he is gay ... />
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How powerful were the Moon-landing computers?I've meant to ask this before, but I got sidetracked; does anyone know how powerful the computer(s) NASA used in the 1969 Moon landings were, in comp…
... know how powerful the computer(s) NASA used in the 1969 Moon landings ... were, in comparison to a ... might be impossible due to the different nature of computers back ... -
Looking for 'Your Computer' gravity simulation type inHi, In one of the old Your Computer mags, in the type in progs section near the back, there was a Speccy program which simulated interaction between…
... /> In one of the old Your Computer mags, in the type in progs section near the ... to remember the program being 'right at the front' of the type in section ... -
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…
... think I will work from the garden tomorrow. With some ice ... take my laptop to the pub & sit in the beer garden?
These are the decisions I ... have to make almost daily throughout the summer ... -
Does anyone have the DVD of Earthshock?Does your copy contain the booklet that's usually included in the package. I bought it today but there's no booklet and I want to check whether I sho…
Does your copy contain the booklet that's usually included in the package. I bought it today but there's no booklet and I want to check whether I should return it.
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The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain - did anyone ever finish this wretched game!?I've been 'enjoying' (if that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games I remember of yore, including "The Warlock Of Firetop…
... that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games ... Of Firetop Mountain".
In the early 80's when I ... to get myself killed before the remaining keys were found. ... get to see inside the blue treasure chest in the Warlock's room ... -
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…
... theory: because she backstabbed Syed in the boardroom two weeks ago, at ... the end of the cruiseship task. :/
< ... any other reasons? (Apart 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? Absolutely brilliant ... though some of the science was probably gibberish , the language and approach ... was so far from the 'janet and john' approach of ... -
Chaos in PC Gamer (uk)I would normally mention something like this on my site, but I can't be arsed right now. It's not demoscene related, so there you go. Basically in t…
... you go.
Basically in the latest issue of PC Gamer ... also writes a little about the game that inspired it... Chaos ... titled "Why I Love... The Majesty of the Gooey Blob", and it ... -
The email game - Email from John RomeroBored a few weeks ago, I sent the following email to John Romero, co-creator of the game Doom: From: "Michael McLarnon" <bigbadmick2000@hotmail.com>…
... ago, I sent the following email to John ... Romero, co-creator of the game Doom:
the following reply a day ... reading about this guy in the book Masters of Doom ... we could play. Tryin sending the above email:
Curious speech in Auf Wiedersehen MontyIn Auf Wiedersehen Monty you sometimes get sampled speech that plays when you enter a new screen in the 128K version. I'm not entirely sure what the …
In Auf Wiedersehen Monty you sometimes ... you enter a new screen in the 128K version. I'm not ... entirely sure what the speech says and I'm ... include some information about it in AWM's Wikipedia entry. Many ...The CupOk lads, I'm off to the Millennium stadium to watch the footy - it's only 5 mins from my house. Anyone got any predictions ? I don't support either …
... 'm off to the Millennium stadium to watch the footy - it's ... a few mates that work in the ticket office - It's been ...name the songcan anybody help? the only lyrics i know of this song are "no theyll never take me alive" any ideas? it was in the early 80s
can anybody help? the only lyrics i know of this song are "no theyll never take me alive" any ideas? it was in the early 80sOnline ZX Spectrum Groups in the UKdoes anyone know of any online zx speccy groups within the UK .. i`d love to join up on one and maybe even trade a few tapes, idea`s and so forth ? …
does anyone know of any online zx speccy groups within the UK .. i`d love to join up on one and maybe even trade a few tapes, idea`s and so forth ?
cheersPC problem - my new motherboard won't turn off when in WindowsMy PC died, so I've bought a new motherboard, CPU, RAM and case. It's now an AMD 3100+, 512MB DDR, with a Winfast 760GXK8MG motherboard ( [url]http:/…
... cannot turn off the PC (in Windows) by pressing the ON/OFF switch ... . I can turn the PC off with the switch when in pure DOS ... , but not in Windows (XP ... /> Is there a setting in the BIOS or in Windows XP that I ...When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…
... '89 would be around the time the innovation and interest started ... lot less started to arrive in the shops that looked like ... been programmed with the limited abilities of the Spectrum in mind - ie ... when I abandoned the Speccy for the Amiga in 1991 it seemed ...If you've got the money...So sad init. Peter Crouch (of all people), is sleeping with this woman... [url]http://www.sky.com/skynews/picture_gallery/picture_gallery/0,,30000-1…
... can have if you have the money. Shes a bit barbie ... when she heard he was in the England squad and was going ... , cos he's one of the worst premiership strikers I've ...playing the games on the real thing??!?hello, today i was searching for an old cassetes recorder at my place (doing some stuff related to audio/electronica) , didn´t find it but found…
... find here on this site in a real zx48k ..maybe with ... between a laptop and the 48k and in the laptop making this files ... sno way to speed up the loading time like we do ...Manic Miner in an old showHey all... Since a lot of you are British I thought I would ask here... I remember a kind-of children show a long time ago (I would say somewhere in…
... (I would say somewhere in the middle of the eighties) where they played ... Manic Miner in one of the episodes. It wasn't ... on the Speccy though, it looked more ... have seen so far).
The show was about a grown ...What's the longest time you've spent playing a game?There's a similar discussion going on in the SFX forums right now and I thought I'd start it here. Around 1990, I spent about 9 or 10 hours playing …
... a similar discussion going on in the SFX forums right now and ... to turn it off because the computer was dangerously close to ...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 ... all time. The band had such an impact in the short time (1988 ... active, influencing bands such as The Suicide Machines, and some of ... Doubt, Reel Big Fish and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones had huge ...Anyone got any the books Janissaries II or III?I just read Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle, it's quite good for trashy sci-fi, anyone got 2 or 3 in the series I can have, borrow? According to Wik…
I just read Janissaries by Jerry Pournelle, it's quite good for trashy sci-fi, anyone got 2 or 3 in the series I can have, borrow?
According to Wikipedia there are two more in the series. Thanks.
