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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? ... -
Arrggh! My computer is acting up!It's like this then. I boot the comp, I select XP from the boot screen, I see the loading bar, and then... screen goes blank (not standby mode though…
... boot the comp, I select XP from the boot screen, I see the loading bar ... weird problem is that when the XP scandisk runs (before XP ... -
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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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? :) -
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.
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TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
... and relocated the code, then dump the contents of memory (from $6000 and ... replace the [url=http://img453.imageshack.us/img453/8181/mutsunf0.png]loading ... screen[/url] with the one from the [url=http://img453 ... -
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.
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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 + ... -
Difficult loading gamesHi, Just joined World Of Spectrum and am having trouble loading games whereby you need to "STOP THE TAPE" before making various options and restarti…
... having trouble loading games whereby you need to "STOP THE TAPE" ... making various options and restarting the tape after. It may ... the choices and the "tape" is already playing for the second loading< ... br />
Do you have any idea how to load the ... -
Looking for a cartoon from the '80s.Anyone remember the name of this '80s cartoon movie or can you add something more to this memory? Evil dude enslaves the townfolks and uses them as…
Anyone remember the name of this '80s cartoon ... ?
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Have Pipex broke the lawI am in the process of changing isp. I have my mac code and have over 3 weeks to use it before it expires. I was looking on the Pipex website and the…
... I was looking on the Pipex website and they have ... later i was in the bath and the phone rang so ... guy from Pipex who said that i had been browsing the ... had got my phone number from the form i filled in ... nothing about them storing the number or them actually ... -
Another New Game Book That Features The Spectrum A LotI found this while in a bookshop earlier. [url]http://www.amazon.co.uk/Video-Games-Guide-Matt-Fox/dp/0752226258/sr=8-2/qid=1161449469/ref=sr_1_2/026…
... hundreds of games from the early days up to the present, which includes ... most of the big Speccy hits. The introduction ... . I wonder if it's the same person. :)
Necros ... -
Forthcoming Live DVD by The CureA live DVD of nine festival appearances throughout Europe by The Cure has been recorded and is due out shortly. The full tracklisting is :- 01. OPEN…
... festival appearances throughout Europe by The Cure has been recorded and ... is due out shortly. The full tracklisting is :-
THE END OF THE WORLD 07. IF ONLY ... DAYS 17. FROM THE EDGE OF THE DEEP GREEN SEA 18. THE DROWNING MAN ... -
WafaDrives - with the MultifaceI know there were problems using the Wafadrive as it used up so much of the speccy memory. I read that the multiface 1 could be used and load a full…
... know there were problems using the Wafadrive as it used up ... 48K game and save to the wafadrive. I can understand this ... . What about when you loaded the saved game without a multiface ... /> Any where still sell the cartridges (apart from the odd ebay auction)?
Thomas the tank engine (!)Last night i downloaded this from the archive for my young cousin as he was visiting tommorow so i thought i'd show him some speccy games for younger…
Last night i downloaded this from the archive for my young cousin ... to check it worked the music was just the worst ever! It ... views as to what the worst music on the spectrum was?
Scrolling Loader CounterPlease can someone help me with writing a scrolling counter for a loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from zynaps loade…
... loading system. I like the Hewson counter so i`ve taken the font from ... this, so will get the counter just working for ... now. I`ve put the numbers descending '9' to ... blocks of 8 bytes from the top line of a ... character square. So that the '9' will scroll one ...Web hosting required for the .tzx vaultThe next tzx vault update cannot be issued as yet, because I cannot gain access to the retrogames server where the vault is currently hosted. I lost …
... are needed to generate the .htm files from the .dat database...
I've contacted the Retrogames server ... hosting for the forseeable future for the new home for the .tzx vault ...The Legend of Zelda: Twilight PrincessAfter playing this for a few days now, I must say I love this game! I've clocked up nearly nine hours of game time, and I've only just got the custo…
... use the sword at the same time.
The spin ... animals and listen to the trapped spirits from the normal world
... , even if the game is basically imported from the GameCube (TP ... home village, Ordon, and the surrounding woods are depicted nicely ...maskhello i am currently trying to map this game but when i get to the end of the level,the next level tries to load in until i get the message"error re…
... get to the end of the level,the next level ... the message"error rewind the tape"(i have tried loading different data blocks from the ... cassette recorder in the ... A.).tzx.zip in the WOS archive.thank you ..."Out of the Shadows" Dungeons...[FONT="System"][/FONT] I've played Out of the Shadows quite a bit, what particular dungeon names are good places in your opinion? My personal favor…
... " (Yes, with the k at the end), where there are ... and jars that are in the same "ranks" and "files ... as the start. There are also many spells from what I ... found, and I think from the start location you can ... used all weapons but the sword before, found several ...
