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Is This The UGLIEST retro computer in the world ever ?????While looking on Ebay I saw a sight that made my body shudder. THE AMSTRAD 664 COMPUTER Wow that is one ugly mother. The Pale grey pale blue keyb…
... PROPER keyboard.
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Make an old man happy (name that game)It was like a Lode Runner type game but 1 zillion times better. You ran up and down ladders chased by red monsters. You could then dig a hole and as…
Bloody hell.......no....no....not another gottle of geer :roll:
I think the Mikrogen PAnic and the Spectral Panic are one and the same (takes another swig of J&B) :o -
Russian gamesI just re-entered the emulation world and I discovered the existence of the russian sites and the presence of what seem to me as totally new games (i…
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Knightlore/Alien 8/PentagramIn the early days of Ultimate Play the Game each game release was something new and unique. However, although I loved Alien 8 I felt that it was a cl…
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NEW CYLON ATTACK, New Generation
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No its by A&F. 3D Defender for the ZX81 by J.K. Greye is similar. Aren't New Generation connected to them? -
Mervyn J Estcourt?anyone know what he is doing now and where I can contact him? Programmer of such Speccy classics as 3D Deathchase, Luna Crabs, Full Throttle and Spee…
I'm still looking for Mervyn J Estcourt for a Retro Gamer feature...
Can anyone help the Speccy community by tracking him down?
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Mervyn J Estcourt?anyone know what he is doing now and where I can contact him? Programmer of such Speccy classics as 3D Deathchase, Luna Crabs, Full Throttle and Spee…
Is it possible that MERVYN J ESTCOURT could in fact be a pseudonym?
The name just sounds quite odd... if you add some letters, and then take some away, you could end up with MATTHEW SMITH... :cool: -
Mervyn J Estcourt?anyone know what he is doing now and where I can contact him? Programmer of such Speccy classics as 3D Deathchase, Luna Crabs, Full Throttle and Spee…
... /> Is it possible that MERVYN J ESTCOURT could in fact be ... /> Hmmm ... When I input MERVYN J ESTCOURT into my patented "Skarpo ... -
New tzx vault update releasedThe latest .tzx vault update has just been issued. There are many hundreds of new and updated dumps for the Spectrum, C64, Vic 20 and also now the C1…
Ermm, why is it I can;t read the text file? It comes out like this :
" =??p?$?#?c?b????6? ?9?`?????vKB?r&S5A???w????????q??^????????t?zjlC?n? 6z?R???f??????c$um??zAj?H??(?1?X??8U?8q.??p?R?n?????(?L?_??i??l??ij]???@?(rnib0Z???{ -
Saving and loading JpegsI'm designing a graphic ( not very well explained I know ) that will print out 3 inch disc labels, my question is when I load a jpeg that i have save…
... of communication. Bell Sys. Tech, J. 27: 379-424, 623-656 ... -
Saving and loading JpegsI'm designing a graphic ( not very well explained I know ) that will print out 3 inch disc labels, my question is when I load a jpeg that i have save…
... of communication. Bell Sys. Tech, J. 27: 379-424, 623-656 ... -
Dr Who.....Yup, it`ll be starting soon, but the big question is.... What will happen during the broadcast? a) Nothing at all - it`ll all go fine. b) "We are s…
... .iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=138993044&p=y3899375x& ... .iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=138993044&p=y3899375x& ... -
Preservation QuestionsHi, I went reminiscing of the past recently and found this site, and firstly can I say thank you VERY much, this is by far one of the best Spectrum s…
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Bubble Bobble Poke
J B Poke
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Greatest 128k soundtracks?I was just wondering which 128k games you all thought had the best music?
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Totally agree respect J.DaveRodgers. Rastan conversion tunes are ... -
Help! Spectrum +2 not working with Manic Miner and Atari 2600 JoystickI cannot get Manic Miner to work with my Atari 2600 joysticks on my Spectrum +2. I've got 3 of these sticks and I've tested them on my 48k with joys…
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Spelling mistakes in gamesI was playing the arcade version of Bomb Jack on a Mame emulator the other day and found an amusing spelling mistake. I collcted a power up which …
... and found this...
[code]J?GCONGRATULATION?GYOU HAVE ESCAPE???[/code ... -
Stupid question: How compatible is the +2 anyway?Right, time for a stupid question. I've never really had a +2 or +3 until a couple of weeks ago, got myself a +2 in an almost-new condition. Since my…
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Does anyone play a Speccy through a Plasma/LCD Tv?What does it look like? Without the scanlines of a normal cathode TV, it would be all blocky. In fact it would probably look just like an emulator wa…
[url="http://blinkenlights.de/index.en.html"]Blinkenlights[/url]
with a Speccy, anyone?
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Classical music in Spectrum gamesFollowing a point made by GOC, I would list the pieces of classical music featured in Spectrum games. As far as I can remember right now: - Manic Mi…
... tune from Zarjas is by J.S. Bach. I went to ... -
GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... to laugh.
Dear J.BRAVO,
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GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... to laugh.
Dear J.BRAVO,
Those evidences you ... -
Who's looking forward to Big Brother starting on Friday?Apparently the house this year has see-through walls, to reduce any chance of privacy the housemates might have. The producers just keep turning the…
... .iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=144201206&p=y44zxy9yz& ... .iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=144201206&p=y44zxy9yz& ... -
GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... this)
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Dear J. BRAVO ma friend. Again time ... -
GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... this)
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Dear J. BRAVO ma friend. Again time ... -
GamestageI've just been over to the gamestae site now i don't want to get into THAT debate but I have this to say, the gamestage site looks very nice, use of …
... Gamestage wrote:
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What I'm reading...What I'm reading right now: The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams The Eye of the Sibyl and Other Stor…
The Book of Lost Tales (part 1 & 2) from J.R.R Tolkien.
I just hope I get to read them both before the end of the school semester since Ive got them from the school library :)