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How many of you lot still own your original Speccy?I have reason to believe the majority of you still own your original Spectrum. I think thats great, but it also really suprised as well. I was obsess…
... man...) right up to the newest machines; the mighty PS2 and X ... took over. It was the newest thing. The Spectrum pretty much got ... then that, some 17 years down the line, I would look back ... suddenly realise that the Spectrum was just about the greatest thing that ... -
Help with rebuilding my QLI got a QL I checked it and it was working fine so I decided to clean it, Oh dear, I forgot to write down the order the wires for the MD lights, pow…
... forgot to write down the order the wires for the MD lights, power ... but I dont know the order can anyone help. ... In my defence the wires dont have a ... them that just plugs into the motherboard, instead u pull ... up the plug and the wires come out of ... -
Name of dungeon gameHi all, Hope someone can help save my sanity! I have fond memories of a very old spectrum game I played back in my youth. It was a mono 2d grid ba…
... dungeon adventure, viewed top down. The whole thing was based on ... the ground you could fall down. On the lowest level in some of the ... rooms were dragons and the ... I have searched all through the spectrum game sites I can ... -
another game found, not MIA but......infoseek says its needed for a perfect tzx as theres only a z80 on wos?? check down the bottom of [url="http://livepublishing.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x?a=…
... z80 on wos??
check down the bottom of [url="http://livepublishing ... [/url]
its tycoon the crossword business game
thought id found the other MIA tycoon for a ... -
looking for a game.I've looked everywhere for it. Down the back of the setee, in my spare jacket, even in my sock draw. I just can't find it. Anyone seen it?
I've looked everywhere for it. Down the back of the setee, in my spare jacket, even in my sock draw. I just can't find it.
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more star wars bollocksive just seen a real stormtrooper while out shopping :) walking down the street DAMN i wish my digi camera was working, i couldve had a snap :p
ive just seen a real stormtrooper while out shopping :)
walking down the street
DAMN i wish my digi camera was working, i couldve had a snap :p -
Probs with PC can anyone help ???I'm having problems with my computer so have to write this email at work. My machine at home is giving me real problems and I wondered if anyone can …
... advice on solving it. The blessed thing froze up on ... t let me close it down the usual way so I ...
as soon as the scan disk starts ,it freezes ...
the scan or allow me to close down without again ... having to pull out the
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Miscellanous forum change?In the last year or so there has been a change in the pattern of posts in the miscellaneous forum. In the past, it was a forum for Spectrum related d…
... This was usually centred around the hardware, peripherals (such as ... questions about the Spectrum's place in the whole 80s ... interesting topics from sliding down the page because of topics ... unconnected with the Spectrum pushing it down. Feel free to ... -
Looking for an old game, Can you help??Hi. I am looking for an old game that I used to play on the spectrum yearsss ago, trouble is I dont even remember the name of it. So Im hoping if I d…
... I used to play on the spectrum yearsss ago, trouble ... is I dont even remember the name of it. So ... it and can give me the name.
It was ... basic game, you started at the bottom left of screen and ... type things going up and down the middle of screen that killed ... -
Problems gettingI have been experimenting with the audio-out options most Spectrum emulators feature, in the hopes to get some of my games running again from the ROM…
I have been experimenting with the audio-out options most ... again from the ROM's on the real hardware. The signal goes from the PC ... . Load screens stay up, the tape has finished playing. They ... to fail to acknowledge that the loading process has finished.< ... -
stainless steelhello i am trying to make a map of"stainless steel",but i cannot get the completion screen.after the end of zone 3,i get the message"vardos has esca…
... ",but i cannot get the completion screen.after the end of zone ... 3,i get the message"vardos has escaped you ... -get after him"and the game goes to the start of zone 1 ... (first zone).has anyone got the ... -
I Love 1982The BBC have had this tribute page to our rubber chum for a number of years. [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/ilove/years/1982/toys3.shtml"]http://ww…
The BBC have had this tribute ... [/url]
The queasy weather map and the naff Wimbledon graphics ... into the budget and the entire BBC Cult site goes off the air at the ... end of the week - 15th ... -
Switchblade - Game over Game over time so go here [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Switchblade$&pub=^Gremlin+Graphics+Software+Ltd$"]here[/url] vot…
... +Ltd$"]here[/url] vote for the game, then return to let ... 's game Cosmic Wartoad is down to 5.93 from 6 ... we seem to mostly drag down the score of games, disscuss. -
Something scary happened todayMy mum went to get the weeks shopping from Morrisons and when she got to the till she gave them her card to pay for the ?70 worth of goods as shes al…
... there when she goes anymore.
The cashier scanned the card and ... to check again. The cashier checked and the machine still said ... took her card to the ATM outside the store and checked. To ... a human being on the phone at the bank who looked through ... -
Shaw Brothers: Ade's band - reviewayup here's a review for my brother ade's band boxset thingy i have got together... regards Grahaaaaaam -------------------------------------------- …
... regards
Grahaaaaaam
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The Teenbeat - Caravan to Obscurity
The Teenbeat have been around forever ... of what they have recorded down the years since their inception. ... -
Growing old disgracefully Ethel loved to speed in her wheelchair, and charge around the nursing home, taking corners on one wheel, and getting up to maximum speed on the long…
... her wheelchair, and charge around the nursing home, taking corners ... short of a picnic, the other residents tolerated her, ... sped down the hall.
As she took the corner, near the ... /> As Ethel neared the final corridor, before the front door, Crazy ... -
Peggy Mitchell poor little fingersWas it wrong of my to laugh tonight when Peggy Mitchell got her fingers mashed in the door by Eastenders' resident gangster? The way he led her down…
... got her fingers mashed in the door by Eastenders' resident gangster ... ?
The way he led her down the garden path with ... smashed her hand in the door, and the way his open, fake ... demonic menace as yanked on the door just made me laugh ... -
Labatt lager 30p a canBest before 31/10/05 :D :D hic :D :D wandered down the local shops with a few squid in me pocket, to get some coffee, and mebbe a beer or two, ca…
Best before 31/10/05
:D :D
hic
:D :D
wandered down the local shops with a few squid in me pocket, to get some coffee, and mebbe a beer or two, came back with 12 cans of lager for ?3.60 :) -
Scumbags guttersnipe kids spoil ChristmasWell, me and the girlfriend went into Belfast city centre tonight to watch Rachel Stevens turn on the Christmas tree lights. All well and good - Rach…
... kids raced down the centre of Royal Avenue (the main street ... descended on Castlecourt (the shopping centre in the centre of Belfast) ... riot through the shopping mall.
The security staff ... the front doors of the shopping centre, which I believe the ... -
Some drunk tried to 'mug' me this morning4:35am, riding my motorbike to work, got my royal mail coat on, and all my kit in a delivery pouch over my shoulder. See in the distance someone sta…
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See in the distance someone staggering about picking ... time I was to far down the road to turn off, ... so I had slowed down a bit and all ... swerve to the pavement on the wrong side of the road, ... , then there was the matter of the junction. Lights were ... -
retro survival forumis it down? the other day i tried accessing it and got some ruskie webhosting page, then just after i was on the forums reading all the arguements a…
is it down?
the other day i tried accessing ... after i was on the forums reading all the arguements and threats ... -
Machine Code: quicksort optimisationI came across this z80 quicksort implementation when going through the wikipedia article on the same. It's 44 bytes long. I was wondering if any of …
... implementation when going through the wikipedia article on the same. It's ... was wondering if any of the machine code punters here would ... have a go at wittling down the code or optimising it for ... -
Why Crashed fanzine closedMaybe the true story has never been told, maybe nobody cares! but at least this forum can hold its collective chin and say... ahhhh thats why... 200…
... was slightly different from today. The internet was great (although ... of paper) were facing the dwindling few. The future of our scene ... future partner, moved 75 miles down the road and started a new ... three more issues had the situation been the same and then was ... -
Top 100 things to do while your Speccy is loading100. Stick on the kettle and nip down the shops for a nice bar of chocolate to go with your tea. _________________ BigBadMick (bigbadmick2000@hotmai…
100. Stick on the kettle and nip down the shops for a nice bar ... -
Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
... map so could finally track down the 8th guy you have to ... make a call to the ROM at the point of you winning ... of the debugger output just before the crash - it looks like the crash ... to the register count in the image. After executing the "INC HL" the pointer ... -
Odd soft drinks?I swear that years ago I saw a fizzy [I]chocolate[/I] flavoured soft drink -- I kid you not! :lol: There have been some strange cola flavours come (…
... come (and sometimes go) -- down the years we've had cherry ... cola flavour, probably inspired by the Kinks' [I]Lola[/I]), ... strawberry, tropical-fruit (the last two were "limited edition ... Pepsi, at about the same time as the chocolateade), vanilla, lemon ... -
DVD extras(Hmmm, that could be a rock band name... :lol: ) Does anyone else here like the extras which are often included on DVDs? I quite like to watch a mo…
... Man of Mystery[/I], the facts that the opening sequence is blatantly ... , in the scene where the guy was shot down the trapdoor but survived the cat ... (throughour that scene) looked where the ... -
My pc makes a crack noise just before shutdownas i said in the title really, it makes a short cracking noise through the speakers on my monitor just before it shuts down, the noise isn't from the…
as i said in the title really, it makes a short cracking noise through the speakers on my monitor just before it shuts down, the noise isn't from the inside of my pc, just from the monitor speakers, any ideas what it could be and how to fix it. -
Space Crusade InstructionsI've been playing a bit of Space Crusade and HeroQuest during my lunch breaks at work, and one annoying thing is that there's no instructions for [UR…
... certain that I've seen the full instructions for Space Crusade ... - came with the game). While some of the details will be ... progress, etc), I think the specifics of gameplay look pretty ... br /> Hopefully I'll track down the proper ZX instructions sometime.
XLR-8 mastering utilities - help wanted!!Hello. Ironic I know given I wrote them! I can't for the life of me get the XLR-8 mastering utilities to work under emulation. It goes through the m…
... 't for the life of me get the XLR-8 ... work under emulation. It goes through the motions and seems to ... 's bailed out of the Spectrum scene and has ... s and upload them to the Alchemist FTP. Sorry I' ... !
The utils are available from the archive on this ...
