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Gaming MythsLike mentioned in earlier threads - we have games like Mire Mare, Lunar Jetman and Scooby Doo. Does any other ones spring to mind. They need not be…
... cannot pick up the machine gun but you can beat the ... him down he leaves his gun on the wall, but when ... you could pick the machine gun up, but you cannot, although ... -
Name of a joystickThis is a really arb question. But can any of you guys remember the name of the grey joystick you used to plug into the 128k It was not kempston , t…
I'm a fan of the QAOP Space config, however when a game (like Commando) requires 2 fire buttons (1 gun & 1 grenade), I prefer the old WSOP Space, with the 2nd fire button nicely configured to the Q key.
Very comfortable! -
Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... London, armed with a glue gun. Ladders, platforms, keys, wellington boots ... -
Why people are addicted to bad graphic, silly gameplay games?and also, making remakes of them? why there are tons of remakes of boulder dash, jet set willy, manic miner, jetpac, monty mole and so on? why ther…
... (like in Ocean's Space Gun for instance) instead of blocky ... -
Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
I remember telling my friends at school that OperationWolf were like the coin op but in black&white and without gun.
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what was the best ultimate game?i think ultimate made some of the finest games on the spectrum but which game was their best? For me it has to be Atic Atac,its still a game i play o…
... Lore,Underwurlde, Alien 8, Nightshade, Gun Fright...
the only one ... -
emulators : compatible with light phaser gun?yo , im wondering if there is any way to get light gun compatibility (with mouse pref) , otherwise what is the point of me having these sna lightgun …
Espectrum has support for both Sinclair and Cheetah light guns, and quite well it works too. Check it with the light gun game packs available from WoS or the TZX Vault. -
Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
... black&white and without gun.
actually, I wonder ... , but...what about the light-gun version of Op Wolf? It ... , after I bought a light-gun 2nd hand. -
The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
sigh! I admit I recorded 'Ghostbusters' (48K) music and music for Gryzor on tape. Maybe Top Gun too but I don't remember very well... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... much it costs. For example, Gun Law by Vortex was auctioned ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
So you finally got Gun Law, eh Steve.. Well done... come on Specvaders! ;)
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Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... me to the auction with Gun Law. I nearly fell over ... -
Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... I turned the screw 45 degrees after the first header and ... -
Rescue on FractalusI'm trying to find instructions for the Spectrum version of this game, with particular reference to the keyboard controls. Could anybody help me?
... 3 have a number of gun emplacements. The higher levels (4 ... -
Car boot visitHi everyone, Well todays car boot fair trip produced the square root of fuck all in the Spectrum dept, although I did pick up some decent books, God…
... plus 2A with a light gun collecting three inches of dust ... -
a poke to change fonts??hi ppl, there wasnt some poke in basic to change the look alike of the fonts of speccy?? I guess I did things like that in eighties.. also, there…
... /> Or rotate a letter 90 degrees and your font is vertical ... it and it is 180 degrees rotated.
Or combine ... -
Spectrum musichello, I was wondering if anyone had released some kind of music sequencing software for the spectrum? if so, can anyone point me in a direction of …
Some really cool music on the 48K were from these games IMHO:
1) Top Gun
2) Renegade
3) Gryzor
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Microsoft swallows up RareI read in the paper today that microsoft have put in a takeover bid for Rare. No doubt the long lasting Ultimate games distribution problem will be o…
... + ... if you rotate the "+" 45 degrees then you have a "X ... -
Please help me identify a gameI never actually played it - just read a (not particularly enthusiastic) review with a screenshot. Late release (1990 perhaps). A shooter similar to…
... spectrums -- mind you, the light gun was working in both cases ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... cooling temperatures up to 85 degrees centigrade
>2 Joystick ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... cooling temperatures up to 85 degrees centigrade
>2 Joystick ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... cooling temperatures up to 85 degrees centigrade
>2 Joystick ... -
SDP Project Started, Can't Wait ;-)Hi folks, I can't stand it any longer, I'm just gonna lob what I have on the SDP page with respect to disks that are needed. I've manually done the…
... , Rambo 2 + Green Beret + Top Gun + The Great Escape + Army Moves ... -
Speccy bits for sale/swapBeen digging about in the attic today and found two Speccy related bits. a 16k RAM pack for a ZX81 and a DK'Tronics Lightpen for a 48k Speccy Both …
I shall e-mail you.
Yes, tghe NES games were good.
I sold a few on E-bay as I had a few doubles. The light gun was my fave item, it works a treat! -
SDP Project Started, Can't Wait ;-)Hi folks, I can't stand it any longer, I'm just gonna lob what I have on the SDP page with respect to disks that are needed. I've manually done the…
... , Rambo 2 + Green Beret + Top Gun + The Great Escape + Army Moves ... -
What made a good games reviewer?Hi all, I've been quite a regular visitor to this fine web site for any Speccy interested ones. One of the qood things I've noticed here is that you…
... then getting (something like) 52 degrees?! Er, Davey, that makes it ... Bielby and then given 64 degrees! (He did the same with ... shreds then gave it 72 degrees). Mind you, YS was more ... -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
I remember there have been some tv ads in italy too about speccy in the late '80s or early '90s, when Amstrad tried to relaunch Spectrum with the Laser Gun trying pathetically to contrast the console market... and of course nobody bought it... umpf. -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
... I do remember that Top Gun never worked on my Speccy ... made a Spectrum +). Was Top Gun a 128K game only? I ... -
Easiest game everMy nomination for the easiest game ever is: FA Cup Football by Virgin. 8 Players each choosing 8 teams from a possible 124, leaving about 60 teams to…
... short' you should shoot 8 degrees higher.