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Trying to recall a children's bookHowdy folks. I'm trying to remember the name of a children's book I read around the mid-80s in the UK. It's something that really stuck with me but I…
... in the UK. It's something that really stuck with ... delivered nothing. Anyway, here's what I can remember...
It's about a girl who lives ... I'm pretty sure it's a standalone book and ...
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youtube's new player?seems like youtube is using a new player to play vids in since about a week ago or something. looks slightly different, with a black border on the pl…
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Now on iPhone & iPad: Alter Ego, Crimbo, Kyd Cadet, Flynn's Adventure in BomblandHi all, The following recent gems are now available to play on your iPhone & iPad courtesy of the [URL="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/spectaculator…
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What's wrong with the internet today?I've got the day off because it's bank holiday, so I've got some time to kill (for a change) before I goto my dialysis unit. So, I decide to have a n…
... the day off because it's bank holiday, so I've ... , only to find that nothing's working! WOS is the only ... it was that, but it's made no difference!
is sainsbury's/ASDA still open today?to save me a wasted journey, does anyone know if sainsbury's or ASDA is still open... it's bank holiday so does that mean they shut at 4 like on sund…
to save me a wasted journey, does anyone know if sainsbury's or ASDA is still open... it's bank holiday so does that mean they shut at 4 like on sundays or is it still open till 10 ish?
sorry for the rubbish threadI live in a one way street - so what's wrong with this photo?[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Photo0282.jpg[/IMG] So, what's wrong with this photo?
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So, what's wrong with this photo?Driver: San Francisco, it's bad.I had hoped for this to be more like Driver 3 where you can drive anywhere, off cliffedges into the water, jump over fences and the car can actually …
... over and land onto it's roof and so on. But ... no, it's more like Driver 4. Actually ... the car over onto it's roof.
If you ...Dead Island, it's......quite good actually. I just started playing so it's maybe a little too early to say yet but so far i have liked what i've seen. Good combat syste…
... just started playing so it's maybe a little too early ...redballoon's half-baked game ideas vol. 1Looking to make a game but unsure what game to make or what it'll be about? Well, worry no more. I will list some of my gaming ideas here and you can…
... their droids.
Soundbite : It's Snake meets Trashman meets Quazatron ..."Deus Ex: Human Revolution's boss fights were outsourced"I'm surprised there hasn't been a new topic about Deus Ex: Human Revolution since the game was released. Anyway, since (hopefully) the reason no one …
... one of it's biggest flaws is it's boss battles. The ... .com/deus-ex-human-revolution-s-boss-fights-were-outsourced-211794 ... the boss battles, though it's not known why. Whatever the ... reason, though, it's a disappointing limitation for non ...Conversion of TAP/TZX/Z80 to Real Speccy TapesHey there. Not sure if this is the right place for this thread but hey ho. I've been playing about with converting Speccy tape images to WAV files …
... hit something of a brick wall.
I've used ... using Z802TZX to convert Z80's, then, obviously, converting them up ... to WAV's.
Now i'm ...The RZX Archive's YouTube ChannelThe RZX Archive now has a [URL="http://www.youtube.com/user/rzxarchive"]YouTube Channel[/URL], featuring over 50 speccy game walkthroughs so far. Th…
... Heels walkthrough (from Philip Kendall's RZX):
[youtube]piEZSWk_uxg[/youtube ...Sandbox games (Speccy and non-Speccy)A subject that came up today was what does the term 'sandbox' game mean? I'd originally thought that a sandbox game was one where you built thing up …
... the last few years it's come to be applied to ... t a sandbox game, it's a free-roam game. A ... />
and to me that's a true sandbox game. I ... the kit itself. Sandy White's Zombie Zombie was sort of ... , as you could rearrange the wall blocks.
What ...Is Doctor Who the best that it's ever been?I'm surprised that there's been no Doctor Who thread recently, especially given the revelations we've seen recently. I've loved this last series (and…
... to Russell T. Davis's lousy stories and terrible ... simply for revenge. It's like Davis had never ... like a student playing Frankenstein's monster, etc. But ... is brilliant too, he's like the everyman amongst ... his depth. But he's full of compassion and ...Multi-screen mazes?Well, it's been decades since I last mucked about with speccy BASIC, so over the last couple of weeks I've been starting out as a newbie learning a b…
Well, it's been decades since I last ... (at the moment there's only a wall and a 'space'). The ... at the moment as there's only 1 screen!). This is ... the nasty is (if he's not in the current screen ... been looking at Jonathan C's guide which has some good ...Anyone played the Terminator FPS game(s)?I don't mean the modernish (XBox/PS2) third person games, but the original DOS first person shooter? The subject came around to FPS games today, and …
... played this, on a mate's PC (before I got mine ... , so it's pre-1996, if I'm ... 'm 99.9% certain it's not.
Does this ... ) for these answers, but it's more interesting to post the ...Software Home Bochnia (Missing company/group name ????????????) ... And C.A.S.I notice the loading screen for [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006622&loadpics=3"]Mozg Procesor[/URL] has "Software Home Boc…
... this game ... or maybe it's just referencing to a part ...What 80's games inspired the 8/16-bit sequence in Atlantis SquarePantis (the movie) ?So, I just caught a glimpse of SpongeBob SquarePants (the Atlantis SquarePantis movie with David Bowie, [B][I]NOT[/I] the game based on the movie[/B]…
... isn't it ... so it's some other fighting game from ...playing sound samples from Boriel's zxbasic-compilerfirst of all, sorry if it sounds confusing if i'm posting this thread here instead instead of at Discussions:SinclarBasic it's because this is more …
... Discussions:SinclarBasic
it's because this is more about ... and library development for Boriel's zx-basic compiler ( [url]http ... thread i started on Boriel's zxbasic-compiler is here: [ ... code, for a future Boriel's zxbasic-compiler library, can be ...Two different versions of Elite's 'Battle Ships' gameHello! I've recently downloaded the demo version of Elite's Spectrum emulator on my iPod, and the free game that comes with it is called "Battle Sh…
... the demo version of Elite's Spectrum emulator on my iPod ...
instead. Also, P. Walker's name ("Grafix") is missing off ...Divide and Divide Plus issue'sHi, After about a year of inactivity I brought out my Spectrum +3 the other day and plugged in my Divide plus. The result was constant crashing on t…
... my 2 standard Spectrum 48k's the Divide plus gives me ... it must be the card's but am unsure.
def chris's scary halloween dnb mixyes unfortunately it's time for another mix for the witching season from me... [IMG]http://i44.tinypic.com/25aoi87.png[/IMG] [url=http://soundcloud…
yes unfortunately it's time for another mix for ...Improving the Spectrum +2's Cassette RecorderHi people, Nice techie question here! I have a Spectrum +2 (grey). Actually, I have several. I'm trying to get this particular one to load tapes be…
... that.... I reckon the signal's just not powerful enough.
s deck?
I looked ... ]another[/i] op-amp (it's a quad op-amp IC ... Sinclair/Amstrad knew the +2's tape deck was a bit ...Atarisoft's Pacman in a lot of gamesI've found on eBay [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sinclair-ZX-spectrum-programs-and-games-/270840719897?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item3f0f5d6a1…
... medium size box of Atarisoft's Pacman between them and its ... be picked-up from seller's hands and I'm not ... . So as I neglected, there's still two days for any ... for the purpose of Pacman's box preservationMazes and Tremaux's AlgorithmI've done a version of Tremaux's maze solving algorithm which solves my current test maze with 400 junctions and 715 connections in a reasonably quic…
... done a version of Tremaux's maze solving algorithm which solves ...redballoon's Spectrum-Coloured Swap ShopSo, i'm ploughing through my duplicates to check if they work and would like to swap them for titles i've not got. Here's the 1st batch. More titles …
... i've not got. Here's the 1st batch. More titles ...The end of the road for the CD is nearWell, it seems that cds are now definately on the road out. There was a report last week that Mercury will stop pressing cd's at the end of next yea…
... Mercury will stop pressing cd's at the end of next ... buying cds (look at HMV's sales, the same is going ... writing has been on the wall for the cd for a ... music in the house it's usually on my hi-fi ... also heard that hi-fi's could also be obsolete eventually ...
