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Joystick compatibility on the +2AHey folks, now my +2A is working, I decided to find some more problems (not really...I didn't "decide"! :( ), basically the joysticks won't work prop…
... I didn't "decide"! :( ), basically the joysticks won't work properly ... younger?
It recommends the stick should be set to ... 2 in the game, but when I did this, on Rampage for ... sounds like the problem/solution? The joysticks worked fine on my C64. Don ... -
The next batch of Cure Remasters are on their way...Deluxe two-disc editions of The Cure's albums The Top, The Head On The Door and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me will be released on the 7th of August. As wel…
... -disc editions of The Cure's albums The Top, The Head On The Door and ... Kiss Me will be released on the 7th of August. As well ... edition of Blue Sunshine by The Glove (Robert Smith's side ... Siouxsie & The Banshees) will also be released on that day.
Speccy on the tellyThe Pop Years 1983 on Sky three had a little bit about the speccy on it. Don't know whether anyone else saw it. Should have recorded it but didn't
The Pop Years 1983 on Sky three had a little bit about the speccy on it.
Don't know whether anyone else saw it.
Should have recorded it but didn'tThe best ever side scroller on the Speccy.We've seen a lot of threads on this so why not a poll! :) Zynaps by far is the best imo! It's got the colours, the quality and polish, the smooth sc…
We've seen a lot of threads on this so why not a poll! :)
Zynaps by far is the best imo! It's got the colours, the quality and polish, the smooth scrolling, the great title tune and nice sound effects that put it far ahead of the competition.The best adventure game on the speccy.I'm on a roll ain't I? Well the best adventure game this time. The Hobbit for me for various reasons: it was the first speccy adventure game I playe…
I'm on a roll ain't I? Well the best adventure game ... this time.
The Hobbit for me for various ... reasons: it was the first speccy adventure game I ... had an outstandingly complex parser. The graphics though slow were very ...PSpectrum on the PSPDoes anybody use PSpectrum on their PSP? I have been using it for ages now but for some reason when I try and play Bruce Lee it crashes when I enter …
Does anybody use PSpectrum on their PSP? I have been ... when I enter the second screen, even though the SNA and Z80 ... files I have work fine on EmuzWin on ...Thalamus on the Spectrum...Hi, I'm currently trying to track down people who worked at or for Thalamus. I know there were several Spectrum games in development, and was wonderi…
Hi, I'm currently trying to track down people who worked at or for Thalamus. I know there were several Spectrum games in development, and was wondering if anyone here knew/was still in contact with the people who worked on them?Your views on...Way of The Tiger[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Way+of+the+Tiger%2c+The$&pub=^Gremlin+Graphics+Software+Ltd$&loadpics=on]Way of The Tiger:[/…
... .cgi?regexp=^Way+of+the+Tiger%2c+The$&pub=^Gremlin+Graphics ... +Software+Ltd$&loadpics=on]Way of The Tiger:[/url]
on the graphics, but nice an fast ...Anything good on the Sam Coupe?I've just tried a Sam Coupe and seen two of its headline games/conversions in action - Lemmings and Prince of Persia. Both are excellent. This comput…
... anything that runs on it that is all of the following
Good
Unique/Original to the SAM
Available (free or ... )
I've seen the World of SAM and SAM ...What clues were on the Fairlight loading screen?As stated in the manual of [B]Fairlight[/B] there shall exist clues on both the cover and in the loading screen. This might be obvious to some, but I…
... shall exist clues on both the cover and in the loading screen. This ... , but I have not played the entire game and wonder which ...Too many sweets on the Candy ShopFirst the good news, All being well I should be shopping for a speccy next week. But in the meantime, with so many games to choose from on WOS, wha…
First the good news,
All ... in the meantime, with so many games to choose from on WOS ... far since Ive been palying the spec again, I love Atic ... , Ad Astra and Defender of the Crown (Thats just wow).
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Games on the "big" screenI don't know if any of you listen to Chris Evans on Radio 2, but I usually do and a part of his program around 5.45 is the business news where some t…
... around 5.45 is the business news where some ... . He was waffling on about the fact that all cinema ... charge you for going. The Silverstone Grand Prix is ... their cinemas across the country in the native cinema resolution ... I had the chance to play them on a 40 ...PCB transfer on the cheap?This will sound like a really dumb* idea, but maybe someone can help I want to etch a PCB by electrolysis using a salt solution. I know this techniq…
... I have done some tests on small PCBs with hand drawn ... design from my computer to the copper board to create an ... have to painstakingly copy the design out into the etch resist with ... using corrosive chemicals, thereby reducing the risk of becoming another paying ...The 87 Hurrican - Michael Fish --- 20 Years OnTwenty years and a day ago Michael Fish infamously told the UK that there was no hurrican on the way. [youtube]uqs1YXfdtGE[/youtube] However on a …
... that there was no hurrican on the way.
[youtube ... with a map of the UK behind and no ... Florida in the above vid.
On this video ...
So is Micheal telling the truth, or did he indeed ... make the BBC's worst ever weather ...Speccy on the telly no.857362Watched "Exodus" on C4 last night while waiting on Zatoichi coming on...some lassie was uploading a virus to the interweb, which consisted of animate…
... waiting on Zatoichi coming on...some lassie was uploading a virus to the ... filling people's screens, and the distinct sound of a spectrum ...New Spectrum game - On Reflection"On Reflection" has been my pet project for the last two years or so. My initial idea was to try to create a Spectrum adventure which was a bit more …
... a seriously text-heavy approach to get around the age-old "You ... it also appears to work on the various Russian Speccy clones like ... won't work on that too.
The game is being ... ever PAWed adventure, and hopefully the first adventure I've produced ...Of all the things to feature on the radio......surely balloon modelling would be bottom of the list? The joys of daytime radio whilst the regular presenters are on holiday.
...surely balloon modelling would be bottom of the list?
The joys of daytime radio whilst the regular presenters are on holiday.Leet's got the best avatar on WOS :DLeeT has to have the most tasteless avatar I've seen in a long time. I mean, poor Christopher Reeves, fucked up in a wheelchair, giving the thumbs u…
LeeT has to have the most tasteless avatar I've ... wheelchair, giving the thumbs up, with a big LT on his shirt ... . What the fuck???!!!
That has to be the best avatar I've seen ... would have a big BBM on the shirt...) :DSpeccy games on the Amiga?!Someone in these forums recently wanted to know where they could get some Speccy games to run on their Amiga Speccy emulator. I've tried looking for …
... some Speccy games to run on their Amiga Speccy emulator. I ... 've tried looking for the thread but I can't ...On the subject of reverse engineeringIn this world of emulated hardware, there are Specchums out there who would like to put their hands on that peripheral they never had, that add-on th…
... find the original hardware and see it working on a ... 't really been explored: the reverse engineering of Spectrum interfaces ... info erased from the top, etc.
So, on this subject ... of reverse engineering, and without deviating the topic ...Classical music on the Speccy?While I was watching CVP409 videos on YT, I found a few movie scores and it made me start yet another topic about the AY chip. I know the beeper and…
... I was watching CVP409 videos on YT, I found a few ... explored yet. Take for example the following:
[youtube] ... compose something with strings and the PLAY command. :o AY ... your favorite. :(
Still, the AY chip was originally designed ...Guitar Hero on the C64?firstly sorry if this is a repost, secondly I have no idea if this pic I found randomly searching for something else is fake or real partly because :…
... or real partly because :stop the press: I have never even ... played on a C64 in my life (true story). but the title ... of this pic is 'guitar hero on C64' and ... text (it was on a 'funny pics' compilation on some polish site ...Keypad on the ZX-81/Timex Sinclair?I'm having a bit of trouble with the shift key on my Timex Sinclair. I have to hold it down and then press a corresponding key. Shouldn't I just be a…
I'm having a bit of trouble with the shift key on my Timex Sinclair. I have to hold it down and then press a corresponding key. Shouldn't I just be able to press it once and then press the other key?
PaulWolfenstien on the ZX SpeccyDunno if this has been posted and its not on a standard speccy but the Pentagon 256 clone thing.....interesting though.. [youtube]vzm9KkJ5lGI[/youtu…
Dunno if this has been posted and its not on a standard speccy but the Pentagon 256 clone thing.....interesting though..
[youtube]vzm9KkJ5lGI[/youtube]I/O on the Speccy - ideas/help wanted!I'd like an interface for the Spectrum that can control and monitor other items. I have a task in mind that would require: A: 4xbinary inputs (as in…
... /> A: 4xbinary inputs (as in "on" or "off" x4 - this I ... (as in four independant OFF/ON controls).
How ... br />
I can handle the transistor / relay circuits I need ... reference to the assembly driven by the motors attached to the outputs.
Remember that 1960's music center I had stuck in the loft?I emptied the loft today of everything. I had an early 1960's music centre up there too heavy to get out, and a sofa bed, and boxes , and boxes of ju…
... music centre up there too heavy to get out, and a ... the sofa bed on the floor, put the ladder on the sofa, climbed into the attic, pulled the ... ladder up behind me, kicked the ...Speccy emulation on the MacAnyone using any speccy emulators on a Mac with Leopard installed ? Tried a number of the native Mac emulators on my Macbook but failed to make any w…
Anyone using any speccy emulators on a Mac with Leopard installed ? Tried a number of the native Mac emulators on my Macbook but failed to make any work. All just vanish into thin air on starting...Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... enough ("light" as in not heavy)for their shape to make ... have impressive artificial intelligence? On the 8-bits, the speed and memory limitations ... arcade machines of the day. On the Speccy, Skooldaze aparrently gave the masters and ...A few tapes, books and some hardware for sale on the 'BayHiya! I've put a few (hundred) tapes up for sale this weekend, all of them starting at 25p or less (unless I've made a cock up anywhere!) [url]http…
... /> Some are pretty run of the mill titles but there might ... sure it's even listed on WoS?? (Cue loads of people ... gone a bit random towards the end.
Cheers,
