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Suckered by screen shots on the packaging?Who got tricked into buying some junk like Yi Ar Kung Fu on the basis of the graphics on the back of the box, which, quelle surprise, turned out to b…
... Ar Kung Fu on the basis of the graphics on the back of the box, which ... , quelle surprise, turned out to be the ... :
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Joysticks on Amstrad boardsNever mind the oddly wired connectors for this post... as we all know, the joystick ports on the +2 and +3 are Sinclair Interface II equivalents. Is…
... we all know, the joystick ports on the +2 and +3 are Sinclair ... is compatible with Caesar the Cat) and the other is a ... remember on the Opus Discovery 1, you could enable and disable the ... Kempston interface with a FORMAT command on the " ... -
How will my computer improve if I add a graphics cardAllright, at the moment I have a dual-headed set-up (I think it's called dual-screen in the windows world), with a 1280×1024 screen hooked up to…
... up to the chip or whatever handles it on the motherboard, and a very ... hardware acceleration on the smaller screen to render the mouse cursor (and presumably this ... and on the corresponding screen the mouse moves choppily if the CPU is under heavy load, and ... -
worst sites on the internetwhat are the worst sites on the internet that you have come across.
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Doodleatic & The Attic BugHi everyone Just wanted to say that I'm Anna and I'm the seller behind doodleatic on Ebay and I run The Attic Bug (on the web and on Ebay) together …
... and I'm the seller behind doodleatic on Ebay and I run The Attic Bug (on the ... web and on Ebay) ... find most of the Speccy stuff on the Attic Bug account ... most probably be using the following website as well: ... -
Old Computer Quiz on the BBC[URL=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7671677.stm]Linkee[/URL] Post your scores: 9/10 for me. and where you went wrong in spoiler tags. …
... : 9/10 for me.
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The cheek of some peopleAges back i posted about the excellent yahoo group freecycle. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12443&highlight=freecycle…
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I put the message up on the site and within 30 minutes of ... pickup and she knocks on the door bang on time. The woman was quite small and the ... blinds were 6ft long and ... -
Animal Crossing - City Folk/Let's Go to the City friend codesI've been playing this for a couple of weeks now on the Wii and it's pretty good, especially going to other peoples' towns and chatting to them, and …
... a couple of weeks now on the Wii and it's pretty good ... to other peoples' towns and chatting to them, and stuff.
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Your views on...Dun Darach[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001538]Dun Darach[/url] So, what's your views on this one? As most of you know, this is one o…
... follow up to Tirnanog. Loved the character interaction, Ryde ans ... and the other would confiscate.
I used to spend hours on the gambling and ... save everytime I won a load, cos this time round, the ... easier to figure than in the previous.
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Hmmmm I feel kinda weird, and at a bit of a lossIn the last 10 years or so I've had several people collapse in front of me, out of all those people 2 of them died right there and then, and 1 of the…
... off to the produce department to put it on the little rack ... it belongs on over there. The new guy ... putting boxes of Rice krispies on the shelf and seemed perfectly fine. When ... So I shouts to the other guy on the aisle "Get an ambulance ... -
Spectrum games continued on other platformsAs we all know, the Spectrum didn't live forever, comercially anyway. However, there are a number of game series which featured games on the Spectrum…
As we all know, the Spectrum didn't live forever, ... featured games on the Spectrum and then went on to bigger (and better?) things on other ... /views/spectrum_games_continued_on_other_platforms]Spectrum games continued on other platforms[/url]. As usual ... -
Why were most spectrum games on Monochrome?OK, I know about the whole "Attribute clash" that you get on the spectrum. And I've spoken to someone who claims to have been an Ocean programmer, wh…
... clash" that you get on the spectrum. And I've spoken to someone ... to have full colour graphics on the speccy", or words to that ... />
But if this is the case, then how did Probe ... manage to make Turtles for the speccy in full colour? This ... -
BUG on PES 2009 for PS2I've finally got PES 2009 this month, and have been playing it non stop...however (and I've been playing PES since it was the first ISS for PS1) I re…
... rarely show (like the ball hittinh the bar and keeping bouncing eternally, etc ... I find a huge bug on the game... and in a month has ... substituted come back to the game (tired...) and when the game finishes, it ... -
Am I the only person who enjoyed Chuckie Egg 2...?...more than Chuckie Egg? Now before the cries of "heresy" and/or "arse" ring out, let me defend my possibly controversial stance. I enjoyed Chucki…
... naff). Collecting the sugar, the milk and the cocoa for the eggs and shuffling them around ... the generator to turn on the power and get things moving, finding the parts of the ... on, working your way around the maze of screens....honestly, I thought (and ... -
which company do you respect the mosthave been registering my ninty products on the web and they make you fill in a questionaire, which i don't have a problme with as im always complaini…
... been registering my ninty products on the web and they make you fill ... they'd get a pat on the back from ninty patrons of ... found it odd, and prolly would never see the results, so i ... -
The Great Escape 2:Homeward BoundOk , having been inspired by the Blake's 7 thread , here's my proposition for a game. Does anyoe wonder what happened after you'd escaped from the c…
... The game is so diverse that West is on Side 1 and ... South is on Side 2 of the cassette ... particularly on the roads and easier passages through the mountains.
The game ... member of the French Resistance in the town on the French side ... -
The [You] awardsI'm bored, so I thought I'd do the traditional ewgf Spectrum awards, for the first time ever. Once you've ignored my post, please post your own winne…
... big (sometimes huge) enemies, and the icing on the cake is that it's ... pixels on the Spectrum screen) on the masters and boys is amazing). Skooldaze, Trapdoor, the Dynamite ... -
The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... the shadows don't match up on the photos and films, they claim that the ... flag shouldn't move the ... on the left hand side of the road, whilst in French and ... others they drive on the right, but is ... -
Your views on...The Snowman[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004609]The Snowman[/url] Another game I haven't played. Was it any good? It looks basic, but …
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004609]The Snowman[/url]
Another ... 'a fun. I really like the loading screen too.
I ... have to fire it up on the emu.
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DOOM / Wolfenstein 3D / Citadel - on real ZX SpectrumHi there. I had enough hearing that Wolfenstein 3D, DOOM and Citadel are only for giantic/powerful Russian ZX clones, because I knew that the games…
... -DOS (such informations are on youtube, on the internet and so on).
For ... now nobody converted the games into ... . 1,2,3 and so on - weapons. Opening the doors/hidden places: well ... -
The best Arkanoid type game?We Speccy fans have differing opinions about many things; some say Fairlight is the best isometric game on the Spectrum, others say Head over Heels, …
... say Fairlight is the best isometric game on the Spectrum, others say ... brain just laugh. And so on. But in the post:
< ... on the Spectrum (I do), or do you disagree?
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The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
... game. Also has arguably the best graphics and sound on the N64,
And Epic (the producers) gave us UT 2003 on the XBox, calling ... /> (Yes, UT was released on the PS2, and it is fun, but it ... -
Colour clash on the Commode64?Was there any? Every now and again, I see a screen shot like this... [img]http://www.lemon64.com/games/screenshots/full/j/jack_the_nipper_02.gif[/i…
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Jet Set Willy on Commode64Bit of a Commode mood at the moment. Just looked at map of Jet Set Willy on the Commode, and it seems, small. (excuse the width) [img]http://plus4…
... of a Commode mood at the moment.
Just looked ... map of Jet Set Willy on the Commode, and it seems, small.
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Remake WIZBALL on the SpeccySeeing as all my graphics are available why not re-make it to include all the stuff that wasn't used? I made graphics for the Ying and Yang wiz and t…
... graphics for the Ying and Yang wiz and the Police baddy ... actually got and you'll see the difference.
the cat was never implemented either. The collision detection is awful and inacurrate. The ... the horizon and be safe from bullets,that's not the case in the ... -
On the 2nd day of Christmas... Stranded no moreAs part of the great and historical WOS Christmas (WOSmas?) 2009 celebrations, my first machine-code game - 'Stranded' - written back in the 80's, is…
As part of the great and historical WOS Christmas (WOSmas ... 'Stranded' - written back in the 80's, is now available ... my site, or the link below - and I'm sure ... Martijn will upload it to the archive ... />
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Any use for old cassette cases and blank/copied cassettesHi folks, I've come into some tapes, musical, some of which I can pass on to a charity shop, but others are home copies so will have to go in the bi…
... the Speccy world, either the cases or for wiping and using the ... blank cassettes.
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More questions to ponder/argue/ignore as you wish...Just copying some stuff to a memory stick, and I found some old questions I'd intended to post on these forums to provoke debate, that I'd never got …
... of the PS3 and Wii is very slight, and on the 360 ... the Dreamcast, and made much better on the XBox 1. Downloadable content was introduced on the ... were introduced on the PS2, and of course add-on steering wheels ... that Heavy Rain would come out for the 360. ... -
Very nice bit on the Sam Coup?......in issue 74 of RetroGamer, for those that don't subscribe. (I see see they also have it on the iPhone now) (.....the mag, not the Coup?) To…
...in issue 74 of RetroGamer, for those that don't subscribe.
(I see see they also have it on the iPhone now)
(.....the mag, not the Coup?)
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Replacement for the ear and mic jack?Which replacement for the ear and mic jack from the ZX 48K fits? Or gives it the same jacks in new? Micky
Which replacement for the ear and mic jack from the ZX 48K fits? Or gives it the same jacks in new?
Micky
