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An evening in with the Speccy emulatorAfter a day at work which didn't exactly go according to plan, and after three weeks of disruption at home due to redecorating, the old soul needed a…
... Magazine which was given away on the cover of SU one issue ... spend more time on it, and really become familiar with the map - for ... graphics, rather than the sewers and fun houses of the second.
< ... Hacker in his first week on the job, and there's plenty of ... -
BATTY - Why? and TAFKAPI remember buying Your Sinclair with Batty on the cover and thinking it was absolutely stunning. At the time I wondered (and I wonder all the more n…
... buying Your Sinclair with Batty on the cover and thinking it was absolutely ... ? And would YS have paid a healthy enough sum - based on the belief ... it would help them shift more magazine copies and increase ... -
Your thoughts on Bonanza BrothersI quite enjoyed this game from when I had it on the CPC when it first came out. A nice game with not much violence, but concentrating more on the pu…
... from when I had it on the CPC when it first came ... much violence, but concentrating more on the puzzle elements. An intresting touch ... lease on life by being on the recent Megadrive compilation released on the 360 and PS3 ... -
Article about Kevin Toms in the TelegraphThe Telegraph have a (very) [URL=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/7943029/Football-Manager-meet-the-man-who-kicked-off-the-genre.htm…
... Football-Manager-meet-the-man-who-kicked-off-the-genre.html] ... URL]. Nothing new about the game in the article, but it ends ... kevintoms.wordpress.com/]blog[/URL], and the news that Football Manager is ... at least put his fizzog on the icon and splash screen though. -
What Happened to the Doomsday Discs on the BBC?Anyone remember the Doomsday Discs? I read Acorn User and BBC User regularly in the 80s and there was a project to make a snapshot of Britain, they c…
Anyone remember the Doomsday Discs? I read Acorn User and BBC User regularly in the 80s and there was a project to make a snapshot of Britain, they called it Doomsday Discs I think, and it involved schools and colleges. What happened to that? -
Micro Command - voice recognition for the ZX SpectrumIt's an interface you might know about. This is it: [img]http://www.zxprojects.com/images/stories/microcommand/microcommand.jpg[/img] I've found som…
... own Z80 inside! (click on the image to enlarge it):
the CLK signal on the Spectrum, and had to add ... a CLK generation circuit on ... a separate board. The ... -
Backpackers Guide to The Universe - Part 1Afternoon all, I'm currently putting together a web site devoted to Fantasy Software - detailing their short history, releases, press releases, unre…
... ran a massive preview on the game, and as you'll ... The Pyramid and Doomsday Castle), and your stats screen is nigh-on ... issue getting the fancy boxes produced, and instead the artwork and instructions ... in its development and with the Christmas season fast ... -
New feature: distinction between simultaneous and turn based multiplayerAs requested earlier, a new flag has been added to the database to distinguish between simultaneous and turn based multiplayer games. The words I us…
... been added to the database to distinguish between simultaneous and turn based ... multiplayer games.
The words I ... (or more) are on the screen and controls at the same time as well ... -
Modern and future computer/console gamingI'm downloading and I'm bored, so I thought I'd post about something that has been bothering me for a while (and I'll make it a long post, as I know …
... in containers rather than just on the ground, and to close all doors ... well documented and contains no significant hardware.
On the 360 it ... (Halo games are massively popular on the 360), and made over $200 million ... -
The Top 25 Videogame Consoles of All TimeYep, another "best of..." list posted on the 'net, and like all lists based on opinion it's contentious, but even by the standards of most lists I th…
... ..." list posted on the 'net, and like all lists based on opinion it's ... console on the list ahead was selected for its influence on the industry and the gaming ... /> And I'm surprised to see the PS3 so low down on the list ... -
Space 1999 on the oric!WOWSERS! Just saw this over on the Retro Gamer site - [youtube]oDkaimbO4FU[/youtube] Would love to see a speccy port of it, it looks awesome! :D
WOWSERS! Just saw this over on the Retro Gamer site -
[youtube]oDkaimbO4FU[/youtube]
Would love to see a speccy port of it, it looks awesome! :D -
Do you play violent computer games AND support hunting?After the oh-so-brave shooting of a locally famous stag: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-11624253[/url] questions are again being a…
... being asked about hunting, and what the laws on it should be. ... is just plain wrong. And the people who shot that stag ... have saved the money on a hunting license and gone to the supermarket ... playing Batman: Arkham Asylum on the 360, and that's far more violent ... -
Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... and swept him into the stratosphere of wealth, he'd been living on the ... streets and eating out of dustbins, along with the homeless, the winos, and the ... way that leads into the fortress. Expecting heavy resitance, Spec-Man changes ... -
Yar's Revenge RemakeHummm..... No gameplay fottage as of yet.... BUT... hummm... Dunno about this one... loved the original 2600 game where you got to be a big bug... b…
... Dunno about this one... loved the original 2600 game where you ... surprise here we go with the heavy on the anime metroidy sort of re ... wait and see... Could be good... could be taking a leek on the ... 2600...
Its out on download for Xbox and PS3 ... -
Another guess the name of the game thread!Hello chums :) I can't for the life of me remember the name of the game I'm thinking of. It is a sort of 3D noughts and crosses game. IIRC there are…
... 't for the life of me remember the name of the game I ... ) grids on the screen and you can make your move on any of the grids ... -
Fuzzy Screen On 48k Spectrum.Hi there. I bought a Spectrum off eBay last week (another for my collection lol), and it suffers with a fuzzy screen e.g. it looks like interference …
... ). And it has a habbit of writing commands on the screen, even though the ... resistance check by earthing the meter on the heatsink and probing the legs of c46 ... ... again, this was bang on with the ... -
heatsink on the grey+2anyone ever modded one to run without the heatsink? I know some have on the 48k's but I wouldn't mind removing it from one of mine. If so, any tips …
anyone ever modded one to run without the heatsink? I know some have on the 48k's but I wouldn't mind removing it from one of mine.
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Spectrum on "The Blurb"Evening, There's an amusing article on the Spectrum on The Blurb, I'm not sure if that's an online-only programme or not, but it's here about 12 min…
... /> There's an amusing article on the Spectrum on The Blurb, I'm not ... ?v=z5q9Od36yJY[/url]
The best thing (for me) is ... which you can see on top of the TV :) Not being a ... -
The Minertron - the Manic Miner style logo generator[url]http://crayolon.net/minertron/woo-yay[/url] Alter the URL at the end to display the two words in a Manic Miner loading screen style. The defau…
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Alter the URL at the end to display the two words in ... loading screen style.
The default speed is too fast ... you can slow it down on the page, and also create a link ... to embed the pic: :smile:
What is the current state of (non-Spectrum) emulation?It's been years since I've bothered with any emulators on the PC other than Speccy emulators. I do still occasionally use MAME and other emulators on…
... ve bothered with any emulators on the PC other than Speccy ... use MAME and other emulators on the XBox, but not on the PC, and it's ... about every console and computer up to the SNES and Megadrive was ... , Final Burn Alpha, etc on the XBox, but of course that ...IN command and keyboard scanning - Is this a bug in BASin?Hi Folks, Still reading Dilwyn Jones book on the Spectrum and I have got to the section on IN and keyboard scanning. I wrote the following wee prog…
... Jones book on the Spectrum and I have got to the section on IN and keyboard ... scanning. I wrote the ... unless I press one of the keys on the row they are mapped ... to. When I run the above ...ZX Spectrum 48K clone and test resultsHi! This is my first post, so, first of all, I'd like to say hello to the whole community! I am Alessandro Dorigatti from Italy and I'm developing …
... and I'm developing a new ZX Spectrum 48K clone based on the ... information contained in the wonderful book of Chris Smith "The ... published my first work on the C-One platform ... The background color is black on the left and right border; between the upper and ...The Apprentice 2011Have searched for an Apprentice 2011 thread without success... so I thought I'd start one. It's not the sort of telly I would usually rush to watch …
... before Amstrad for the investment, and if so, whether the nature of those ... the decision making process. Or if it is all done on the personality and ... performance during the telly series - if ...Taking the Spectrum for a bath - Lots of SEXY photos!Decided to take a Spectrum +2 for a bath this weekend. It was non-working, so it needed fixing. It booted to a fuzzy dark picture and I thought "Ah, …
... for fixing and bathing.
The one I did, was on the right bottom ... the top cover and laying this upside down, you see the cassette mechanism on the ... left and the keyboard on the right.
Published Reviews of Programming the Z80 (Rodnay Zaks)I have started an article on Wikipedia for the book Programming the Z80 and would like if possible to reference any published reviews. Had a quick se…
... an article on Wikipedia for the book Programming the Z80 and would like ... but not found anything yet. The archive includes a couple references ... . Its a general text on the Z80 and not computer specific. What ... are blogs that review it on the internet, but I'd ...Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX SpectrumHello, has anyone got a copy of this book they no longer want? I can't seem to find a copy anywhere? Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum…
... anywhere?
Cracking the Code on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum
1984 ..."I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81" (possible remark)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000179&loadpics=1"]I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81[/URL] Remark that might…
... Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81[/URL]
the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... /SinclairUser02900045.jpg"]SU29 review of the book[/URL].)
... to find other books in the series though :razz:[/strike] ...Taswide on the TZX archiveHi people, Quick question: Why does the 16K side of Taswide have Romantic Robot's Genie program on the end of the Taswide one? Anybody know? Thank…
Hi people,
Quick question:
Why does the 16K side of Taswide have Romantic Robot's Genie program on the end of the Taswide one?
Anybody know?
Thanks!Is it possible to access the +3 disk drive via m/c in USR0 mode?Is it possible to access the disk drive of the +3 via m/c +3DOS calls when running in USR0 mode? I ask because I'm having an awful lot of trouble ge…
... 2 for rom 0 at the point and I don't know ... FILENAME.BAS on the disk and the carry flag gets set after the call to ... is not set upon return and the accumulator holds a value of ... 'm doing a CLEAR 49050 and injecting the code into address 48796 ...AA car insureance the B*******I have been with the AA for my car insureance and road side recovery for a year now and they sent me a rather attractive renewal quote and said I nee…
... reading the letter and they say they cancelled the policy and that ... than the renewal quote and cannot and will not match the quite ... tried to call me on the 4th and didn't get through ... them regarding the renewals quote (before and aftet the policy renewals ...
