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HMV, Game, and Gamestation to close down?Has anyone heard if the (British?) shops HMV, Game, Gamestation and maybe others are to close down? A bloke at work today claimed he'd been told by a…
... 'd heard it on the radio, and one of the typists had (very ... and it's probably not true, but it's been rumoured on the ... 'net for months now that Game and/or ... worrying financial situation and reduce overheads, the beleaguered retailer has ... -
Cause of the financial breakdown?I've written down (dictated) from a video, what Lord James of Blackheath said on the 16th February 2012 in the House of Lords. Though you can probab…
... meeting. It is available on the internet and I am astonished that it ... Reserve-and its audit review to the end of July 2010 on the ... percent and 2.5 percent profit per night. The compound interest on ... bureau and find out the truth of what is going on here ... -
Pip The Pipistrelle[color=red]*COMING SOON*[/color] Pip The Pipistrelle I am going to put all the game details,instructions and story here now and simply update this t…
... cold wet morning on the hill and steam rises gently from the grass as ... from the bat roost on the 60th floor,he is injured and too ... used for the layers of frozen ice on the moat and again a ... conveyor effect is used for the surface of the ... -
Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
... short time. Phil and I worked together on The Hobbit, and on another game, Penetrator ... they would be implemented, the puzzles, and so on. The concept was to make ... a million copies on the Spectrum, and that it was the first game ever ... -
Your views on... The Fourth ProtocolOkay, so it gets a lil mention here... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=35863&highlight=fourth+protocol[/url] [url]http:/…
... yet seen the film and certainly hadn't read the book, but ... got into it, despite the lack of blam blam ... Every little advancement in the game felt like a real ... fun just staring at the screen, racking my brains ... completed it, and I doubt I'd have the patience to ... -
wos-like website for zx81, sam-coup? and qlthis website [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org[/url] is awesome, and were helping a lot on the preservation and retrodevelopment for zx-spectrum si…
... is awesome, and were helping a lot on the preservation and retrodevelopment for ... for zx81, sam-coup? and ql would be great, ... they are significant anyway, and there are still active ... here interested on start something like?
thanks and cheers! ... -
"I, Of The Mask" inlayI thought I'd rescan and clean up the inlay. The one in the WOS archive is a bit grimy: [IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/mlucifersam/Retro…
... art for the game which was used on the magazine adverts and it was ... consigned to a tiny box on the back on the ... inlay and (IMO) an inferior piece of art was used on the ... -
Simple explanation of interrupts (in the context of Z80/Speccy)I wondered if somebody on here could explain in simple terms how interrupts work on the Speccy and where interrupts are source from. Are they a natur…
... simple terms how interrupts work on the Speccy and where interrupts are source ... about non-maskable-interrupts in the case of resetting a ... this is probably common-knowledge on the board, so if there is ... an FAQ on interrupts, maybe you could point me in the right ... -
Platform games you *must* play?I've finally gotten around to buying Braid on XBox Live!, I played the demo years back on the PC and meant to buy it, but my backlog is so huge that …
... on XBox Live!, I played the demo years back on the PC and ... look 3D are fine. And they can have non- ... , even though it's heavy on the shooting/inventory side too). ... ,
some of the JSW and MM rewrites are very ... t recall them at the moment (and I'm about to ... -
usr0 issue on grey +2 with DivIDEUp until today i've only used the DivIDE with my toastrack 128 and with no issues. Today I had a grey +2 on the go and if DivIDE is connected and I t…
... +2 on the go and if DivIDE is connected and I type USR0 the Spectrum ... just freezes. Disconnect the DivIDE and all ... 3 different grey +2s and all do the same. Is this a ... -
satellite TV reception problemI finally got a digital TV last year - under duress - (just a free satellite setup) and, although it did work OK over the winter, I knew that there'd…
... which messes up the reception; some heavy rain clouds and it's pixellation ... city - and forget it if ... analogue; just stuck an aerial on the chimney and it worked. Progress? -
AY and playing musicHi I have been starting to do some democoding but completely have no clue on music playing / AY programming. Any hints/tips? I have tried some of th…
... but completely have no clue on music playing / AY programming. Any ... have tried some of the module players on the net , and they are mostly ... -
For Sale: Incomplete Plus 2 and 128+ machinesI've got the following for sale or swap: Plus 2 motherboard and keyboard (grey model) 128+ motherboard, lower casing and heatsink 48+ keyboard with …
... mates rates as the people I've brought from on WOS have ... Naboo on the N64, Independence Day on the PS1 and Sega Saturn, Crash Bandicoot on the PS1 and ... Solar Jetman, Elite and Lemmings on the ... -
The Doctor Who thread (2012 edition)Either I've missed the traditional Doctor Who thread this year, or no one's bothered to make any (and if not, why not?). Anyway, we're currently on s…
... time/whatever? And when Rory and Amy were on the roof and Amy was climbing ... onto the ledge both Amy and ... , and the last few minutes, from the time Rory and Amy end up on the roof ... -
So what's the building sequence?Hi to all Since ages I wanted to create my own program on the speccy and then offer it to people so they could enjoy (or laugh about it xD ) Now as…
... my own program on the speccy
and then offer it ... as fas as I understood the concept, you have to ... I'm confused here) and then I could save it ... well :)
Now the question is: did I get ... is make the BASIC program, assemble it and send the TZX to ... -
Spectranet and toastrack issueI've been using my spectranet with no problems on my standard 48k but just started using it on the toastrack and am having an issue. That being that…
... but just started using it on the toastrack and am having an issue ... but still works and plays the music). All the 48k offerings on his webserver ... />
I looked at the docs on the spectranet and the only thing I see ... -
Children's ITV's "Old Skool Weekend"On the 5th and 6th January, CITV is showing loads of their old shows from the 80s and 90s: [url]http://www.a516digital.com/2012/12/classic-childrens-…
On the 5th and 6th January, CITV is showing ... of their old shows from the 80s and 90s: [url]http://www ... House (1994)
2:00 Knightmare (1993)
2:30 Fraggle ... House (1995)
2:00 Knightmare (1993)
2:30 Fraggle ... -
Differences between the commercial games of the 80s and the ones nowWhats the main one or main ones differences between the commercial games back in the 80s and 90s and the ones released now that have the same level? …
... differences between the commercial games back in the 80s and 90s and the ones released ... now that have the same ... has to be that now the sound aspect is much more ... details in presentation of the game and graphics :) -
+2B and Lots of Extras!Have a +2B, Alphacom Printer, Tape Deck, Light Gun and a load of games on eBay. You can view the auction [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl…
... and a load of games on eBay.
You can view the ... br /> This is the +2B I mentioned on the Hardware section [URL=" ... PSU and works like a charm, so the PSU ... 've a +3 on the way and a boxed 48k, ... /> Si
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Legal issues about PS2 Games on PS3This came to my mind while reading the thread about all speccy games should be free to download right now. I own a PS1, a PS2, a PS3 and a PSP, PS1 …
... and a PSP, PS1 games worked on the PS2, as they work on the PS3, and ... as we all know, the ... PS2 CD's don't work on the ... games became available to download and play on the PSP, PS3 & PS ... -
eBay woes. Advice needed please.This is not really how I wanted my birthday to turn out but here goes. On Sunday just gone I won [URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/281085302148"]this[…
... synth as they're heavy things.
The Royal Mail delivery ... me that the postage has not been paid on the package and that I ... little upset at the closing price of the auction and probably thought it ... too as, if you click on the seller's name to find ... -
Adventures on the Spectrum (Mike Gerrard) bookDoes anyone have a copy of [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000932"]this[/url] they'd be prepared to part with? I had a copy …
... back in the day, and although it is part of the WoS archive ... I would like to have the real thing again.
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Spectrum TRD Images on the PCLo folks, little tech/hardware? problem :) In short im trying to find a way to read the name of a trd disk, ie, the label, on the PC, if it even has…
... a trd disk, ie, the label, on the PC, if it even has ... images without any booter in the emulator, but i have absolutely ... no idea of the syntax, kinda confusing really.
16 colours on a Timex Sinclair 2068I'm putting a few videos up on YouTube, the first one shows the colours on the TS2068. [url]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tJ1qIMcTUE[/url] Brigh…
... few videos up on YouTube, the first one shows the colours on the TS2068.
on the TS2068, and the same is true on the TC2068 and TC2048.Poke on +2 greyhi, should i poke 65535,0 or 65536,0 in the first case i get OK 0 but in the second one i get "B interger out of range,0:1" i am trying to load z…
... 65536,0
in the first case i get OK ... 0 but in the second one i get "B ... zynaps and the second the load finish i get a reboot on the spectrum and then ... is strating on 16k mode (i ...Stack 100 Light Pen "not available for the Spectrum"I notice that WoS has the "Stack 100 Light Pen" in the archive, but according to the companies own advert, it is not available for the Spectrum: [ur…
... Light Pen" in the archive, but according to the companies own advert ... , it is not available for the Spectrum:
[url] ... ]click on the advert, and it is stated underneath the product name at the top ... a Stack 100 Light Pen, and it is clearly designed to ...Is there Monty on the run 128 music?By far imho this Rob Hubbard tune on the c64 pushed that sid chip to the limits, what a great tune. Ive tried to youtube a speccy version only to fin…
... imho this Rob Hubbard tune on the c64 pushed that sid chip ... to the limits, what a great tune ... version or has anyone replicated the c64 track? Cant see it ...The making of R-Type on the speccy book, free downloadBob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [u…
Bob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [url]http://bizzley.com/[/url]Defective +2 grey with only random coloured screen while powering onHi, so the story goes: After buying myself an divIDE and a grey +2, this runs well for a few days. But while playing a game the picture stucks and …
... playing a game the picture stucks and gets random coloured.< ... and the divIDE. Maybe I moved all this interfaces a little bit on the ... the speccy on, I only get a random coloured picture most white and ... I press any key on the spectrum and even the +2 reset button ...TimexPLAY: Use the PLAY command from T/S2000 BASICI've ported SoftPLAY to the Timex. Now you can use the PLAY command on the TC2068 or TS2068. Because of the different clock speed and frequencies of …
... the PLAY command on the TC2068 or TS2068. Because of the different clock speed and ... slightly off for both machines and the tempo is slightly faster for ... the TS2068. But then the pitch is off for the BEEP command on the 128 and ...
