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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?
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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...) :D -
Speccy 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.
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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. :(
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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?
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Wolfenstien 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..
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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,
How is the Spectrum to live on when we are all dead???We have had 25 years of the Spectrum and it lives on in us all and as long as WOS is here, on the Internet. Because of this, it will be alive as long…
... 25 years of the Spectrum and it lives on in us all ... long as WOS is here, on the Internet. Because of this, it ... like!!! Will Ebay still sell the them LOL!!
Dickygames with music track on side B of the tape (skate or die?)i saw someone mention that the skate or die tape had a music track on the B side, but it's not mentioned on the WOS listing and i can't find a mentio…
... tape had a music track on the B side, but it's ... not mentioned on the WOS listing and i can ... with audio from the arcade game on side B of the tape, but ... i can't find mention of it on ... find it. (nb, star ray on the amiga came with a music ...Spectrums on the TV and/or in movies?Hi, I've seen a number of threads on these forums about Spectrum sound being used on TV, but does anyone know of any films or TV programmes that act…
... seen a number of threads on these forums about Spectrum sound ... being used on TV, but does anyone know ... Spectrum visible on screen?
Other home computers of the time ...Dam the new Football Manager 2009I got FM 2009 3 days ago...I was all excited and waiting for it, I bought 2006, got a copy of 2007, and decided not to buy or get 2008 (I realised a …
... /> from my experience, the has always had bugs since the CM team changed ... I rather play the "game as it came on the disk"...
the bugs and crashes come from...the game fits in ...BASin r14d - Final bugfix for the r14 seriesOk, there's not a great deal to "show" here, as most of the work has been going on "under the hood" so to speak. And there's been a [i]lot[/i] of wor…
... here's the obligatory "What's new", or list of bugs fixed ... /> Fixed - String operations on the context menu in the editor (such as tokenise ... - OVER 1 mode in the paintbox appeared twiced on the menu.(ZXBruno)
bugs for me.
...Speech reproduction on the Speccy - 2009 style?Thanks to Chapter 33 of [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000388"]Super Charge Your Spectrum[/url] by David Webb - "Speech Repr…
... play them back through the speaker at the same rate as they ... ] allowed you to easily change the sampling rate, too - which ... just like you'd overdosed on amphetamine and helium.
< ... expect a full explanation of the required algorithm complete with pseudo ...25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... since I joined the scene in 1996. On the down side I ... news server.
On the up side I've contributed ... bugs in the Spectrum ROM
* Clearing up who owns the copyright on ... email
* Track 2 on the Spectrum EP from Plastic Raygun ...Aliens vs. Predator has been released for the XBox!!!Aliens vs. Predator, the superb PC first person shooter (the first AvP, not the inferior AvP 2) has been released for the XBox! You need to download…
... are selected by pressing the "Start" button on the control pad. To escape ... from a menu, press the "Back ... have their own label on the key config page. The mappings for UP ... let me know of any bugs with this too.
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…
... the first ISS for PS1) I remember all PES having small bugs ... , that rarely show (like the ball hittinh the bar ... find a huge bug on the game... and in a ... br />
around the 2nd half, minute 70 ( ... back to the game (tired...) and when the game finishes ...Remapping the keyboard on WinUAE Amiga emulatorYes, I know I should be asking this a Lemon or English Amiga Forum but as I've read so far from other's posts they are either nice but too techy to u…
... see where to do this on the emulator - Input page - but there ... options - Configuration 1-4 at the top. Parrallel Joystick 1, Parallel ... that apears on that page?
And when the keys have ... have to worry about the settings in the 'Game and IO ports ...The most atmospheric Speccy and non-Speccy games?I was playing Alien vs. Predator (the XBox port of the 1999 PC first person shooter) yesterday, as the Marine, and I was going through the dark, lit …
... , but is the most atmospheric game on the Spectrum.
On other machines ... as 3D Deathchase on the Spectrum though). And Goldeneye on the N64 could be ... who portrays Riddick) and the heavy atmosphere of the game.
Speaking ...Can't surf the net while PS3 is onDoes anyone know how I can solve this? Everytime I turn on the PS3, all the pc's and laptops in the house struggle to open a page. Why does the PS3 h…
... this? Everytime I turn on the PS3, all the pc's and laptops ... in the house struggle to open a ... page. Why does the PS3 hog all the bandwidth?
Digital Telly, Pressing the Red Button on the BBC help?Just watched Pyshcoville on BBC2. The announcer, link woman, her with the croaky voice, who sounds like she smokes too much and badly needs to cough,…
... watched Pyshcoville on BBC2. The announcer, link woman, her with the croaky voice ... don't have to, press the red button now.
... /> So I did. Where the dickens is the the next episode?
the red button, unless there is ...The Goldfinch updates thread([url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=25034]original announcement thread here[/url] - I figured it was worth starting a new to…
... and hopefully getting updates of the "little and often" ... with mass storage on the Spectrum (hopefully including the current holy grail ... gasman/goldfinch/tree/master]over on the Github site[/url] it ... 've introduced massive showstopper bugs which will become all ...Attn: XBox users (original XBox, not the 360)On the original XBox, game patches were sometimes issued, to fix problems with the games, or to add new in-game levels, or whatever. The patches were…
... ?), then you'd miss out on the game patches (which sometimes just ... unlocked stuff that was already on the game DVD that you'd ... . 347 blocks
Hellbringer - new heavy mech. 396 blocks
Loki ... - new heavy mech. 385 blocks
Raven ...
