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Witness Video Game History: Attend Atari Landfill Excavation on April 26When Atari couldn't sell the ultra-awful E.T. game (for the Atari 2600) they then allegedly buried the unsellable millions of cartridges in the deser…
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Python script to scrape Amazon.com book reviewsI've been meaning to read the Gollancz Fantasy Masterworks (roughly 40 books) and Sci-Fi Masterworks (roughly 100+ books) lists for a while now, but …
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The Man in the High Castle Philip K.**** (1323)
The Man in the High Castle Philip K.**** (1323)
OTLA High Speed LoaderHas anybody used this: [url]https://code.google.com/p/otla/[/url] It's basically a was of loading games into a real speccy in about 30 seconds. Th…
Has anybody used this:
[url]https://code.google.com/p/otla/[/url]
It's basically a was of loading games into a real speccy in about 30 seconds.
There is a vid here of a guy loading Traxx with it:
[url] ...Looking for a new font for my game[FONT=Calibri][SIZE=3]I?m using a font in my new game that I am reusing from a previous game. It could do with being changed but drawing a new font i…
... a new font is not high on my fun list. Does ...SSD on an old laptop - a question for the system builders among you.I'm upgrading an old laptop from Win XP to Win 7. I've bought one of these [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-crucial-m500-slim-msata-ssd-msa…
... -7-covert-msata-ssd-as-high-speed-7mm-25-ide-ssd ...ANN: Lunar Jetman for Window Phone 7/8/8.1Finally... after work getting in the way of play... it's released!!! Lunar Jetman is a tough cookie (pun intended :lol: ), in my opinion is perhaps …
... for touch. Features Currah speech, high score table saved.... and when ...Unusual custom turbo loaders - with sourcesI have always been fascinated by turbo loaders; my games all feature a TZX version with one of such schemes implemented, and I have been experimentin…
Buyers bewareRecently over on facebook I made a deal with a guy to buy a Commodore 1541 II Disk Drive, it was out of alignment apparently, plus there could have b…
... get it in before 12 noon it usually gets there the ...Question to all of you ex-patsBefore the question, I must mention a few things... I left Portugal in 1995 when I was 17. Was young and foolish and left before finishing High Scho…
... foolish and left before finishing High School and came to the ... /apartment and the rent is high. I hear of WOSser ex ... do. All I have is High School and hands-on experience ...Retro Games for those in Portsmouth UK areaFor all those intrested in buying retro games in the shops, those members in Gosport, Portsmouth and Fareham might want to take a look in FOURTH PLAC…
... in FOURTH PLACE in Gosport High Street... I went in today ...U.S. Gold Kickstarter - 'The Story of U.S. Gold'I searched but could not find info about this so here you go. [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf_FFXVt-H8[/url] The U.S. Gold Book The book, '…
... finished to the very same high standard adopted for 'The History ...New version Emulator ZEsarUX-1.0Hi I have uploaded a new version of my Spectrum/ZX80/ZX81 emulator. This is a major stable version, with real timing for all the models and with hi-…
... some bugs with AY Chip (high envelope frequency, tone&noise ...Popular Computing WeeklyHope someone can help me, I've been typing in a whole heap of early Type-ins for the Amstrad CPC 464 and have typed in a program, though it's not wor…
... program, I'm unsure if high quality scans will help me ...48k temperamental loadingHi, Was using my 48k this evening using the Speccy tape app via my iPad as usual. First game loaded up ok, but then from there on in nothing at al…
... recapped and refurbed to a high standard this year by a ...browsing/data usage Qroughly how many MBs of data would you expect to have downloaded after 1 hour of casual web browsing - no vid/music streaming or file-downloading, ju…
... 30MB of data which seems high?
I've googled ...CatsAnyone on here good with cats? Got 2 females...both just over a year old, both have been done and they are sisters. They have always been fine with…
... fence (it's quite a high fence...just short of 6 ...Spectrum 4Ever High Score Challenge July 2014[youtube]T6lecx_AIO0[/youtube]
[youtube]T6lecx_AIO0[/youtube]Albert the wolf: A "make your own platform" open-AGD gameSo here it is you can find it within the usual dropbox folder (there is also a rzx to see how the game works..sort of.. and a TAP for the real hard…
... you drop t from too high you will crash it). You ...Parallax scrolling - Shadow Of The Beast tech demoHi there folks! I thought I'd post what I've been pottering around with for the last couple of weekends. I've been experimenting with doing multi-la…
... 't match up to the high standards expected of it, especially ...Interview with skeleton #2 from Curse Of SherwoodGood evening and welcome to my interview with an unsung hero, or should I say, villain from the ZX Spectrum scene. Speccy owners on a pocket money bu…
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Skeleton #2 ...Interview with Daz Coombes, prolific pirate from 1987 onwardsIt's taken literally seconds to track down Darren 'Daz' Coombes, the local kingpin of the ZX Spectrum games piracy scene for Basingstoke. Daz took on…
... the main deck, hit the high speed dubbing button, and away ...I've got the World Record High Score for New Zealand Story!According to [url="http://highscore.com/profile/?u=806"]highscore.com[/url], anyway...haven't seen anything else online that suggests otherwise. This…
According to [url="http://highscore.com/profile/?u=806"]highscore.com[/url], anyway...haven't seen anything else online that suggests otherwise. This is the arcade version btw, and can be witnessed in Nice n Sleazys in Glasgow.Bypassing bits of faulty ULAs: the LOAD!Hi everybody, Recently I had a sick Spectrum sent to me. The symptoms were that the machine would run fine, except that it wouldn't load. The border…
... input started, it was remaining high all the time except for ...Starquake 2 for the Atari ST video.Here's my long lost demos of what was done for 'Starquake 2' on the Atari ST. I did the graphics and Paul Hughes programmed it. There's 3 versions sh…
... Spectrum game heroes for the high score table too! (the music ...Audio in on Spectrum +2a - not working properly?I know this has been documented before but I seem to be having some issues. I have done the mod documented on here where the jack is desoldered, th…
... goes straight from not being high enough for the Spectrum to ...Retro Computers/Gaming Movies & TV ShowsThere's some really interesting retro computer/gaming related movies and TV shows out there at the moment, with some others in production. I've put t…
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In the high-tech gold rush of modern ...Jetpac walkthrough with commentaryHi Here is my latest Spectrum Walkthrough with commentary: [URL="http://youtu.be/jyrYzx5txdE"]http://youtu.be/jyrYzx5txdE[/URL] This time it is for…
ZX Spectrum 48K Issue 3, loss of -5V rail.Hi all, I've googled this problem and poured over the electrical diagrams for the circuitry concerning the power supplies and I believe I know what …
... continuity checks - the resistance is high on the bottom right and ...ZX81 Composite mod on the cheap?Hi i'm looking for a good and cheap way to do a composite mod on a broken ZX81 that I have. I know there is a ZXvid on sellmyretro, but the price is …
Hi i'm looking for a good and cheap way to do a composite mod on a broken ZX81 that I have. I know there is a ZXvid on sellmyretro, but the price is a bit to high to me.
So I look for a cheaper way to do the job ;-)What board issue was the last in rubber key case?Just picked up another rubber key case and upon opening it i found an issue 4 board.I thought the board number was a bit high as though it should be …
Just picked up another rubber key case and upon opening it i found an issue 4 board.I thought the board number was a bit high as though it should be in a +?:confused:
