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the running man +3 diskHi , ive got the above title boxed as new , comes with the novel as well , is it any use to the wos team Andy
Hi , ive got the above title boxed as new , comes with the novel as well , is it any use to the wos team
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Connecting a 3.5inch external drive to a +3 Anyone help me on this subject. I have tried connecting a DS/DD 80-track 3.5 inch disk drive to the Drive B port of my +3, but I can't get it to fo…
... 3.5 inch disk drive to the Drive B port of my ... I can't get it to format any disk, all I ... error report.
Upon startup the +3 recognises that there is ... a Drive B connected. The external drive has jumper connections ... -
INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHAS - Obscure High score table messages...After posting a message about this game on the 'first three games you bought' section, I got thinking more about this game. When you typed certain m…
... message about this game on the 'first three games you bought ... you typed certain messages onto the high-score table on ... , it would sometimes change to some strange and obscure statement ... 'Dave' for example, it changed to 'The cardboard box' or something similar ... -
MicroMart battle semi-final has started - go and vote for the Spectrum!We've been following this lately, and the first semi-final has begun between the Speccy and the Amstrad to find the greatest home computer of all tim…
... has begun between the Speccy and the Amstrad to find the greatest home computer ... to the forum page and find the Retro Computer section. The poll is at the ... all help the Spectrum see off the Amstrad and make it to the final ... -
Anyone remember the game 'Minder' ?Hi, only just found this forum! Was 12 years old when I got me Speccy, I think Lunar Jetman was the very first game I played. Anyway... Minder. I h…
... to recall you bought stuff and sold it (there... the ... didn't go back to the lockup you basically avoided ... never actually needed to go back to the lockup for any ... part of the game), ... truly appalling rendition of the Minder theme tune ... -
CD to Speccy?Has anyone copied tape games (or TZX etc) to an audio CD? I had an idea to burn an audio CD and then connect a portable CD payer to the speccy. I'm …
Has anyone copied tape games (or TZX etc) to an audio CD?
I had an idea to burn an audio CD and then connect a portable CD payer to the speccy.
I'm a newbie so please be gentle LOL.
Been done before??
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Once again about the +3 Disk drive problemI am facing a strange problem with one +3.In the beggining I though it was the drive belt problem which I have proptly replace. The error was still t…
... a step further and change the cable to the disk drive. Once again ... the same error.(Missing address mark error). The ... . Shall I try to solder all the pins below the FDD controller? Please ... -
WOS and the IDSAI recently listened to the latest edition of Retrogamingradio ([url]www.retrogamingradio.com[/url]). In it, there was mention of the IDSA threatening…
I recently listened to the latest edition of Retrogamingradio ... mention of the IDSA threatening the WOS with regards to certain ... and platforms that are familiar to the European retro enthusiast.
... a bit demeaning to the poor old Spectrum. The obvious 'Zee X ... -
Name the cosmic gameHi guys (+Knighlore), I still miss one game. The game was written in Basic (maybe with occassional jumps to the machine code). You had to control som…
... with occassional jumps to the machine code). You had to control some space ... , it was not possible to look out to the free space. There was ... . But I remember the font - it was similar to Alien 8 and ... cosmic style. I liked to break the game with CAPS SHIFT+SPACE ... -
Rediscovering my inner Spec-chumIt's been a LONG while since I last felt like this about Spectrum retrogaming. My interest in my current websites waned quite a bit over the past cou…
... add to
the site and make it a real portal to the ... A documentary. Go back to the roots of the YSRNRY website and do ... /> *hint*), and the games span from the ZX80 in 1980 to the Speccy in ... to play it with.
Horace Goes Skiing being played on the ... -
Relative price of the spectrum As Im sure you all know one of the biggest selling points of the speccy was its price.I was reading the other day that the 48K Spectrum cost ?175 - …
... know one of the biggest selling points of the speccy was ... good value compared to the other stuff on the market. The C64 that came ... out in the same year ... this very complicated, but was the speccy more expensive in europe? -
From Tape to TZX - I quit....Yes I've read some posts on this topic... Here's the deal: I have some rare old Spanish game that is of interest to the community (particularly Span…
... on this topic... Here's the deal:
I have some ... game that is of interest to the community (particularly Spanish Speccy archives ... rates and nothing. I throw the towel. Could anyone please tell ... me the correct sampling rate and bits ... -
The ZX-Files has been updatedFinally got around to adding my exclusive wallpapers and icons to The ZX-Files website over the last couple of months, if anyone fancies a look. Ther…
... wallpapers and icons to The ZX-Files website over the last couple of ... a bunch of other stuff to download including some exclusive games ... -
I just received the Your Sinclair CD CollectionToday I received the Your Sinclair CD collection and it is brilliant, well up to the awesome standards of Mort's other CD collections (Crash and that…
... it is brilliant, well up to the awesome standards of Mort's ... and Your Spectrum (the latter being, to my mind, the best computer magazine ... with Crash) to anyone with an interest in either the ZX Spectrum ... all of us to Mort, thanks for all the hard work mate ... -
Harry Potter (gameboy colour to speccy)I was just playing Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (which I brought of E-bay for my daughter's birthday - got to test it) on Gameboy Colour a…
... legal reasons (like EA owning the rights to the games) mean a remake ... is out of the question and was ... be able to handle it's own version of the Gameboy Colour ... -
Was it Search for the Crystal Sphere??Does anyone remember an adventure game, I think it was called "Search for the Crystal Sphere". You started up in a deserted town of about 10 locati…
... (heart of the game), each of the 4 directions led to a new ... 't remember the other. I remember the gruesome task of having to hack ... you found a portal back to the crossroads.
It was ... -
Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…
... quite understod what the hell I was supposed to do. So I ... inch widescreen television and came to the conclusion that it still was ... pointless trying to figure out what the hell the game was about ... their time to maybe program some hints or help in the game ... -
Shocker: C64 to be relaunched!Just read this piece on PC Word: [url="http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0"]http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0[/url],aid,111556,00.asp Is that …
... what? Tulip computers relaunching the C64 due to a resurgence of interest ... happen to the retro scene, and the emulation scene?
Will the c64 ... relaunch lead to a clampdown on the emulation/archive scene for the ... -
I just registered to ask one questionGive me 10 (or more reasons) about why is it exactly that it was better to have a Spectrum instead of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do yo…
... that it was better to have a Spectrum instead ... of a Commodore back in the eighties. And why do ... I just got hooked to the thing after getting Warajevo about ... a better word processor for the Spectrum? I really feel ... so good using the apps. It makes me ... -
Attic Attac - return of the Speccy!I had gone to my hometown over the weekend to my grandma's place. And while investigating the attic, I found a trunk full of Speccy goodies includin…
I had gone to my hometown over the weekend to my grandma's ... Has anyone managed to load games via the emulator using an external ... from my audio system (stereo) to the Line in of my soundcard ... welcome since I desperately want to transfer the tapes to my system. -
The Text Adventure whats it called?Back in ye olde days me and my brothers used to play this text adventure game but like so many cant remember the name of it. Basically it started wi…
... or Orcs, well near to the start. But the main bit we remember ... river, when suddenly the boat would start to fill with water, with ... the things we had we kept trying to ... fill the hole but nothing would ... -
ALIENATE - final version of the ZX-demo! (MOD music!)Hi there! Next new-school demo from HOOY-PROGRAM is here: [url="http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/alienat.zip"]http://republika.pl/hooyprogram/alienat.…
... required. USR0 mode. You know the score.
Supports General Sound ... couldn't move the blocks for GeneralSound to the end of the tape,
the memory is empty :-/ Tape
the tape, though.
Two Manic Miners in the top 100 games table?A while ago I was checking the top 100 games (according to WoS visitors' votes), but I couldn't help notice that there are [I]two[/I] distinct "Manic…
... .6 (at the time of writing). The first entry refers to the Software Projects ... re-release version, while the second to the ... original Bug-Byte version. Now, since the [I ...The AbyssI tell you what, one of the best games for the spec is the Abyss. Its written in Basic, but it provides an almighty challenge to the modern gamer. Ch…
I tell you what, one of the best games for the spec is the Abyss. Its written in Basic, but it provides an almighty challenge to the modern gamer. Check it out. You wont be dissapointed.Im no mathematician, but some of the RUNES are impossible.Games that looked good from the screenshots but....Nothing was more disappointing than shelling out a load of pocket money on a game that looked really good from the screenshot, but turned out to be a…
... really good from the screenshot, but turned out to be a load ... great in the screenshots, but didn't have the gameplay to go with ... is not eligible for entry to the hall of shame)
C64's SID music on ZX - the demo is HERE!!I'm proud to announce, that two great persons from Central Europe - Poke & Omega - have made something really important for Spectrum world. Now ZX …
I'm proud to announce, that two great persons ... with SIDsound mode!) and listen to the music!! 14 minutes of completelly ... [/url]
For now the prog works only on following ...Anyone want to swap all my tapes, for all systems, for game carts?I live in terrace house, not much bigger than the ones on Coronation Street. I don't have a whole lot of spare room left, and my wife, bless her, obj…
... house, not much bigger than the ones on Coronation Street. I ... , bless her, objects to the house 'being filled floor to ceiling with your ... /> So, I am mainly going to collect games consoles and carts ...Foo Fighters & The SpectrumBit of a strange one this dunno if it's been mentioned before. Anyway, I've just been doing a bit surfing, catching up on my favourite bands websites…
... 've just checked out the Foo Fighters. On the homepage if you ... Black Box you're taken to the Black Box page (obviously!!) take ... the computer keys all down the page, look familar?. I even had to ... pull out my old Speccy to ensure the keys matched ...LensKey - The LENSLOK EMULATOR!!!!!!!!!!Here is the link to the site: [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.owen/lenskey/"]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/simon.owen/lenskey/[/url] Is thi…
Here is the link to the site:
[url="http:// ... house).
Got the link from The Bird Sanctuary site:
Speccy Tour : Approaching the last two hot weeksHello Specchums! Firstly, I invite all of you to watch how the competition is at the moment [url="http://www.speccy.org/st03"]http://www.speccy.or…
... of you to watch how the competition is at the moment
to encourage the players readers of this forum to do a ... qualified will be the ones to choose the selected games for the tour.
to give more weight to the votes that people ...
