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Better late than never: the answers and results of the Quiz to end all Quizzes!First of all I would ask to excuse myself with those who have been waiting for the answers. But, besides work, study, etc., I had problems in verifyi…
... 4. You start on a conveyor belt and the first thing you ... [/I] series was ever released on the Spectrum...
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44. On which alien world would you find the Terrorpods?
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TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
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sna files on a real speccyHi, i have buyed a fine Spectrum +3 and now my question: can i copy *.sna files on 3" disk and run it on the real machine, or is a converting proce…
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Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…
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... disk drive led come on.
The screen just flashes black ... and white around
the border, almost like it is ... and RESET does not show the diag screen,
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#1 on Xmas eve...erm.. a bit of egoistic post this. But I couldn't pass it up! :) Right, a quick check on the member list will reveal that we have a new #1 poster. n…
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Right, a quick check on the member list will reveal that ...ZX PC Interface : The manual, schematics and more info... ZX <-> PC Interface ------------------- Contents 1) The ZX <-> PC Interface 1.1) What is it? 1.2) What does it do? 2) Install…
... commands are available on the ZX Spectrum.
The normal tapecommands like LOAD ...
This command will end the serverprogram on the PC.
2 ... P5 are D0 to D5 on the parallelportconnector
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About the Disciple heat problem.I was wondering if anyone knows how to solve the problem that Disciple interfaces have that start losing it after some time of usage. I know that the…
... anyone knows how to solve the problem that Disciple interfaces have ... is something with a sinkcooler on the voltage regulator but I don ... this can be fitted within the actual box. Does anyone have ... solve this?
By the way happy new yearName this adventureHi, I thought this adventure went by the name of "Escape from scunthorpe" but I cannot find it anywhere. It involved escaping firstly from a house &…
... thought this adventure went by the name of "Escape from ... escaping firstly from a house & then the town itself. Football holigans ... etc were encountered along the way.
Anyone ... Message was edited by: digicard on 2003-01-03 11:35 ]The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... this were just superb on the Spectrum. Play the C64 version and it ... - a joy to play on the Spectrum, whereas the C64 version has no ... identical, since they were written on the Amstrad and then ported to ...++off-topic++ Anyone else bought one of those 8-bit 'retro' consoles advertised on cable tv?tvOver christmas I was bored, and found myslef flicking through all the cable channels on NTL. They change the package so often, i have all but given u…
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It was advertised on the screen as a 'retro games ... only '84 in 1' on it. The instructions are very badly ... of English.
The games on it include;
...Ok, what specs do people run SPIN on?Hi all, Assuming that you do use ZX Spin, we'd like to get an idea of what kind of machines it's being run on, so we can get an idea of which pro…
... machines it's being run on, so we can get an ... there's suffiently low usage on the lower end of Pentiums/AMDs ... , we can enhance performance further on the higher processors by using some ... of the more optimised features of those ...Has anyone used the GP32 yet? It looks amazing....I've just read a review of the new GP32 hand held console, it seems to be more of a hand held computer than a console, and already has a load of emus…
... hard disc (128MB for ?40 on the GP32's site). Has anyone ... yet? What are the programs, in particular the Spectrum and SNES emulators ... better than the GBA?
The review I found was on the same ... site that sells the GP32, at:
T H E . S H A W . B R O T H E R S . . . did you play on these games? . . . . *website online now*There's a Spectrum section on our site at [url="http://www.sickhappyidle.com"]http://www.sickhappyidle.com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through…
... com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through the "Shaws" menu ... platform(MIA!)
03 Mole On The Dole: mole digging type
06 Robin The Outlaw: painful platform attempt
The Invasion Of The Intergalactic Mutant Halibut ( ...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…
... a message about this game on the 'first three games you bought ... typed certain messages onto the high-score table on this game, it ... ' for example, it changed to 'The cardboard box' or something similar ...Crash mags etc on cd Just to say the mags are still available, Zzap included. Crash and ZZap sets are currently ?20 each for the 5 cd set and Your Spectrum is ?5 for th…
Just to say the mags are still available ... currently ?20 each for the 5 cd set and ... Spectrum is ?5 for the 21 issues on 1 comprehensive cd. ( ... extra stuff not available on the web on both 5 cd sets ... />
Thanks for all the positive feedback so far guys ...Magnatron (Quazatron 2) is missing on WOSI may be going crazy, but Magnatron the follow up the massive hit Quazatron seems to be missing on WOS. I'm pretty sure this game was released on the…
I may be going crazy, but Magnatron the follow up the massive hit Quazatron seems to be missing on WOS. I'm pretty sure this game was released on the Spectrum. I wonder if I am spelling it correctly?the secret of arendarvon castlehello, I am searching for the game 'the secret of arendarvon castle'. All versions I've found on the web are dutch. have you got an english or german…
... '. All versions I've found on the web are dutch. have you ... game? if you've got the pretty book of this game ... me a word-scan of the source-code?
kind ...OT maybe: Surfing the web with C64 maybe someone can port this to spectrum?Hello! I just saw this on the net [url="http://dunkels.com/adam/contiki/"]http://dunkels.com/adam/contiki/[/url] 'The Contiki desktop environment i…
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I just saw this on the net [url="http://dunkels.com ... /adam/contiki/[/url]
'The Contiki desktop environment is a ... to have this aswell for the spectrum, or is it impossible ...Any info on 'Fred Loder'?Does anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder'? I'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, but I can't find any reference to it a…
... anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder ... 'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, ... reference to it anywhere on the net. It was a ... this guy started out on the lowest level of a ... through numerous levels to the surface, while avoiding various ...Any info on 'Fred Loder'?Does anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder'? I'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, but I can't find any reference to it a…
... anyone have any info on the Spectrum game 'Fred Loder ... 'm pretty sure the title of the game is correct, ... reference to it anywhere on the net. It was a ... this guy started out on the lowest level of a ... through numerous levels to the surface, while avoiding various ...CRONOSOFT - New Software releases for the SpectrumHere's what software is available from us, as of 10 Apr 2003: zxs1 - EGGHEAD IN SPACE - ?1.99 zxs2 - DEAD OR ALIVE - ?2.99 zxs3 - HOP 'N' CHOP - ?2…
... from our website, either buy on-line, or mail order:
We're always on the lookout for quality new games ... /utilities for the Spectrum, ZX81, C64, Vic, C16 ...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…
... maybe with occassional jumps to the machine code). You had to ... monitor with some numbers/coordinates on the Speccy screen. You could maybe ... CAPS SHIFT+SPACE and enjoy the source code printed using ... this cool font. The game itself was basically worthless ...Spectrum loses The Best Home Computer Ever competition!The Spectrum lost the Grand Final against the Amiga for 'The best home computer ever', a competition that was run by Micro Mart. The final result was…
The Spectrum lost the Grand Final against the Amiga for 'The best home computer ... was run by Micro Mart. The final result was:
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The Spectrum rallied slightly on the final day closing the gap by ... second, but at the same time glad the Amiga won. I ...The Invasion Of The Intergalactic Mutant Halibut (From Mars)"The Invasion Of The Intergalactic Mutant Halibut (From Mars)" This was first released by The Shaw Brothers under the slightly more sensible name of…
... and released on a compilation cassette by Mat Beal (of the Fish ... were 4 games on the compilation. Two of the other three were also ... "20-20 Vision". Also included on the tape was "Random Insult Generator ...Playing AY files on a real Spectrum?Hi all! I wonder if there's any program out there that can playback AY files on a real Spectrum? E.g., something that takes the AY file on a PC, ad…
... .g., something that takes the AY file on a PC, adds a ... TAP file for loading into the speccy?
Can't ... find much detail about the AY file format on the web, but apparently ...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 ... to the other stuff on the market. The C64 that came out in the same ... outside of the UK remember how much the speccy cost on its release ... this very complicated, but was the speccy more expensive in europe ...Name the TV series!Let's change the neverending name-the-game theme and help me to find out the name of British TV series! It was broadcast under the name "Predators" o…
... /> It was broadcast under the name "Predators" on the Czech TV, but it ... thrilling and I think that the clerk consulted all serious decisions ... with some computer and the computer advised him to ... some computer game appeared in the screen. That game was ...Whats the name of this game?Never played this game but remember the review and advert. I remember there being lots of alien vegetation around the foot of the screen and the revi…
... played this game but remember the review and advert. I remember ... alien vegetation around the foot of the screen and the review saying that ... thought it could have been on the Firebird label but couldn't ... deduce from the list on this site whether this ...MIA - THE GRIM REAPERHi , this is for Andy Barker or Degsy to have a look at , i have a game called " the grim reaper " , made in 1991 , i cant see it on the mia listing …
Hi , this is for Andy Barker or Degsy to have a look at , i have a game called " the grim reaper " , made in 1991 , i cant see it on the mia listing or the archive and wondered is there any reason or is it just another mianame the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... - anyone help me, the only real thing about it ... it was also based on the world cup and i think ... had to go through the qualifying stages first before ... going and playing the actual world cup. You ... instead of having the commentary based on No.10, No ...
