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TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... proper, royal pain - and I don't think it's just because of the ... custom turbo loaders.
I ... game didn't work properly, but side B, amazingly, was fine - it's ... -
Buggy/Rover magazine articleI had no sensible idea which forum seemed best to post this, so figured 'Misc' would be the best choice. There was in Sinclair User (unless memory…
... . I don't think it was ZX Computing as from what I recall I never ... buy.
I don't think it was Your Sinclair either as ... I suspect that was ... lines of "its possible to assemble it with a knitting needle ... -
Has anyone checked out AMOS2I just watched this:- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs-QOu8EAWY It looks promising but when I went to the guys site http://amos2.net …
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It looks promising but when I went to the ... net
I didn't think I could manage to install it manually without screwing ... up, so I'll have ... with beta tests etc. It looks like AMOS2 just might ... -
WiP New Utility TAPonDSKThere are a few utilities that transfer tape contents to +3 disk but most, if not all, require manual intervention to change the loader and/or rename…
... if anybody is interested. It actually works for a ... a tape version was I didn't think a tape version would ... was pleasantly surprised. I even got it to work with ... if it can't transfer the tape and I'm ... loader file called DISK so it autoruns from menu
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WHat is a reasonable price for self-storage?I was on the phone with a local depot and as I have never put anything in self-storage I don't know much about rates : I don't have a lot to store at…
... self-storage I don't know much about rates : I don't have a ... per month. I didn't think they be quite so expensive - I want it for several ... £60 per month if I was taking it for longer than two ... the going rate or should I try and haggle? -
The threat from the ISDAWhat does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if …
... copy of a program, I can't ever see anyone managing to ... on the argument that you didn't get your emulated copy of ... for the program, so I don't think it should matter where you actually ... got it from - courts, at ... -
Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…
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I don't think it is a good idea to ... make a homage to it ... if you havent played it though. Making ... and all) probably isn't possible, since the game is ... If you want to check it out, there are plenty ... -
Please help name the game...Sorry, another person with a bad memory needs your help. I'm trying to find out the name of a game I played when I was a kid. It was a 3D Racing gam…
Sounds a lot like Ironman Mike's Super Offroad Racer. I didn't think this was available on the Speccy! I used to play it on PC and Megadrive back in the day. -
Help making TZX filesHi. I've just found about 10 games that are missing perfect copies and i've tried using maketzx but i can't do it. When i run it it says 'searching …
... or i could type them out if you wish 'cos i don't think it ... would be possible to use quill without ... them. Like PAW. I ... and it was tat) and i can't find that anywhere so i'll ... -
girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
... I am. I think she has more of an aptitude for them or it ... more time to practise. I, on the other hand ... . Mind you, that didn't stop me playing my ... I can pick up fairly easily. I don't think it's because I ... 'm a girl, I think it's ... -
Here's a christmas present for you!SE Basic is no longer being developed.
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No, but it was a similar problem with ... programs fast and make it easier to enter them ... BASIC as fast as it can, whilst still maintaining ... my 486-50mhz - I don't think it will be anything useful ... or .z80 is possible. It wouldn't really make sense to ... -
New SID Spider PreviewHere's a small preview of what Sid Spider will look like with the updated graphics: [url="http://mondodizzy.members.easyspace.com/previewsid/preview…
... and then posted it here half done. I didn't like it was undone so ... it's me and him ... graphics and ideas. i also gave sid new definitive ( i think ) look.
Name the gamePlease help me remember... I'm looking for the name of a game in which you played an adventurer. This guy was trapped inside a maze of tombs and loo…
Wasn't that 'Freddy Hardest in Manhatten'? It was announced at the end of the first game but didn't realise it was made. I don't think it had a UK release (Tyger goes to look for the game...)TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
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Honestly, I don't think it would make any sense at ...TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... encoded tapes.
I just don't think we have the time ... /> So what i'm saying is that it is possible to be as ... . Oops, I'm confusing matters aren't I :)
I don't mean to ... to be honest and say I don't think it's worth the extra ...PiAt the risk of asking this question which I am damn sure has already been asked - Did anyone finish that godforsaken game 'PI' - Its not avaliable in…
I'm pretty sure Pi is in the archive.
I didn't finish ... it, to be honest I can't even remember how far I managed ... a little unique. Think I might try tracking it down again and giving ...Load games from mp3Hi, I'm a very new member of this forum, so please don't take offence of this topic. I'd like to know if I can load games from mp3 files. And if it…
... up on this one as I certainly didn't want to come across ... query?
Amigo, I acknowledge that it was your suggestion to ... - Audio CD. All I was saying is that I didn't think anyone had been ... MP3-compatible CD player i'll give it a go, and (perhaps ...What was this game called?I can't remember too much about this, but you were a sort of ball thing with a hole in the front that you could shoot a laser out of. You basically j…
"Nonterraqueous", that't it! Excellent. Thanks everyone. I didn't think anyone was going to get it from my rather poor description.Mire MareThis could have been posted before, but What is the myth surrounding this game..i've read reviews off different people and some say it was finished a…
I doubt whether it would really be very good. Personally speaking I didn't think ... the last few games Ultimate made (and I'm ... Having said that I would love to see what it looks like ... trying to crack it but it looks like it was probably a ...Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …
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I didn't think asking whether doom was 3d ... much arguement about what I really meant! All ... , barriers and such. I was just interested to ... shot at you retrogod :) it's just discussing. nothing ... ive got. ( which i think are all ) but youll ...Zynaps compo.Hi all. Lets make a competition with Zynaps. Ok? Grab a screen with some emulator of your score in game?s hi-score table. Post a link to that image …
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I didn't complete it, but I (think) I came close. Its been ... complete it, it just loops back to the begining again. I don't think you ... though.
Oh, and I didn't use any pokes either!You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
... . When you think of Origin making Ultima 4 (I think) free for ... distribution, you can't help but think that some of the ... distribution are plain rubbish. I don't think Origin and Sierra have ... done.
Either way I didn't say it was a good arguement, merely ...Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
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On 2003-08-08 00:18, needlej wrote:
(Woody - I couldn't get SPIN to reproduce this even with 'emulate ULA snow' turned on?)
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GFX.SnowEffect := (Registers.I >= 64) and (Registers.IIs spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
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Didn't think it was worthwhile coding the effect when the I register pointed ... only executes on a LD I,A opcode.
Besides ... /> Yeah, even with I set to $7e, I got no snow on ...Remakes for sale on Ebay, Legit ?Chuckie Egg... [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3041405931&category=11994&rd=1"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?View…
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> I have removed the listing and ...Help identifying a gameHello, I've come here looking for help identifying an old game which I have memories of, but I don't know the name. I wonder if anyone here can iden…
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On 2003-09-04 18:07, Alessandro Grussu wrote:
Could be [I]NOMAD[/I].
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I don't think it was, but it was very similar to that! The robot didn't move around with inertia like it does in NOMAD.Sequels that were better than the firstFOllowing on from disapointing sequels, how about sequels that were better than the first.. I nominate: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 2 Indiana Jones …
Well, I would have included Target Renagade ... the case of the former, I've only played TR a ... never played the other two. I didn't think the first International Karate game ... out on the Speccy, although it is a great game.
Driving games on the spectrumAs anyone got a favourite racing game , cars , bikes , trucks , bmxs etc , i cant think of to many classic speccy racing games (maybe full throttle) …
I admit I'm the only person ... actually like Crazy Cars 2. I think it was the F40 that did ... it, but even so...
... they're all ace, and I didn't think Super Hang-On was too ... a 'racing' game [I]per se[/I], but I found it pretty fun, and ...About buying Spectrum system for gaming. What kind of package?Hi, I've always been a C64 fan. No do not get me wrong, Spectrum was so rare here compared to Commodore. Lately I've been looking for Spectrum to pl…
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No, ... was very thrilled about it. He talked very highly ... Atac and that was it, I wanted one for my ... as the computer itself. I didn't think that the whole thing ... the Spectrum was when I got it, so that was ...OT: I hate modern music!Sorry for this off topic thread, but I've been subjected to one hip hop/ r'n'b record too many when out tonight. Why do we have to listen to this? …
... a 10 mile radius. i dont dislike it. i think it has its place. but ... . Many also said they didn't like Bonnie's voice, but ... singer. but when it comes to better, i don't think it's black and ... white. this is where i get ...
