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Soviet "handmade" ZX Spectrum in actionThis is great. Apparently it's a "homemade" Soviet knock-off of the ZX Spectrum +3 built in 1991. It seems to be running a version of TR-DOS. [youtu…
This is great. Apparently it's a "homemade" Soviet knock-off of the ZX Spectrum +3 built in 1991. It seems to be running a version of TR-DOS.
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Best game(s) in Linux?OK, having read enough threads about Linux and having seen a few GUIs I have to admit I'm not all that interested in it ... sorry. But it got me thi…
... 'm not all that interested in it ... sorry.
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A Poke in the right place (ooer, matron).Hi there. If anybody out there can help, I just wondered what is the easiest, most reliable way to insert a poke in a loaded game, as I seem to remem…
... way to insert a poke in a loaded game, as I ... BY HALF!
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There's Something In The SeaThere's something in the sea...... [url]http://www.somethinginthesea.com/[/url]
There's something in the sea......
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Risk in giving away your phones imei number?Just found a program to sign an unsigned app for Nokia with s60. Thing is you have to enter your imei number into the program and then upload the res…
... wondering is there any risk in giving away your phones imei ... -
Very unimportant, but mention in passing - Compilation Xref links don't use WOS IDFor instance, part of the Lynx dump output for The Rainbow Collection is: [code] Full title [9]Rainbow Collection Year of release 199…
... Software Ltd
(3 titles in this compilation)
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The Best Use Of In-Game Physics?I'm sure most of you who play modern games have heard of the "Havok" game engine that models the behaviour of in-game objects / characters that inter…
... that models the behaviour of in-game objects / characters that interact ... and how successful were they in what they tried to achieve ... -
Recommended book (in WOS archive) for learning Z80 instructions?I have a very vague knowledge of a few Z80 instructions, but would like a comprehensive reference book. Can anyone recommend a decent book in the WO…
I have a very vague knowledge of a few Z80 instructions, but would like a comprehensive reference book.
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The Best Use Of In-Game Extras.Inspired by the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=24552"]In-Game Physics[/URL]" thread I was wondering which games you li…
... /forums/showthread.php?t=24552"]In-Game Physics[/URL]" thread I ... I like the added touch in Myth (I think it was ... were plenty of extra "behaviours" in Terramex (had to shoe that ... one in ;-) ) like riding on the vacuum ... -
UK magazine-alert - Retro Gamer - Manic Miner: The Lost LevelsThere is a four-page article by Stuart Campbell in Issue 63 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine about a compilation of 20 caverns called [i]Manic Miner: T…
... -page article by Stuart Campbell in Issue 63 of [i]Retro Gamer ... 's Forest" (Archimedes)
12. "IN A DEEP DARK HOLE" (Oric ... each cavern, and describes them in terms of a story.
in a series of emulators:
Saving game in ZX SpinHello. I am trying to save a game in Spin but the program tells me I am using an ambiguous file type. How do you do it?
Hello.
I am trying to save a game in Spin but the program tells me I am using an ambiguous file type.
How do you do it?Earthquake in LancashireNot its not a joke!!. [url]http://www.lep.co.uk/news/Earthquake-felt-in-Lancashire.5212434.jp[/url] [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8022583…
... .co.uk/news/Earthquake-felt-in-Lancashire.5212434.jp[/url]
In-Ulverston-Cumbria-According-To-British ...hi all in new to the spectrum need helphi all this is the fist spectrum iv owned and i need a bit of help iv got a zx +3e with an 512 cf card hdd and a 3.5 disk drive as b: iv formated…
... but when i put it in oimnflop it carnt find what ...Fragmentation on harddisks in WindowsI got this thought when I watched the defragmentation display: I have 67 % free space on my C: drive. The 33 % which contains data seems to be o…
... the info to the harddisk in a way that does not ...Game/s based in the Back to Skool themeImagine a much bigger school, or a new game with boys and girls again but bigger maps, or make the game even bigger by adding two streets, his house,…
... looking for him, a tree in the house where he and ... more than what was allowed in Back to Skool and Skool ...Retro Gamer complete run! ?offers/interest?Flushed with success at my sale of the complete Your Spectrum, I thought I'd ask around and see if any WoSsers would possibly be interested in acquir…
... WoSsers would possibly be interested in acquiring a complete run (to ... GOOD:
Issues 1 through 63 included!
Cover discs 1 ... /> It's a "reading copy" in bookseller terms, not a display ... 's taken a thump somewhere in the postal service's care ...'Videgame Nation' at the Urbis in ManchesterI mean 'VIDEOGAME nation'! This exhibition starts next week. I've lent PILES of stuff for it, I knew it all come in useful SOME day, and you can ev…
... , I knew it all come in useful SOME day, and you ... Ocean days if you walk in to the Ocean section with ... booklet - The crest is best in computer games
1x Rambo ...ANN: ArtField'2009 demoparty in RussiaOrganizer of [url=http://zxparty.nedopc.com]ArtField[/url] asked me to help with promotion of the party, so here is some info. ArtField is the annua…
... , which held for fifth time in Russia, Voronezh. It mostly dedicated ... party, you still can participate in compos. Compos are:
in every programming compo BASIC programs ...Help me to name some games![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnf_XqWGVKE[/youtube] Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing on this video,but sadly I can't …
... ???
62. Short Circuit
63. Operation Wolf
64. River ... Airwolf
136. 3 Weeks In Paradise
137. The Great ... 140. Juggernaut
141. Dangermouse in Double Trouble
142. Firelord ...
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Thanks in advance!Is our current parliaments predicament being reported in ur countries ?I just wondered if any of the forum members who don't live in UK could tell what sort of coverage this expenses claims trouble is getting in your cou…
I just wondered if any of the forum members who don't live in UK could tell what sort of coverage this expenses claims trouble is getting in your country ?What Speccy game(s) did you hate back in the day but enjoy nowI always hated Matchday 2. But I finally gave it the time of day this last week and decided it's actually pretty good...once you get past the 'big he…
... the time of day back in the golden years but enjoy ...'fun' deaths in speccy gamesno idea why this occurred to me while I was cycling through town earlier, but I remembered that in JSW when I was young I had more than one go at try…
... earlier, but I remembered that in JSW when I was young ... the top right hand screen in the game with the diagonal ... 6 screens to your death in the hall bit, which had ... to be the longest fall in the game. hopefully Im not ... other 'fun' deaths to attempt in spec games?Planning a meeting in Boxmeer (Holland, near German border)Hello to you all, I want to plan a meeting in Boxmeer this year. Since Boxmeer is near Germany I am also addressing the German readers here. I wi…
... want to plan a meeting in Boxmeer this year. Since Boxmeer ... I am thinking of somewhere in september.
[IMG]http ...+3 BREAK-key in FUSEI'm trying to locate the +3 BREAK key (for use in D.I.C.E) in the FUSE emulator. However, reading the docs and reading the source does not immediate…
I'm trying to locate the +3 BREAK key (for use in D.I.C.E) in the FUSE emulator. However, reading the docs and reading the source does not immediately yield a way. Does anyone know?Wrong authors in Stir Crazy Featuring BoboThe real authors of the Spectrum version, as you can read when you load the game are : Program : Brian Neuken Graphics : Drew Northcote The ones al…
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The ones already in the entry must be the ... of 16bit versions, thing usual in the Infrogrames inlays, since they ...Found in the meantime the emulator "SPECCY"- but was not listed anywhere in WOS. Tried to delete the message - no Luck :-(
- but was not listed anywhere in WOS.
Tried to delete the message - no Luck :-(Old arcade cabinet in pub shocker!There's an arcade cabinet in "Rufus T. Firefly's" (a rock pub on Hope Street in Glasgow) that has a trouser-load of Taito/Midway/Atari classics on it…
There's an arcade cabinet in "Rufus T. Firefly's" (a ... rock pub on Hope Street in Glasgow) that has a trouser ... urge to play these games in public for the first time ...Most repulsive thing you've ever seen in a speccy game?What's the most repulsive thing you've ever seen in a spectrum game? Has there ever been a game in which the main character has projectile vomited i…
What's the most repulsive thing you've ever seen in a spectrum game?
Has there ever been a game in which the main character has projectile vomited in a jazzy, multicoloured fashion?
