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The Speccy got a small noticeFor you Norwegian/Swedish/Danish readers, here's an article about the "Most important computer in history": [URL]http://www.nettavisen.no/it/article2…
... about the "Most important computer in history": [URL]http://www. ... the Spectrum is mentioned in a few lines in this article, reading this ... was also lauched. It became a success, mostly of it' ...
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Trying to remember a gameHi All, Firstly, there was more than one game on this tape, but I'm not sure if that's because it was a compilation, or just that the person I'd acq…
... s because it was a compilation, or just that ... but mention the others in case it clicks for ... game, which you were a fella in a (kind of) maze. ... /> And finally, another was a Space Trading kind of game ... , full colour) menu at a spaceport -- unfortunately, I can ... -
Do you know this game (a dog in a kimono)?Hi, everyone! I'm looking for the game I used to play on my Spectrum, but I don't know the name. All I can remember, it was a platform game, the gr…
... I can remember, it was a platform game, the graphics was ... white and you were a dog wearing a kimono or something that ... looked like a kimono and you should kill ... -
Jonathan Cauldwell in Retrogamer!Jonathan Cauldwell, author of such superb games as Gamex*, Quantum Gardening, and about five billion others, including the excellent** Egghead series…
... Egghead series, is interviewed in this month's Retrogamer ... even possible to do in a playable form, and if ... Famer Jack in Harvest Havock was a sure win ... make a complimentary remark about a Spectrum game based in ... anyway around an egg without making a ... -
A familiar face at CERN....!?!!?Just so as I'm not multi-posting about the impending rip in the fabrics of the universe at CERN, I've posted this in a seperate thread from The God P…
... CERN, I've posted this in a seperate thread from The God ... /> Take a look at who's been spotted lurking in the background ... /> Rumours of a man walking around the collider dressed in black and ... carrying a suitcase, have yet ... -
Help Identifying a GameHello fellow Spectrophiles (now legal in 28 countries!), I need your expert help in identifying a particular game I used to play when I was but a la…
... need your expert help in identifying a particular game I used ... was but a lad, so that I can indulge in severe overdoses ... accurate, actually, because the game in question was also very dark ... around, and is always in a horizontal position as a result.
Romance is dead, or at least it's got a dead armIt's the wifes birthday tomorrow and I've got her a really nice card, but I had no idea what to get her, she has everything. So I came up with an id…
... and I've got her a really nice card, but I ... where the thread title kicks in.
I thought like ... there I'll write her a song, and this is what ... .
When I was sleeping in a bus stop, where were you ... I came up with that in about 20 seconds, and the ...A video interface for the Spectrum, MSX compatibleSo you can use the same code for displaying sprites, tiles, characteres, and so no, on both the Spectrum and the MSX. That is, the Spectrum now has a…
... is, the Spectrum now has a "dual-screen" feature: the well ... known ULA video output, and a TMS9929 video output.
in a matter of few hours.
in Spanish, but Google assisted translation ...Best unbeliavable story to a videogameI've been playing some old games SNES, and that got me back to Jungle Strike. it has probably the best plot I've ever seen in a game, something out …
... ve ever seen in a game, something out of a chuck norris/Steven ... with the biggest drug lord in Latin America, and together, ... they decide to make a giant terrorist attack on Washington ... fully equiped with tanks, guys in machine guns and VW spacewagons ...A few tapes, books and some hardware for sale on the 'BayHiya! I've put a few (hundred) tapes up for sale this weekend, all of them starting at 25p or less (unless I've made a cock up anywhere!) [url]http…
... less (unless I've made a cock up anywhere!)
... maybe even a few "R@RE!!!" ones mixed in as well ... />
There's also a few bits of hardware and ... some books... and a load of other assorted items ... for anything in particular then they were in a sort of ...Found 128k +2 in the garbageHey there, I had a 48k Plus when I was a kid (still have, actually), and used to play in a friends 128k +2, so I know the basic of these computers. …
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I had a 48k Plus when I was ... actually), and used to play in a friends 128k +2, so I ... />
I found a 128K +2 in the garbage last week ... attempting to restore it to a better state. It was ... most of it off with a gentle scratching.
...My god! How easy is it to fake a no claims bonus!! Not that I wouldI have recently renewed the Insurance on my car. The company wanted me to send proof of my no claims bonus in the envelope that I get in my welcome …
... of my no claims bonus in the envelope that I get ... I never recived a pack, but got a call from them ... that will be enough.... [b]In anycase we only bother to ... were to put an claim in with us.[/b]
... when I get another policy in a years time, providing I have ...Need FPGA advice for building a 24 port Ethernet hubNot Speccy related but know some of you guys have done FPGA work. Boss at work wants me to get 50 x 24 port Ethernet port hubs designed to replace k…
... hubs designed to replace kit in a legacy installation that cannot use ... /> I am getting a supplier to quote for a 1U unit that ... for specifying Altera or Xilinx in terms of what they should ...The Youg ones - There's many people in it.After all these young ones quotes flying arround, I decided to watch an episode. I watched the one called [COLOR="Red"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][SIZE=…
... /> For example, in NASTY, Chris Barry has a bit part in a cut scene ... as the Ships captain. Also in ... Smith and Jones).
In other episodes I have also ... angels stood behind freeman fluf in a cut scene of another episode ...The best ..... begining with the letter "A"Since forum posts are few and far between at this time of day, and I'm waiting for downloading to finish, I thought I'd post something interesting . …
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Best sound or music (in a game):
Best graphics ... [/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:
in a game)[/B][B]:[/B] Auf ... /> [B] Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]:[/B] Oh ...Best Spectrum [whatever] beginning with a numberI forgot to do a numbers one, so here it is, for things that begin with a numerical digit:[B] Best game: [/B]Does 3D Deathchase count? If not (if…
... allowed), does 3 Weeks in Paradise count? If not ... probably called Three Weeks in Paradise), then I'll ... or music (in a game): [/B]3 Weeks in Paradise, if ... br /> Best graphics[/B][B] (in a game)[/B][B]: [/B]3 ... Weeks in Paradise, if allowed.[B]< ...Gone a bit film mad latelyYeah, I got a Sky box and the Sky Movies package, so now I'm going a bit film crazy, recording 3-4 films a night, watching one or two every evening f…
Yeah, I got a Sky box and the Sky ... , so now I'm going a bit film crazy, recording 3 ... -4 films a night, watching one or two ... their recording box and gone a bit movie mad?
in a week or so. I'm ...Help to run Abu Simbel in a +2A SpectrumI bought this game some weeks ago, but the version is the old one. When I loaded it in the emulator, I had to switch the keyboard issue to 48Kissue.…
... one. When I loaded it in the emulator, I had to ... I can't do that in my +2A to make the ... help??
Thanks in advanceHelp Identify a Kid's Book I Read Many Years AgoI'm not sure why but the memory of reading it just popped into my head today and I'm curious about it now. It was about a young London girl called Pe…
... Penelope who spends a summer in an old house somewhere in Wales. While ... in a tree house in the middle of a forest, but not a tree house in ... the branches and foliage formed a roof.
I can ...Graphic enhancements in games!(this message was also posted at [url]http://www.retroremakes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12431[/url]) Hello to everyone! A couple of years ago I …
... remake. At least for Speccy, in many cases gameplay and sound ... /> The "new" pictures" are created in double resolution (screen size 256 ... everythere (clearly, we need a sprite-based game, not ELITE ... states/frame -- number of tacts in a frame" that can (as I ...Recommend a PDF-reader plugin for IE/Ff (WinXP).I've been having misc. problems with PDFs on a work computer. I can read the PDFs just fine but once in a while (couple of times a month since 200…
... misc. problems with PDFs on a work computer.
... but once in a while (couple of times a month since ... and the computer responds in various ways, halting, ... be a phantom-problem I have lost interest in ... Ff for a WinXP[/U], not interested in hearing about ...IN 255 behaviour not emulated in Spectaculator and ZXSpinI'm not speaking about "normal" IN 255 behaviour. All of you know what I'm taking about: IN 255 can be used to "read" screen data as it's retrieved f…
... . As you know, IN A,(C) is actually IN A,(BC), with B being ... , from the interrupted program, and IN A,(C) always returned FFh.
ld hl,0
SigueTest in a,(c)
dec hl
err, I like wrote this years ago, and just found it archived.[b]read it, and say it's crap if you want, but do not go on about the technical side, cos it was bullshit, we all know it, and the end makes no sense…
... your e-mail once in a while will you, there ... first computer in a kit form, Tex had a very tidy ... Down either side there was a row of benches. The cheap ... above him infact a satellite was in geo-stationery orbit. ... grabbed Tex's arm in a painful lock and bundled ...Ocean Reunited in March 2009Well, some of us. At least 4 of us will be taking part in a Q&A session. We all did lots of work on the Spectrum so thought I could post it here. It'…
... be taking part in a Q&A session. We all ... - of working for Ocean in it's heyday. Confirmed ... /> * Mark R. Jones - A talented artist, Mark was responsible ... II, and also produced in-game graphics for The ... Simon was responsible for in-game graphics for more ...Activision want a "screen shot touch up artist"We all know that screenshots for upcoming commercial games are often touched up (enhanced) before being given to magazines or uploaded to the 'net, b…
... 've ever seen this confirmed in a job advertisment. Until now...
Have a look at:
[URL ...Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
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Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the ... a start!)
It assumes you've typed in ...
Basically if a Speccy technical author had asked ... the record, I have in fact done various bits of ... programming in the past, but ...Diary of an Englishman in ScotlandOld but funny....... 20th DECEMBER The first snow we have seen in many years. My wife and me sat in the porch with our hot toddies watching the fluf…
... snow we have seen in many years. My wife ... and every bush covered in a beautiful white blanket of ... door built a snowman, and had a snowball fight. A couple of ... night. Car is covered in iced up slush and grit ... 'm up at court in April for assaulting the snowplough ...Name the game.... with a differenceAfter the infamous Bruce Everiss talking bollocks thread I have read his blog just for the entertainment value. However he has finally posted someth…
... something vaguely interesting.
In a sort of rap song by ... Generation Gaming he is offering a prize for naming all the ...I need a bit of (speccy-related) help with my web-comic...I've posted before that I do fancy stuff for landmark episodes of my comic...well, I've reached episode 199, and for No. 200, I've drawn it as a .scr…
... a .bmp in photoshop, then converted it from a .scr, into a .tap, then a ... I wrote a basic header, and saved that in front of ... if anyone could have a look at the mp3 ... you'll be getting a sneaky peek at the episode ... unleash it on the public in a week's time. If ...Chuckie Egg rules at retro computing mini-event in LondonOne of my pals put on a retro computer game event at a uni bar on Tuesday. We made sure the ZX Spectrum featured! Most of the games wouldn't load pro…
... my pals put on a retro computer game event at ... different machines were merged together in a VJ mix and splashed ... . At times Mario was in the same game as Sonic ... there were about 50 people in the bar (which is ... not huge). There was a lot of camaraderie on 4 ...
