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found in the loftrecently helping my Mum clean her loft out, and came across a box with some of my old Spectrum tapes in. Now, as my 128k is long gone (lent to a frie…
... lent to a friend way back in the early ... Gold - complete in double case
Adventure A: Planet of ... Death - Artic Computing - complete in ... Fireman - Mastertronic - complete in case
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WTB: Tape deck for a SpeccyHi all, ANyone got a working tape deck that would work for my SPectrum? If possible I need one that works on 110 volts, although I could make an…
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I'll be in the UK in May, so it would ... I'd be very interested in those as well as my ... . I keep the good ones in a display cabinet anyway !! -
A PC console?Are there any console style PCs available? What I mean is, you can pretty much use a PC as a console, if you add a joypad(s), a TV card, and if you l…
... a PC as a console, if you add a joypad(s), a ... especially if it has a built in trackball, for mouse ... for game control. Add in a silent cooling system, ... maybe house the lot in a smaller case (though this ... small keyboards with built in trackballs are available.
Because I'm a cynicHow many games will be written from ideas posted in this forum in the next year? (ie released in a playable form by 27th April 2010).
How many games will be written from ideas posted in this forum in the next year? (ie released in a playable form by 27th April 2010).***BROKEN*** ZX Interface 1 - Free to a Good HomeAnyone interested in a ***BROKEN*** ZX Interface 1? It's such a long time since I've looked at it that I cannot remember the exact nature of the fa…
... interested in a ***BROKEN*** ZX Interface 1?
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I'm located in the UK, but am happy ... ' screws are missing, as are a couple of the case screws ...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 fragment ...Thinking of selling my +2 A?Hi!, The time has come to clear all my 'gear'....4 kids in the house and very little room:( I have 2 machines I want to sell! 1 boxed ZX Spectr…
... my 'gear'....4 kids in the house and very ... 1 boxed ZX Spectrum +2 A (black), with NEW Scart ... /> I will also throw in a handful of NEW boxed games ... ...RGB Lead does show a faint dark picture....just ... />
Both machines are in pretty good condition and clean ...A Few Games (tape)I have a few original tape games surplus to requirements. These have obviously been stored in a shed or similar environment, so the cases and inlays…
... /> These have obviously been stored in a shed or similar environment, so ... and inlays are a little dirty and not in mint condition, but ... all loaded perfectly first time in a +2 machine.
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Knot in 3D
Lunar Jetman
In a charity shop the other day...got these beuts for 25p each. Ever since I started checking out their hordes of cassettes it's brought up a few gems. Never even heard of Armageddo…
... cassettes it's brought up a few gems. Never even heard ... Armageddon. EDIT: oh it's a missile command clone. there's ... a surprise!
[IMG]http:// ...Before insanity sets in...I'm trying to locate a game, now I'm a bit sketchy on the details...but... It was a type in adventure BUT it had an animation type bit in the top wi…
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It was a type in adventure BUT it had an ... animation type bit in the top window. If ... with an animated representation in the top window...that ... br />
There was a lot "Filigree" and "ornate" ... have been either set in a castle or underground vaults ...Places of Speccy interest in Google Street ViewI've noticed that there are a few cities in the UK where Street View is available on Google Maps. No idea since when, I haven't used this feature muc…
... noticed that there are a few cities in the UK where Street ... Let's try to find a few places. If those I ... hoped to find a lot more. Tried a few addresses I ... most areas are not yet in Street View or while ... we should try those again in a few years ;)
...What do you want in my shop?Hi!, Well I'm in the shop now with 2 large empty walls! I'd like to showcase/sell other peoples(companies) original (new) Sinclair products. So …
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Well I'm in the shop now with 2 ... /> So anyone interested in having their warez in a proper retail outlet contact ...Looking for a movieThe "did NASA put a man on the moon?" thread reminds me an interesting film about all this stuff: Three astronauts are going to mars. Just before th…
... spaceship and go to a military base in a desert. There, they are ... they will simulate the landing in a stage in the base. The scenes ... atmosphere. All the country is in deep mourning.
... base and cross the desert in a dramatic escape.
...A Spectrum-ish conversation...I was yesterday having my hair cut in a british barbershop, and I was having a talk with the barber about the world, countries, economical crisis...e…
... yesterday having my hair cut in a british barbershop, and I ... was having a talk with the barber about ... a rich british who recently bought a huge hotel here in ... didnt want to look like a geek, and since he ... can still turn up in conversations 25 years later!Knot in 3D - how?Dear all, Does anyone know the basic concept behind the programming of Knot in 3D? How much usable ram did the speccy have - was it 32768 bytes? If…
... (above) is similar to a picture in bitmap format (each pixel counted ... ), then a more efficient way would ... be to record it in a similar ... way to a GIF format (so ...Connecting a Spectrum to a TVHello, The answer to this question is probably so simple I'm almost too embarrassed to post this, but rather than spend the rest of my life trying to…
... a TV, please?
I found the computer in ... all the stations just appear in some magic way, although ... someone did once tune them in, a long, long time ago ... explain to me (preferably in words of one syllable ... br />
Thanks in advance to anyone who can ...What was the name of a poor driving game, with product placement?I'm trying to remember the name of a driving game. It was a vertical scroller, top down view. It got a very sarcastic review in a magazine, the titl…
... to remember the name of a driving game.
a very sarcastic review in a magazine, the ... or Speccy mag, not a multi format publication, where ... I saw a great scrolling game on a Zx81with trees ... involved to recommend a certain type of tyre.ZX spectrum - Make a component cableHello! I have this ZX Spectrum with a faulty RF-modulator, It is good for max 2 minutes and then the picture starts getting bad. Real bad. BUT I got …
... have this ZX Spectrum with a faulty RF-modulator, It is ... hope yesterday when I read in a book that the expansion port ... has a pin for component signal.. So ... I started "building" a component cable connection for it ...New Spectrum game appears in the printed press...It's probably been years since news about a new Speccy game has appeared in the general press... but today it happened. In the Basque Country edition…
... since news about a new Speccy game has appeared in the general ... press... but today it happened. In the Basque Country edition of ... of the big serious newspapers in Spain) has published an ... on the website!) about retrogaming in a serious newspaper!
[url] ...The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
... "alien" designs in action gaming) to produce a first class game ... is that, at least in a non-adventure or RPG game ... , Mafia, Saint's Row, Saint's Row 2 and GTA 3 ... third person when you were in a vehicle, as the game ... GTA 3 but set in London. And in some ways it' ...A rundown of SundownI figured it was worth highlighting a few compo entries at this weekend's [url=http://www.sundowndemoparty.org/]Sundown[/url] demo party, as it seeme…
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In the music compo Justinas got ... In the middle of end' by rnR/T.A.D. was a ... it's an entire demo in a tape loader. Technician Ted eat ...Coffe Drinkers No So Anonymous C.D.N.S.ABecause currently I am working almost noon and night on my work at the moment I'm drinking allot of coffee. I make filter coffee for myself every day…
... the glass coffee keep warmerer in a day. This equates to about ... five and a half standard mugs of coffee ... a day.
Is the ...Oddly familiar music in a Korean noodle adEveryone on here is going to recognise this tune instantly, and its use in this context is so very wrong. And yet so very, very, right. [youtube]OWJ…
Everyone on here is going to recognise this tune instantly, and its use in this context is so very wrong. And yet so very, very, right.
[youtube]OWJ6DuvLOuI[/youtube]rebuilding a speccy - original hardware, emulation or cloneI have some spare speccy parts and cases etc and I've been thinking of bastardising a spectrum. I'm undecided as to using original hardware, clone or…
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In all the ideas I want ... as it has a decent keyboard and a built in tape deck and ... compatability. I want to put in a CF card as well but ... ports and still stick it in the +2a case? I ... need to upscale the picture in some way as well seeing ...Looking for a particular type of programMy brother (who is not stupid, but not computer literate) has asked me if I can get any software for him that will help him design his garden, not fo…
... to be able to put in the dimensions of his garden ... out how large a shed he can put in, a storage area for ... equipment, build a flagged base ... flash (it doesn't need a billion different options and submenus ...Tinkering with Quique Llar?a's Midi2Ay tool...Im tinkering with Quique Llar?a's Midi2Ay tool, found at: [url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/tools/pc/midi2ay-0.1.zip[/url] Im not a v…
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... jr bucle" usually appears in the usual output (just ... basic (something more than a "ret", Im sure)... ...Up in the loft...I'm spending the day up in the loft today putting in some more board so I can manage all the JUNK I have up there. Came across my box of Spectrums, m…
... the day up in the loft today putting in some more board ... ... ahhh nostalgia, tucked away comfortably in a snug little box for all ... get about 5 replacements back in the 80's from Sinclair ... they were so damn unreliable in the early days.Framerate of arcade gamesThe Golden Age of video games coincided with the birth of 8-bit home computing; this is why every computer of that era has a slew of really bad Pacma…
... readily observed by frame-stepping in MAME. Pacman moves one ... advance eight pixels when eating a row of dots; an important consideration ... here about frame rates in Spectrum games. A game of Pacman ... very difficult to include sound in a Spectrum game running at ...
