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Cheeseburger. In a can.[url]http://gizmodo.com/350091/cheeseburger-in-a-can-is-both-the-best-and-worst-thing-ive-ever-seen[/url] It's game over for mankind. It's a cheese…
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The game in your mindThe aim of this thread is very simple: name a game, not the best, nor the most famous, nor your favourite... simply [B]the first game that comes to y…
The aim of this thread is very simple: name a game, not the best, nor the most famous, nor your favourite... simply [B]the first game that comes to your mind[/B]... -
WoS - The wonderful World of SpectrumI've just been browsing the WOS [I]Site Awards[/I] and my initial thoughts are that it is quite outdated. On the contrary however, WoS is no longer …
... /> On the contrary however, WoS is no longer in a position ... of the web's best retro sites in dedicated to the machine ... .[/quote]
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Best and worst remakesNot necessarily of Speccy games. :) For my taste, the best has to be Tomaz Kac's (sp?) remake of [i]Head Over Heels[/i]; closely followed by Richard…
... . :)
For my taste, the best has to be Tomaz Kac ... are RetroSpec games? ;)
The worst I've come across ... hasn't got the fiendish wrapping puzzles or the "play this level ... annoying bugs which aren't in the original; the music for each level ... -
I Will Always Love You (the song)Yesterday I was discussing this with a mate, I prefer the Whitney Houston version, but he prefers the original Dolly Parton version. Which do you thi…
... with a mate, I prefer the Whitney Houston version, but he ... . Which do you think is the best?
I admit that ... the Dolly Parton version is far ... 've included a third option, in case anyone else did a ... -
Just ventured into the world of homebrew alcoholGot a red wine starter kit for my birthday which arrived today. Have 5litres of Cabernet Sauvignon fermenting in the bedroom away from small hands th…
... Cabernet Sauvignon fermenting in the bedroom away from small hands that could knock ... /> First glass will be ready in a week :)
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Best Grand Theft Auto game?Which Grand Theft Auto game do you think is the best, and why? I've only really played GTA 3 and Vice City so far. I did get San Sandeas (XBox game…
... game do you think is the best, and why?
... 2, and GTA: London 1969 in the poll, as I was wondering ... about the 3D games.
... on the proper side of the road :p , and the minis and the ... to do *anything* you liked in :o -
WHO is in control of the DOCTORWhen i was a little un watching Dr Who Pertwee then Baker, i always thought that the DR was never in control of where the Tardis materialised, back i…
... thought that the DR was never in control of where the Tardis ... series he is in total control of where the Tardis materialises ... was beginning to think that in the early days of watching it ... little bit of the Time Meddler and in it the girl character says ... -
Probing the variables in 128K modeHello again! Briefly, I'm writing an m/c routine to read some BASIC variables. So, before I start, I try to get an idea for the structure of how var…
... idea for the structure of how variables are stored in memory.
in the WoS archive.
It ... prints out the names of all current variables ... CSSCGC tape magazine, which runs in 128K mode).
I ... -
to the phorensic people out thereA question about undeleting files. They say that even if you delete a file, you can sometimes get it back again by scanning the drives for the file b…
... back again by scanning the drives for the file because it's ... just won't appear in the directory listing because the inode (or index ... the phorensic people may still find it by waving their hands and ... chanting in welsh.
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Games where the main characters speak English with a foreign accentI wonder if there are some Speccy games where the main characters speak English with an accent. Well, we shouldn't really hear them speak as in moder…
... are some Speccy games where the main characters speak English ... For example,some black people in the USA pronounce 'dis' instead of ... speaking people don't pronounce the interdental th-sound correctly and ... is ze best" Are there any examples of it in ZX Spectrum ... -
JSW... how does the game "finish" in assembly?It seems the ZX and C64 versions of Jet Set Willy suffer from the same "unfinishable" problem. Thankfully the ZX version has been patched with pokes …
... Willy suffer from the same "unfinishable" problem. Thankfully the ZX version ... not. I changed 2 rooms in the C64 version so I can ... /> But nothing happens at the bedroom. Maria has disappeared but ... fully aware of the direness of the C64 port. The stairs and ... -
The Chaos is the best game evar threadOf all the games I've played I have to say that Chaos is the only game that I've consistently played since I first got it. In fact I have to say tha…
Of all the games I've played I ... to say that Chaos is the only game that I've ... first got it.
In fact I have to say ... and you can always drop the number of wizards to speed ... . Other than that it's the perfect speccy game IMHO, what ... -
What the best game you playedMy best game was The Sentinal. It was a very simple game that you could get right into and and the fact that you could save levels made it a long las…
My best game was The Sentinal. It was a very ... get right into and and the fact that you could save ... had this game on the ps1 but the spectrum version was a ... if you got caught by the sentinal but you didn,t ... on the ps1 as you could move ... -
New game from CEZGS: Mariano the Dragon in Capers in CitylandHi all, here we come with another game for our Spectrums! Mariano, the Pink Dragon, has to face an incredibly difficult mission. All his friends hav…
... our Spectrums!
Mariano, the Pink Dragon, has to face ... been injailed by the evil tetrarch Pachin Poi Poi in the prison-planet ... -
Oh the humanity, my beautiful den of thieves, and local pub, closed it's doors.My local pub. MY PUB. My wonderful, awful, piss soaked, blood stained den of eniquity..... the only place in town, where when I walk through the doo…
... government, and smoke behind the bar, in the bar, and whereve we ... in the garden, all the good rats drink in there, the wideboys, the wannabes, the ... not open all day in the week
The Cricketers - meh
... Three Cups it is then, best mind my p's and ... -
Renegade - best beat em up on speccy?Following on from a recent Arcade sequels thread, It is my personal opinion that Renegade is probably the best beat 'em up released for the spectrum…
... opinion that Renegade is probably the best beat 'em up released for ... the spectrum. Sure Target renegade was ... bigger and had weapons BUT the original has that mystery component ... is the best beat em up? Or have I nailed it in the first ... -
Ultimate Play the Game BookHi, Some of you may be aware that I'm in the process of writing a book about Ultimate Play the Game. Everything is going well, but there are two iss…
... aware that I'm in the process of writing a ... book about Ultimate Play the Game. Everything is going ... need a title for the book. The annoying thing is, I ... Can you? A mention in the book for the best name.
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Anarchy in the streets of Bedford. Burn the town hall. I've been banned from a shopA nice, eloquent foreign gentlemen just banned me from his shop. All I did was go in, and get some John Smiths draught flow. They were right at the …
... were right at the back of the fridge, in single cans, so ... br /> I was reaching for the sixth one, when he stormed ... I said, didn't see the baskets there.
the last beer at the back, and ... almost 6 yards to the next shop selling beer.< ... -
To E-bay or not to E-bay that is the question?At the moment I have 12, 45 ltr plastic storage boxes of duplicate spectrum games to dispose of, but would like to ask advice on the best way to sel…
... like to ask advice on the best way to sell them to ... don`t have yet. The simple solution would be to ... E-bay them in big batches, but I know ... . Collection in person never seems to work as the bidding never ... but I would not have the time to list them singly ... -
best endingwhat was the best ending of a speccy game? (i suppose you use your own discretion if you want to use spoiler tags) i noticed most are quite short w…
what was the best ending of a speccy ... world away. Imagine finishing the latest zelda game and getting ... a 'thanks for playing the game' and nothing more. ... maybe some bonuses thrown in for the next time you play ... />
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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…
... in my experience).
The best bit though, is in the final paragraph of the ... you can all read it in the magazine,but if anyone ... then you'd have the top spot in my Speccy-homebrew-heart ... I am officially the only person in the whole of the world to make ... -
Best of Beyond audio missingHi guys, not sure if this has been mentioned, but the Best of Beyond compilation (sorderons shadow,Enigma Force, Doomdarks Revenge and Lords of Midni…
... this has been mentioned, but the Best of Beyond compilation (sorderons shadow ... an audiotape with it giving the backstory for Doomdarks Revenge, has ... I can`t find it in the err archive!
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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 …
... has probably the best plot I've ever seen in a game, ... />
The son of "The madman" (the villain of the first game, who ... Hussein), teams up with the biggest drug lord in Latin America, and ... of the United States, fully equiped with tanks, guys in machine ... -
The cheek of some peopleAges back i posted about the excellent yahoo group freecycle. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12443&highlight=freecycle…
... a reply back we decided the best time the next day to come ... her one in the boot (shed put the back seats forward in advance so ... my goodbyes. I looked the guy straight in the eye said bye and ... not living in the new houses on the outskirts of town. The thing that ... -
The Mind BogglesIf you had purchased ?1000 of Northern Rock shares one year ago it would now be worth ?4.95, with HBOS, earlier this week your ?1000 would have been …
... worth ?16.50, ?1000 invested in XL Leisure would now
the empty cans to an
So based on the above statistics the best current investment advice is ... -
Which Speccy sounds 'best'? ie, differences in AY outputDoes anyone know if there's any noticeable difference in the quality of the sound output on the Speccy models with an AY chip?i'm wondering if there'…
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What's the best development environment?Dear all, In my teens, try as hard as I might, I could never get my head round machine code. Now fat and balding, I thought I'd have another bash; a…
Dear all,
In my teens, try as hard ... recommend for someone starting out in MC? Just a simple emulator ... type application somewhere?
The reason I ask is that ... concious of making mistakes, crashing the emulator and losing my carefully ... -
Some questions to pass the time1. What is the best 8 bit machine? I don't mean software range wise, as we all know that the Spectrum has the best games software (well, the people …
... the Spectrum has the best games software (well, the people who count think that, the ... is technically the best? Actually, which was the best commercial 8- ... and which was/is the best non-commercial 8-bit ( ... that were formerly missing in action, or at least ... -
Sinclair or retro places in the Czech Rep.??This is a message to all the Czech speccy users :) I am travelling to the Czech Republic in 2 days, and I would like to know If there still are any…
... is a message to all the Czech speccy users :)
I am travelling to the Czech Republic in 2 days, and I ...
