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The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... written on the Amstrad and then ported to the other two ... thinking of the Creatures games and Mayhem by the Apex brothers ... down to the C64 being 'clunky', and the Spectrum and C16 being ... 'swift'. That's the best way ... -
MicroMart battle semi-final has started - go and vote for the Spectrum!We've been following this lately, and the first semi-final has begun between the Speccy and the Amstrad to find the greatest home computer of all tim…
... , and the first semi-final has begun between the Speccy and the Amstrad to find the ... go to the forum page and find the Retro Computer section. The poll is ... at the top of ... -
Contiki and the SpectrumAn internet-enabled operating system called Contiki is available now for the C64, and is being adpted for the Atari 8-bits, PC Engine, NES and Gamebo…
... Contiki is available now for the C64, and is being adpted for ... the Atari 8-bits, PC Engine, NES and Gameboy(!). Just ... someone will develop something for the Spectrum that will do all ... -
WOS and the IDSAI recently listened to the latest edition of Retrogamingradio ([url]www.retrogamingradio.com[/url]). In it, there was mention of the IDSA threatening…
... there was mention of the IDSA threatening the WOS with regards to ... many games and platforms that are familiar to the European retro ... bit demeaning to the poor old Spectrum. The obvious 'Zee X ... was probably forgivable. But the continued dismissal of it as ... -
C, Z88DK and the Sprite Pack Library I wrote a short demo that shows a taste of what can be done from C on the Spectrum: [url="http://justme895.tripod.com/zqa/pacmen.zip"]http://justme…
... if you discover click and drag and twenty-five if you ... AMX mouse selected before starting the program: the emulator needs to see ... screen.
The C source is included and you'll see ... I've held almost nothing back -- the ... -
Jack and the BeanstalkDo you ever think how can the author of this game feel if he ever comes to this site and reads all the mentions about his game made in every single p…
Do you ever think how can the author of this game feel if he ever comes to this site and reads all the mentions about his game made in every single post? LOL
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Custom Speccys and the like.hiya all I've been tinkering with building a Super spectrum for some time now. The whole process had changed and grown and ended up nothing like wha…
... time now. The whole process had changed and grown and ended up nothing ... , the ZXCF and original 3" floppy drive.
The problem is the keyboard ... PC200 with the +3.
any and all advice and thoughts greatly ... -
Wanted Software to Swap for Rom Carts ;)Wot I have for grabs is 4 Complete ROM Carts which I will swap for my wants below Horace [url="http://www.cornishdavey.dsl.pipex.com/4.jpg"]http://w…
... /> Nursery Rhyme Adventure
Paddington and the Disappearing Ink
Paddington's ... Basic
MacMan and the Caber Eater
MacMan and the Great Escape
G-LOC + Outrun Europa
Indiana Jones: The Fate of Atlantis
Master ... -
The old days and improving the Spectrum experience.I was reminded of this recently, by a thread about Mask... Back in the day, I used to have a DISCiPLE interface and had to make do with snapshots of…
... applicable) games in 48k and 128k BASIC and get the different music (something ... required to load from disk and voila - the games were transformed! Multiloads ... of them on key 0 and the other on key 5. (Unfortunately ... -
The Pawn and Spin 5.04 - weird behaviourTwo TZX files from the TZX vault: The Pawn.tzx The Pawn v2.3.tzx (both are v 2.3 from the start text, but the first shows the title screen when lo…
... text, but the first shows the title screen when loading and the "Pondering...." message ... as the game bootsup and the second jumps ... straight into the first text ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 30 August 2004Monday 30 August 2004 Finally got caught up on Tipshop updates - lots of good stuff The Italian Project, and assorted Real Life things have meant I…
... for Paperboy 2 and Potsworth And Co
and POKEs for ( ... Gregory Loses His Clock, Indiana Jones, the Fate of Atlantis, Iron ... Comomolo, La, Vinny Puh and War of the Worlds, The
... Nonamed, Pyramania, Pyramid, The, Snoopy and Universal Hero all by ... -
100s of games for sale!Dear All In preparation for a move to Manchester, I wish to get rid of the following games as a job lot! The list below should be pretty accurate, …
... , Metrocross, Indiana Jones, Road Runner) (instructions missing) ?1, Arcadia (Imagine) 70p, The Armageddon ... Hare's Lair, Mutant Monty and the Temple of Doom, Curse of ... (Sinclair) 1.00
Horace and the Spiders (Sinclair) 1.00
Emulators and the SAVE"" commandIs there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typin…
Is there an emulator which can save any data using the SAVE"" BASIC command? I once tried to write a program in BASIC in zx32 and to save it by typing SAVE"" but nothing was saved on my hard disc.I cant belive this website and the activity round here!Hi! I?m new to this site (hope i have not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months I have got my self a PC to play games on from…
... not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months ... br />
I started searching the web to find emulation sites ... few hours today reading through the forums and i am taken aback ... different or of interest on the spectrum or other hardware? Like ...TZX and the ZX81Evenin All. EightyOne is now is a state where I can support a more descriptive tape format. I know how some people have been calling for tzx suppor…
... Virtually All ZX81 tapes use the standard ROM routine. So, ... (Standard Speed Data Block), containing the first program
4. ...
This all looks fine and easy enough to implement. However ...
Computer Type 0C becomes the ZX80
Computer Type 0D ...Amstrad and the SpectrumWhy has Amstrad made so little of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? In the last few years we have seen various retro products celebrating the Coleco, …
... retro products celebrating the Coleco, Sega Mega drive and others. Is it ... time for something from Amstrad other than the ... Amstrad could do justice to the Speccy? An official Emulator? ... to TV game along the lines of the Tulip-Ironstone C64 DTV ...Games for the Magnum Lightgun and SpinI have downloaded the games for the Magnum Lightgun from this site but they don't work. I load them in Spin and choose the otion "PC Mouse Emulates M…
I have downloaded the games for the Magnum Lightgun from this ... load them in Spin and choose the otion "PC Mouse Emulates ... Magnum Lightgun" and go to the fullscreen mode and the lightgun doesn't ... fire. The games ...MIA - The Mural and MicromanAfter a recent visit to my parent house I discovered that they actually still had all of my old spectrum games in storage - several hundred programs …
... could go through them and see what still works. ... is listed as MIA and the other I can't find ... any mention of on the forums at all. They ... which also includes Out of the Shadows and Galaxias.
... them properly and check. If there are, the same applies ...The Black And Grey Spectrum......I think I got this right - Black Speccy - +2 Grey Speccy - +2A Is this right......... I had a +2 along time ago and Frank Bruno's boxing would not…
... work....so I got angry and smashed the thing up
and the game bloody worked...
the board?
_________________< ... /> "I Don't Think The Spectrum Is The Best Computer Evermade, But ...Dixons - and the "death of the video"MIKE: Right. That's it. "Your video is now ready for use. Insert cassette, rewind to beginning of tape, and press play. Happy viewing!" VYVYAN: Ha h…
... rewind to beginning of tape, and press play. Happy viewing!"
[Mike and Vyv turn towards the TV which is showing ... nothing but lines and noise ... all the bits in a plastic bag, and bung 'em down the lavatory ...Just downloaded Sinclair for my Jornada 720, and the keys are messed up. Help!Hi, I found the Sinclair emulator on for Jornada 720 [url="http://www.yetanotherhomepage.com/j7xx/"]http://www.yetanotherhomepage.com/j7xx/[/url] I …
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I found the Sinclair emulator on for ... try the games, so I downloaded Donkey Kong Jr and ... Pac-Mac. They both seem fun to play, but the ... , 7 jumps, and 5 moves left. The case is similar ... control the game through the arrow keys. There is the Joystick ...New release and new web site of Blassic, the classic BasicHello. I have launched the release 0.10.0 of Blassic, a Basic interpreter '80 style multiplatform. There is also a new web site: [url="http://blas…
... /> The main sinclair related news are: ZX_PLOT and ZX_UNPLOT ... mimic ZX-81 PLOT and UNPLOT, SCROLL instructions ... ) and options to change the behaviour of logical expressions and the value ... of true activated with the --spectrum ...Sinclair Spectrum +3 and the Amstrad CPC, using the CPCs monitor and discdrivesCPCs monitor on a Spectrum +3 I have a Spectrum +3 that I havent started using yet. The RGB-connector doesn't fit my Amstrad CPC-monitors (RGB). Is …
... havent started using yet. The RGB-connector doesn't < ... 4" format discs using cpdwrite and from there to
... sound out of the Spectrum +3? The TV-system in ... different
from the rest of Europe so when ... sound.
Can the tape/sound out be connected ...Old Gameboy and the dead cellsRemember the original GameBoy from 1990? Well, I've still got one of those and played "Super Mario Land" on it for the first time in years. In the mi…
... those and played "Super Mario Land" on it for the first ... time in years. In the middle of level 3, ... a line of cells on the screen stopped working, just like ... problem in those machines, and I suppose I'm surprised ... , but because it's the original one I had from ...International terrorism and the SpeccyJust mooching through the log files for my site and where visators come from and what do I find... gov - United States federal government agencies …
Just mooching through the log files for my site and where visators come from and what do I find...
gov - United States federal government agencies 2 0.13%
I wonder what keywords triggered that little visit ?
ADJBANNOUNCEMENT - WOS and the Preservation Team will be at CGE UK 2005All, Its now official. World of Spectrum will be represented at CGE UK 2005. Members of the preservation team will be manning a stand at the exhib…
... manning a stand at the exhibition and I am asking ... we can find at the show and we would ask ... to take tape samples and scan any additional material ... make tzx images during the day and hopefully we will ... />
On behalf of the preservation team.
...Charlie and the Chocolate FactoryProbably seen that film more than Jaws and StarWrs put together, its great. I have hope that the new one will be at least ok, if not good(ahem; for t…
... and StarWrs put together, its great.
I have hope that the ... to enjoy of course).The trailer looks promising and they chose Depp ... />
"We are the music makers, We are the dreamers of dreams"Clivey baby and the electric slipperI don't know if it's been posted before, but I've just got hold of the 1989 Arena documentary on the life of Clive Sinclair. It's a bit ropey qualit…
... got hold of the 1989 Arena documentary on the life of Clive ... blank CDR or DVD+/-R and I'll happily copy it ... of my blank DVDs seeding the Damned Vol 3 DVD for ...Rat Scabies and the Holy GrailHas anybody read this book? I read an interview with Master Scabies about it in the Fortean Times and just wondered if it was worth getting.
Has anybody read this book? I read an interview with Master Scabies about it in the Fortean Times and just wondered if it was worth getting.Rare - The Ultimate StoryNot sure if anyone here has noticed, but the new issue (No2) of X360 magazine comes with a free 148 page book called 'Rare - The Ultimate Story' by D…
... book called 'Rare - The Ultimate Story' by Darran Jones and Ryan King.
It covers right from the ... days at Ultimate all the way thorugh the Rare releases. I ... would advise buying the mag - It costs ?3 ...
