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The weird case of Express RaiderAnyone knows why this game was writen by this hungary team? (which by the way, never wrote anything else for the speccy)?? Maybe they wrote this conv…
Anyone knows why this game was writen by this hungary team? (which by the way, never wrote anything else for the speccy)?? Maybe they wrote this conversion of the coin op and the people of US Gold liked it?? -
The mother of all battles: One on One vs Kung-Fu Master ;-)And now, two of the worst Spectrum games ever... ... ONE ON ONE and KUNG-FU MASTER !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Which do you think is the worst? …
And now, two of the worst Spectrum games ever...
... ONE ON ONE and KUNG-FU MASTER !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
Which do you think is the worst?
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The World of Spectrum Caption Competition #1Hey Spec-Chums! It's the World of Spectrum Caption Competition! Just what was Poof #1 thinking when he was staring at David Walliams? [url]http://…
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It's the World of Spectrum Caption Competition!
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...a packet of Rollos!
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help to find the name of gamehello. help to find the name of game. played in 1990 on some of Spectrum. 2D arcade, kind from above (like a Dyna Blaster). it is needed to hurry a m…
hello. help to find the name of game. played in 1990 on ... some of Spectrum. 2D arcade, kind from ... - there were teleports between the floors of building and yet as though it ... -
The Secret of the NautilusThis is a PC game (aka. The Mystery of the Nautilus) which I got for a fiver recently, on the understanding that it was the WinXP compatible version,…
... a PC game (aka. The Mystery of the Nautilus) which I got ... discover (after numerous trials and vicissitudes and some swearing) that it ... with WinXP; and some legendary patches, all the links to which ... what they did - and still got the legendary patches? I've ... -
Crap and the BeanstalkOh my giddy aunt! I've just watched the RZX of Jack and the Beanstalk! I can't believe I wasted so much of my teen life on the first screen of that…
... /> I've just watched the RZX of Jack and the Beanstalk!
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The ghost of Harry PriceGood to see the spirit of shameless thieving is still alive and kicking! [url=http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/18/limbo_lost_saga/]UK developer …
Good to see the spirit of shameless thieving is still alive and kicking!
[url=http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/18/limbo_lost_saga/]UK developer trio accused of game plagiarism[/url] -
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 …
... flow. They were right at the back of the fridge, in single cans ... at a time, and put them on the floor. Six of them.
the sixth one, when he stormed over, and demanded I ... was reaching for the last beer at the back, and it started spraying ... -
The madness of the GeorgiansWhatever the rights and wrongs of the matter (which I don't really know), I think the Georgean leadership has been guilty of gross incompetence if th…
Whatever the rights and wrongs of the matter (which I don' ... t really know), I think the ... away with the S. Ossetia attack, and rely on the west for ... the west and Russia? Do they think the west would even consider the risk of ... -
manual or automatic car. And the german luftwaffe.gonna be taking my driving lessons soon, as my GF says she will give me her car (an automatic) would it be cheaper to take lessons for an automatic…
... what are the pros and cons of a manual versus and automatic car ... and the bird were watching band of brothers, then we watched the 'battle of britain' and ... of models. (a junkers JU88, and a P51 mustang) and i was at the ... gf led me out of the shop. needless to say ... -
Farmer Jack and the Hedge MonkeysFinally I have the cassette of this good game by Bobs, but I find it quite difficult, much more than its prior game Farmer Jack in Harvest Havoc, whi…
Finally I have the cassette of this good game by Bobs, ... 5!! How many levels does the game have, Bob? I fear ... />
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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…
... put the message up on the site and within 30 minutes of it ... on the door bang on time. The woman was quite small and the blinds ... were 6ft long and quite cumbersome so ... went to pass him one of the blinds and he just continued to ... -
The quality of Ootub vids (short rant with a question)[RANT] Why, oh, why is it that the quality of uytobe videos go down so drastically after ULing? You don't have to answer it ... I already know the a…
... , why is it that the quality of uytobe videos go down so ... ... I already know the answer for the most part and I understand that ... (but not the end results of that). I just hate the fuzzyness and the outoffocus ... -
3D engines and the ZX SpectrumCastle Master's engine, [I]Freescape[/I], is described as the first proprietary 3D computer engine on the Wikipedia. I have a few problems with this…
... 't think of promoting their games through the technology used (the One marketing ... by turning the mountains upside-down to create the illusion of a cave ... engine was used in the development of the sequel and apparently quite a few ... -
Prince Harry and the word "Paki"Prince Harry is in trouble (yeah, right) for using the word "Paki" to describe a Pakistana colleague, according to: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/…
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Now first of all, the word "Paki" is not offensive ... it's just a contraction of the word "Pakistani". You can ... no, Harry speaks the word "Paki", and suddenly the whole army is institutionally ... better than another in the name of equality isn't just ... -
Blocks instructions and the N flagJust a curiosity. I noticed the compare and load block instructions act on the N flag; block compare instructions set it, block load instructions re…
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I noticed the compare and load block instructions act on ... the logic of this since both increase and decrease instructions alter the ... it. On the other hand, the fact that compare and load instructions ... Is this just some oddity of the CPU, or is there ... -
The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... have seen software develop and flourish on the 81? I know that ... the price of the 64k RAM pack would have come down in price and ... low resolution and slower!
I just think that the ZX81 ... bashing the Speccy at all and I?m SO glad that the machine ... -
Your best Type-ins gamesType-ins games bring me great memories. A whole evening typing a program from a magazine, after some hours I typed RUN and... an error message! After…
... message! After finding the bug, RUN again and... come across a ... drinks to customers at the other side of the street.
... Gadget and have to safe the world in some screens. Enjoyable and ... doing it. You are Indiana Jones and have to get a treasure ... -
Buying crisps you dont know the flavour of???I noticedm today in a local shop, some doritos in black packets and the flavour bit "censored" you have to guess the flavour and tell em to win coul…
... packets and the flavour bit "censored" you have to guess the flavour and tell ... em to win
could you buy and ... eat a bag of crisps you dont know what the flavour ... there a few mixed in the pile of bags?
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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…
I'm trying to remember the name of a driving game.
the title escapes me, but it ... />
"don't worry about the endoresment fees boss, we'll ... on a Zx81with trees and stuff"
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Spectrum +2A and huge stack of games for grabsHiya; Unfortunately, due to circumstance, I'm having to move and I can't accommodate my somewhat large retro computer collection (Spectrum and Amiga…
... large retro computer collection (Spectrum and Amiga). So, I'm reluctantly ... /> As you can see by the pics of the [URL="http://gallery.me ... amp;bgcolor=ltgrey"]hardware[/URL] and [URL="http://gallery.me. ... collection". I'm offering the computer and games as one job ... -
I just been to the Isle of Wight.The roads have potential, but most of the drivers are soooooooooooooooooo slllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww. Ocassionally you will get behind an i…
... no road rage, and people on the whole let you out ... to just nudge the ton, between Shanklin and the Needles. Stumbled across ... a bikers meeting point, on the ... retro in any of the charity shops in Ryde, and spotted nothing ... -
What was the name of that game?Hi there, This is my first thread of any kind! I hope it brings me beginners luck. I?m after a game I used to play and was very fond of, but you'v…
... I used to play and was very fond of, but you've ... would start on the top left of the screen and would have to negotiate ... your way to the exit on the ... would be a case of falling through the bottom of the screen.
Nicotine Nightmare (missing info?) Atlantis Gold[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003408&loadpics=3"]Nicotine Nightmare[/URL] I notice the loading screen says Gold range from…
... from Atlantis and the inlay says Atlantis Gold ... but there is no indication of this ... "label" in the ... WoS archive ... information worthy of keeping ...Whats the title of this film ?I love films such as Boondock Saints (great underated film) and there was one film i'm sure i watched around this time (2000 ish ?), bit like Pulp Fi…
... convenience store and they basically rob the place and in the end shoot the owner ... . There were two of them ... !TCH' or F*CK on the back of her jacket ? It was ... film but i've forgotton the name of it, want to buy ...Imagine and Finchspeed (crash of 84) - a legal manouvre?During the Imagine crash, there was talk of some of the Imagine Directors forming another rival company, initially named Finchspeed, whilst Imagine w…
... , there was talk of some of the Imagine Directors forming another ... br />
Ignoring the accusation of two of the Directors transferring assets from ... of one company to form a second rival company (and ... seek funding for it) whilst still working for the ...The Making Of Manic Miner"Matthew Smith talks us through every level of his classic platformer Sat at the very desk where it was written, Matthew Smith watches Miner Willy l…
... every level of his classic platformer
Sat at the very ... 20 screens of his Spectrum masterpiece. Paul Drury holds the ashtray and takes ... ://www.nowgamer.com/features/556/the-making-of-manic-miner[/url]
ZX Demos and the wow factorI remember reading a few comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some comments included how boring it was to see this or that effect again, how…
... were really bad and looked like the authors didn't ... because the machine was already taken to the limit and all ... explore the new interfaces and develop demos that take advantage of the ... good."? The DivIDE and the ULA+ are good examples of this. The DivIDE isn ...The best (and worst) Second-sequel.When a film series gets to #3, one of two things usually happen: It's either going to be the best of the series - as the company now know how to tre…
... - RISE OF THE MACHINES[/B]
Never liked the first film, and the second, although ... , a more believable birth of Cyberdyne, and the end of the world as we know ... handle. Whistler's daughter and the rest of the 2 dimensional fill-ins? Not ...Fantasy Software - Beaky and the Egg SnatchersI'm after a copy of Beaky and the Egg Snatchers from Fantasy Software. If anyone has one they want to part with let me know :) Will happily pay a se…
I'm after a copy of Beaky and the Egg Snatchers from Fantasy Software. If anyone has one they want to part with let me know :)
Will happily pay a sensible price for a decent copy
