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The story of 'Blame it On The Boogie' - you couldn't make it up!not sure if this is true or an apocryphal (urban myth) ... it was mentioned in the guardian in feb.. so it's not an april fools I guess. what are t…
... Jackson, his brother and another guy wrote and recorded the song, but ... Joe Jackson at the Cannes music trade fair, and the Jackson Five had ... a huge hit with the song ... bumped into Michael Jackson in the lift of a London hotel in ... -
Graphics: What is the point of ...... actually, let me apologize for such a stupid vague thread title, I so wanted to avoid this but the whole sentence I wanted to write is just way t…
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What is the point of those flawless flicker-free screenshots ...
Or look at some of the multicolour images that also use ... websites to show the graphical capabilities of a machine as ... other systems too as the above link and other prominent sites ... -
Your views on...The Lords of Midnight[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006604]The Lords of Midnight[/url] Never, ever attempted to play this adventure game, didn't …
... org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006604]The Lords of Midnight[/url]
< ... BUT] I know this and it's sequel were highly ... Which is the more superior of the two? Graphics looked cool and I hear ... there are hundreds of ... -
Bargain - ?15m and the Pope will call roundHis Holiness the Pope, former Nazi youth and leader of the richest organization in history (in terms of both wealth and land ownage), is visiting Br…
... whatever the cost of the Police, all of the organisation, etc will add.
And ... lucky us, the ... 've had enough of that on this forum, and the threads always turn ... -
The future of the Micro Mart 'retro' column... any suggestions?Hi folks, For the first time in a long time it seems that I've had some spontaneous feedback (from issue 1111) on the Micro Mart forums and elsewher…
... ) on the Micro Mart forums and elsewhere, and to be honest, some of the more ... mix of hardware, modifications and games and other types of software, ie, applications and utilities ... have a 'demo of the week' bit at the end of my column in ... -
Help with the name of a FilmI remember back in the mid 90's i saw a film one night but cant remember what it was called but do remember bits of it and was wondering if anyone wo…
... on the main kid and his friend steal a piece of the councillors Harley ... the councillor finds out and he lift up the kids necklace revealing the piece of ... quitting smoking and throws all of her different packs of cigs out the window ... -
Cheap Broadband (ADSL) and the PlusNet Rip off.Ok so I want to sign my parents up to a broadband connection. I looked at plus net and saw they were doing 8mbps with 10GB monthy usage limit for ?6.…
... and yes guess what my parents are in the 20% of ... and so have to pay more. Then they had the ... put off Plus net and am seriously re- ... they are slowly pissing of the loyal following they gained ... due to a range of increasingly shoddy and unclear practices.
Trying to remember the name of a game...Hi, all! I used to play a game 20 years ago that I liked a lot... I can't remember the name. The idea of the game was like this: You control a creat…
... can't remember the name.
The idea of the game was like ... thick flexible stick and moves in a peculiar way: the stick that ... to get to the other five creatures of the same species and release them ... what the name of the game was so I can look for it and ...The scale of commercial Spectrum piracyFollowing on from the excellent thread featuring material from the ITN archive, I found this: [url]http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/07/03…
... At the beginning of this clip we see the supposedly "perfect copy" of the Imagine ... I realise that colour photocopiers and semi-pro tape-duplicators were ... off copies in the music and VHS chain at the time, but ... all is not right here" and did you ever take any ...The Sadness of my Decaying Speccies.I've been avidly collecting ZX Spectrums since the late 90's and whilst at the time of the late 90's and early millennium my Spectrums and associated…
... Spectrums since the late 90's and whilst at the time of the late 90 ... 's and early millennium ... my Spectrums and associated ...logical operators and the calculator stackI was wondering if there was a utility which would provide the list of commands needed for the ROM calculator to evaluate a logical expression. For e…
... which would provide the list of commands needed for the ROM calculator to ... as input a logical expression and output the calculator commands, with an ... option to load the code bytes into memory from ...Jack and the Beanstalk (Text Adventure)This is for the 1984 TEXT adventure of Jack and the Beanstalk - not the more popular Thor game which is more graphical. [IMG]http://i66.servimg.com/…
... for the 1984 TEXT adventure of Jack and the Beanstalk - not the more popular ... BUT I cannot for the life of me, remember how to ... tie up the damn cow!!
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I have the rope but can't seem ... to tie up Daisybell the cow. All I get ...Phoenix Jones And The Rain City SuperheroesI found out about this guy in the Scottish Sunday Post.... [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1344136/Phoenix-Jones-Real-life-superhero-ch…
... out about this guy in the Scottish Sunday Post....
Jones-Real-life-superhero-chases-car ...Another guess the name of the game thread!Hello chums :) I can't for the life of me remember the name of the game I'm thinking of. It is a sort of 3D noughts and crosses game. IIRC there are…
... can't for the life of me remember the name of the game I'm ... thinking of. It is a sort of ... 3D noughts and ... on the screen and you can make your move on any of the grids ...Chaos - Magic & Death on the Plane of LimboHi everybody, I'm delving through 5 boxes of Speccy and contemporary games. A couple of interesting things (check my thread in the "preservation" se…
... and contemporary games. A couple of interesting things (check my thread in the ... "preservation" section) - and then ... /> Interestingly, nowhere does mention "The Battle of Wizards" - it's subtitled "Magic ...DivIDE+ and the 48k SpeccyI've 3 48k speccies of various revisions and none of them are working with my DivIDE+ yet all my 128's do, yet I'm sure when I first had it I'm sure …
... 3 48k speccies of various revisions and none of them are working with ... running on at least one of my 48k's
the card and the nmi doesn't work. Only ... once did the nmi worked but the ...Jet Set Willy and the Speedlock loaderHi everybody, I'm building a Manic Miner/JSW tribute site (yes, another one) and I was missing my original copy of Jet Set Willy. It's buried in my …
... one) and I was missing my original copy of Jet Set ... , I record it and make a TZX of it. I'm ... it is, right in front of me.
Eventually I ... m thinking this is one of the very last JSWs to ... cutting costs (hence the poor quality labels) and the fact that it' ...The display of the ZX SpectrumI'm trying my hand at putting a simple emulator together, but I don't quite remember exactly how the screen works... I have a (void) function that ta…
... , that should be the screen memory without the attributes) and the byte at that ... work out the coordinates of the 8 pixels from the address in the screen RAM ... . IIRC the screen is ...The state of things to come?Whilst I think it's great that our fave games are appearing on the iPad/iPhone/iToilet etc, I do think it is sad that games are now being taken from…
... games are appearing on the iPad/iPhone/iToilet etc, ... of this tie in...
Do we feel this is the ... market. Whilst I appreciate the multitude of iPhone/pad users, other ... formats - Android especially in the phone stakes (and ...Need the name of a comicI wonder if someone can help with something thats been bugging me....... I remember a comic that i read in the mid - late 80's that contained mainly …
... comic that i read in the mid - late 80's that ... i can't remember the name of the comic and its annoying me! (It ... ) was called 'Tough of the track' about a runner and another was called ...Sickness and the squits :-(Had a lovely meal out this evening... Me and the misses popped off to tesco on the way back from our pub meal, and my guts didn't feel right. Opened …
... meal out this evening... Me and the misses popped off to tesco ... on the way back from our pub meal, and my guts ... 't feel right. Opened the car door and spewed x3 then end ... bug is doing the rounds at the moment as most of my wifes ...Unlisted game - The Battle of MaidaI've just moved back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida". I really loved this game back in the 80s and I believe a friend of…
... back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida". ... the 80s and I believe a friend of the family by the name of ... Steve Jackson (not the ... I have a tape of the game, and although its not a ...The list of games of letter B is wrongHello. The list of games of letter B is wrong, the last game is "Bolas, Las" and the next games don't show, for example budokan, bump, set, spike...…
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The list of games of letter B is wrong, the last game is "Bolas, Las" and the next games don't show, for example budokan, bump, set, spike..... etcThe Making of...AlienA few weeks ago I interviewed John Heap of Denton Designs fame about his first full game for the Spectrum, Mind Games' Alien. He went on of course t…
... I interviewed John Heap of Denton Designs fame about ... his first full game for the Spectrum, Mind Games' Alien ... went on of course to create Shadowfire and Where Time ... />
You can read the feature here:-
... -e-n.html"]The Making of Alien[/URL]FFS... (the ignorance of modern youth)Sorry for the foul acronym, but I was just talking to a bloke I work with, and I mentioned that Bob Hope's widow had just passed away, and he asked m…
... t in colour, and of course most of Bob Hope's ... simply one of the best comedians ever, his timing and mannerisms ... TV shows and army tours too, and lots of charity golf ... and torrent The Paleface, Casanova's Big Night, The Lemon Drop Kid, The Princess and the ...The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
... two lanes of a motorway with a crosswind gust) and the firm my ... too many door handles and the subsequent parts of BL years later must ... look at some of the history sites about the company, many of the concept designs ..."I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81" (possible remark)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000179&loadpics=1"]I Wish I Knew ... about the Spectrum and the ZX81[/URL] Remark that might…
... the Spectrum and the ZX81[/URL]
Remark that might be of ... is actually taken from the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... /Pages/SinclairUser02900045.jpg"]SU29 review of the book[/URL].)
the series though :razz:[/strike ...Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…
... through a via at the bottom of the CPU and, following the trace on underside ... , goes to IORQGE on the edge ... just above and to the left of IC21. Following the trace on the underside it ...The origin of Dr. Maddo TZX...The origin of the original release of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001479"]Dr. Maddo (US GOLD)[/URL] is unknown. No maga…
The origin of the original release of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum ... ]), no adverts, only the TZX file and the AMERICANA software re-release ... to guess who uploaded the TZX and get more information? ( ... very r@re piece of the very important (and not r@re) ...The end of the road for the CD is nearWell, it seems that cds are now definately on the road out. There was a report last week that Mercury will stop pressing cd's at the end of next yea…
... are now definately on the road out. There was ... pressing cd's at the end of next year.
... It seems everyone is downloading music now and ... not buying cds (look at HMV's sales, the ... br /> The writing has been on the wall for the cd ...
