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Funny Incident's With Your Old School's/College Computers.Reading a few threads on the WoS forum's got me thinking of the old computer's that we used at my primary/secondary school, and the sometimes very fu…
... on the WoS forum's got me thinking of the old computer's that ... connected up to one of the BBC's, which was set-up ... shoes before we were allowed into the room etc.
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Back into the scene and having problems !Hi Guys,<br><br>After a few years away from the retro scene, I'm back with an Atari 800XL, A C64 and - best of all arrived today, a lovely little 48K…
... /> First thing I did was the composite video mod - switched on ... /> I then discovered the little trim pot on the mainboard - gave it ... a tweak and the colour returned !!
Now ... TZX and TAP - it's always only the same two games that ... -
The magic's goneI dunno, i'm glad the new site is now up and running and most of the regulars are here but there's something missing and i can't quite put my finger …
... dunno, i'm glad the new site is now ... running and most of the regulars are here but ... there's something missing and i ... but it isn't the same, i'm not ... it's because there's less people here now but the ... out of the forums, sorry but that's the way i ... -
Retro Asylum 118 - NES TASTIC!<img src="http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/118_nestastic_punchout.png" /> The Drisk and special guest Alex Mort of Retro Game Squ…
... Nintendo’ legendary ol’ grey toaster, the NES.
Special thanks ...
Links to the book's mentioned in this episode:
It’s Behind You by Bob Pape ... /gb/podcast/episode-118-nes-tastic!/id474414834?i=345728992 ... -
Video Games Collecting Project at the Museum of LondonThe Museum of London is currently engaged in a new, experimental collecting project which encompasses all digital media including film/video, sound, …
... media, and the web. We are enhancing the museum's digital collecting activities ... digital material to enrich the Museum’s collections. The digital collecting area we ... bringing these games into a public collection, the museum has the opportunity to ... -
Which software companies from the 80's are still around?Does any wossers know how many software firms have survived since the spectrum days? I know Codemasters, Activision and Epyx are still around (they'…
Does any wossers know how many software firms have survived since the spectrum days? I know Codemasters, Activision and Epyx are still around (they're one of our customers!) but i think that's it. The rest i think went bust or were bought over. -
The history of ESXDOS, the DivMMC and the DivMMC EnJOY![img]http://benophetinternet.nl/hobby/divmmc_history/1%20esxdos.jpg[/img] These are the stories behind esxDOS, the most popular operating system e…
... com/ResearchTriangle/4535/
There's the first OS I did for ... save files, and later used the PC's mouse too.”
s: he's the hardware man.
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New Game: The Order of MazesI'm pleased to announce my first full game release since Flynn's Adventure in Bombland 4 years ago. It is called The Order of Mazes and you can downl…
... full game release since Flynn's Adventure in Bombland 4 years ... [/url]. This is my entry into the ZX Dev'2015 Compo and ... would have appeared on the back of the inlay :-)
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The Great Escape. I found an alternative escape route.I managed to figure out a way to escape without ever using the wirecutters. So if you've beaten the game a lot of times and would like to try somethi…
... inventory and join the daily routine. When it's time for ... exercise let your character walk into the exercise ... yard. Once inside, take control and head for the ... Here's a few pictures to go along with the instructions...
New Game - Save the Trees!Hi! My second game is a little puzzle game. Link: http://www.fanzix.hu/stteng.htm You spend your mostly eventless days as the chief gardener o…
... come to the same conclusion: the trees cannot go without the city’s unique ... ’, which larvae nestle into the roots, feeding on the tree’s juices so intensely ... , that causes the irreversible destruction ...Heavy on the Magick vs Knightmare (TV show) - similarities Whilst being immersed in all things Magick at the moment, I’m once again struck by a lot of similarities between HOTM and Knightmare, the legendary…
... HOTM and Knightmare, the legendary 80’s kids TV show.
The creator of Knightmare ... levels versus Knightmare’s 3.
HOTM’s Demon Princes ... whereas in KM the food is placed into the knapsack to increase health ...The RZX Request ThreadI have no idea if anything like this has ever been tried - but given that I am only a very occasional visitor these days I'd hope you all don't mind …
... that's something I was never told about in the instructions ...
I know there's been another thread out there ... much includes anything with Ultimate's insane QWERT combination), and ...
Rather than disappearing back into the shadows, I'll keep an ...Never released Defender of the Crown for the ZX Spectrum revealed![img]https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wReY8pYiieg/V8gfWBCS2AI/AAAAAAAAd5M/ZN2SlMe1WeMCSik5xXf4JmTSR0zp24gbgCLcB/s640/sincdef.jpg[/img] [quote]One game I…
... the day I pass, is Cinemaware's fantastic medieval game ' Defender of the ... for multiple systems including the Amiga, DOS, NES, Atari ST, Amstrad CPC ... version of Defender of the Crown for the ZX Spectrum which will ...The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
... successfully loaded from the 128K +2's Tape Loader menu. ... with Colin The Cleaner "by" Harry S Price (yeah, the internet revealed ... these, fascinated at the Spectrum's history and quite a ...
I stuck with the Spectrum way into 1993, particularly as I ...Where does the BASIC program sit 48K Spectrum memory?Hi there First post so be gentle, I've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started programming it for fun again. I wrote the followin…
... 've had a spectrum since the 80's and have recently started ... cool patterns via the POKE command directly to the screen memory.
into a different part of memory ... to without messing with the system variables or the actual program listing ...Noob's guide to joysticksWhy on earth would I be asking this *now*, I hear you all scream? The answer... curiosity. Back in the day all I ever had was a +2 and Sinclair's …
... was a +2 and Sinclair's own (horrid) SJS-1, which ... (like plugging an Atari joystick into the Sinclair port on a +2 ... bet many of Mikro-Gen's own) that offered this option ... it appears to move the arrow up the option screen every ten ...My re-creacton of the Z80 8-bit Universal IDEI looked into my draw with various bits & bobs for PC and I found there a CF-IDE adapter, HDD ribbons and two CF cards. So, I was thinking to myself,…
I looked into my draw with ... all posts related to the Zetr0’s IDE design. I ...
Formatted the card
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Powered down the Speccy, took the card out and loaded ... snapshots to the card. Back to the Speccy, the card in, ...How to write files from PC into a +3 disk image?I'm thinking about creating a utility that converts 48k snapshots into tap and dsk files. To do so, I've found that libspectrum allows me to read sna…
... utility that converts 48k snapshots into tap and dsk files. To ... allows me to create files into a dsk file.
- John Elliot's libdsk has read/write data ... I wanted to create files into the disk images (but on a ...Zelda: Breath of the Wild.I thought I'd make this it's own thread as it was appearing in bother the Switch and "currently playing" threads, that way everything can go into the…
... 's own thread as it was appearing in bother the ... way everything can go into the one thread for easier reading ... :
It's always raining! Not much of ... :))
It's also too bloody hard later ... my next issue and it's a big problem...
..."Henry's Hoard" - completable at last![[i]Please scroll down if you just want the links where the bug-fixed files can be grabbed![/i]] "Henry's Hoard" is a game released by Martyn Brow…
... of "Henry's Hoard" exist: the 1985 edition, the 1986 edition and ... can only get into HENRY'S ANTICS to collect the items if ... at the upper level, which effectively blocks the player's progress through the ... are exactly as the game's authors meant the game to be ...He's back! Not sure why, or even if anyone will remember him, but he's back anyway.Yes, *he* is back. Unless you're British, over forty, and haven't gone senile, then you probably won't remember him, but he's back, nonetheless. T…
... him, but he's back, nonetheless.
The name's Pugwash, Captain ... cancelled by the BBC because the series was (so the rumours go ... if that's true, as I can barely remember the cartoon, ... publicised and spend the time and effort making it into a live ...A problem with the divMMC Future interfaceHere's my second attempt at posting this: I bought a divMMC Future, which allows you to load and save Spectrum games in seconds. It does this very…
Here's my second attempt at posting ... it's used in conjuction with my Comcon joystick interface, the joypad ... are a bit off. The divMMC Future has a kempston ... I'm wondering if it's possible the two are conflicting with ... a joystick isn't plugged into the divMMC?Competition to the premiere of Spectrum Movie in CambridgeHi there! My name is Andy Remic. I’ve made a 2hr 20m documentary feature film about the Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer entitled Memoirs of a Spectrum…
... life growing up with the Spectrum. The film’s artwork was created as ... name will go into a hat/bag/bucket. The winner(s) get an ... invite to the film premiere!! And ...To all Deus Ex fans, GMDX (the best mod for the game) version 9 has been released!GMDX (Give Me Deus Ex) v9 has been released today. It's a great mod that alters most things in the original game, and aims to make Deus Ex into the g…
... aims to make Deus Ex into the game it would have been ... doesn't just improve the game, it's also designed to make ... the game more difficult for experienced ... you really should play the game in it's original form first ...UFO Defence Command: XCOM without the tactical battles!I've got it into my head to create a Spectrum game that's basically XCOM, only without all the parts where you're personally guiding soldiers around …
... game that's basically XCOM, only without all the parts where ... maps hunting aliens. Instead, it's more like Football Manager, UFO ... put your most capable people into the field again and again, or ... AGD game already on the go, plus it's been literally decades ...Just watched Paul Jenkinsons's spectrum chanel and now want to write code againPlease assume for the purpose of this thread I know nothing... I want to look to write games on the spectrum but want to develop and test on my wi…
... look to write games on the spectrum but want to ... rewrite as assembler or compile the basic. Is this approach ... lot of info to support the platform. Seeing as I ... (but assume that's to do with the nag screen).
into the idea would like to ...Help getting a speccy back into a modern office environment!I have a 48K rubber key mounted in a mdf holder (sprayed black to match) that also holds a 10" LCD screen in a neat little "workstation" type package…
... plug it into the wall using the Sinclair PSU. Inside there's a MicroSSD ... numbers they use most often into their own excel sheets etc ... bring my little speccy workstation into work, sit it on my ... way of inputting entries, displaying the whole list, and searching ...Trying to remember the name of a sci-fi seriesIf anyone can jog my memory it would be good. It was shown on TV either late 80's or early 90's but it was a repeat then, I seem to think it was m…
... TV either late 80's or early 90's but it was ... it was made in the 70's.
The basic 'story' was ... or something similar , divided up into different "zones" (best way I ... I'd guess something like S.A or possibly cheaply made ...The Arcade Resurrection ClubGood afternoon to all. Today I would like to tell you about an idea I had which is to create (yeah you figured that out by the sig and the header)…
... figured that out by the sig and the header) an Arcade Resurrection ... which would bring us back into the Golden Age of gaming, not ... it's not going away. on the link you can see the in ... arcade construction, instructions, history of the brands, game lists, links ...Fairlight 128K's horrible music (and doing something about it?)Hopefully everyone here is familiar with the quite marvellous theme tune from the 48K version of Fairlight - borrowed from Wizardry on the Bread Bin …
... suppose was the "proper" tune as the Bread Bin's Fairlight used ... tune and bolt it into the space where the nasty "proper" tune ... =N6zgvDalllc
The Bread Bin's Wizardry has this tune ... Also, if anyone's wondering why I like the original 48K tune ...
