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Is there Monty on the run 128 music?By far imho this Rob Hubbard tune on the c64 pushed that sid chip to the limits, what a great tune. Ive tried to youtube a speccy version only to fin…
... imho this Rob Hubbard tune on the c64 pushed that sid chip ... to the limits, what a great tune ... version or has anyone replicated the c64 track? Cant see it ... -
The making of R-Type on the speccy book, free downloadBob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [u…
Bob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [url]http://bizzley.com/[/url] -
FS: Starglider and Xenon on Plus 3 discI've got Starglider on disc in excellent condition, box is mint, it contains everything described on the box.. I also have Xenon on disc but the box…
I've got Starglider on disc in excellent condition, box ... mint, it contains everything described on the box..
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Was there a 'great' golf game on the spec?So...a few sports had games made of them on the speccy that were more or less as good as you could hope for IMO. Emlyn for football*, konami's ping p…
... had games made of them on the speccy that were more or ... games. Even a couple of the darts sims feel like they ... .
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Taito's Dead Connection on the Spectrum?I had never seen this game before, its from 1992, but looks very suitable for the Spectrum, because of the lack of scroll. Looks quite fun to play, a…
... looks very suitable for the Spectrum, because of the lack of scroll ... fun to play, and even the graphics are small but very ... , it could work very well on the ZX (I can imagine Craig ... -
Abnormal Load on the M4Saw this today, got in front of it just before it hit the road, I got to Wales and did stuff and got back, and saw it trundling along causing a huge …
... up two lanes on motorways.
The loads are almost ... 7pm, travelling through the roadwork road closure on the A34 and laying up ... overnight at the M4 ... for the A46 and arriving at the Tog Hill parking area on the ... -
Adventures on the Spectrum (Mike Gerrard book)Used condition as follows: [LIST] [*]The cover has some wear and yellowing to the edges. [*]The inside pages are all clean, with the exception of a …
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[*]The cover has some wear and ... yellowing to the edges.
[*]The inside pages are ... clean, with the exception of a small mark on the inside front cover ... , and a couple of marks on the outside ... -
Are there many +3 game patches available?With the incompatibilities of some of the original 48k games running on the +3, I wondered how many have been patched so far and if there is a list o…
... of some of the original 48k games running on the +3, I wondered how ... to have Bomb Jack running on the +3. From what I've read ... because it uses the empty area at the end of the ROM as ... as perhaps some other games on the incompatibility list do too. -
How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…
... thought this was the limits to programming on the Spectrum, but I ... "how did they make the games?") I just didn' ... assembly code and wondering how the &^%$ you know ... have tried in the last few years on a few ... on these guides on how to code, but I can't for the ... -
178k +3 disksSorry if this is in the wrong section, but how do I get 178K on a +3 disk? I have some CF2 disks that format to 173K but i'm trying to salvage some …
... in the wrong section, but how do I get 178K on a +3 ... data. Can I format 178k on the +3 or have I got to ... them formatted on an Amstrad?
Sorry for the n00b questions ... but searching the forum didn't ... -
A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin[SIZE=4][COLOR=Green][U][B]A tally on the number of successful builds of the Harlequin.[/B][/U][/COLOR][/SIZE] Please post your successes below :-) …
... ][U][B]A tally on the number of successful builds ... of the Harlequin.[/B][/U][/COLOR ... a poll to show the count?[/QUOTE]
Yes ... entries[/B], the number of replies to the thread will ... give the number built ;-)
Which games perform checksums on the 48K ROM?I've just modified a version of the 48K Spectrum ROM designed for use on the Timex Sinclair 2068, so that a 16 bit checksum of the ROM produces the r…
... ROM designed for use on the Timex Sinclair 2068, so ... bit checksum of the ROM produces the result $641F and ... . These are the same values as the standard 48K ROM ... which games performed these tests on the ROM? I'd like ... to try the new ROM out on these games.Are there any Metroid style games on the Spectrum?Are there any Metroid style games on the Spectrum? You know the Metroid games (Metroid on the NES, Super Metroid on the SNES, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 o…
... on the Spectrum? You know the Metroid games (Metroid on the NES, Super Metroid on the ... SNES, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 on the ... and forth across the ever expanding map, ... br /> Someone mentioned that the Batman: Arkham games (XBox ...The best Tetris game on the Speccy?The recent [B]Tetris Ultimate[/B] debacle on the PS4 and XBox One* made me wonder what was the best version of Tetris on the Spectrum. I'm not famil…
... wonder what was the best version of Tetris on the Spectrum.
... seem to remember that the offical Tetris on the Spectrum wasn't ... was an interesting Tetris variation on the Spectrum (can't remember ... more impressive than it does on the Spectrum, though to be ...Games that look *exactly* like a Spectrum game, but was never released on the Speccy.As the title says - what games are there (on other platforms) that look just like Spectrum games, but was never released on the Spectrum? This subje…
As the title says - what games are there (on other platforms) that ... games, but was never released on the Spectrum?
This ... why they were never released on the Spectrum.
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The ZX Spectrum on The Saturday Show in 1983So, one morning on ITV, Tommy Boyd demonstrates the power of BASIC on the ZX Spectrum, with a screen depicting "London is the capital of France (true…
... , Tommy Boyd demonstrates the power of BASIC on the ZX Spectrum, with a ... screen depicting "London is the capital ... at the time, and I've now got my hands on a ... because of sound from the studio floor on this episode. Now, I ...Robocop on the GameboyJust been playing the Spectrum-esque version on my GameBoy Advance SP. Stone me ED-209 is a touch cookie when he moves around. We were spoilt with th…
Just been playing the Spectrum-esque version on my GameBoy Advance SP ... We were spoilt with the static approach on the Speccy! Very similar ... games though, but I prefer the ... a second version for the Gameboy, which played completely ...Spectrum +3 tape Loading !Hi all ! Wonder if anyone else has come across this. Ive recently bought a +3 from ebay. On the whole its fab. The disks work fine, the 128k tape g…
... a +3 from ebay. On the whole its fab. The disks work fine, the 128k ... to work on both recorders after much fiddling with the sound, ... but Sabre Wulf which works perfectly on my ... 2A just wont load on the +3.
< ...Video review of Subway Vigilante on the C64It didn't set the world alight on the ZX Spectrum but how does the C64 version measure up? [youtube]gFfX2q_JLik[/youtube]
It didn't set the world alight on the ZX Spectrum but how does the C64 version measure up?
[youtube]gFfX2q_JLik[/youtube]Heavy on the magick bugsDo you know any "Heavy on the magick" bugs or glitches? As far I know cheat with realign status and not well drawn cyclops arm http://i.imgur.com/VY…
Do you know any "Heavy on the magick" bugs or glitches?
..."The Writing's on the wall", the new Bond theme tuneI've just listened to the new theme song for the next Bond film ("The Writing's on the Wall" for the movie "Spectre" due out later this year), and I …
... for the next Bond film ("The Writing's on the Wall" for the movie ... weak and lacks the memorability or the power of a ... is that the singer doesn't suit the song, and ... a cover version of the song (https://www.youtube ... better, but shows that the song itself isn't ...Another milestone on the gaming industry's dropping off of quality control, sigh...Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 5 is released in Great Britain tomorrow, and is apparently all but unplayable unless you install the day one patch. Sadly that…
... but unplayable unless you install the day one patch. Sadly ... the game install files! Apparently the game is 4.6GB on the disc, whereas the ... -patch/)
But the companies put rubbish like this ... 's no incentive for the companies to reconsider their ...Xenon on the 16 bits - that bloke in the sunglassesYou know the pale guy that zooms in on the TV screen and says "Sector 1"? Who is he? One of the coders? I've had a quick web search and can't eas…
You know the pale guy that zooms in on the TV screen and says "Sector 1"?
Who is he? One of the coders? I've had a quick web search and can't easily find out, maybe some Amiga/ST experts here will know.
(Just interested).What font did Sinclair use on the Spectrum case?I'm after a matching font to the one that Sinclair used on the Spectrum for the Sinclair brand name (you know, the '80s futurisitc-y looking one), fo…
... font to the one that Sinclair used on the Spectrum for the Sinclair brand ... name (you know, the '80s ... />
Ariel looks OK for the ZX Spectrum part in white ...What game had a metallic rat on the cover?So I have memories of a game which had a robotic/metallic rat/mouse on the front cover. It wasn't hand drawn, but a photo. Sorry not much to go on…
So I have memories of a game which had a robotic/metallic rat/mouse on the front cover. It wasn't hand drawn, but a photo.
Sorry not much to go on! Does it sound familiar to anyone?
Definitely not Micro Mouse ;)I've released a (free!) floppy disk filled with sci-fi themed custom levels for "Worms" on the AmigaOver the last couple of months, I've been transferring all the artwork, animation, music, games and writing I made on my Amiga in the 90's to my PC. …
... and writing I made on my Amiga in the 90's to ... . There was some space left on the disk, so I recently decided ... , instructions on how to use the levels in-game are on the disk (it ... , you can still view the levels on the disk by double clicking them ...SD card reader for Spectrum +3Hi Guys, I want to buy an SD card reader for my +3. I have seen that the DivMMC works on the +3, but I have heard of other ones, like the SMART c…
... for my +3. I have seen that the DivMMC works on the +3, but I ... have heard of other ones, like the ... usually quite successful at loading the games you want in .tap ...Hard Drivin' on the Speccy this needs to be fixed !I just tried Hard Drivin' on the Speccy it's a very impressive feat it's smooth and fast and in 3D nothing short of amazing actually. But it's almost…
I just tried Hard Drivin' on the Speccy it's a very impressive feat it's smooth and fast and in 3D nothing short of amazing actually. But it's almost impossible to play cause of the oversensitive controls how can they have not fixed it ? :(Why do we have to live with colour clash on the Spectrum Next - if it ever gets sold!I can fully sympathize with those who would like to see a 'new' Spectrum, presumably modelled on the last and best version with perhaps the option to…
... a 'new' Spectrum, presumably modelled on the last and best version with ... lot of the ingenuity expended on graphics is probably based on the necessity to ... consider the color clash problem and ...Sopwith Camel like game on the Speccy?[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5ZNCBlkHLE"]Sopwith Camel II[/url] Was there a World War I Speccy game rivalling DOS games Sopwith Camel an…
... Camel II? Played the later one in the eighties and thought game ... flying physics were very realistic. On the video game looks very easy ... was hard to keep the plane in the air for very long ...
