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Fake Events?I remember back in the 1980s, as a teenager, seeing a poster for a concert and saying to someone with me something like "oh look - such and such big …
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Son et Lumiere - a lightsynth from 1985.I wrote this back in 1985, inspired by Jeff Minter's Psychedelia; I think I was the only person who actually bought the Spectrum version! I wanted…
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What tooling to use to start zx spectrum game programming?Hi, I owned a zx spectrum when I was young and would like to get back into game programming on the zx spectrum. As time has passed I have ran away…
... zx spectrum when I was young and would like to get ... -
Play games good or bad?Since the day the Internet was available, every parent thought playing games was harmful. But is that true? Play a game like a double-edged sword. …
... an office worker and a young mother. I have a lot ... -
“Incorrectly” nested FOR NEXT loopsWay back when I was young, and I was experimenting with BASIC programming, I had to try some of the things that you are not supposed to do. This incl…
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A Family Man's Lament of Wifes, Family, Mother In Laws and New Cars.So after working tirelessly in the USA since my wife asked me to emigrate in 2013 our family has grown and the car I brought when we came (a Subaru F…
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ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 02 January 2021Saturday 02 January 2021 Happy New Year, Spec Chums! I was hoping to do this update for Xmas - but difficulties involving fermented apples got in th…
... Dizzy,
Ghoulies, Go West Young Man, God Save The Punk ... -
Want a 48kAfter reviving my old 128k i would like to return to basics with a 48k. I never had one since i was too young. In fact i was the kid always annoyin…
... one since i was too young. In fact i was the ... -
Were people uglier in the 80s? Have we gotten more beautiful?I have been watching some old British game shows from the 80s such as Family Fortunes and the like. The one thing I have noticed is poorer dress sens…
... sense and on average, the young ladies and often the men ... come across a lot of young adults in the UK and ... -
New release and cassette edition for SOPHIA II[img]https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMTA3MDAyMS82MTI5OTk4LnBuZw==/original/p3BwzV.png[/img] Hi everyone, another new release under the Zankle Sof…
... in the adventures of the young princess-magicienne from the tiny ... -
Sonic The Hedgehog At 30.I stumbled across this on the BBC earlier :- [url="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57566746"]https://bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-57566746[/url] …
... just mind boggling to my young 11 year old mind at ... -
"Old English"Here is one expression (a real blast from the past):- [url="https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=infra+dig"]https://google.com/searc…
... one's dignity" . Clearly us " young uns" totally misinterpreted what the ... -
Xavior (PSS)Hi all, I wanted to finish Xavior since it tried many times when I was young even if it wasn't for sure the best ZX game ever. Probably just the pure…
... many times when I was young even if it wasn't ... -
Heavens to Murgatroyd! Were you part of some subculture when young?I was a goth in teenage times. Were you a mod or rocker...a teddy boy? Were you having a giant green mohican...or into extreme knitting? Did you…
I was a goth in teenage times.
Were you a mod or rocker...a teddy boy?
Were you having a giant green mohican...or into extreme knitting?
Did you mope about as an EMO!
Were you in Satan's Slaves OR Hells Angels?
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Chess Machines?I was very young when I discovered the game of chess. Actually, it was my grandfather who introduced it to me. I remember it was a vinyl mat with…
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Macs and .TZX?Hi there, Wow, this takes me back to some of the happiest days of my life! I just have a quick question - does anybody know of any .TZX compatible e…
... was suggested to me by Jeff Braine.
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Help with my first emulatorActually, when I say 'first' that's a bit of a lie - I used to own a mac and had Macspectacle which was dandy. Now, however I have a PC running Windo…
Sigh! Jeff, get that ZX 32! [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
The prob is RS doesn't run too well under the Windows environment. So if u want best results, boot to DOS and run it. -
Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
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Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
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Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
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A picture of me and my Spectrum circa 1984 8o)<a href="http://www.fotango.com/p/eba00132841f00000010.jpg From" target="_blank">[url]http://www.fotango.com/p/eba00132841f00000010.jpg[/url] From<…
... boxes. Who knows - I was young and foolish then - now I ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... than play.. thats why when young I felt that has a ... -
PrintingI know this is totally off topic, but I am in dire need of help, and all u guys on WOS have been of great help to me before. Everywhere I've asked so…
... 've printed) to impress my young nephews with. They are gobsmacked ... -
The first spectrum gameThe spectrum was released in 1982,and originally came with the horizons tape so in reality the very first spectrum game had to be thru the wall on th…
... Dummy Run', written by a young Matthew Smith whilst working for ... -
Whodunnit by MastertronicI've found another one not on the main list... am I expecting too much or is it actually worthwhile mentioning games not on the list? Am I mentionin…
... cos Vinsoft (which was a young kid who sold games mail ... -
Anyone Recognizes This Loader?Hi there! I live in Argentina. I have a -dead by now- CZ Spectrum (a ZX clone made by an argentinian company, Czerweny, which used to make... Excell…
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S.O.P. Save Old ProgramsHi ! Does anybody have any idea how can I save my old collection for the future ? I've lots of tapes full of programs. I use Z80 emulator (ver 3.50)…
... from Hungary and I was young when I met Spectrum. I ...