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Top 5 games ?Sorry if this is done before. Just wondered what everyones top 5 games on the Spectrum ever might be. Mine probably are.... 1) Elite (At first i…
... was so hooked)
2) Commando
(Just couldnt stop ... playable game)
4) Jet Set Willy
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Classical music in Spectrum gamesFollowing a point made by GOC, I would list the pieces of classical music featured in Spectrum games. As far as I can remember right now: - Manic Mi…
... :
- Manic Miner (title screen): [I]Blue Danube[/I] waltz ... [/I] (first movement)
- Jet Set Willy (title screen) Opening lines of L.v ... -
Titles for swopsThe following are up for swops. They will be going on ebay at the weekend so shout soon please. Anything not listed on my site is wanted. 1943 Kix…
... Image
Five Star 2 Beau Jolly
Formula ... Micromega
Fun School 2 under 6s Hit Squad
Jet Set Willy Software Projects
Juggernault ... Monitor Picturesque
Speed King 2 Mastertronic
Stunt Bike ... -
Loading screen as an gif or png?I'm in search for a gif/png picture with the spectrum loading screen (blue yellow stripes)animated. Can someone tell me where i can find it? Christi…
I'm in search for a gif/png picture with the spectrum loading screen (blue yellow stripes)animated.
Can someone tell me where i can find it?
Christian
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Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... snap of end)
[B]Jet Set Willy[/B] (have snap of end ... last...page")
[B]Dizzy 2 (Treasure Island) Crash Edition[/B ... : I also had --- [B]Fairlight 2[/B] (the "key bug" prevents ... -
My collection for sale. Full list here!Here's the list of what I am selling. Please contact me at cheggersplayspop*@boltblue.com (remove the *) and make me an offer! TITLE PUBLISHER YEAR …
... Kane Mastertronic 1986
Kikstart 2 (& Course Designer) Mastertronic 1987 ... Dan Dare 2 Ricochet ?
Ghostbusters Ricochet 1984
Jet Set Willy Ricochet ? Amstrad ... ?
Starstrike 1 & 2 Silverbird ? instructions stained
Turbo ... -
The problem with early arcade adventuresWhether it was a programming reason or not, you find that a lot of the early arcade adventures on the Spectrum (1984-85) had 256 screens. I think "P…
... size with variety on each screen.
You tend to find ... is Jet Set Willy too, which had about 80. Seeing a new screen for ... with me that those 256 screen games could sometimes bore you ... -
Top 10 Games - All Formats (Pre Playstation era)Without being biased only towards Spectrum games what are your favourite 10 games? (Apologies if this has been asked before) My favourites: 1 Sensi…
... World of Soccer (Amiga)
2 Super Mariokart (SNES)
3 ... 2 (SNES)
9 Day of The Tentacle (Amiga)
10 Jet Set Willy ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 30 August 2004Monday 30 August 2004 Finally got caught up on Tipshop updates - lots of good stuff The Italian Project, and assorted Real Life things have meant I…
... Trooper, Split Personalities and Trashman 2: Travel with Trashman (Alessandro ... /> Impossible Mission 1 and Terminator 2: Judgement Day (AndyC);
... /> * Added maps for Jet Set Willy: Jet-Set Willy in Space and Jet Set Willy: Join the Jet-Set
by ... -
UKretro.co.uk - Website UpdateHi, The latest additions to our site ([url]www.UKretro.co.uk[/url]) are listed below, Best Wishes, Mike [url="http://www.UKretro.co.uk"]www.UKretro…
... Amstrad CPC 464
Galaforce 2-Blue Ribbon- BBC Micro /Acorn ... 128 C64
Last Ninja 2 - Hit Squad - Commodore 64 ... C64
Zeppelin Hit Pack 2 - Commodore 64 128 C64
Jet Set Willy -ZX Spectrum-Signed by Matthew ... -
Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community:
1. ... cover CD!
2. A big interview with Matthew ... />
On Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy remakes...
"I personally don ... But with the case of Jet Set Willy it's very complicated, and ... -
Chris Moyles talking about the Spectrum on Radio 1 Did anyone hear Moyles and co. talking about the Speccy on his breakfast show yesterday morning. Was after the 830am news. He was on about PS2 and X…
... and Jet Set Willy.
I think someone tried to do the loading ... the volume level right whilst loading tapes !!!
Was nice ... -
Spectrum loading screen on Ch4?Hi all, this evening I caught a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a brief flash, with the borders and some big writing in the m…
... a glimpse of a Spectrum loading screen on Channel 4! Just a ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 01 March 2005Tuesday 01 March 2005 Oops - I missed getting the February update out before the end of February. Still, what's one day between friends, eh? * Corr…
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Chase H.Q. 2: Special Criminal Investigations ,
... Heartbroken , Hostages ,
Hunchback 2: Quasi Modo's Revenge , I ... ,
Jet Set Willy 5: The ZX Heroes , Komando 2 ,
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Nonterraqueous 1 , Nonterraqueous 2: Soul of a Robot , < ... -
Best loading screen.What's the best loading screen in your opinion? I really liked the one on Rescue from Atlantis (maybe minus the text) [url="http://www.worldofspec…
What's the best loading screen in your opinion?
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PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER - and about bloody time tooPlease feel free to raid Roger's Profanisaurus for rude names to call me for taking so long to get this sorted... PLATFORM GAME DESIGNER is now ava…
... style games)
2. PGD EXPLORER (for Jet Set Willy style games)
3 ... -
"Supercade" by Van BurnhamI checked out this book from my library it's from 2001 and by MIT press. It has 2 pages on the speccy by Nick Sweeney! It mentions "Skool Daze", "Jet…
... by MIT press. It has 2 pages on the speccy by ... !
It mentions "Skool Daze", "Jet Set Willy", "Knight Lore", "Driller" and "Sentinel ... -
PC Manic Miner Remake- Any thoughts? Opinions?First off, let me know if this is the wrong topic fot this thread. I'm new to the forums. Also, this is a looong post. Hope you have a lot of time…
... is how Miner Willy jumps. Rather than simply 2 types of jump ... that MM has.
2) Graphic Changes
As you ... in Flash and animated. Miner Willy will look different and the ... is similar to that of Jet Set Willy: When he's in the ... -
28 retro game EBAY auctions - including CYBERUN ultimate play the game for spectrumVINTAGE NINTENDO DONKEY KONG GAME AND WATCH HANDHELD [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VINTAGE-NINTENDO-DONKEY-KONG-GAME-AND-WATCH-NOT-SNES_W0QQitemZ8217…
... DIZZY-MAGICLAND-DIZZY-2-zx-spectrum-games_W0QQitemZ8217833711QQcategoryZ112866QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem ... DIZZY-MAGICLAND-DIZZY-2-zx-spectrum- ... A-MILLION-decathlon-jet-set-willy-L-K_W0QQitemZ8217829568QQcategoryZ3545QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem"]http ... -
Hidden piccy in Cylu loading screen.I was looking at the eggs at [url="http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#"]http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/eggs/#[/url] and I was wondering about …
... was wondering about the Cylu loading screen ... the little doohickies* on the ... -
Dodgy radio advertApologies if it's been mentioned elsewhere (I couldn't be arsed to look) but has anyone else heard the new radio advert featuring a Spectrum loading …
... radio advert featuring a Spectrum loading noise?
It's ... ' and mentions Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy, and is for 'Nivea for ... slightly though, as I was loading a REAL spectrum game at ... the time, and heard the loading noise coming through on the ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 30 November 2005Wednesday 30 November 2005 Happy 10th Birthday, WoS! Another massive update including 185 new adventure game solutions/tips(!!!) amongst other things…
... , Serendipity, Silverwolf, Space Detective 2: Home Run, Space Detective, ... Solutions: Alien Adventure, Civil Service 2, Civil Service, Ellisnore Diamond, The ... Eskimo Eddie ,
Jet Set Willy: The 2005 Megamix , Jet Set Willy: Willy's New Mansion ,
Getting old and wrinkly?I heard an ad on Virgin radio yesterday which went something like: "Do Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy make you Nostalgic?" and had Speccy loading noi…
... Miner and Jet Set Willy make you Nostalgic?" and had Speccy loading noises I ...Talk Sport Nivea advertSomeone has probably mentioned this before, but I couldn't believe it when I heard this advert on Talk Sport radio last night. It starts off with bl…
... sound like a Spectrum game loading, and then the voiceover says ... you played Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy? Try Nivea for Men - keeps ...A Few QuestionsHi, can you help with a few questions. 1. On ebay you see a lot of rubber key spectrums. How can you tell the difference between a 16k and 48k machi…
... and 48k machine?
2. I have Aliens US version ... (to remove lenslok) just like jet set willy 128k ?
Cheers and ...30 game plug in and play direct to tv thingieif there was one avalible for the spectrum (mabie there is?), what would your 30 games be ? remember they have to be used with a 4 button joystick (…
... ...
1.jetpac
2.cookie
3.manic miner ... /> 20.kosmic kanga
21.jet set willy
22.saboteur
23 ...Worst loading screenAlmost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?
Almost every Spectrum game has a loading screen. Some of them are good, some are not. So, which one is the worst loading screen ever?Loading screen made of Hama beadsOK, so not your usual approach to preservation, but I thought people might be interested in my attempt to render a Spectrum loading screen using Hama…
... attempt to render a Spectrum loading screen using Hama beads.
Code sheetsI sure most speccy owners spent an hour or so copying the code sheet to jet set willy at the back of the classroom, but did anyone ever copy the shee…
I sure most speccy owners spent an hour or so copying the code sheet to jet set willy at the back of the classroom, but did anyone ever copy the sheets of avalon / dragontorc or even the monster 7 page one for jsw 2ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 28 March 2006Tuesday 28 March 2006 Lots of new POKEs and maps this month - AND the update is actually on time :) * Added C & VG as a listed source, and edited t…
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Kolobok Zoom 2: In The Unfair World, ... /> Neighbours, Ninja Commando, Paperboy 2, Paperboy, Pieces of Eight, ... recordings for Action Farce 2 , Barbarian 2: The Dungeon of ... ,
Jet Set Willy: Ultimate Manic Miner , Last Ninja 2 ,
Operation ...
