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Is ZZ Spectrum emulator avalable to the public?Hi! Just wondering if ZZ Spectrum is avalable to the public for download... Wanted put something simular at my site too... :D Thanks
Hi!
Just wondering if ZZ Spectrum is avalable to the public for download...
Wanted put something simular at my site too... :D
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If you could re-design the Spectrum...Let's suppose you could go back in time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the alread…
... time to the beginning of the Eighties. The Spectrum is being designed as the revolutionary successor to the ... already popular ZX81. Which features would you change to the ... -
What games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?Hello For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level? thanks. greetings from Spain
Hello
For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?
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Idea for a new feature to compliment a debugger in an emulatorI had an idea for an emulator feature yesterday. Don't recall having seen this idea before, but I'm sure you'll correct me if it has. :) In that cas…
... of graphical representation of memory and see where the game reads and writes - to ... get an idea of where and what the ... darker the "closer" you would get to the heart of the routine you wanted to tear ... -
More, more, more....I know quite a few folks on here have been viewing this site: [url="http://theoceanexperience.co.uk/"]http://theoceanexperience.co.uk/[/url] If you…
... some of the posts on the forums.
There certainly seems to be ... of the other software houses. Matthew Smith (when he came back to planet Earth ... are compelled to create their own site dedicated to the stories of the software house ... -
The creator of Rastan SagaHow about this for coincidence the developer of Rastan Saga and other titles (Tom Lanigan) is actually the new IT manager at the place were I work. H…
How about this for coincidence the developer of Rastan Saga and other titles (Tom Lanigan) is actually the new IT manager at the place were I work. He's been in the job for about 2 months now.
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Guess Who Now Owns The Majority Of Manchester United?The owner of the American Football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!! PS: I don't watch American Football. I enjoy regular Football (called "Soccer" he…
The owner of the American Football team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers!!
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Interesting bit of Doctor Who trivia.From the IMDB :- 'On 4 April 2005 the BBC admitted it had made a mistake announcing that Christopher Eccleston was leaving the show. He had, in fact…
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'On 4 April 2005 the BBC admitted it had made ... that Christopher Eccleston was leaving the show. He had, in ... to be a surprise to the viewers of the show.'
Are the BBC trying to ... episode was really great by the way.
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Please, for the love of God, what the hell was it?Right chaps, let's identify a game which has been bugging me for ages. I remember it having a really good musical score, but I can't remember the nam…
... 't remember the name.
The game itself was part of the 'updated ... into two halves, at the bottom of which was your little man ... balls at a wall, at the top of the screen. I believe it ... -
what did the spectrum think as it was loading our games? (attempted joke topic)here is my idea. oh darn, he's loading that game again. display knightlore on the screen (why does he keep trying he never gets anywhere in the gam…
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display knightlore on the screen (why does he keep ... he never gets anywhere in the game)
chug chug ... i reset when it gets to the end of the tape
nah ... .
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Name the GameJust tried a few MAME games out last night, one was 'Metro-Cross'. Totally reminded me of an old Speccy game which was very playable. It was a horiz…
... -Cross'. Totally reminded me of an old Speccy game which ... were i think set in the future with 'skates' on ... and you had to collect cans for bonus points ... , jump over holes in the ground etc.
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I found the receipt to the Speccy i got at a boot sale!I paid five pounds for the spectrum i got at a boot sale, and tucked within the user manual i found a receipt for it, dated 17/09/88, the price of th…
... and tucked within the user manual i found ... 17/09/88, the price of the Sinclair Plus 2 was ... 139.95.
The guy bought the ... from Hornchurch, from the little computer shop that ... just across from the Indian Resteraunt is now ... -
Two new games submitted to the Spectrum Games Compo!There's two new entries to the SGC. [B]Pamela, the Zombie Slayer[/B] for the M/C category and [B]BASIC rally[/B] for the BASIC category. [url="http:…
There's two new entries to the SGC. [B]Pamela, the Zombie Slayer[/B ... ] for the M/C category and ... [B]BASIC rally[/B] for the BASIC category.
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Nik Kershaw - The RiddleI know it's probably just gibberish, but was there actually some kind of riddle in the song of the same name by Nik Kershaw? It's from 1984 so there…
... actually some kind of riddle in the song of the same name by ... a beacon
in the veil of the night
for a ... of yours
a blackbird sings on bluebird hill
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Finally, the saga of Dr. Van Halen is completedJosep Coletas has finished the saga of "Los extraordinarios casos del Dr. Van Halen", A Interactive Fiction Saga [B](in spanish)[/B] with five chapte…
Josep Coletas has finished the saga of "Los extraordinarios casos del Dr. ... acto[/url]
All the games are for spectrum.
The lesser of two evils - dieting (help!)Right, I've decided to trim my ever expanding wasteline,as I've just discovered that I weigh slightly over ten stone (and by slightly, I mean six sto…
... I can't be bothered to walk to the library (it's miles ... .
Obviously, the way to lose weight is to either excersise or ... everything that tastes nice has the words:
"Fat (per ... "
(or higher) on the box/packet/carton, but what ...So has this made it to the UK yet?[url="http://www.snickersmarathon.com/"]Snickers Marathon.[/url] Bloody cheek if you ask me. Ten years ago it was "Oh no, everyone else in the world…
... in the world calls it Snickers so we're changing the name of ... Marathon in the UK." Now they ... bring out a version of Snickers ...Lots of sinclair computers(Russian Clones)I found this on a swedish retro forum. "Hi there, first of all...if you already received this mail, sorry, right now I am sending a mail to all peo…
... I'll add you to
the list of possible buyers.DO ... NOT MAIL ME BY RESPONDING TO THIS ...
to bid on SEPARATE computers.The exact procedure of the sale will ... br />
Anyway...the list of the collection can be seen here ...ZX Spectrum +2 "one with directional keys next to the tape deck"Hi! My dad claims when he had a speccy +2, the directional keys were next to the tape deck. I have a second hand +2 from GameStation (go there for g…
... speccy +2, the directional keys were next to the tape deck. ... that dosnt have them next to the tape deck.
< ... br /> When we unpackaged the +2 from when we got ... his hand crashed into the tape deck cos he ... Its a miracle that the key positions have stayed ...Scumbags guttersnipe kids spoil ChristmasWell, me and the girlfriend went into Belfast city centre tonight to watch Rachel Stevens turn on the Christmas tree lights. All well and good - Rach…
... on Castlecourt (the shopping centre in the centre of Belfast) in an attempt to run riot ... through the shopping mall ... in Castlecourt had to shut the front doors of the shopping centre, which I believe ...Worthing Pier. The death of my childhood arcade, and the end of an era.[url="http://photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Worthing/"]http://photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Worthing/[/url] The last of the original arc…
... The last of the original arcade machines. :(
The dancing monkeys, and the marksman ... poor state of repair, the sights are knackered. None of the other machines ... The photos of the knackered Fruit Machine on the beach, sum up the death of the old ...Codies help? Werewolves of LondonHi All, never one for shying away from the deep end, having only just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find myself trying to find out …
... just dipped my toe in to the world of machine code I find ... to find out why an old fave game of mine crashes at the ... It seems to make a call to the ROM at the point of you winning ... gets to the register count in the image. After executing the "INC HL" the pointer ...The Sing-clair ProjectFollowing on in a way from [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=11800]this[/url] thread, I have had an idea. How about if we …
... with this one (to the tune of Video killed the radio star | The Buggles):
to reach the end of you
There was ... we come to an abandoned shelf of tapes
We hear the playback ... prob'ly stole your ideas to make the CPC
Oo-a ...2-player games common on the Speccy, rare on the PC, keyboard as the cause?Hello everyone Does the Spectrum have an edge over semi-modern (from the 90's) computers, when it comes down to keyboard input speed? I've always …
... making my transition from the world of the spectrum to the one of the PC, that comparatively ... supposedly superior platform. The spectrum seemed, most of the time, to have no serious ... is it possible to send programs created in emulators to the dos environment ...Only in the films....Some time ago I saw a thread in which people posted things that only or always happen in films. I can't remember where I saw the thread (I think it w…
... someone gets out of a shower to answer the phone or the door, or ... ; even on the busiest day of the week, with traffic bumper to bumper, he ... up due to the heat of constant firing, people never seem to bleed properly ...Two gamesHere is my "I remember the game but not it's name" post. These two games are in my blurry memory, maybe my memory playing games with me. my 1st unkn…
... red walls, you have to get to the center of the circle. There were some ... different planet, or alien invaded earth. you were looking through a ... really cannot rememeber what to do in the game. Everything was yellow ...BORAT!! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Country KazakhstanAny body seen this film yet??? It easy to see why it got the Kazakh's backs up!! It starts off very funny then tales of very badly towards the en…
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It easy to see why it got the Kazakh's backs ... very funny then tales of very badly towards the end...
< ... loud in the cinema, partly due to the shock of some of the things you ... see. However, when you leave the ...Connecting a Spectrum to the InternetI was just reading the Your Sinclair entry on Wikipeida and came accross the following reference: "Other technical columns included Rage Hard,... an…
I was just reading the Your Sinclair entry on Wikipeida ... and came accross the following reference:
" ... helped you connect a Spectrum to the Internet."
i ... basic modems were available for the spectrum, but surely this is ...Gamestation Stores throw away retro games!!!After the closure due to the robbery of "That Game Shop" (see my "that game shop" thread in this part of the forum for more info), I resorted in phon…
After the closure due to the robbery of "That Game Shop" (see ... being the Gamestation in Newcastle City Centre. I spoke to somebody ... who seemed to be quite ... just ship them to the USA with the rest of my retro stuff ...Moley Christmas needs adding to Xmas themed listMoley Christmas ( [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003243[/url] ) needs to be added to the list of games with a Christmas theme…
... =0003243[/url] ) needs to be added to the list of games with a Christmas ...
