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Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
... a massive fan of Joffa Smith's stuff. All of his ... -
Back in the 80'sIn the late 80's I had all these friends who also had a Spectrum and we would gather at someone's house to play games in turns or 2-player games, rea…
... Bristol and apart from Ray smith (remember him?) I never met ... -
Are the Cure emo?This is a recent vandalism from an unsigned ISP on Wikipedia on 15 April from the Wikipedia page for The Cure: '''The Cure''' ARE A [expletive] [expl…
y'know today is Robert Smith's 48th birthday?
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Jet Set Willy OnlineAnyone playing this at the moment? I'm aiming to be online rest the next hour
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Boris Yeltsin DiesThe cause of the death has not been anounced. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6584481.stm[/url] Polonium 210??
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Boris Yeltsin DiesThe cause of the death has not been anounced. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6584481.stm[/url] Polonium 210??
... you're not Anna Nicole Smith, you won't generate any ... -
CelebrationsSo, is anybody actually spending the WHOLE day playing or programming Speccy games to celebrate?
... ...die.....die....)
Matthew Smith was a sick, sick man ... -
back to skoolSuch a great game. Of all the games ive gone back and played this and its prequel are among the few that really stand up even by today's standards. …
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Jet Set Willy OnlineAnyone playing this at the moment? I'm aiming to be online rest the next hour
... items about Manic Miner/Matthew Smith/Jet Set Willy/Megatree, so ... -
Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!I bought a Nintendo Wii today along with Zelda : Twilight Princess. I just spent the last half hour playing it. It's cool. :D Necros.
Indeed. And Ken Kutaragi has had to pay for it I see. A pity because the PS2 was a stroke of genius.
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How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
... the first CGE Expo, Matt Smith said that Jet Set Willy ... -
WoS hits 500 permission statementsIt's been a while since I asked, but since we reached our 500th permission statement from individuals today, I thought I'd remind you all again: If …
... Paul White, Alan Cresswell, Ray Smith and a few other pretty ... -
The whole "Maddie" thing...Can you say "trial by media"? How about "media over-reaction"? Had "Maddie" been a poor, ugly, black child, this would never have been headline news…
It's another "Ken Bigley".
Expect books of condolence to pop up all over the country should a body be found.
And a three-minute-silence.
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Veronica MarsHas anyone ever watched this show? Several people have recommended that I watch it so I'm now in the process of downloading the entire first season. …
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How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
... Spectrum :- Compiled by W. H. Smith.
Top Ten Programs for ... -
Speccy-loving celebritiesWhile trawling through some old issues of Crash I chanced across some playing tips for Spy Vs Spy in the September 1985 issue, submitted by "Charlie …
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[I]From Ed Smith, TMS inbox: "I can remember ... -
UFC 71 - Rampage Jackson vs Chuck LiddellSPOILER ALERT!! S P O I L E R S P A C E . . . . . . . . . . . . Any UFC fans on World of Spectrum? I see Rampage Jackson made pretty short work of…
... was always fun watching Pat Smith get put in yet another ... -
How does interrupts work?I am a little confused regarding the interrupts on the Spectrum. If I have some hundred bytes of machine code started with, say, [B]RANDOMIZE USR 300…
... sprite. I noticed that Jonathan Smith (Green Beret, Cobra, etc) uses ... -
80's Aussie mini-series/soap ???Anyone remember this one? Don't remember if this was an ongoing soap or just two seasons/series. Early on in the show this lady, who owns/runs a be…
... last but not least Bea Smith, Vinegar tits, and the "THE ... -
Don't Blink!That was one hell of an unnerving episode of Doctor Who. I loved it. The creatures were seriously scary, especially in the scenes when the light kept…
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I tried ep Smith and Jones and that buffered ... -
PiracyAlthough I'm sure no-one here ever copied tapes :rolleyes: , does anyone actually know of someone being prosecuted "back in the day" (to quote a Kizz…
... get paid.
Mr Smith sings a song at a ... -
PiracyAlthough I'm sure no-one here ever copied tapes :rolleyes: , does anyone actually know of someone being prosecuted "back in the day" (to quote a Kizz…
... get paid.
Mr Smith sings a song at a ... -
PiracyAlthough I'm sure no-one here ever copied tapes :rolleyes: , does anyone actually know of someone being prosecuted "back in the day" (to quote a Kizz…
... 's it, end of. Joe Smith records a song he wrote ... -
"Famous" relativesMy niece has landed the part of Amy Barlow in Coronation Street. Her first scene was broadcast tonight, immediately before the ad break, where she wa…
... Grub' competition (judged by Delia Smith) when I was 11. Didn ... -
"Famous" relativesMy niece has landed the part of Amy Barlow in Coronation Street. Her first scene was broadcast tonight, immediately before the ad break, where she wa…
... Grub' competition (judged by Delia Smith) when I was 11. Didn ... -
PiracyAlthough I'm sure no-one here ever copied tapes :rolleyes: , does anyone actually know of someone being prosecuted "back in the day" (to quote a Kizz…
... 's it, end of. Joe Smith records a song he wrote ... -
Are you addicted to...The Shaky Game?Occasionally I have a look at [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/playstats.html"]this page[/URL] to see who has been playing what in the online emu…
I dunno why everyone is bashing Shaky, as I remember he was very highly respected in the 80's why he appeared in the Viz almost every month as did Matt, Luke, and Ken :D -
Tape not loading - ideasI have two spectrum 48k rubbers. The tape drive is one that has a data mode and a ph mode. The data mode overrides the volume control. Prior to last…
... , if you have a WH Smith (or Fergusson) deck, we may ... -
Live Free, or Die Hard 4.0 or whatever.Just saw it ... ok action flick ... that kid from the Mac commercials was tolerable ... Kevin Smith is getting a bit fluffier around the edges. Minu…
... Mac commercials was tolerable ... Kevin Smith is getting a bit fluffier ...