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Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…
... fight... Indeed, Dizzy had always known that this day would come ... -
SkoolKit 1.4[url="http://pyskool.ca/?p=397"]SkoolKit 1.4 has been released[/url]. Having to explain what stuff is using different words in different places is t…
... non-game) into a format known as a [i]skool[/i ... -
New interview on my siteEvenin' all. I have a new interview on my site with musical genious/graphic artist [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/11/spectrum-games-…
... Joe McAlby as he was known back then)
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AGES enhancementsThere's an enhanced version of the AGES adventure gamebook utility available; it's the first of the items on my [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk…
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Help with mystery game programmer...Hi, I wanted to try to revive an old C.S.S post from 2004, where I was trying to track down the name of a very exploited Spectrum games programmer. …
... the article featured a guy known only as Joe, who ended ... -
Never finished Sonic Zx - an entry missingSome people may remember that there was an attempt to create Sonic game for Spectrum. A failed one unfortunately: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.or…
... although it was a well known project, even mentioned in Retrogamer ... -
The incomplete Contact Sam Cruise RAM disassemblyThe incomplete Contact Sam Cruise RAM disassembly is now up at pyskool.ca: [url="http://pyskool.ca/disassemblies/contact_sam_cruise/"]Browse online[…
... contains many inaccuracies and outright errors that will need fixing over ... -
DVI ConfusionMy new pc arrived yesterday to replace my ancient and dead pile of 2005 bits. I was due one last year but did not happen, have been saving for a year…
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If I had known I would of made sure ... -
The Speccy Tour - How to improve it and encourage participation?[This will be posted on the HARP board as well, to encourage debate.] The Speccy Tour is, as many of you know, [U]the[/U] worldwide championship for…
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Best game of the Decade. The winner is...Gamefaqs.com have given the results of the Best Game of the Decade, and the winner is... Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Which seems a bit strange …
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The Never Ending Story (on a +3)I recently got a tape copy of The Never Ending Story, but it doesn't seem to load on my +3. Are there any known issues with this game and +3s/+2A/Bs?…
I recently got a tape copy of The Never Ending Story, but it doesn't seem to load on my +3. Are there any known issues with this game and +3s/+2A/Bs?
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list of magazine search topicsI thought that it might be useful to point out that the database can be searched for magazine articles under a specific topic heading, something whic…
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XP (repair) install corrupts files (argh!HELP!)So ... there I was with a slightly busted PC running XP Pro and it eventually starts slowing down. After running all the regular anti-malware softwa…
... the usual HD-checking for errors, and goes through the regular ... -
Microdrive MaintenanceHi All I've come into possesion of two microdrives and 5 cartridges. I have an interface 1 which I believe is fine. I can issue commands to the micr…
... suppose I should obtain a known working microdrive and cartridge. However ... -
Let it be album,whats your fave mix?Theres being a few mixes of this album,well known that mc cartney didnt like spectors mix,and done his own on let it be song,personally i think spect…
Theres being a few mixes of this album,well known that mc cartney didnt like spectors mix,and done his own on let it be song,personally i think spectors edition was perfect,whats yours?.. -
ZX Spectrum 48K,issue two - can't get it repairedI have an issue 2, which has some weird very small PCB hanging over the Z80. Some wire go to various places on the big PCB, two go to connections 36 …
... pushed in 8 working chips, known to be good. The result ... -
Some TAP files not working on DivIDEOne of the people who ordered a DivIDE from me told me het can't load certain TAP files, which load perfectly on emulators. I have encountered that …
... completely developed, this being a known bug that some TAP files ... -
Fuse on WiiHi, I know that a port of Fuse already exists for the Wii, but it doesn't seem to work correctly on my machine. I have tried the moving file suggesti…
... to boot (instead of giving errors), but my controllers don't ... -
Help?Hi All, I wonder if anyone has a few minutes to look at this bit of code I'm working on. I'm trying to move to sprites and want to do it with a scr…
... fills in other sections then errors.
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PS3 now fully cracked and open?About a month back, a hacking group claimed that they'd discovered the PS3's 'key' algorithms, meaning that they can 'sign' any code. What this means…
... the stored value, the latter known as the 'sign') are the ... knew, but now is apparently known to the hacking group (and ... their reliance on old, well known, technology for the XBox. For ... -
A Rare Spectrum BookA rare Spectrum Book has been recently uploaded by JP - The Guide to the Spectrum ROM by Andrew Pennell [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infosee…
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Persistant tape loading error*big cheery wave* Got myself an ebay 48k rubber key speccy recently. Seems to be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors. Tried from a few sour…
... ok, excpept for tape loading errors.
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What first person shooter games (PC or console) have both a map maker and bots?I was just wondering if there are any other games that have a map maker (or level editor, whatever you want to call it), and also have bots that can …
... Perfect as it's also known) yesterday, and I messed about ... -
Fao dmboozefreekIf you've been following the news recently, you know that even Mr. DMBooze Freek's horoscope says he's cocky. However, you might not know that DMBooz…
... a comedy of errors but a tragedy of errors. There my ranting ... -
Similar to Scotties thread......I too am suffering with severe bouts of depression (not diagnosed, I just feel really down sometimes). I haven't finished a big project or anythi…
... from spelling mistakes to logical errors and errors that should have been ... -
Loading errors...Just had a couple of Cronosoft tapes returned today, as the buyer couldn't get them to load. However, I tried them and both loaded first time, with …
Just had a couple of Cronosoft tapes returned today, as the buyer couldn't get them to load.
However, I tried them and both loaded first time, with 2 different tape decks - one is the deck we duplicated them with, and a second deck which is a ... -
SinTech - problems placing orderAnybody dealt with SinTech? They are suppose to sell Sinclair and other retro computer gear. Trying to pay for an order is impossible. They have UK …
... Unofficial start, some minor language errors but working and ready to ... -
Problem: Win7 and copying to USB-diskI wonder if any of you have experienced this problem: When copying large files from the PC (Win 7) to an external USB-disk, there is a pause between…
... slowing down, no freezing, no errors.
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New To Group....Hi All, A quick introduction as this is my first post. I am a Scarborough, UK based chap who is quite heavily into retro computing, more specificall…
... be red, there are no errors with the screen. It appears ... -
Need some help with an MIA titleI've just dug out my slightly battered copy of the freebie flexidisc that came with Computer Gamer in December '85. It had a couple of C64 games on i…
... but I keep getting crc errors on the main program file ...
