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  • Spectrum +3 wantedHello Im looking for a spectrum +3. I have cash waiting for the right one. Must be in excellent condition. Accessories not important but perfect …

    ... +2 and have been writing text based adventures for years but ...
    Slugga Slugga March 2004 Wanted
  • 4 items for cheap salenever really bought or sold stuff over the tinternet before so bear with me :p I have 4 items which i have twice, these are The designers pencil - …

    ... /> The designers pencil - 1984 activision (large box, 1 tape and manual ... rings game one - melbourne housein large box (unfortunately theres no user ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2004 Sales
  • Entire Sinclair Software Collection For Sale - Built Up Since 1988!Sinclair Spectrum Software For Sale Information below includes the title of the software, the type of media it is supplied on and the price. I can a…

    ... usually be packaged in a Large Cardboard Box

    ?
    retrogod retrogod March 2004 Sales
  • Old Merchandise?I was just looking at the inlay / instructions in the large gauntlet box, and noticed the t shirt offer, i never sent off for merchandise advertised …

    ... the inlay / instructions in the large gauntlet box, and noticed the ...
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Game NameI'm trying to find the name of a particular game, it was a text adventure where you hacked and left messages on bulletin boards. Anybody remember it?

    I'm trying to find the name of a particular game, it was a text adventure where you hacked and left messages on bulletin boards.
    Anybody remember it?
    Bish Bish March 2004 Games
  • Games that SHOULD have been madeI have just watched the film scum. I thought what a great speccy game this would have made. Apart from a text adventure:- >Where is your tool? Wha…

    ... have made. Apart from a text adventure:-

    >Where ... from the above simulation, a text adventure would have been crap ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty March 2004 Games
  • a key...a locked gate but how to put them togatherif u have no knowledge of saga of a mad barbarian..dont bother with this one. but the thing is...i need help soo badly, i have the game, i have t…

    ... oh so important in a text adventure.so fay i know ...
    sugaryscythes sugaryscythes March 2004 Games
  • Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…

    ... hard work reading all that text in the speccy's usual ...
    Neil^P Neil^P March 2004 Games
  • Dan Dare 256 colour project many may not be aware of.I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. …

    I still need/want to try Vladimir's emulator. But I think many people here aren't aware of another 256 colour project, which was mentioned on C.S.S. a while back. I don't think the author went particularly out of his way to make it known. The thread on C.S ...
    Sadako Sadako March 2004 Emulators
  • archeological quest in a pyramide - two vessels and forgotten nameI'm almost at the point of browsing all existing Spectrum games to find out this one. You were equipped with two vessels (ships) - one small and one …

    ... (ships) - one small and one large. Combining their skill you were ...
    drmuto drmuto April 2004 Games
  • "TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …

    ... of the images into either text files or other binary file ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Development
  • ANN: Tipshop updated Thursday, 15 April 2004Thursday 15 April 2004 Search engine fixes, and more cheats/maps/tips than a horse has legs! (Eh? Ed) * Updated the alias section of the search fun…

    ... as
    a map in text format).

    * Colin Attle ...
    hackersanon hackersanon April 2004 Announcements
  • Retro Gamer 3 out now! Just a quick warning to say Retro Gamer 3 is now out, so get those skates on before they go. Got a large Chronosoft article, BBC review an…

    ... go.

    Got a large Chronosoft article, BBC review and ...
    Mort! Mort! April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "The A Team adventure" mickey take Hi, I've been trying to track this down for years... does anyone remember a mickey take article in one of the Spectrum mags relating to a text adve…

    ... Spectrum mags relating to a text adventure based on The A ... snippets... apparently all the usual text adventure commands didnt work ("Go ...
    Zebs Zebs April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Game from an ancient old calculatorOne for the mathematicians, this (possibly). Bear with me on this one... Many, many years ago, when I was a nipper, I had a Casio calculator which …

    ... you menacingly, brandishing a very large spanner.
    [url="http://homepage ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone April 2004 Games
  • PokesHi - sorry if these are stupid questions but I'm new to Speccy emulation. Great site btw - nice collection of stuff here. If I have a .pok file that…

    ... reads like this in a text editor:

    NInfinite lives ...
    waldopepper waldopepper May 2004 Games
  • Screenshots?Hello! Could you indicate me a site that it contains a very large collection of zx screenshots? Thanks!

    Hello!
    Could you indicate me a site that it contains a very large collection of zx screenshots?
    Thanks!
    alchemist alchemist May 2004 Games
  • Sinclair designer featured in Edge this monthSorry if someone has mentioned this before, but this months Edge magazine has an large feature on the fella who designed most of the Sinclair Spectru…

    ... months Edge magazine has an large feature on the fella who ...
    MattLamb MattLamb June 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Has anyone played Dodgy GeezersIt's a text adventure by Melbourne House.

    It's a text adventure by Melbourne House.
    DodgyGeezer DodgyGeezer June 2004 Games
  • SpecEmu 2.2Just downloaded this emulator. Seems very nice. I like simplicity of user interface - I don't need toolbar and icons. Debugger is also good. The abil…

    ... .

    2. Border seems large! I like meduim border size ...
    kmatveev kmatveev June 2004 Emulators
  • BASIC OptimisationsOk, BASin is maturing fast and now I want to add some more special "stuff". A guy called Chris requested by email that I include a REM killer, to s…

    ... killer, to save space in large programs (and increase speed by ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2004 Development
  • BASin Release 10a is up...Well, none of my releases ever get far before the inevitable bug fix version... Go grab it at [url="http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.dunn4/BASin_…

    ... ()s)

    Fixed some text selection issues - some issues with ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2004 Emulators
  • Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…

    ... />
    DIXONS (They had a large display but their staff used ...
    cjp_24 cjp_24 June 2004 Games
  • TASM, Z80 and Spec emusHi! Having some novice questions here regarding TASM and writing machine code for the Speccy emus... Now I have configured TASM into my EditPlus and…

    ... the binary data to ASCII text).

    Two questions:
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Development
  • Manic Miner, Pink Floyd and Eugene Evans?Hi all, In Matthew Smith's Manic Miner, there is a room called "Careful with that axe, Eugene". On that level, there is a character with large glass…

    ... , there is a character with large glasses.

    There is ...
    ekoman ekoman July 2004 Games
  • Stumped again!Okay People,get this one.Allegedly mounted on a YS tape,this was a text adventure game that was set in a toilet! There's money riding on this one if …

    Okay People,get this one.Allegedly mounted on a YS tape,this was a text adventure game that was set in a toilet! There's money riding on this one if I can get a working copy!
    Dractrek Dractrek July 2004 Games
  • TommyGun - Utility ... what's going on...For those interested, Tony has been busy lately and unable to put as much time into TG as he'd like. He also has a child on the way soon. He told me…

    ... a snapshot, tape file or text file that you can type ...
    Sadako Sadako July 2004 Development
  • Text-based Adventure GamesI really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy. I really enjoyed the Level 9 games: Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon …

    I really got into these after playing "The Hobbit" on the Speccy.

    I really enjoyed the Level 9 games:
    Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest, Dungeon Adventure etc

    I'd spend ages on them, mapping them out and listing the ...
    jonesmark jonesmark July 2004 Games
  • Adventure writing packagesThanks for the help in an earlier post, I've now worked out how to save runnable files from within a spectrum package as a standalone emulator file. …

    ... probably going to be a text only game I write)
    Neil^P Neil^P August 2004 Games
  • lots of speccy hardware software on offerHave the following available from "breakup" of my speccy system and peripherals Microdive with cable, numerous microdrive catridges plus manual Int…

    ... Castle and other old style text adventures..many speccy classics in ...
    mikecorn mikecorn August 2004 Sales
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