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John Inman diesI hate it when someone on tv you grew up watching passes away, very sad. Used to watch 'Are you being served' when i was a kid, didnt get half the j…
... with a teenage lad who led a sheltered life. The class ... -
N, E, E, NE, E, E, NE and N.Discuss.....
... me not to swear. Which led to me swearing some more ... -
Zx Spectrum Laptop (again)I've been reading all the old treads about a possible portable speccy. I even found the one about the Speccy Laptop. But it seems there's a lot of ne…
... it's also driving the LED backlight on that LCD). Since ... -
Yay ITV have seen the light.ITV has axed that gawd awfull phone in shite Play. Probably partly to exscape prosecution from offtel and the like.
... took the footballing world by storm. Now a shadow of it ... -
toasted soeccysHello, ive jsut bought a pair of speccys on ebay (one 16k issue 2 & a prob 48k issue 3) unfortunaly the genius who sold them tried to see if the wor…
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What about LED Digits or LEDs as I ... -
arcade gamesa bit offtopic: what arcade games do you play emulated? (i start saying, nothing can compete with cosmic avenger for me. :-) ).
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Violent Storm (fantastic Final Fight clone, check ... -
Ram Turbo Joystick IntefaceAnybody know how to crack open this interface - non destructively. There are no pads on the bottom so no hidden screws.
Plug it in. This one makes the power led on the PlusD flicker with a +128K, but Rich has tested one on a 48K and PlusD and it works ok. -
Dreadful sequelsWorst sequel ever? Please vote above. :)
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Most annoying songsBBC 3 has the 100 Most hated and annoying songs on. That appallingly bad, drippy, vomit inducing Streets record, 'Dry your eyes out mate' (you know …
... , Guns n Roses, Iron Maiden, Led Zeppelin etc. It's just ... -
5v Transformer.I've got a 5v 3A transformer, would this be ok to use with two 3.5 inch floppy drives?
... drives after access leave the LED flashing, but drive 2 after ... SAVE not only leaves the LED flashing but also makes a ... noise in time with the LED. the clicking stops if you ... -
Codemasters CD compilationIs it downloadable? Where? How? I remember seeing it in a magazine with some envy (I had not a CD player, and ultra-short loads are always welcome), …
... be taking the world by storm but didn't really. The ... -
Faulty M1 linesI'm sure this has been discussed before, but using the forum search for the word 'M1' pulled back no hits, which surprised the hell out of me. Anywa…
... 'knight rider' display (an illuminated LED 'runs' up the row of ... the toast rack 128, the LED's movement stutters, since the ... cause an update to the LED's register.
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Faulty M1 linesI'm sure this has been discussed before, but using the forum search for the word 'M1' pulled back no hits, which surprised the hell out of me. Anywa…
... 'knight rider' display (an illuminated LED 'runs' up the row of ... the toast rack 128, the LED's movement stutters, since the ... cause an update to the LED's register.
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Monty Python's Life of BrianMy favourite ever film is Monty Python's Life of Brian, and a lot of people seem to agree. So who here agrees with me, and if not, what is your favou…
... a victim of the media led focus on the most newsworthy ... -
Spectrum games from the atticI'm currently cataloging all the Spectrum tapes I have up the attic (only by taking photos of groups of cassettes though). I ammassed this colection …
... Gate - Quicksilva - x1
Meteor Storm - Quicksilva - x1
Fred - Quicksilva ... -
Dun Darach/Tir Na NogI've decided once I've finished picking my way through the GBA versions of Castlevania, that I'm going to play these 2 games again. I realised someth…
... to exit the city, which led you to an ongoing path ... -
Gunman kills 31 at US university[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6560685.stm[/url] :sad: :sad:
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Gunman kills 31 at US university[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6560685.stm[/url] :sad: :sad:
... legally owned guns? and they led to new firearms acts.[/QUOTE ... -
Testing RAM Chips After RemovalHi I am going to use Winstons Hot Air Gun method of removing the RAM chips from a 4S circuit board. I wish to check the RAM chips, I have a Logic Pr…
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Gunman kills 31 at US university[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6560685.stm[/url] :sad: :sad:
... and it caused a brief storm with then-Home Secretary Michael ... -
Old Hand Held Gameskilling time on the net, I found a website called something like "hand held games museum"... that was subject for a bit of nostalgia! so where any …
... a couple of the bigger LED ones, one was called Master ... ...oh and the Grandstand red LED football game
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first 10 speccy games?Im interested to know what the first 10 commercially available speccy games were... does anyone know, or have a link to somewhere that provides this …
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METEOR STORM (Quicksilva)
NAVAL BLOCKADE (Hewson ... -
Some more off-topic questions...Just some more things I wonder about, especially when I can't sleep (I hate insomnia)... 1) Do jet packs actually exist? You never see them, even…
... recall the name of :sad: ) led some to believe that the ... be just fine until it led to inaccurate calendars and you ... -
Partying like it's 1989...1989 is a somewhat bittersweet year: quite a few really good games, but very few decent non-licence games, plus a rather deadly summer slump. Togethe…
... ' to 'listening to Jethro Tull, Led Zep and Motorhead' phase.
name the gamebeen a while. you are playing from a birds eye view. your driving a tank with some buttons and controlling the turret with other buttons.
A remake of Operation Desert Storm for the 48k Speccy?games with human speech in themFast Food Jonah Barrington's Squash Meteor Strike Amaurote (?) any more...list 'em up.
Do you mean Meteor Storm? "Meteor Alert! Meteor Alert!"
Splat, "Yippee!"
Nodes of Yesod & Robin Of the Woodgames with human speech in themFast Food Jonah Barrington's Squash Meteor Strike Amaurote (?) any more...list 'em up.
games with human speech in themFast Food Jonah Barrington's Squash Meteor Strike Amaurote (?) any more...list 'em up.
I shit myself when i first heard my Spectrum talk! (Meteor Storm)games with human speech in themFast Food Jonah Barrington's Squash Meteor Strike Amaurote (?) any more...list 'em up.
I remember the speech in Meteor Storm, I think that was the first game on the Spectrum that had speech.
