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Improving JetpacJetpac remains a joy to play and was a marvel in its day. Apart from very slick prgramming in 16K it also had great replay value. You were armed with…
... the life of your gun and drop gun rechargers
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Head the Ball[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002262"]Head the Ball[/URL] Nice playable ball bouncing platform run and gun game. But has a…
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ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Ma jolie [Special Edition 2009]I am delighted to announce the release of another Special Edition of my 2003 Manic Miner game: [i]Ma jolie[/i] (the lower-case 'j' is important to me…
... Earth-cell to "Semi-Perilous Light" [18] to enforce my beloved ... -
a sad loss to me...hello i have just learned the news that "kelly groucutt" bass player/occasional lead vocals with the electric light orchestra has died on 19th febru…
... lead vocals with the electric light orchestra has died on 19th ... -
The most atmospheric Speccy and non-Speccy games?I was playing Alien vs. Predator (the XBox port of the 1999 PC first person shooter) yesterday, as the Marine, and I was going through the dark, lit …
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Strange but true things that you've experienced?On Monday I had one of those days where you just shouldn't have got out of bed. I won't bore you with the details, and I've sorted most things out, b…
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Yay. Found an issue 1!I've had a Speccy sitting about the house for a while, unused as it only ran as a 16k (a sticker seal on the casing suggested either a 48k upgrade or…
... thought the 16k Spectrum had light grey keys. Is that just ... -
Pipe smokers need some advice pleaseEver since i was about 14 when i first started smoking i always fancied smoking a pipe but it wasn't really that practical and i would have had the m…
... thing he/she does is light up a ciggy so those ... -
A tax on violent games?[URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/technology/technologynews/4968581/Tax-violent-video-games-tobeat-knife-crime-says-Damiola-Taylor…
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Anyone have the 720 Degrees arcade soundtrack tape?Fancy recording it and uploading it somewhere? I'm working on something for later this year[1] and would find a very nice place for it! [1] Nope, no…
Fancy recording it and uploading it somewhere? I'm working on something for later this year[1] and would find a very nice place for it!
[1] Nope, not the Xmas Special[2].
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TZX SuitabilityHi All, Firstly thanks for a wealth of info been a long time since Ive seen those set of rubber keys and symbol-shift and now it back around and we d…
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More dumbass driving...So we were stopped at a traffic light yesterday, in the middle lane. To our right was a white SUV, and in front a car (we were about 4 or 5 vehicles …
... stopped at a traffic light yesterday, in the middle ... vehicles back from the light). The SUV driver was ... wasn't moving, the light was red. Obviously, she ... driver who misses the light turning green and has ... to observe the traffic light turning red, and my ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 01 April 2009Tuesday 31 March 2009 Phew! Another ton of tips, piles of POKEs, stacks of solutions, and (we get the idea! Ed).. * The enigmatic Dave confirmed th…
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Popeye 3 and Space Gun. Thanks - as ever - to the ... -
Fantasy time: Games that would be good......OK post up ideas for games you could never do yourself and maybe know the software companies would ignore, but you know would be good if they came ou…
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Non-Black Rotronics Wafadrive - Help pleaseI've got a question...I've recently come across a Rotronics Wafadrive. The difference to one that I've seen previously is that this one is not black.…
What happened to...A thread for the old ideas that are still hanging around on the forum somewhere. I'll start with that Zelda-esque game that somebody drew a nice map…
... map to graphics in Tommy Gun or something. I know some ...Pc to real +2 loading issues Please Help!?!?This is causing me great headaches, please shine some light onto it. I had a black +2 128k as a kid, always argued that it was better than C64 with …
... great headaches, please shine some light onto it.
I ...Spectrum game saleHello everyone, I'm having a big clearout out of all my spectrum games.Here is the list. Large box compilation of games ?2.50 eac…
... ,turbo bike,aus rules football,gun boat,punch n judy,game ... /> Live ammo=Great escape,top gun,green beret,rambo,army moves ...Best way to read the keyboard in Tommy Gun?Remember, I'm a bit of a novice here (a bit?!) and I tried to use the Out command as I usually do with my basic or machine code, but Tommy just wont …
Remember, I'm a bit of a novice here (a bit?!) and I tried to use the Out command as I usually do with my basic or machine code, but Tommy just wont have it, and any of my old m/c keyboard scanning routines just don't work here (all using the op: 'Out' for ...Potentially Missing Titles?Just been looking through my Dad's collection of old Spectrum tapes, and there are a few I'm not sure about, and some that look like they might be mi…
... titles. Can anyone shed any light on what these might be ...DOZENS OF 48k GAMES FOR SALE - SOME RARE - + HARDWAREHi all Im having a big loft clearout, and ive come across my rubber keyed speccy 48k plus lots and lots of games. Hopefully this forum will allow me…
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Pheenix ? Alternative Software
Light Force ? FTL
Pentagram ? Ultimate ...A paper model of the new Freedom tower...So, here I was trying to show one of my kids how easy it was to come up with a paper model of the new [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/911…
... base which is rotated 45 degrees compared to the base position ...Jet Set Killer...Don't have that many ideas for this one... except the name and Miner Willy on a killing rampage trough out his ouse... (or maybe a jet set willy typ…
The Great Escape 2:Homeward BoundOk , having been inspired by the Blake's 7 thread , here's my proposition for a game. Does anyoe wonder what happened after you'd escaped from the c…
... player could also obtain a gun or rifle - but firing it ...ANNOUNCE: JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond [v1.1]I am delighted to announce the second gamma-release of [i]JSW64 Manic Miner: James Bond[/i] (v1.1), which is available as a free download from: [url]…
... "The Man with the Golden Gun".
The difficulty of ...New game idea, "sneak-em-up".A while ago, I was going to try my hand at a game on the speccy, but nothing ever came of it. Basically, I had an idea to do a "Thief" style game. N…
... mind.
Thief uses light-based sneaking where you're ... long range, or passes a light-switch on the way.
Help - no tv receptionHi I've just bought a 128k Spectrum +2 from ebay & am having trouble getting any output on a tv. The specy seems to work - the power light comes on …
... seems to work - the power light comes on and the tape ...
