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Your views on...The Lords of Midnight[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006604]The Lords of Midnight[/url] Never, ever attempted to play this adventure game, didn't …
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006604]The Lords of Midnight[/url]
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Battle of the Spectrum launch titlesWhen the Spectrum was launched it initially came without any software. Then, in September 1982, Sinclair Research launched their first catalogue with…
When the Spectrum was launched it initially ... catalogue with 21 software cassettes, of which 13 contained games.
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Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
... a mistake from the point of view of the writers, as ... you define "jumping the shark". The quality of the program was very ... I've lost a lot of interest in the characters too. ... the whol ethos of the program, which was the single, lonely human survivor of the ... -
Lotto lout seems to have lost it allInteresting this story... [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/8692475.stm[/url] He was that chav who won about 9 million and now it loo…
... now it looks like hes lost it. I do kinda ... , a lottery win with the wrong person (and family) ... He must have attracted loads of the wrong 'friends', i remember ... her if he hadnt won the lottery).
... a nasty piece of work before the win and it was ... -
Microsoft finally fix the Red Ring of Death!!! Sort of...Yes, after five years of hardware revisions, each one designed to cure the almost inevtiable RROD (Red Ring of Death) problem, where the XBox 360 ove…
... or badly ventilated cupboards. The RROD rate of the 360 is not known ... less than double figures. Of all the 360 owners I know, I ... when the temperature of the console raises too high? By improving the electrical efficiency of the ... -
Help with the name of a FilmI remember back in the mid 90's i saw a film one night but cant remember what it was called but do remember bits of it and was wondering if anyone wo…
... his friend steal a piece of the councillors Harley Davidson so it ... he lift up the kids necklace revealing the piece of bike is attached ... have had his friend on the back of it but not sure ... and throws all of her different packs of cigs out the window as ... -
Loss of innocenceI suppose my ZX Spectrum era lasted longer than most (although not sure longer than most of you on here). I received my first Speccy back in '83, and…
... great, and I loved the design of the thing. I didn' ... a game called "Defenders of the Earth". I waited for ... a victim of the hardware-refresh cycle. In the pre-internet ... , 1990 is when I lost my innocence. I was ... once. My cynical view of the world started there and ... -
Digital rot - the modern DRM scourge[B]A place for History[/B] I love WOS. Completely love it. It is completely crazy in its scale and is the best of its kind. I love that games have s…
... reignite the joy of the age by those that experienced the past ... extremely concerned that many of the games that are being ... Willy, and seeing the status as 'Lost', and knowing that ... br /> The digital future is rotting, tomorrows yesterdays are being lost today ... -
Pictures of your Speccy taken in the 80sDoes anyone have pictures of their Speccy setup back in the 80s? I have so many holiday snaps and family snaps, but I don't have a single photo of my…
Does anyone have pictures of their Speccy setup back in the 80s? I have so many holiday snaps and family snaps, but I don't have a single photo of my old Spectrum setup.
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Trying to remember the name of a game...Hi, all! I used to play a game 20 years ago that I liked a lot... I can't remember the name. The idea of the game was like this: You control a creat…
... can't remember the name.
The idea of the game was like this ... moves in a peculiar way: the stick that is straight at ... have to get to the other five creatures of the same species and ... who could tell me what the name of the game was so I ... -
last of the summer wine..yer you all watch it I know ;) I'm guessing like me, most of you grew up with it.. at a time when shops were shut on a sunday and bullseye or hart t…
... 'm guessing like me, most of you grew up with it ...
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Problem with the inlay in the entry of Nelo and QuqoMartijn, I just saw the entry for Nelo and Quqo, and noticed that the inlay of the game overlaps with the letters at the left of the screen, due to t…
Martijn, I just saw the entry for Nelo and Quqo, and noticed that the inlay of the game overlaps with the letters at the left of the screen, due to the length of the inlay. Maybe if the inlay was resized it could be better??
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The scale of commercial Spectrum piracyFollowing on from the excellent thread featuring material from the ITN archive, I found this: [url]http://www.itnsource.com/shotlist//ITN/1984/07/03…
... /> At the beginning of this clip we see the supposedly "perfect copy" of the Imagine ... game, also in the well ... propaganda put out by (some of) the software houses or did these ... -
The Sadness of my Decaying Speccies.I've been avidly collecting ZX Spectrums since the late 90's and whilst at the time of the late 90's and early millennium my Spectrums and associated…
... s and whilst at the time of the late 90's ... today as I catalogued the serial number of my kit, I ... , could soon the world be full of dead spectrums? ... now that almost all of the original owner spectrums are ... now in the hands of collectors? Or are ... -
Lost Temple, The: Kez Gray[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006616[/url] Kez Gray has done a loading screen for The Lost Temple.
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006616[/url]
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The Top 25 Videogame Consoles of All TimeYep, another "best of..." list posted on the 'net, and like all lists based on opinion it's contentious, but even by the standards of most lists I th…
... sum up the list either at the start or the end of the article?), I ... figures and critical reception, one of the biggest contributing factors in our ... can the Intellivision or the Colecovision be higher than the Neo-Geo? Some of the ... -
Phising letter of the weekRecieved yesterday and I just found it while checking my junk mail. [QUOTE] Dear Customer Upon intensive reviews on your profile…
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Temporal deactivation? - The universe will end if I ... information?
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48k games developed on the 128kSeeing as I don't know enough about this subject(or the history of assemblers/C/C++/BASIC/FORTH/COBOL/whatever programming kits), I thought I'd ask h…
... enough about this subject(or the history of assemblers/C/C++/BASIC ... I think of the 128k, all I think of is the extra RAM usable ... there were technical issues limiting the use of all that extra RAM ... would not be lost to using programming kits on the 48k. (Or ... -
Spectrum Book of Games Lost Tapes ? Spectrum WorkingSpotted these on eBay: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200534848367&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_1554wt_1139[/url] It looks…
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It looks like the contents of this book typed up:
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The thread of belly laughsGo on folkes I could do with a laugh. Post up the some of the funnyest (or down right silliest) things you know, be it jokes, stories, images, youtub…
Go on folkes I could do with a laugh. Post up the some of the funnyest (or down right silliest) things you know, be it jokes, stories, images, youtube videos other sites. I could do with a reeeet good belly laugh. -
Couple of Ultimate Play The Game titlesI've just noticed that two of the early UPTG titles, Psst and Atic Atac, have no authors listed. Post Gunfright I can understand, but I always thoug…
... 've just noticed that two of the early UPTG titles, Psst and ... />
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Pussy - full version of the gameHi Martijn, I found that full disk version of "Pussy" game is on VTRD site: [url]http://vtrdos.ru/full_ver/PUSSY.ZIP[/url] Might be useful for up…
... found that full disk version of "Pussy" game is on VTRD ... useful for updating WOS (at the moment there's a full ... -
the league of greeda term a few of my mates used to use when gaming.. that basically ended up with the other player getting stiched up some of the time with all this t…
... player getting stiched up some of the time
... be "elf has ate all the pies" etc
bomberman on the snes obv
the anchors player 2 whacks ... br /> were you a member of the league and what games did ... -
The Secret Life of Bob Munkhouse.Did anyone see this show last night on BBC4. It was brilliant. Bob was a real collector, he must have recorded more things of the telly and radio t…
... must have recorded more things of the telly and radio than anyone ... his collection is in the hands of media company Kalidescope who have ... instructed with preserving his millions of recordings and documents.
< ... do have a respect for the man, and wish I'd ... -
The Death of Arcades and why it sucks...For the past week I've been travelling, and I've been in at least 7 diferent airports... spent lots and lots (and lots) of hours in them waiting for …
... lots) of hours in them waiting for the right ... of arcade machines all over the place...
Nowadays with the "death" of the ... arcades and the ... />
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The I've Had Enough of Mega Threads Mega ThreadAs the inventor of the Mega Thread (three word story, at the car boot sale, miss wos, thread of belly laughs etc...), I can honestly say that you the…
As the inventor of the Mega Thread (three word story, at the car boot sale ... , miss wos, thread of belly laughs ... honestly say that you the recent crop of mega thread bandwagon jumping ... -
Maketzx...Whats the state of play?Been out of the whole emulation bit for...a while :) But, back in the saddle, ready to transfer some more tapes.....except...maketzx doesnt seem to w…
... of the whole emulation bit for...a while :) But, back in the ... so far is delete the wavs i run through ... br />
Whats the deal with maketzx anyway? I ... being said...whats the prefered method of making tzx files ... these days? presuming of course i can actually ... -
Does anyone still have the 2D animation demo MPEGs I did back in 2003?Heya - I'm just drawing together some of the animation files I created during development of the documentary, and I've foolishly lost the early 2D de…
... some of the animation files I created during development of the documentary, ... and I've foolishly lost the early ... on YouTube and into the final documentary DVD (if ... if you downloaded them at the time, can you please check ... -
30th Anniversary of the ZX SpectrumNext year the Spectrum will become 30th years old. I have started a invitation on Facebook and everyone who is on Facebook is welcome to take part in…
Next year the Spectrum will become 30th years ... in this discussion.
Of course we can start a ... I wanted to try out the feedback on Facebook. So if ... />
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The Colour of Magic - movieI just finished watching the 2008 TV miniseries (2 episodes) [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1079959/"]The Colour of Magic[/URL]. This was created …
I just finished watching the 2008 TV miniseries (2 episodes) ... www.imdb.com/title/tt1079959/"]The Colour of Magic[/URL].
This ... after Terry Pratchett's book of the same name, which also spawned ... the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum. ...
