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Buggy copy of JSW99Does anybody still have the buggy original of JSW99 on their hardrives? The version that lets you fall about 2 pixels too far making many of the game…
... still have the buggy original of JSW99 on their hardrives? The version ... pixels too far making many of the games contained within a lot ... be in the fixed version, and I lost my copy of the buggy version ... I thought of it, but I found myself humming the missing ... -
secrets of the superbrands[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011cr8h[/url] it's about technology brands , apple , facebook etc :) thought some on here might like it.. an…
... of cult of apple :p
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Jack the Nipper III do not understand what happens to this game Never manage to finish, there is always a problem. Always fails any of the antics I've played a dozen …
... .
Always fails any of the antics
I've ... of the past. (I do it correctly.)
After thinking about the lost ...
Sometimes fails when the soldier guarding the entrance, you have to ... br />
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What is the current state of (non-Spectrum) emulation?It's been years since I've bothered with any emulators on the PC other than Speccy emulators. I do still occasionally use MAME and other emulators on…
... really come along now, some of the machines it now emulates must ... them, it's probably the best part of twenty years since I ... still wanted to have the ability anyway). Some of the ROM files you ... Burn Alpha, etc on the XBox, but of course that's limited ... -
Ten years of The Tipshop!I hope you will all join me in raising glasses to celebrate all of Gerard's hard work running The Tipshop for the past ten years - what a star! 587,0…
I hope you will all join me in raising glasses to celebrate all of Gerard's hard work running The Tipshop for the past ten years - what a star! 587,000 visits served and still going strong.
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomI suggest the following "known errors" description for game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002475"]Indiana Jones and the Tem…
... Jones and the Temple of Doom[/URL]:
[QUOTE]The game ... explicitly avoids checking if the player reached the exit:
... /> ;(these two graphics represent part of the
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Need the name of a comicI wonder if someone can help with something thats been bugging me....... I remember a comic that i read in the mid - late 80's that contained mainly …
... comic that i read in the mid - late 80's that ... but i can't remember the name of the comic and its annoying ... (i think) was called 'Tough of the track' about a runner and ... -
Am I the only one left in the world without locks?With reference to this post: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=34293[/url] Which seems 'alien' to me to live in a place wh…
... to take keys out of the car. The car sits all ... to lock the main door or side doors of the house. ... br /> 4-No drunkards in the neighborhood with sh*tty kids ... the veranda/porch (which has a door) and no lost ... stuff laying about and the next day, everything is ... -
The Beatle Quest bugThis may as well be dropped from the "to do" list as I don't think that there's any way to fix it. The "known errors" entry could be updated to inclu…
... to include the workaround mentioned in the link.
The problem ... 27. Beatle Quest uses all of the flags 11-29, so it ... the graphics (and anything else specific to Quill C) would be lost ... and it would no longer represent the released game ... -
Super Robin Hood and Robin Hood - Legend Quest/The Amazing Adventures of Robin HoodHi, There are two Robin Hood-themed games by Codemasters: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0009432"]Super Robin Hood[/url] (19…
... Quest a.k.a. The Amazing Adventures of Robin Hood[/url] (1993 ... ]was[/i] published for the NES, as part of the Quattro Adventure / Super ... Adventure Quests cartridge. But the NES version ... -
The Demise of Hedge PronIll try to keep this as clean as possible. When i was a kid about 10/11 years old there was a track behind a friends house where you could occasiona…
... br />
I remember the excitement when me and my ... free and im guessing the unspoken ritual of the hedge porn cycle ... untill one day in the summer holidays we were ... he had got 2 of the tapes and to go ... />
It turned out the film was Rita, Sue and ... -
Taking the Spectrum for a bath - Lots of SEXY photos!Decided to take a Spectrum +2 for a bath this weekend. It was non-working, so it needed fixing. It booted to a fuzzy dark picture and I thought "Ah, …
... br /> Here are some of the other spectrums waiting in cue ... br /> Close up inspection of the tape mechanisms reveal spewed grease ... pay attention to the rest of the cassette mechanism.
the English name for this) on the side of the rod, that holds/supports the ... -
Unlisted game - The Battle of MaidaI've just moved back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida". I really loved this game back in the 80s and I believe a friend of…
... moved back the the UK and unearthed a game called "The Battle of Maida ... ". I really loved this game back in the ... a friend of the family by the name of Steve Jackson (not the RPG/FF ... />
I have a tape of the game, and although its not ... -
Worst Deal of the DayI am on the lookout for a new laptop at the moment and came across this. [url]http://www.crescentelectronics.co.uk/node/285464[/url] Now either the…
... for a new laptop at the moment and came across this ... they have misplaced the decimal point by a couple of places (still ... is) or somebody is extracting the urine.
Got half ... see if I can get the lowest score ever. -
Marvel UK Return of the Jedi WeeklyAnother trip back down memory lane... Back in 84/85 I used to get the Marvel UK ROTJ weekly comic. I've been googling around trying to find out more…
... s also a bit of info at the [URL="http://starwars. ... to find out what the support/back-up strips ... look a bit like The Thing out Fantasic Four who ... boyhood memory has remembered that the women had whips (phwoar ... strip was or what the other support strips were ... -
FFS... (the ignorance of modern youth)Sorry for the foul acronym, but I was just talking to a bloke I work with, and I mentioned that Bob Hope's widow had just passed away, and he asked m…
... away from millions of potential fans just because the networks don't ... was, he was simply one of the best comedians ever, his timing ... . He really was (is) one of the few comedians who could make ... -
The good old days (what do you honestly miss)?I was reading a post on Gamefaqs where the author was saying how modern games were better than older games, and even though that's just his opinion (…
... you say? Immediate, never gets lost or stolen, and you don ... rubbish when flicking through the hundreds of modern day channels. There ... a result. On the other hand, the predominance of supermarkets has made ... and I'm no fan of the modern trend for 'comedy' films ... -
saving part of a BASIC programHere's a short routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that it can be merged into a program and then used to save sub-routines, etc. to …
... routine to save part of a BASIC program. The idea is that ... 's sort of a slow version of copy & paste. The two line ... to exist; it saves from the first line >= start to ... the last line ="A"):
DEF ... -
The development of (possibly) the worst car in the world...which is of course the Morris Marina. For some reason, YouTube gave me this as a suggested video (I don't know why!). It was interesting at least.…
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My grandfather had one of the vomit green saloon models from ... door handles and the subsequent parts of BL years later ... driven up the wall. If you look at some of the history ... sites about the company, many of the concept designs ... -
HHGTTG the game remade by fansI don't know if this has already been posted here, but the old text adventure of the Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy has been remade into a point a…
... posted here, but the old text adventure of the Hitch-Hiker's Guide ... that it's hardly captured the atmosphere of the original text game. For ... at least never conflict with the feel of the book/original game). And ... he lost all his cash and had to go on the Hobbit ... -
Requesting a little help to identify the purpose of this 'add-on' to my Issue 2Hi everyone First of all it's my first post here so please go easy on me! I'm grateful to be accepted into your fine little club :smile: I probabl…
... soldered to various parts of the innards. The pics are quite large ... via at the bottom of the CPU and, following the trace on ... the machines build date? Is that the 8215 on the top of the ... modulator (15th week of '82)? ... -
The origin of Dr. Maddo TZX...The origin of the original release of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001479"]Dr. Maddo (US GOLD)[/URL] is unknown. No maga…
The origin of the original release of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... any of our slovenian mates translate the review to english (the available ... find more information about the origin of this game as it ... a very r@re piece of the very important (and not r ... -
Robin of the WoodIs there any way of knowing where the Ent/bishop is going to be? Or is it just pot luck? After about 40 minutes of running about with only 2 bags of …
Is there any way of knowing where the Ent/bishop is going to be? Or is it just pot luck? After about 40 minutes of running about with only 2 bags of gold to show for it, it get's a bit annoying. -
Stryker - In the Crypts of Trogan AdditionThe Codemasters game [FONT=Arial,Helvetica][SIZE=2][COLOR=#000000]Stryker - In the Crypts of Trogan was originally going to be known as Stryker in th…
... COLOR=#000000]Stryker - In the Crypts of Trogan was originally going ... be known as Stryker in the Crypts of Chaos.
... one of the first, if not the only game to make use of the ... Amstrad Plus's enhanced facilities on tape instead of ... -
The end of the road for the CD is nearWell, it seems that cds are now definately on the road out. There was a report last week that Mercury will stop pressing cd's at the end of next yea…
... cds are now definately on the road out. There was a ... stop pressing cd's at the end of next year.
It ... (look at HMV's sales, the same is going for DVDs ... as i like to have the music in my hands ... cds).
The writing has been on the wall for the cd for ... -
To The Center Of The Earth (AKA) Romanians, please help![URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0023420&loadpics=3"]To the Center of Earth[/URL] I am not sure but I believe the name of this…
... =0023420&loadpics=3"]To the Center of Earth[/URL]
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The Making of 'Ant Attack!'This short film by Anthony Caulfield and Nicol Caulfield is about the making of the ZX Spectrum classic game ANT ATTACK released in 1983. [youtube]…
... and Nicol Caulfield is about the making of the ZX Spectrum classic game ... /> There is an interview with the developer Sandy White, who remembers ... .
Filmed at the at the Fusion 08 event in Leamington ... -
Canny use of the 'r' register?Seeing Sokurah's code in the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=583188#post583188"]crunch sound thread[/URL] has made me th…
Seeing Sokurah's code in the [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org ... ] has made me think about the r register.
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As it cycles irrespective of whether interupts enabled so presumably ... (though much much faster by the looks of it).
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The rescue of a coil.The problem at hand was a known defect transformer from the switching convertor inside a Spectrum. Both windings are not interrupted and not intercon…
... the point where the enamel melts and the copper makes contact with the copper of the ... next turn. As the outside of the coil is cooled at the air, the ... meltdown is on the inner ... -
The name of the game - HELPHey I remember playing a game in Spectrum that I loved but can't recall the name. It was a bird that moved left, right, up, down, and in each cenario…
... loved but can't recall the name. It was a bird ... . There was a way in the cenario and a way out ... a rhinoceros on top of a hill and the food/symbol was ... believe the game is dated from the begginings of spectrum, considering the graphics.
