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What is the name of this game?An adventure game, split in 2 halves vertically. I can't remember the general gist of the game, but it seemed of a Science Fictional nature. Perhap…
... 't remember the general gist of the game, but it seemed of a Science ... think it appeared on one of the 'Your Sinclair' cassettes.
The Legend of Red Dragon MIA GameI think the author of the game still appears here in the WoS forums every now and then, so I would like to know if there was a cover designed for thi…
I think the author of the game still appears here in the WoS forums every ... that I once saw the cover in the Cronosoft old page, but ... me, maybe you can finish the game :pWhich week in '82 did full blown production of the Spectrum start?Hi Probably a long shot but does anybody have any hard evidence as to exactly which week in 1982 that full blown production of Issue 1's started? I…
... blown production of Issue 1's started? I know that the machine ... was announced to the world on April ... I would have imagined that the production run would have started ...Ship of the line[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006971[/url] Nothing important really, had not noticed it before today. A look at the basic …
... at the basic (it is all basic) shows an excess of 23613 ... =0 pokes, 40 of those pokes in ... in just a few K of basic. Only looked at V1 ...Quicksilva? Better before or after the Argus take over?Before: Ant Attack, Zombie Zombie, Fred, Bugaboo, The Snowman, Mighty Magus, Meteor Storm, Velnor's Lair, Aquaplane, Mined Out, Timegate, Frenzy, Smu…
... a bit after the take over. The games lost something. I'm ...
I prefer the earlier incarnation of Quicksilva. With the smaller tape boxes ... by the fact that the earlier games were some of the 1st ... I ever played? Were the later games ...Help me remember the name of this text adventure game?Memory is hazy, I vaguely recall the following.. It was a text adventure game. Each prompt, was preceded by WHAT NEXT [i]name[/i]? If a command wa…
... is hazy, I vaguely recall the following..
... raised or dropped as the game went along, and ... some limited combat, with the odd graphic thrown in.< ... it a lot, some of the obstacles and hazards included;< ... to be avoided, and the route was blocked by ...Interview with VERONIKA MEGLER ("The Hobbit" programmer)This interview with Veronika Megler (The Hobbit) has been published by elmundodelspectrum.com in Spanish, I copy it here for you all in its original …
... the beginning. The adapting work had to be complex. The course of the ... Were you aware of the real importance of the game and its success ... never released in the US because of copyright ownership of The Hobbit there. ... , and we all eventually lost touch. It is a ...The smell of a brand new ZX SpectrumThis may be the weirdest question I've asked here... Most of you probably remember the day you opened the polyestirene case to reveal your brand new…
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Most of you probably remember the day you opened the polyestirene case ... with particular smell emanating from the inside of the case.
They ... to remove the screws underneath. The moment I took off one of the rubber ...Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds Next GenerationSo, new album in June/July, new cast, new tour in December... [youtube]DLxGquE23cs#![/youtube] Richard Burton replaced with Liam Neeson... other ca…
... a lot of people upset saying you can't replace the original ...Increasing the number of UDGs...Hi Folks, I know by default the Spectrum can have 21 UDGs (48K) and 19 (128K) and that the address of the bit patterns is pointed to by the UDG syst…
... /> I know by default the Spectrum can have 21 UDGs ... (128K) and that the address of the bit patterns is pointed ... to by the UDG ... it possible to increase the number of UDGs? I can ... br /> Something tells me the answer to this is going ...Question about some of the Shaw Brothers gamesMartijn, I have a doubt: Some of these games appeared in magazine covertapes, but in the archive they appear too as if they were originally released …
... Some of these games appeared in magazine covertapes, but in the archive ... Reading this post written by the Shaws, they talk about their ... these titles they only mention the magazine as publisher...it ... were only released by the magazines, and the other ones, for ...Prisoner Of the Village - Spoof Software*sighs* hundreds of tapes, but looks like i did em 15 years ago, meh. But DID find one for the MIA list!, uploaded to WOS, enjoy! And happy birthday…
*sighs* hundreds of tapes, but looks like i did em 15 years ago, meh.
But DID find one for the MIA list!, uploaded to WOS, enjoy! And happy birthday speccy!"I, Of The Mask" inlayI thought I'd rescan and clean up the inlay. The one in the WOS archive is a bit grimy: [IMG]http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b357/mlucifersam/Retro…
... and clean up the inlay. The one in the WOS archive is ... a decent piece of art for the game which was ... used on the magazine adverts and it ... the back on the inlay and (IMO) an inferior piece of ... art was used on the front.
...The Collapse of Free Radical DesignFor anyone interested in how and why Free Radical (the console games developer, made up partly of ex-Rare employees) managed to go from the brillianc…
... the best of the best console first person shooters) to Haze (the very definition of ... a generic, uninspired, and by-the-numbers FPS ... .biz/articles/2012-04-26-the-collapse-of-free-radical-design[/url]RCA distributor of the Activision games in France?As you can read in the right page, at the bottom left corner: [url]http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Tilt/tilt_numero017/TILT%20-%20n%B017%2…
... can read in the right page, at the bottom left corner:
of seeing which Activision games appear in the magazine to ...Eurogamer report on Horizons, a celebration of the ZX Spectrum[url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-16-of-raspberries-and-spectrums[/url] Gasman gets a mention for his live performance of a speccy vers…
... .net/articles/2012-05-16-of-raspberries-and-spectrums[/url]
of a speccy version of "Never Gonna Give ... for when he takes to the stand to explain how he ...Simple explanation of interrupts (in the context of Z80/Speccy)I wondered if somebody on here could explain in simple terms how interrupts work on the Speccy and where interrupts are source from. Are they a natur…
... terms how interrupts work on the Speccy and where interrupts are ... Are they a natural feature of the Z80, or are they instigated ... via the ULA? Are Speccy interrupts per ... about non-maskable-interrupts in the case of resetting a spectrum.
The need of having a 257-byte table for IM2 routinesThis came from a discussion at the speccy.org forum. I have understood that the reason behind the 257-table for IM 2 routines is due to certain joys…
... happens to be low, the current state of the joystick port will show ... up on the data bus, messing ... with no support for one of the two major choices on joystick ...The Top 25 Modern PC GamesIn the thread [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=40451[/url] , Ivanzx asks do you prefer modern or 'classic' era Spectrum g…
... Modern PC Games", a list of the best (in their opinion) ... have no interest in many of the other games.
... had lost most of SS2's complexity. They kept the same sort of ... the all powering sense of lonlieness was only ever broken by the attacks of the ...The name of the game. Help wanted!Please, what's the name of this game? [IMG]http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h479/Saltor66/joystick/sinking_zpsf0ec88d8.jpg[/IMG]
Please, what's the name of this game?
[IMG]http://i1111.photobucket.com/albums/h479/Saltor66/joystick/sinking_zpsf0ec88d8.jpg[/IMG]Renegade:Attack of the Clones :)I have been examining the code of Renegade recently as I really like this game and would like to know how it is done. Look what I have discovered : …
I have been examining the code of Renegade recently as I really ... /> Actually I like the idea of making some mod/remix of this game ... it in the future, But I have a lot of Spectrum projects ...A Miscellany of Dangerous TipsHere's a selection of ideas for using some of the more obscure system variables which I've found handy on occasion. They can be very convenient if us…
... t overwrite the first byte[/b] (the initial letter of the first ... 9 describes the structure of the space in the context of passing parameters ... method for returning to the start of the current line with, ... lost it now.") Yet it is indeed thus, courtesy of the ..."Tomb of the minotaur" wrong nameAs per the classified ad: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ZXComputing/Issue8508/Pages/ZXComputing850800120.jpg[/url] It should …
As per the classified ad:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showmag.cgi?mag=ZXComputing/Issue8508/Pages/ZXComputing850800120.jpg[/url]
It should be "Tomb of minotaur"...I know that maybe it is too picky, but just in caseChuckie Egg 'playable' off the cover of Shortlistvia an iphone/android app called Blippar according to a press release I received yesterday The whole issue of Shortlist is retro game themed Martin…
... yesterday
The whole issue of Shortlist is retro game ... ShortList have chosen to feature the 80s platform game classic Chuckie ... has excelled itself in making the entire issue interactive, with ... interested, though I'm in the car most of the day todayPure Monty Python: living in the middle of the road.Would you like to live in the middle of a motorway? [url]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2236746/Road-built-building-couple-refuse-China.htm…
... you like to live in the middle of a motorway?
the Chinese goverment would just pay the man the money he ...New Game: Lost In My SpectrumHi folks, it is with great joy that I present you my first Spectrum game, [I]Lost In My Spectrum.[/I] LIMS started as a study experiment with Jonat…
... my first Spectrum game, [I]Lost In My Spectrum.[/I]
the bottom of the text): the ZIP file contains both ... and English 48K/128K versions of the game plus a TXT file ... you play ;) - and a map of the levels.
Comments and ...For the one who starts the poll of Best Game of 2012,dont forget to include this gameFor the Wosser who will do the Best game of the year award, please dont forget this game, it was released in the spanish forums, but not yet uploaded…
... who will do the Best game of the year award, please dont forget ... game, it was released in the spanish forums, but not yet ... uploaded to wos.
The name is "3 Reyes Magos ...Keys in the middle of the keyboard not working.Have just (mostly) successfully carried out the composite mod, but as the title says the middle two columns of keys of my rubber keyed issue 3 48K sp…
... the composite mod, but as the title says the middle two columns of keys of ... tried gently removing and reseating the connectors - no difference.
the keyboard ribbons meet the motherboard - does ... be looking to find the connection that's ...Clutches of the Balrog[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0010745[/url] From the messages to various people (such as Mike Gerrard) hidden in the game thi…
... ?id=0010745[/url]
From the messages to various people (such ... as Mike Gerrard) hidden in the game this title appears to ... friends in the adventure game community) as a way of learning how ... to use The Quill.Game of 1983 and Arcadia high scoreThanks for the thoughts on Game of the Year 82. It made me give Arcadia a quick blast and the memories flooded back. Now, just like 31 years ago, I g…
Thanks for the thoughts on Game of the Year 82. It made ... Arcadia a quick blast and the memories flooded back. Now ... I got to the needles level and then lost. Oh to ... be able to stop the space- ... br /> And what was the best game of 1983 - and I will ...
