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  • I've just got a letter from the new publishers of Retro GamerImagine Publishing have sent me a letter saying as a gesture of goodwill I will recieve 3 free copies :) I lost quite a bit of money with the subscri…

    Imagine Publishing have sent me a letter saying as a gesture of goodwill I ... free copies :) I lost quite a bit of money with the ...
    swordheart swordheart November 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Take a game - lose a letterHow about another bizarre thread :smile: What game can you take and completely change the way it sounds by just dropping one letter from its title? …

    ... sounds by just dropping one letter from its title?

    jdanddiet jdanddiet August 2011 Games
  • Take a game - add a letterBecause all good threads deserve a sequel. Same as before but adding a letter so: Beach Head becomes Bleach Head, the adventures of a blond haired b…

    Because all good threads deserve a sequel. Same as before but adding a letter so:

    Beach Head becomes Bleach Head, the adventures of a blond haired boy
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause August 2011 Games
  • Chuckie Egg lose-a-life musicIs the little ditty played when you lose a life on Chuckie Egg taken from a real piece of music?

    Is the little ditty played when you lose a life on Chuckie Egg taken from a real piece of music?
    Daren Daren October 2012 Games
  • Best game that starts with the word OLDWell, I'm bored and the title says it all: Oldman, Old bones or Old Valley?

    ... 've been bundled together on a compilation...

    'They Old ... A Million'

    [size=1][/ ... 'take a game lose' a letter thread a while back!

    Take a game, lose a letter that ...
    R-Tape R-Tape June 2012 Games
  • There's a bug in my Speccy, Dear Liza, Dear Liza...Hi guys, Just me being annoying again - Can anyone out there in 'Internetland' help me with ideas about what could be causing a bug in my Speccy em…

    ... br /> Trouble is there's a bug (one at least) somewhere ... speccy boots fine from a 48K ROM image, giving ... soon as you type a letter, instead of converting it ... but even after correcting a few doozies that I ...
    Sorry for being a nuisance as usual - but think ...
    Speculator Speculator December 2004 Development
  • !Warning Vapourcompo! A BASIC competition with a twistI have an Idea for a Games compo with a twist, 1. BASIC because I don't Know Machine Code (selfis reason I know :) ) 2. The actual game is supplied …

    ... br /> The game would be a platform game, and would have ... seperate placeholders for a main Character (1?) a series of ... possibly having a tile based level, where a letter corresponds to each ... tile graphic, (eg. a=player start ...
    guesser guesser March 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • charcter you most wanted to hurt in a spectrum game?mine would proberly be the wolf in saberwulf. everytime i got down to that area he made me lose a life.

    mine would proberly be the wolf in saberwulf. everytime i got down to that area he made me lose a life.
    mestor mestor July 2005 Games
  • A game that never was.......would anyone like to see it...Back in about 1990 a friend and I sent a game to Newsfield created in the "2D game maker", a smart little graphic adventure, not unlike Dizzy called …

    Back in about 1990 a friend and I sent a game to Newsfield ... in the "2D game maker", a smart little graphic adventure, not ... called "Fred Egg". We got a letter back from Richard Eddy at ... due to bad organisation from a couple of teenagers - ie us ...
    Dongle Dongle November 2005 Games
  • Threatening letter from baliffs. Need some advice.I've just opened a letter, not addressed to me, but to my ex-lodger, and someone whom I have never heard of. Mr.Someone I'd Never Heard of & Mr.ExL…

    I've just opened a letter, not addressed to me, but ... .

    yours faithfully
    a.git
    [/quote]

    letter was addressed to!
    thx1138 thx1138 April 2008 Chit chat
  • Interview for a passport!!!.....Hi all me again! Applied for a passport about a month ago, had a letter come through saying that I gotta go for an "interview".... What the hell is…

    ... /> Applied for a passport about a month ago, had a letter come through saying ... and its because I am a 1st time applicant...

    AND NO, I AM NOT A TERRORIST!!! :grin:

    Pisses ... have to prove myself as a BRITISH citizen!!!!
    Dusti Dusti June 2008 Chit chat
  • BAH!! fuggin diddlin chuffin bloody nora twat a diddlin bugger fuggi doodly woopy..............daddli i hate it when you................ lose a bloody cd :( just sorted mi cd racks out, i knew i had a space in my reggae section, whe…

    ... it when you................

    lose a bloody cd :(

    just ... out, i knew i had a space in my reggae section ... , where a space wasnt (cos i have ...
    mel the bell mel the bell August 2008 Chit chat
  • On a phishing mission from god...Received this in my inbox this week and thought I'd share it with you. [QUOTE][FONT=verdana][COLOR=#000000][COLOR=#000000]My Dearest In Christ, M…

    ... to church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize ... . I will also issue you a letter of authority that will empower ... is that I live a life of a worthy Christian.Whoever that ... me room in sourcing for a church or Christian individual for ...
    Dave_C Dave_C October 2010 Chit chat
  • Is it a must...Since this ZX Evolution thing I have been wanting another ZX Spectrum but with the ros and an ide device. Well yesterday I was very lucky as I had a …

    ... very lucky as I had a friend of mine give me ... both a +2 grey and a +3 all fully working and a few ... Sinclair joystick (It was only a letter O nothing amazing yet)
    a few books which have been ... to ask is it really a must to get either the ...
    morcar morcar October 2011 Development
  • Very weird +2 problem.After two days, I'm still fighting this grey +2. Symptoms: When I first got it, there were stray pixels on the screen, and stray lines and colours. …

    ... machine worked (mostly). Change a RAM chip, and the ... . How weird? Occasionally a letter in the top text ... Sometimes it will crash after a bit.

    ... run Jetpac perfectly, not a problem. However, with ... /> Help? Please! Before I lose what's left of my ...
    Spirantho Spirantho August 2012 Hardware
  • PPI claims - bugger me, I got me some money...So there we were, the missus and I, not paying any attention to the "you might have a claim for PPI" adverts that you see on the telly. Until, that …

    ... companies offering to make a claim for her. So ... bank and put in a speculative claim ourselves, ... bugger me, a letter came today offering me a settlement of ? ... ask any questions once a short telephone conversation had ... d give it a go....what's there to lose?! :p
    Amfoot Amfoot October 2012 Chit chat
  • I'm very illA few weeks back I passed out/blacked out in the bathroom and woke up on the floor with a terrible pain in my chest. In the fall I somehow broke my …

    ... whole left arm to lose all sensation and feel ... sternum. The GP printed a letter for me to take to ... the yellow pages and found a private doctor, got an ... my x-ray, confirming a badly broken sternum and probable ... my band. I managed a band practice yesterday, I ...
    FrankT FrankT March 2013 Chit chat
  • SD card as a tape playerSince discovering WOS I've been amazed at the talent and inginuity of everyone who has developed new hardware and software. I only wish I could under…

    ... could understand and achieve a fraction of what they ... how to load programs without a tape player...

    lose a lot of volume. So, ... simple I waiting for a digital voice recorder to ... memory with provision for a micro SD card, headphones ...
    rune rune September 2013 Hardware
  • looking for a [forgotten] demoit's a poetic demo, I was sure it's written by gasman but it looks like it's not. as I remember, it was a letter to a girl named ~lucy-ish one. I'm n…

    it's a poetic demo, I was sure ... I remember, it was a letter to a girl named ~lucy-ish one ... 't find it. it's a melancholic demo. it's very ...
    Arda Arda December 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 'household canvass' letter, threats of £1000 fine...anyone else had this letter? even if there's no change to your circumstances if you don't confirm it by post, internet, or text message then "you cou…

    anyone else had this letter? even if there's no ... ... as for the threat of a grand fine for not responding ... something as innocuous as as a letter basically asking if you live ...
    def chris def chris August 2015 Chit chat
  • Best and worst jumping in a gameI've played Dynanmite Dan for the first time. I'm a bit disappointed that the jumping felt rubbish and out of place. Its just a diagonal up and strai…

    ... first time. I'm a bit disappointed that the ... is marvellous. Its a bit like a proto Prince Of Persia ... Its supposed to be a serious game about jungle ... or whether the target is a villager or soldier. But ... (In which case, you lose a health point. Of course). ...
    morph morph November 2015 Games
  • Games with a timer where you just need to surviveGames in which you don't have to do anything to progress except wait for some sort of timer to reach zero. As opposed to most games with a timer, whe…

    ... to most games with a timer, where you lose a life when it ... hits zero, if you haven't achieved a ... until the maze stops scrolling. A lot of the time the ...
    Morkin Morkin May 2016 Games
  • I think maybe I'll try my hand at making a game like Boggle next.Or maybe a sliding puzzle sort of thing? Although its a royal pain working out all those symbolic characters, its kind of rewarding when it works af…

    ... bloody colour limitations are a drag to have to ... the number to a letter and use a cursor move routine ... the tile - if doing a sliding type puzzle - or ... my graphics design. Drew a gorgeous isometric town but ... theres not a snowballs chance in hell ...
    mik3d3nch mik3d3nch July 2017 BASIC
  • Play The Last Ever Shaw Brothers NEW Spectrum Game - Hop 'n' Chop ...it's in the WoS Archives now!The last ever Shaw Brothers Spectrum game is now available to download in the World of Spectrum archive section, it's called... Hop 'n' Chop it's p…

    ... Jack Lumber. He works as a lumberjack, chopping down trees & ... landscapes. On collecting each star a letter of the word EXTRA appears ... time limit then he will lose a life & must restart the ... begins each
    game with a sharpened axe.

    ...
    sickhappyidle sickhappyidle March 2003 Games
  • The Pre 85 threadMost of our memories are of games that were from 85 and onwards when the programmers had got to grasps with the Speccy and were coding more efficient…

    ... (as well as a newsletter every three months ... a Pierre Cardin biro and badges) so there was nothing to lose ... because I wrote them a letter saying how fab their ... or two I got a letter saying they were closing ... /> Was anyone else here a Silver Club member and thus ...
    jil jil June 2004 Games
  • Auf Wiedersehen Monty RZX!This made recording the JSW RZX seem like a walk in the park. A huge walkthrough of Auf Monty is now available at [url="http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk"]…

    Just watching a few of the RZX files now. It's funny, but I've never really bothered before. When you see the player lose a life, you can imagine what they were thinking and feeling (usually a four letter word!).

    I think I'll watch a few more.
    MattLamb MattLamb August 2004 Games
  • I just did something very out of characterI was downstairs when i heard something come through the letterbox. It was a newsletter from the BNP as soon as i saw what it was i opened the door a…

    ... "inciting racial hatred". Is he a Christian then?
    [/quote]
    a white newspaper, a white award ceromony etc ... thing ever. go on a march, write a letter, dont vote for some ... extreme (they'd have to lose the WE-HATE-ALL-FOREIGNERS ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2006 Chit chat
  • apparently it's painless...There's a story in the local paper today of a bloke who committed suicide. he put a noose round his neck, tied it to a lamp post, got into his car a…

    ... olden days they would put a letter in the basket where the ... was in Carry On Dont Lose Your Head so it must ...
    stupidget stupidget May 2006 Chit chat
  • apparently it's painless...There's a story in the local paper today of a bloke who committed suicide. he put a noose round his neck, tied it to a lamp post, got into his car a…

    ... olden days they would put a letter in the basket where the ... was in Carry On Dont Lose Your Head so it must ...
    mile mile May 2006 Chit chat
  • I'm so annoyed.In translation... FOR FUCK SAKE. I got a call this morning from Marbles (my mastercard). Being the suspicious chap I am, I refuse to confirm any d…

    ... you are entitled to a statement of account whenever ... t send you a statement, write them a letter, threaten court ... 've nowt to lose mate, give it a go.
    ... would love to become a debt buster solicitor, hammering ... interesting reading - go take a look at it - you ...
    DEATH DEATH July 2007 Chit chat
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