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games that only you seemed to playi was....and still am , a big fan of the automata games...groucho, pimania , new wheels john etc. also the game called 'the biz' i remember playing …
Yeah I still really like the spooky atmosphere of Trans. Tower, it's something to do with the out-of-perspective BASIC graphics... the 'transporter' gets on your tits though! -
Making a speccy-like text-adventure for WindowsWell, I downloaded an adventure creator for Windows 95/98 from: [url]www.adrift.org.uk[/url] and I just thought I'd recommend it, just in case any …
what made the spectrum.........what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... keyboard layout sucked, and Transylvanian Tower was an abomination against mankind ...A1200Anyone sells or knows of a cheap Amiga A1200 (in working condition) ? I am after one since my good old A2000 died a week ago and is in irrparable sha…
If you want a tower, i have a A1200, 1gb ...Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…
... about with LOAD "" CODE, Transylvanian Tower is ironically very, very much ...Gaming MythsLike mentioned in earlier threads - we have games like Mire Mare, Lunar Jetman and Scooby Doo. Does any other ones spring to mind. They need not be…
that scooby screenshot appeared in cvg. One big gaming myth for me was believing the game shop owner that transylvanian tower was a good game only to get it home and find it a big steaming pile,lol.:0(what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.
transylvanian tower...it took to long to ...SPECCY GAMES U LOVED BUT PPL HATEDAPART FROM THE CLASSICS BATMAN MANIC MINER THERE ARE SOME SPECTRUM GAMES I COULDNT FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHY PPL DIDN'T LIKE THEM GAMES LIKE.…
yeah transylvanian tower and tomb of dracula...both ...What were the most difficult, and pointless, games you ever played?1) Jack and the Beanstalk - incredibly difficult, a system of losing lives that seems to have designed by a certified lunatic, and no real sense of a…
... happened when you shot each tower from behind.
It's ...girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
... remember her name. It was magical to watch her play.girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
What games shall I put on 1 floppy disc for a work colleague? Which emulator?Someone at work, in his 50's was talking to me about the ZX Spectrum. He has a Windows 98 PC, and mentioned that his kids used to like playing Head O…
... odd turkey, such as Transylvanian Tower.
A couple of ...Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
How about Fantasy World Dizzy? No need to get the bean off of the shopkeeper, just fill the bucket with water and pour it on the manure, and a "magical" beanstalk grows from NOTHING. If THAT'S not magic, I don't know what is...Loading Lord of the RingsHi I've got a new copy of the Lord of the Rings adventure game. it loads as far as completing the load screen graphics, but wont load any further. Th…
... they will do the Dark Tower. I particularly liked John Howe ... 'Return of the King'. The tower really looks imposing and evil ...What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... selling my original was a magical time.
Also, finding out ...A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... really can't convey how magical that game seemed to be ....dsk back to +3 original format?Hi everyone! I recently stumbled over my spectrum +3 and i decided to replace its 3" dead drive for a 3.5" one. After some time, i was able to put it…
... +3 inside a pc at tower :), already made an extension to ...Extension for 128k + 3 keyboardHi everyone. Im working to put the plus 3 inside a pc at tower and already replaced its psu for a pc at one and its 3" drive for a 3.5" one. Im worki…
... the +3 inside the at-tower and post some pictures. :)How do you pronounce 'Speccy'?..since i've never heard the word spoken, just read it over here... I wonder if you guys read it as 'spexy' or rather as 'spetchi' or what else. eve…
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1) Power, tower, shower, flower
2) How ...Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
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BICYC 91 Noun
TOWER 91 Noun
WEATH 91 ... , south and west(to the tower).
Location 17
You are inside the Bell Tower.^{7}Steps spiral upwards round ... stumble acoss a small coastal tower known as the 'Camera Obscura ...Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... old Siemens 80186 PC (not Tower at all), with 2.5 ...Why did I buy that crap game? Hype, Cover Art or Licenced Product?Was I the only person to buy "Knight Rider" before any reviews came out? I doubt it. What made me buy it? Yep, it was hyped and a licenced product of…
I bought "Transilvanian Tower" as my first game....
Say no more!Why did I buy that crap game? Hype, Cover Art or Licenced Product?Was I the only person to buy "Knight Rider" before any reviews came out? I doubt it. What made me buy it? Yep, it was hyped and a licenced product of…
... for 20p...the aforementioned Transylvanian Tower, Code Book Caper (which is ...Why did I buy that crap game? Hype, Cover Art or Licenced Product?Was I the only person to buy "Knight Rider" before any reviews came out? I doubt it. What made me buy it? Yep, it was hyped and a licenced product of…
I bought knight rider before the review,after the loading screen and the title music it went down hill faster than eddie eagle edwards..also got transylvania tower..nowhere near as good as tomb of dracula by ktel.Speccy machine code info where is it?Recently I've been trying to learn Z80 and I've managed to make limited progress (some of my routines even compile now!) but I seem to be having trou…
... 3 days flat (liar!) Just magical!
As regards disassemblies ...Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…
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TI99/4A
TOWER SYSTEM + 5.25" DISK DRIVEWhat did you pay for a SpectrumJust wondered what everyone paid for getting hold of a spectrum. I got hold of one from eBay MINT condition, both the Box and the Speccy. Paid 110 …
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Texas TI-99 with tower base unit and disk system ...COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... circumstance.
theres nothing magical about it :) at least that ...Original ST diskshi guys, forgive the side-track, but does anyone have any original atari ST games/disks they'd lend me? it's for a disk preservation project, copy p…
... a hard drive. No power tower upgraded Amigas here, just can ...
