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Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... (albeit a physically different method) in that it reads a storage ... susceptable to air pressure (in a vacumm a feather would ... , Manic Miner-style, etc, all named for good examples of the type. ... text compression (eleven thousand words in a 48K program!) as to ... -
400+ games for saleHiya! I'm likely to be moving house in the New Year so rather than try and sell my Spec tapes bit by bit on eBay as I have been doing, I'm having to…
... to sell. Most are in good to very good ... Electric Dreams
Danger Mouse in Making Whoopee! - Alternative Software< ... Chip - Sinclair / Incognito
Manic Miner - Software Projects
Marble Madness ... R-Type - Hit Squad, The
Ruff and Reddy in the ... -
The most atmospheric Speccy and non-Speccy games?I was playing Alien vs. Predator (the XBox port of the 1999 PC first person shooter) yesterday, as the Marine, and I was going through the dark, lit …
... , but I think that Manic Miner is better in every way, except for ... one, and that's atmosphere. Manic Miner ... , but it was an alien type of atmopshere (as the authors ... a "Strongest atmosphere in a game, of any type of game" prize ... -
What Speccy things are we looking forward to?Waiting for downloading to finish, so I thought I'd type something to pass the time. So, what Spectrum related things are you looking forward to? For…
... , so I thought I'd type something to pass the time ... will appear by other authors in time, and of course there ... Jetset Willy and Manic Miner redesigns being written as I type this, I ... to mind at the moment, in my sleep-starved mind. Have ... -
Help me to name some games![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnf_XqWGVKE[/youtube] Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing on this video,but sadly I can't …
... Airwolf
136. 3 Weeks In Paradise
137. The Great ... 140. Juggernaut
141. Dangermouse in Double Trouble
142. Firelord ... Flag
154. ???
155. Manic Miner
156. I-Ball
177. R-Type
178. Tau Ceti
ANNOUNCE: Andrew Broad's new website, MM/JSW software reissuedNow that GeoCities is supposed to have closed, I am delighted to announce my new website, the Spectrum-section of which is at: [url]http://abroad.sqw…
... in all of the latter to hexadecimal, making them easy to type ... back into MM/JSW editing in the near future, but right ... me free for MM/JSW in November, or could easily claim ... ://groups.yahoo.com/group/manicminerandjetsetwilly/"]Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy Yahoo ...XBOX360 Style Achievements in Emulators is it Possible?I was wondering if it is possible to have an achievements/trophies app that would run with an emulator. Would it be possible for the app/emu to chec…
... /> An example would be say in Manic Miner
"Finish Level 1 ...Games only possible in 128K mode?In the thread: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=30145[/url] the discussion of 128K only games comes up, and it made me w…
... to perform the mathematical equations in real time. Was this technique ... ever used in any 128K games?
in his game SplATTR.
Manic Miner and Dynamite Dan proved that you could have great in ...The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... through our interactions with computers in the present of our ... accustomed to games of this type.
Additionally, I ... All new experiences of manic-miner will be in the context of future ... us cannot survive us except in auto-biographical form. The ...christmas eve in the officeso which of you other poor sods are 'working' today? And if so, what are you playing? I've brought in my spectrum, 2600 and mame collection and we'…
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I've brought in my spectrum, 2600 and mame ... a 3 game tournament of manic miner, op wolf (mame) and missile ...Iphone/Ipod touch gaming threadThought i would start a thread for this little gadget. I havent been this excited since the Speccy years. Never was keen on an Iphone, dont want a …
... its easy to zoom in/out and you can ... 've got the original Pacman, Manic Miner, Bubble Bobble, Space Invaders ... Connect 4, Nirvana (Guitar hero type game), Bullseye (amusing game), ... i first got my Speccy in the 80's ! (I ... kit i've bought in the last 20 years ...Jet Set Willy: Manic Mining Robot's Day Out (missing info)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017662&loadpics=3"]Jet Set Willy: Manic Mining Robot's Day Out[/URL] * - JSD in the upper ri…
... 3"]Jet Set Willy: Manic Mining Robot's Day Out ... URL]
* - JSD in the upper right corner:
in 2008 (the hidden game version ... ?regexp=^Manic+Miner+Technologies$&loadpics=3"]Manic Miner Technologies[/URL] in the ...Persistant tape loading error*big cheery wave* Got myself an ebay 48k rubber key speccy recently. Seems to be working ok, excpept for tape loading errors. Tried from a few sour…
... , when I try to load manic miner, the loading screen loads, it ... it really, but I can type in simple programs, and they run ...A type-in BASIC platformer that's worth a goWorking on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games Computing, I came across [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/patpostman.zip]The Adve…
Working on some type-ins for TTFn, from Games ... pages of densely packed listing in a tiny font that ... something that's written entirely in BASIC. I've shown a ... the animation can be seen in action - there's a ... screens. It'll be included in the archive whenever I do ...Type-in MIAsWhilst on another rummaging expedition in the archive I noticed that ZX Computing type-ins which haven't been typed in yet are marked as MIA. As all …
... expedition in the archive I noticed that ZX Computing type-ins ... which haven't been typed in yet are ... for "scanned but not typed in yet" type-ins was specified, then ... available but not in the optimum format. NTI? Then type-ins would ...Did you have a favourite/hated game genre?Tried a quick forum search but couldn't see anything specific on this. Thinking of the YS top 100 thread, it struck me that growing up with the spec…
... again loved all the classics, Manic Miner, JSW, Chuckie Egg - ... . (Think I'm in a distinct minority here ... Arcade adventures[/B] - anything in the WOS top 100 I ... think of a game type/genre containing no games ... I'm not particularly interested in now.
...Scrimpy screensHere's a question - how small a window can you get away with as a playing area for an arcade/action game before anyone notices? From the very earlie…
... .org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003012"]Manic Miner[/URL] up to [URL=" ... org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/s/SacredArmourOfAntiriadThe.gif[/ ... infoseekid.cgi?id=0004256"]R-Type[/URL] has a fairly small ... showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/r/R-Type.gif[/IMG]
BASIN and some nasty type-inI'm using BASin for the first time, and I'm trying to type a listing from a magazine. I'm trying to preserve EXACTLY as it is printed on the magazin…
... , and I'm trying to type a listing from a magazine ... />
- It uses INVERSE VIDEO in some places (solved, token window ... able to use INT and IN as var (not as TOKEN ...Type-in Checksum PuzzlerAt least one of the hex dump type-ins at [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]TTFn[/url] has a checksum routine a cu…
... one of the hex dump type-ins at [url=http://www ... .users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/type-ins/typehome.htm]TTFn[/url ... value. I remember typing it in but I can't remember ...Manic Miner on Android deviceComing soon....on Android device,later on Iphone if we have some demand.. This game is early in developpement.. Note:We don"t know if this game re…
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This game is early in developpement..
Note:We ... /> [IMG]http://ed6.free.fr/manic.jpg[/IMG]Typing in type-in gamesWhat are people's memories of typing in game listings from magazines and books? Pain or pleasure? I used to quite enjoy tapping them in, seeing how …
... people's memories of typing in game listings from magazines and ... to quite enjoy tapping them in, seeing how they worked, expanding ... .
When talking about type-ins, the general consensus seems ...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…
... first Spectrum game, [I]Lost In My Spectrum.[/I]
in Florence on the 1st and ... ]
LIMS is a Manic Miner styled game starring Alessandro, who ...Voted Top 100 ... true list?Yesterday I look on our Top 100 ... top-ten is so-so, but rest... many 'wrong' titles present, Elite, Laser Sq., Lords O.M. too low (positioned)... w…
... 29 best, so in calculating average it will ... works I'll show you in practice, columns are:
Type (04.)
07. ... .66 => 9.359 Manic Miner (02.)
09. 8 ...
I found ranking in brackets as much, much better ...Game of 1984 and Atic Atac high scoreTaking comments on board, I gave Atic Atac a go as the popular choice for GOTY 83. I had one shot and got 61% getting stuck in the same old circles.…
... and got 61% getting stuck in the same old circles.
1982 - none in top 100
1983 - Manic Miner
1984 - Skool ... /> 1987 - Renegade
1988 - R-Type
1989 - Stunt Car Racer ...Definitive and irrefutable Games of the Year since 1982Well, after playing the games recommended, reading the scores in the archive, sticking a licked finger in the air..... I can confirm the following is…
... recommended, reading the scores in the archive, sticking a ... 1982 ? Hungry Horace
1983 - Manic Miner
1984 - Skool Daze
1988 - R-Type
1989 - Stunt Car Racer ...
1998 ? Homer Simpson in Russia
1999 ? Pussy< ...Good games that don't have a black backgroundIn an effort to think of something Speccy related that we've not discussed before (though Alessandro Grussu will correct me it I'm wrong ;)), this to…
In an effort to think of ... [/B]games, so most BASIC type in games from 1983 aren't ... , such as Jetset Willy and Manic Miner, but even they mostly have ...Longest Game Completion TimesMetro article [url=http://metro.co.uk/2014/05/26/weekend-hot-topic-part-3-longest-video-game-completion-times-4738636/]here[/url]. Nice to see the S…
... the Spectrum mentioned in the first account, R-Type by a Phil303 ... unlikely and clock something like Manic Miner, which I'm useless at ...ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 19 September 2014Friday 19 September 2014 Welcome to the August update (eh? Ed). A tad late, but hopefully worth it! * Fixed the links to the scanned pages of Smash …
... POKEs for Manic Miner.
* Philip M. Anderson sent in a ... />
* Sand[mHm] sent in POKEs for Cybernation.
type-ins: Arc of Yesod, The ... br /> Cycles, The, Danger Mouse in the Black Forest Chateau,
Search functionsThe search box now has a more 'google' type search.<br><br>For example, you can search TERM1 TERM2 and results will only show both terms.<br><br>You …
... now has a more 'google' type search.
For ... /> You can wrap the terms in quotes - "manic miner" would be one search ... list all threads that have manic miner in and remove those that have ... sonic.
In the results page, you can ...Mocks ups - Spectrum classics in multicolour.The [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/51209/full-screen-32-columns-bicolor-engine-nirvana#latest"]Nirvana+ thread[/url] gave me …
... up of Manic Miner as it might be if done in bicolour.< ... />
Personally I think Manic Miner is *THE* 'spirit of the ... still be interested in seeing a multicolour Manic Miner, or some mocks ... I'd also be interested in seeing any multicolour re-imaginings ...
