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Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…
... first time and all those memories came flooding back.
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HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY MR SPECTRUM!It's the 23rd of April, so it's been twenty years since this all started, and that's quite frankly unbelievable. Twenty years! Can it be that long? T…
Happy Birthday!!!!
Here?s to another 20 years of fond memories and top games.
I plan to thoroughly wet the micro?s head later, and with it being St. George?s Day too I think I?ll do a sicky tomorrow... -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
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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…
My wife was a speccy user, she tells me she had fond memories of playing Horace goes skiing, and our friend Carol loved manic miner and can hum the tune perfectly
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A martial art game.Ok, so I asked this on a more 'private' thread, I thought I'd let everyone a chance to guess... :) It's a martial art game. Our hero is naked from h…
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Someone knows the name of this game ?I remember an old game of kung-fu where in the first 3 or 4 screen you played against another man and after you played with two kung-fu men. I rememb…
MIA portuguese gamesI would like to know if there is some Portuguese speccy games and educational programs, mostly published by Astor Software. Here is a very short list…
... way ... Probably it's the heat of the final game of ...Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
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Brings back memories
If any one wants ...the happiest days of your life-pt2hello,again i have come up with 2 solutions to the problem of solving this game:- 1.the more people that try to solve this game (by combining diffe…
Music on Tour de Force (Gremlin)Has this game really a music somewhere ? Perhaps the 48K bzz-bzz at the beginning of any level and/or for game over is considered "music" ? The WOS …
... will faint due to excessive heat. Kick your opponents by pressing ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... /computer I ever owned - happy memories of a few days after ...Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
The azimuth screw!! Many memories of playing with that on ...Replacement power suppliesIs it possible to get a replacement power supply for the old speccys? The high Amperage is a problem: 1.4A for the rubber-keyed 48K. Know where you c…
The Amperage isn't the problem.
Ferranti, who made the ULA said "don't use more than 75% of circuits in this chip." then Sinclair said "we'll use around 90% of the ULA" and the beautiful machine has had heat dispersion problems ever since.MICRO=GEN Owner Died Yesterday.Mike Meek died yesterday. He was owner of Micro Gen. Rest in Peace and thanks for great memories. ============================================ [B]…
... Peace and thanks for great memories.
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Not ...Car boot visitHi everyone, Well todays car boot fair trip produced the square root of fuck all in the Spectrum dept, although I did pick up some decent books, God…
... that really brought back some memories. "Way Of The Exploding Fist ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... as many people with bad memories of the C16 as there ... />
For me, mainly fond memories. I suggest you look at ...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…
... ) getting off subject here but memories do come backWhat'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…
Mine best memories are:
-having my room full of friends having lunch while the games loaded
-playing Formula 1 from CRL on our birthdays
I have to admit, those were the best days of my life!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…
... stomach. Another of my fave memories was spending all of maths ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... of disabling them being ultra heat treatment with a thermic lance ...What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... /> Almost all of my bad memories related to the Speccy (and ...I'm #1!I'm now the top of the posting list! So am I: 1) Spending far too much time being nostalgic? 2) A Spectrum obsessive, spending too much time on the…
I think the Spectrum brings a lot of happy memories to many people. Keeping it alive is just wonderful.
We all should post more :)What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... reminds me of other bad memories. First off, buying a Seikosha ...Easiest game everMy nomination for the easiest game ever is: FA Cup Football by Virgin. 8 Players each choosing 8 teams from a possible 124, leaving about 60 teams to…
... you get there you can sink it as easily as you ... 'd sink your plastic boat in your ...Easiest game everMy nomination for the easiest game ever is: FA Cup Football by Virgin. 8 Players each choosing 8 teams from a possible 124, leaving about 60 teams to…
... you get there you can sink it as easily as you ... 'd sink your plastic boat in your ...I love the smell of mags in the morning......Maybe I have a problem (sexual?), but just the smell of an old issue of Crash or Your Sinclair can bring back great retro memories. Does this happen…
... smell brought back sooo many memories.
I'm sure ...
