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Journeys End annoying PLZ HELP!!!Journeys End was my all time fav speccy game, but after doin a bit of research and getting a emulator and this game i keep getting a horrible graphic…
Journeys End was my all time fav speccy game, but after doin a bit of research and getting a emulator and this game i keep getting a horrible graphical bug ingame...can sombody plz tell me how i fix it? -
Games that benefit from a change in speed.Has anybody tried playing games on an emulator at different speeds? I've found that certain games are more playable with a slight speed tweak. Obvio…
... the large graphics move a bit quicker.
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How to play without POKEsI have a Speccy story, hope you will like it. It's about 13 years back. I was sitting in our living room and playing Dynamite Dan (part 1) on rubber…
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Sharopolis's QuizHere you are folks, My quiz, edutainment at its best. This is the first quiz I've compiled so sorry if its too easy or hard or whatever. Some of the…
... post the results in a bit.
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Machine Code ChallengeHere's a challenge for all you Z80 programmers. Points to be awarded for elegance and brevity. (I haven't got the solution either) HL addresses the …
... is to ensure that the bit to the right of any ... bit that was originally set is ... so that if bit 0 is set then bit 7 of the ... it difficult, the first reset bit encountered is not to be ... the very first bit encountered, i.e. bit 7 of initial HL ... -
SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
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POKEs that make games harder(!)Why not? I'm sure everyone has a few games that they always come back to, but wish they were a bit harder so it was more of a challenge. Not every ga…
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I just bought the Amstrad e mailer with ZX Spectrum emulator built ini am i Its not a bad phone, i am posting this meesage with it. I wanted the phone anyway, the games centre was an extra bonus. Mind you , i think the games…
Its not a bad phone, i am posting this meesage with it. I wanted the phone anyway, the games centre was an extra bonus. Mind you , i think the games centre was a bit of an afterthought, its not that great. -
HELP ME TRACK A GAME!!I`VE BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE A GAME CALLED COMMANDO. IT`S NOT THE GAME ON THE 100 LIST. THE BEST WAY TO DESCRIBE IT IS THAT YOU START AT THE BOTTOM OF …
... GUN.
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We need a new Spectrum!As it seems that all the rumours of Sir Clive working on a new machine are nothing more than just vapourware, dont you think its about time we start…
... main man of the 8-bit years'll realise that its ... -
forbidden planet..ok heres an odd one thats always puzzled me. I wonder if anyones got any more info... I go to my local game shop, and i buy an orignal copy of forb…
... ive called....he sounds a bit puzzled and says "hang on ... -
Imagining speccy versionsIm just fantasying a little bit.. occurs that Im playing like a mad to GhoulsNGhosts and well,. I think this game engine is cool and I think that wo…
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Thankyou all who replied!I now have installed an emulator and I am playing a childhood game that has eluded me so long, a soccer game called STRIKER I use to love it, a bit b…
I now have installed an emulator and I am playing a childhood game that has eluded me so long, a soccer game called STRIKER I use to love it, a bit boring but great, cheers! -
Atic Atac vs Sabre WulfThese two were pretty similar- someone described Sabre Wulf as "Atic Atac with leaves", which is a bit harsh. I personally think that Atic Atac is th…
... with leaves", which is a bit harsh.
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250,000 assorted spectrum games for saleHi , ive got a quarter of a million spectrum games , #(also quite a few c64 and amstrad) some sealed as new , most others still as new , loads of cla…
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Spectrum helpHello all I run a website which is some sort of community/game information hybrid. It's dedicated to most gaming platforms (currently 62 of them). I…
... this and that's a bit of a shame since the ... important part of the 8 bit scene.
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lords of midnight or doomdarksHi , 2 classic games , which is better ? just like some peoples opinions as mine is probably biased towards lom - but i still rate and love doomdarks…
Hi , 2 classic games , which is better ? just like some peoples opinions as mine is probably biased towards lom - but i still rate and love doomdarks it just felt a bit lacking in atmosphere or something i cant quite put my finger on. -
Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one? -
Wanted : Magazine pages (repost)Hello all... This is another repost... Sorry if I'm repeating myself, but I may(!) now have access to an A3 scanner, so I'm hoping to be able to do …
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has anyone converted an early speccy to drive a monitor ?sorry if this is the wrong forum, but there doesn't seem to be a hardware one, per se. I've been looking through the schematics a bit today - it see…
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#1 on Xmas eve...erm.. a bit of egoistic post this. But I couldn't pass it up! :) Right, a quick check on the member list will reveal that we have a new #1 poster. n…
erm.. a bit of egoistic post this. But ... to have let up a bit and so has Alessandro T ... -
Out Run EuropaOk, so first of all there was the version that was previewed way back in may of 1989 (preview: [url="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/outruneuropaori…
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Publ;ic Apology Umm... there was a bit of trouble over the past months and it was due to me (Nathan Graves) and Freddy (David Samnell). Just wanted to say i'm sorr…
Umm... there was a bit of trouble over the past months and it was due to me (Nathan Graves) and Freddy (David Samnell).
Just wanted to say i'm sorry for the inconvinience. :(
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Spectrum Instructions ProjectAs we're all aware, WoS is great and has lots and lots of games on it. However, not all of those games have had their instructions uploaded to WoS, w…
... playing the game just a bit tricky.
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Has anybody ever completed BIONIC???I cant kill one guy there - some kind of general, it is level 5-6, you must climb upper and upper there, so there are many guys like him(but a bit di…
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Need help identifying a game..I haven't played this for about 12 years, when I was 6, so the details are VERY sketchy. It was a car/racing game. I remember it being a side on, sl…
... level the track got a bit snowey. Sadly, that's all ... -
Preann: Spectaculator 4Hello everyone. I've almost finished Spectaculator 4 so thought I'd drop off a few screenshots to drum up a bit of interest :) [url="http://www.spe…
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++off-topic++ Anyone else bought one of those 8-bit 'retro' consoles advertised on cable tv?tvOver christmas I was bored, and found myslef flicking through all the cable channels on NTL. They change the package so often, i have all but given u…
Over christmas I was bored, and found myslef flicking through all the cable channels on NTL. They change the package so often, i have all but given up trying to understand it. There is a myriad of 'free' channels that are not much good now.
I ...