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Big Fight LiveOk, in a fight between Rambo, The Terminator (the first film), Commando (Arnie Schwarzeneggar's character from the film of the same name), Luke Skywa…
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128 spectrum zx +2 is stuck on test screenhey this is my first spectrum i bought it from a boot-sale for 2 pound and it came with loads of games but when i turn it on i get the test screen an…
If it is a Black case +2A or +2B then when in test screen mode press PLM and QAZ at the SAME time to get a diagnostic screen come up.
This was only put in the Spectrum +2A, +2B and +3A, +3B models.
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Kempston printer interfaceHi all, I won an Kempston Printer Interface from eBay and I am awating the arrival of it. At present I got hold of a Spectrum Plus2B today working or…
... present.
Mike.[/QUOTE]
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Kempston printer interfaceHi all, I won an Kempston Printer Interface from eBay and I am awating the arrival of it. At present I got hold of a Spectrum Plus2B today working or…
Yes I shall do that, but thank you for the info you gave me, I have a few printer leads lying around here so that part wont be a problem.
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Renegade III ... what happened here?I just had a bit of a revelation ... I've never seen nor played the third and last installment of the Renegade series! I was traipsing down Memory L…
Renegade 3 was a sequel too far. Without the original programmer (Mike Lamb) working on the project, it was bound to be crap, but who actually came up with the idea? I asked Ocean's Gary Bracey about it a while back and he just went a funny colour. -
Spectrum Amstrad printer leadHi, just been doing a search on the Spectrum+2A/+3 printer leads. Now as I understand it the Amstrad CPC464 and CPC6128 printer leads are compatible…
Yes I had those 2 pokes on a piece of paper and would you belive it I cant find it any where.
I shall take a look at the site you mentioned, thanks.
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Spectrum Amstrad printer leadHi, just been doing a search on the Spectrum+2A/+3 printer leads. Now as I understand it the Amstrad CPC464 and CPC6128 printer leads are compatible…
I have tried looking for the Alchnews, but I cant find the exact site location.
Have you a link please?
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Spectrum Amstrad printer leadHi, just been doing a search on the Spectrum+2A/+3 printer leads. Now as I understand it the Amstrad CPC464 and CPC6128 printer leads are compatible…
Yes those are the pokes, thank you very much.
Yes its most strange that you don`t need them on the +2A as both are the same apart from the cassette deck and Disc drive unit.
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First ever gameHi all, I sat there the other night trying to remember the first ever Spectrum game. I racked my brains, then I remembered it was Psssst I ran it on …
... out when I 1st met Mike Lamb (of Ocean fame) and ... -
ZX81 - Modulator problems...Not a spectrum I know, but does anybody here have an experience of repairing ZX81s? When I dusted mine down recently and plugged it in, the display …
Here is the link to what I just told you about.
[url]http://www.zx81.de/english/video_e.htm[/url]
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I'll name that game in ...I was about to recommend Astro Blaster to someone, when I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders …
... 'New Cylon Attack' written by Mike Webb sounds really good. The ... 've worked 'with' and 'for' Mike over the years and he ... ' Alderton (who is credited) and Mike Webb (who isn't) wrote ... -
ZX81 - Modulator problems...Not a spectrum I know, but does anybody here have an experience of repairing ZX81s? When I dusted mine down recently and plugged it in, the display …
Yes sorry I missed that part, (my eagerness to help.)
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Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
I like Boulderdash CK, it is the only one that scrolls properly, as the previous Boulderdash 1 2, and 3 are very jerky, not good for any player.
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New Spectrum HardwareHi all. Well its Friday so it seems as good a time as any (business is a bit slack at the moment) to start up a thread about creating new Spectrum ha…
... and say nothing.
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.SNA to .TZXHI all, just been looking through the Utilities in WOS. I am trying to find a program that will convert from .SNA to .TZX But so far cant see any any…
... I shall try.
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A thought about Top GunI've been playing a bit of Top Gun earlier, and I'm not convinced it should be classed as a vector 3D game, as I'm seeing really nothing that would m…
I was at Ocean when Mike Lamb was doing Top Gun. It is 3D vector graphics and not stored images. Sorry. -
A thought about Top GunI've been playing a bit of Top Gun earlier, and I'm not convinced it should be classed as a vector 3D game, as I'm seeing really nothing that would m…
... ]I was at Ocean when Mike Lamb was doing Top Gun ...
