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eZX Sparky[url]http://members.cox.net/supersparky/[/url] Is anybody else following the development of this interesting little project? How long has it been ar…
... for? The idea of a modern Spectrum that is fully backwards ... -
is there any Com 64 emulator as simple or good as any Speccy emu?I haven't tried a 64 emu for... I guess 5 or 6 years! I didn't have the 64 back in the day, I was a speccy guy (my cousins had the 64 and wouldn't …
... always troubled me about the "modern" 64 emulations is that I ... -
What is the oldest bit of machinery in regular use in your workplace?What's the oldest bit of machinery anyone has ever used regularly in the work place? Where I am now, very old building, mostly modern stuff. Previ…
... now, very old building, mostly modern stuff.
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Carmageddon port crashes and burns?Why did no one post on here that the DOS classic Carmageddon was being remaded to run on Windows (well, a coder was writing his own version of the ga…
... totally gotten to work on modern PCs. Well, you can get ... -
Recent talk of developing new SpectrumsHi all, I can see from a few threads on here that some Wossers like Vasil and Aien 8 are interested in developing more powerful Spectrums or improvi…
... project to build a decent 'modern' Spectrum for the community? After ... -
Elite Spectrum Collection 59p until 13/12/10 (iPhone/iPad)Both versions (HD for iPad and regular iPhone) are 59p for a few days. The controls aren't perfect but that will supposedly be improved with the nex…
... a great way of some modern classics reaching a wider audience ... -
No ZX ZUMA?Hi guys, Lately my nephew and I argued a little that almost all new modern games are but remixed copy-cats and I could prove it (with reverses to 3D…
... little that almost all new modern games are but remixed copy ... -
Fuse for Mac OS X 1.0.0 ReleasedA new version of Fuse for Mac OS X has been released at the dedicated sourceforge project and shortly here on WoS: [url]http://sourceforge.net/proje…
... disk images in single sided drives (Gergely Szasz).
[*] Add support ... Meunier).
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Best game of the Decade. The winner is...Gamefaqs.com have given the results of the Best Game of the Decade, and the winner is... Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask. Which seems a bit strange …
... ), as I thought that a modern game would win, as is ... , such as Mass Effect 2, Modern Warfare 2, Mario Galaxy 2 ... -
Microdrive MaintenanceHi All I've come into possesion of two microdrives and 5 cartridges. I have an interface 1 which I believe is fine. I can issue commands to the micr…
... from inside one of the drives (A change of the whirr ... -
zx81 rf outputHi All I'm not sure if this is an appropriate forum for the zx81, however I'll ask anyway;) I've connected my zx81 up to a mid 90's color tv. I can…
... that doesn't work with modern tvs?
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Bugaboo the Flea is BackJust read this morning that the author of "Bugaboo the Flea" (the first commercial Speccy title from Spain, published in the UK by Quicksilva and I t…
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Singularity (a great first person shooter)I thought I'd post this as I've just played a very good modern game that for some reason most people seem not to have heard of, so maybe some of you …
... just played a very good modern game that for some reason ... -
remake of ZX ALIENS: three questions atmHi guys. Ok, it's a 'reversal' problem here: my nephew (well, a little assisted by me) made a [URL="http://ultrashare.net/hosting/fl/7537e7223c/alie…
... messy it looks in a modern game constructor then they could ... -
Working interface 1Could someone explain please how to check to see if the one I have works? I haven't got any Micro drives though.
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Spectrum Game with more sequelswhich game had the most sequels? I'm not saying modern games like dizzy or even horace, but from the time when Spectrum was comercially active what …
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Budokan???is this an oficial port? had no idea they made a Spectrum version of this game... used to love it on PC when I played it with my cousins (actually a …
... with my cousins (actually a modern version of this game could ... -
Anybody who has recently bought/built a machine or about toDo NOT buy/build one of the new "Sandy Bridge" machines. Intel have found a serious flaw in the motherboard chipset which screws with SATA drives. …
... chipset which screws with SATA drives.
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ANN: Spectaculator 7.5Spectaculator 7.5 is now available from [URL="http://www.spectaculator.com/"]http://www.spectaculator.com/[/URL] - Spectrum +3 disk images in IPF fo…
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Modern Warfare - Spooky GunshipI'd love to see a version of this on the speccy - u know the one, your in the aircraft circling above a unit of men u have to protect using only the …
I'd love to see a version of this on the speccy - u know the one, your in the aircraft circling above a unit of men u have to protect using only the devastating arsenal at your fingertips.
Top down, black n white mayhem over multiple missons.< ... -
Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
Despite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to host games yourself, so you're stuck with the awful, limited official offering), the declining amount of ... -
Movie Critique (posh way of saying this is a film recommendation thread!)We haven't had a film recommendation thread for ages (so it seems), so I thought we should get a new one started, and hopefully everyone will post wh…
... a comedy set in an modern American city, about a man ... really a fan of many modern comedy films, but this one ... -
Minotaur Rescue for iOS, recommendedJeff Minter of Llamasoft released a great game with quirky British humour for iOS devices. Its built in the style of an Atari 2600 game but with a mo…
... 2600 game but with a modern 2D game engine that can ... -
Various Speccy Bits - microdrives +D and Sam Coupe StuffI have been a long time speccy fan and have amassed a massive collection of the many years. About a year ago I decided to build an online shop to buy…
... computers, and various interfaces and drives.
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Recommend a dev environmentIt's been a while since I last wrote any Z80 assembler - must be over 20 years, and since I wrote any spectrum Z80 assembler more like 25 years. I n…
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Is there really such a thing as "progressive" rock?I don't think so. Quite apart from the fact that just about any modern musical style evolves over time and can thus be called "progressive", I quest…
... fact that just about any modern musical style evolves over time ... -
Can anyone explain why my wife's driving instructor says...My wife is learning to drive (with the Storm driving school here in the UK) and the instructor is teaching her a few things that seem really odd to m…
... burn it out, but are modern cars far tougher? Seems to ... -
Was there ever an 8" Floppy Drive for the SpectrumThis has been bugging me for a while now... I seem to remember adverts in the early eighties for an [URL="http://oldcomputers.net/floppydisks.html"]…
... -80 used the 8" Floppy drives to begin with but was ... -
How do 3D earphones work?Something I've wondered before is how 3D headphones work. Has anyone ever tried them? To be exact, it's not the earphones that are 3D, it's the littl…
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Seeking a SpeccyAt the recommendation of one of my CONUS-based cohorts, I'm seeking a 48K Spectrum. Live on the left coast of the US, and everything I've seen on eb…
... could plug into a monitor/modern flat-screen TV).[/I]