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A Family Man's Lament of Wifes, Family, Mother In Laws and New Cars.So after working tirelessly in the USA since my wife asked me to emigrate in 2013 our family has grown and the car I brought when we came (a Subaru F…
... the past two years.
I brought a 2 ... our proximity to the forest and the amount of food source she ... leaves in the cars coupled with leaving the ... in dings and dents and the inside will be full of rotting fruit ... -
Can anyone remember the url of Sinclair’s old websites?I’ve found two: [url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060930002321/http://www.sinclair-research.co.uk/index.php]www.sinclair-research.co.uk[/url] and […
... .sinclair-research.co.uk[/url] and [url=https://web.archive.org ... history, obviously including the ZX80, ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the QL. But so ... failed to find any sign of it.
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(Fixing) The Swordsman of Kraxis 7The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 ([url="https://worldofspectrum.org/software?id=0013314"]link[/url]) is an arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).…
... been trying out The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 last night, and it seemes ... in the current form. I've checked the original type-in, and it ... start over from stage 1, and the first stage are really long ... just a snapshot of this new version (because the game still looks ... -
The "Fun" of old equipment...Warning to others with the Alphacom 32.So I manage to slowly rebuild my spectrum, and a part of that is getting a new printer. The Brother printer I once had is no more, and I don't want t…
... spectrum, and a part of that is getting a new printer. The Brother ... , and it seems OK, but as Iift the cable, I see one of the ... leads has detached between the cable and the spectrum interface ... -
Is the Queen of England finished? - What Will Happen Next?I keep hearing constantly that the queen of England is puling out of events and cannot get out of bed some days. So..seeing how high profile English …
... constantly that the queen of England is puling out of events and cannot get ... out of bed some days ... myself. Can't stand any of the them. Get them all ... I respect other opinions. Since the peoples princess passed away, they ... -
It's the end of the world as we know it - The great reset.Prices of fuel rocketting and therefore everything else. Food shortages. The lights going out. And millions will die. Have the Big Bugs really got to…
... of fuel rocketting and therefore everything else. Food shortages. The lights going out. And ... over the world in place. Sri Lanka already in anarchy of fuel and ... food. Riots. Nothing on the news. Hyper inflation. And millions ... -
The State of the Scrabble Game TodayI did have some reasons to be a bit interested in recent trends and changes such as:- 1) The non availability of new versions of DELUXE SRABBLE (…
... and changes such as:-
1) The non availability of new versions of ... finding this turntable version newa and ended up paying quite a ... with the built in turntable?
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The use of Z80s todayHi, I know this is a ZX Spectrum website. But if I could ask a quick question just about Z80's in general because I want to know how much they are…
... today and how popular they are in other applications after the 8bit ... a job programming z80s and dedicated lots of time to learning about ... can still be used in the wider world today? Freelance maybe ... -
Facebook groups and the people in them make me sometimes feel uneasy.I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I noticed that a member of that group a pretty Chinese girl apparently…
... group (NOT the WOS one) on some random subject,and recently I ... noticed that a member of that group ... a pretty Chinese girl apparently in the USA ... show has started liking the posts of of my daughter and me as a ... -
Exact emulation of the Snow effectAs the original post on another forum is outdated, and for those who don't know about that forum, I duplicate this info here: At the beginning of …
... the publication of new version of the emulator is planned later, and the details of the ... for the snow effect: at 16/48/128/+2 machines ... #4000..#7FFF, for 128/+2 these are also addresses # ... />
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What was the first thing you did with your spectrum?This is like an addition to Stuarts topic what made you buy your spectrum,,,,ok what i want to know from you lot is when you got your speccy home,or …
... as when i got the speccy for xmas it ... which had survival and horace goes skiing and chequered flag ... cross to get sabateur,monty mole and cosmic kanga for my ... was the start of a whole new world to me and here ... am 17 yrs later and the fasination still has`nt ... -
Death ChaseI have 2 copies of 3D Deathchase for my emulator, one is very easy and the other is quite difficult. Can anyone explain this? Does anyone know why th…
i bet one is a snapshot from a game where sum1 has got to a high sector number,i finished monty mole using a snapshot of the game on last screen,that the only way i can see 1 is easy and 1 is hard. -
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…
... , yes, with the loss of a significant number of jokes, and definately of the overall flavor ... everything is lost, as in Austin Powers (!), or Monty Python and the holy grail ... -
C64 & Spectrum loadingscreens!I was bored today, so I decided to compare some stuff. :) [url="http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/"]http://www.lemon64.com/loadingscreens/[/ur…
... depends on the artist and the degree of effort put into the design of graphics and screens ... 14:23, monty.mole wrote:
Just imagine what the Spectrum versions ... of people say 4*2 ). that's twice as blocky as C64 and ... -
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 :…
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The emphasis on presentation over ... [B]Salamander[/B] on the C64 and Speccy and the C64 version is far ... -Type[/B] and Manfred Trenz's six week hack of his own ... -
Better or worse with age ?Looking back through some early crash magazines , some reviews seem a bit low (hunchback , chuckie egg , footballer of the year, ghostbusters etc) an…
... it a lot. And when I decide to play the game, then ... Monty Mole and Metabolis(still didn't finish the god da** thing!). But on the ... (but this kind of game has to be the right sorts - an ... -
Dynamite Willy/ Jet Set DanI played Dynamite Dan years ago but I didn't really play it until recently. I think that this game is just a tarted up Jet Set Willy ripoff. It's go…
... agree with the fact that Dynamite Dan has lot of eye candy ... DD, the graphics were so engaging!
Manic Miner and JSW ... the scenery when you play them.
Monty Mole is a mix of ... -
3d Code... simple Anyone know where I can get some examples of 3d routines written in basic... I`ve done some googling, and come up with some source for PowerBasic or…
... and drawing castle/key and then start drawing the Inn or whatever, the river, and the ... Mount of power ... on the monty.mole label - [I]Crap London Simulator[/I]! Yes - the entire city of ... -
Interesting Custom LoadersHi everyone, I was just thinking about custom loaders on the spectrum and I thought I'd ask you all what you thought was the best one. I'd have to …
... 10:24, monty.mole wrote:
The first copy of Manic Miner that ... friend. Which was the original version with the same inlay that ... So I modified the BASIC loader to print the flashing [I] ... Let's not forget the flashing titles of Disco Dan and Oh Mummy... -
Welcome to walkthrough of CeasefireLook at Ceasefire RZX - [url="http://rzxarchive.co.uk/download.aspx?id=ceasefire.rzx."]http://rzxarchive.co.uk/download.aspx?id=ceasefire.rzx.[/url] …
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The world has moved on ... it be that the creation of separate Czech and Slovak states in 1993 ... somehow triggered the final commercial collapse of the ... -
What do other nationalitieswho live abroad think of UKI would be interested to know what others think about UK, are we in US pockets is Tony Blair good or bad leader etc _________________ As featured i…
... -05-03 10:50, monty.mole wrote:
The Metric system is OK ... by feet and inches because it's easier to "imagine" the units ... (like 1 inch = approx measurement of the first bone on index finger ... distances (large) and weights I tend to use the metric system. Seem ... -
What do other nationalitieswho live abroad think of UKI would be interested to know what others think about UK, are we in US pockets is Tony Blair good or bad leader etc _________________ As featured i…
... 03 10:50, monty.mole wrote:
The Metric system is ... for practical everyday situations the imperial system is superior ... 1 inch = approx measurement of the first bone on index finger ... (large) and weights I tend to use the metric system. ... 6 ft 9 (2.06 m) ! -
What do other nationalitieswho live abroad think of UKI would be interested to know what others think about UK, are we in US pockets is Tony Blair good or bad leader etc _________________ As featured i…
... -03 10:56, monty.mole wrote:
The imperial system is much ... " imperial system - 3 1/2 inch disks, 19 inch monitors ... publishing and GUI design. The inch is at the forefront of technology!< ... an entire poster full of conversions, and NONE of it made any ... -
do we need a royal family?or are you happy with the inbred bunch we have now? edit: theres was meant to be a poll with this, but i cocked it up.
[QUOTE=monty.mole]but the monarch is nethertheless a unifying symbol of the entire country; and an ... since been ceded. The royal family is entertainment and the day they cease ... -driven teenager and the latter acting like a self-important 2-year old ... -
Questions and answers...I'm bored (downloading some Unreal Tournament levels, when they've finished I'm off to scoff my tea), so I thought I'd create this topic with some Ea…
[QUOTE=monty.mole]Only the North polar ice cap ... - it covers the continent of Antarctica. 90% of all the ice on Earth ... contribution from the thermal expansion of water due to the increase in ... the temperature of the oceans by a few degrees they'll expand and the ... -
The 128 plus 2 wasn't very goodHaving looked at the review in issue 33 of Crash of the Spectrum Plus 2, it strikes me as a bit odd, as if Simon Goodwin had to like it. I remember r…
[QUOTE=monty.mole]I would have said 256x192 with four colours and no colour ... out an improved +2 based upon these specifications, and have it compete ... would have injected some excitement and the millions of 48k owners out there ... -
Spectrum Game NewsSome snippets of Spectrum game news , via the RT forum and micro mart if you guys are interested.... [url]http://www.retro-trader.com/forum/index.p…
... , it , for , the , good , of , the , Spectrum , community , and , the , authors , of , the , games , and , he's , not ... , our , duty , to , rush , out , and , buy , it!
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Speccy map of the UKHi, I decided to play about with Google Maps to see what it could do, and decided to come up with a Speccy map of the UK. The idea is to put flags…
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Can anyone think of other Speccy games located in ... Surbiton for Manic Miner, and the solution of Pimania. I suppose there ...
According to the instruction on WoS, Wanted: Monty Mole is located at ... Brian Bloodaxe is kind of located in the UK isn't it ... -
Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
... 'polished' in terms of it looks like the programmer(s) / level ... schedules then
- the 16k Ultimate games
- Wizard ... )
Tbh, most of the games we considered great had ... /> Then again, I loved Wanted: Monty Mole and still think it's a ...
