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Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... ]People exaggerate and the more fanatical they are about something ... the more they exaggerate. These Russians ... the C64 but there are 8-bit fanatics for every system ... QUOTE]
That's more than fanatical it's suicidal. Respect ... -
Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... =Code Monkey]Substantially less fanatical than trying to port it to ... the C64 but there are 8-bit fanatics for every system ... ?
[quote]That's more than fanatical it's suicidal. Respect ... -
Multiple loading screens[i]Action Biker[/i] suffers from having to endure multiple loading screens. Any other games that have this annoying "feature"?
... attributes mid-cell, to get more than two colours per 1x8 cell ... 8 pixels: one pixel byte and one attribute byte. To get more than ... one attribute per 8 pixels the ULA would have to fetch more than ... -
Multiple loading screens[i]Action Biker[/i] suffers from having to endure multiple loading screens. Any other games that have this annoying "feature"?
... 8 pixels: one pixel byte and one attribute byte. To get more than ... one attribute per 8 pixels the ULA would have to fetch more than ... -
Star Heritage::TranslationHi all! I am almost finished with a translation of a Russian adventure game Star Heritage (demo) to poor English. I need a volunteer(s) with a good …
... higher it is, the
more easily the hero will be ... 'll be
stronger and more enduring.
The higher ... an action you should no more than choose it from
the ... 't take everything.
8. Talk. Use this command to ... -
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…
... total worse case scenario and more and more games are denied and ... no more than 325 games/utilities have denied in total, in 8 or ... -
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…
... no more than 325 games/utilities have denied in total, in 8 or ... -
The New SPIN releases ThreadOk, as I'm now working on SPIN again full-time, and as a very wise man once said, "Release Early, Release Often"[1]... I'm going to release new SPIN…
... involved in converting the 8-bit addressing in the ... that it would make more sense to do it ... impossible to add support for more than one graphics mode without ... less people using it than the five that use ... a familiar BASIC, is more powerful, and feels like ... -
SCART Lead and C= 1940 MonitorHi, I've decided to make a SCART lead for my +3 I've been doing a lot of searching on the internet and forums but I'm a little confused as some peop…
... resistor)
PURPLE +12V 1 - 8 Audio/RGB switch
BLUE ... RGB Blue out 8 - 7 RGB Blue in (connect ... the rest. However, that's more than some people do, so I ... -
Housing Estates, a postmans view.1. Your gate must be closed at all times. Always. On Saturdays it is preferable if you also lock it / bolt it shut at the bottom. It shall be deemed …
... /> "Oh well, it's better than walking the streets isn't ... parcel is due.
8. If by some fluke you ... alternative to rules 7 and 8, wait until the postman has ... bands. Even though you have more than Royal Mail, and have had ... -
Timex Sinclair 2068Hi guys. This is my first post here, the first of many, I hope.. :) I have a Timex Sinclair 2068 but don?t know much about it. It was given as a gif…
... require a machine with more built-in RAM, access ... IDE, better memory paging than is available on a ... and later models had much more.[/QUOTE]
... pixel 32x192 attr mode with 8(*2) colours (very ... done is that when more than 4 sprites are present, ... -
From a book about commodore.."In April 1982, Sinclair released an improved computer called the ZX Spectrum. Compared to the C64, the Spectrum had few technical advantages. It ha…
... used (i.e. the C64 more than the Spectrum).
The ... have been viable for longer than other 8-bit computer mags. -
From a book about commodore.."In April 1982, Sinclair released an improved computer called the ZX Spectrum. Compared to the C64, the Spectrum had few technical advantages. It ha…
... used (i.e. the C64 more than the Spectrum).
The ... have been viable for longer than other 8-bit computer mags.[/QUOTE ... -
James Brown - Pegged it!Don't know who he was, but why not a third thread?
... other people died and two more were injured. Dimebag [B]may ... up but they are no more than theories.[/QUOTE]
Hey ... . They were shot on December 8, both were shot in front ... -
Very Bad NewsHi all I'm posting this here because I know some of you care.. On Thursday night/Friday morning, Amy had a really bad nightmare and it really shot …
... to actually post anything about 8 hours (I'm always scared ... .
There's nothing more than sorry to hear of this ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... Amstrad developed the Spectrum far more than Sinclair were ever going to ... apace pretty much until the 8-bit market died a permanent ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... Amstrad developed the Spectrum far more than Sinclair were ever going to ... apace pretty much until the 8-bit market died a permanent ... not have cost them any more money and as you correctly ... tested route would have been more sensible. Having said that if ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... Amiga
Frankly no 8-bit computer stood a chance ... C64 both managed to survive more than a decade. The only modern ... -
Amstrad takeoverHello guys, Let me introduce myself - I'm the owner (well, if you can call it that?) of [url=http://www.cpcwiki.com]CPCWiki.com[/url], and obviously…
... Amiga
Frankly no 8-bit computer stood a chance ... C64 both managed to survive more than a decade. [/QUOTE]
more than double the price of an ... old competitor would need more than two years to snuff it ... -
Uridium on the Speccy: definitive version?Uridium is one of the staples of the C64 shoot-em-up canon. I first played it on the Speccy twenty years ago, but became much more familiar with it …
... ask myself, would I prefer more than one colour for the play ... another (1-pixel for background, 8 for player and enemies).
than the Spectrum Uridium in the ... enlighten us?), but with better, more colorful graphics, so if it ... -
Number of reviewed games?Does anyone have a quick answer as to how many programs were reviewed in the Spectrum magazines during their lifetime? If you don't, I'll finally ge…
... . Some programs were reviewed more than once in the same magazine ... Games 59
Computer Choice 8
Crash 2924 *
... Weekly 53
Practical Comp. 8
Sinclair Answers 75 *< ... -
Network cableSorry for almost flaming with all my... er.... two questions now...! ;) I read in the Microdrive 1 manual about network but I cannot find out what k…
... . Unfortunately I have never linked more than two Spectrums together although I ... have made one of my 8 microdrives so a network transfer ... -
Network cableSorry for almost flaming with all my... er.... two questions now...! ;) I read in the Microdrive 1 manual about network but I cannot find out what k…
... . Unfortunately I have never linked more than two Spectrums together although I ... have made one of my 8 microdrives so a network transfer ... -
Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…
... computer with 8 GB of storage in a unit smaller than your ... things that requires a lot more than the device is reasonably capable ... * wish I could go into more details about what we do ... . But you'll always want *more*. -
The best speccy software housesThanks to Martijn for increasing the number of poll options to 30. Right, what were the best speccy software houses in your opinion? (multiple selec…
... the "wow" of Knightlore/Alien 8 had died down really were ... and 1990, but also had more than their fair share of wobbliness ... -
Question about digitized sound and videoI searched the forums and couldn't find the answer, so here it goes. Regarding digitized sound: I remember reading an article long ago about a vid…
... you please get me more information about this?[/quote ... and AY chip playing 8-bit sampled audio encoded ... quote]
7- or 8-bit audio, no. But there ... in several demos. The 8-bit example from the ... for the spectrum. But more than likely the samples came ... -
Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... Had the Spectrum had more memory and more modern disk access, it ... who still could have written more original games.[/QUOTE]
I ... leaps and bounds above ANY 8 bit.
With DMA ... the first coprocessors that did more than change color palette or mode ... -
Spritual successor to the Speccy1988-1995 - Atari ST/STe/Falcon 1995-2000 - ? hmmm ? 2000-2006 - Playstation 2 with a keyboard 2007- ?
... leaps and bounds above ANY 8 bit.
With DMA driven ... the first coprocessors that did more than change color palette or mode ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... and love the reincarnation even more than the original. Its such a ... to please everyone, not enough 8 bit stuff, too much 16 ... want to support it rather than shoot it down for some ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... be? It tries to cover 8-bit, 16-bit, 32- ... great revelation? Personally, from an 8-bit point of view, it ... just stuff like "I love 8-bit/16-bit and there ... have a heavy emphasis towards 8-bit gaming and would no ... sex ads and such any more than the rest of you. But ...
