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New music ain?t for old fartsGot the wife and kids out of the house and i?m sitting here drinking and listening to great music of days gone and getting all sentimental. I don?t m…
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God or Evolution ?Today I spent lot of time with my friend Scott from Minnesota who lives in Bratislava since 2006. He says that there is God, who won't show you, but …
... turned out to be an artifact of the way the mind processes images ... . Or a result of ... and the structures of the brain are designed to quickly assess threats to your ... that we see men in the moon, ghosts, pixes ... -
I just learnt that Spectrum has 1kB of unused ROMWell, man learns through all his life. I have just discovered that Spectrum has over 1 kilobyte of unused ROM memory, from address 14446 to 15615. Al…
I gather that the plan was for the interface one commands to be implemented ... in that part of the ROM, but due to ... /> Have a read here for the full story:
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Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
Mine arrived today. A yorkie of a book. Since Academy was the last I bought for the Spectrum (moved onto the ST after that), many of the games are new to me. -
I just learnt that Spectrum has 1kB of unused ROMWell, man learns through all his life. I have just discovered that Spectrum has over 1 kilobyte of unused ROM memory, from address 14446 to 15615. Al…
... gather that the plan was for the interface one commands to be implemented ... in that part of the ROM, but due to ... /> Have a read here for the full story:
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Most HauntedHas anyone seen this show? I caught it a few nights ago and loved it for all the wrong reasons. Basically, the team walk around "haunted" houses arou…
... laughable..most of the places they go to, you've been able to find all the ... for years before...
The Sci-Fi channel's Ghost ... at all..There does seem to be a bit too many ... know how difficult it is to shut Americans up...;) -
Predictions for 2009Well, that icon looks a bit like a crystal ball... :) My guess: In July, the eighth Harry Potter book will be available exclusively from Woolworths…
It's a fact that most of the Royals are mad. Look at King George, he went insane, it's an inbred thing.
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Murkwood / Red ShiftI have a tape (no inlay) called "Murkwood" by "Red Shift" 1984 I can't find it listed anywhere, and I wonder if it is an expansion pack for a game a…
... tips of post processing of wavs in audacity to help restore the data etc ... ? Doesn't help that some of the tools are ... hard to find (I finally got ... -
User reviewsAs often requested (e.g. [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18135"]here[/URL]), user reviews are now possible through the s…
... on writing too. the reviews and the people involved are augmented lately, which ... is good.
most of the reviewers are ... -
Binyam MohamedBinyam Mohamed, an Ethiopian resident in Britain (application for permenant stay still pending, I think) returned from Guantanamo Bay to Britain toda…
... the wrong time. I say some of them as some probably are guilty of ... to pay for it.
I've heard some of the inmates are heading to ... Britain to claim asylum when they are released. -
Brand new Horace GameWe could think on how should the next Horace Game be, taking in account that the past three are mixtures of old, well established classic arcade game…
... /> Most of the stuff that used to have me in tears of laughter ... as a kid seems very weak to ... , when things like the Mary Whitehouse Experience were ... that funny any more. The last really *good* TV ... , much like any of the myriad other mildly amusing ... -
Thinking of setting up a website and need some adviceI'm considering setting up a website and I need some advice. I can design the site myself, so I don't need to worry about web design fees. What I re…
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CSS The Missing Manual. Gives most of the common hacks required to make ie 5 and 6 behave and some good design tips.[/quote]
IE *5*?!?!?!???:-o
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Extremely RARE, Bodyswop for auctionCurrently MIA, highly collectable and currently for auction on eBay. [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Bodyswop-by-Sinclair-RARE-ZX-Spectrum-game-MIA-on-W…
What get's me is why these McMillan Tapes are so rare, most of the MIA are from the early days, or back bedroom programmers, and come in photocopied inlays, but these are professionally produced and must have been produced in fairly large numbers. -
Games With Michael JacksonNow that the "King" is dead, I was wondering, how many speccy games have a Michael Jackson reference? I always thought that when you died in Zombies…
There's a version of [I]Zombie Zombie[/I] with an opening screen which mocks the opening titles of the 'Thriller' video: "Due to strong personal beliefs..." -
i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
Martin, Medeski and Wood.
Most of the remixes are worthy of a listen or two.
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i am currently listening to........as i couldnt seem to find the old one, i didnt look that hard :P ive started a new one right after somebody asked me for some slayer ive rediscovere…
... and Wood.
Most of the remixes are worthy of a listen or two ... heard that before. got all of gang starr and guru's ... solo albums too. nice bit of dusty mid 90s sounding hip ... hop. not sure about the other ones tho, bit 'wacky ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... its true nature; two of the group are lost to rabid dogs, and acid ... rain forces the other survivors to take ... shelter. The last shot of this episode ... -
Yet another Wii threadI think I'm getting a Wii on Saturday, er that's about it really I think! Don't really need to ask too many questions or about online play or Mii's …
... , so I take it the Dead Rising game is only ... I will hire it sometime to check it out. I' ... though most of the people who seem to rate it haven't played the 360 ... for the GC ports found them...all 4 of em', nice to ... I was only expecting to find 2 instead of the 4? -
Yet another Wii threadI think I'm getting a Wii on Saturday, er that's about it really I think! Don't really need to ask too many questions or about online play or Mii's …
... though most of the people who seem to rate it haven't played the 360 ... a good feel of what the Wii is capable of.
[ ... just happened to be the next ultraviolent Wii game in the pipeline after ... Manhunt 2 and copped much of the fall out despite being a ... -
Demos that made you buy the gameAnyone remember the 1-level demo from R-type? I can still remember my friend and I being blown away buy how colourful and smooth it all was. That gam…
... to play it. I also remember their confession at the back of the ... mag that due to mix-up at the duplicators, ... they nearly gave away the ... full C64 version instead of Speccy/C64 ... -
Demos that made you buy the gameAnyone remember the 1-level demo from R-type? I can still remember my friend and I being blown away buy how colourful and smooth it all was. That gam…
... to play it. I also remember their confession at the back of the ... mag that due to mix-up at the duplicators, ... they nearly gave away the ... full C64 version instead of Speccy/C64 ... -
Is anyone surprised?"It can't work, and it will cost a fortune" is a mantra that can be applied to almost anything the British government tries to pas nowadays. And true…
... years it would be the 'death of the music industry' due to downloading and theyre ... the net, i dont get why people like to share 1000's of ... FAST were during the schoolboy taping years of the 80's with ... tunes, if i like the sound of the album i buy it. ... -
Piracy (a good solution for both sides?)A week or two back, Micro-Mart wrote an interesting article about software piracy, although they didn't say anything new, as there's little if anythi…
... the only rule of thumb for me.
Most of the stuff I listen to ... is obscure indie stuff from the mid ... out 'Plus' versions of the three old albums. Most of the music I like you ... -
Wired shit on ebay [post your findings here !]Okay, thought i would start a new thread on the forum for us all to have a chuckle on the shit that seems to appear on ebay. If anybody finds any odd…
... =frobush;405372]Yeah, and some of you even went and bought ... coders ;) )
most of the programmers I used to know didn't like ... friend lent me the book he learned C out of.. he'd ... only half inched it from the local ... -
Woolworths and MFI go bust[url]http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/27/woolworths-mfi-rescue-madelson[/url] :( Interestingly, the original American F W Woolworth Compa…
... in Glasgow last week to see if i could get ... was totally heaving! Most of the decent books seemed to have been snapped up ... , i had to leave as the crowds were unbelieveable, i ... -
resident evil zxi thought i might write a text adventure based on the first resident evil game. i'd be happy to map the thing out and write all the code/ text and t…
... how about splitting some of the bigger rooms into two?
of the corridor, that'd make ... not going back to change them.
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Worst modern gamesAnything that you've recently played, not retro, that you think, "ugh this is awful!" ? For me there's plenty to choose from but here we go, the wor…
Vancouver 2010 on the 360 - utterly boring , most of the events are way too samey and long , lacks variety and its bland bland bland. -
My first platformerHi all! How do you do? Been lurking here for a while, but never had the courage to join the forum. :) The Speccy was my first computer, so I've alw…
... realised that the first part with the binary numbers was part of the sprite ... about new things. Most of the stuff I wanted to add have been added ... there. The truth is that it's surprisingly difficult to think of something ... -
Names not in our high streets any more.I dont know why but I just fell into a day dream and started to think of all the old high streets shop brands that aren't around any more. Don Mille…
I've got a load of carrier bags from defunct stores back home in England, I think my ma collects them or something? :lol:
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Stone roses fans?Anyone else a fan,i f'cking love them,i still play their songs regularly..
I like the Stone Roses quite a bit.
Most of the tunes are good, a few drag on a little but mainly good stuff. Fools Gold is possibly one of my fave tunes by them even though some of the die hard don't rate it much.
I don't care!
