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What's best for backing up home data?What's best for backing up home data? I'm not talking about anything too important (if I even had anything like that I'd use multiple DVDs, with some…
... , reliable. With a few of the most important files also on a ... (all my Sinclair-related files are already on there! ;) ).
errors. As long as you ... due to physical construction - no chance of killing a recording by scratching the ... -
z88dk vs. sdccI've just read this article (in Spanish) [url]http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=Docs/Programming/SDCC_vs_z88dk_Comparando_tama%F1o_y_velocid…
... because to first order the fastest code will result from spending most time ... , you need to use the supplied library functions for most of the heavy lifting.
of annoys me :P
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z88dk vs. sdccI've just read this article (in Spanish) [url]http://www.cpcmania.com/index2.asp?urldest=Docs/Programming/SDCC_vs_z88dk_Comparando_tama%F1o_y_velocid…
... because to first order the fastest code will result from spending most time ... , you need to use the supplied library functions for most of the heavy lifting.
of annoys me :P
The 32-bit problems are probably due to optimizing errors ... -
ID and Chaos, two of the strangest games for the speccyID was a sort of artificial intelligence program. A mixture between a.i. and an adventure. Cant remember who has produced this game. You had to find …
... . You had to find out the names of the historical figures, the ID had adapted ... in Germany, because one of the persons the ID adapted was Hitler. Another ... of chesslike figures. With luck, you could get an golden dragon, the most ... -
SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
... getting close to perfect
+3 fdc now.
Added (most of) Eq ... be more stable now - but due to the amount of ini file
changes ... that
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Shadow of the Unicorn?Hello all! I have the Shadow of the Unicorn from Mikro-Gen and I was wondering how rare (or even [email="R@RE...;)"]R@RE...;)[/email] ) this game re…
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I have the Shadow of the Unicorn from Mikro-Gen and ... is. Yes, the game is complete with the box, map and ... , and there are of course the Mikro-Plus thingy and the novel. Was ... is interested in trading the game to something (something Ultimate perhaps ... -
Name the games (Well sort of games)The first one i remember playing this on our school spectrum around 85/86 you had to build a castle motte and bailey i think using workers etc in a …
... you had to allocate men to build dyke's at the river work ... in the fields etc ... with your pal while the rest of the class are doing their maths.
Converting Final Fantasy 1 to the Speccy...Hi all! Although I've not been at Spectrum BASIC for a long, long time (and so have forgotten a lot as well as most of the important memory addresse…
... a lot as well as most of the important memory addresses), I'm ... to convert to the Spectrum. I'll be using Soundtracker to make a rendition of the ... famous theme. The game will ...[NEW]: Spectaculator 6.0Spectaculator is a Sinclair ZX Spectrum emulator for PCs running Windows 95, 98, ME, NT 4, 2000 and XP. Spectaculator emulates the 16K/48K/128K/+2/+…
... from the Control menu.
There are short cut keys for most of the supported ... recorded to an RZX file. This used to
fail randomly due to a ... quirk in the RZX spec ...Spectrum on the phone!I've been using ZXBoy Spectrum emulator on my Nokia 3660 cellphone for a while now and I must admit that I'm somewhat surprised how well it works. Bi…
... . Biggest problems are controls. As the Nokia's controller ... that require all eight are difficult to play. But some ... The graphics are nice and sound most of the time. The emulator is easy to ... you can bind the keys of the spectrum to the keys of the phone. You ...Box of Spectrum & M.S.X games to swapJust got back from the junk shop, with a big box of stuff. Taken out all the console carts for my collection, and have a modest pile of Speccy & MSX …
... have to look through them all properly later, there are a few ... box size full of tapes. A lot of the boxes are very grubby, but ... /> Looking to swap for pretty much anything in the way of console video ... , I'm happy to send you the stuff first to look at, and ...WSpecEm - lift the mystery!A friend of mine who knows very little about the wonderful world of emulation, and who has no interent connection, decided to buy one of these very u…
... no interent connection, decided to buy one of these very underground "Emulator ... *most* of the files on the dodgy CD are 48K snapshots, some are 128K, and are therefore ... no option to run the sound through a sound card, and the most I ...The Pre 85 threadMost of our memories are of games that were from 85 and onwards when the programmers had got to grasps with the Speccy and were coding more efficient…
Most of our memories are of games that were from 85 and onwards when the ... programmers had got to grasps with the Speccy ... my fondest memories are still with the older games (probably ... because they were amongst the first and impressed nevertheless).< ...How many forum members does it take to change a light bulb?Found this on another forum... 1 to change the light bulb. 1 to post that the light bulb has been changed. 14 to share similar experiences of ch…
... of changing light bulbs.
27 to point out spelling/grammar errors ... in posts about changing light bulbs.
53 to flame the ... the posts are relevant to this forum.
306 to debate which method of ...Name (of) the gameExcuse this post. If it sounds odd then blame the 8th can of Stella I'm currently on. Have you ever though about the name behind a game? The words …
... Ultimate used 'wulf' in reference to the 8th century poem, 'Beowulf'..............if ... thought that it was suposed to be the same character!
What are behind the names of:
Flying Shark ...Help me to find the name of this gameIt's a Spanish motorbike racing game. You can choose a bike and the equipment in the main menu of the game. You start at the left part of the screen …
... the equipment in the main menu of the game. You start at the left part of the ... screen and move to the ... right. You should also keep the ...Took me almost 13 years to find out......that one of my demos actually made it onto a Sinclair User covertape. So there I was yesterday, looking through the no longer maintained demo arc…
... you may have to copy the link to make it work):
to ask the author for permission? Not ... are there any other fellow oldskool demo coders from the beginning of the ... demo or whatever? Of course, I know most of the british demo makers ...Shadow of the UnicornHi,I have been looking for a couple of games for a while,They are Gauntlet 3,Rocky and Shadow of the unicorn....if anyone has any of these titles in …
... of games for a while,They are Gauntlet 3,Rocky and Shadow of the ... unicorn....if anyone has any of ... these titles in good nick and wants to sell ...Cinderella man - Land of the deadWho's seen Cinderella man and what'd you think? I thought it was damn good and the fight sequences beat the heck out of Rocky. The angles and editing…
... sequences beat the heck out of Rocky. The angles and editing of them was ... /> I'm looking forward to Land of the Dead, but it's possible ... 'll have to see it for completeness and will most likely buy ... a little. I feel Land of the Dead might leave me wondering ...Problems trying to convert my tapesHello: Last weekend I have recovered my old tapes and I am trying to convert them to tzx. After several hours I got some of the programs converted,…
... and I am trying to convert them to tzx.
After ... got some of the programs converted, but my "method" fails most of the times.
errors (indicated by the status column consisting entirely of hyphen '-' characters) but after the ...Any good "I of the Mask" players here?Hi there, I'm just putting together footage for the 1985 chapter of the YSRnRY documentary and would like to cover "I of the Mask" as it fits in wit…
... the 1985 chapter of the YSRnRY documentary and would like to cover "I of the ... at the game.
Are there any good "I of the Mask ... " players out there who could record me an RZX of ... game completion, just footage of gameplay from someone who ...Return of the JediI've just been playing, or at least trying to play return of the Jedi on mame and i'm struck by how inferior in terms of gameplay it is compared to t…
... , or at least trying to play return of the Jedi on mame and ... inferior in terms of gameplay it is compared to the spectrum coversion. I ... as far as to say the graphics are better on the spectrum version. They ...What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... has more features than most (maybe all) of the Spectrum chess programs.
are still the best of their type on any machine/console, to my ... all of the other versions have lacked some (in many cases, most) of the fatures ...Got loads of 2nd hand records during the week[Brag Mode] I picked up this lot for ?30 at the local car boot sale last Sunday. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park NJ A-Ha - Hunting Hi…
... lot for ?30 at the local car boot sale last ... Paranoimia 12"
Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax 12"
Feargal ...
The records themselves are in great condition but some of the covers are a ... ebay during the week. I've been wanting to hear Grendel ...Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
... later. Software houses expected the C64 to take over that Christmas, and ... of Xmas 84. The overall sales figures in 1985, arguably the most important year of the ... one of the only countries that Sinclair had the money to properly market the machine ...Loads of issues of Crash.I am in the process of organising my spare issues of Crash, at the moment I have about 80 issues that are duplicates (in some cases there are several…
... of Crash, at the moment I have about 80 issues that are ... (in some cases there are several copies of the same issue. I have ... good condition and most (if not all) of the others up to around issue ... 90.
All of the mags are in at least good condition ...The A-Z of Classic Computer GamesI was looking around a local bookshop today and I came across this brilliant little book. The author, Jack Railton, appears to be a big fan of the Sp…
... Railton, appears to be a big fan of the Speccy as most of the book talks ... about our favourite games of old ... . I didn't have the money to buy it today so I ...Retro GamerI'm really quite sad, but I am cancelling my delivery of retro-gamer. I got as far as Issue 21, but it's just not doing anything for me now. Added …
... /> Added to that, several glaring errors in the articles, more spelling errors than your ... most of the day with two of the greatest guys I've ever had the pleasure to ... /> Having said that, some of the articles are brilliant - back to the eighties for example.Best version of The Sentinel?Which version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, CPC, PC, ST and C64 versions, and of them I still prefer the Spectrum version. …
... across at a time when most 16-bit versions were just ... , but has only a fraction of the levels of the original versions. Plus it ... spelt) on the ST, does anyone know how to play it?
Is it possible to convert TZX to Z80 or SNA?Hi guys, I'd like to be able to convert my .tzx files to either .z80 or .sna files. Does anyone know of a program that can do this? I have started u…
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I'd like to be able to convert my .tzx files ... to either .z80 or .sna files. Does anyone know of a ... ; sna. Most of the games I have been using on PC emulators are in ... tzx.
Any help on this would be most ...
