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The unspoken question in 2001: A Space OddesseyFrom childhood I have watched this film probably more times than I can remember. As I got older it kind of appealed to me on a different level from…
... Odysseus.
In the film more immediate events take ... also has regulatory functions in terms of the Discovery's operation. ... in HAL entering a "H moebius loop" (this was revealed in the ... sequel: 2010 The year we make contact ... -
Flagrant Disregard For The Law In GamesPoor [b]Trashman[/b] has to dodge pavement cyclists, possible speeding cars and hit and run incidents as well as dogs that clearly are not being kept…
... . All of these would result in the police getting involved.
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The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…
... hardly played any of the games against the CPU in the last decade or ... so. Amongst them was the infamous ... . Not having played this in the arcades back in the 90s, I had no ... some of those games back in the 90s. -
Someone repairing ZX Spectrum in The Netherlands?Last december I bought a Spectrum 48k of an online marketplace. This week a new powersupply arrived (did not dare to try the old one) and a divMMC de…
... from SD cards.
The Spectrum seems to work fine ... 't. When I push the red LED the Spectrum resets. Online I ... and desoldering/soldering. The first I can do (: The second is not ... me. Are there reliable adresses in Europe I can contact? Experience ... -
Are line numbers considered the first statement in the line?I'm trying to understand how BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual and am puzzled by the results of the control var…
... BASIC variables are stored in memory using the BASIC Programming manual ... am puzzled by the results of the control variable when ... is the statement number within the line according to the manual ... of is that the line number is considerred the first statement. ... -
How do you get the GRAPHICS cursor in 128 Basic?I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even …
I know its something plus the 9 key but I cannot discover what! I just typed in a simple UDG maker which allocates the data to USR "P" but I even tried print usr "p" after loading in the binary to make a character and that wouldn't work either. -
Missed opportunities in the 80'sAll the talk of the Loki got me thinking... What if someone had built an expansion box for the speccy that had the 3812 Yamaha music chip ( Adlib Sou…
... provide better games, all in a plug-in upgrade... A ready- ... have suddenly started outperforming the C64 of the era, but at ... Basically just reusing the RAM that came with the speccy and treating ...
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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…
I'm in a Facebook group (NOT the WOS one) on some ... a pretty Chinese girl apparently in the USA that does not seem ... to show has started liking the posts of of my ... some way to get to the photos liked.
... thought I'd nip it in the bud to stop this ... -
Recommend some good films (movies)One thing always surprises me about this forum is that there's no semi-permanent film recommendation topics, but since there are currently two films …
... can leave a bad taste in the mouth, in particular for it's ... a point. And the Grandmother in it is the single best piece of ... .
[B]Night Train Murders[/B]
Another great ... [B]Living Dead at Manchester Morgue[/B] later. -
9 yr old girl shoots gun instructor dead with uzi[url]http://news.sky.com/story/1325316/girl-accidentally-kills-gun-instructor-with-uzi[/url] saw this earlier.... wtf. all the USA 'gun rights' iss…
... possible to kill in a moment, and in the heat of the moment it ... those people would instead be in the morgue.
murders, but that's a different ... especially if there are kids in the house) then you'll have ... -
the loading screen.It wasn't so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage. But now that everything has improved so much it is kind of annoy…
... so bad in the past, with all the colourful lines during the loading stage ... emulator that will just play the game straight away? Is this ... problem or a problem with the type of file I'm ... -
Beginners in need of Help using WarajevoAs a newcomer to emulators I would really appreciate some help on how to use pokes (pok files) for the Warajevo emulator. I reallly don't have a clu…
... use pokes (pok files) for the Warajevo emulator. I reallly don ... 'm sure there are others in the same boat who would benefit ... -
AY in gamesMe interest, whether there is 128k modes and AY a music in the following games for ZX Spectrum?: Codemasters: Mig-29 Soviet Fighter 3D Starfighter …
... modes and AY a music in the following games for ZX Spectrum ... Mouse Super Cop/Murray Mouse In Mouse Mania
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Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…
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In recent years we have seen the success of popular ... games making it to the big screen i.e ... they try this in the 80's when the Speccy was at ... />
So here's the challenge - your a big buff ... you want to convert to the big screen and why.< ... -
stuck in Jasper!Hi Speccy-buddies! I am playing the cool game Jasper but I am completely stuck on the screen with the two snakes. Its the screen which appears after …
... stuck on the screen with the two snakes. Its the screen which ... appears after you visit the well and keep walking ... can jump up the platforms to the left on the screen and jump ... fetch the rope in the tree but the tail of little Jasper touching the darn ... -
I can't remember the title!!Hi! I'm looking for a wonderful game I played very often on the Spectrum, but I can't remember its name! It'a sport game, even if this sport doesn'…
... I played very often on the Spectrum, but I can't ... you have to kick the disk... like in the hockey. But there are ... an aiming system.
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HELP ! What was the game ?Hi I'm new to the spec emulator and loving the return of retro . Iv'e managed to identify and retrieve a number of games I once had but one I cannot …
... new to the spec emulator and loving the return of ... one I cannot recall the name or publisher of ... was an impressive (For the Speccy) death sequence where ... You had to plant bombs in the main colony hives , so ... this involved locating the Queen "Bee" and plant ... -
Help Again - name of the game!Thanks for the previous responses I recived however it is not Penetrator or Cavern Fighter as suggessted. Therefore I am re listing my request. (I h…
... on WOS starting with Scramble in the name)
... a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a ... white as the level got harder. The background was ... br />
I think the ship was white and was ... a list of all the available scramble type games ... -
HELP!! The Name of the GameI am looking for the name of a game I used to play as a child. It was a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a thin magenta line - perhaps …
... a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a ... onto white as the level got harder. The background was ... br />
I think the ship was white and was ... WOS starting with Scramble in the name and I know ... its not the popular penetrator.
The Broken Links...well, i can say that this is the biggest database related to spectrum in the WORLD! it's updated at least one time per week, etc.... anyway, i've see…
... that this is the biggest database related to spectrum in the WORLD! it ... peoples saying that most of the games in the Archieve have broken links ... , if you look just on the left of any games name ... you'll be taken to the WOS search, and as you ...New policy regarding denied game requests in the phorumHi folks, Unfortunately people just go on asking for denied games and others are very eager to point them to it by e-mail or links. Since this is ab…
... to gain free distribution from the copyright holders, there's going ...The early daysWe all know about the huge amount of classics that came out for the Spectrum, and the particularly hot period between 1984 and 1986, but I don't know…
... that came out for the Spectrum, and the particularly hot period between ... much about great games released in the first 12 months or so ...the hobbitWHY !!!! now - 15 years on i'm once again stuck IN THE ELVES DUNGEON - AND I CANT USE THE BARREL TO GET THROUGH THE TRAP DOOR !!!!! it was irritati…
WHY !!!! now - 15 years on i'm once again stuck IN THE ELVES DUNGEON - AND I CANT USE THE BARREL TO GET THROUGH THE TRAP DOOR !!!!! it was irritating enough when i was 12What 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 …
... ,or unwrapped what was the first thing you did ... did was type in that music program in the little orange ... called getting started with the spectrum,cant remember now ... ,,i think it was the death march or somethin ... experiance...so what was the first thing you lot ...IT Here !!, The STP Project (MIS 2)Hi Folks, No one seemed to be excited about my previous announcment of a MIS 2 project. Anyway, the name has been changed to protect the innocent an…
... project.
Anyway, the name has been changed to ... protect the innocent and it's ... br /> Working with the TZX Vault, it's the best way to ... isn't already available in the TZX format on WOS ... soon.
Let the project begin !
...what made the spectrum.........what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
what in your opinion made the zx spectrum's so popular in the 80's and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
octaveForever 2002 - crossplattform 8 bit party - the 3rd editionThe new year - a year of anniversaries for all 3 major 8 bit plattforms has started. ZX spectrum & C64 are 20 years old & Atari is celebrating 30 ani…
... company. We all in
the Forever organising team are ... it at the
3rd edition of the Forever ... 8-bit party held on 15.-17. march 2002 in ... information
visit the freshly redesigned page of ... organisers CVM and Ellvis the main page will be ...I can't enter in maps section!!Hi, sorry about my english. I've trying to enter in the maps section this afternoon, but it wasn't possible. I' ve ADSL line & IE 5.5. It appears a …
Hi, sorry about my english. I've trying to enter in the maps section this afternoon, but it wasn't possible. I' ve ADSL line & IE 5.5. It appears a post with the text "the Ftp session is finished". May anybody help me??. Thanks a lot.slightly different question - how long ago did you pack away the speccy ?if at all ;) personally I think I was about 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - SNES and PCs etc took over. I'm 32 now, and only in …
... 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - ... m 32 now, and only in the last couple weeks have I ... made the effort to locate an ... old favourites on the PC (big thanks to the people who run ... at least 13 years for the later games and doing ...Meeting in Holland ( no shameless plug anymore :) ) On 27th and 28th of April in Urmond in the netherlands we have an international Spectrum event. On the 30th of April we have "Koninginnedag". A nat…
... 27th and 28th of April in Urmond in the netherlands we have an ... international
Spectrum event. On the 30th ... national day off to celibrate the queen's birthday. So if ... to plan a short holiday in Holland, this is your ' ...
