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  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    I must admit back in 88/89 when i was looking ... and in later years the PC. Then eventually discovering emulators for ... the PC and being able to play ...
    psj3809 psj3809 May 2006 Games
  • When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…

    ... ]I must admit back in 88/89 when i was looking ... and in later years the PC. Then eventually discovering emulators for ... the PC and being able to play ... [i]"Show this to your PC-owning friends and watch them ...
    Zagreb Zagreb May 2006 Games
  • early games questionhello when i was watching BBC news this morning,it said that that the PC was 25 years old.that begs the question,when did PC games start getting bet…

    ... got better technically. Obviously with PC's you can't say ... were getting ported to the PC at that time. Only when ... hit their stride (88/89) did the PC start to get big ...
    Spector Spector August 2006 Games
  • early games questionhello when i was watching BBC news this morning,it said that that the PC was 25 years old.that begs the question,when did PC games start getting bet…

    ... got better technically. Obviously with PC's you can't say ... were getting ported to the PC at that time. Only when ... hit their stride (88/89) did the PC start to get big ... too.[/QUOTE]

    IMB-PC compatible games were generally horrible ...
    Zagreb Zagreb August 2006 Games
  • Piranha Software HistoryHi! Im looking for info about this videogame company. I get deep on the WOS search engine, but nothing that tells all at 100%... Anyone knows whe…

    ... them at the PC Show back in '87 or '88. They had ...
    Bohica Bohica December 2006 Games
  • The best year for the speccyWhat do you think the greatest year for the speccy was? I talking about the pre-emulation era only. I'm going for 1984, as some of the greatest gam…

    ... was at its height - PC Show '88 was one of the most ...
    NickH NickH December 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PC200 Q'sJust started researching 1988, and naturally I'll be mentioning the ill-fated PC200. A Q and a req: Q: Did the PC200 actually get released in 1988?…

    ... it was but one Christmas ( 88/89 ) I saw one working ... ]
    That'll be Xmas '88 - Winter Games was meant to ... "hot game" for this CGA PC...

    [QUOTE=DonkeyPong]The ...
    NickH NickH January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Speccy regrets...One of my biggest regrets is disposing of all the Personal Computer News that I had - all of them from - issue 1 It wouldn't be bad at all if they…

    I had a *load* of photos I took at the PC Show '88, but they got either thrown away or lost during my many house-moves.

    Shame as no one else appears to have put any decent ones up yet.
    NickH NickH February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • +3 external floppyI'd like to connect 3,5" PC floppy drive (NEC) to ZX Spectrum +3 (with diode for RDY). Here are questions: 1) It seems the PC floppy uses just +5V, …

    ... to connect 3,5" PC floppy drive (NEC) to ZX Spectrum +3 ... />
    1) It seems the PC floppy uses just +5V, right ... current.[/QUOTE]

    All NEC floppy drives what I saw ...
    piters piters March 2007 Hardware
  • Personal Gaming History in (very) Brief'79:PrinztronicMicro5500 --> '80:PlayedCoinOp(Space Invaders) --> '83:Spectrum(48K) --> '84:Spectrum+(kit) --> '86:Spectrum128 --> '88:AtariST --> '9…

    ...
    ~1993: PC (286)
    Amiga 500+
    ~1998: NEC Turbo Duo ... *
    SNK NeoGeo AES*
    NEC Turbo Express*
    SNK NeoGeo ...
    Megatron-UK Megatron-UK April 2007 Games
  • Yesteryear's Computers.Ahhhh ... [URL="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=printArticleBasic&articleId=9023960"]back in the day[/URL] when a 300mb system…

    My first PC was one of those Amstrad ... . It was powered by a NEC V20 CPU, which had two ...
    Winston Winston June 2007 Chit chat
  • Spectrum+3Hi all, Got my Spectrum+3 from eBay this afternoon. Powered it up to find the drive belt is a no go. So I need a drive belt, Ok easy to get hold of n…

    ... this works ok with normal PC drives?

    I know ... used it with 2 different PC drives, both out of 486 ... . they're just normal modern NEC ones. no jumpers or anything ...
    guesser guesser July 2007 Hardware
  • non-speccy super-gemsdo you prefer any non-speccy game to anything on speccy? (i've to admit, i do the both Shuttles [url]http://www.mirumu.com/jordan/?page_id=5[/url] )

    ... , Last Blade

    [B]PC [/B]
    Sim City 4 ... game ever).

    [B]PC-Engine[/B]
    Bomberman 94 ... +2+3, Dracula X, Galaga 88, Gate of Thunder, Macross 2036 ...
    Megatron-UK Megatron-UK July 2007 Chit chat
  • Is there an old computer u nearly bought ?I remember seriousley thinking about getting an Enterprise, the one with the built in joystick [url]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp…

    ... hell did NEC not release it in Europe in 88/89? They ...
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I have just seen Steve Jobs ( Apple ) 2008 keynote speechThe products his company comes up with are fantastic and each year they seem to make the products better with more features and easier to use. Thy do…

    ... competition, much like NEC did with it's PC Engine. Why the ...
    Vampyre Vampyre January 2008 Chit chat
  • Toshiba t6600c - 1993 laptop[url=www.toshiba-europe.com/computers/products/notebooks/t6600c/index.shtm]T6600C literature.[/url] My neighbours has been given one for their son t…

    ... your interest in an old PC [B]laptop.[/B] They aren ... most interesting. (The CPU, a NEC V20, will run in 8086 ... />
    But even so, even PC laptops aren't as interesting ...
    Winston Winston March 2008 Chit chat
  • Commercial life of the 16 bits?Just sat here, browsing the archive looking at the game adverts. The Spectrum went North commercially around 1993, and the C64 managed to hold on (al…

    think i got my atari st around 1987 / 88 and it was still my computer i used (i also got given an amiga) after i moved up here in about 1993.......was still using em when i got my first pc in 1999 (online in 2000)
    mel the bell mel the bell March 2008 Chit chat
  • +3 floppy disk compatibilityWhere can be found a compatibility lists of drives for an Spectrum +3? I've read something about some drives preferred, and others that doesn't work,…

    ... this forum mentioning that modern "PC" drives work in the +3 ... the desk atm is an NEC one, pulled from a 486 ...
    guesser guesser March 2008 Hardware
  • 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…

    ... Dell Optiplex (seems quite small) PC. Going to upgrade my MAME ... i want to (The old PC in there struggled with Bubble ... more great games than 87-88 but it seems for sure ... 87-88 were the key years of ...
    psj3809 psj3809 August 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What computing platforms do you have in the house?Just took delivery of my first Mac so now in our house we have: Study: HP Compaq desktop running XP Living room: Dell laptop running Vista (spit)…

    ...
    '87 - Speccy 128k
    '88 - Atari STFM
    '89 - Speccy ...
    '94 to '08 - 9 PC's including laptops.

    Vampyre Vampyre November 2008 Chit chat
  • Ocarina Of Time - 10 years old!I can't believe that ten years have passed since I first played the greatest game ever published. C&VG have published their original review to celeb…

    ... ?compid=11149"]VU Games[/URL] 88 8.995.489%

    PC [URL="http://www.gamerankings.com ... 41. Company of Heroes[/URL] PC [URL="http://www.gamerankings.com ... ;term="]45. Unreal Tournament[/URL] PC [URL="http://www.gamerankings.com ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2008 Chit chat
  • Which non spectrum game(s) gobsmacked you the most?Having read this thread - [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22537[/url] I decided to start a thread about non-spectrum ga…

    ... is R-Type on the PC Engine/Turbografx. An almost perfect ... chips) was incredible. If only NEC had the foresight to flog ...
    Vampyre Vampyre November 2008 Chit chat
  • Which non spectrum game(s) gobsmacked you the most?Having read this thread - [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=22537[/url] I decided to start a thread about non-spectrum ga…

    ... is R-Type on the PC Engine/Turbografx. An almost perfect ... chips) was incredible. If only NEC had the foresight to flog ... version of R-Type. The PC Engine one may be near ...
    WhizzBang WhizzBang November 2008 Chit chat
  • What did you do before WOS?Around 1992 I was still a very active Spectrum user, but had no one to talk about it. The stores stopped selling my favorite magazines and I was left…

    ... in the speccy in Christmas '88 when I got an Atari ... '94 I bought my first PC (486) and one of the ...
    Vampyre Vampyre December 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Questions about the ZX MicrofairFrom what I've read here and in old mags, this was a Specchum's dream come true. Dozens (hundreds?) of people, all talking about Spectrum software an…

    ... - I was more of a PC Show kinda guy. Lots of ... was fantastic to experience. Saw PC Shows '88 and '89. Wonderful. And ...
    NickH NickH January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…

    ... of Crash was sometime in 88 or 89. I can't ... my father buying my first PC. Then the magazine was already ... the general Spectrum scene. By 88 it was already pretty clear ...
    rahtgaz rahtgaz January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Worst ever console? And the just plain bad or not very good ones.We've discussed the popular consoles at length on here, but what about the unpopular, or at least badly selling ones, or the ones that never got many…

    ... /> I think NEC's PC-FX (successor to the PC Engine) was a ...
    Vampyre Vampyre January 2009 Chit chat
  • Best / Most iconic Speccy game packaging!Not the artwork or anything, just the boxes used. Nowadays, a system more-or-less sticks to the same type of packaging throughout its life, but the …

    ... the introduction of big PC boxes for Xmas 88 did wow me ...
    NickH NickH March 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best / Most iconic Speccy game packaging!Not the artwork or anything, just the boxes used. Nowadays, a system more-or-less sticks to the same type of packaging throughout its life, but the …

    ... the introduction of big PC boxes for Xmas 88 did wow me ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler March 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Who Are You Guys..... ???I'm curious to learn about the guys (and no doubt gals) who keep this forum alive. Were you all Spectrum-heads from the start? Did any of you come la…

    ... it religously until about late '88 when I got an Atari ... later when I got a PC one of the first things ... looked out for in the PC mags was a Speccy emulator ... ad in one of the PC mags for Brian Gaffs disks ...
    Vampyre Vampyre March 2009 Games
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