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Network issues?Hi folks, The past 2 weeks, I noticed a dramatic drop in FTP traffic from the WoS archive, which I can't quite seem to explain. The amount of files …
... year ago, while the maximum number of files one is allowed ... is still the same low number and no specific attacks show ... -
Some thoughts about emulationWhile discussing about 'real tape loaders' I just thinked about wat is total emulation (most complete, perfect). Some authors prefer for example loa…
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ZX Spectrum SE conversionsA few weeks ago I was talking about Green Beret and how good a conversion it was. I also mentioned how the only negative aspect of the game was the a…
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Minigame Competition 2005 Hi guys, just thought I'd post this here as I haven't seen anything from Paolo. The closing date for entries has passed and voting is now underway …
... in the 4K category. A number of Spectrum games have been ... -
Mag scans in the archiveI know that if you change the page number of the scan you'll get the next page, but a lot of the time with multi-page reviews only the first page is …
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PDF/OpenOffice for instructionsI recently uploaded the instructions for Nigel Mansell's World Championship, and I'm currently working on Space Crusade. Because of the number of sc…
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sky digibox problemfor months now our sky tv freezes but it only seems to do it on the sky programs - take the news channels, they all freeze apart from bbc and itv and…
... section which is a phone number :(
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Old emulators on DOSBOX.Sadly, my Win'98 machine is going loco a bit too often. I've finally decided that I'll have to move everything over to the noisy, underused XP machi…
... /> It can run a fair number of funny video modes, like ... X128 under it, but the number of cycles required to get ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 30 November 2005Wednesday 30 November 2005 Happy 10th Birthday, WoS! Another massive update including 185 new adventure game solutions/tips(!!!) amongst other things…
... - He Said, Norman's Lament, Number 6 in the Village, Operation ... -
XLR-8 Mastering utils: quick heads-upFirstly, only do this using an emulated 48K rubberkey at this stage because that's all it was ever tested on. "LOADER MAKER" - "First decrypter" - p…
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ebay feedback troublesi recently bought 3 games off a seller on ebay from the pictures i noticed they were freebies that came with the sun but they were going for a quid e…
... discs back i just left negative feedback stating that the were ... to which he left me negative feedback saying im a bad ... decided to give me a negative feedback. I checked on ebay ... -
BlueyonderMy sister has no internet. It just stopped working this afternoon. She rang blueyonder at ?1 per minute. After 20 minutes, the guy gave her the nu…
... , the guy gave her the number for Microsoft. He told her ... -
Transferring Spectrum Games onto tape or diskI've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
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Buying a +3I've been told you can download Spectrum games in .TZX format and transfer them to a specci through the headphone jack. Can you only then save the ga…
... .I know that the actual number of officially released specci disk ... -
broken ZX SpectrumHi there I was given a dead ZX Spectrum years ago, and being bored today thought I'd try it again. Its a Sinclair ZX Spectrum with lovely rubbery key…
... Spectrum with lovely rubbery keys (number on the back D01-026610 ... -
Anyone else here play board games at Xmas?Dunno why, but the only time I've ever actually played board games with a substantial number of people is at Xmas. It's like some unwritten rule at …
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short sharp rantOur government are **** ******s. They will always be that way.I dont think there is ever any way that we will get equal rights and justice in this pl…
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ANN: ZXSoftware.co.uk Update 01-01-06 New year, New look, New GamesWell if you have visited the site before you probably know what this title means, if not it doesn't matter. :) There has been some major surgery on …
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XGameStation for sale on eBayHello, I'm selling a XGameStation retro inspired console on eBay if anyone is interested. Article number is: 8747336753 I sell it mainly because of …
Hello, I'm selling a XGameStation retro inspired console on eBay if anyone is interested. Article number is: 8747336753
I sell it mainly because of lacking time to program and enjoy it.
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1983 - year of 3D?Trawling through my TZX collection again yesterday, I came across a number of games that were released in 1983 with the prefix of 3D in their names. …
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Proving a negativeThis could be fun: prove to me that there is no such thing as flying reindeer. If I had a million dollars, I'd bet that you can't.
This could be fun: prove to me that there is no such thing as flying reindeer.
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TOP TIP number 2Pretend that you have an NTSC Spectrum by sellotaping different coloured QUALITY STREET wrappers over each eye.
Pretend that you have an NTSC Spectrum by sellotaping different coloured QUALITY STREET wrappers over each eye. -
TOP TIP number 3Emulator users - pretend you have dot crawl by smearing each eyeball with marmalade and all that and everything.
Emulator users - pretend you have dot crawl by smearing each eyeball with marmalade and all that and everything. -
TOP TIP Number 5To protect your keyboard from wear and damage while playing Hypersports, just train two ants to crawl under the membrane and rapidly jump up and down…
To protect your keyboard from wear and damage while playing Hypersports, just train two ants to crawl under the membrane and rapidly jump up and down. -
top tip number 9Keep your 128K Spectrum keyboard free of crumbs by not keeping your crumpets in the heatsink at the side. Avoid getting a greasy keyboard by not but…
Keep your 128K Spectrum keyboard free of crumbs by not keeping your crumpets in the heatsink at the side.
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top tip number 10Convince your friends that you are playing the C64 version of Turbo Esprit by loading the Spectrum version into SPIN, running on a 4.77Mhz 8088 PC. …
Convince your friends that you are playing the C64 version of Turbo Esprit by loading the Spectrum version into SPIN, running on a 4.77Mhz 8088 PC. :) -
top tip number 11Make your own 'Sinclair C5 for hamsters' by sellotaping a slipper to a rollerskate.
Make your own 'Sinclair C5 for hamsters' by sellotaping a slipper to a rollerskate.