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Speccy in my son's school reading bookI was sitting with my six year old listening to him read "The Red Planet" which is an early reader in the "Magic Key" series. I was very pleasantly …
... at one point in the story, one of the characters brings ... matched the computer in the story. Of course now he wants ... -
Off topic: ST & Amiga development discs preservationAnyone here know anyone who can get some stuff off of ST and Amiga discs? I have found a stash including a 2 disc demo for 'FLOOD II' (which was neve…
... 2 disc demo for 'FLOOD II' (which was never finished) and ... of 'Starquake'?
FLOOD II was VERY cartoony and was ... GRAPHICS DISC 1
FLOOD II GRAFS disk 3
LAST ... -
ONELINER : Finger TwisterFINGER TWISTER Do you all know TWISTER, that crazy game where you had to place your left foot on yellow, your right hand on green etc. etc. Well, n…
... this game.
WARNING II: This games uses the IN ... -
nextno not the book by michael chricton but the film, has anyone seen it? just found out it was based on the short story 'the golden man' by philip k di…
no not the book by michael chricton
but the film, has anyone seen it? just found out it was based on the short story 'the golden man' by philip k dick. from looking at the trailer it seems to bare no resembalence to the original story at all. -
New Zealand Dog Hero...[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269653,00.html[/url] Amazing but sad at the same time.
[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269653,00.html[/url]
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ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 05 May 2007Saturday 05 May 2007 April's update in, erm, May.. Oops! * The mysteriously named Stu submitted corrections for Cybernoid, Dragon's Lair, Star War…
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Ninja Warriors, The , Pitfall II: Lost Caverns , Riddler's Den ... -
Top 48k Spectrum Chess TitleNow the UK football is finishing I'm sick as a parrot. So my thoughts have turned towards... ZX Spectrum Chess! [B]The Speccy 48k List[/B] Chess - T…
... /> Colossus 4 Chess
Cyrus II
Cyrus Is Chess - 48k ... -
Favourite JoysticksWhat was your favourite joystick? I started off with the Quickfire II that came with my Speccy 48k+, but soon found it was not much cop. The contact…
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a database omission?Hi I've recently bought a compilation tape that doesn't appear in Infoseek. It's Gauntlet and Gauntlet: the Deeper Dungeons. (it isn't Gauntlet I & …
Hi
I've recently bought a compilation tape that doesn't appear in Infoseek. It's Gauntlet and Gauntlet: the Deeper Dungeons. (it isn't Gauntlet I & II)
Can this be added to the database?
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Aliens versus Predator (the games)We talk about other first person shooters on here, but we rarely mention AvP 1 or 2. I know these games didn't get the recognition that they deserved…
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Fate of the Spectrum drawing board?Dear All, I thought you might be interested, or even relieved to hear that the Science Museum has agreed today to take the drawing board as a permane…
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The whole "Maddie" thing...Can you say "trial by media"? How about "media over-reaction"? Had "Maddie" been a poor, ugly, black child, this would never have been headline news…
... missing.
Even the story about the UK getting a ... much happened in the "Maddie" story - but didn't let that ... : And WTF does the "Maddie" story require a permanent BBC base ... ? Bugger all happens in the story. Talk about a waste of ... -
You're going to hate this...May I first point out that I'm wearing flame-retardant clothing, and whilst it *is* a concrete overcoat (presumably to save time...) it chafes a litt…
... colours.
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Great story in the Times - the saga of sex.comRead it here: [url]http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1844511.ece[/url] Very interesting.
Read it here:
[url]http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1844511.ece[/url]
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You're gonna bloody well read this...I took the time to write this rubbish, so you can damn well read it! In the thread about Dan Brown (a third class writer who has achieved major fin…
... , sadly), I posted a satirical story I wrote in Dan Brown ... /> Actually, it's not the "story" (such as it is) I ... read the (rushed and unedited) story then here it is, or ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 29 May 2007Tuesday 29 May 2007 May's update in May. Spook, eh?! * Ladderman AKA Colin Attle sent in new maps for Galactic Gunners , Ku-Ku , Punk Star , Shark …
... -in for Jet Set Willy II: The Final Frontier.
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Moving Target , Mystery ... -
Those Capcom Bastards!!!First of all, I love Resident Evil games, I've been playing it since RE1 for Saturn (I had it for 5 months never touching it, and then one day I brok…
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Ridiculous excuses to get off workI've worked for the same company for the past ten years and sometimes people come up with the most ridiculous excuses for taking time off work. Among…
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Man forced to marry goatThe BBC has this story as one of its current "From The Archives" links: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4748292.stm[/url]
The BBC has this story as one of its current "From The Archives" links:
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Stardust, I am legend.I just went to see Ocean's 13 (I prefer the first two (three including the original)) and before the movie there was a trailer for a movie called [UR…
... hint of humour and the story elements etc but no ... apparently ... -
1 game. just 1 gameIf you could choose the crappest game you've ever played what would it be? for me, Yie Ar Kung Fu II pile of shite
If you could choose the crappest game you've ever played what would it be?
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Church amits to the existance of AliensJust read Sony news story where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot-em-up in Manchester Cathedral. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.u…
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Is there a list of all the special editions of certain games?Not demos that are just truncated versions of the original, but whole new (some albeit short) games. Here is what I know so far: Dizzy: Crash Specia…
... : Into Magicland
Dan Dare II: Sinclair User Edition
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Carphone warehouse starting to bite AOLI have been a member of AOL on and off for years, and when previously I left AOL it wasn't down to bad service or even bad software, more often then …
... help.
After telling my story there next words were we ... -
Compiled gamesAn earlier thread made me think - How many commercially released games were compiled? I know a few by that Paul Hargreaves chap were - Strontium Dog…
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AD help wanted - hopefully a easy one :-)Hello, all.. I'm looking for a little bit of advice with our forthcoming Active Directory shift. To cut a long story short, we have a setup where a …
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ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 30 June 2007Saturday 30 June 2007 Maps and RZX files galore this month! (and the update's on time! Ed) * Colin Attle (AKA Ladderman) sent in his new maps for Er…
... Vampyre , Subterranean Stryker , Super Pipeline II ,
Super Tetris , Tai Chi ... -
Doctor Who FinaleHello, all.. A slightly confused story, but at least it had a bit less of John Simm acting like a total and utter loon.. SPOILER SPOILER …
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A slightly confused story, but at least it had ... -
Football Director II - haylp!Hello, all.. I received this plea for HAYLP on Tipshop today... I don't have the slightest clue about playing this game (football just doesn't do …
Hello, all..
I received this plea for HAYLP on Tipshop today...
I don't have the slightest clue about playing this game (football just doesn't do it for me), so can any of you FDII fans shed any light?
"I had ... -
Breakdown (especially ATTN Starglider)Has any one played the XBox (maybe PC/PS2 etc?) game Breakdown? It's a first person shooter that I'd forgotten all about, and so didn't mention when …
... good points, with a good story and atmosphere, good combat and ...
