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Head over Heels vs. KnightloreIn the recent Head over Heels thread, several people said that they prefered Knightlore to HoH. This surprised me, so I thought I'd post a poll to s…
... a kid seeing this new game for the first ... 1982-1983, they look 'poor', bad sound effects but they ... even today, the Goodies is just boring, predictable and ... we wanted better graphics/sound/new features etc.[/QUOTE]
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Speccy repairs?I've finally got round to testing all the various Spectrums that I seem to have accumulated over the years and discovered that "my" two machines (i.e…
... problems: bad keyboard membrane (trivial to fix, since brand new ones are ... whether upper or lower RAM is bad, most of the time it ... /> Just a bad keyboard membrane, see RWAP for a new one.
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The Sadness of my Decaying Speccies.I've been avidly collecting ZX Spectrums since the late 90's and whilst at the time of the late 90's and early millennium my Spectrums and associated…
... RAM and tell which chip is bad.
4116 RAM ... replace, RWAP carries brand new ones which are much better ... size). The Rotronics Wafadrive is the same, tape loops ... All my 16/48k ones look ropey. I think I' ... think I will buy some new uns from RWAP though. ... -
Pope coming to BritainThe Pope is coming to Britain tomorrow. Anyone care?
... the human body so bad that it is vulnerable to disease?< ... that they don't know is bad for them, or me, ... in our lifetime. The new world will be populated by ... s true. It might only look true. Or you might ... as accurate from the brand new satellite that can see ... -
Depression (Post PhD Slump)No not economic depression, but mental depression. For no explainable reason I have become very depressed about my work and very pessimistic about m…
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Need to look on the bright side, lots ... wife and child. Also look back a while ago when ... how great a job is and then you get ... to work after the New Year is always bad, they say one ... of the first weeks in January is ... -
Depression (Post PhD Slump)No not economic depression, but mental depression. For no explainable reason I have become very depressed about my work and very pessimistic about m…
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Need to look on the bright side, lots ... wife and child. Also look back a while ago ... to work after the New Year is always bad, they say one ... of the first weeks in January is ... 40's, social life is more important than career. ... -
Free emulator on sale in E-bay...[URL="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ZX-Spectrum-Emulator-PC-23-000-Games-/120843781317?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item1c22d9c4c5#ht_500wt_1204"]This[…
... idea of copyright/intellectual property is bad for the mankind in general ... round.
Copyright is a relatively new concept, and art, books ... before it. All you need is different business models: pay ... the contrary is not hard to find - just look at the ... -
Star Wars ...pink?Has anyone here got the Blu-ray box set of Star Wars or seen the 3D Ep1 version? What the heck have they done with the colour? It looks like some …
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I've had a look on a few Star wars ... you think bickering on WOS is bad, you wait till you see ... whinge about a character who is in one of the ... to your mate 'new star wars films arent bad are they ?' ... watch it, dont like the new version, then keep with ... -
28-character wide multicolour(ish) on 48k SpectrumLong-time lurker here... I've always been interested in rainbow effects on the 48k Spectrum, mainly from a perspective of "Just what [I]would [/I]ha…
... between them to load new data. Then the following ... the raster (and load new data?), so that needs ... variation doesn't look toooo bad either to my eye ... understanding of the raster is not perfect, some ... SIZE="1"]*not saying this is anything new btw.[/SIZE]
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Outrun Europa in colourSwainy suggested that he'd like to try his luck with Outrun Europa colorful graphics and see if they can be improved. Let's give him the chance :) A…
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I know that ULA+ is your beloved child ;), but you ... . When Recolouring is done well then it is amazing; look at the 256 ... [/url] ) but if the colouring is bad, or somehow seems (to me ... be rather unhappy to see new projects that are ULA+ only ... -
Just how geeky is this forum? Poll time!Considering we're all into retro I was wondering just how many of us are geeky enough to spend on new gadgets as well. Obviously, this isn't an exha…
... them envied and look wealthy.
A new trend is for these ... /> Other than that, not a bad post but try to be ... -
Boriels ZX CompilerI'm trying to compile a very simple program and I keep getting the error: unexpected end of file. Here's my code: [CODE]10 cls 20: let n=0 22 do 2…
... it's a whole new wonderful playground for kids ... push Python as the new language for kids to ... easier to understand the new concepts - I understood ... br /> I do think GOTO is bad in general, like global variables ... br /> You also have to look at the time period in ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... than before (PS2 games look shockingly bad on my LCD TV ... look any different to how it did before, which is ... />
Yakuza 2 is really good some very dramatic ... first game and added new pieces into the bits ... out. Which in effect is probably exactly what they ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
I've been playing the new [B]Devil May Cry[/B] ... new look really fits IMO and the gameplay is top notch. The combat is ... , the platforming is brilliant and the story isn't bad either! The ... only downside I can see is that ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... cropping up in what look like cutscenes and these ... you revisit areas with new tool and gadgets and ... it's not as bad as Darksiders or Metroid ... wherre to go. This new game is actually kind of linea ... another player (including what look like head shots) only ... -
Top bestest games of all time.I know how much every body loves top ten lists, well today i received a book called the 1001 games you must play before you die. Are your all time f…
... mods, you get endless new maps, new weapons, new game modes (even genuine ... *ugly*, yes the frame-rate is bad (very bad, by modern standards), and ... never tire of. For a look at how games could be ... day, so originality is very rare), have a look at this review ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... ;706690]If you think Walt is bad ass season 1 you ain ... ! Season 5 Walt hits new heights in his bad ass-ness :-) What ...
[spoiler]Loved the look on Hector/Tio Salamanco's ... -
Joystick Interfaces on +2AJust found out that my DK'Tronics joystick interface doesn't want to play with my +2A (black). The Kempston port works OK, but not the Sinclair port…
... guess. The main thing is compatibility with scores of ... that to play your new game, and a regular ... />
Full decoding is trivial really, the main annoyance ... is routing all the address ... lines doesn't look so bad right now! :p) -
ZX-Paintbrush 2.5 publishedDear readers, as there were many updates since the last version, I want to bring this to public, so that I hopefully can return back to ZX-Assembler…
... Background "L"ayer, since "B" is taken up by ""B"right ... U Icon for the raster is not yet implemented, but of ... toolbars to work/look that bad. If the acceptance is bad, we could later ... of this. But indeed, the new icons for reaching that toolwindow ... -
FM 14 on Steam & Modern GamingI've installed Football Manager 14 on my PC as well as STEAM. It's been a while since I've played a football manager, (nearly 3 years) and in a way …
... Actually, that sort of thing is rather common. When I ... for in-game features is something that some players ... is an endless pit of losing money. (Like the new ... br />
The industry is bad in all sorts of ways ... on making the game look spectacular than on the ... -
Assembloids for the ZX Spectrum in the makingAfter coding Assembloids for the C64 and having basically finished Assembloids 2600 for the Atari2600, I will continue to work on Assembloids ZX ;-) …
... made some more gfx and is actively doing so right now ... q,a,o,p.
New:
- a timer for the ... /> a SFX or it will look pretty bad ;-)
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Which non-Spectrum emulators d'you use most?I would be interested to know which non-spectrum emulators you lot use MOST. For me, the most used ones would have to be: MAMEdox (Arcade/NeoGeo on…
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My Genesis is one of those AT Games ... the sound is fine on mine? The graphics do look a ... it did when it was new.
I think ... , I think one of them is actually quite fun? Maybe? ... duo thingy actually doesn't look that bad on my TV because ... -
Which non-Spectrum emulators d'you use most?I would be interested to know which non-spectrum emulators you lot use MOST. For me, the most used ones would have to be: MAMEdox (Arcade/NeoGeo on…
... =dm_boozefreek;812274]My Genesis is one of those AT Games ... sound is fine on mine? The graphics do look a ... it did when it was new.
I think ... thingy actually doesn't look that bad on my TV because ... :
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Awful Q.I. newsTerrible news for fans of the TV programme Q.I., it's going to be hosted in future by Sandi Toksvig. Stephen Fry is leaving after thirteen years, and…
... , little) to make the BBC look even more PC, regardless of ... eighteen copies every time a new one is released),
etc ... same thing about other minorites. Look how few black people are ... think she'll be very bad for Q.I.
System Shock 3 might be on the way!First, Night Dive Studios (a relatively new company, dedicated to making old games available, and to remaking old games) acquired the rights to sell …
... Shock 1 to a new engine, over the years ... look like it will see the light of day, is ... />
Also, System Shock is being remade professionally (as in ... preview screenshots don't look too bad, though a bit ... lighting effects maybe), have a look at:
Database model ZXDBRecently, I have been trying to figure out how to provide my contribution to whoever takes over WoS archive rework next... So I came up with this: …
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I have bad news for you. When an ... an hour that each new webpage is requested, this information ... making changes to accommodate new webpages would be easier ... ways of giving you a bad day.[/quote]
look at the practical work ...Graphics Cards, is it all smoke and mirrors?Back in 2010. I brought a mid range graphics card, an ATI Radeon HD450. I remember it and cards on the next rung up the ladder having two ostentatiou…
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Funny thing is, if I look for a graphics card ... ), the best I can find is about as fast as what ... much on new GPUs is actually necessary and now much is there for ... goodies turned on, the most bad-ass GPU out there isn ...What % of WOSSERS use "old school" tape loading when playing their Speccy games.My guess is .000000001% ( but I might be slightly out on this! ) Do people still enjoy doing it "the old way"?
... were not very good when new never mind now. I was ... and how bad it is, although back then it did not look bad, I ... newish VHS tape the quality is bad compared to even a cheapy ...Corona Virus,Is is me or is the BBC sensationalizing this corona virus too much and creating hysteria?
... to know if a new virus is going to be like ... that - everyone is affected differently. And people ... by ear at first, look at how things are developing ... the mortality rate is deemed to be bad, people will get ... while waiting to see how bad it will get. Then ...
