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Wanted: Magazine covertapesI'm trying to plug a few gaps in my magazine covertapes collection, if anyone has any of the following (With Inlays!!), please drop me a line to the …
[QUOTE=NickH]Batty and Road Race didn't have any form of cover. The tapes were stuck to the front cover and there was no inlay to cut out within the magazine.[/QUOTE]
Mousey
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History Channel documentary doesn't even mention the SpectrumI recently saw this documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant when it comes down t…
[QUOTE=NickH]Sadly Sinclair didn't choose a unique name for the Spectrum - "spectrum" makes me think of the electromagnetic spectrum.[/QUOTE]
The Sinclair Rainbow does not have the same ring to it does it?? -
Games that you can complete every timeSorry if this has been done before, but are there any games that you are either so good at or are so easy, that you complete them every time? For me…
[QUOTE=NickH]Skooldaze - yep, providing I have the battle dates to hand :)[/QUOTE]
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If you could choose one extra colour for the ZX Spectrum??The post "Im not trying to start a flame war......" by Ewgf got me thinking. The ZX spectrum had 8 colours. 15 if you count the bright as separate …
[QUOTE=NickH]It needed a good brown for skin colour and/or dirt tracks.[/QUOTE]
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HoH marketJust realised something - the market stalls in Head Over Heels are fully stocked, but there's no people tending to them. Wouldn't the fruit just rot …
[QUOTE=NickH]Best game ever - no doubt ... -
HoH marketJust realised something - the market stalls in Head Over Heels are fully stocked, but there's no people tending to them. Wouldn't the fruit just rot …
[QUOTE=NickH]I find that the less I try, the easier it is to complete Robocop...
Several times over...[/QUOTE]
with both arms tied behind your back etc etc... -
HoH marketJust realised something - the market stalls in Head Over Heels are fully stocked, but there's no people tending to them. Wouldn't the fruit just rot …
[QUOTE=NickH]I find that the less I try, the easier it is to complete Robocop...
Several times over...[/QUOTE]
the object of the game isn't to die as quickly as possible you know. :) -
Games you can end DUE to bugsAfter the several threads about impossble games to complete due to bugs, I start the opposite thread: games that can be finished due to bugs! :) I s…
[quote=NickH]just repeatedly honk the cat.[/quote]
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Have Pipex broke the lawI am in the process of changing isp. I have my mac code and have over 3 weeks to use it before it expires. I was looking on the Pipex website and the…
... enforce that...
[QUOTE=NickH]Also, there's no Data ... -
Soon be Christmas......and I'm actually looking forward to it this year for some reason. Probably because 2006 has been rather fab and 2005 was utter shit.
[QUOTE=NickH]...and I'm actually looking ... -
Soon be Christmas......and I'm actually looking forward to it this year for some reason. Probably because 2006 has been rather fab and 2005 was utter shit.
[QUOTE=NickH]You've still got two months to go.
And counting.[/QUOTE]
your right! christmas is saved. :) -
Soon be Christmas......and I'm actually looking forward to it this year for some reason. Probably because 2006 has been rather fab and 2005 was utter shit.
[QUOTE=NickH]I'm currently looking up various Xmas markets in Europe - there are so many out there that I cannot make up my mind which one(s) to go to.
Any recommendations?[/QUOTE]
Lincoln Xmas market is good, I'd go there again. -
It's Friday, I'm hungover and...coming to these forums always cheers me up. Anyway I've got that out of the way, here's my question/topic. I'm assuming most people here are in the s…
[QUOTE=NickH]Road Runner springs to mind, but I was new on the scene and REALLY liked the double-page advert for it.[/QUOTE]
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Dougal & The Doctor?According to SFX magazine, Ardal O'Hanlon (Father Dougal) will be making a guest appearance in the new series of Doctor Who next year. That should be…
[QUOTE=NickH]Like the Peter Kay episode?[/QUOTE]
Oh god I hope not! -
hallowe'enis anyone going to any parties, doing anything fun..... or maybe you would like to share some spook stories.....
[QUOTE=NickH]Erm, "hardcore cash"?![/QUOTE]
ha ha.
ive never heard of 'hardcore cash' either.
hard cash yes.
do the coins let you shit on them? -
hallowe'enis anyone going to any parties, doing anything fun..... or maybe you would like to share some spook stories.....
[QUOTE=NickH]Freud would have had a field day...[/QUOTE]
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It's Friday, I'm hungover and...coming to these forums always cheers me up. Anyway I've got that out of the way, here's my question/topic. I'm assuming most people here are in the s…
[QUOTE=NickH]US Gold games were usually pretty average at best. Definitely second- or third-string to the Ocean label.[/QUOTE]
mainly thanks to their association with Tiertex who remain one of my most hated developers. -
It's Friday, I'm hungover and...coming to these forums always cheers me up. Anyway I've got that out of the way, here's my question/topic. I'm assuming most people here are in the s…
[QUOTE=NickH]Well, US Gold *was* targeted at selling and porting USA-sourced games, [QUOTE]
The clue's in the name I suppose.... -
It's Friday, I'm hungover and...coming to these forums always cheers me up. Anyway I've got that out of the way, here's my question/topic. I'm assuming most people here are in the s…
[QUOTE=Thomas Gale][QUOTE=NickH]Well, US Gold *was* targeted at selling and porting USA-sourced games, [QUOTE]
The clue's in the name I suppose....[/QUOTE]
And the sub-title: "All-American Software" :D -
It's Friday, I'm hungover and...coming to these forums always cheers me up. Anyway I've got that out of the way, here's my question/topic. I'm assuming most people here are in the s…
[QUOTE=NickH][QUOTE=Thomas Gale][QUOTE=NickH]Well, US Gold *was* targeted at selling and porting USA-sourced games,
And the sub-title: "All-American Software" :D[/QUOTE]
Damn your keen forensic mind. -
It's Friday, I'm hungover and...coming to these forums always cheers me up. Anyway I've got that out of the way, here's my question/topic. I'm assuming most people here are in the s…
[QUOTE=Thomas Gale][QUOTE=NickH][QUOTE=Thomas Gale]
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What game?This is a bit of a variation on the name-the-game format but indulge me. Here is a photo of xmikex and myself playing on my old spectrum. Judging by …
... 've cracked it!
NickH, the telephone is the least ... -
What game?This is a bit of a variation on the name-the-game format but indulge me. Here is a photo of xmikex and myself playing on my old spectrum. Judging by …
... 've cracked it!
NickH, the telephone is the least ... -
Coming Soon: Professional Mel-the-Bell SimulatorThe title says it all.... Will be released in a week or two.
[QUOTE=NickH]A joystick-waggler, naturally?[/QUOTE]
Wait and see.....