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Alice in WonderlandThe new Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland, is awful. My reasons for saying this, and warning, spoilers are in this hidden text: [spoiler]Aside f…
... up either for later scenes that were removed, or for a ... whereas Alic traditionally went through that world with wonder and surprise ... to play the important part that is required.
... Glass) are full of references that are redundant nowadays, even ... -
48k titles you wished had AY tunesFollowing the GAMES for Spectrum48+AY_interface & Paperboy remake threads, it's got me thinking about those games that were lacking either a 128k mod…
... me thinking about those games that were lacking either a 128k mode ... music. Now we all know that Commando was cracked and music ... -
Jonathan CreekI meant to post about the Jonathan Creek episode from a few weeks ago, but never got around to it, and since no one else did (as far as I know) then …
... , we were never led to suppose at any time that he thought ... end, a motive emerges that we were given no clue for at ... was clumsy and removed bits that were vital to the coherency of ... saying that in Satan's chimney, the revenge killer's were clearly ... -
Searching for the artistes from The Power House / H.E.X.Hello, my name is Caroline Bren, and this is my first post. Recently, I put out an audio record which some of you may have heard of, under the Feedin…
... him in the WOS database, that I can find, unfortunately.)
that were released on program cassettes from ... any other Power House games that include bonus songs, I would ... possible?it goes without saying that the "Pimania" record would not ... -
Necros asks the impossible yet again (probably)...Is there such thing as software emulation of the old 3DFX Voodoo cards that were popular back in the 90s? Specifically, the Orchid Righteous 3D graph…
... the old 3DFX Voodoo cards that were popular back in the 90s ... did almost find a site that appeared to have such a ... -
What's the law regarding writing sequels to old books?I've long been tempted to attempt to write a sequel to a series of childrens stories that were originally written back in the period 1939-early 1950s…
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Joffa - my brother...I really don't know how to thank you all for the love and support you have given the family during this dreadful time. Jonathan's last days were so t…
... time. Jonathan's last days were so terribly sad. He was ... the wonderful messages of support that were waiting for him on the ... much comfort from the fact that, when Jonathan slipped away from ... all the pain and sadness that much easier to bear. From ... -
DivIDEI just missed the Ebay listing of some DivIde`s that were available ! :( I`ve contacted the seller if there are any more but have had no replies - so…
I just missed the Ebay listing of some DivIde`s that were available ! :(
I`ve contacted the seller if there are any more but have had no replies - so does anyone have one that they would sell me ?
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The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... and when games were primitive, they were cast aside as ... private world that adults were mostly obvious to. The graphics were mostly ... crude but that was fine with ... Those of us that were there in that era carry that childhood with us ... -
MsxDoes anyone recommend emulating MSX? If so, MSX 1 or 2 or both? And what games should I start off with - especially interested in games that were uni…
Does anyone recommend emulating MSX? If so, MSX 1 or 2 or both? And what games should I start off with - especially interested in games that were unique to MSX or where the MSX was considered to have the best home computer or console version. -
You need this (Windows) programAs any Windows user knows, sometimes you HAVE to reset Windows. Sometimes it's because you've just installed or uninstalled a program, and Windows ne…
... reset Linux, then the programs that were open before are automatically opened ... managed to find a program that does this for Windows. It ... 's yet another feature that Windows should have had inbuilt ... -
48K Speccy Repair Log.Some people may know my love for writing up my repairs of arcade PCBs on various forums so thought I would do the same for this little fella. Had th…
... 48KB machine also gave results that were neither one or the other ... ok, and that the databus and address bus were fine, or ... />
So I checked that that socket was providing the correct ... that all the address lines, RAS and CAS were common, which they were ... -
Hebdogiciel magazineI didn't seem any references to the Hebdogiciel magazine in the Infoseek database. There a nice page at [url]http://www.hebdogiciel.fr/spectrum[/url…
... all the program listings that were published in that magazine if anyone is ... -
looking for updated 'arkanoid' type games on the netabout 3-4 yrs ago I found a site that had these great arkanoid style games that were in 3D. they had different themes like Egyptian/Space etc...you c…
... these great arkanoid style games that were in 3D. they had different ... to pay for them. they were really elaborate and addictive to ... -
Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... 1/Doom 2 type rooms that were full of different enemies, and ... . Note: I don't know that that's what happened, I'm ... three weapon limitation, rechargable shields that bring you back to ful ... died for the fiftieth time that hour, automatic checkpoint saving every ... -
Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…
... have to choose 10 games that were fondly remembered, and defined the ... -
DVI ConfusionMy new pc arrived yesterday to replace my ancient and dead pile of 2005 bits. I was due one last year but did not happen, have been saving for a year…
... the lines of it means that the card / monitor are not ... too, and it would fit that but I wanted a separate ... you to specify most things that were compatible but not clever enough ... -
Working with DOS and Plus D disks on a +2A/+3Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone, but once in a while someone asks how to do it. Dominic Morris has given permission for WOS to distr…
... conversation with Dominic and hope that this will be of interest ... 't one of the ones that I saved onto the Amiga ... is clear to me now that maybe even TR-DOS discs ... links to the 3 titles that were recently added to the archive ... -
128K games clarification req.While nostalgically thumbing through the April 1986 issue of Computer Gamer I came across a list of games (page 15) that were 'announced' at the laun…
... list of games (page 15) that were 'announced' at the launch of ... any of the above games were in fact also delivered as ... -
Duke Nukem FoeverFirst of all, Duke Nukem Forever's release date has been set back (again!) to June. The designers say it's the shortest delay the game has ever had, …
... a woman.
If that were all there was to it ... . But when the magazine asserted that the 'babe' would sometimes freak ... multiplayer-mode[/url]
That is wrong, which ever way ... changed.
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The c64 threadOK, I don't want to compare the systems, it's been done to death and I really really don't care. But - there's great games on the Speccy that were pa…
... great games on the Speccy that were pants on the C64 (i ... .e. Chase HQ) and presumably that was true in reverse. So ... -
Games where you could explore outdoors, and also enter buildingsI love how you can explore the scrolling camp in [B]The Great Escape[/B], and then go inside various buildings that were presented as flick screen. …
... then go inside various buildings that were presented as flick screen. I ... sure there are other games that had this feature, but am ... [/B], that have both indoor and outdoor locations, but were all flick ... -
Can we all agree on a TV comedy we liked?Since there's a thread to see if we can agree on liking a specific Spectrum game, I thought I'd make a thread to see if we all liked any particular t…
... ) seasons of the same series that were different, and just judge what ... . For example, I'll say that I like Red Dwarf, as ... here's my initial suggestions, that (of course) I like:
Falling SkiesSo, there have been a fair few of these sci-fi movies and just in the last year at least two movies that were copies of each other ... and now there …
... year at least two movies that were copies of each other ... and ...Please can someone help me find out what this game was?First post so hello all. Been looking for a website like this for a while to revisit some of my classic Spectrum days. More to the point, I'm looking…
... wouldnt let you play without that funny black code book ... further, I must stress that this was certainly not Dizzy ... things that were inside.
- Im almost positive as well that there were ... .
I realise that this an extremely vague description ...Gutted....Well, I got my provisional exam results back from my 2nd year at Uni (studying Computing), did pretty soundly apart from my Advanced Databases module…
... subject, applied for extenuating circumstances that were accepted and did the exam ... with the expectation that I would fail and be ...A word of praise for the magazine scanners, plus a suggestion......especially Steve Parry-Thomas who is currently going through a lot of Popular Computing Weeklys. You're doing a sterling job, and together with th…
... together with the ACE scans that were recently uploaded, my reading list ... ).
Did you know that [url=http://yourcomputeronline.wordpress.com ...Games popular on other platforms but not on SpectrumEverybody here knows Spectrum hits, but it would be interesting to me to learn about the games that were hits on other systems but their Spectrum ver…
... to learn about the games that were hits on other systems but ... it's an average game that nobody remembers about.
ZX81, AY, samples, SpecAY, AY files, etc.With the appearance of 3 different AY interfaces for the ZX81 in the past 6 months, I wonder... Is it possible to make the ZX81 "speak" or play digi…
... map. All I know is that its Z80 is slower. So ... a ZX81? Yes, I know that an AY file isn't ... ability to play AY files that were extracted from Spectrum or CPC ... ZX81 forum. But it seems that my comments about converting and ...New feature: also released on the Sam CoupeAs with several other 8-bit systems, I'm now interested in all Spectrum titles that were also advertised and/or published on the Sam Coupe. [URL="ht…
... interested in all Spectrum titles that were also advertised and/or published ... /SPEX references.
Were there any others that should be added?
