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Please help me complete this lil'programI'm editing Basic programs that were saved in Timex TOS discs, and every load command starts with LOAD *"filename". If I want to go through these pr…
I'm editing Basic programs that were saved in Timex TOS discs, ... the asterisk automatically, I know that I should do something like ... -
The ZX printer buffer in +3 modeI have a few programs on .DSK images that were transferred from Timex disks, but some of them have code starting at 23296. Most of the time the code …
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Sabre Man Games - Style over Substance?Was Sabre Man primarily a marketing ploy? I quite like all Ultimate Games up to Gunfright and find I generally prefer the ones without Sabre Man, a …
... I think often fronted games that were superbly marketed and looked great ... .
- Underwurlde - human pinball that you really had to really ... (nostalgia? having a game that looked better than C64 could ... products now taking the view that they are trying to ... -
Ultimate backlash?Looking at all the polls posted on here recently, it would seem that Ultimate's games are not so fondly thought of as I thought they would be. I jus…
... here recently, it would seem that Ultimate's games are not ... as red that all Specchums thought the Ultimate's games were the ... I can see that there were some types of games that were maybe more ... -
The Alien(s) gamesHave to go, hadn't realised the time ("[I]Hurray, he's about to stop posting[/I]" - entire WOS forum base), but I meant to ask what were the games th…
... meant to ask what were the games that were based on the Alien ... on the films after Aliens, were there)? Were they any good, worth ... -
Original Imaginative PlayableWhich Spectrum games fit all 3 of these criteria? [B]Original[/B] - Games that were out first or most famous for their Spectrum version [B]AND[/B] o…
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Speccy-only games characters?Were there many games characters that were made "famous" only on ye good, olde Speccy? I honestly don't have the answer, mostly because I progressed…
... games characters that were made "famous" only on ye ... interesting to hear which characters were not on other platforms, and ... to hear which characters/games were "ported over" to other platforms ... -
Beyond Software demosI knew I shouldn't have thrown out my original Beyond games for the Spectrum last year! :-( Does anyone have tape images (tzx or taps) of the Psytro…
... and Lords of Midnight demos that were available on the B side ... to confirm what the demos were (what they showed you, whether ... they were playable or not, or were they just slideshows ... -
Remakes and conversionsWhen I first got into emulation the remakes section contained games that were being converted onto to the speccy, Dune 2 was one of them and of cours…
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UK magazine-alert - Retro Gamer - Manic Miner: The Lost LevelsThere is a four-page article by Stuart Campbell in Issue 63 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine about a compilation of 20 caverns called [i]Manic Miner: T…
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Need help making a program workAfter more than twenty years and thanks to the help of Jose Manuel (who kindly preserved the Timex 3" disks with cpdread) and John Elliot (who kindly…
... seems some of the files that were part of the developing process ... there's too much stuff that I can't get to ... -
Games that were released as Text adventures...but it would've been great, if not better, if they had been released as action, not text games? I know text games have action too, but you know wh…
...but it would've been great, if not better, if they had been released as action, not text games? I know text games have action too, but you know what I mean...
My list:
Robin of Sherwood
Spiderman
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Funny things in games?In some games there were things that were meant to be funny and others that were funny because of things you did. Renegade: Some of the moves were f…
... games there were things that were meant to be funny and others that were funny ... /> Renegade: Some of the moves were funny to watch when you ... were doing it, painful when they were doing it ... you remember any other games that gave you a good laugh ... -
ZX Spectrum arcade machine[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=GB&v=Bo2FJ2ySC7A[/url] Anyone remember the Nintendo Playchoice 10 arcade machine? This was basically a 2 screen…
... rather than existing arcade games that were converted.
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Old Software Houses Never Die..?Had an idea for new developments - with all the tracking down of past authors that has gone on, has anyone come across anyone who still owns the name…
... tracking down of past authors that has gone on, has anyone ... houses (development teams or distributors) that were vaguely well known back in ... or Cronosoft or someone, so that new games could have an ... -
Softline - Software Club MagazineHas anyone heard of Softline - the official magazine of the Sinclair Spectrum Software Club? I have 3 issues of the magazine (numbers 1 to 3), I beli…
... to 3), I believe that was all that were printed.
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The Martian ChroniclesWho likes this? I remember watching it as a child about 1981 ish and it had an impact on me. Rewatching the series on youtube, there are various …
... remember, due to plot ideas that were pretty cool.
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Remake WIZBALL on the SpeccySeeing as all my graphics are available why not re-make it to include all the stuff that wasn't used? I made graphics for the Ying and Yang wiz and t…
... include all the stuff that wasn't used? I ... Police baddy thing,among others, that were never used. Plus, the ... should have. My mockups were used in the Sinclair ... written. The floor graphics were only half there.You SHOULD ... be safe from bullets,that's not the case ... -
Things wat they did have in my day!.I was talking at work today about things that were quite common when we were kids but arent realy around any more. My co worker mentioned how many ar…
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Question about operations and target numbers[size=1]Title should say *operators. It's been a long day.[/size] :p One of the homework problems my kids are working on consists on using a set of …
... expressions that equal a target number of 24. While they were able ... nice to have a program that can go through all possible ... />
Here are the ones that were simple to solve.
And here's the one that's driving me insane:
AY interface - How many possibilities?Currently the newest AY interface available for sale gives 16K and 48K owners a chance to add AY sound to their Speccy, but (correct me if I'm wrong)…
... +3 owners anything that they don't already ... AY interfaces, if we were to consider the ZX81, ... the only AY interfaces that were released for the ZX81 ... too complicated. Having something that can be programmed with ... Sinclair computer (or clone) that doesn't have it. ...Loading screen easter eggs[url]http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/eggs/screens.php[/url] maybe it's mentioned here before.. also it shows some credits that were uncredited before..e.g…
... .. also it shows some credits that were uncredited before..e.g. hypaball ...
the one that made me smile was the ...forget top 10 and top 100 .... what IS legendary status ?games that go beyond the top 100.. much like say armalyte+wizzball on c64 and rescue on fractulus on atari 8 bit... games that were good BUT basic…
games that go beyond the top 100..< ... on atari 8 bit... games that were good BUT basically speccy , if ... that makes sense :)
games that everyone like and ...Tutto Spectrum is a collection of hacksI saw that Tutto Spectrum n.3 has been added to the magazine covertape collection. I should warn you that it is a collection of hacks, just one of t…
I saw that Tutto Spectrum n.3 has ... />
I should warn you that it is a collection of ... the several infamous "tape magazines" that were sold in Italy at the ... this because I once owned that issue.
The original ...Games Becoming Retro....(or 10 Years Old)...After fighting my insomnia looking for games that were 25 years old on the Speccy this morning and feeling old (see Games chat), I got to wondering w…
... my insomnia looking for games that were 25 years old on the ...Turbo LoadersI absolutely love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over the years. There are a couple of questions that I have been meani…
... love the different loading schemes that were used on the Spectrum over ... are a couple of questions that I have been meaning to ... the game isn?t all that complex!!
I?m ...Reptile IndustriesAccording to RG 5, page 50, [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekpub.cgi?regexp=^Reptile+Industries$"]Reptile Industries[/URL] was set up by …
... Master and Anaconda, two titles that were reportedly going to be released ... at the time (we all were!) and favoured a top hat ...Just a thoughtIf the C64 holds the record for the biggest selling computer of all time, with regards to the speccy did they take into account all the official vari…
... variations, licenced variations and clones that were sold?
or ... manufacturers and home built machines that there are out there?
I do realise that getting figures of clone sales ... to games on that machine, it's just that the speccy ...Itunes WoeSince updating to the latest version of itunes just after christmas, the songs from newly ripped CDs skip mid-track. It doesn't seem to have effected…
... seem to have effected songs that were in my library prior to ...Just found a MIA in a job lot :)I recently won [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280465240043&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT"]this[/URL] on ebay. Just been sortin…
... uploaded a few inlay scans that were missing, and I'll preserve ...
