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What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
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Starting games in online emulatorsI have read that "all the gaes can be played online...", but I didn't find how to play "Head over heels" online.Maybe someone knows how?
On the home page of World of Spectrum click 'Sinclair Infoseek' and enter 'head over heels' as the search expression. Now scroll down the page... see those black and red 48/128 icons on the left hand side? Just click on one of those to play online :) -
ObituaryYesterday my spectrum died :( Over 7 years of faithful service its finally gone to Silicon heaven. Rest in peace spectrum 48k+ Born sometime in 198…
...er, but could it be that the power unit is fried? I mean, black screen, no clicks, it could be that the computer just doesn't get any power? Does it heat up when connected? -
Which game was more wasting time ?Actually, a lot of games were wasting time but I remember some that I played a lot without never see the end ...; for exemple: 1. Underwulde 2. Arc …
... Mire Mare" on a plain black screen.
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Spectrum +3 fault - flashing screen on power onHi ive just bought a +3 When I power it on the power led and disk drive led come on. The screen just flashes black and white around the border, almos…
... the fault, which is a black
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helpHi, I am new to this forum. I have purchased a Speccy from ebay but I am having trouble getting any games to load. I dont really have much technical…
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Anyone remember the game 'Minder' ?Hi, only just found this forum! Was 12 years old when I got me Speccy, I think Lunar Jetman was the very first game I played. Anyway... Minder. I h…
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Anyone remember the game 'Minder' ?Hi, only just found this forum! Was 12 years old when I got me Speccy, I think Lunar Jetman was the very first game I played. Anyway... Minder. I h…
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Whats wrong with my 128k?The little power converter (the thing with three legs) that sits on the cooling fin was broken, so I bought a new power converter and replaced it. Bu…
... you get a picture, or black screen or noised picture?
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Have you seen this?[url="http://raww.org/filez/digisid.zip"]http://raww.org/filez/digisid.zip[/url] Completely breathtaking :) I can't wait 'till 2004
errm all it does for me is i get white letters on a black screen saying wheres the logo, it appears, then the whole thing repeats........repeats.......repeats....wot else is it supposed to do? -
Attract modeAnyone got any names of games that have a good attract mode? (for those who dont know , its where the game runs a demo even when you arnt playing...…
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OopsToday is a sad day :confused: Poor old rubber keys has gone t**s up. :( All i get is a black screen with a white border. Any body got any ideas …
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Spectrum Emulator for Win XP to replace ZX32After years of non-updates, I've decided to finally replace ZX32 as my Speccy emulator of choice for a new one.. What can people recommend thats fre…
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ZX Spectrum +3 won't turn onHello We've got a ZX Sinclair Spectrum +3, which has recently been dragged out of the loft and we are trying to get it back into active service. Th…
It might be worth checking the continuity of your RF lead. It might have broken down internally if stored for a long time and then unravelled.
Do you get any signal at all, I mean just a flat black screen? The reset button might have stuck! -
WOLFENSTEIN 2004 DEMOHello! I managed to find this in the Chaos Construction 2004 bundle and so far have tried mutiple emulators to get the thing working. Have any of you…
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Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…
... Yellow and Blue. Black and White are used ... For example;
Red-[Orange]-Yellow-[Green]-**Cyan**-Blue ... radiation ranging from RED to Violet. Red has the longest ... colours ( ie. Black and Red to get Brown instead ... colours off gets you Black. You'll also ... -
Indiana Jones and the Fate of AtlantisI can't seem to get this game to load either in Spin or with the online speccy emulator by clicking on the link from WOS - it goes through a series o…
... and it goes to a black screen, just open the tape browser ... . It'll load the opening screen. Hit Space, then open the ... -
Unexpected twists in gamesI was playing a Spectrum fairground shooting gallery game (can't remember its name!) and one of the bullets went past the targets onto the smiling fa…
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Unexpected twists in gamesI was playing a Spectrum fairground shooting gallery game (can't remember its name!) and one of the bullets went past the targets onto the smiling fa…
... !! It did the actions (the black screen, the sinclair text) only to ... -
Unexpected twists in gamesI was playing a Spectrum fairground shooting gallery game (can't remember its name!) and one of the bullets went past the targets onto the smiling fa…
... !! It did the actions (the black screen, the sinclair text) only to ... -
Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
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First arcade/handheld/comuter game you ever played.Whilst sat in a traffic jam in Milton "Evil" Keynes today I was thinking "What was the first arcade/handheld/computer game I ever played" I narrowed…
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Q on Gauntlet 3.Hey ... I have a working copy of Gauntlet 3 for Atari ST (STEEM emu) and have been working on a map for the ST version. I DLed all 3 of the Gauntlet…
... all ... it gives me a black screen/reset either right at the ... speedloading I almost immediately get black screen/reset.
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Answer Me These Questions Three1. What is your name? 2. What is your quest 3. What is your favorite color?
1) Check my profile
2) Check my proFUCKile
3) Black or red
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EPP and SPP printer portsWhats the difference between the two? How can I find out whether my PC has an EPP or an SPP printer port?
When you start the pc, while it's doing it's memory check or on the very first black screen pres 'Del' and you should be in the BIOS. -
Help! +3 won't work anymore!I've just set up my old +3 and it just won't work - it used to a few months ago but now it won't :( I'm in need of some expert help so here's the pr…
... the signal. There is some black screen but it is fuzzy. I ... a definte change in the screen so I'm sure I ... led was on but just black screen (sort of, just the same ... -
Help with +3 in comaHi everyone Had a spectrum +3 under the bed for some time and when replacing its drive i accidentally connected the 5v and the gnd of the led. Now…
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Help with +3 in comaHi everyone Had a spectrum +3 under the bed for some time and when replacing its drive i accidentally connected the 5v and the gnd of the led. Now…
Duff memory chips cause a black screen with a coloured border, the ... some strange 'effects' on the screen) and helped identifying the duff ... -
Jetpac not working on EmuZWin27I'm not sure if it is a bad tzx but everytime i try to play Jetpac the screen goes blank. Jetpac (1983)(Ultimate)[a], i tried the alternate version t…
Funny that it works on my 128 speccy with Kempston Joystick selected. With keys selected i get the black screen with sound effects. -
Jetpac not working on EmuZWin27I'm not sure if it is a bad tzx but everytime i try to play Jetpac the screen goes blank. Jetpac (1983)(Ultimate)[a], i tried the alternate version t…
... keys selected i get the black screen with sound effects.
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