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what was that game called?It was quite an old game which was very similar to atic attack in the way that it was designed but your character was a dog that could fire lasers fr…
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Profile of a Spectrum user...Whilst watching Crimewatch on the telly, there was something on there about certain criminals fitting lifestyle profiles... Is there a profile of a …
... ride my bike the traffic being what it is here in India ... [/B]
the only pet I had was a dog named Diana - so ... depending on how hot it is. I don't feel quite right ... />
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last games you played before 16 bitsI passed to Amiga, I suppose the majority of you passed to AtariST, Amiga or PC,.. before that what games were the last you were playing on speccy??…
... on the 48 and then when I got a 128 I couldn? ... t stop playing it as I thought the ... of the only games I remember playing that was played noticeably better on a ... 128K. Apart from the ... -
last games you played before 16 bitsI passed to Amiga, I suppose the majority of you passed to AtariST, Amiga or PC,.. before that what games were the last you were playing on speccy??…
... of the only games I remember playing that was played noticeably better on a 128K ... . Apart from the ... sound, the game actually played ... -
emulation Vs real speccy-which is better?i got thinking about the above topic subject and i came up reasons FOR emulation:- 1.when the monitor displays some spectrum graphics,there is no bl…
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Plus completing games is a bit easier if you can ... game in a few seconds etc.
In the old days ... after 4 minutes of loading up a tape i ... are superb though, i rememebr the first time i read about a speccy emulator for ... -
Making a gif screenshotI want to make some .gif file pics of screenshots from Speccy games. Is there an emulator that lets me do this?
... better than GIF's because a) they are not plagued by ... be a bit of a hassle - I have not yet fully understood how the ... than a corresponding GIF. Neither, as far as I know, it is ... external program. Fuse is the only emulator I know that is able to save screen ... -
Lemon64, WOS and the meaning of gamesI've just read a thread started last week on lemon64.com by the site administrator Kim Lemon, and he talks about how the whole C64 scene bores him no…
... the games I've got is Rez. :)
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Rez is stunning, I ... a Speccy 128K game as well - 128K only, because the music is fundamental to the ... a side note, my DC is the only way I can play Speccy games on a ... -
What games would you like to see converted to the speccy?What games would you like to see converted to the speccy?
Worms is definately possible - there are ... is the only game I can think of that is similar on the Speccy).
I ... think saying it'd be less flashy than the PC version is a ... bit of a redundant statement :D -
Need a bit of help!!Ok, let me explain!! I am a massive speecy-a-holic and im determined to play my beloved games on a console (target renegade was not ment to be played…
... for selling PS2 modchips). The XBOX has a harddrive for keeping your ... 't wanna argue - but the PS2 is the *only* console I have ever destroyed trying ... to mod it (I was unlucky ... -
English Civil WarI've become interested recently in the 17th Century English Civil war between the Parliamantarians and the Cavaliers. Does anyone know of any games,…
There are tragically few. In fact I think RH&C is the only one.
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Better on an Emulator?!With the power of current PCs we can have our old spectrum running x2 x20 x100 it's original speed. There must be some games that benefit greatly f…
Nether Earth plays nice at 200% :) Though, Klive is the only emulator I've tried which seems to have mapped sensible increments/decrements onto the keys.. -
hippy gamebeen a old spec fan i remember a old clone "hacked version" of it only rock and roll just to see if any one remember it i know it done the rounds in …
Err... I'm having a hard time decyphering your post :)... As for hippy games, the only one I remember that comes close to this category would be "The young ones"...
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Database managers for the speccyLooks like we are finally going to have some decent database frontends for our software collection! Just checked out Gamebase ZX and it's pretty goo…
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I did get the speccy splahscreen and the alien pic with a list ... much..sorry lol, the only way i could get a game to work was ... i deliberatly added to the dir some games i knew were the ones on the ... for not a lot me thinks.
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Amstrad CPC Emulator?After reading a favourable comment on one of the other threads, I fancy having a look at what the CPC had to offer, since I've never really had the c…
... have smooth scrollers, which is rare in that machine.
is the version.
If I remember well, TargetRenegade ... was nice on CPC, I dont remember if ... it had scroll (I would bet ... -
Retro Gamer Issue 2.... is now out
I didn't know it was out yet, best get me self down to WHSmith. I like issue 1 tho i think the best feature is the old adverts. I remember back then that it all seemed futuristic and modern and now it looks like something off the antiques roadshow. -
Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
The only tape I remember having real trouble with was the Softaid compilation. Virtually nothing loaded off that.
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Easiest game everMy nomination for the easiest game ever is: FA Cup Football by Virgin. 8 Players each choosing 8 teams from a possible 124, leaving about 60 teams to…
Turbo OutRun is the only one I can think of that I finished on my first go, although I did the same on the Amiga version of OutRun. -
Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…
... bugged... there is a mission, although I still haven`t completed the mission.. it ... idea for a post by the way..
Nostalgia... I remember saving a snapshot ... on my multiface 128, so I could start ... -
Street Fighter 2 .TAPHelp! I'm useless, I know! I am trying to get Street fighter 2 converted from my original to .TAP format but am getting absolutly nowhere fast. This…
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the reason to own a SNES! And that is the only game I have for it now! -
Street Fighter 2 .TAPHelp! I'm useless, I know! I am trying to get Street fighter 2 converted from my original to .TAP format but am getting absolutly nowhere fast. This…
... /> The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past is the reason to own a SNES ... ! And that is the only game I ... not the best on the SNES. Chrono Trigger is far and above the better ... -
Turtles World TourWhile discussing this on a C64 site, I realised I haven't seen a Speccy version mentioned here. Turtles World Tour is a painting program based on th…
... any others I collected. In fact, the only review I read about this game ... was in Amstrad Computer User.
I ... are other versions around - I have an Atari ST version ... on emulator.. and I recall seeing other formats when ... -
Elite!!!I may be missing something but am am I the only one who never found Elite to be the best game ever?!?!
Yes, I think it was definately one of the all time greats. The only time I remember risking not having my homework in on time, because I could barely drag myself away from the computer.
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Games for the Magnum Lightgun and SpinI have downloaded the games for the Magnum Lightgun from this site but they don't work. I load them in Spin and choose the otion "PC Mouse Emulates M…
I've tested the Magnum Light Phaser games with Real Spectrum and Es.pectrum and they worked fine. Es.pectrum is the only emulator I know able to correctly emulate the light gun in some Spanish games like [I]Mike Gunner[/I] or [I]Solo[/I]. -
Where to get Speccy bits and pieces...Hi everybody, My poor little 16K Speccy is begging to be fixed but I think the ULA has given up the ghost - when I power it on the screen stays the …
Sintech is the only place I can think of, but I don't think they do individual chips. Apart from that, your best bet is cannibalising another broken machine, unless somebody round here is actually sitting on a stock of old chips. -
Why did you choose your nick?Referencing the end (currently, thoough if more than a month or so have gone by it may by now be the middle) of [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/…
From the thanks list in Electric Wizard' ... IT!!"
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You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
Well I like it a lot :)
The only thing I thought was a bit pointless ... is up to all these years later. I also liked the reviews of the ... the Speccy still is. :cool:
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Enhancements to the forumsOver the last couple of months I've been heavily involved in the postings on other forums across the net and I thought I'd start a thread on how the …
... , the most annoying thing at this version of forum is that it only ... at the same time I open WOS with IE, there are a lot ... of "new" threads / replays, based on when I opened ... to mention that this is the only forum I visit where I have to login ... -
Heyhey16k by MJ Hibbett.[url="http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/"]http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/[/url] This might be old news to you guys. The opening lines want hand in han…
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Personally, I had never heard of this ... />
This is the only forum I am a member of, but I gather duplicate posts ... are greeted with the ... 't really see the problem myself. If I don't like ... -
Now it's workingHello again and again, Today I received the membrane. And i turned the speccy on and worked a bit. I wrote some commands, used CLEAR 65535 command to…
... I don't know where I had got the ... ? :) ZXBeccy, disintegrate the blasphemer :D
... I guess there is the possibility of a hardware problem with the cassette port. I remember having a ... similar problem myself back in the ... -
Paul Mckenna 2I can't be bothered reading all the Paul Mckenna posts so I'll start a new thread Are any of the games he's denied any good? :confused: [ This Mess…
I obviously am a numbskull for having missed the sarcasm completely! McFadden has addled my brains is the only defense I can put forth. ;)
