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One f*** load of games!Today I was given a whole load of games by Damian Talyor, a nice chap who happens to live close by to me and has been clearing out his flat. Here's …
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Sticky Tape!I've just tried out an old ZX81 tape (from 1981, naturally) and it immediately chewed up. I've noticed that turning the wheels (by hand) is a bit st…
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ANNOUNCE: vbSpec - Bad News/Good NewsFor a number of largely dull and uninteresting reasons, I am no longer able to continue maintaining vbSpec, the open-source Spectrum emulator for Win…
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Hewson QuestI have pretty much solved the game and visited all the rooms, but I cannot for the life of me get back out of the forest to the start room, or get ba…
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Sorry its another name the gameYears before I had my speccy I remember playing a Space Invaders clone round my cousin?s house, in about 1982-84 All I remember from it was that eac…
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Worst game ending....Sorry if this topic has been discussed before.. But whats the worst ending to a speccy game you have seen? Whats the best? Mine was probably Willow …
... like throwing my T.V. out of my bedroom window. Makes ... -
Relative price of the spectrum As Im sure you all know one of the biggest selling points of the speccy was its price.I was reading the other day that the 48K Spectrum cost ?175 - …
... - ?180 when it first came out in 1982. Being the zany ... bit of research and work out how much 180 quid would ... these calculations and it turns out that ?180 quid is eqivalent ... market. The C64 that came out in the same year cost ... -
Is there anyway of fixing my spectrum?Hi people, i have just got my pride and joy back out of the closet (48k +) and turned it on and to my horror the arial socket is not working properly…
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Best multi-player?What do you reckon was the best multi-player game? Lets keep it to games two or more people could play at the same time and not include turn based …
... different arenas to slug it out in. And the fact there ... -
Time Gate and GryzorHi there, long time reader, first time poster! Was it possible to complete Timegate? I remember warping through galaxies (at random it seemed) wiped…
... (at random it seemed) wiped out everything, and then...nothing? Any ... -
Lucky Find?Moving boxes in the loft the other night, trying to make space for the wee ones outgrown baby stuff and i moved a box, the bottom gave way and out sp…
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Name the TV series!Let's change the neverending name-the-game theme and help me to find out the name of British TV series! It was broadcast under the name "Predators" o…
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Aphex TwinI was just sitting here listening to Aphex Twin's drukqs album, he has a bit of a thing for using a Spectrums rubber keys to spell out his name or tr…
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Another Spectrum +2 Fault (actually two of them :-)Just picked up a couple of +2s from a boot sale - both *much* better condition than my one - obviously had far less use ;) One was sold as fully wor…
... silver heatsink attached was hanging out of its socket, but the ... operating with this chip half out?
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Formula OneHello, I am new to this forum but I decided to join you guys since I am a ZX Spectrum game lover. My favourite ZXS game is Formula One, available on …
... Hex Workshop because they come out as they are, but only ... rest of the program comes out in very strange characters. I ... -
Did Radiohead nick the Alchemist tune?I can't help thinking of the Alchemist tune when listening to Radiohead's Street Spirit (Fade Out)... were they Speccy fans... or is it just me ?!? (…
I can't help thinking of the Alchemist tune when listening to Radiohead's Street Spirit (Fade Out)... were they Speccy fans... or is it just me ?!? (probably) -
ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Ma jolieMy new Manic Miner game, Ma jolie, is now completely released and available for downloading from the Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy Yahoo! Group (sinc…
... motor on the datacorder burned out, leaving me with no way ... -
Football ManagerI'm kind of new to all this emulator stuff. Can anyone help me. I have downloaded an emulator and my favourite game, Football Manager, I have played …
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Finding the length of loaded Bytes:Is there a way from BASIC of finding out how big a block of bytes loaded from tape was? i.e. - if you do LOAD""CODE and load in a lump of bytes, ca…
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From Tape to TZX - I quit....Yes I've read some posts on this topic... Here's the deal: I have some rare old Spanish game that is of interest to the community (particularly Span…
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REMAKES COMPETITION:nice prizesDon't know if there's any remakers in here but those nice gents over at Retro Remakes are running a competition from June 1st. The 1st Prize is wort…
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New Games Remaking Competition[url="http://www.remakes.org"]www.remakes.org[/url] are organising a cool remakes competition that will hopefully bring us lots of cool updated Spect…
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Emulators running on PS2Just thought i'd ask here if there are any other emulators for other formats that may be made to run on PS2... i've already downloaded the spectrum o…
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Battlecars, anyone ?Hello, I've been a Spectrum user since it came out here in Portugal (late 1982, i think).Great machine. I have reference of a game called 'Battlecars…
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Hardware and software speccyI have some speccy junk that I would like to get rid of. The junk has lived the last 15 years in my cellar and I do not know what state it is in. (An…
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Who Wants To Be A Squillionaire?OK, so I take a week off work to flake out and relax because I'm exhausted. I can't sleep, so buy some herbal Nytol sleeping pills - I usually get th…
... week off work to flake out and relax because I'm ... />
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Spectrum ClearoutI've recently started sorting out some of my Spectrum stuff and come up with a list of several items I would like to get rid of. Before I put them up…
I've recently started sorting out some of my Spectrum stuff ... />
As I clear more out I will be adding to ...