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Anybody have an Oculus Rift or HTC Vive on Pre-Order?I have the Vive pre-ordered, but annoyingly by the time I had enough saved and I ordered it I was too late for the April wave of shipments, so it sho…
... that Half-Life 3 (or HL2 Episode 3) will be ... VR only, and miss out on millions of potential sales ... rumour, supposed to come out on HL2's tenth anniversary, ... Steam Controller, or come out on any day that has ... a connection to the number 3, etc.
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Recommend Cassette PlayerI've not needed to buy one for about 30 years so can anyone recommend a new cassette recorder and source please? Do they even make them anymore?
I suppose I started out on the Hanimex thinking it was ... good "fodder" to practice on but once you start to ... inside the cassette are
3) I think there is a ... for a "power on" light to come on. It does not ... spent on cleaning so I will have to dig out an ... -
ZX Spectrum CartridgesI have been thinking of "cloning" ZX Cartridges for a while (case, board and silicon skirt), to be able to make new releases or replace damaged cartr…
... refresh counter is sent out on the lower portion of ... : There is large margin on the refresh timing, so ...
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Was Beach Volley from Ocean ever released in the UK (Spectrum release)?I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión... Anybody owns this game …
... all their Ocean games laid out on the floor in one of ... the threads on here a year or so ... rarer ones (Sly Spy, Robocop 3 etc) but can't say ... -
Was Beach Volley from Ocean ever released in the UK (Spectrum release)?I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión... Anybody owns this game …
... all their Ocean games laid out on the floor in one of ... the threads on here a year or so ... rarer ones (Sly Spy, Robocop 3 etc) but can't say ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
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My personal "take" on 3 possible glitches/weakness identified so ... quickly . But should a "get out of jail" have been included ... like this will be ironed out soon .
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ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... yet
3) The Wearsaver appraoch using an ... ) As per Option no 3 above but with a much ... the keyboard . A stripped out electrical case of the ... (for example, a stripped out PVR case) sits underneath ... to take there ZX_Uno out on the patio for summer ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... I think I destroyed on first/second go and ... barely get a hit on before they one/two ... I'm on a break from Dark Souls 3 for a ... I've got to +3 but I can't ... just too slow. Later on you're going to struggle ... Feel like I'm missing out on something with it though. ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
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What to buy +2, +2A, +2B, +3??Hi all I've always wanted to buy a 128k Spectrum and I've seen some lately in eBay going for cheap. The 128K+ is expensive I understand because of…
... there is a thread on this forum which points you ... games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions ( ... grey +2 though, the issue 3 board ( I understand) had ... you which issue is on offer then it's ... are guides as pointed out on this forum to fixing ... -
Retro ClassiX magazine scansThese are the only three issues I have of Retro ClassiX magazine produced by Graham Howard. Issue 14 https://www.sendspace.com/file/js7gft Iss…
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1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... and harshly most turn out terrible, full of stereotypical ... attempt to cash in, on something that had basically ... !
Get caught 3 times, and it's in ... floor with blood spilling out into the morning sun ... am willing to go out on a limb though and say ... -
TopGear!! The Return.I've just been reading about how Friends Start Mat LeBlanc will be joining Chris Evans as a co-presented for the new Top Gear Revival in May. You …
... me the jury is still out on the American and the new ... .
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ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
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out" on the variety of authentic Speccy ... keyboard combo?
3) The Appearance/aesthetic aspects : It ... " is easy to do on its own (ref the Zx ... be best to sit on one side or other ... -
I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…
... the bell;892808"]Not going out series 3 episode 1 (pregnant) LOL ... the first episode of that on iplayer today too, was funny ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... without a folder just directly on it . Then I ... SD card files that worked on the Zx-Unos (Green ... and the ones that worked on Zx-Uno version M ... to get further information on
3) It is unknown ... to try it to find out !
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What is needed to get a high standard , "emulator focused" PC?The implication I am making is that a normal PC can be improved on emulation wise by building in some emulation friendly features . But this could be…
Lessons learned on the "free to hobbyist" Speccy ... drive . The "jury is still out on this" but hard drive failure ... much is lost
3)The hardware cloning that I ... hard drives but will carry on with the existing drive at ...Bug detected in BAS2TAPIf I try to compile this: [CODE] 10 PLAY "c" [/CODE] I have the next error: Error in line 10 ... Expected end of statement ... I have solved in […
... P(2)=45:LET P(3)=77:LET P(4)=95 ... /> The tokenizer bails out on the second statement on line 20, that "OR ...Silkworm vs Swiv (Amiga) - Which is the best shooter?Hi everyone and welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Final Fight (arcade) and Streets Of Rage 2 (megadrive)…
... , Syndicate, Sensible Soccer, Robocop 3, First Samurai, Speedball (1& ... , Syndicate, Sensible Soccer, Robocop 3, First Samurai, Speedball (1& ... are alright, but Robocop 3 and First Samurai? Depth ... than the versions that came out on other systems.
Silkworm vs Swiv (Amiga) - Which is the best shooter?Hi everyone and welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Final Fight (arcade) and Streets Of Rage 2 (megadrive)…
... , Syndicate, Sensible Soccer, Robocop 3, First Samurai, Speedball (1& ... , Syndicate, Sensible Soccer, Robocop 3, First Samurai, Speedball (1& ... than the versions that came out on other systems.
Robocop 3 was pretty ground-breaking at ...Scart Leads for spectrumHi, I was going through my stuff the other day and found I have all the bits for making spectrum scart leads. I was going to ebay them but thought …
... using to view a picture on all four of my Spectrums ... , it won't stay locked on the signal I've chosen ... RGB in SCART socket 1 (out of 3), but I would bet ... /> I've found a seller on eBay (in Greece, of all ... /white/yellow composite RCA input on a TV, now would be ...Purchasing Advice for an ignorant AmericanHello, I am a retro computer enthusiast who lives in the United States. I am currently looking into importing a model from the UK, and would like whi…
... t really want a +3 because of the unusual ... br /> If you do carry out the composite modification it should ... in spending big money on one really, the Spectrum ... never looked great on a television back in ... to use the RGB out on the 128K machines like ...PROJECT ZX, EXCLUSIVE NEW GAME!!!Enjoy this review and official trailer to the upcoming pc windows Spectrum game,...PROJECT ZX! Battle all your golden characters form tons of classi…
... ahead meaning you will miss out on around 3 levels of this great ...48K vs 128K BASIC, I prefer the keyword entry system how about you?Being brought up with the 48k rubber and 48k+ I find the keyword entry system really fast and enjoyable to use. When I've played around with the 128k…
... +2's/+3 don't have the commands printed on the keys ... cursor keys sometimes catch me out on the rubber key speccies. I ...Dizzy VII - Crystal Kingdom Dizzy (2017)It's an official 30 years anniversary of Dizzy games! We are glad to present a new long-awaited remake of Crystal Kingdom Dizzy, being developed duri…
... asking for us to shell out for it! I mean, the ... to 6 weeks production time on 3 8bit versions with no art ...Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... to be screwed down on both sides of the ... is braced by flanges on 3 sides so just needs ... replicate the screw holes on the underside of the ... about 16 cms sticking out at the back to ... place the SD card interface on.
The ... anything to try it out!Good engine, boring levelsWhich games suffer from this ? Shadow of the beast is example no.1 Most Amiga platformers.
... that they bugfixed the collision on the fire cells (static nasties ... "jumps" if you lay it out on paper.
The black ... background and 3 enemy colours are a by ...Clamping Speccy InterfacesThere are a huge number of broken Speccy interfaces available . I came across one on Ebay recently said to be "partly working" or similar .Why are th…
... been done earlier on this thread, see pics on this thread ( ... [/url]
Type 3 clamp .(Big Spectrum , Big Interface ... not yet been tried out.
On Big and Small ZX ... else including any add-on keyboardsReading Disks via ASMI'm hoping to port my Amstrad game to the spectrum (See the link in my sig for info) I will be targeting the 128 and +3 - the game will not work on …
... disk load from ASM on my +3 just fine.
... around for more info on the other spectrum Disk ... that new Dizzy game came out on a TRD disk.
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Also I know the +3 wasn't very popular, so ... new spectrum games are coming out on tape, or memory snapshot, ...Reading Disks via ASMI'm hoping to port my Amstrad game to the spectrum (See the link in my sig for info) I will be targeting the 128 and +3 - the game will not work on …
... you have to stay out of its way there ... that new Dizzy game came out on a TRD disk.
... which extends +3 dos (so that makes +3 dos also reasonable ... as I can tell, +3 DOS is also a nightmare ... new spectrum games are coming out on tape, or memory snapshot, ...
