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Retro Asylum 121 - The Kevin Toms Interview[img]http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/121.png[/img] Episode 121 is our special interview with the Godfather of football managemen…
... is our special interview with the Godfather of football management games ... in game making, his games and the new IOS game Kevin Toms ... /> Also in this episode Dean and Paul chat about what’s been ... questions in ‘Ask RA’ and run through the avalanche of retro crowd ... -
Selling Console and Games. Info neededHi all, Found my parents old computer console up in the lost. Please see link below. I wonder if any of you can shed any more information on t…
... old computer console up in the lost. Please see link below.
and plugged in and it still works.
UK magazine alert: The Making of Jet Set WillyIssue 150 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine has six pages devoted to Matthew Smith and his classic Spectrum games [i]Manic Miner[/i] and [i]Jet Set Will…
... , and with time being tight, he ended up ditching them. “The lost rooms ... were above The MegaTree. It was supposed to be taller and ... extra rooms: “The Courtyard” and “The Front Lawn”);
[*]MSX (the Tatung Einstein version ...Pixels, the Spectrum and the Meaning of Life!Imagine a computer running a program that systematically changes 1 pixel at a time and runs until it's shown every possible combination of pixels. If…
... in every language and in all fonts that the computer is able ... 1 screen you'd have the answer!
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If I consider the Spectrum and black-and-white pixels only, would ... that there are 256 to the power of 176 different configurations ...The Compact Disc - Your First or early Memories and Experiences.I've been getting very passionate about my vinyl collection recently, but that has also got my thinking about CDs and casting my mind back to when I…
... on the size of the disk, Phillips had to retool and Sony ... growingin the 80s you'll remember the many appearances on TV and the ... continual proclamation about how dirt and finger prints ... crisp discs sounded and getting all exited. The only disc he ...The "hearing and reading the same things" coincidenceWhat I'm talking about are those rare coincidences where you read a specific word or sentence on a screen or in print, and at exactly the same time y…
... or in print, and at exactly the same time you hear ... was playing a game on the PC, also had a ... from 1994 is playing and the refrain includes the sentence "I'll be ... a quest in my game and at one point, an ... " - and lo and behold, it came up in the song at the exact ...And the winner is....Great article in this weeks Computing magazine: http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/feature/2447469/the-top-10-best-ever-home-computers There is als…
... .co.uk/ctg/feature/2447469/the-top-10-best-ever-home ...
There is also the worst home computers:
the Enterprise is rather unfair.
And an interview ...Goldeneye Tournaments and tacticsI won a beer voucher in a Goldeneye Tournament in town last night, it was a combo Mario Kart/Goldeneye tourny and I lost the Mario Kart but I don't c…
... Kart/Goldeneye tourny and I lost the Mario Kart but ... first to 20, and I got the 20, nearest opponent ... 11, and it was the biggest score gap of the night, ... have always gone for the female Moonraker Elite ( ... Anyone know which of the bog-standard characters are ...Your last chance to get Ninjajar! or Ramire the Vampire on tape!http://www.verkami.com/projects/14731-ninjajar-spectrum-super-uwol-nes-y-mega-cheril-mega-drive The campaign is about to end and there's still som…
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The campaign is about to end and there's still ... Quality tapes, printed manual, and a cardboard box.
... improvement in gameplay mechanics and the ability to add lots ... amusing ingame text and dialogues. Besides, it includes the lost "third chapter ...Sinclair sold the website?Hi guys, recently I was interested in if Sir Clive is still producing electro vehicles (besides being involved in the VEGA). However, the former of…
... being involved in the VEGA). However, the former official website www ... a bio-medial company. And the website www.sinclair-research.co ... a book-store, run by Paul Andrews, Sir Clives former ... of Retro-computers and was sold after the former partners split ...Automated Downloads of Software and e-Services TaxesWith the advent of all these wonderful new Spectrum variants (Vega+, Spectrum Next, Just Speccy 128, ZX-Uno), there is bound to be a greater call for…
... some of the taxes lost by the revenue earnt by Amazon and ebay ( ... think about the micro businesses which exist, and omitted to ... for each customer, and collecting / remitting the tax due, would ... some years down the line (and the majority of the EU see this ...Record collectors and the Vinyl resurgenceI know there are collectors of Vinyl on WOS and have seen mentions in different threads, but I can't find a thread dedicated to it. I have just bough…
... collectors of Vinyl on WOS and have seen mentions in different ... pricey at £9.99 for the first issue ( Winter ) which is ... a heads up about it and to see if anyone is ...Gimme an F! (and the rest...) Whats that spell?My colossal ignorance about the wealth of programs available for the Spectrum has just bitten me in the arse....again! As some may know, I've been…
... has just bitten me in the arse....again!
and annoying little tunes I ... in peoples memory if and when they ever get ... exactly what my notes and sketches reveal I've ... eventually look almost the same and work in the same way.< ...The death of Rock n Roll and why rock died?I know most of you guys are more Punk & Techo oriented, I've always been more a Hard Rock / Grunge / Metal fan. While I work, I spend most of my …
... bands" like Velvet Revolver / Audioslave and the comeback of Alice n Chains ... Rap & the Beyonce type of singer existed. (and it's in ... like a sideshow in the carnival now. And I don't get ... it...
What the hell ...Screen resolutions and the Speccy's limits?What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a …
What list of screen resolutions/palettes could the ZX Spectrum feasibly produce on a standard PAL TV if RAM, ULA or other space constraints is not a limiting factor. What are the theoretical limits for a 128K model for example and why?Recreated Spectrum .What do we get for the "now" (Aug 2017) best retail price of around £35?Well best/ cheapest retail prices can vary a bit so I thought it best to be specific. At this £35 price ,is it a good deal and what do we get ? A…
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The Chinese/UK context : ... selling "any old rubbish" and the ordinary Chinese person just has ... cases the original manufacturer may have lost some of the control ... over how the product ...Nintendo DS and the R4 cardsIt's been a long time since I had a Nintendo DS and I'm interested in getting back into using the ZXDS emulator. If I can get my hands on a Nintendo…
... DS and I'm interested in getting back into using the ZXDS ...When was the last time you walked into a shop and bought a game?With the rise of Play.com and digital downloads does anyone actually still actually go to games shops and buy games? I was in Game recently and the …
With the rise of Play.com and digital downloads does anyone actually ... /> I was in Game recently and the PC section was just a ... codes and a very small used section.
I think the last ... time i went into a shop and bought a ...Witchcraft: Nirvana, Bifröst and such[url="http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2011/10/buzzsaw-zx-spectrum.html"]"When considering this next to nearly every other ZX Spectrum game though, Buzzsaw is l…
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... in an interlude screen in The Lost Tapes Of Albion; being ... , the Lost Tapes Of Albion Nirvana interlude screens and so on, and it ... being aimed at. And the colours in the multi-colour area cycle ...Exciting news for visitors of WoS, Some new MIA games and alternate versions to be added to the siteThis is my 1st Post be gentle, I have quite a few games that have been listed as missing in action and have sent the games to Steven Brown (admin) to…
... as missing in action and have sent the games to Steven ... Brown (admin) to dump and convert the files who will then ... , WARLOCK by The Edge, YAHTZI by Workforce and the piece de resistance ... an ALTERNATE VERSION of ROBOTRON 2084 the ...The Cycles Disk, stuck on picture of bike and bottom of screen is blue?Have a Loose Disk of The Cycles by Accolade, made a DSK from it and loaded it in Spectaculator but it sticks on a screen that just shows a bike at th…
... of The Cycles by Accolade, made a DSK from it and loaded ... shows a bike at the top half and the bottom half is blue ... , pressed every key on the virtual ... screen and there is nothing to select? The same happens with the DSK ...iPhone and iPad woesJust back of a fantastic holiday and noticed that some older photos and recent holiday ones are missing from Mrs Rs ipad. We want to restore the pho…
... have been the cause of the lost photos to begin with. The older photos ... scenario the iPad syncs with the iPhone and gains the new photos and restores the older ... ones. Worst case scenario the ...ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 03 November 2018Saturday 03 November 2018 Happy "Eat All Of Your Kids' Halloween Sweets" week! There's lots of good stuff this update - keep up the good work, folks…
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* Paul "EQ" Collins provided corrections for the solutions for Custerd ... /> MiniExplorer XXXI, Monty Mole, The Temple of Lost Souls, Monty's Last ... Warrior,
Ramsbottom Smith and the Quest for the Yellow Spheroid, Riptoff Plus ...How are LAST-K and FLAGS set on a Real Spectrum?Hi, I'm writing a Spectrum emulator and I've got Horace and the Spiders working (with the wrong colours and no sound) but when I boot into ROM non…
... 've got Horace and the Spiders working (with the wrong colours and no sound ... realised it's because Horace and the Spiders uses IN to read ... is set to 1 and the value of the key is stored in ... -K, only the last one is recognised and the rest are lost...is this ...JSW Central - a website dedicated to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy games for the ZX SpectrumAs the 35th birthday of "Jet Set Willy" [url="https://www.playexpomanchester.com/news/matthew-smith-joins-us-at-play-expo-manchester-for-jet-set-will…
... , plus one entry in the JSWII category and 10 entries in "MM ... pages for Versions of the original MM and 25 pages for Versions ... 's exquisite game mechanics, and the people who have devoted their ... black T-shirt with the figure of Willy and the address of JSW ...The trials and tribulations of the external tape recorderAnd you may find this a strange topic, because having been a +2 owner for the last 31-and-a bit years, it's not something I've had to deal with in th…
... the tape was clearly dragging inside the shell and the sound was all over the ... />
So I took the recorder and played the Oh Mummy tape into ... distortion on both the pilot tone and the lower frequency on the data tone ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 30 July 2019Tuesday 30 July 2019 A bit of a delay with this update - Real Life and all that. Hopefully it's worth it! * Andy Ford sent in POKEs for Amusemen…
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* Paul "EQ" Collins sent in a correction for the solutions for ... /> For Your Thighs Only and Spiro Legacy, The and a cheat for
Kewin II, Krap Park, Lost Dragon, The,
Lost Little Spaceman, Mayday, Na ...The Rise and Fall of Timex DundeeDunno if anyone will be interested but this documentary is on at 10pm on BBC Scotland tonight. It might make it's way to the iPlayer, dunno if that'…
... make it's way to the iPlayer, dunno if that's ... />
Probably won't mention the Speccy being made there as ... /> Here's an article about the strike and the program:
https://www ... .uk/fp/bbc-documentary-examines-the-deep-scars-left-from-dundee ...Great Manual ,"Shame About the Game" Yup I came across a 1984 ZX Spectrum program with a REALLY GOOD manual. All nicely printed with a ring bound back . I remember trying out similar st…
... ago and not being too impressed with the actual prog - but the ... . .
1984 was the year that some book publishers ... . But who did the books the best and the software the worst?
And have they lost the manual?The best 100 Beeper and AY commercial games tunes list - where it is?There used to be separate lists for the best beeper and the best Ay commercial games tunes, no homebrews. 100 games listed in each list, both were on…
... be separate lists for the best beeper and the best Ay commercial games ... each list, both were on the same page. I think I ... it now. Please give me the link. :)
