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Name the game #1,351Okay, Think you were stranded somewhere and the game which boasted 1000s of screens was pretty much made up of yellow and black/red graphic 6s (or w…
... /> Think you were stranded somewhere and the game which boasted 1000s of ... of yellow and black/red graphic 6s (or whatever the key was ... />
Bit like FarCry on the Spectrum - literally!
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I just got Digi-cable.....Nice !I've just got digital cable in yesterday afternoon, so now I can finally watch Brit TV in the USA woohoo. Just watched the Everton and Portsmouth gam…
... in the USA woohoo. Just watched the Everton and Portsmouth game on the Fox ... me up for the Newcastle game, but we lost so I'm ... 've seen any real footy, and the only footy game I've ... got off the bench and played for LA Galaxy for the first time ... -
Commercial life of the 16 bits?Just sat here, browsing the archive looking at the game adverts. The Spectrum went North commercially around 1993, and the C64 managed to hold on (al…
... at the game adverts. The Spectrum went North commercially around 1993, and the C64 ... much longer did the 16-bit "replacements" the Amiga and the Atari ST really ... last after the demise of the Speccy ... -
new to spectrum and problem with +2Hello to all guys, I've been around in the forum since a couple of days now and I've been reading various threads. My small speccy history: I've re…
... /> Of course I took the speccy's and the other stuff in order ... to check and use :wink:
and clean the membranes and the rest of the parts.
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Willow Pattern and Treasure IslandWhy are the Firebird game Willow Pattern and the Mr Micro game Treasure Island (which I got with my Spectrum +2) so similar? They use basically all t…
Why are the Firebird game Willow Pattern and the Mr Micro game Treasure Island (which I got with my Spectrum +2) so similar?
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Who was the local psycho in your street?We had a guy who was a few years older than us, but a little bit slow. Still didn't stop him getting into heaps of trouble though... He used to sit …
... to sit on the little kids in the street and fart on their ... down the alleyway beside our house and turned into the street, with the other ... together when he stole it - and the handlebar came off in his ... bin stuffed to the brim with 10p whoppers and some such ... -
Lerm TUd and Transpack 2Martijn, Lerm Tape Utility D and Transpack 2 are one and the same thing... I have the tape in front of me, the tape is called Tape Utility D with T…
Martijn,
Lerm Tape Utility D and Transpack 2 are one and the same thing...
I have the tape in front of me, the tape is called Tape Utility D with TUd and COMB on Side A and the Transpack 2 software on Side B...
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What's the difference between ...... Northumbrian Pipes and the Bagpipes? . . . Northumbrian Pipes are a musical instrument.
... Northumbrian Pipes and the Bagpipes?
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The best portable machine for Spectrum emulation?Which is the best portable or handheld device for Spectrum and non-Spectrum emulation? I only have a PSP, and whilst it has some good emulators, the …
... (including Caps Shift held down) and the ability to hold Symbol Shift ... to be dying off, whereas the GP32 and Nintendo DS' homebrew scenes ... seen a GP32 at all, and the DSs I've seen contain ... no homebrew.)
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Into The Eagle's Nest (Players)Martijn, The Players re-release of Into The Eagle's Nest is currently incorrectly attributed to Players Premier.. The Players Premier re-release can…
Martijn,
The Players re-release of Into The Eagle's Nest is currently incorrectly attributed to Players Premier.. The Players Premier re-release can be removed and the Players entry promoted out of the STP list.
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If they'd have been released in the 80s...Hello again, Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url]…
... released back in the 80s or early 90s, and why? Here are ... Miner, which is already on the ZX81 - and if it had seen ... -stuff.co.uk/]Farmer Jack and the Hedge Monkeys[/url] would have ... /> Any more suggestions? And perhaps games for the Sam Coup? could also ... -
Alvin and the Chipmunks MIA[SIZE="1"][COLOR="Wheat"]I searched the forums before starting this thread.[/COLOR][/SIZE] So, we all know why this game is MIA. But my question is:…
... ="1"][COLOR="Wheat"]I searched the forums before starting this thread ... : Has anyone tried to contact the company to ask if it ... />
These are some of the sites that I visited yesterday ... . An ex-employee guarantees the game was finished. I would ... -
Old media is brilliant......because you never know what you might find on them. I've just been going through some second hand microdrive cartridges and found what seems to be…
... Norheim; the falcons of Mael; the dragons of Lanzarote and the white hart and the unicorn ... , magical Guardians of the two easterly ... dark things from the south.The High King was lost but the tide of ... -
CPU question about various emulators for and on various machinesRight, you know how nowadays the latest CPUs seem to be dual (or more) core 2.4GHz (or whatever speed) as opposed to, say, single core 5.8GHz? Now I …
... the XBox, and it only runs at the speed of a fast 386, and the ... or computers) could emulate Windows and the above games?
... would be a sequential process, and the host emulator would never know ... on a CPU? Will the 360 and the PS2 ever be able ( ... -
Any "Capture The Flag" games?There used to be a really good DOS game called Capture The Flag which featured two teams of players starting in a land area split in two. The object …
... good DOS game called Capture The Flag which featured two teams ... land area split in two. The object was to capture each ... across all sorts of terrain, and the map only revealing itself as ... ...
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Dan Isaaman's Computer games (to play and write)hi I own this book, and the publication date is 1983. I didn't quite know whether to put this in Infoseek or in MIA - but the book contains a whole …
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I own this book, and the publication date is 1983. I ... or in MIA - but the book contains a whole batch ... /> Nim 33
From the Depths of Time 37
Cowboys and Indians (which also has listings ... ...e.g. Over the Spectrum.
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Spin problems/issuesI am running Spin 0.666 and have noticed a few issues (some are bugs, some might be just me). I am using Vista sp1 (yeah I know!), and I've seen Dunn…
... visitor and it can't get lost unlike e-mail.
The ... NMI. No Multiface menu appears and the Spectrum is now locked up ... .dsk filename is still there and the eject button is greyed out ... -
Jack & The Beanstalk - Waking the GiantI am on the 4th screen - have stole the harp. How the fook do I exit this screen? Saw the walkthough on Youtube and the Giant WILL NOT wake up for …
I am on the 4th screen - have stole the harp.
How the fook do I exit this screen?
Saw the walkthough on Youtube and the Giant WILL NOT wake up for me
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Did you publish any hoax back in the day?I did tons of those. I need to explain the "setting" though: Around 1990, we had this computer classifieds magazine printed on thin crappy recycled p…
... you could also chit-chat, and the vast majority of this magazine ... a cable to the Gameboy and stick the cable up the "usual" parts ... I didn't like, and the same advert looking to buy ... complained about everyone taking the piss and that the section was going ... -
Punch up! Bruce Everiss mauled by the internet over why Imagine collapsed.I couldn't see this posted here so I thought I would post it. It kept me amused for at least half an hour. Bruce Everiss on his blog claims piracy br…
... software but other individuals in the comments section tend to disagree ... ... Lloyd Mangram even sticks the boot in a bit :)
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What utility/game software shipped with the +3?Like the Horizons tape for the 16&48k, the companion tape for the 48k+ and the tape that came with the 128k+. Was there a tape/disk for the +3?
Like the Horizons tape for the 16&48k, the companion tape for the 48k+ and the tape that came with the 128k+. Was there a tape/disk for the +3? -
Bad news for true science fiction fans...Terrible news. The BBC has aparently commissioned some new episodes of Blakes 7. Blakes 7, for those of you who've missed it, is arguably the great…
... population, prersumably due to the cost and relative newness of practical space ... some bad episodes, and the fourth (last) series lost the way somewhat, but it ... in the Fireplace, Blink!, the Human Nature double episode, the Blitz double episode and ... -
What spectrum game had the best ending.In the good old days of the Spectrum, lot of games did not have an ending. Once you completed the game you went straight back to the start again. Lik…
... booty after finding all the items and the golden key you went straight ... back to the start again.
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Bad composite video cable?Last week I received a 128K from Rich Mellor. I know he tested everything, which leads me to believe that the issues I'm having are related to my cur…
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I tried connecting the 128K to the aerial input on my ... many old threads and realize it could be that the RF ouput ... I get color, the noise increases greatly. The sound that's coming ... Paul Farrow's website and the cable has pins 1 and 2 soldered to the ... -
Was this the worst game compilation?Is this the worst compilation ever? [B][URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012017"]Power Plays[/URL][/B] from "The Power House"…
... from "The Power House" in 1987 costed ?9.99 and had eight ... games with the following scores in ... the archive:
... [/B][/INDENT]
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Classical music on the Speccy?While I was watching CVP409 videos on YT, I found a few movie scores and it made me start yet another topic about the AY chip. I know the beeper and…
... scores and it made me start yet another topic about the AY ... br />
I know the beeper and AY weren't designed to ... to compose something with strings and the PLAY command. :o AY ... sound generator for the purpose of melodies and effects, and we've come ... -
Porting 8k Adventure to SpectrumSomeone has tried to help me port 8k Adventure over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus far. It doesn't seem to work with the verbs, however. I tr…
... over to the spectrum. Here is the code thus ... br />
Here is the code:
5 ... : PRINT
"YOU FOUND THE SCEPTER!": STOP
81 LET ... THEN CLEAR : CLS : PRINT "THE END": STOP
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Name the game, pleaseCan anyone remember a game where the main character was a white space man sprite, and you flew around screens, comprising a massive maze, shooting ba…
... where the main character was a white space man sprite, and ... on either side, and the whole landscape of the game seemed very green ... and organic.
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New Wallace and Gromit film!Alright, so maybe this is already common knowledge for most people, but a new [I]Wallace and Gromit[/I] film is being made! It's called "[I]A matter …
... ]A matter of loaf and death[/I]" and is (provisionally) due out ... length film, like [I]The Curse of the Were-rabbit[/I]. I ... up to the standards of it's two sequels. And The [I]Curse ... of the Were-Rabbit[/I] was ... -
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull - Good? Bad?I thought it was indulgent mediocrity, but lets have a definitive poll on this. Comments on the movie [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/sho…
I thought it was indulgent mediocrity, but lets have a definitive poll on this.
Comments on the movie [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20701]go here[/url].
