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timeless speccy gameswhich speccy games do you hold tobe worth playing today regardless of nostlgia-reasons (if possible not to "regard" them...), regardless historical c…
... , i'd have to name penetrator, saboteur1, combat lynx. others could ... -
non-speccy simple gemsi've realized, my absoluttely most favourite games are all quite simple, much simplier in a way, than lot of speccy complex titles. (and they're free…
... :-).) yet, i could count just penetrator among them from speccy titles ... -
Email notification services?Can anyone recommend a good free email notification service? On the old server for the RZX Archive I had this procedure to automatically fire off em…
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unheralded classic games...(in your opinion, of course.) [U]Kane[/U] great cowboy adventure game in 4 stages, I used to play this all the time. 1. shoot birds down (presumabl…
... to roast over the camp fire) 2. jump over bushes in ... -
ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Party Willy [Special Edition 2007]Today (23rd April) is the third anniversary of the full release of [i]Party Willy[/i], Daniela Hantuchov?'s 24th birthday, Nicole Vaidi?ov?'s 18th bi…
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back to skoolSuch a great game. Of all the games ive gone back and played this and its prequel are among the few that really stand up even by today's standards. …
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Never mind grand theft auto it was skool daze and ... -
Wired Programmable Interface?I had this thing that was a programmable joystick interface, but rather than programme it with software you had to plug in a load of wires!! It plug…
... you to have two seperate fire button actions (if you had ... a joystick with two unique fire buttons, which I did), for ... -
Some more off-topic questions...Just some more things I wonder about, especially when I can't sleep (I hate insomnia)... 1) Do jet packs actually exist? You never see them, even…
... and more console FPSs have auto-aim that you can't ... with a controller without using auto-aim, with a little skill ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 05 May 2007Saturday 05 May 2007 April's update in, erm, May.. Oops! * The mysteriously named Stu submitted corrections for Cybernoid, Dragon's Lair, Star War…
... Who Loved Me, The , Great Fire of London, The ,
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Favourite JoysticksWhat was your favourite joystick? I started off with the Quickfire II that came with my Speccy 48k+, but soon found it was not much cop. The contact…
... was it had two independant fire buttons, so if you had ... micro-switches and two seperate fire buttons. I do't think ... Cheetah joystick that had 4 fire buttons, but of course all ... -
My SurplusHere's a list of stuff that I plan to sell. Please let me know if you're interested in any of the items listed below. If you need pictures or more de…
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How did games started with LOAD "" CODE auto-start?Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading…
Some early games (l remember for example [B]Galaxians[/B] from 1982) was loaded with LOAD "" CODE, which in one single block first loaded the loading screen, then rest of the game code which then automaticly starts.
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Game OptimisationBelow is a section of code Im using for movement enermy display and collision detect. What happens is that you move the sight with ,.qa and space do…
... ,.qa and space does the fire. If the sight is over ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 29 May 2007Tuesday 29 May 2007 May's update in May. Spook, eh?! * Ladderman AKA Colin Attle sent in new maps for Galactic Gunners , Ku-Ku , Punk Star , Shark …
... , The, Dodo, Damn, Feuerfaust, Die, Fire Ruby, The, Fuseman,
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Questionable EthicsI've just got hold of (ahem) a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City and the C64 styled loading intro is putting me off playing the game does anyone …
I've just got hold of (ahem) a copy of Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
and the C64 styled loading intro is putting me off playing the game
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I'll name that game in ...I was about to recommend Astro Blaster to someone, when I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders …
... Melbourne House. It wasn't Penetrator. It was a pretty well ... -
sound effect code causing crash[FONT=Courier New]I have just written this piece of code to produce a lazer sound effect but for some reason it is causing a crash and I can't figure…
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ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 05 August 2007Sunday 05 August 2007 A huge July (ahem! Ed) update in the form of massive amounts of tips, POKEs and maps - hurrah! * A new Good Egg called Archie …
... Jack , Kane , Mailstrom ,
Mandragore , Penetrator , rEdIvIvUs , Rescate Atlantida ,
Tales ... -
getting files onto disks for +3sI'm starting to get exasperated now! How can I get spectrum programs onto 3.5" disks to use with my +3. I used to have a sure fire method, that worke…
... used to have a sure fire method, that worked perfectly, but ... -
Rubbish games that your mates LOVED!A friend of mine absolutely adored, 'Rapid Fire' by Mastertronic [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004028[/url] Blimey, he dra…
... of mine absolutely adored, 'Rapid Fire' by Mastertronic
[url ... L=Left R=Right F=Fire and studied the keyboard to ... -
Amaurote - help neededHow do I detonate a Supa Bomb in Amaurote? I have radioed to have one sent and picked it up, but pressing fire seems only activate the bouncing bombs…
... picked it up, but pressing fire seems only activate the bouncing ... -
The actual top ten Spectrum games EVER! : )I had a free moment and collected all the votes from the thread of "Top 10 Spectrum games ever". ([I][url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/show…
USB cassette decksI've been preserving my ZX81 tapes using a combination of a portable (not walkman) cassette player, Hi-Fi amplifier, ground loop filter and iMic, whi…
... and number of connections; no auto-reverse on the portable tape ... pretty good features (low noise, auto-reverse, recording, portability, etc.) to ...What I hate about computers and/or video gamingYesterday I spent approximately four months (subjecively that is, objectively it was around two to three hours) fixing my mate's PC. I won't bore you…
... in the 1980s? Set on fire, stood on by an elephant ... . Alter the controls for alternate fire? No chance. Arrrgggghhhh! This applies ...Emulator Multi ScreenI registered the wonderfull Spectaculator a while ago. I've recently upgraded my system and now have TV out. It's good. I have configured MAME 32 to …
... on my monitor. When I fire up a game it runs ...Viking RaidersHaving mentioned this game several times in the last week or so I was burning a Speccy EMU disk for my Dreamcast this weekend and got to playing it o…
... the map but when you fire yours your limited to distance ...River RaidOooo just been playing this on the old Girl. What a fantastic game. I remember playing it in the front room of a friends house after school years ago…
... my speccy so I can fire up the old competition pro ...Put a face to the name[url]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v400/zxspectrum/63e0b3d5.gif[/url] There. Fire-up Photoshop if you would like! And since I'm posting my pic,…
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