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Games that couldn't be made now.A little explanation here... I not talking about genres such as text adventures which aren't made because they've fallen out of favour and aren't co…
... because they've fallen out of favour and aren't commercially ... ] et al). I'm thinking of games that for various reasons such ... />
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bbc britian on film . joy of tech[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p65b7[/url] 1960 stuff, not much on computers so far and battersea power station was still going !! (think i…
[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01p65b7[/url]
1960 stuff, not much on computers so far and battersea power station was still going !! (think it was the set of games master IRC) -
Peterbourgh WH Smiths [?] 1980'snice article in our favourite paper, about a photographer who took pics of everyday life in the 1970's / 1980's in Peterbourgh [URL="http://www.dail…
... , about a photographer who took pics of everyday life in the 1970 ... /news/article-2246418/Punks-video-games-kids-just-hanging-How-Paparazzo ... -
Game of 1987 and Bomb JackJust got shy of 20K for bomb jack. I am continually drawn to quick blasts of easy-to-remember games. But, I turned 18 in 1987 so there are lots of g…
Just got shy of 20K for bomb jack. I ... drawn to quick blasts of easy-to-remember games.
But ... 1987 so there are lots of games from this year onwards that ... /> So, what was the game of 87, guys?
Current ... -
+2B and Lots of Extras!Have a +2B, Alphacom Printer, Tape Deck, Light Gun and a load of games on eBay. You can view the auction [URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl…
... , Light Gun and a load of games on eBay.
You ... -
Spectrum +3 Disk GamesGreetings from Finland. I have some disk games for sale (in original boxes): 1) Artura 2) International Karate 3) Hercules - Slayer of the Damned 4…
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I have some disk games for sale (in original boxes ... Karate
3) Hercules - Slayer of the Damned
4) Shoot ... (big box)
Image of games:
[URL="[URL]http://aijaa ... more information about shipping and games.
My ebay ... -
Leappad / Leappad 2 / Leapster GamesMy 5 year old son had a Leappad 2 for Christmas, which he loves. His birthday is coming up soon and I wanted to get him some games. The Leappad 2 w…
... play all Leappad and Leapster games, but they are quite ... decent reviews for them. The games are big on education, ... some simple arcade-y types of games preferably.
Can ... anyone recommend any good games, either cartridge or download, for ... -
Game Of The Year 1986 (multiple choice)loading. loaded. lots of games. some famous ones have been left out. votes for the left-out's: +1 phantomas 2 (juanramirez)
loading.
loaded.
lots of games.
some famous ones have been left out.
votes for the left-out's:
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Official rental gamesBack in the day (1983ish), a video rental shop near a friend had a range of games that were made exclusively for rental customers. We hired a couple…
... a friend had a range of games that were made exclusively for ... purple stripes, but not any of the games!
Does this ... -
Is anyone else really bad at games?Or is it just me? I do wonder sometimes. A new game comes up and people ooh and aah, and say it took them an hour to complete, and it's a bit short.…
... explains why steam is full of games I never completed.
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3D Spawn of Evil (DK'Tronics Ltd) - Name/cover variation?[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004697[/url] Just picked up a copy of this and the cover (but not the spine) refers to it as …
... /> Just picked up a copy of this and the cover (but ... to it as 3D Spawn of Evil and the picture is ... assume it'll match one of the versions already in the ... was in the same bundle of games has got some hand written ... -
Speccy collection prepping for sale - Pics includedHi guys, I made a post a while back about having to shift my sizeable collection due to incoming sprog. I gave up typing up the names, so I'm going…
... one hence the small amount of games. I'll edit this ... and Box Two holds 233 games. This may take some ... Most Sport
50 Games on One Great Cassette
Nonamed
Now Games 2 - Air Wolf, Chuckie Egg ... World Cup
Now Games 3 - Nick Faldo Plays the ... -
Finally made my own joystick!Though I would post some pics of it here. The three knobs at the top allow me to assign each fire button to either fire, up or down. This means on pl…
Though I would post some pics of it here. The three knobs ... down. This means on platform games I can assign a button ... -
Mini project: SpecPad, Kempston to SJS 1 & 2Hello, Just finished a small project with a Genesis gamepad I had or was using on my Speccys. I added a cheapo decal...will probably go get a vinyl o…
... SJS ports on the side of my +3. This way (for ... total of 3 buttons to use on the gamepad and games that ... .
Here are some pics of my SpecPad:
[URL=http ... -
Free/cheap gamesJust found GOG are giving away Torchlight until 20 June 19.59 GMT [url]http://www.gog.com/[/url] And this lot are giving you a load of games includi…
... are giving you a load of games including Frozen Synapse, Broken Sword ... -
Games that can be started and played with joystick onlyHi All I have put Spectaculator on my arcade cabinet (running in Gameex). What I am looking for is a list of games which can be started and played b…
... looking for is a list of games which can be started and ... -
Childhood moments with my SpeccyHey everyone. The other day I randomly came across a tumblr page called "Me and My ZX Spectrum" ([url]http://meandmyzxspectrum.tumblr.com[/url]) …
... and load one of my favorite games from cassette. These ... sneak into their parents' room. We found the box ... and ran out of the room. A couple of weeks later, ... put in front of the living room TV. The TV ... rectangular) pixels. Speccy games looked so much higher- ... -
Various Spectrum Games + Printztronic Tournament VC 6000lo folks, another month, another auction :) A fair few speccy games, and something for the more...broad..collector. Namely a Printztronic Tournamen…
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A fair few speccy games, and something for the more ... .:)
A whole bundle of games for it too, in atari ... -
Games that checksum the ROMHello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searc…
Hello, is there a list of games that checksum the ROM and won't run (or maybe exhibit a different behaviour) unless it is the original 48k one? Searched the forum but only found reference to the fact they exist and may be quite many.
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UK magazine-alert: Miner Willy's Retirement HomeIssue 122 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine features a paper Jet Set Willy game named [i]Miner Willy's Retirement Home[/i], pieced together by Martyn Ca…
... games.
The four-page article has a screenshot of each room ... , forming a map of 3 rows and ... describe each room.
Here is the complete list of rooms ... Nasium
[8,1] The Games Room
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Spectrum Hard drivesExcuse the noobish question but of late I've been using emulators not the real hardware, but in the next couple of days I should be moving into my ne…
Excuse the noobish question but of late I've been using ... , but in the next couple of days I should be moving ... ...or in fact playing lots of games so was wondering if some ... off into the darkest corners of the room... -
Collecting gamesWell I have turned my back on my divIDE and i want ot use my spectrum like i did when i was a kid. So I had some money saved up and went on a buying …
... doing some proper reviews of games with the real hardware ... /> Is there any rare games that I should look out ... for ?
Games I bought are ...
< ... Ace (Uchi Mata, Way Of The Exploding Fist, Samuia ... Avenger, Bruce Lee, Way Of The Tiger, Kung Fu ... -
Land of Mire Mare[Quote]This game has to be considered as a tribute. It's inspired by the unreleased Mire Mare game & characters created by Ultimate Play The Game in …
... place in the Land of Mire Mare, where three ...
THE LEGEND OF THE THREE JEWELS
of keys.
Staff ... and the Sabreman series of games. So he used the ... .co.uk/binman/Land of Mire Mare.zip"]presentation ... -
Selling a load of games/utils.Just listed a load of software on ebay. Shadow of the unicorn, Knightlore, Fists of fury, Swords and sorcery, war in middle earth, Exolon, The Illust…
Just listed a load of software on ebay.
Shadow of the unicorn ... , Knightlore, Fists of fury, Swords and ... -
30th Anniversary of Scream! comicIt's the 30th anniversary of [i]Fleetway's[/i] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream!"][b]Scream![/b][/url] this year, so for a bit of fun my bro…
It's the 30th anniversary of [i]Fleetway's[/i] [url=" ... year, so for a bit of fun my brother has decided ... /> So yeah, post up your pics of The Reaper's true face ... rolling....done in the spirit of the drawings sent in to ... -
ZX Alien Breed - WIPI'm sure a lot of you have seen the discussion in the New Game Ideas area about a Speccy version of the classic Amiga game Alien Breed. I've been dro…
... sprite and a couple of other sub-processes which ... always been my preferred method of games writing. In fact, on ... I use creates screens of about 450bytes, so I ... ://www.luweb.co.uk/pics/AB-Screenshot1.png[/IMG]< ... mock-ups in the New Games forum, but it does ... -
What's so good about the Metal Gear Solid games?Since I posted about the Castlevania games, I thought I'd do the same about another series that I've seen endlessly praised, but never played any of;…
... I posted about the Castlevania games, I thought I'd do ... played any of; the Metal Gear Solid games. Another series of games that seem ... .
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Two player, split screen Speccy gamesWhat are you favs? I'm referring to the type of games where you and a friend shared a Speccy keyboard with the corresponding game play split on the…
What are you favs?
I'm referring to the type of games where you and a friend shared a Speccy keyboard with the corresponding game play split on the screen.
Dog fighting in Top Gun was great fun. -
Health and Safety abuse in games40 years ago the Health and Safety Act was introduced in the UK and in recent years, due to the "where's there's blame there's a claim" culture that …
... in mind can you think of games that would make H & ... -
Games With AY Music But Not In GameI was listening to the archive on Project AY today (as it's better than what you get on the radio right now) and noticed that a couple of games had f…
... ) and noticed that a couple of games had full AY soundtracks but ... it.
A couple of examples were Smash TV and ...
