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Keith Campbell passes awayRead over on the Retro Gamer forums the very sad news that Keith Campbell passed away last year. He had a great adventure column in C & VG for many …
... a controversial figure at times too. You should read the comments ... =0006780"]The Pen And The Dark[/URL]. -
Favourite Gaming moment of the last 25 yearsin a continuation of the 25 years thread what's you favourite moment it could be anything a sprite, a soundbite a loading screen anything mime is w…
... waiting for it to get dark, and then sneaking around outside ... is among my "favourite moments" too.
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Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…
... ZX over the c64 version. Too many ships missing , features not ... 3D Space games (e.g. Dark Star, Starstrike, Starion) on the ... -
Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…
... the other pirates shot me too.
[QUOTE]Dont get ... sure about Design Design though. Dark Star is blindingly fast, but ... -
WOOOH nice find today :)all my retro game goodness came today :P nearly orgasmed in a charity shop today as i came across all the following .....boxed a gamegear (with powe…
... , the tv tuner works (better picture than normal portable tvs tbh ... so far and stopped...game too technical maybe)
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Speccy MixupBoredom strikes! I've mixed up elements from ten speccy games into this picture. First one to guess them all wins, uh, an imaginary pat on the back. …
a - Python, Elite
b - Unkown, Dark Star?
c - Too small really to make a guess
d - Cobra Mk 3 - Elite
e - No idea
f - Enemy ship, Star Strike
g - No idea
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Speccy MixupBoredom strikes! I've mixed up elements from ten speccy games into this picture. First one to guess them all wins, uh, an imaginary pat on the back. …
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b - Unkown, Dark Star?... yep
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On a 48K issue 6A......how can i isolate the 32K block? I want to test if there is any fault on the 4116's , leaving the 4532's out of the equation. Will removing the …
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Test IC28 74LS04 too.[/QUOTE]
The lower ... the LM? Swapped that one too.
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Zombies!!!Anyone around here pay Zombies!!! by twilight creations? I've gone and got myself addicted to it :D
... people on ere' aren't too fond of them though.[/QUOTE ... off, forgetting Alone in the Dark on the PC came first ... -
Paisley and O'Hern lovefestMister Paisley shakes Mister O'Hern's hand. A rainbow bursts out of the clouds and peace reigns over Northern Ireland. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1…
... pub (the Manx £5 - the picture is of Castle Rushen, but ... the picture also includes the Glue Pot ... if your media player is too lame). -
The long view of TV out qualityAs time went on, Sinclair improved the analogue side to give better picture quality. It's therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I currentl…
... in your TV. It sounds too easy for me, but it ... and that gives a good picture through the composite input on ... -
Best 48k Music everI've just been listening to the 48k music for Agent X (which i've since converted to .AMR and now have as a ringtone :smile: ) and in my humble opini…
Yep, Tim Follin's 5 chans beeper stuff is simply impressive! But I'd like to throw in the multichannel routine of Dark Fusion too, great digidrums!
Oh, Firefly has two nice tunes.
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Speccy 128Im looking to buy a speccy 128 (pref the original sinclair model (even better with the additional keypad)) to replace my broken 48+. I dont have a jo…
ok got one membrane replaced! Ive managed to tune the tv to channel 36 but the picture isnt too good even with fine tuning. -
The long view of TV out qualityAs time went on, Sinclair improved the analogue side to give better picture quality. It's therefore ironic that out of the four Spectrums I currentl…
... bitch to get a good picture.
Mostly use the ... RF output level to be too high for some TV's ... -
RGB OutputWas there ever a device available for the 48 that had a RGB output ? As an alternative , what about using a pc monitor (iirc these have seperate syn…
... i think on white is too much voltage (unsure!)[/QUOTE]
too)) - without special bright control line ... ULA will get much ccleaner picture than via edge-connector.
Testing RAM Chips After RemovalHi I am going to use Winstons Hot Air Gun method of removing the RAM chips from a 4S circuit board. I wish to check the RAM chips, I have a Logic Pr…
... a general purpose ROM board too so I can use all ... before, but here's a picture of the board in action ...problem with sinclair zx 48 issue 6aHi all, I have the following problem when I turn on my sinclair without rom inserted. [url]http://217.79.64.145/sinclair/5.jpg[/url] when I turn o…
... /> my english is very bad too :(
Ii want to ... d19 I don't have picture of tv ula it became ... 5v on the left in picture and restore original scheme 12v ... /> I put the upper memory too( [url]http://217.79.64 ...Auntie remembers the Speccy[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/player/nol/newsid_6580000/newsid_6582200?redirect=6582255.stm&news=1&nbram=1&nbwm=1&bbram=1&bbwm=1[/url…
... plugged in, secondly the picture quality was far too good, and thirdly ...Old PC Games - What were your classics?I've been fiddling around with DOSBox V 0.70 the past couple of days, and have been playing some old games I used to love, including: Stonekeep Term…
[quote=misguided_fool;185860]Can't believe none of you have mentioned the 'Alone in the Dark' games.
Gameshy fops the lot of you.. :)[/quote]
I did sooo too very much mention the AitD games on page 3!!! :rolleyes: :grin:Reason for strange display layout?I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?
... scheme too such that the logic that built the screen picture read ... ported memory' which isn't too hard given that the slowest ...Reason for strange display layout?I have always wondered if there is any technical reason behind the strange layout of the display file or why did Sinclair choose to do it this way?
... scheme too such that the logic that built the screen picture read ...Wife's Cup-size. :DShe's having trouble finding a bra to fit. So off she goes on to Google to find a measurement chart. She's a DD by that. At least one of us is hap…
The jedi knight on the left doesnt look too impressed
The sort in this picture on the right looks alright !
[url]http://s43.photobucket.com/albums/e379/sharpe1814uk/?action=view¤t=monk2.jpg[/url]My first mapHi all, I just uploaded my first map: Android 1: The reactor run It was simple that's why I decided to make it. Comments please. Saso
... text in SPIN, make a picture-snapshot and paste it in ... be careful not to take too many snapshots. After 10 - 20 ... snapshot method hasn't changed too much since version 5 (iIrc ...My first mapHi all, I just uploaded my first map: Android 1: The reactor run It was simple that's why I decided to make it. Comments please. Saso
... text in SPIN, make a picture-snapshot and paste it in ... be careful not to take too many snapshots. After 10 - 20 ... snapshot method hasn't changed too much since version 5 (iIrc ...Problem with ZX Spectrum 128k +2B Tv Output and RGB imageHello, Last week I've been ofered with a ZX Spectrum 128k +2B but I have a problem with the tv out (through RF modulator) .The image is clear on the…
... screen (changing the letters colors too), as seen in RF Out ... RGB output (although the picture is too bright and I had to ...Problems with TS2068sI bought 2 TS2068s, and this is what's happening: 1st computer: -The tv output doesn't work. The composite video output does* -The '7' key is dead.…
... displayed correctly (blue looks like dark blue, red looks almost magenta ... the factory for correct tv picture output. You could try tweaking ... if you can improve the picture. They are marked VR1, VR2 ...Sunset on Mars'Night all. I'll leave you with this stunning pic taken by the NASA Mars Exploration Rover, Spirit, on May 19th 2005, as the Sun sank below the ri…
What an excellent picture!
I have an ... me know if it's too bright/weird/etc on your ...Death of CRT=Death of Spectrum?I was testing an old PC Engine console on the LCD TV in my house, and couldn't believe how awful the picture was. With giant ugly unblended pixels th…
... all, it's flatscreen monitors too. I've noticed that emulating ... flatscreen monitor), that the Speccy picture is all over. It's ... I'm talking newish games too.
So my conclusion ...Well, there we go...The beginning of the end for the humble C-90. [url]http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007210213,00.html[/url] Better stock up while there are so…
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Warning for the squeamish... Nasty picture on that link.
Andrew[/QUOTE]
You be watching too much Sharpe - maggots, parafin oil and best brown paper.
