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  • Best joystickWhat was your best joystick to use for the Speccy? Mine would have to go to the Atari VCS original. This was a joystick that could live thru just ab…

    ... fair, everyone had to play once using keyboard and once using joystick. My mates ... were convinced my keyboard was broken ... , 'cos I beat their scores using the ...
    Derek Glen Derek Glen March 2002 Games
  • How can I play Elite on my win 98 system?Erm, as the title says, really. i downloaded a speccy emulator at work plus Elite from "World of Spectrum" site but it just seems to be a screenshot…

    ... speccy emulator at work plus Elite from "World of Spectrum" site ...
    simon simon September 2001 Games
  • zx elite missionsHi all, I am big fan of original elite and love zx version too much because it was forst elite i played. I actualy own ZX 128k and c64 original pack…

    ... big fan of original elite and love zx version ... much because it was forst elite i played. I actualy ... and others. I wanna play elite again on zx emulator and ... with imported original cool elite 48k font into 128k ... of my original 128k elite tape with digital cd ...
    tomas tomas January 2004 Games
  • ELITE - how do you save your position?Recently downloaded the SPIN Spectrum emulator, and have got back into ELITE again after 20 years - GREAT! Can anybody explain how I can save and re…

    ... , and have got back into ELITE again after 20 years - GREAT ... re-load my position in ELITE using the tape functions in this ...
    ChrisHR ChrisHR August 2006 Games
  • The Amazing Rocketeer[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017643"]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think it may offer Ke…

    ... "]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I ... order to be able to play it using a standard laptop?
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack June 2007 Games
  • Fired up my Speccy today...It's true, after more than 20 years, I dug my 48k Spectrum out of the cupboard, popped out to Maplin to buy a suitable PSU, set it all up and tuned i…

    ... /> Even though I'd been using an emulator on my Nintendo ... it will come out to play. And it would be sad ... right size so I can play Elite, or convince myself that it ...
    Dirtymojo Dirtymojo August 2011 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Bug in Fuse 1.1.1 recording RZX filesI've spent a few hours trying to record a completion run of Rasterscan for the RZX Archive website. The recording seemingly records file, and I've m…

    ... game, but every time I play the .rzx files back in ... 8

    I'm using Fuse 1.1.1 with ... in 48k mode, and using keyboard controls to play.

    Is there ...
    matja matja December 2013 Emulators
  • The best version of Elite?Various versions of Elite are mentioned in another thread ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48049"]Elite Dangerous: The o…

    ... forums/showthread.php?t=48049"]Elite Dangerous: The origin story[/ ... that time). I did play Elite on a couple of mates ... version for the PC called Elite +, though I don't ... I did try to like Elite 2: Frontier, on the ... I tried again to like Elite 2 and 3: First ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2014 Games
  • Could ELITE's wireframe graphics be improvedWas watching this video last night comparing the BBC and Spectrum version of Elite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ov4OAteeGWs It seems that the…

    ... BBC and Spectrum version of Elite:
    https://www.youtube.com ... happy to be able to play Elite!). And while I'm not ... gameplay is so complicated in Elite that means there's less ... gameplay is much simpler than Elite.

    For another comparison ...
    Gwyn Gwyn August 2015 Games
  • What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…

    ... ll second that enthusiasm for Elite.

    What ... 5 weeks, with only Elite loaded. My dad switched ... see that I have to play Elite again. Not only to ... amusing the go from "Elite" with a kick-ass ... made it to Elite status without even using the hyper- ...
    eFrisky eFrisky September 2002 Games
  • Elite - %@$(*!$!*(%! dockingAllright, all you die-hard Elite veterans out there, a neophyte needs your help ! I know the age-old 'trick' for docking is to run up near the stati…

    Heheh cheerz , never got to play it and couldnt find it ... ya REALLY want to play elite , id stop using the limited speccy version ... a copy of TNK and play that version instead.
    Its ...
    Sard Sard December 2003 Games
  • USB control padI recently bought a cheapo USB pad, and I've found that it makes the likes of Cookie, Knight Lore, Sabre Wulf etc. much easier to control than if I w…

    I agree with thomas3120, the gamepad is king. I use a Comcon interface with my two-button pad, and it allows me to play games using both buttons, so now Atic Atac can be played without touching the keyboard! The best thing I ever got for the Spectrum.
    Spector Spector January 2004 Games
  • USB control padI recently bought a cheapo USB pad, and I've found that it makes the likes of Cookie, Knight Lore, Sabre Wulf etc. much easier to control than if I w…

    ... , and it allows me to play games using both buttons, so now ... be played without touching the keyboard! The best thing I ever ...
    thomas3120 thomas3120 January 2004 Games
  • Joystick JockeyWho needed to have an interface then to play their favourite games? I always prefered the more responsive method of the keyboard and still do to thi…

    Uchi Mata deserves a mention as a rare joystick-essential game. It's the only Spectrum game I know of that is impossible to play (properly) using the keyboard, although you can try...
    jil jil August 2004 Games
  • Joystick JockeyWho needed to have an interface then to play their favourite games? I always prefered the more responsive method of the keyboard and still do to thi…

    ... that is impossible to play (properly) using the keyboard, although you can try ...
    General_Zod General_Zod August 2004 Games
  • Joystick JockeyWho needed to have an interface then to play their favourite games? I always prefered the more responsive method of the keyboard and still do to thi…

    ... that is impossible to play (properly) using the keyboard, although you can try ... . :)
    Anyway i always use keyboard for every game. QAOPM whenever ...
    Andris71 Andris71 August 2004 Games
  • Insanely difficult gamesOK, folks, so we know Speccy games were difficult in general. But have you ever played some games which were totally unfair from your point of view ?…

    ... 's not enough for you, play the Mekon. You have to ... /> [/quote]
    I never did play Dan Dare 2 as the ... . Of course, this was done using an Atari [2600] joystick - the ... really is and to play it using the keyboard is nigh on impossible ...
    redballoon redballoon April 2005 Games
  • EliteWhy was there never an Elite II on the 8 bits?? Surely this was a lucrative license. Or was it the perfect game.... _________________ The grass is …

    ... X3) are very much like Elite, but lack a certain something ... s strange -

    In Elite, each "system" was small, consisting ... using a jumpgate. Which is crap.

    I think that Elite ... .

    And I still play Elite today.

    As ...
    Dunny Dunny December 2005 Games
  • Your views on...Stop The Express[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Stop+the+Express$&pub=^Sinclair+Research+Ltd$&loadpics=on]Stop The Express[/url] I never re…

    The keyboard layout was indeed awful, but you could play it using the Sinclair ...
    Matt_B Matt_B January 2007 Games
  • The Amazing Rocketeer[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017643"]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I think it may offer Ke…

    ... "]This game[/URL] has no keyboard controls in the instructions. I ... order to be able to play it using a standard laptop?[/QUOTE ...
    bobs bobs June 2007 Games
  • another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)

    ... very good way to play Elite..is using a c64 emu and turning ...
    Sard Sard January 2008 Games
  • another c64 vs. Speccy site...[url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] 25 years and we are still brawling.. ;)

    ... very good way to play Elite..is using a c64 emu and turning ... be half the speed of Elite on a BBC.

    Anyway, Elite is one of the better ...
    Matt_B Matt_B January 2008 Games
  • Detecting a Kempton joystick...I've been playing with the idea in the games I'm currently developing so that once the Kempston joystick has been selected you can hold FIRE down to …

    ... interface attached then it used keyboard input, but if you loaded ... joystick, and you couldn't play it using the keys.

    using keys, and I only had ... that had such a terrible keyboard layout (Atic Atac, PSSST etc ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2008 Development
  • Detecting a Kempton joystick...I've been playing with the idea in the games I'm currently developing so that once the Kempston joystick has been selected you can hold FIRE down to …

    ... interface attached then it used keyboard input, but if you ... joystick, and you couldn't play it using the keys.
    < ... of those people who prefered using keys, and I only ... that had such a terrible keyboard layout (Atic Atac, PSSST ... to return to the keyboard. :)
    bobs bobs January 2008 Development
  • Favorite C64 games?It seems that the guys over at [url=http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=27077]Lemon[/url] are finally admitting that they like Spectrum game…

    ... fanatics would never bother to play c64 games.[/QUOTE]

    using computers (as I do the ... a kid.

    I play C64 games on emulators- for ... to teach me how to play Elite. I couldn't give a ...
    Vampyre Vampyre May 2008 Chit chat
  • Games that you've realised you would never have the patience or skill to finishBack in the day, there where plenty of games I could never finish, now that I'm not a toddler any more, and that I've spent enough time in WOS and pl…

    Once I attained Elite status, I stopped playing the game, don't even play it using emulators.
    Vanamonde Vanamonde May 2009 Games
  • Which speccy do you use & why ?I`m lucky enough to have the choice of using a 48K original, a 48K+ and a 128+2B Sometimes I prefer the 128 because of it`s nice keyboard, crisp pic…

    ... grey +2 because of the keyboard and its very pleasing looks ... in looks and a decent keyboard, it made up for it ... only one that I could play Elite on. I also had a ...
    Dave Fountain Dave Fountain July 2009 Hardware
  • Which speccy do you use & why ?I`m lucky enough to have the choice of using a 48K original, a 48K+ and a 128+2B Sometimes I prefer the 128 because of it`s nice keyboard, crisp pic…

    ... Differences in convenience of using Spectrum 48 keyboard (rubber) and Timex ... 2048 keyboard (plastic) are rather not ... , so I never play games on them both on keyboard.
    ... do something related more with using keyboard (and less with joystick' ...
    Mister Beep Mister Beep July 2009 Hardware
  • Emulator for Windows Mobile (with virtual keyboard-joypad)?I think that the Windows Mobile platform has been neglected from emulator devs. Most of the emus do not run (FuseSP etc) while others need keyboard …

    Have you actually tried to play a game?

    The ... on earth can you play Commando using the virtual keyboard and the pen ...
    Pyjamarama Pyjamarama May 2010 Emulators
  • Emulator for Windows Mobile (with virtual keyboard-joypad)?I think that the Windows Mobile platform has been neglected from emulator devs. Most of the emus do not run (FuseSP etc) while others need keyboard …

    ... on earth can you play Commando using the virtual keyboard and the pen ...
    ccowley ccowley May 2010 Emulators
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