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Audio format archiveHi, just got my hands on a Spectrum+ having not had one since my original 48k (upgraded 16k that I waited for when it was originally launched - a pai…
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Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
I've just posted my answers. But I want to shout it loud: The Spectrum version of Wizball is brilliant and I still enjoy playing it!!! Whoever says it's utter pants should be forced to play the C64 version of Enduro Racer. -
Just curious: are we all guys?I was wondering if this spectrum retro mania only affects guys, or if perhaps there are girls around too. And if not: why?! Not that gender is releva…
The chat-up line "wanna see what I've got for my PlayStation 2 and GameCube" doesn't work either!!
WHAT DO THEY WANT??? -
Games overrated by MagazinesI know this is a little ambigious (LMLWD) as your worst game could be someone else's best, but sometimes didn't a games review seem a little overboar…
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The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…
... 1 and 2 were completely brilliant games on the C64. The ... -
Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
... play the C64 version its brilliant and unrecognisable as the same ... -
ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…
... to agree that Commando was brilliant. But I quite liked the ... colour scrolling in Lightforce too. Brilliant!
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heavy on the magick question?in the heavy on the magick manual it mentioned four sequals. where they ever relases. the names i think where castle pilefoot pardise regaglo tombo…
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speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
... Stellar demo is mind-blowing!! Brilliant!
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What Spectrum games do you play most, currently?What Spectrum games do you play most, currently? Mine are: -Match Day -Match Point -Decathlon
Update on wot I'm playing currently:
1) Dan Dare 3 (Speccy)
2) Super Metroid (SNES! Brilliant game!)
3) Chaos Engine (SNES. Great stuff again)
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Costa Panayi (what did u think of his games?)Costa Panayi, underrated Speccy programmer in my book. Although his games were difficult, they were never impossible, all they required were practic…
Highway Encounter. Tornado Low Level. Cyclone. Deflektor. H.A.T.E. Famous, brilliant games, real classics. And who programmed them? Costa Panayi. So I think that playing those gems says a lot more than mere words... -
girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
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MICRO=GEN Owner Died Yesterday.Mike Meek died yesterday. He was owner of Micro Gen. Rest in Peace and thanks for great memories. ============================================ [B]…
RIP. May the lord be merciful to him for releasing some brilliant games on an unsupecting unwitting audience! Amen! -
RealspectrumCan anyone tell me why sometimes when I launch realspectrum it locks up on the welcome screen? I am running it in a DOS shell within windows 98. I'm …
... again and the sound was brilliant. Maybe it is not as ... heard, the Currah speech is brilliant too.
Fraser ... -
Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
Operation Wolf was a brilliant conversion to the speccy. I ... -
Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
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Operation Wolf was a brilliant conversion to the speccy. I ... -
Fist PC: Remake of 'The Way of the Exploding Fist' The first demo of the remake is near, take a look at these screenshots of the game in action: [url="http://ses.mgbr.net/prj/fistpc/shoot1.gif"]scr…
hi there ses, just seen the screen shots of the remake and downloading the demo and hopefully the full version pretty soon :)
and keep up the brilliant work :)
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are games?................are games made today just as playable as they were in the 80's?
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which spectrum?.......hi everybody, which zx spectrum had the best games specially written for them and why? was it: zx spectrum 16k " 48k " +2
48K. Would never had games like Batman, Head over heels, Level 9 adventures, Robocop, Trapdoor, etc otherwise would we? All brilliant games! All for the 48K! Besides, 48K could run 16K games anyway, so there! -
are games?................are games made today just as playable as they were in the 80's?
... played this? It's a brilliant game. No prizes for the ... -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
... to be dead now)
playstation
Nintendo64
invader from ... -
CoinOp conversions not doneAt eighties almost every CoinOp machine who succeed were converted to home computers.. but wich nice coinop you liked never were made to speccy?? To…
Sky Kid. That game was brilliant.
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Best Speccy ProgrammersRe-post from the thread "Who is your fav speccy programmer". It was getting rather unwieldy so I thought I'll post a new topic on this. So, after mu…
... updated to include the infernally brilliant Deflektor? Cheers. :)
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Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
... . Overall it's still a brilliant game. (BTW does anyone know ... Heels. But HoH is so brilliant anyway, there's few things ... -
Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
... . Overall it's still a brilliant game. (BTW does anyone know ... -
Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
... . Overall it's still a brilliant game. (BTW does anyone know ... -
ANN: ZXF - a new, free spectrum magazineHello all, I've been working away on a new - free - PDF Spectrum magazine for the last couple of months and I'm pleased to announce issue one of 'ZX…
... words of David Darling... ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!!! -
Bowie fans in WoSAfter a successful upgrading of my PC I found that my previous internal 56K modem was bwehaving strangely to say the least. Days passed and I could n…
... /> Well, what can I say? Brilliant, he was in great shape ...