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Weird dreamsI've been having some strange dreams lately. Two nights ago I dreamed I chopped up a midget with a chainsaw. When I woke up I was really freaked out…
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BigBadMick's Saturday Night TV extravaganzaHey Spec-chums! Well, I've spent a great night watching reality TV and light entertainment on Virgin cable and I just thought I'd share a few of the…
... 've watched a number of stars, out of a possible maximum ... . I give this 3/5 stars.
Next up was ... than he did. 2/5 stars.
Crazy In Love ... avoid the paparazzi. 1/5 stars.
In the ad ... -
Hunting for a Speccy 48k game.I remember back in the day, playing my 128k, a game that struck me for the simplicity, yet the involvement, the challenge, yet the linear infinite lo…
... linear infinite loop.
The plot was thus:
You were ... -
Vantage PointJust got back from seeing the movie [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443274/"]Vantage Point[/URL]. If you like movies with a plot, action and some…
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BASIC Keyword ReferenceRealised that the Sinclair Basic section would be a better place for discussion of BASIC keywords, so for reference the old thread is in [thread=2005…
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CODE : E : I PLOT : K : Q
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Japanese-only or lesser-known games you playedI've noticed by their comments there are a few people on WOS (hi Vertigo, dm_boozefreek etc.) who have played titles which were either never released…
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Bomberman '94
Parasol Stars
Pomping World (superb conversion ... -
Funny Pop/Rockstar -Band NamesI am creating a programming tutorial for students this week and am going to utilise an array holding the names of Pop stars. Now, I need your help i…
... holding the names of Pop stars.
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Games with 1980s news or cultural reference/relevanceI'm buliding a list of games that refer fairly directly to 80s current affairs, culture, music and fashion. I'm not after games that only link to fil…
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Retro-X Alpha availableChanges from WIP 7 (Alpha 3) to Alpha 4 ( 1.5.08 - 14.5.08 ). Requested by and help by - in brackets. Bugfixes: * Viewer: o File list not displaye…
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Star Wars Knights of the Old RepublicHas anyone played Knights of the Old Republic? What do you think of the game? I've never really played an RPG before (apart from Deus Ex and No One L…
... spoilers, as the game is plot-lead.
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The ProfessionalsBelieve it or not, I've never seen this before, and it's now being shown on one of the ITV digital channels. It's rather good, isn't it?! Dated at t…
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Games sale clean-out...Having a clean-out, and are selling the titles below... PM me if you're interested in any of them. Unsure of any particular prices - make me an off…
ANN: Tipshop updated Thursday, 31 July 2008Thursday 31 July 2008 Another 2 updates in the one month - I'm too good to you all (ahem. Ed) * Mark Cantrell sent me a copy of the maps he sent ou…
... 1, Spirit of Ninja, The, Stars, Stripes, Mr. Bush,
Stroll ...Looking for a strange gameHi all, I remember that I got that game from one of those compilations that we had in Spain (Load'n Run) where they used to change the original titl…
... .jpg[/IMG]
The plot was very strange. You control ...ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 27 August 2008Wednesday 27 August 2008 Some major non-Speccy news at the start of this update! * Said Major Non-Speccy news: The SpecChum formerly known as Jo Do…
... for the Road ,
Pop Stars , Repton , Rockfall , Room Ten , Smashout ...Be honest - Vienna, by Ultravox, is a really awful songActually, Vienna is a great song. But yesterday on BBC3 they had one of those "100 best" or "100 worst" worst programs that today's program schedular…
... funny as genocide, and pop stars who once sang the backing ...'Yie Ar Kung - Fu' 128k version.Hi Folks. I've noticed that the 128k version of 'Yie Ar Kung - Fu' (which appeared as part of the 'Stars on the 128' compilation) doesn't appear in …
... appeared as part of the 'Stars on the 128' compilation) doesn ...alternate BASIC ROMI've come up with a few patches to the standard ROM to make it use the 128 shadow screen by default. The ROM is reorganised as follows: RAMTOP is se…
... the upper screen area, including PLOT
I've done ...Best unbeliavable story to a videogameI've been playing some old games SNES, and that got me back to Jungle Strike. it has probably the best plot I've ever seen in a game, something out …
... /> it has probably the best plot I've ever seen in ... entire world!
BRILLIANT PLOT!!! (how come they never made ...Name this game, please (kids game)Hi! Second game what i looking for is game for kids. I remember one nice and funny game look really friendly. Most colors is yellow, you play as pe…
... in game you must collect stars (yellow :).
thx a ...The Marathon games (now free to download)Some time back, Bungie (who made the Halo games) allowed their Marathon games to be downloaded and used for free, at: [URL]http://trilogyrelease.bun…
... are they like [If the plot is important to the game ...A scrolling starfield - help needed!I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but…
I have been messing on my speccy again recently and tried to do a scrolling (parallax - maybe) starfield. I know how to scroll using machine code but . . . how do you create random stars? Some help would be greatly appreciated?
AndyPlease help an absolute novice with some simple(ish) programming.I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework [quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a com…
I'm very, very rusty at BASIC. I'm using BASin, for my GCSE Astronomy coursework
[quote] Use a spreadsheet and/or a graphing package, or write a computer program which simulates the scaled orbits of either at least four planets around the Sun, or ...Freedom of the games software industry?Dan Houser, of Rockstar games, who worked on Grand Theft Auto 4 and other titles, was interviews and said of the software industry: "[I]It's really…
... -date names for the sports stars?
Or does he ...New game coming soon: Skyscraper of DoomI finally did it... Back in 2005 when my interest in Spectrum returned, I started writing an adventure game for Zx Spectrum. I had a very faint idea…
... covers only 50% of the plot I wanted to tell, so ...Todays bargains.The Guiness Book of Astronomy Facts Astronomical Tables of the Sun, Moon and Planets Astrophysics and Space Science* Stars and Clusters The Solar Sys…
... /> Astrophysics and Space Science*
Stars and Clusters
The Solar ...Strange but true things that you've experienced?On Monday I had one of those days where you just shouldn't have got out of bed. I won't bore you with the details, and I've sorted most things out, b…
... galaxies, each so full of stars, each star potentially orbited by ...Best way to store vector images in Sinclair BASIC?Let's forget for a moment that Sinclair BASIC is slow. If I have a picture made entirely of vector images, what would be the best way to store that d…
... ] would be the coordinates for PLOT, and [I]a[/I] and ... the parameters for DRAW. Since PLOT is only necessary if the ... , 256, the routine would skip PLOT, DRAW a,b and jump ...DATA BIN - How to read the contentOkay I hit a snag with my Image to ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much memory. So I want to use DATA BIN to insert converted jp…
... ZX Spec program that the plot/draw command eats too much ...
