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Spielbergs War Of The Worlds ( warning spoilers )Just seen it. What an absolute load of crap, there was no tension or climactiic build up, granted the story doesn't lend itself to a whizz bang …
... of crap, there was no tension or climactiic build up, granted the ... crying out loud, this is the same person who directed Duel ... -
Orson Welles' War of the WorldsWell it seems there's threads based on the Spielberg version, the Jeff Wayne version, etc so I thought it was about time to give credit to Orson Well…
... 's threads based on the Spielberg version, the Jeff Wayne version, etc ... Orson Welles 1938 radio play - the play which panicked America (or ... few horses to look to the sky nervously).
Does ... remote chance have a copy of it at all? I heard ... -
Pendragon PIctures War Of The WorldsI bough this from Amazon.com for $10...Oh dear oh dear. 3 hours long and probably the singularly most awful film I have ever seen in my entire life. …
... as for the America English accents!!!! None of these people ... even attended the first year at the Dick Vandyke School of ... talking propa Ingerlish guvnor!!!
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how do i save dave at the start of four minutes to midnighti was playing four minutes to midnight the other day, at the start when the car hits the pump, i can prevent it exploding and get inside the car but …
... to midnight the other day, at the start when the car hits the pump ... do i get dave out of the car alive before it explodes ... -
Any chance of Spin/Spectaculator on the PSP ?Is there any chance that Spin/Spectaculator will be developed for the PSP ? I have seen another PSP Speccy emulator listed on the forums but i would…
... /Spectaculator will be developed for the PSP ?
I have ... the forums but i would be very interested in seeing one of the ... quality of Spin/Spectaculator
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Games Club Week 38The game for this week is Sceptre of Bagdad Go here: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Sceptre+of+Bagdad$&pub=^Atlantis+Softw…
The game for this week is Sceptre of Bagdad
Go here: [url ... org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Sceptre+of+Bagdad$&pub=^Atlantis+Software ... org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Sceptre+of+Bagdad$&pub=^Atlantis+ ... I must quit as manager of the ZXClub so could anyone who ... -
Trying to find the name of an 80's Horror FlickBack when I was at school one of the one of the teachers would sometimes bring in a video and show it to us at lunchtime. I remember watching a bit o…
... I was at school one of the one of the teachers would sometimes bring ... to life. (I think the picture was of some old man sitting ... are two silver posts. The canisters start being sucked between ... dimension or something. Then the guy gets partly sucked through ... -
Weird and Funny feelings of playing the games...what were your weirdest, strangest or funniest feelings of playing the games on 8bit computeres? like scarying you to birth (death?!), making you shi…
... , strangest or funniest feelings of playing the games on 8bit computeres?
of these feelings in some games ... when deeply submerged into the gameplay and the story put me miles ... memory back which titles, parts of the games these were. -
Ebay the cheeky sodsI just got an email saying if i sell something this week I can give 20% to 100% of the final selling price to Children In Need, or to put it another …
I just got an email saying if i sell something this week I can give 20% to 100% of the final selling price to Children In Need, or to put it another way you donate the money and we get the free positive publicity. -
Raze being sold this week issues 1-10Just going through the massive amount of mags to clear, this week Raze 1-10 have appeared at the top of the pile. Must go hopefully this week. [url=…
Just going through the massive amount of mags to clear, this week Raze 1 ... -10 have appeared at the top of the pile. Must ... go hopefully this week.
The Endorian ForestSeeing good old Manic Miner again, I remembered how stunned I was when I saw Return of the Jedi and realized one of Manic Miner's levels, The Endoria…
... I saw Return of the Jedi and realized one of Manic Miner's ... levels, The Endorian Forest, represented ... s that possible? Was the programmer one of these people that spied ... anyone know a "more lives" poke for Manic Miner (and how ...Worthing Pier. The death of my childhood arcade, and the end of an era.[url="http://photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Worthing/"]http://photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Worthing/[/url] The last of the original arc…
... The last of the original arcade machines. :(
The dancing monkeys, and the marksman ... poor state of repair, the sights are knackered. None of the other machines ... The photos of the knackered Fruit Machine on the beach, sum up the death of the old ...New material on the early days of CRASH at CRASH OnlineIn preparation for "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" (due later this year), Oli found some historical documents relating to the early days of CRASH. T…
In preparation for "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" (due ... documents relating to the early days of CRASH. This material ... a sketch form of the CRASH logo to honour the occasion.
... the links to the individual issues of CRASH, bringing up a thumbnail of the ...The Bill 1984 - ????I always used to watch the bill when i was younger and then i stopped watching a few years back. I recently watched it and was appalled at how its tu…
... and thats what about 80% of the episode was about then 10 ... % who shafting who in the station then the other 10% actual police ... run Brookside into the ground. I recently rented the first series from ... rather watch 2 hours of that a week than this soap tripe ...The A-Z of Classic Computer GamesI was looking around a local bookshop today and I came across this brilliant little book. The author, Jack Railton, appears to be a big fan of the Sp…
... be a big fan of the Speccy as most of the book talks about ... our favourite games of old, e ... buying. I didn't have the money to buy it today ...The longest (but most fun) weekend of my lifeAn archaeology conference (which was organised by an archaeologist friend of mine) was held in Kilkenny this weekend. It concentrated entirely on dis…
... discoveries and ongoing projects in the city. I've been helping ... smoothly and it was the best weekend of my (recent) life. :) ... and historians from various parts of the country.
Anyway, ... more entries for the keyword list over the next few days ...RIP Drummer From the Wonder StuffMartin Gilks got hit by a drunk driver on his bike on Putney Bridge 8pm sunday night. His pillion, girlfriend of one week, is on the mend. he died …
... /> His pillion, girlfriend of one week, is on the mend.
he ...req: hack/poke for 3D deathchase border colourBack in the day, I used to have a version of 3d deathchase which had a black border instead of the usual white one, it made it much better, especiall…
Back in the day, I used to have a version of 3d deathchase ... had a black border instead of the usual white one, it made ... with it, anyone got a poke to change it, weird request ...War of the worldsI just got back from the live show. I have to say that it was absolutely fantastic! The hologram of Richard Buton was a bit weird, and Justin looks…
I just got back from the live show. I have to ... absolutely fantastic!
The hologram of Richard Buton was a bit ... Justin looks *very* old, but the show itself was brilliant. I ...Clearout of Loft, Crash issue plus other mags goingWill be moving hopefully in a few months so clearing out all my old mags to make life a bit easier (well apart from my hallowed zzap collection ;-) )…
... /> These are going under the hammer in the next week:
Amiga ... including issue 1
The Games Machine most issues also ... system
In the next week Amtix will be going up ... />
Hope some of the mags may be of interest.
...The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain - did anyone ever finish this wretched game!?I've been 'enjoying' (if that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games I remember of yore, including "The Warlock Of Firetop…
... 's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic ... games I remember of yore, including "The ... Warlock Of ... you merely stagger out of the maze? Do you ...10 Years Since The Death Of Brad NowellIt's been ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead singer/gutairist/songwriter for the 90's Long Beach, CA based ska-punk band Sub…
... ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead ... Sublime, one of the most underrated punk bands of all time. The band had ... such an impact in the short ... bands such as The Suicide Machines, and some of their fellow third ...what was the name of that game...What was the name of the game , it was a platform and you could jump onto lava bubbles coming up from vents to get to higher levels. i thought it was…
What was the name of the game , it was a platform and you could jump onto lava bubbles coming up from vents to get to higher levels. i thought it was Underwurlde but thats a different game I think, help please I'm dying to be reunited with it...The Impossible Planet = DoomThat was such an amazing episode of Doctor Who. It reminded me of [B]Doom[/B] so much, especially with the sound effects in the corridor near the sta…
... , especially with the sound effects in the corridor near the start (which ... copy of the one from Angel, judging by the brief image on the hologram ... the episode.
Can't wait to see next week ... 's episode (I didn't watch the preview so ...The next batch of Cure Remasters are on their way...Deluxe two-disc editions of The Cure's albums The Top, The Head On The Door and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me will be released on the 7th of August. As wel…
... -disc editions of The Cure's albums The Top, The Head On The Door and ... Me will be released on the 7th of August. As well as ... , a two-disc edition of Blue Sunshine by The Glove (Robert Smith ... side project with Siouxsie & The Banshees) will also be released ...Here We Go Again! Whats The Name Of The Game?I remember playing (And downloading) a game in wich you where a gunmen on top of a stagecoach shooting...(indians I guess) I thought the game's name…
... where a gunmen on top of a stagecoach shooting...(indians I ... guess)
I thought the game's name was stagecoach ... wasnt...can any one remember the name of that game?Curiosity: La Abadia del Crimen (The Abbey of crime) slightly offtopicIt is a visor of the different rooms of the game, in java. The problem is that the spectrum version doesn't appear, that's the reason why this post i…
... visor of the different rooms of the game, in java. The problem is that the spectrum ... doesn't appear, that's the reason why this post is ... a little offtopic. But as the game is a conversion between ... .html[/url]
Respect the remake... I don't see ...Can anyone help me with the name of an old ZX Spectrum Game?Hello I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when I was …
... racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum ... I can't for the life of me remember what ... can I see', 'pick up the gun', 'shoot gun' etc ... I can distinctly remember the cover of the cassette the game came in. It ... mountain-type thing on the front. I could have ...That imprint on the back of rubber key speccysAfter reading and posting in the composite monitor topic in the hardware section it got me finking, that imprint on the back of the spectrum beside t…
... the hardware section it got me finking, that imprint on the back of the ... spectrum beside the tv out ... socket, do you think that at the ... beginning, sinclair were thinking of having ...Lik Sang go out of businessLik Sang, the Hong Kong based computer and console sales company that many people used to buy Japanese/NTSC or hard to find hardware and software fro…
... months earlier than the legal action). The list of PSP related ... orders reads like the who's who of the videogames industry, and ... precedent set, next week could already be the stage for complaints ... fit. It's the beginning of the end... of the World as we know ...
