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Imagine SoftwareWhile browsing around MSN I found an article on the rise and fall of Imagine and thought some of you might be interested in it. Find it at: [url="ht…
I use Ah-Diddums to frighten local children. I bet it was all the fault of Cosmic Cruiser and Jumping Jack. I heard they never stopped fighting. -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... just couldn't understand that qaop space/m setup. Seemed bizarre ... -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... games to give to the local charity shop - and I ended ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... entered a competition in the local paper to win a speccy ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... Enough is ?15 in the local Electronics Boutique before I snap ... -
Making a speccy-like text-adventure for WindowsWell, I downloaded an adventure creator for Windows 95/98 from: [url]www.adrift.org.uk[/url] and I just thought I'd recommend it, just in case any …
I've also got this idea for a psychopathic indian who's been killing the local settlers. His lair is in an underground maze of caves that you must successfully negotiate, where his latest victim lies waiting to be sacraficed... -
mia tapeshi, i know that i have some of the games from the mia list back at hom and was wondering how do i make TAP files off them? would appreciate someone t…
... get them done, contact a local TZXer
and we'll ... -
Calling all coding munkeez...Having spent the last 8 years as a Windows application developer I thought I'd try my hand at a bit of Z80 speccy coding - something I missed out on …
... ones. U could try ur local bookstore and check if they ... -
what are in your opinion........what were in your opinion the best magazines for the spectrum and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... shelf of a not-so-local bookstore: the thrill, the excitement ... -
Broken RF outputI have one of the original 128K machines and the RF output is knackered (The screen rolls uncontrollably like if you messed with the vertical hold on…
... . If you have a friendly local 'tronics shop, perhaps with a ... -
S.O.P. Save Old ProgramsHi ! Does anybody have any idea how can I save my old collection for the future ? I've lots of tapes full of programs. I use Z80 emulator (ver 3.50)…
... them are versions unprotected by local crackers, often with some nice ... -
Replacement Modulator for a issue 4 board Spectrum+???Anyone know where I may procure such a thing??? The one in my current machine starts up with the picture tearing and fading (As if the composite sig…
The best bet would be buy a dead speccy at the local boot fair for parts or try a company called trading post:
[url]http://www.tradeinpost.com/[/url]
they have parts for speccys available. hope that helped -
price of sinclairscould someone please tell me the average price to charge for selling a zx spectrum sinclair and sinclair plus? (please answer through e-mail as i'm …
... for boxed models from the local boot fairs.?20 if it ... -
Name of a joystickThis is a really arb question. But can any of you guys remember the name of the grey joystick you used to plug into the 128k It was not kempston , t…
I'm a fan of the QAOP Space config, however when a game (like Commando) requires 2 fire buttons (1 gun & 1 grenade), I prefer the old WSOP Space, with the 2nd fire button nicely configured to the Q key.
Very comfortable! -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
... knew the manager of the local WH Smiths and got it ... -
what was the best ultimate game?i think ultimate made some of the finest games on the spectrum but which game was their best? For me it has to be Atic Atac,its still a game i play o…
... baked bean tins at my local supermarket this afternoon, "there's ... -
pics of people who visit wos :)hi everybody, how about having pics of people who visit world of spectrum :) octave
... am, sampling one of the local beverages in an Indiana hostelry ... -
Multiface 128Greets :) I am after either.... a) Somebody willing to sell a working one or b) Somebody who can repair a red button activation problem AND/OR so…
... have been banished to the local tip way back... yes there ... -
Woo hoo! Free Speccy!No, it's not an offer... A guy at work visited his folks' house yesterday and found an old 48 in perfect working order. In order to "hold onto his li…
... pop from what was the local tip (one may have come ... there, but it's hardly 'local' any more. ;)
I ... -
The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…
... my case the HC85 - the local, most popular clone) there is ... -
Specmapper - Gone for goodHello, anyone knows where this utility is currently sleeping? The link is long gone and I can't find it somewhere on the net. (with my oh so humbly …
My apologies.
As you said, all links don't work and the btinternet.com account is not up anymore.
There is no local storage of the utility. -
Car boot visitHi everyone, Well todays car boot fair trip produced the square root of fuck all in the Spectrum dept, although I did pick up some decent books, God…
... of C64 games in our local one...
At a ... wanted ad's in the local paper and gave him the ... -
Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
... Exolon than I have my local Tekken 4 arcade machine. And ... -
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…
... and going down to the local store to get the 1st ... -
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…
... a few games from the local off license whose owner was ... -
What made a good games reviewer?Hi all, I've been quite a regular visitor to this fine web site for any Speccy interested ones. One of the qood things I've noticed here is that you…
... limited as to what my local Newsagent/Chemist was selling at ... -
Crash CD'shi guys, any of u received the Crash CD's yet? about to order them and wondered what they were like.. regards
... you can buy at your local computer fair, but to make ... -
What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... /> I took it to a local TV/video/computer repair shop ... -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
I also remebered just now, that the 128k had a radio advert, I heard it on I.L.R (indepenedt local radio) it was a little sketch about a martial arts master being impressed with the amount of new colours on the 128k.