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Top Isometric GamesI hope this hasn't been done before! :) The HoH remake re-ignited my interest in isometric games for the speccy. HoH and Batman are easily some of t…
POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
... genius. It produces "exploded" characters on the screen, for the ... 23606,1 moves all the characters up one row in ... be used to scroll between characters... I am thinking of ... scoreboards, giving them "rotating counter" characters, similar to the effect of ...POKE, PEEK and RANDOMIZE USRAnyone got a store of useful POKES, or RANDOMIZE USR statements with interesting effects? As a start, try anything from RANDOMIZE USR 1216 to RANDOM…
... /> Quilled adventures always used inverted characters so you just had to ...Things wrong with gaming today: No. 437One thing that irritates me about games in the modren era: I played "Midtown Madness 3" on the Xbox recently and also had a quick go on "The Italian…
are all the spanish games bad ?can anyone explain why a lot the spanish (mainly dinamic) games seem to play the same way , same huge graphics , same boring scrolling shoot em up , …
... have to switch among three characters depending on the situation: Capit ...So many spectrum emulators! so few c64 emulators!Have you ever noticed just how many spectrum emulators there are out there? Its incredible! In fact the speccy may well be in the running as most emu…
... - and all the odd control characters put me off even further ...Blimey! That was easy...Just played Joe Blade 2 for the first time in about 15 years. And i finished it first time! I never even got close when i had the game originally. …
... of times on all 3 characters...i can hear the sound ...Dreaming of gamesEver dreamed of playing a game? I used to dream about Dan Dare a lot. Finally I finished it and was able to get some rest at night :D
... floor with all those weird characters floating about like in the ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
... is made up to 32 characters with spaces, then keep on ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
... you need to take 3 characters if you color every character ...Scrolling string variablesCan anyone help me with this for a program I'm writing on the spectrum. There was a command in speccy basic that would let you scroll a string variab…
... you need to take 3 characters if you color every character ...Attract modeAnyone got any names of games that have a good attract mode? (for those who dont know , its where the game runs a demo even when you arnt playing...…
Well, not an attrach mode, but Crime Busters has a nice end sequence where the hero joins other spectrum characters in a hall of fame, quite nice and a good game too.WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
... with all four of the characters surving?
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Did anyone manage to complete this with all four of the characters surving?
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I believe that Mr Langmead (Jil) has that very snapshot, completing at 100%.
D.WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
... with all four of the characters surving?
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I ... to achieve 100% and four characters home a few months ago ... without the "shame about [dead characters]" bit(?) - this is after all ...WTSS Mapso has everyone seen this then yet? [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-maps/w/WhereTimeStoodStill_4.png"]ftp://ftp.worldofspectr…
... 100% and with all four characters, but it's hacked, as ...Bizarre GamesJust having looked at the encyclopedia-obsucra website and noticed there was a weird series of games in Japan called Cho-aniki (a beat-em-up with hom…
... is that all about?!" 4 characters in 4 scenarios that seem ...Transfer Tasword II files to raw text filesHow can I transfer my loaded Tasword files to raw text files, that I can read with a PC?
... problems with the german special characters (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?). Therefore I wrote a macro ... WinWord to convert "[", "]", "{", "}", ... into german characters. Nevertheless I like to see ...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 ?…
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Getting all four characters safely across the swamp in ...Help with decyphering type-in !!!!Your Sinclair, January '86, pages 62-63, "Snake" by Robert Stockton Unfortunately, I can't really wait for the next type-in update (which might take…
... distinct in terms of normal characters, but when you look at ....P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…
... translation, and relies on acceptable characters in the host filesystem.
Lord of the ringsAs I've seen, the Speccy version of this game only deals with the first part of this saga. Am I right to assume that they never got round to doing th…
... the eyes of the different characters. And that was more surprising ...Lord of the ringsAs I've seen, the Speccy version of this game only deals with the first part of this saga. Am I right to assume that they never got round to doing th…
... groups of warriors and unique characters were represented as shields on ...spectrum merchandasingHello everybody! I remenber that some time ago in the forum appeared a page of internet where you can order t-shirts with the image of miner willy pr…
... selling t-shirts with main characters from various games, but mainly ...Best demosOK, this probably only applies to demo dudes like Yerz, LCD, etc., but... What are the greatest demos you've ever seen ? I mean something like stari…
Paul (in case you are hoping otherwise ;) ), we are still waiting for those megacool "random moving characters on WoS mainpage" feature. :)Most controversial game ever...?The most controvertial game that I can personally think of would have to be 'Raid Over Moscow'. You play as the leader of a squadron of US planes and…
... political figures instead of Tolkiens' characters. The objective was to slay ...Pirate Software LtdAt first, I thought this was a joke, but now I've realised that this Harry S. Price guy really WAS a pirate, and of the worst kind - most of the game…
I had never heard of crimebusters until it was mentioned here, but playing it through it is a rip-off of spellbound. I've nearly finished it though, seing as all the puzzles are the same. Just got to work out how to send all the characters home.Pirate Software LtdAt first, I thought this was a joke, but now I've realised that this Harry S. Price guy really WAS a pirate, and of the worst kind - most of the game…
... how to send all the characters home.
[/quote]Excellent, MM ...Super Mario from 1960s? What the? I just saw the opening credits to Stingray, that TV show with puppets. It's filmed in Videocolor [sic] and... Supermarionation. Eh?! S…
... black strings, but no Nintendo characters unfortunately.
I'm just ...
