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ANNOUNCE: Jet Set Willy: Party Willy [Special Edition 2007]Today (23rd April) is the third anniversary of the full release of [i]Party Willy[/i], Daniela Hantuchov?'s 24th birthday, Nicole Vaidi?ov?'s 18th bi…
... have also combined to produce a single JSW128 game.
... Willy[/i] rooms (and a few from other sources), revamped ... version of MM, generated by a program called MirrorMM which will ... inverted version of JSW, generated by a program called MirrorJSW which will ... -
Type-in resolution help reqd.In preparation for the next type-in update, I noticed that Infoseek has 2 type-ins wrongly attributed (quite likely be me :oops: ) to the book "49 Ex…
... Battleships & Cruisers) by A. Cresswell
* Zombies! by Andrew Esmond (note that ... there is a Zombies! game ... " as well but this is a different type-in)
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ZX81 & Spectrum Membrane manufacturerHI All, I noticed numerous questions regarding these. The original, and certainly the main manufacturer (if not the only one) was a company on the Is…
... USA - and there's a small history of how the ... started in IOW in a shed by two brothers Brian ... and Barry Stillwell. I visited the factory a ... I was working on a massive LCD clock for ... technology, by then NFI had been bought by a US company ... -
The whole "Maddie" thing...Can you say "trial by media"? How about "media over-reaction"? Had "Maddie" been a poor, ugly, black child, this would never have been headline news…
... over-reaction"? Had "Maddie" been a poor, ugly, black child, ... another day since being neglected by her parents (funny that ... was left home-alone by a selfish family in a foriegn country who ... the "Maddie" story require a permanent BBC base, including shooting ... -
Does anyone else find Dan Brown suspect?Don't get me wrong, he's a good entertaining [i]fiction[/i] writer -- as long as the emphasis is on "fiction"; unfortunately, he has the annoying hab…
... firmly anchored to the wall by a metal pivot running through them ... were debunked as crackpot nonsense by well-known mathematician Martin Gardner ... height is "always" phi, by the simple expedient of trying ... . Mary, is actually claimed by art historians to be St ... -
Sceen$ helpMost people have used screen$ at some time or another and for me what I want to do is use it or something like it as a start screen before the game p…
... something like it as a start screen before the ... br /> Is there a way of loading a file into screen$ then ... coping that into a safe separate part of ... wont be used generally by a basic program) so when ... where Screen$ is stored (A bit like double buffering).< ... -
Anyone good at VBA? Need helpHope someone can help. I have a file called models.txt which is just a list of items, e.g. Car Toaster Wheel etc. i.e. each line is separated by a …
... someone can help. I have a file called models.txt which ... is just a list of items, e.g ... . each line is separated by a vbCrLf. When a VBA form initalises I ... want to fill a combo box with the contents ... -
Facebook ZX Spectrum GroupAnybody here on Facebook? I just came across the ZX Spectrum group! Seems that the Spectrum dream is being kept alive by a whole new generation! Didn…
... dream is being kept alive by a whole new generation! Didn't ... -
russian speccy cloneshi ive been asked by a non net using mate if i can track down some Russian speccy clones called pentagon scorpion and one called a Leningrad. ive fo…
hi ive been asked by a non net using mate if ... pentagon scorpion and one called a Leningrad.
ive found pictures ... sale as the guy is a avid collector of computer crap ... -
WTB Spectrum (any model) like new in box with papers, books etc.Hello all Looking to by a mint Spectrum if available. I live in Walnut Creek, CA. Feel free to email me directly or post. Thanks Charles
Hello all
Looking to by a mint Spectrum if available. I live in Walnut Creek, CA.
Feel free to email me directly or post.
Thanks
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Systiine ComputersThis is a real long shot. But living near to Leeds in Yorkshire I used to drive by a company called Systine and I believe that they used to make the …
This is a real long shot. But living near to Leeds in Yorkshire I used to drive by a company called Systine and I believe that they used to make the PCB's for Speccies. Can anyone verify this, do they have any info on this compnay? -
Name the game, vol. 34829048390Alright, it was a game where you dig through the ground and have to collect some items while watching out for falling rocks (even though I'm pretty …
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it was a game where you dig through ... it would really slow down a great deal when they ... also think it was written by a programmer who later on ... would produce a lot of 3D classics. ... game was heralded to be a real classic, much like ... -
80's Aussie mini-series/soap ???Anyone remember this one? Don't remember if this was an ongoing soap or just two seasons/series. Early on in the show this lady, who owns/runs a be…
... of some sorts, gets eaten by a crocodile and her rival illegally ... -
Ridiculous excuses to get off workI've worked for the same company for the past ten years and sometimes people come up with the most ridiculous excuses for taking time off work. Among…
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1. A guy who had THREE grandmothers ...
2. A woman who had a hysterectomy (and forgot this ... ...)
3. A girl who believed her brother ... been found dead up by a local lake, and told ... well two days later by the local mountain rescue ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... acid rainstorm increases food production by 4 and decreases energy ... things like the letter 'A' or a fancy UDG graphic you' ... but a port, the process was a little different. It started by ... many lines in a string, with each line terminated by a \n character ... -
Only in America ...[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6238364.stm[/url] Short of it - A US Judge had a pair of trousers (worth $1000) lost by a dry cleaner…
... of trousers (worth $1000) lost by a dry cleaners in 2005, and ... fact he had to hire a car to take him to ... -
Silly little question written at the stroke of midnight.The run-of-the-mill Sinclair Spectrum is controlled by a 16K ROM program which can be divided into three major parts: 1. I/O routines 2. BASIC interp…
... -mill Sinclair Spectrum is controlled by a 16K ROM program which can ... arises ... Windows would just be a fart in the wind without ... ! ... I think I be gettin' a headyache!
Zzzidenote: ... wouldn't necessarily be called a BASIC interpreter when it comes ... -
I'll name that game in ...I was about to recommend Astro Blaster to someone, when I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders …
... Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders variant.
... m thinking of was a scramble variant. You could ... being an early title by a company that became more ... t Penetrator. It was a pretty well made game ... 't Ground Attack either (a great 16K game!)
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Tour de FranceThe opening ceremony for the Tour takes place in Trafalgar Square at 6 p.m. this evening and Sir Clive should have a pigeon's eye view from his penth…
... and Sir Clive should have a pigeon's eye view from ... he is attending a 'Materials in Bicycles' conference a short bike ride ... display and will be won by a fellow-delegate.
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INES Printerface driversHello all. I have in my possesion a Centronics Printer interface called "INES Printerface". I got it from a friend of a friend together with a nice …
... I have in my possesion a Centronics Printer interface called "INES ... it from a friend of a friend together with a nice looking ... called Ines (they were made by a Slovenian author) which should be ... One has a built in Interface1 and a microdrive (and a PSU), the ... -
Any of you listen to TWiT technology Podcasts?This is a series of free Podcasts from America but actually done by Americans who understand irony run by a guy called Leo Laporte. The main podcast…
... a series of free Podcasts from America but actually done by ... Americans who understand irony run by a guy called ... for You for techies, a sort of round table for ... if you don't own a Mac. Also the 'Windows ... Steve Gibson is a bit of a prick and is ... -
How do I use these sites/links?I want to get onto these sites (?) but I have no idea how other than I am going to use Mozilla Thunderbird. alt.binaries.dreamcast alt.binaries.cd…
... ...
I have had a little help with this sort ... [/url]
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Unreal Tournament 3Is anyone here looking forward to Unreal Tournament 3 on the PC/XBox 360/PS3? The original Unreal Tournament (1999) is probably my favourite PC game …
... graphics and expandability of a PC. And for someone ... Aside from the graphics, a relatively mediocre PC running UT ... on my desktop, or by a new laptop, it'll ... have been out by now, if not a long time ago ... the idiots who judge a game by it's graphics (including ... -
Silent MoviesI was at a screening of Battleship Potemkin last night and Metropolis this afternoon (as part of Kilkenny Arts Week). Both movies featured a brand ne…
I was at a screening of Battleship Potemkin last ... new score performed live by a band called 3epkano and they ... -
Batty - poor progression of difficulty?So, Batty. The first couple of levels are a joy to play, the gameplay is better than Arkanoid by a factor of loads. Then you get to level 3, which, …
... gameplay is better than Arkanoid by a factor of loads.
a nightmare again.
So ... does Batty fail to give a good progression of difficulty as ... -
Nintendo DS and R4 help!I now have a Nintendo DS but have yet to buy a R4. I'm a bit confused you see. Here's what I don't get: 1) Is the R4 the cartridge that plugs int…
... have yet to buy a R4. I'm a bit confused you ... then plug into the DS a play?
If possible ... as I have looked at a few websites and all I ... your help. I'm a bit of a noob at this sort of ... -
My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…
... a new concept that I?d like to run by ... would have obviously have a forum, chat, tape ... which would be a file containing a collection of games ... ?3 for a paper magazine created by a team of writers ... access to a constantly changing community run by a single emulator ... -
What's everyone reading at the minute?Me: The Last Vampire 2 by Christopher Pike Teach Yourself Piano Eric Clapton's biography Dracula The Algebraist by Iain Banks I'm hoping to read Ne…
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The Last Vampire 2 by Christopher Pike
Teach Yourself ...
Dracula
The Algebraist by Iain Banks
I ... If I Did It book by a certain murderous ex-american football ... -
The most overrated games of all timeWhich games did the magazines say were really good, but are actually... um... not so good? By a combination of [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/b…
... ... not so good?
By a combination of [url=http://www ... easily compare the ratings given by magazines to what "we" think ... of all time (as determined by looking at the difference between ... those the magazines, as given by SPOT*ON, ignoring any games ... -
Spectrum ethernet... step 1.1Yeah, a tenth of a step :-) Here's the W5100 board up and WORKING: [url]http://www.alioth.net/tmp/w5100-online.jpg[/url] This is called the "Get Th…
... ground plane underneath. After fiddling a bit, suddenly...
... ... groundplanes than should be done by a sane person during tea breaks ... now solder a 1206 (about 4mm by 2mm) faster than a through ... hole passive. I can do an 0603 (about 2mm by ...
