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The first 3 games you bought or were given..?The first 3 gems in my collection were Space Raiders, Hungry Horace and Frenzy i still have nighmares about that little white head in frenzy, the pan…
... first game was "Crazy Ballons" by A 'n' F which put me ... and it took me about a week to write something better ... for the speccy but thats a new thread if somebody want ... -
"Empire" by FirebirdDownloaded this game of WOS the other night on one of them ol' whims. It looks quite intriguing but, such is life, whilst stuff like Xecutor has a wh…
... to create your own empire by buying space stations.
... the planet being shot at by missles. Use left(o ... hold ore (it is marked by a O), people (urm P) ... your ships robe thingy. By barely touching the tip ... number of aliens in a system reachs a high number (10 ... -
GB Ltd - Appreciation ThreadGB Ltd ...this game i played far too many times, but never managed to last too long! it was a political management game... "zorro was ere" [ This…
So SickHappyIdle, did you actually win elections? I couldn't get anywhere! I always lost by a landslide, totally hopeless. It always interested me as an idea, but I was about as good a leader as Ian Duncan Smith. -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... scanned inlay etc. by email is a possibility if you ... handle any requests for a TZX by email if anyone ... /> For a start I am very excited by teh idea ... the sorting office, followed by a 15 minute walk home!
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Just bagged a bargin on Ebay!Maybe my luck is changing! I am surprised i managed to buy this before anybody else saw it! [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ca…
yes, a few of us noticed that, ... /> I missed out on that by a couple mins - ah well - goes ... to show a true bargain can still be ... - at least they went to a collection :) -
Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
... cottage numbered '6' by a neat lawn bordered by pretty flowers. You ...
You are by a splendid archway by a long row of high ... in the elegant central piazza by a fountain. Gilded siamese dancing ... . Further progress is blocked by a high boundary fence. Beyond ... -
Programing ROM CART from PCHave anybody tried to make a piece of hardware that would be able to program (burn) SINCLAIR cartridge from PC? In the sense, you take TAP or TZX and…
... not be able to put a 48K game into the cart ... have 8-9 Kb size, a 48 K game can be ... -30 Kb). Replacing the loader by a LDIR memory copying with JP ... the job. I thing, only a minority of the games can ... -
BMP2SCR ProHey LCD, yesterday i played with your new prog and i have to say that it's simply *amazing*! I have only checked the conversion part out, but i spend…
... byte) which corresponds to a decompressor 2554 bytes in size ... individual screens, that's a fairly large overhead but I ... but I don't think a more complicated compression technique would ... one of your compressions followed by a huffman compression -- there might ... -
AMERICAN SPECTRUM FANS?Hi all. I was wondering, who many Spectrum-fans could live in America... I have many addresses in my zx-base, but not many of them belong to Americ…
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i once saw a history on video games and ... only one before it actually, by a year or so but i ... you know if therell be a repeat???
i ... get access to a video card and a place to upload ...
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games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
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gamebase zx and spectaculatorhi guys, i'm trying to run gbzx with spectaculator, (latest version). Does anyone know if it is possible to get the games to connect to the emulato…
... " errors when adding "ROMs" followed by a crash.
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An asshat at his finestA little off topic... Here's an asshat at his finest: [url="http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/"]http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/[/url] What a moron :( :mad…
I wrote him a mail and he replied "All ... stipid man, he was beaten by a british anti-retro web site ... -
T H E . S H A W . B R O T H E R S . . . did you play on these games? . . . . *website online now*There's a Spectrum section on our site at [url="http://www.sickhappyidle.com"]http://www.sickhappyidle.com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through…
... sets foot in England, arriving by a natty boat/coffin combo.
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T H E . S H A W . B R O T H E R S . . . did you play on these games? . . . . *website online now*There's a Spectrum section on our site at [url="http://www.sickhappyidle.com"]http://www.sickhappyidle.com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through…
... sets foot in England, arriving by a natty boat/coffin combo.
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TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... " through age. Edges can vary by enormous amounts due to this ... that describes timings that vary by a couple of hundred TStates at ... -
TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... ), can you TELL that a block was generated by a 128k machine, even ... -
Name the TV series!Let's change the neverending name-the-game theme and help me to find out the name of British TV series! It was broadcast under the name "Predators" o…
... the trusty RICHARD GRIFITHS as a "mild mannered" (well, duh) ... civil servant who discovers a conspiracy and is framed with ... block graphic pig being chased by a block graphic wolf. Highly ...
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gamebase zx and spectaculatorhi guys, i'm trying to run gbzx with spectaculator, (latest version). Does anyone know if it is possible to get the games to connect to the emulato…
... " errors when adding "ROMs" followed by a crash.
Did ... />
Just tried GBSX a few moments ago. I got ... I initially tried to add a ROM. I got past ... ROM Details and give it a name. 4-Go back ... added.
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Worst game - sort ofAny suggestions for worst game - but not just worst game period - the worst game that has had a lot of work go into it and ought to have been good, b…
I became a member of the Britannia Computer ... you didn?t buy a game by a certain date you got the ... crapest game ever. You were a daft looking lizard type thing ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... reminds me of a Dizzy background in fact (a GOOD Dizzy background ... blocks look to be drawn by a five year old! (Shots here ... *Shudder*)
That is a nice shot though. Kinda how ... should have... Anyone fancy building a time machine? :))
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Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
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what's a noob?
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Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
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On 2003-06-24 01:28, chaosmongers wrote:
what's a noob?
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Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…
... to snapshot yourself through a game. Its not ... created in a commercial field to meet a deadline corners ... are well designed have a gradual learning curve or ... game was programmed by a lone guy in a room.
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"Spectrum" by Billy CobhamI've just finished listening to [I]Spectrum[/I] by Billy Cobham. And what a great record it is! I would recommend it especially to those among you wh…
Actually, I was in HMV last week with my fiancee and she drew my attention to a CD by a band called The Ataris.
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"Spectrum" by Billy CobhamI've just finished listening to [I]Spectrum[/I] by Billy Cobham. And what a great record it is! I would recommend it especially to those among you wh…
... she drew my attention to a CD by a band called The Ataris ... and I thought they were a bit crap, but thats just ... ,
there seems to be a pattern emerging here,
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What was the most technically advanced game you've seenThe sort of game that made you disbelieve it was a spectrum you were playing on...
... , if it wasn't spoiled by a 48K-only sound with just ... a few blips and beeps.
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ANNOUNCE: Andrew Broad's new websiteI'm back, with a PhD in Computer Science and a new website! :)) My real Spectrum and Mac both died in the last three months, but I'm now discovering…
... understood, it's basically a set of rules (i ... the term loosely) that defines a system. So taking your ... , if I define "JSW" by a set of rules and then ... ascertain whether Manic Miner is a JSW-type of game ... ) or not. Is that a very simplistic understanding of the ...
