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Microdrive Not Present.... the little fibber!Hi chaps. I've just dug out my IF1 and microdrive to search from some long lost stuff on cartridge. I cannot find the ribbon cable for the life of m…
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RUN said microdrive not present, so I plugged in ... a CAT 1. Again "microdrive not present"
Turned off ... me that the microdrive is not present!
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Why is the ZX Golden Years web site not linked?Why is the ZX Golden Years web site not linked to from the WOS links page? I'd have thought that such a site was very worthy of the attention of Spec…
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Manic Miner - 25 Years OnThis remake is finally complete! Actually, it's 3 remakes in one, as it is a remake of Manic Miner, Manic Miner 3 (Tales from a Parallel Universe) a…
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Spectrum Light Gun Games not listed on Wikipedia.Hey folks, Found this useful page on light gun games, and noticed the C64 is listed but the speccy isn't - scandal! [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wi…
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Favourite not so well known games -1987 -1988Writing lots of reviews about games in 1987-1988. We have all the usual 'big names' such as Bubble Bobble, Robocop and Ikari Warriors kinda thing. …
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This is a good HTPC motherboard which can do something not many MB can doWell i think it can, the thing it can do is be turned on from its off state ( not sleep mode ) by pressing a key on the keyboard, i think it has to b…
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Works on Amiga but not SpectrumHi, I can connect my Amiga composite out to a PSOne LCD screen and all works fine. But does not work on the speccy. I'm using exactly the same lead. …
... all works fine. But does not work on the speccy. I ... - so the LCD screen does not recognise and switch to it ... -
Barry George found not guilty of Jill Dando's murder at retrialThat bloke Barry George, who was convicted of murdering Jill Dando and has spent the past 8 years behind bars, has just been found not guilty at his …
To E-bay or not to E-bay that is the question?At the moment I have 12, 45 ltr plastic storage boxes of duplicate spectrum games to dispose of, but would like to ask advice on the best way to sel…
... sensible level, but I would not have the time to list ...B&W output only - not sure which pins to useHi, Looks like my PSOne LCD screen needs a composite and not an RF signal, so I'm trying inputting from the RGB to get a composite signal (rather tha…
... screen needs a composite and not an RF signal, so I ...ZX-style gameLooking at the new Spectrum games, like Vera, I surprised. Two pages of discussion in your forum and twelve in Russian one ! Other new games has the…
... ? But Dizzy AGE is not for ZX, and the success ... , I need to use not more then 3 enemies in ... ZX-style graphic, but modern resolution (1280*1024 and so on ... /> As confirmation, that it is not only the words, I like ... of my remake. It is not ZX-style graphic, but ...Chaos RemakeNot sure if this has been posted before, but I came across a decent Chaos remake... [URL]http://chaosgroove.wordpress.com/[/URL] Looks ok, and play…
Not sure if this has been ... default...... and set your screen resolution too..
:DMy god! How easy is it to fake a no claims bonus!! Not that I wouldI have recently renewed the Insurance on my car. The company wanted me to send proof of my no claims bonus in the envelope that I get in my welcome …
... I told them I had not received a welcome pack, they ... years time, providing I have not made a claim, I've ...Indiana Jones by TSR is not MIA... right?I was just having a look through the archive and noticed that Indiana Jones by TSR is listed as being MIA. I was curious because I'd never heard of i…
... stuff... if my brain's not packed up on me too ...What's rare and what's not?I've entered another one of my collector phases and realized I have absolutely NO idea what's rare and what's not (in case I decided to trade). It wo…
... 's rare and what's not (in case I decided to ...ZX Certified... Not.Poop. I is crap. We are sorry, but you did not pass. Your score was 45.00%, while the required score is 70% Your subcategory scores are as follows:…
... are sorry, but you did not pass. Your score was 45 ...Graphic enhancements in games!(this message was also posted at [url]http://www.retroremakes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12431[/url]) Hello to everyone! A couple of years ago I …
... adequate, but graphics does not look good enough anymore.
not yet completely. Maybe, the coloring ... pictures" are created in double resolution (screen size 256*2 x ... so the graphics will be not only better-colored, but also ...ZX archive high-resolution dreamI was thinking today how great it would be to have a high resolution archive resource of ZX advertisements and photographs from magazines, as opposed…
... be to have a high resolution archive resource of ZX ... as opposed to the lower resolution scans in the present archive ... scanned at 300dpi to maintain resolution
[*]if any manipulation ... a lovely gallery of high resolution images you could search ...Here's an idea: downloadable DIY postersRemember the T-Shirt print fashion of a few years ago, when people would print out Speccy-related images onto iron-on transfers? I've just been doin…
... ") for ~?20. And it's not just paper posters, but canvas ... 's a minimum recommended image resolution for these sizes, there doesn ... appear to be a maximum resolution.
And that's ...IN 255 behaviour not emulated in Spectaculator and ZXSpinI'm not speaking about "normal" IN 255 behaviour. All of you know what I'm taking about: IN 255 can be used to "read" screen data as it's retrieved f…
I'm not speaking about "normal" IN 255 ... /O access (both directed and not directed to the ULA) as ... , that is, IN 255 is not contended.
Here you ...Not a very nice situation to be inA mate of mine and his girlfriend decided to take the plunge and move out of my mates parents house and get there own place in a town 40 miles away. …
Computer or console: Which do you prefer for games?Yep, the old argument again. I was talking about this yesterday to a mate (a World of Warcraft addict) who doesn't like consoles, and neither I (who …
... the difference. The comparitively low resolution of a console game has ... and software, and then not all games work from hard ... is purely about playing games, not word processing, e-mail, programming ... PS2 etc) isn't important, not is your computer of preference ...Worst game you have EVER played? (Not Speccy)What is the worst game you have EVER played? Not A Speccy game by the way....... Im racking my brains trying to think right now! :D
What is the worst game you have EVER played?
Not A Speccy game by the way.......
Im racking my brains trying to think right now! :DSpectaculator crashing... err... spectacularlyIt's been a while since I did much Spectrum emulating so it's hard to pin down when this problem originated, but my installation of Spectaculator 7.0…
... . Even Ctrl-Alt-Del would not bring up the Task Manager ... Desktop Settings as the fullscreen resolution and it worked. Fortunately this ... other running programs, but could not click, Alt-Tab or Task ...Your favourite Game Boy game please (Not GBC, GBA, DS etc.)Please could you nominate your best, most played, most highly recommended game for the original Game Boy - not Game Boy Colour, or Game Boy Advance, …
Please could you nominate your best, most played, most highly recommended game for the original Game Boy - not Game Boy Colour, or Game Boy Advance, but proper monochrome Game Boy.
Cheers!Keys don't work even with new membrane, HELP!Hi folks. I have a 1983 48k Zx Spectrum. It powers up fine, but none of the keys respond. I have tried fitting a new keyboard membrane from rwap, but…
... keys respond. I have tried fitting a new keyboard membrane from ... . Assuming the new membrane is not faulty (it looks fine), any ...Outlandish claims on Spectrum games adverts!I was flicking through The 'CRASH' Xmas special today (yes, I was on the loo at the time) from 1984/85 and it made me giggle some of the claims softw…
... you up! And it's not exactly smooth scrolling!
resolution graphics ever seen on the ...Some TV/DVD questions1. Very often, on my television (PAL, 29" or so, CRT, by Bush, two or three years old) when there's text on a TV program or a DVD film, the left hand…
... . And of course it's not just when there's text ... nowadays DVDs are made to not-compensate for incidental CRT overscan ... % slower, you get a higher resolution. And whichever I select for ...The Life Of The ZX81I was thinking about this on my way to work this morning? What if the Spectrum had come out in late ?84 or even 1985? Would the ZX81 have had a longe…
... for it. Albeit in low resolution and slower!
I ... get me wrong, I?m not bashing the Speccy at all ...Happy liamenikufesin-day! (not to be confused with having a happy karingal-day)Hope it's all it's cracked up to be ... or not cracked ... err ... in working order at least. Cool e-mail man!
Hope it's all it's cracked up to be ... or not cracked ... err ... in working order at least.
Cool e-mail man!
