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  • The Story of the Spectrum in 10 GamesIf you had the tell the story of the Spectrum in just 10 games what woukd they be? Your choices should be games that have absolutely defined the shap…

    If you had the tell the story of the Spectrum in just 10 games what woukd ... have absolutely defined the shape of the Spectrum and dictated the path that all ...
    5. Jetpac
    6. The Trap Door
    7. Target ...
    sj_howlett sj_howlett August 2014 Games
  • how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic?how do i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r only supposed to be 21 but is there a way of getting more in basic? i know its doable…

    ... i get more udgs on the spectrum in basic? i know there r ... in basic? i know its doable in machine code. i.e. reprogramming the ... do loads of sprites, like in machine code games. or as ... , how do i do sprites in basic?
    digital digital August 2017 Development
  • Running a Spectrum in the USI didn't realise how much hastle it was to set up a UK PAL Spectrum in the US. [url]http://wn.com/List_of_ZX_Spectrum_games[/url]. I knew about the …

    ... set up a UK PAL Spectrum in the US.
    [url]http ... didn't appreciate that the composite mod didn't ... didn't know about the power supply issues this ... raised!

    PS: The World News.com website seams ... really slow but the embedded YouTube video is ...
    BloodBaz BloodBaz November 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Running my ZX Spectrum in JapanI finally got my Spectrum running nicely here in Japan, so I wrote up a blog on it. It was originally in Japanese, as I had aimed it at Japanese enth…

    I finally got my Spectrum running nicely here in Japan, so I wrote ... who might be interested in the machine. In the end though I switched ... have never really used a Spectrum before, but it might ... .blogspot.jp/2012/01/running-zx-spectrum-in-japan.html[/url]
    MagicKnight MagicKnight April 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ?Gooool! The Spectrum in South AmericaA while back I received a private message from someone from Brazil talking about Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy. I was really surprised, as I thought …

    ... I thought the Spectrum had not been released in South America. The Speccy was ... the land of Zico and Socrates. So does anyone know whether the Spectrum ... was sold in reasonable quantities in South America?
    Spector Spector December 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Distribution of the Spectrum in Europe.Ok, so we've noticed the lack of French posters (there might be readers we don't know about) here at WoS. We have people from UK of course, from Irel…

    Ok, so we've noticed the lack of French posters (there ... , India, Austria, Czech republic. Was the Spectrum simply not as popular or ... there a distribution info of spectrum/clones units sold in Europe?
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum in NederlandThe Speccy wasn't really that popular in Holland, was it? Martijn can answer this, and Dr BEEP too. I'm asking because a Dutch poster on another gami…

    ... said that the first time he heard of a Spectrum was when ... he saw one on the internet in 1996 ... ! Yet this is the country that ... Cruyff and Van Basten, was the Spectrum really a minority interest in Holland?
    Spector Spector January 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum gets pretentiousI looked at the back page (not the back cover) of the new issue of Edge magazine which tells you what the next issue will have. It just says "next mo…

    ... the familiar four coloured stripes that all sinclair spectrums have running across the ... bottom corner. In other words, a ... they will be looking at the Spectrum in the next issue.

    I ...
    Spector Spector April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…

    ... the RRP in 1984 at the same time that the ZX Spectrum + came out, pushing the Spectrum ... price up ?50 overnight. Suddenly the difference in ... was genuine surprise in the industry when the Spectrum won that crucial ...
    Spector Spector December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Spectrum in the USIs the Spectrum known of or heard of in the US? (I know it was never released in the US, but I'm imagining someone might have heard of it via word-of…

    Is the Spectrum known of or heard of in the US? (I know it was never released in the US, but I'm imagining someone might have heard of it via word-of-mouth) :)

    If so, then which states are most familiar with the Speccy? :)
    Swevicus Swevicus February 2010 Emulators
  • "Programming the Spectrum in Assembly" series in Micro MartI see that Shaun Bebbington is starting a series of articles in Micro Mart magazine on how to program in assembly for those who might know a little b…

    ... a series of articles in Micro Mart magazine on ... how to program in assembly for those who ... since we've seen that in a magazine!

    in this week's overview was regarding the differences ... , but I heard that the Spectrum 128K can be a bit ...
    Spector Spector June 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrumpedia - the Spectrum encyclopedia.Dear fellow Spec-chums, it is with great pride that I present you the result of an intense work of research I have been carrying out lately. It is …

    ... emulating it on other systems, the Spectrum in Italy and much more!
    U]the book is currently only available in Italian[/U], in the hope that ... if there will be enough interest in ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu June 2012 Announcements
  • world of text find the spectrum.This is neat its a world of text. Find the Spectrum in here and add your user name. Its esentialy a never ending text pad that is editable by any vi…

    ... a world of text. Find the Spectrum in here and add your user ... is editable by any viewer. The changes can bee seen by ... /> Somewhere near the starting point I have hidden a Spectrum (ASCII ART ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk December 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How many AY trackers are available for the Spectrum?Is there a review anywhere comparing the different AY trackers that are available for the Spectrum -- in terms of versatility of output, memory usage…

    Is there a review anywhere comparing the different AY trackers that are available for the Spectrum -- in terms of versatility of output, memory usage, T-state usage, and any other relevant criteria?
    ajmoss ajmoss August 2010 Development
  • Spectrumpedia featured at the Spectrum Day at the VIGAMUS, RomeThe Spectrum Day was held at the [URL="http://www.vigamus.com"]VIGAMUS (Video Game Museum)[/URL] in Rome last 2nd November. My intervention was about…

    ... about the importance of the Spectrum in the history of popular computing and gaming in the '80s. The ... and the event marked the first step of a foreseen Spectrum presence in future ... events held by the ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2012 Announcements
  • Connecting interfaces to spectrum - in particular, Disciple.Has anyone got a couple of proper screws for connecting a Disciple to a Spectrum?I think they're supposed to come with the Disciple rather than the S…

    ... a Spectrum?I think they're supposed to come with the Disciple ... rather than the Spectrum, as u need longer screws ... than the ones these replace ...
    Lamb Lamb January 2021 Hardware
  • Games never released for the Spectrum with inlay available in other formats (C-64...)Since in the archive the never-released games for the Spectrum can have the inlays from other versions which were actually released, here its a list …

    Since in the archive the never-released games for the Spectrum can have the inlays ... Martijn, I placed the whole list in this first message, so ... the Spectrum, which does not have version...it must be in ... /> -U.S.S. John (C-64)

    -The Vikings (Status ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx January 2012 Infoseek database
  • The Spectrum reaches another generation.What a superb day. I recently bought a James Bond +2A Action Pack on eBay for next to nothing, and today invited my four year old nephew to have a go…

    ... him out on the Bond games and the six shooting games ... br />
    By the end of the afternoon, we were playing ... miffed at the loading times, he did come running in to me ... />
    Anyone else introduced the joys of the Spectrum this 'PlayStation Generation'?
    MattLamb MattLamb June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ZX Spectrum in America and CanadaWhoo Hoo only me. Amstrad may be able to sell the ZX Spectrum in the US and Canada after all. [url="http://www.cxcservices.com/home.htm"]http://www…

    ... be able to sell the ZX Spectrum in the US and Canada after ... />
    The emailer is available from BICO in California and being ... but the powerpoint slides do mention that it is running Linux ... development which could lead to the emailer achieving 'critical mass ...
    Geoff Geoff December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • help me identify this TYPE-IN for the Spectrum back in '83I've had an amazing time downloading some of the type-ins on this site and bring back lots of fantastic memories (I can still remember typing in Stas…

    ... can still remember typing in Stasteroids from an early ... help identify this type in, which I'm yet ... great type in based on the Light Cycle race in TRON. ... were made up of the Spectrum's keyboard graphics, but ... definitely a free type-in listing from a mag ...
    DaxTrajero DaxTrajero July 2005 Games
  • Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) mentions the Spectrum in his book!I just finished reading Nick Mason's "Inside out: a personal history of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with a chronology of events …

    ... of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with a chronology ... s wit: it begins in 1943 with the birth of Wright and ... Waters, and ends in 2005 with the Live 8 reunion. But ... the events listed for 1982:

    - April 1982, Sinclair ZX Spectrum ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi November 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • MAME on the Spectrum?Yes, I know it's currently AY's job to make ludicrous posts (a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP returns), but just out of interest, if…

    ... a position he's filling in very well, until TKRAP ... well as possible for the Spectrum, what games would be ... br /> I mean, allowing for the necessary limitations of speed, memory ... Imagine, though, the above games (and others) running on the Spetrum? Brillliant!< ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2006 Emulators
  • Alan Parsons Project in the Spectrum?Is there any game for the Spectrum with a song by Alan Parsons? or maybe a Demo? I like this band a lot and I would love to hear one of his songs in…

    Is there any game for the Spectrum with a song by Alan Parsons? or maybe a Demo?

    I like this band a lot and I would love to hear one of his songs in the speccy.

    Cheers
    Ivanzx Ivanzx September 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • History Channel documentary doesn't even mention the SpectrumI recently saw this documentary about the history of computers and it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant when it comes down t…

    ... it didn't even mention the Spectrum. Was it really irrelevant ... of mention? Was the Timex such a failure in the U.S. that it ... doesn't deserve a place in ... on any channel, that mentions the Spectrum, or its contemporary rivals like ...
    torstum torstum October 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Multi-tasking OS on the Spectrum?Do you think it is possible to build a multi-tasking operating system on the Spectrum? That is, most important the ability to have several task run…

    ... multi-tasking operating system on the Spectrum?

    That is, ... most important the ability to have several task running "at the same time ... />
    Is it all (in theory) possible to have a ... get back control from the process using the CPU?

    Rickard Rickard November 2007 Development
  • Modern uses for the Spectrum 48KDear all Im new to the forum. I owned a Spectrum 48K back in the early eighties and have very fond memories of waiting hours for games to load then…

    ... />
    I owned a Spectrum 48K back in the early eighties and have ... the office:

    [B]How could a Spectrum 48K be utilised in ... s a use for them in the house. To at least keep ... 'd love to have one in the house running the doorbell system or something ...
    Trebz Trebz October 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Raspberry Pi running the Fuse ZX Spectrum EmulatorAs much about the Pi and Beeb30 as emulators so I posted here [url]http://www.retrocomputers.eu/2012/03/23/raspberry-pi-running-the-fuse-zx-spectrum…

    As much about the Pi and Beeb30 as emulators so I posted here

    [url]http://www.retrocomputers.eu/2012/03/23/raspberry-pi-running-the-fuse-zx-spectrum-emulator/[/url]

    More at Beeb 30
    Geoff Geoff March 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Top 10 most important countries for the Spectrum game-wiseUsing infoseek with a little spare time and playing with the releases in each country, the results are somehow a little surprising, although I have u…

    ... .
    This are the countries where the Spectrum was/is the most important/significant ... how important the Spectrum was in that country)

    1.U.K. ------------> ... Spain, and the amazingly high number for Germany, where the Spectrum was never ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx August 2012 Games
  • ZX Spectrum in the modern mediaInstead of having a dozen threads pointing out mentions of the ZX Spectrum in different (modern) media, wouldn't it be better if we had them all in o…

    ... threads pointing out mentions of the ZX Spectrum in different (modern) media, wouldn ... if we had them all in one thread? Perhaps this ... one I found today on the Wired website:

    ... /#slideid-189311"]Paint Jobs: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Colorful ...
    Arjun Arjun September 2013 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • IF1Bis problems. The Edge of the Spectrum...Advice is sought from the learned on WoS. I just bought an Interface 1Bis from sunny South Africa. It arrived fast, but unfortunately doesn't work.…

    ... entering the 1Bis into a running state crashed and froze the Spectrum. Now ... in depth many pictured post (by 'Rune'. Is it the ... good for sure and goes in depth about 're-tinning ... in a small post at the end of the in depth explanation, Rune reports the Spectrum ...
    Amplitude Amplitude March 2014 Hardware
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