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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
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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? -
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://wn ... didn't appreciate that the composite mod didn't ... didn't know about the power supply issues this ... !
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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) :)
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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…
... a US company with a much larger financial backing than the small ... 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 ... -
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] -
?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? -
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? -
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? -
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.
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"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 ... -
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 ... -
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? -
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 …
... personal tribute to the Spectrum and it is called ... know about the Spectrum: history, technical specifications, the most important ... on other systems, the Spectrum in Italy and much more ... /> First impressions from the Italian Spectrum enthusiasts scene have been ... -
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 ... -
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 all ...
The emailer is available from BICO in California and being ... but the powerpoint slides do mention that it is running Linux ... which could lead to the emailer achieving 'critical mass ... -
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 …
... 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 ...
-Strip Poker (C64) (US GOLD)
-Speedball ( ... -
spectrum in united statesIs there any way to use a Spectrum in the United States? I notice all the ones I have seen on ebay have a power plug very different from the kind use…
... any way to use a Spectrum in the United States? I notice all ... the ones I have seen on ... power plug very different from the kind used here. If there ... a special kind of Spectrum designed for use in the US, I would like ... -
CRONOSOFT - New Software releases for the SpectrumHere's what software is available from us, as of 10 Apr 2003: zxs1 - EGGHEAD IN SPACE - ?1.99 zxs2 - DEAD OR ALIVE - ?2.99 zxs3 - HOP 'N' CHOP - ?2…
... what software is available from us, as of 10 Apr 2003 ... :
zxs1 - EGGHEAD IN SPACE - ?1.99
zxs2 ... quality new games/utilities for the Spectrum, ZX81, C64, Vic, C16, Oric ... bit from too, please contact us.
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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 ... />
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Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…
... thing/s about the Spectrum?
Is it the soundchip of your ... my favourite thing is the graphics, the very thing that is ... enough colour for us speccy users, yet when your in the middle of ... yet I LOVE the monochrome grahics of certain spectrum games so ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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!< ... -
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.
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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?
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…
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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 ...How is the Spectrum to live on when we are all dead???We have had 25 years of the Spectrum and it lives on in us all and as long as WOS is here, on the Internet. Because of this, it will be alive as long…
... 25 years of the Spectrum and it lives on in us all and as ... long as WOS is here, on the ... !
So, what happens in another 40 years or so ... like!!! Will Ebay still sell the them LOL!!
DickyThe Born In The 70s ShowThanks for the amazing site - we've been fans for a while and have used it to revisit everything from Hobbit to Stop the Express. Just to let you kn…
... show 'Born in the 70s' has a little sketch about the Spectrum, its games ... (even a shout out for Chuckie Egg!) and in ... to feature us in your What's New section.
The Spectrum clip ...The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…
... in that era carry that childhood with us throughout our adulthood and the Spectrum ... />
So, inevitably, the Spectrum era ends with us.
This site ... carry with us cannot survive us except in auto-biographical form. The Spectrum has another ...
