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Spectrum makes friendsJust wondering how many folk made a good number of friends at school due to each of you owning a Speccy. I'd have to admit to this, in fact some of …
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Personal Computer World games CollectionWhilst sorting through my games and collating them for sale, I came across one i got at a car boot sale a long time ago. It is called the PCW games …
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How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…
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GP32 speccy emulators and other stuffI'm about to invest in a GP32 BLU as I have a long long long stay in hospital coming up and really want to know if anyone has one of these and can gi…
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Name That GameIt was a car racing game where the whole race track was in view from above with small cars. The was oil patches to avoid and items appearing to coll…
It was a car racing game where the whole race track was in view from above with small cars.
The was oil patches to avoid and items appearing to collect such as extra grip etc.
I had this game on a 48k spectrum. -
Bought my Dad a spectrum for his 60th birthday.My Dad's 60th in a few days time, and I sent him a 48k rubber key, and some CD-R's with games on, amongst over things. How times have changed, wasn'…
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Street Hawk - Crash edition/ Mel Croucher's IDHiya everyone, I had no idea this version was even released until looking on this site - as a result I'm now trying to track down a copy. I'm also a…
Broken keyboard?Maybe long time ago discovered (o; Just found that if the keyboard isn't working anymore but the key foil itself is intact you need to cut of the 5 …
Maybe long time ago discovered (o;
< ... -pin keboard connector. Seems after long time usage internal ULA pull ...WoS found my game!!!I don't believe it... A long time ago, in a Galaxy far far away, I wrote an adventure game called "Valley of the Kings". My friend Paul and I immedia…
... don't believe it... A long time ago, in a Galaxy ...InterruptsA small piece intended for the FAQ. Comments, corrections, additions welcome. Notably: * How long does the 48K ULA hold /INT low? * What happens i…
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* How long does the 48K ULA hold ...My speccy is ill :(Hi all, this is my first post and all so go easy on me ;) I've got a +2 (gray case) speccy which had a really poor tapedeck, basicaly on any tape, t…
... to it. to cut a long story short. i tried to ...Jet Set Willy RZX!Had to post this one - DarenP, the maintainer of the RZX Archive ([url]http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/[/url]) has been testing a new SPIN release with R…
... ). It's about 50 mins long, but has Jet Set Willy ...Babylon 5I came across this a long time ago. [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Babylon+5$&pub=^unknown$"]http://www.worldofspectrum.o…
I came across this a long time ago.
[url=" ...Bug in Match Day...maybe this is old news.This may be old news, but I thought I'd share it with you all. I remember once when playing Matchday I scored a goal just as the timer (which, if yo…
... demo mode going for too long, it crashed.
Any ...Dave Perry InterviewI conducted this interview with Dave Perry, famous for games like Turtles, Trantor, Extreme and Dan Dare 3 to name but a few... Enjoy! Dave Perry wa…
... . This game didn't take long to make and we actually ...Has anyone tried the last TZX of Basil the Great Mouse Detective?It refuses to work on almost [I]every[/I] emulator I've tried it with: the only one which can run it is EmuZWin. Some time ago there was a long debat…
... time ago there was a long debate about the peculiar loading ...Wanted : ZX Spectrum on/off switchThere used to be available an on/off switch for the original rubber key spectrum. It was made by System 7 and sold for about a fiver. I am trying to …
... fiver. I am trying to track one of these down currently ...need help with speed optimization. this procedure draws a sprite with mask from memory onto the screen with x-coordinate in pixels. it doesn't shift sprites in realtime, it just uses …
... bytes table (4 kbytes
long) from memory.
Does ...Wanted: Machine Code Sprites and Graphics AlsoI also have been after this bool for a long time You can view the cover at [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/images/book.jpg"]http://www.peargames.co…
I also have been after this bool for a long time
You can view the cover at [url="http://www.peargames.co.uk/images/book.jpg"]http://www.peargames.co.uk/images/book.jpg[/url]
Please help
RobIdea for new gameLast friday I had an idea for a game. RACE TRACK SIMULATOR You can build your own race track like the one we have at home from Fleischmann or Carre…
... a game.
RACE TRACK SIMULATOR
You can ... build your own race track like the one we have ...Character SetAlright, this may not be the right forum for this question (it does sort of relate to a game which I'm trying to get working properly - long story) -…
... trying to get working properly - long story) - does anybody know where ...Mystery games or Who the hell is Philip Nendick?Some games I found on an old tape; Bomber - version of City Bomber & Crazy Race (a.k.a Death Driver according to listing) - variant of Death Race whe…
... you move around a race track running over people & dogs ...If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…
... size/keyboard
4) The long load times
5) The ...Rapscallion -- reloading a game from tape?Although Rapscallion (Albert Ball's second game) isn't very difficult to complete "properly" (in one go ? I don't even use snapshots), so as to get t…
... be great if someone could track down Albert Ball, and persuade ...Not THAT kind of Joystick!!!I got to share this with you as it is ( although it wasn't last night ) Funny. I just bought a trickstick off ebay, it's boxed like new and arrived …
... box to pull out this long, thin black shaft with an ...what extra port for extra memory ? (256K, 512K, 1024K, etc.)I know that Pentagon uses some extra bits from port 7FFD for extra memory pging: - for 512K model, bit 6 & 7 of port 7FFD - for 1024K model, bit 5, 6…
... , I find easier to keep track of a memory bank number ...A real rarity!Hi there, I was just looking through my games collection and I came across a real rarity. A version of Impossible Mission, released through a compan…
... post the tape over as long as I get it back ...I would like to write emulatorHi guys, I'm new to this forum but I realise that you must get loads of posts from people asking "how do I write an emulator" so I'll try and be spe…
... knowing it will take a long time!)? Weblinks would be really ...New remake in progress - play in browser[url="http://www.multiedge-net.co.uk/wally"]http://www.multiedge-net.co.uk/wally[/url] Play it in your web browser; no nasty downloads (so long as y…
... browser; no nasty downloads (so long as you have Flash Player ... locations shouldn't take too long.
Anyone interested in ...How to cheat in LocomotionI like Locomotion and when I played it I always used this little trick. If you press and hold FIRE while moving pieces of the railroad track the trai…
I like Locomotion and when I played it I always used this little trick. If you press and hold FIRE while moving pieces of the railroad track the train runs slower and you will have time to complete the level.
