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  • Speccy Database/WOS HostingMany apologies Martin but forgot to ask, My prog is centered around an Access DB. Would this be a prob on WOS?? If so I'll design a text based DB. P…

    Many apologies Martin but forgot to ask,

    My prog is centered around an Access DB. Would this be a prob on WOS?? If so I'll design a text based DB. PLease let me know.

    Thanks, Chris.
    Chris Chris October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I can't enter in maps section!!Hi, sorry about my english. I've trying to enter in the maps section this afternoon, but it wasn't possible. I' ve ADSL line & IE 5.5. It appears a …

    Hi, sorry about my english. I've trying to enter in the maps section this afternoon, but it wasn't possible. I' ve ADSL line & IE 5.5. It appears a post with the text "the Ftp session is finished". May anybody help me??. Thanks a lot.
    Pain Pain September 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ? M3732-20RS ?I have eight chips of memory from my old zx spectrum 16k. I?d need to know the pins description of them to use it. The text on the chip is: …

    ... use it.

    The text on the chip is:
    Gento Gento June 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Zenobi Software?I know WOS are busy sorting through all the software companies, but these people whoever they are, created a game I have been after for many years. …

    ... years. The game is a text adventure called 'Behind Closed Doors ...
    Scurvy Scurvy June 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading with CODEHi all! I last played speccy games back in '91. that's when it died IMHO. It's good to see people are keeping the dream alive with emulators and util…

    ... using LOAD "" you obtain a scrolling "bytes" message. ISTR that some ...
    ember ember March 2002 Games
  • Name of a game ... againDear Speccy fans, I am happy that I have found this forum recently, because I am looking for one old game I played as a kid. I can't remember it'…

    ... screen were filled with poor text info, icons and compass. Simply ...
    Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan March 2002 Games
  • Help! The Castle by Chris Cannonis a text adventure. How do you get over/across the chasm with the buzzards flying overhead??? They keep pulling my head off!!! Would be most gratefu…

    is a text adventure. How do you get over/across the chasm with the buzzards flying overhead??? They keep pulling my head off!!! Would be most grateful for any help/tips. Thanks.
    romeo7 romeo7 April 2002 Games
  • Adventure 200Any information or tips to help completion of this text adventure would be gratefully appreciated. I first met this game more than fifteen years ago …

    ... to help completion of this text adventure would be gratefully appreciated ...
    Ad. Ad. May 2002 Games
  • Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…

    ... point)


    5: Scrolling, rolling shoot `em up. Destroy ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • Best Speccy ProgrammersRe-post from the thread "Who is your fav speccy programmer". It was getting rather unwieldy so I thought I'll post a new topic on this. So, after mu…

    ... colour large sprites and fast scrolling)

    7. P.Mochan ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2002 Games
  • C'mon Arjun make a quiz!!!!!! Arjun you've joined in all the quizes (is that how u quiz in plural?) I wanna have a go at yours! I know there'll be a few text adventure ones in t…

    Arjun you've joined in all the quizes (is that how u quiz in plural?) I wanna have a go at yours!

    I know there'll be a few text adventure ones in there if u do!!
    Vampyre Vampyre June 2002 Games
  • Games that benefit from a change in speed.Has anybody tried playing games on an emulator at different speeds? I've found that certain games are more playable with a slight speed tweak. Obvio…

    ... programs written in basic and text adventure games are going to ...
    Martyh! Martyh! June 2002 Games
  • End sequences from gamesI dont completed many games but usually they hasnt end sequences.. or just a text telling you: "Congratulations" what games had the better end seque…

    ... end sequences.. or just a text telling you: "Congratulations"

    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz July 2002 Games
  • SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…

    ... is
    the update log text which tells you what's ...
    Dunny Dunny July 2002 Emulators
  • Name the Game (TM)Hi Everyone, The game I'm looking for is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Possibly in black and white that had nice graphical touches like shimmer…

    Hi Everyone,

    The game I'm looking for is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up. Possibly in black and white that had nice graphical touches like shimmering lightbulbs and a Mona Lisa (?) to fly over. Any ideas please ??
    dave_beer_uk dave_beer_uk July 2002 Games
  • A Spectrum, a couple of felt tip pens and a lot of free time on Sunday afternoons...In my opinion the best part of having a Spectrum was drawing a game map of the latest Ultimate game in the back page of my geography text book thereb…

    ... back page of my geography text book thereby failing most of ...
    AndyHerbert AndyHerbert July 2002 Games
  • ANN: Spectaculator 2.5 available for downloadHi. I've just released a new version of Spectaculator, available from [url="http://www.spectaculator.com/"]http://www.spectaculator.com/[/url]. Hopef…

    ... countdown in Starion, the
    scrolling message at the beginning of ...
    Jon Needle Jon Needle July 2002 Emulators
  • Quiz - my first attempt!And so it is! My first attempt at a quiz... 1. All answers give 1 point unless otherwise stated, for a total of 33 points. 2. Give your answers excl…

    ... .

    18. In this text adventure you actually had to ... game.

    19. Another text adventure, but this time you ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu July 2002 Games
  • what is this game (very vague)i remember this was a text adventure and if u drank this potion u would turn into a flying pink elephant and die (very funny when u did it) , sorry i…

    i remember this was a text adventure and if u drank this potion u would turn into a flying pink elephant and die (very funny when u did it) , sorry i cannot give anymore info but this is all i can remember ABout it
    The_Ruffneck The_Ruffneck July 2002 Games
  • Spectrum ROMI downloaded some text files (they are actually the spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using TASM (or soemthing). I read on WOS th…

    I downloaded some text files (they are actually the ... spectrum ROM files but in text) which can be compiled using ... of the stuff in the text documents means. So what kind ...
    Anonymous Anonymous July 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • ID this game pleaseIt was a snooker game from 1986/1987 and released on some budget label (I think) The balls were small and to help those with green screen (Amstrad C…

    ... also think there was a scrolling message on the top of ...
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 August 2002 Games
  • The GladiatorHi, Does anyone have a copy of a Text Adventure called The Gladiator? It was written by Alex Gough and released by Pegasus Software. I'm looking fo…

    ... have a copy of a Text Adventure called The Gladiator? It ...
    kim kim August 2002 Games
  • Another couple of games to be ID'dHello everybody, OK this is only my 3rd post on here, but reading through the old topics has made me feel like I know a lot of you already, and its …

    ... anyone remember a couple of text-adventure games:

    1 ... head!

    2) a text adventure that was different to ...
    markfiend markfiend September 2002 Games
  • Game I.D.This one is on the tip of my tongue, but I simply cannot remember the name! Ok, it's a stunt bike affair, very dark background with mainly blue fore…

    ... . Small main bike with screen scrolling left to right, lots of ...
    Echo Echo October 2002 Games
  • What game was this?Anybody know this one? It was 4-way scrolling, viewed from overhead. You control a tank, and you have to set up reflectors at various points to aim a…

    Anybody know this one?
    It was 4-way scrolling, viewed from overhead. You control a tank, and you have to set up reflectors at various points to aim a laser-beam to hit some target.
    Neil^P Neil^P October 2002 Games
  • Directory listingI know this isn't stricly Spectrum related,but I can't think of anyone better to entrust my technical problems with than the Spectrum brotherhood. Do…

    ... directory in windows as a text file? I want to list ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis November 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Emulator for Psion Series 3Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but there is a Spectrum emulator for the Psion 3a, 3c and 3mx. I have a Psion 3c, and unfortunately (as …

    ... to play anything other than text adventures on.

    Apparently ... />
    I was playing several text adventures earlier, and it is ...
    MattLamb MattLamb November 2002 Emulators
  • an old story;-) : need game name...This is an side-scrolling space shooter. Graphics is monochrome. I cannot remember many details, but there were many little enemys, some powerups (ma…

    This is an side-scrolling space shooter. Graphics is monochrome. ...
    moroz1999 moroz1999 November 2002 Games
  • Best Text Adventure Games?As you may or may not know, I recently got a Psion 3a and have downloaded a Spectrum emulator for it. Unfortunately, the clock in the 3a is too slow …

    As you may or may not know, I recently got a Psion 3a and have downloaded a Spectrum emulator for it. Unfortunately, the clock in the 3a is too slow to emulate games well enough to play properly. The 3mx would be a better Psion to get, and I aim to acquire ...
    MattLamb MattLamb November 2002 Games
  • WoS (or other speccy sites) t-shirts? 'Royalties' available.[url="http://www.geekstyle.co.uk/ntkmart.cgi?ship=Win"]http://www.geekstyle.co.uk/ntkmart.cgi?ship=Win[/url] Well this is quite off-topic.... I jus…

    ... can just mail us a text slogan. You retain copyright on ...
    thx1138 thx1138 November 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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