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How to spot mias?I visit charity shops and occasionly car boot sales, mostly for records and cds but i do loook for cheap, good software too, i was just wondering abo…
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when did you last buy a spectrum game?When did you last buy a new commercial game in the shops for your spectrum? I guess I can't really answer that because I sold my spectrum in about 1…
ZXF issue 7 - contributions please!ZXF07 is due out mid April, so I'm starting to put the magazine together now. Any contributions - news items, game reviews, articles, etc - should b…
... - so that we can avoid duplication of reviews.
Thanks ...Can anyone help me...?Please can anyone help? For duplication reasons, I need to convert the library of Cronosoft .TAP and .TZX files to .WAV files, so I can put them ont…
... anyone help?
For duplication reasons, I need to convert ...Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... on the computers in the shops and then there were quite ... a lot of shops selling and having computers on ...Tetrisi watched the Tetris "From Russia With Fun" documentary about the classic puzzle game, and it made me wonder. What was the official version of this g…
... you buy it in the shops like any other game? The ...Master tapes...How were Speccy games mastered for duplication? Were they done with one big, special master reel? If so, how did they get the signal from the Speccy…
... were Speccy games mastered for duplication?
Were they done ... in good enough quality for duplication?
In the same ...Great gag..In the early to mid 80's my brother and I would go into shops like Boots or W H Smiths which had Spectrums on display. We would type in a bit of BAS…
... and I would go into shops like Boots or W H ...Lightning ReactionNot trying to sound like an advert for them but has anyone seen this 'toy' from the gadget shops around ? Not normally into these sort of shops but …
... this 'toy' from the gadget shops around ?
Not normally ... into these sort of shops but my friend had one ...Giving back games in shopsMust have been in 1987 - I saw screenshots of Auf Wiedersehen Monty in a german Magazine and decided I wanted this game for my 13th birthday. So I to…
Must have been in 1987 - I saw screenshots of Auf Wiedersehen Monty in a german Magazine and decided I wanted this game for my 13th birthday. So I took my mum to a shop which sold Speccy games (they very few and far between in Germany ?cos the machine ...Music!!! AGAIN!!!!!!Just got that Q magazine spin off mag today "depeche mode and the birth of electro pop" or something like that, not very catchy :p it features bands…
... easily and cheapily in charity shops, and i like it.....specially ...Tempest (Mikro-Gen)I've recently acquired and dumped this MIA from Mikro-Gen. There are three BASIC blocks on the tape:- Block name "11" "12" "13" Block len …
... guessing there's been a duplication error with this tape, anyone ...Last Spectrum game ever made?By last I mean the last one that was available to buy in shops? The last issues of SU and YS were in 1993 so I'm guessing around this time the last o…
... was available to buy in shops?
The last issues of ...Imagine gamesWhat Imagine games were released in the medium sized yellow boxes? I have Hypersports, Ping Pong, World Series Baseball, World Series Basketball, Mik…
... never saw it in the shops - was it released. Can anyone ...Olympic bid - Bothered / Not bothered ?I think it could be good for the UK, would generate a ton of jobs, create a ton of money because of the influx of people coming here to watch the Oly…
... money, eg restaurants, site seeing, shops etc.
If we ...Motor MassacreJust tried this game for the first time ever and apart from a few annoyances i think its excellent ? Got terrible reviews and i can kinda see why bu…
need help with power supply: AC-DC adaptorHi guys, I need some help with explanation.. My original ZX powersupply is out of order so I?m going to use ac-dc adaptor instead. In the manual for …
... unregulated.
In the shops I just saw regulated adaptors ...I am getting an x-box tomorrow. Recommendations? On loan for quite a few months from my brother-in-law, as he has a spare one. He bought one on eBay, was outbid on another, and got a really good 2n…
... of Game, Gamestation and other shops etc?
I won ...Manchester flea marketsI'm coming home to Manchester to vist for 2 weeks in October and would like to pick up some speccy/QL gear if possible. Its been 8 years so I'm a b…
... any flea markets or retro shops around Manchester that I could ...ZX Spectrum +2 "one with directional keys next to the tape deck"Hi! My dad claims when he had a speccy +2, the directional keys were next to the tape deck. I have a second hand +2 from GameStation (go there for g…
... we got back from the shops, we plugged it in, and ...Postman not allowed to knock on doorI buy stuff online more than going to actual shops and recently bought a few dvds of someone. I knew that all 6 dvds would be in the one package and …
... more than going to actual shops and recently bought a few ...This month's GamesTM Retro Section...Is it issue 38? According to Strider, this issue has an interview with me about the book? It's supposed to be in shops right about now? Does anyone…
... 's supposed to be in shops right about now? Does anyone ...Labatt lager 30p a canBest before 31/10/05 :D :D hic :D :D wandered down the local shops with a few squid in me pocket, to get some coffee, and mebbe a beer or two, ca…
Best before 31/10/05
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wandered down the local shops with a few squid in me pocket, to get some coffee, and mebbe a beer or two, came back with 12 cans of lager for ?3.60 :)Amusing things you didnt know about speccies...When you were a kid, when you were a young kid, like me, aged 9-10, seeing a speccy in the shops for the very first time, where Jetpac was loaded and…
... , seeing a speccy in the shops for the very first time ...What is the future for Dixons, Currys etcIt seems that people are turning to the internet to buy there elactricals what a suprise I bought a ?500 DVD recorder online for ?417. I can't see th…
... and close their high street shops, how many of u reading ...Old software shops that have come and gone.One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Ma…
One that i remember fondly was Software Plus in Great Yarmouth, i bought my copy of Streetfighter II C64 there, and also a little gamestore in the Mall area of Yarmouth, as you go through to the other end of the marketplace, turn left and walk down to the ...Anybody seen issue 40 of games TM magazine ?Has anybody seen issue 40 of games tm magazine in the shops yet? It was due out ont the 29th of december but has yet to appear in my local W.H Smiths…
... games tm magazine in the shops yet? It was due out ...CassettesIs anyone here in agreement, that it's bloody annoying that shops decide when to make a product obselete (and not the consumers)? I recently bought …
... it's bloody annoying that shops decide when to make a ... minute chrome tape in the shops is damn near impossible.
Shops also tried to kill vinyl ...Would you buy speccy games if they were made/sold today?Say for some crazy instant that ZX Spectrum came back on the scene bigtime and they started making selling ZX Spectrum versions of the latest games, …
... and rush out to the shops now and buy them, like ...
