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What is a Kempston joystick?Just a quick question from an ignorant Commodore user (what, a Commodore user on this sacred ground? Relax, I'm a fan of all 8-bits, including the wo…
You were right first time Mat, the Kempston Interface utilised the 5 least significant bits of port 31 - at least that was the address I always used. -
Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
... . Mind you, those are 'official' figures. According to some, the gray ... ) don't figure in official figures so it is a conservative ... -
crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
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Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
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250,000 games on ebay - 2nd chance ??hi guys , thanks for all your help in the past few days , watching over the auction , it was quite exciting at the end ................until the winn…
I shouls also add that a coupe of 'new' people have indicated they would like to make pledges. If this is the case then please mail me ASAP so I have some final figures to work with.
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Advantages of SE?I'm not too aware of SE Basic. Primarily, I would like to know just wot kinda advantages SE Basic has to offer over other kind of BASICs? Wot can it …
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all in a good cause...We are hoping to attract the attention of a magazine publisher to launch and support the UK?s first glossy (and hopefully rather funky) retro gaming …
... impossible. Once we have the figures we shall go to a ... we can achieve. If the figures suck, then we'll forget ... -
all in a good cause...We are hoping to attract the attention of a magazine publisher to launch and support the UK?s first glossy (and hopefully rather funky) retro gaming …
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TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
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speccy emulator on OS Xhi there i am trying to use ZXSP on OS X but it won't load TAP files, and that it only supports .SNA and Z80 files. can i convert TAP files to .SNA o…
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Underwurlde = Crap?Ultimate have this huge reputation, and in terms of production it's deserved, but I don't think that the playability of their games are necessarily a…
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Underwurlde = Crap?Ultimate have this huge reputation, and in terms of production it's deserved, but I don't think that the playability of their games are necessarily a…
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Z80 AssemblerSome of you may know that I'm working on a Z80 assembler. I thought I'd start a thread so I can see what people think and what they might want to see…
These are the specs for the evaluator - if anyone can think of anything else that should be added post here.
Labels are stored as 32 bit signed numbers. You can use labels and constants
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Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
Money!How much money do you think Kevin Toms made from the Football Manager series? I only ask because I imagine if he sold the units today that he sold ba…
... there somewhere it mentioned some figures about how much a successful ...Speccy Sensations??I don't know if it's a punishable offence to talk about compilation CD's but here goes. I was once a owner of a Speccy Sensations 2 CD that was stol…
... are two of the most significant (yes, I know there are ...Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …
... a fountain. Gilded siamese dancing figures adorn the top of cylindrical ...Elite...David Braben has been telling various sites to pull any Elite files that may infringe his copywrite... Something to do with him releasing a "elite l…
... ? (I also note the very significant differences between (say) the BBC ...unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... game!) but there is a significant difference in the number of ...unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... game!) but there is a significant difference in the number of ...unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... game!) but there is a significant difference in the number of ...TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... emulators with some slightly different figures for a block akin to ...TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... emulators with some slightly different figures for a block akin to ...TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
... new block with slightly different figures eg pilot pulse length 2139 ...TZX compatibility issuesI seem to have a problem with using TZX files on different emulators. Specifically, files Saved As TZX from emulator. I better explain: I have a fe…
It would have more accurate figures than the current standard data block and not require as much info. as the turbo block.Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... do this would make those figures above look very low.COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
It's true, yes, the clones were big in South America, but overall figures including these still put the C64 ahead in sales. I have been told this by Andrew Owen, and I'm not going to argue with him. After all, he co-wrote Valhalla! :)COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... in South America, but overall figures including these still put the ...Turbo loadersDid turbo loaders actually make a 48k game load significantly faster? Taking into account the time taken to load the code for the turbo loader progra…
Whether it was significant faster depended on the Turbo ...Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... signal. Most human speech has significant frequency content in the 100Hz ...
