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Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... one's mind, like Fallout) for a deeply engrossing game.
for the money we pay aren ... that the free tools availble for game development are immensely powerful ... 've been experimenting with dithering software for the graphics - and it ... -
Is it just me...?Maybe I grew up paying too much attention to films like Tron, Max Headroom, Robocop etc. - always the companies in them were huge faceless corporatio…
... companies themselves to work for different publishing houses (Denton ... guess 80% of the software released on the Speccy ... Large teams were developing software for different platforms simultaneously. And ... to Arjun. Rare develops for Nintendo only - I wouldn ... -
Currah Microspeech: good or guff?I've just been looking through old Speccy mags and saw the Currah Microspeech add-on. It certainly looks good, with lunar jetman having speech among …
... much commercial value in releasing software for such a device. It ... general scorn most owners had for anything frivolous).
Also ... good enough uptake to make software generally available.
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Which emulator and assembler?Hi, I am looking to learn z80 assembly language and I feel the best option is a spectrum emulator and an assembler. Can anybody recommend the best …
... or others...
As for assembler, I always used PIKASM ... of the last companies making software for speccy and they made some ... -
Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
... put that? -- CRAP. So, if, for a change, your friends want ... should save that for big companies that release buggy software for big bucks ... -
Obscure FavouritesWe all know Manic Miner and Fairlight are classics, but surely everyone has some favourite speccy games that aren't so well-known. For mine I'd nomi…
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new to emulators...I tried using a speccy emulator several years ago...but I see that they have improved by leaps and bounds now. So...what is the best emulator to use …
... am concentrating on .tzx format for the time being.
for the zx81 - which was my ... is the position with aquiring software for that machine now? (All of ... a load of this software has been preserved for other people to ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... the recompile it... the software, the hardware and everything ... of Tapes for the major amount of Software i'm ... Deck though for devloping your own software easily. The reason for Recompiling ... is Time checking on certain software for different times of day ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... want anyone to write original software for it Ill have a crack ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... encouraged and I'm all for such projects.
... Anyway, Takashi all the best for ur project.
software for use on ur machine ... use recompiled stuff for the machine instead ... be an unnecessary complexity for something that aims ... -
Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
... games. It also had some software for educational purposes ;)
Oh ... salesman highlighted the lack of software availability.
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Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
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It also had some software for educational purposes ;)
[/quote ... won't use it just for games - it will come in ... useful for school'. I pity the games ... -
Spectrum Web BrowserI recall a while back that someone was developing internet software for the Spectrum for use with one of those old Prism modems. Did this ever come …
... someone was developing internet software for the Spectrum for use with one of ... -
A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... it.
What is for sure is that, long time ... easier approach (both hardware and software) for text mode applications, like CP ... worse approach (software) for graphical applications. For me I decided for side by side ... -
The Great Gina SistersDid anyone other than Crash & YS ever get to play the Spectrum version of this Mario clone?
... of 500 was made for the computer show. They ... insisted on producing GGS 2 for the commodore. This forced ... they have the masters for the game. They will ... like we never did any software for the 8 bit market. ... we only produce for the latest machines.
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Just how rare is Sinclair stuff - are e-bay prices inflated?Just how rare is rare? I e-bay a lot, (my e-bay user i.d is thx1138ebn ). I have noticed that some Sinclair products starting to fecth silly prices.…
The rarity of software is from my ... think that seller paid for that software 10/15 years ago ... the moment buying the software for the perservation of the ... /> The desirability of the software makes us out to be ... I only want the software they want the money.Give ... -
Tournament in Speccy games - Speccy Tour 2002Hi all ! I see a lot of talking about games here, so how about playing some Speccy's games ?? You can found final update of Speccy Tour 2002 (ST0…
... , never did any good for the diffusion of our beloved ... edition of Newsfield's magazine for the C64, with the ... /> Moreover, obtaining technical assistance for Spectrum users was very difficult ... ) had stopped keeping Spectrum software for sale as early as from ... -
Atari ST / Amiga - - Spectrum emulator help soughtHi, I might post a lot here, but I am not all that clever with computers, I just like tinkering with them. Today, in the post, I got an Amiga 600 &…
... I have no other software and no manuals for it.
software for that in the meantime, -
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 …
... different types of utilities for +3 like for other spectrums, especially ... few games that do this for the Microdrive.
... to make the software (for whichever format) as cheap for people to buy ... and to make a name for the software house, rather than to ... -
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 …
... few games that do this for the Microdrive. [/quote]
< ... work, and has worked before for others doing game compilations from ... to make the software (for whichever format) as cheap for people to buy ... and to make a name for the software house, rather than to ... -
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 …
... un-released titles available for download, does it mean ... their game freely available for download on WOS, then ... sell many budget games for more than 50p anyway ... idea of buying new software now may work in ... author writes a piece of software for the Spectrum - it ... -
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 …
... enough people prepared to pay for Sid Spider and other new ... day I write games for fun and not for financial gain, but ... keep me developing new software for the machine for a long time to ... -
WOS and copright[url="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29646.html"]http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/29646.html[/url]
... archive and information repository for Spectrum software, and although the actual ... eliminate inlays, cheats, listing of software for referencial purposes, etc. is FLAWED ... dictate and enforce this falsehood for software companies' pathetic, dishonest, greedy, ... -
Cronosoft - NEW SOFTWARE HOUSE - FIRST RELEASE NOW AVAILABLEHI EVERYBODY! I'm really pleased to announce our first Spectrum software release: EGGHEAD IN SPACE by Jonathan Cauldwell The third in the EGG…
... fit in with existing software collections. Most disk software for the Speccy came ... easier!
Thanks for your point about the matt ... it to a TZX file for ease for when I play it ... mistakes! I've never worked for Imagine software ;) , so once all the ... -
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 …
... there is much much more software for spectrumthat is simply unknown, extinct ... handled it, id get invloved for sure )
at lemon ... the c64 had WAY more software. said the sectrum only had ... -
Hah, pretty cool. Just went on ebay a couple days ago ...[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3407826897&category=11994"]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3407826897&cat…
... . so we can get developers for other platforms to send their ... a nice repertoire of new software for these great older computers, Im ... a great place to hit for starters. -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
Hi Andy and everyone..
Do you need to be an E-Bayer to join in? I hunt all over the car boot sale in my local area for tapes and discs..
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What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?
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A million thanks for that but can you please ... mentioned elsewhere) finding any software for it. For this reason I uninstalled it ... -
What is SAM?Whilst looking at my spectum tape collection i foun a number of SAM only games. What is a SAM game and which emulators support it?
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A million thanks for that but can you please ... mentioned elsewhere) finding any software for it. For this reason I uninstalled ... and leads, with original software. went for a high price though. ... am looking for a game authring program for it. actually ... -
New Games siteHi everyone Just been browsing the net and found a retro site which sells brand new Spectrum games. Check it out [url="http://www.ukretro.co.uk/"]htt…
... sell their own current new software themselves ( ie. "FlashBeer ... Trilogy" by Weird Science Software, among a couple others, ... the only "new" new software house i currently know ... of Retrogamez, which also sells software for older platforms:
