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No PNGsAnyone got any idea why .png files wont display in for me in Internet Explorer. I'm sure they were displayed before I had to reinstall windows and r…
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Gothik questionsIs there a full description of Gothik? Or maybe anybody knows how to use collected bags? There are bags around the mazes which could be turned into a…
I'm well into the 4th level.
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Gothik questionsIs there a full description of Gothik? Or maybe anybody knows how to use collected bags? There are bags around the mazes which could be turned into a…
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I'm well into the 4th level.
I ... , I try to keep the monsters in the place they pop up first ... Firebird employee, and webmaster of the [url="http://www.birdsanctuary.co ... -
Is there any Bi-Plane games on Speccy... (Solved..Dogfight :) )I`ve been playing a Flash game called Top Dog thats a lot like an old Amiga game called Biplanes I think, also, Im sure there was an original arcade …
... that their calculating the angles etc to draw the graphics too, ... Im actually more dissapointed with the Amiga version, after playing ... think that Asteroids and Space Invaders are the original shooters :)
... chance? Was it in the mags at the time, or just ... -
Yes Prime MinisterI can't get the copy of YPM in the archive to work. it loads, asks you to choose keys an then stops completely on the first screen. I tried it on my …
... Q/A/O/P/SPACE to move the cursor to select Y ... to the question "Are you sure?" in ... response to the selection 1. Start Game?
the game. It works perfectly well ... -
Scariest things ever.As a follow on from another post, here's several things that I used to find very scary or un-nerving. Anyone remember any of these? 1. The keyb…
For Mr. Anonymous: Can you remember if that Boy from Space programme was the one where they fired a ray gun at a car and it vanished bit by bit? If so, then I saw that as a kid too.
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Scariest things ever.As a follow on from another post, here's several things that I used to find very scary or un-nerving. Anyone remember any of these? 1. The keyb…
... if that Boy from Space programme was the one where they fired ... are right! If you click the above link and click Episode ... 6 in the Story Guide on the RHS and then ... scroll down to the piccies under 'Story Bit - Part ... -
Has anybody ever done a 3d version of Fairlight map?Has anybody ever done a 3d version of Fairlight map? I am thinking about Speccy games that were isometric, but had a rich spatial structure. Great Es…
... one extreme, if you took the data directly from a snapshot ... mind was simply looking at the game screens. Maybe measuring them ... 't even possible due to space warps in the game itself. -
War of the Worlds Movie RantSorry that this is not Speccy related, but I'm just too shocked not to ... Have you seen the trailer for War of the Worlds? "No one would have bel…
... were two versions made - the classic STANLEY KUBRICK version, and ... TV' serial. The TV version followed the book much more ... silly towards the end, with 'hedge monsters' and the like, which ... /> Here come the golden oldies, here come the Hezbollah. Business ... -
Best Sci-Fi movies!Following on from the WOTW movie thread, I think it's time for another "best of " topic! (Yawn-o-rama - hey it's a long sunday ok?) No doubt someone…
... They Came From Beyond Space
Quatermass And The Pit
Invasion ... Of The Body Snatchers ( ... /> The Day The Earth Stood Still
The War Of The Worlds< ... br />
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Best Sci-Fi TV series!Seeing we're doing best sci-fi films, why not best sci-fi TV series.. My votes: Dark Angel Doctor Who Roswell The X-Files Planet of the Apes TV Ser…
... though, I think it represents the best science-fiction television series ... doctor should watch Remembrance of the Daleks, Curse of Fenrick ... and sometimes patronising. Space 1999 and the later Star Trek's ... positive or negative) on the program after all this time ... -
Is there any Bi-Plane games on Speccy... (Solved..Dogfight :) )I`ve been playing a Flash game called Top Dog thats a lot like an old Amiga game called Biplanes I think, also, Im sure there was an original arcade …
... that their calculating the angles etc to draw the graphics too, ... Im actually more dissapointed with the Amiga version, after playing ... think that Asteroids and Space Invaders are the original shooters :)
... chance? Was it in the mags at the time, or just ... -
Old Cheats - Nutting the Bell !!!We were discussing this the other night - trying to remember some old cheats. Our three favorites were - Jetpac - on the level with Planes sit on t…
... bingo !
Sitting in the space station of the planet you wanted to ... -
+3 sound questionsI know that the original +3 had the distorted sound problem. I also know that the +3b does not. Can anyone tell me what issue of the motherboard ca…
All +3B's have v4.1 ROM's AFAIK.
You can find out what ROM you have by holding down space when resetting the machine to get the test image then holding down QAZ PLM to get the diagnostics. -
First arcade/handheld/comuter game you ever played.Whilst sat in a traffic jam in Milton "Evil" Keynes today I was thinking "What was the first arcade/handheld/computer game I ever played" I narrowed…
... videogame: [I]Computer Space[/I] by the company who became ... nor which was the first, but they included the original (unlicensed) ... (STTR1 by Mike Mayfield), the text-only(!) American Football ... thread, and of course the inevitable fruit-machine simulator.? ... -
First arcade/handheld/comuter game you ever played.Whilst sat in a traffic jam in Milton "Evil" Keynes today I was thinking "What was the first arcade/handheld/computer game I ever played" I narrowed…
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First Arcade Game - Space Invaders, at the Hawick Common Riding fair ... Donkey Kong 'Game & Watch' - the original Nintendo Dual Screen! One ... or Perilous Swamp on the ZX81 during Christmas morning ... Penetrator in early 1983. The first Spectrum game I ... -
Who the fcuk is Paul McKenna??Disappointing development: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/McKennaPaul.pmt"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.…
Bring it on :)
After his piss-poor attitude, I'd only be more than willing to meet the guy face-to-face and teach him some manners :D -
Amstrad emailer now has a joypadThat emailer/videophone thing Amstrad's been selling lately has a PS2-style joypad attached to it... to play Spectrum games with! [url="http://www.a…
... as the one in the photo to play a version of Space Invaders ... at being given the opportunity to play Space Raiders using the modern technology ... -
Is This The UGLIEST retro computer in the world ever ?????While looking on Ebay I saw a sight that made my body shudder. THE AMSTRAD 664 COMPUTER Wow that is one ugly mother. The Pale grey pale blue keyb…
Chaos yes agreed the Atari 400 is in front ... about it. The sickly brown colour of the space key is the clincher for ... me.
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Ebay liarsI've just won a spectrum 007 action set for ?13 and have paid for it straight away. That was 4 days ago I've emailed the seller several times and hav…
... reasonably rare, but useless without the tape that came with it ... the game access to use the bottom 16kb as storage space - in effect the ... game (Shadow of the Unicorn) has the full ... -
Ebay Rules can u have 2 ID'sI have just found out that 1 particular ebay buyer ( he bought a spectrum +3 from me ) also has another ebay ID which he uses to sell. Now I ain't ac…
... for a merge, you must meet the following requirements:
... both accounts. For example, the contact information on your ... other account must match the contact information on your ... your accounts are merged, the resulting account cannot be merged ... -
Installing Z88DK Z88DK INSTALLATION Z88DK is distributed in two parts. The first part is the platform independent bits (including source and z80 libraries) and th…
... I can give you space to host the file in my web ... space so you can directly link ... want.
Email me the file and I'll upload ...
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CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…
... soft's site and on the Jonathon Cauldwell section, it ... says that they have the rights to the games he released ... through Cronosoft (Rough Justice, Egghead in Space ... etc.) but the spectrum version of Higgledy ... -
I have looked ? need helpI have looked really all over for a converter from tzx to wav which i can get to work(must be easy) because everything i come across i cant seem to g…
... tzx file (i.e. load the game) - then press ?ctrl ... stuff will appear?)
under the Tools / Options / CassetteRecorder - disable ... you can enable BOOSTING the loading noise volume and ... - and finally press ?ctrl+space? = or click the play button: do you ... -
Vector GraphicsMy thing, back in the day, was games that had vector graphics. The Spectrum was generally better at them than other, inferior machines and there were…
... boy' trading game set in space instead of peckham.
[/quote ... 1 is a Space Crossword puzzle the other is the Del Boy Christmas ... -
Game being created with Platform Game DesignerBeen playing with this since yesterday when i bought it from Cronosoft. To someone like me who cant program its excellent to create a Manic Miner st…
... though.
The deadling for that competition is ... br />
Anyway if the keys are being a pain ... as QW and Space as thats the standard Manic Miner ... go at the end and the music is the main thing ... yourself too much hassle with the keys etc
Challenge 4: Putting across the messageAll right, here is a real challenge for all of you: What's the best way to convey the message to usspeccyfan to tell him that we are NOT interested …
... putting him down or taking the piss out of his spelling ... when you never have to meet the person you're dissing. I ... 'm sure the frequency of his posts will ...
