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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... good shooters on the spec Rtype ruled. The spec version to this ... -
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…
... many Spectrum games do we Spec-fans still play today? Less ... -
That Nostalgia ThangI was bored sitting waiting on a bus the other day and it was bucketing down with rain. As it does in gloomy situations like that, my mind started t…
... ST games (including DM) thru emu's, but found it was ... -
Starglider 128Can anyone help with this? I've downloaded this game from several sites but none of the versions had the excellent speech synthesis I remember this …
... definitely played it on an emu and the speech was present ... and correct. The emu wsa probably Z80 or x128 ... -
Ultimate GamesJust got a computer and found this site. I know this must be asked all the time, but what's the deal with Ultimate games on the net, why are they un…
... allowing their games onto the emu scene, I don't know ... -
The first spectrum gameThe spectrum was released in 1982,and originally came with the horizons tape so in reality the very first spectrum game had to be thru the wall on th…
I remember a horse racing game for the 16k - can't remember the name but a possibility. Exclusive 16k games are few and far between. I know Psion worked with the Spec very early on so maybe it was one of theirs. Hungry Horace or something... -
Please help me find this gameGuys, Your help is appreciated Canno remember the title - Basically the main character of the game was a ball , bounces up and down and you directe…
Wizball! What a fantastic game! I remember the spec version being much faster than the C64 version. Something I could slag my mates over. Action Reflex is quite good as well. -
Is there anything new to comeApart from doom. I personally don't think there has been anything all that innovative on the pc. Whereas the Speccy had handfuls of games in that c…
... . Did some of my fellow Spec-pals ever played the two ... -
Is there anything new to comeApart from doom. I personally don't think there has been anything all that innovative on the pc. Whereas the Speccy had handfuls of games in that c…
... write something huge for the spec (or maybe nobody's interested ... in new spec projects) It would be big ... -
What was the first thing you did with your spectrum?This is like an addition to Stuarts topic what made you buy your spectrum,,,,ok what i want to know from you lot is when you got your speccy home,or …
... picked up from Input and spec programming [img]/__forums/images/smiles ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
... at C programming for the Spec. These days I keep my ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
Shaw Brothers?!?! I used to buy those in a bargain shop round my way! It was the only thing going at the end of the great Spec era! Great fun... -
pc 2 zx, problems!!! :(Ok I've recently bought a cd (not a copy either, I got it from HMC in chester) containing some 6000 games. Now as my spectrum was damaged some 2 yea…
... models of +2 - If your spec is one of these it ... -
Ripping Text from ZX games running on EmulatorsHello one and all - All hail Retro! I'd like to know how to rip all the .txt from ZX games running on a windoze emulator (I'm a writer and like do…
... can convert text from an emu to something that a Windoze ... -
Where are you from / who are you / do you still use the real SpectrumJust three questions to see how divers the Spectrumworld is and how many users are still around. If you want to stay anonymous, just answer the last …
... did test it with another spec. balls. well it's not ... -
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…
... roof, thanks to all the spec-chums out there buying it ... -
Missing in Copright List?Is there any list available covering all games that WOS have had to remove from the archive due to copyright issues (like the titles from Codemasters…
... discussion could follow in the spec/8-bit community. I will ... -
Questions about +2The Spectrum +2 has a built in tape recorder. As I am about to put my hands on ony of those, I have a few questions: first, the +2 power supply the s…
... soundcard loud enough for the spec to recognise it. All the ... -
Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…
... /> I think I got my Spec around the age of 9 ... -
Sam Coupe emulator?Is there a Sam Coupe emulator available anywhere? I'm having trouble finding one if there is. I'm first and foremost a Speccy fan, but I'd like to lo…
if you're on a mac (os x or 9) you can find one at [url="http://bannister.org/software/emu.htm"]http://bannister.org/software/emu.htm[/url] . amongst many others including an oric emulator! this guy is on fire with emulation fever! -
Help pleaseDesparately trying to remember the name of a game in which you were in charge of a software company and you were offered stuff by someone called Hone…
... loading up the ol' Java-Spec would be *far* too obvious ... -
what were your most..................what were your most memoriable times of the zx spectrum and why? :) octave
... most of the other Russian emu's will handle this fine ... into one of the above emu's and save it as ... -
what were your most..................what were your most memoriable times of the zx spectrum and why? :) octave
... most of the other Russian emu's will handle this fine ... -
Where can I get a working copy of Chuckie Egg 2 ?I downloaded Chuckie Egg 2 from this site, but it doesn't work! Every time I load it up using ZX32, it resets the speccy emulator. Does anybody know…
Have e-mailed a snapshot copy to you.
In case anybody else is interested - the tzx and tap versions reset in ZX32 but work fine with Spectaculator ( have n't tried any other Emu's). -
mercenary: what did u think?mercenary was a fantastic game and i just started playing it again, it wasn't everyones cup of tea though, it had fast graphics (thx to the small scr…
... . An incredible achievement for the Spec, though...
Dark Side ... -
Long awaited dissapointmentWhat games were you looking forward to, be it sequels or much hyped newbies, only to be utterly digusted and dissapointed with the tripe you had boug…
[I]Modern speak[/I]: Through The Trap Door sucked ass, the first one ruled.
[I]Spec-chum speak[/I]: Through The Trap Door stunk worse than Snouty's underwear, what? Tally-ho!