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which where better budget or full price games?did you find budget or full price games the best. i only had a couple of full price games, got them when i got my 48k+ second hand, but had loads of…
... now I can not recall a single name).
I had a paper route, first I saved ... towards games for the rubber Speccy. *Sigh* those were the ... they were budget or full price.
A lot of the ... , if I got a copy of a game and I REALLY ... -
which where better budget or full price games?did you find budget or full price games the best. i only had a couple of full price games, got them when i got my 48k+ second hand, but had loads of…
... now I can not recall a single name).
I had a paper route, first I saved ... towards games for the rubber Speccy. *Sigh* those were the ... they were budget or full price.
A lot of the ... , if I got a copy of a game and I REALLY ... -
which where better budget or full price games?did you find budget or full price games the best. i only had a couple of full price games, got them when i got my 48k+ second hand, but had loads of…
... earned dosh back then for a dire game.
price i could buy a fair few.< ... In the Speccy heyday i would say the full price games were ... better but eventually it was a ... bit 50/50, both full price and budget ... -
Biggest DissapoinmentWha game was THE biggest dissapointment. I mean like a "Frak! 64" Or "Diakatana" like disapointment?
... Galaxy Force[/B]- this was a shot in the dark - ... just to discover it was a 128k game, so I ... Monochrome of All Times. A full price Activision masterpiece. Satisfaction guaranteed.< ... play the Megadrive version a few times to get ... I could tackle the speccy port! -
What company made the best games?Durell? Psion? Llamasoft? Microsphere? US Gold? Software Projects? Ultimate Play The Game? Elite? Firebird? New Generation? Mirrorsoft? Codies perhap…
... - especially so early in the Speccy's life.
< ... br /> Jeff Minter was/is a fantastic programmer - especially Tempest 2000 ... . Some of his games lacked a little depth though.
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4 ALL HOCKEY FANS!!!So what do you think of this years hockey wc? Slovakia is going to be no.1 again!! SLOVENSKOOOO!!!!!
I meant MAN'S hockey.
In case you werent around Earth for a while :) :
The World Cup Hockey has started and is in ("full stream - dont now the exact word") -
4 ALL HOCKEY FANS!!!So what do you think of this years hockey wc? Slovakia is going to be no.1 again!! SLOVENSKOOOO!!!!!
... for a while :) :
The World Cup Hockey has started and is in ("full ... on the other hand is a whole world more hardcore :lol: -
daley thompson's decathlon questionhello does anybody know if this game was ever going to be released in 128k with ALL 10 events.this would have been great(not just 5 each of the 2 da…
... the 128K Speccy came out, DT's Decathlon was a couple of ... considered it viable to release a full price 128K version consisting of the ... tended to have at least a few new features/gimmicks, rather ... than just be a former 48K multiload converted into ... -
First game you REALLY wantedOK. I searched but couldn't find a thread like this so why not start one. So, I'm interested in what was the first game you really, really, really w…
... Usually, whenever I'd buy "full price" games, I'd get them ... the adverts that appeared in Speccy mags ([url="ftp://ftp ... ?2 I saved on a budget game, thus I ... I discovered it existed in a shop, priced ?8. Even ... fact it was clearly a pretty lame conversion because ... -
What's the maddest a Speccy game ever drove you????What's the maddest a game ever made you and what did you do about it?? I have plenty of memories of punching TV's, myself, sofa's etc. as, for exampl…
... the game, then i heard a Speccy version was due out, after ... game on it's release (full price no less!) and slammed it ... />
I seriously almost had a breakdown at that point, and ... -
Crappiest game you ever bought.I remember a mate bringing Double Dragon in his rucksack to school when it first came out and showing everyone the nice box. He said it was "exactly…
Kenny Dalglish Soccer Match.
First full price game I bought. I couldn't wait to get it home and play it, only for it to be the worst rubbish ever. I don't think I ever paid full price for a single game on the Speccy again. -
Top 100Where do your favourite [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html"]game[/url] and favourite [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestadvent…
... 100 Worst games[/url] list (a couple of plonkers have voted ... 10/10). Sure, Eastenders and World Cup Carnival were truly crap, but ... accurate lists. Most of the Speccy classics (and the turkeys) are ... -
Sly Spy : Secret AgentDoes anyone know what happened to this? It seems that it was released at full price only to be withdrawn almost immediately then it appeared on The H…
... 't think the Speccy version ever got released full price because it was ... been discontinued ffor at least a year by then, so Sly ... that lesser label, so the full price release had to be scrapped ... -
RARE/Ultimate games!I recently bought an XBOX 360 and Perfect Dark Zero, and it made me realise how much i missed RARE and Ultimate - Play The Game. Anyone else have an…
... whom the asking price of ?9.99 (at a time when ... Gold, and given to a different group of desingers/programmers, which ... their simple, cartoonish quality.
A major, MAJOR dissapointment.
< ... best games in the world written by a British company. Rare ... -
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…
... Iron Bridge. Saturday was almost a religious event for me, as ... pocket money, for either a budget title, or a full price/compilation (if I ... (which was very kind, when Speccy games took as long to ... , it does mean that the price wars make for some great ... -
Ebay timewastersDon't you just hate them? Had a +2 listed on there the other day and the winning bidder has gone silent on me and won't pay up. Arsehole!!
... ?
Received a box of 20 speccy tapes (budget sized boxes ... sized boxed tapes and 3 full price sized boxed tapes !
Nokia 770 == Spectrum +4?I know it isn't, but it *feels* like a Sinclair product, and in the good way. A wonderful little gadget that screams "have a play around and have fu…
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It's not a phone or a PDA so I'm ... world.
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The Speccy had all the advantages of a console (standard hardware ... and sell them at any price), that's what makes me ...Dizzy 5 - Spellbound Dizzy: no reviews?Hi! I noticed that it seems there are no reviews about this game, in WOS archive. I mean, reviews from YS, SU and Crash. Do you know the reason?
... being big enough to be a proper adventure that leaves..
Treasure Island Dizzy
Fantasy World Dizzy
Magicland Dizzy
full price and complete crap!The more things change, the more they stay the same (boring vid included)Seen this on Digg today, it's a video of a PSP loading Smackdown vs. Raw 2006. It takes a very long time indeed, I can think of plenty of speccy game…
... it does make it all a lot more disposable. that was ... the speccy was crap (see that other thread) I did pay full price ... and i did play it a lot. if ... it'd been on a c-90 tape with other ...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…
... used to have a fantastic selection of budget speccy games. Every ... things. they still sold speccy stuff until about 92/3 ... than Bowmans and had a round price tag often sneakily stuck ... Bowmans, Xtra-Byte did stock full price titles often more expensive than ...matt smithDoes anyone know what Matthew Smith (legend) is up to these days? Is he still programming? Is he still alive? If he is, maybe we could get him to co…
... /> On the positive side , after a year of frustration and messing ... with a major distributor , and we are also now publishing full price non ... retro games , as well as a budget range ... just the EAs of this world !
RegardsWorld Cup FeverWell, on the basis that anything I predict - the opposite happens.... England are gonna lose and go out in the first round. cheers
... 04)
They will blame a cheating opposition player. (Maradona 86 ... the World Cup"
Depending on how results go in Group One ...Is there any Sinclair world cup anthem?I've just been listening to a few World cup anthems past and present, but what I really need is a World Cup anthem that mentions any of the sinclair …
... World Cup team).
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Speccy ... the games makers won't a damn give
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they'll be in a mood.
Once ... they won't give it a rest
Knowing that ... nobody cares a skiv
For ZX ...Barcelona - Champions of EuropeWhat a wonderful night for english football, Barcelona are the kings of europe and the Gooners end up with nothing. You can't believe how happy I am.
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1. I wanted a side from England to win ... care that the team is full of foreigners, apart from Red ... had at least half to a majority of foreign imports (okay ... one-on-one in the World Cup final and Dida or Buffon ... way would it have been a red card then.Barcelona - Champions of EuropeWhat a wonderful night for english football, Barcelona are the kings of europe and the Gooners end up with nothing. You can't believe how happy I am.
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1. I wanted a side from England to win ... care that the team is full of foreigners, apart from ... had at least half to a majority of foreign imports ( ... one-on-one in the World Cup final and Dida or Buffon ... off. THis was not a mistake by the referee and ...What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
The Speccy was the first ... and get a new budget game (or a cheep full price game if ... />
The Speccy was and still is a great machine that ... a mouse!!!)
I will always look back at my Speccy ... gaming days with a great deal of ...Protection - why?Just musing on my huge box of copied Spectrum games, and wondering why the publishers bothered using all those elaborate copy protection mechanisms. …
I had a theory many years ago ... -£25 on average for new, full price titles.
But ... come down from £40+ to a more reasonable £20-30, ... and counteract the £5 a time ripped off versions that ... car boot sales throughout the world!)
If ...Shearer on Zidane - the voice of unreasonDid anybody see Zidane's headbutt? Jesus, I thought he was going to put his head through that other guy's chest! I wonder what the other guy said to…
... of the highlights of the World Cup for me. None of ... Oh no, a full-force battering ram of a nut. Quite refreshing ... in a sport that ... has been turned into a non-contact over-acting ... , hey kids... it was a terrible thing to do and ...Portuguese man-of-war tamed....The colour bronze will suit the untanned Germans well, especially after seeing Schweinsteiger remove his shirt. (Did you know FIFA rules gives a yell…
... about World Cup 2002 , not this years.IE: Us winning the qualifying group ... Argentina in the quaters , and a game where they were clearly ... their game against Holland. Was a huge talking point over here ...Portuguese man-of-war tamed....The colour bronze will suit the untanned Germans well, especially after seeing Schweinsteiger remove his shirt. (Did you know FIFA rules gives a yell…
... be argued that England had a similar run facing competitors like ... Poland who were terrible this World Cup. Ecuador surprised everyone by coming ... didnt have a tough first game after the group stages in ... i think theyre a good side but not a side worthy of ...
