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From Star Wars to the ZX Spectrumhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34799193 would you / did you? have swapped / sold your Star Wars figures for a speccy? good move? bad move?…
... the predicament of the article writer...
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.WMA to .WAV?Can anyone recommend a free WMA to WAV converter? (I've googled but always value the voice of spechums :-)) I'm still getting used to windows 8 b…
... > Output > Nullsoft Disk Writer) but you may need to ... -
.WMA to .WAV?Can anyone recommend a free WMA to WAV converter? (I've googled but always value the voice of spechums :-)) I'm still getting used to windows 8 b…
XMPlay with it's WMA plug-in installed should be able to do it. Click on options, go to output and change the device to 'WAV Writer' then play the track. -
What hapenned to Harry Price?I wonder what happened to the guy that programmed many debatable 'games' for the Spectrum? It seems he copied many well known titles such as Odd Job…
... the creativity of the actual writer is it, it's protecting ... -
What hapenned to Harry Price?I wonder what happened to the guy that programmed many debatable 'games' for the Spectrum? It seems he copied many well known titles such as Odd Job…
... little actually goes to the writer/composer. Big chunks go to ... copyright: the lifetime of the writer/composer plus 70 years. That ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... a viable category. The SDC writer who came up with "parallel ... -
Just games or also "serious stuff"?Hi guys :) When a ZX48K entered our home in 1986, i started programming for it but mainly i used it for games. No other use was accomplished: no a…
... experimenting with Softek's Spectral Writer - which I found on a ... -
Emulator developmentHi, Could anyone explain or direct to a link that explains in not to technical terms how an emulator is developed. It has always blown my mind eve…
... better help than another emulator writer who's already been there ... -
Emulator developmentHi, Could anyone explain or direct to a link that explains in not to technical terms how an emulator is developed. It has always blown my mind eve…
... better help than another emulator writer who's already been there ... Arjun that an another emulator writer is a great help. Without ... -
Spectrum games that could be made, for modern times.[b]Ken Bruce's Popmaster.[/b] I could see Domark putting this out. And I'd play it like mad, before discarding it four hours in because the questions…
... where you are the script writer trying to trying to keep ... -
A software house on your doorstep.In late 1987, I noticed a few kids from a housing estate in my town (Wellingborough) were wearing HACKER badges. I didn't know at the time that this …
... made to intentionally mock the writer. It simply asked if it ... -
how to .... Rotronics WafadriveHi all, How to make dump of wafadrive cartridges (to PC) ? any software to do this ? or any way ? I have same questions about microdrive cartridges :…
... and bought an original Spectral Writer. I managed to get a ... better than the 64K Spectral Writer WDR file (the only version ... -
Classic British TV[FONT="]So, as I live in U, S of A now I find myself often reminiscing about TV shows from when I was a child in blighty. Now I know that some o…
... watched (Hammond is a superb writer)
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Classic British TV[FONT="]So, as I live in U, S of A now I find myself often reminiscing about TV shows from when I was a child in blighty. Now I know that some o…
... whole thing with Lawrence (the writer) living with the family was ... -
Classic British TV[FONT="]So, as I live in U, S of A now I find myself often reminiscing about TV shows from when I was a child in blighty. Now I know that some o…
... whole thing with Lawrence (the writer) living with the family was ... -
Name of writer?Bloody hell - trying to remember the name of a long dead, famous, probably Russian, writer. His stories were serialised on radio4 a few years back…
This guy? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Gogol
I just Googled 'russian writer buried alive' and it was the first thing to come up.
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Brexit inspired game.I'm now struggling to think of any games to back up my idea, but I recall there being a plethora of politcally inspired games in the 80's. Regardless…
... /suggestions-for-the-professional-adventure-writer-page#latest"]as I have ... -
ZX Dandanator! Mini - Cartridge system for SpectrumsHi All, I'd like to present a little HW I've developed during the last three months. It's aimed at providing a console-like usage experience for a…
... to get myself an EEPROM writer anyway, so I can play ... -
Why Crashed fanzine closedMaybe the true story has never been told, maybe nobody cares! but at least this forum can hold its collective chin and say... ahhhh thats why... 200…
... as I was reader and writer for all those magazines. Lee ... -
Celebrity deaths...How about putting them all in one thread? In a sticky? As it seems to be a weekly thing at the moment? Save a bit of space and we can all do without …
Yes Minister writer Sir Antony Jay dies at 86
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Matthew Smith's Andre's Night Off in C&VG - did he really write it?Despite it being written in BASIC, Andre's Night Off is not very good - so what happened exactly? Was the hyperbole surrounding the type-in so much h…
[quote]If he hadn't written it, surely other mags of the time would have called them on it?[/quote]
unless he agreed for it to be published in his name (saves him from doing it). like a ghost writer...dunno *shrug* -
Anyone used YoYo Gamemaker?I got the Humble Bundle of this for myself and my son, as he's been asking about learning to code and I wanted to give it a go as well. Anyone got…
... and working as game story writer (??) on a startup game dev ... -
Change of career/doing something different!!I've been working in IT since '97 where I got my first 'proper' IT job as a junior systems engineer for a big engineering company in Walsall. SInce …
... great multi intelligent, emotional speaker, writer of documents and make it ... -
Emulator that supports original Spectrum keyboard?Hello all Google search didn't come up with an answer, so I've registered here. Looking for a windows emulator that can use the original ZX Spe…
[quote="aleksazr;880357"]Uh, that costs 100 GBP... while connecting the wires to the parallel port costs nearly nothing.[/quote]
How about this? If you pay 200 GBP to me, I can try to convince an emulator writer to write something for you. :) -
Abersoft Adventure 1This may not be of interest to anyone but me, but I've taken a quick look at Abersoft's Adventure 1, and written up the internal database format [url…
Abersoft Adventure 1This may not be of interest to anyone but me, but I've taken a quick look at Abersoft's Adventure 1, and written up the internal database format [url…
Ltd Edition Coloured Vinyl Sainsbury'sGet them now before they go : Frankie goes to Hollywood " Welcome to the pleasuredome " White Vinyl £20 Buy it now on E-Bay up to £80 Jethro T…
... crappy Barry Potter so called writer JK Rowing.
My ...Some MIAshi Guys I've procured a box of spectrum stuff from someone who was moving house. In this box I found an "Unidentifiable backup tape" with software …
... be a copy of Spectral Writer by Softek at the end ...Celebrity deaths...How about putting them all in one thread? In a sticky? As it seems to be a weekly thing at the moment? Save a bit of space and we can all do without …
... Medlin, the bassist and co-writer with Manufactured Romance, was murdered ...inventing new wordsIt's all rather troubling. I invent new words and then, when I check on the web, somebody's already thought of them! Lately I mis-heard "revolution" …
... articles or whereby the presenter/writer confidently spouts facts and tips ...
