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Some more questions on various subjectsSome more questions that occur to me (mainly when I can't sleep). 1. Do DVD discs have PAL/NTSC formats? If so, how come I could play DVD regio…
... about pigments or the light spectrum. Printers consider the four primary colours ... br /> They still sell it in the US I think.
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New Collector Advice NeededI have just started by quest to collect Sinclair computers. Is there a way to tell anything useful from the spectrum serial number? Does it indicate …
... getting a ZX81 and Spectrum 48k in good condition to get ... the serial number supplied in the advert.[/QUOTE]
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Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... know 17 million c64 sales in the US alone is not out of ... owned the whole of the videogame market in that country, whereas in Europe the Spectrum and ... C64 completely owned the ... -
Speccy's most popular countries?I always wanted to know which countries had the most love for the Speccy (I'm petty like that) so I spent a while trying to get info, as far as i can…
... Hmm... I wonder if the Spectrum loses its attribute clash on ...
If the Speccy had been introduced in the US instead of the TS1000 people ... Real keyboards were king in the US.
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Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... in the UK Spectrum's and their accessories are considderably more in demand than the ... much more prolific in the USA as Timex Botched the US and Canada sales ... them are no longer with us. I'm not sure ... Sinclair didn't sell well in the US there's a poor Sinclair ... -
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than ... .gb64.com/"]Gamebase64[/URL], while the Spectrum still has daily updates to ... to actual numbers. The C64 outsold the Spectrum. The Spectrum failed (by comparison) in the US.
Today, I accidentally stumbled across...I was searching for information on a movie where one of the characters was brainwashed or something and had a code contained in his brain and it was …
... it should've been in the comment in parenthesis for added comedy ... more acceptable in public to proclaim you like the ZX Spectrum. When ... watch company marketed it in the US during the video game crash as ... s a totally acceptable hobby in the US). Now if I said ...issue 1 spectrumPlease don't laugh, I am looking for issue one spectrums lower than 001-000100 i currently have one 001-000445 and a 3000ish, 5000ish, 8000ish etc,…
... powerfull is dead in the pan. who wants a c64. the spectrum is stylish ... and has a quirk unrivalled in history.
in the US...original 64 logo ones sell ...The Dizzy (spit spit) gamesI [B][U][COLOR=red]HATE[/COLOR][/U][/B] Dizzy. The shallow, one dimensional character and his stupid, annoying, repetitive games. If it was up to me,…
... Crusade, Nigel Mansell - Fab), US Gold left us (ummm .. It was nice ... and give us StreetFighter 2 - it's a shame the final ... t matter that the big software houses have left us you can ... people who had a spectrum in the later days when the new available software ...CSS Wales Winter Meet 2008Csmith, Gasman and I attended.
... Cayo Arms (short walk from the train station)
the Harlequin clone in action
More ... of a killer app for the Spectrum SE
... get an idea of the numbers expected.[/QUOTE]
in the US when this is on ...Gremlins - The AdventureThe screenshot at [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006399"]infoseek[/URL] is from the german version. Has it anything to do…
... =0006399"]infoseek[/URL] is from the german version.
the fact that the first perfect TZX ... ([I]Gremlins-TheAdventure.tzx.zip[/I])is in ... It first arrived in the US, but the Spectrum port first arrived in the UK. :pCronosoftIt's a bit of bad news, but I'm sorry to say that I'm probably closing up the Cronosoft label. I'm struggling financially at the moment, and Cronoso…
... yet never bought any of the "For Sale" games.
the mention of taking Cronosoft ... for book 1 of the Spectrum bible. So that must ... myself "I'll order the games when I have ... a working Speccy here in the US (Or in England for that matter ...R.I.P. spectrum 48kRecently one of my 48k rubber key (issue 4) machine bit the dust the other day when I tried to power it on. When powering it on, it gave a weird 'bee…
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bladerunner: I'm in the US, so I have to use ... power supply work (since the spectrum basically uses 5v coming out ... many other interfaces. Most likely in the near future hopefully :)
... some other useful info (here in the hardware forum).
Recommend Monitor for Speccy +2Just bought a speccy +2 to play on in my studio on downtime, can anyone recommend a good RGB monitor for it?? as the TV signal is a bit migrane indu…
... both my BBC Micro and Spectrum +3. The only thing I have ... /buy that LG LCD here in the US? If it doesn't have ... for me to connect to the spectrum?
Do you know ... boxes that use RF input(spectrum 16k-48k+), RGB input (spectrums ...Recommend Monitor for Speccy +2Just bought a speccy +2 to play on in my studio on downtime, can anyone recommend a good RGB monitor for it?? as the TV signal is a bit migrane indu…
... you happen to know if the scart on your LG ... buy that LG LCD here in the US? If it doesn't have ... for me to connect to the spectrum?
Do you ... boxes that use RF input(spectrum 16k-48k+), RGB input ( ... in Canada to play my UK Amiga 500 and a Spectrum ...Top 5 Speccy Games.Hi there, Here's an invitation to visit my blog [url]http://andyremic.blogspot.com/[/url] and post your top 5 Spectrum games. I'm currently working…
... WA (more unreliable than the Spectrum ha!) in the US I'm sure they ... ! Thanks for the questions. I'm doing the game for fun ... in interviews, so it might be worth looking them up on the ...
Which author influenced you the most?
David Gemmell - RIP ...Top 5 Speccy Games.Hi there, Here's an invitation to visit my blog [url]http://andyremic.blogspot.com/[/url] and post your top 5 Spectrum games. I'm currently working…
... , WA (more unreliable than the Spectrum ha!) in the US I'm sure they can ... out. After all, they hold the key to solving world poverty ... 's see if they do the right thing :-)
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How do you store your collection?I'm interested in knowing how you folks store your ZX Spectrum games collection in your computer hard drive. You just dump all downloads into a folde…
... folder called Spectrum II (Spectrum is on my PC back in England)
Within Spectrum II are several ... ve worked on whilst living in the US, also contains a couple of ... different emu's in it.
[b]Spectrum books:[/b] I ...Top 5 Speccy Games.Hi there, Here's an invitation to visit my blog [url]http://andyremic.blogspot.com/[/url] and post your top 5 Spectrum games. I'm currently working…
... , WA (more unreliable than the Spectrum ha!) in the US I'm sure they can ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... -hoosh Kr-aah-l. Because in our alphabet it is written ... 35 now, I had ZX Spectrum 48k+ that I remade to ... interface. I live in Bratislava and learn english in every oportunity I ... reason i thought you lived in the US or did you go on ...To USA-based guys - a question about hardware.Hi! My friend from US asks what is required for US-based people to start an adventure with ZX Spectrum. I mean such difficulties like PAL/NTSC thi…
I have a Spectrum +2 in the US and it's really difficult ... TV/monitor that will handle the signal. There are a few ... TVs that supposedly handle the signal but they aren't ... about twice as much for the size as TVs you can ...Hello allHello all. Only discovered this today after years of bumming around Your Sinclair RnR Years. Obviously not to bright on the up take. I adored my S…
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Hello welcome to WOS.
So tell us about you. What was your favourite game?, did you ever abandon the spectrum in the late 80's / early 90's? After your spectrum what came next, computer wise?And we think speccy games can be expensive...At the time of posting 6 1/2 hours to go, current price $41,200 [url]http://cgi.ebay.com/FACTORY-SEALED-NEW-NES-NINTENDO-STADIUM-EVENTS-NTSC_W0QQi…
... go for such prices while the rarest Spectrum titles go for about ... There's two main reasons. The cartridge is harder to fake ... than a tape, so the perceived value is higher. ... NES/Famicom collectors over in the US than there are Spectrum collectors over here ...Spectrum 48k video review - USA perspectiveGreetings WoS! I have been getting into the Spectrum universe recently, and living in America it's proved quite challenging but very rewarding. It's…
I knew there were some Spectrum fans across the ocean!! :) Shows it's not completely unknown in the US :) Spread the word!So which 8-bitter was biggest in which country?ewgf's topic "Be honest now..." got me thinking about this. As we got people from most European countries here and also a few abroad, tell us which 8…
... lot of it's sales in the US, but it's a big ... over a million units in a year in the US, so many people were ... wanted something more competitive with the other machines only cheaper. < ... Tandy Color Computers.
Spectrum, Jupiter Ace, Oric, etc... were ...Games with Spectrum and NES versionsCan you guys name games that had both Spectrum and NES releases? I know Green Beret, The Simpsons: Bart Vs. The Space Mutants, Kung Fu Master, Yie Ar…
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I never did get why the basically gave up the ... then again it's cash in the bank[/QUOTE]
the Sinclair Spectrum, in the summer of 1983"
what about the silver ...Crash or Sinclair User?I was a Crash man myself. I've created a little tribute to [URL="http://hubpages.com/hub/Crash-Magazine"]Crash Magazine[/URL] if anyone fancies a lo…
... magazines came from the guy who ran the village garage, ... in. Just as that folded I got the last Your Spectrum ... the first ever 'Laser Quest' type arena in the US, which sounded amazing at the ... time. Now the fad ...speccy colors ajnd pixels and stuffwhat are the speccy colours? specifically the RGB values of them. i suppose could just put a screen in photoshop and work it all out. also how big …
... think it's probably the dodgy Spectrum that was to blame ... more often than dodgy televisions. In ... being sold in the US, the lack of RF shielding in the Spectrum also made ... ending up on the bus, which in certain circumstances might ...speccy colors ajnd pixels and stuffwhat are the speccy colours? specifically the RGB values of them. i suppose could just put a screen in photoshop and work it all out. also how big …
... the dodgy Spectrum that was to blame more often than dodgy televisions. In ... it being sold in the US, the lack of RF shielding in the Spectrum also made it ... byte ending up on the bus, which in certain circumstances might cause ...ZX ULA Book releaseThe book is complete and with the printer. Once the proof copy is back and checked, and assuming no changes are required, I'll start shipping all you…
... get the orders destined for US residents printed, boxed and shipped in the US. ... much quicker and avoid all the customs wrangling.[/QUOTE]
... know I'm not the only person in the U.S. buying ... the info that we obtained from Claudio regarding the NTSC Spectrum ...
