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Sound on Spectrum / AtariIf I'm not mistaken, the AY chip on Spectrum and Atari ST are the same. I saw some games on Atari and I must say that sound on it was pretty nice. My…
Didn't the ST also have a white noise generator that could be used for drum sounds (or was that the Amiga?).
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What systems did programmers use?Just a thought that occured to me. What systems did professional programmers use to write spectrum games on? I know it would be possible in theory to…
During the time he was developing Stormlord (crap game by the way) Rafaelle Cecco wrote a log for a few months in Crash Magazine. He was using a PC and I thought they were doing the graphic stuff on an Atari ST. -
Hardware specialists ?????Are there any Sinclair hardware specialist around here? I think most of you are more gamers and I need a hardware specialist for some questions!!!!
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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…
... confess I preferred the Atari ST version. An incredible achievement for ... visuals... had it on Speccy, ST and PC, and still have ... -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
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what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.
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speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…
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what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.
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Games overrated by MagazinesI know this is a little ambigious (LMLWD) as your worst game could be someone else's best, but sometimes didn't a games review seem a little overboar…
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HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY MR SPECTRUM!It's the 23rd of April, so it's been twenty years since this all started, and that's quite frankly unbelievable. Twenty years! Can it be that long? T…
Happy Birthday!!!!
Here?s to another 20 years of fond memories and top games.
I plan to thoroughly wet the micro?s head later, and with it being St. George?s Day too I think I?ll do a sicky tomorrow... -
Best Strategy GamesWhat was your favourite spectrum strategy game?
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Best Text AdventureText adventures were considered 2nd class games by many, but any1 who played them know they had as many great moments as most of the classics. My to…
my faves are....
Robin of Sherwood
Espionage island
Secret of St Brides
Terromolinos
Emerald Isle
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what will become of your speccyOk this is not meant to be morbid or anything like that...but when your days come to an end on this little blue planet and we pass on to wherever or …
... but I have kept my ST!
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Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
Answers and results.
1: What came free with the Nov 87 issue of Your Sinclair magazine that provoked outrage by many parents?
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A 16 page issue of Viz magazine.
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What Spectrum games do you play most, currently?What Spectrum games do you play most, currently? Mine are: -Match Day -Match Point -Decathlon
The games I'm playing currently are:
1) Slightly magic (Atari ST)
2) Mega Turrican (Sega)
3) Zynaps (Speccy)
4) Dynamite Dan (Speccy)
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What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
... 've been given another Atari ST by a mate at work ... original Atari mouse for the ST, this is rather groovy this ... -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
... 1040STFM (to my mind, the ST was the spiritual successor to ... -
What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
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What Spectrum games do you play most, currently?What Spectrum games do you play most, currently? Mine are: -Match Day -Match Point -Decathlon
Update on wot I'm playing currently:
1) Dan Dare 3 (Speccy)
2) Super Metroid (SNES! Brilliant game!)
3) Chaos Engine (SNES. Great stuff again)
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What other 'retrotech' are you into, what hardware do you own?I suppose talking about machines, hardware & software other than Sinclair is off-topic, but my retro collection was kick-started at WoS! I had heard…
Best racing game....an easy one, this is. I mean, not that it's easy to establisg the Best one... My favorites were (but you'll have to guess their names, as I don't …
It would have to be Chase HQ for me. It was an unbelieveable conversion which retained much of the coin-ops playability. I had the ST and Amiga version at more or less the same time as the Speccy version, and they were CRAP compared to it.MIA portuguese gamesI would like to know if there is some Portuguese speccy games and educational programs, mostly published by Astor Software. Here is a very short list…
The Spectrum In EuropeWhat are the differences between Speccys in Europe and the UK? ie would a British 48K work in France or Italy, and vice versa?
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St. Marino B G ...SPIN v0.2c available now[Cut n Paste from the CSS post] Okay, I'm off to sunny(?) Scarborough for a week, so Woody and I thought it best that we give you something to d…
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[1] - I believe the ST's Motorola 68000 CPU was ...Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
... (C64, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST) ;-0.
All the other ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... exact same about my Atari ST, and along with the ...
I remember reading in ST Format once about an add ... hardware board that let the ST emulate a PC. How ... my fave demos for the ST. Very impressive stuff.
... some great years with my ST, and it was slightly ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
As I recall, the ST was 8MHz, the Amiga was ... .
I used my ST for all sorts of things ...whats your second favourite retro computerOk i'm going to assume that for most of us here the speccy is our favourite number 1 retro computer,its the best home computer in the world etc etc :…
... , C64, Speccy, Atari XE, Atari ST, Amiga, NES (died), Megadrive, SNES ...Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... /> Chase HQ was another B*ST**D, would only ever load ...