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New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…
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About buying Spectrum system for gaming. What kind of package?Hi, I've always been a C64 fan. No do not get me wrong, Spectrum was so rare here compared to Commodore. Lately I've been looking for Spectrum to pl…
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grrrrrrrrrrr I hate all this!okay here's another one... When my father bought my spectrum +2 back in 1986, might have been 87... anyway, with it came 100 Spectrum Games (90 of …
Hmmm. You might have to wait until tomorrow for the RZX. I've just come back from the Nottingham Beer Festival and I'm in no state to be making perfect demos of Speccy Games... -
Need_Help...*.SCR TO *.TAPPLEASE...NEED HELP... HOW MADE STANDART 6912 BYTES ZX-SPECTRUM SCREENBLOCK (.TAP OR .TZX),FROM .Z80 OR .SCR(.GIF) FILE??? In 'Taper' convert .z80…
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Lemon64, WOS and the meaning of gamesI've just read a thread started last week on lemon64.com by the site administrator Kim Lemon, and he talks about how the whole C64 scene bores him no…
It's not really the games or the nostalgia - I just find the Spectrum a cool machine.
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Lemon64, WOS and the meaning of gamesI've just read a thread started last week on lemon64.com by the site administrator Kim Lemon, and he talks about how the whole C64 scene bores him no…
... 't exactly in a healthy state what with wozzanames getting involved ... scene is in a good state. Don't worry. You can ... -
What games would you like to see converted to the speccy?What games would you like to see converted to the speccy?
Mighty DopeThrone: Why does your website state that the RZX format was created by Ramsoft?
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Microdrives: smelly?They are not talked about much here (probably because nobody had one) but I've always wondered just how good they were. I've heard all the stories ab…
... still.
Thorn EMI also state that early Interface 1's ... -
What games would you like to see converted to the speccy?What games would you like to see converted to the speccy?
... DopeThrone: Why does your website state that the RZX format was ... -
Driving games on the spectrumAs anyone got a favourite racing game , cars , bikes , trucks , bmxs etc , i cant think of to many classic speccy racing games (maybe full throttle) …
... cops or going 'out of state'and having to start again ... -
3D Game makerLittle suggestion to all those wonderful people out there who hack games and write their own wonderful little programs like the jet-set willy editior…
... there's no need to state the blindingly obvious. Everyone knows ... -
3D Game makerLittle suggestion to all those wonderful people out there who hack games and write their own wonderful little programs like the jet-set willy editior…
... there's no need to state the blindingly obvious. Everyone knows ... -
Save BASIC programs in a TZX fileHow can I save BASIC listings with SAVE "name" in a TZX file?
... method to save the game state to a TZX file. Then ... -
Tap to SNA batch converterHi guys, i was wondering if there was a util DOS or Win based for batch converting Tap files to Sna files. I know some Emulators can do this but i h…
... format the other is a state format.
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FOR OLD-SCHOOL MANIAX (tape ;) ).Hi there. My friend started to work on new way of loading games for ZX. It's dedicated to old-school fans, who wants only tape stuff. There is a …
... it starts off in whatveer state the snapshot was saved in ... -
Bootable emulator?Just had a look at the page of the 'bootable emulator' by Emanuele. Sadly, the translation from Italian to English by Babel Fish leaves much to be de…
... mind as long as you state that I am the author ... -
OT: I hate modern music!Sorry for this off topic thread, but I've been subjected to one hip hop/ r'n'b record too many when out tonight. Why do we have to listen to this? …
... today is in a horrible state of affairs, all of those ... -
Insanely difficult gamesOK, folks, so we know Speccy games were difficult in general. But have you ever played some games which were totally unfair from your point of view ?…
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Erotic games with and without explicit sexual subject matter.I was remembering some erotic games I played on the speccy, and although most of them werent relly good, they can be source of nostalgia. Some I ca…
... explains his hatred of the State of Israel in general. I ... -
Beelzebub and other Spectrum owners...According to the site: [url="http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator"]http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator[/url] based on it's content, [url="http://www.…
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Better on an Emulator?!With the power of current PCs we can have our old spectrum running x2 x20 x100 it's original speed. There must be some games that benefit greatly f…
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Spectrum Database ProgramsWhat would people recommend to be a decent database program for the emulators? I've been fiddling with SGD but the databases are outdated, and ZX Rai…
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Spy Hunter?I played this game for the first time in about 1000 years a couple of nights ago, and I don't get it at all. There is a timer that counts down, but w…
Jet Set WillyIt's quite funny that we don't have a 'release' tzx file of a game this famous. The one here at WOS (or any tzx I could find on the internet) is the …
... UK, and I can categorically state that the in-game tune ...i want to start writing my own gamesi want to start writing my own games but have no idea how. is there any downloadable dummys guides or some software that teaches u how. the only expe…
... help get into a programming state of mind)) all I have ...Beta versions of Fuse 0.6.2 and libspectrum 0.2.1 availableDear all, The Fuse team is pleased to announce the release of a beta version of the upcoming 0.6.2 release of Fuse and the Fuse utilities, as well a…
... beginning to adjust the T-state delay before the display mode ...TimingHey All, Is their away of obtaining timing information on ZX128k other than addresses 23672->23674. Basically I would like to identify every 100th …
As for the Vertical blanks, I just waited for a state change in the timer system variable, that changes every 1th of a sec, although its not politically correct.
GBNvK.Soooo.........how do you play urs?I mostly play the speccy games on emulators these days but on the odd occasion i do get the real thing out and wait 10 mins for a game to crash errrr…
... it in a near-death state :(
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Dr ...Games that Frightened you...Was there a game on the Speccy that frightened u or a moment u knew was coming but u wearnt looking forward to, or maybe something happened u didnt e…
Scared me ... I don't think there was any. But one that did have me freaking alot, because I always thought I'd die at any moment and got literally almost in a seizure like state playing, was Rocky Horror Picture Show. It made me curse alot too :)