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Is it just me...?Maybe I grew up paying too much attention to films like Tron, Max Headroom, Robocop etc. - always the companies in them were huge faceless corporatio…
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what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... opened it and imagine my surprise, a brand new 48k Speccy ... -
Most playable gamesWhat do you think to be the most playable games? And what about the best games for two players?
Boulder dash, stonkers, and the Rebelstar games in particular I remember playing over and over again just to try out different tactics.
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girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…
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Auction Tracking forum.Hey, guys: I must have missed something, so it must all be my fault -- but how do I get into the auction forum? Could I possibly be added to the "eli…
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I mainly buy adventures (surprise surprise) or the odd strategy/war ... -
What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... bus, so it was a surprise to see him standing there ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... likely out of production (would surprise me a lot if Amstrad ... -
My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... wiley bunch, and it wouldnt surprise me if they were at ... -
.tzx vault updated 11/01/2003Well, it's been months since the last update, so I hung my dumping boots up and decided to get this update issued. There's some nice MIA titles resol…
... such titles, and much the surprise of some, I'm working ... -
New Spectrum Game Released - Egghead 3Just to announce that I have finally completed the third outing for the little fellow, Egghead In Space. Anyone wishing to download a 48k version of…
... petition which was a pleasant surprise and since I wrote to ... -
Whats the more exciting stage youve played on speccy??Mine is the arrive to port in FlyingShark.. You really feel that bullets are whistling. Real action in this stage. Also the fourth level in R-Type i…
... Wulf!
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Spectrum vs Vic 20 - cast your vote (please!)As I mentioned earlier this week, the Spectrum goes head to head with the Commodore Vic 20 in this week's round of the Micro Mart 'computer world cup…
Speecy poll is closed!!!!! And what a surprise speccy won (75.6%).
Just to make things a bit more interesting I have voted for C64 in the other poll. It would be good to see the speccy up against the Commode 64 (toilet humour, cant be it). -
What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
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Oh and Stonkers crashing after playting one game ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... have to do with graphics, surprise surprise, and thats it. and im ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... have to do with graphics, surprise surprise, and thats it. and im ... -
Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
Well, Stonkers had a maddening reset bug ... -
Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
Oh, another Stonkers one: When the resupply ship ... -
unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
I vaguely remember seeing some screenshots of 'Stonkers 2'. I think one was the loading screen. Very distant memory though, might have imagined it (which reminds me, it was an Imagine game of course so it would have disappeared with that company's crash) -
Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... contest anyway. anyway it wont surprise me if amiga wins, with ... -
Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
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This is always how *I* feel whenever I surprise myseklf thinking like this... I wish there were objective ways so show that I'm right, and not just grumpy... :) -
First RTS ?Is "Dune 2" (on Amiga) first ever RTS (Real Time Strategy) as we can read in Amiga vs. Speccy topic ? Was Activision's "Guadalcanal" , released as c…
i agree with LCD , stonkers was almost certainly the 1st real time strategy game , can think of any others before 83/84 -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... saying and not to my surprise it's mostly people 5 ... -
May I be the first then? ... Well Happy ( almost ) Birthday to WOS!So, you're 7 and a half years old. Hot Da*n!!! Has it really been??? WOW! I can't believe it. I just saw it, I just came on for the first time today.…
... to do with graphics mostly ( surprise ) so it would not be ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... ought to leave something for surprise. you wouldnt think its a ... -
Help, i try games similar to antics and...Hello to all, someone you would know to indicate similar games to me to "antics", "fantastic voyage", where must cover mazes of caverns in order to c…
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In a Stonkers way try Laser Squad or ... not realtime in the way Stonkers is strategically they are fantastically ... -
"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... wouldnt that just ruin the surprise for everybody? :) and it would ... -
"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
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"La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
... /> So be it! But the surprise be better worth it then ...