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Favourite thing about the SpectrumWhat was/ or is your favourite thing/s about the Spectrum? Is it the soundchip of your favoured/owned machine, be it 48K beeper, or 128 AY the shee…
The games culture. Cultivated mainly by the three magazines Crash, Sinclair User and (mainly for me, Your Sinclair.
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NTSC Spectrums?Being in the U.S., I missed the whole ZX Spectrum thing in Europe in the 80's. I've never seen an actual ZX Spectrum. I know that in the states the…
... was an NTSC version of the Sinclair Spectrum, sold in the ... fake FCC certificate cos Sinclair could'nt be arsed ... br /> Anyway I think your best bet would be ... wiring it up to your amiga monitor, cos these ... refusing to run cos of hardware differences, but even ... -
Desert Island Spec-GamesOkay, something like this has I'm sure been done before, but what the hell. It's quiet round here. Chose five games to take on your desert island wi…
Reminds me of my Fanzine. I even had ... island. Of course I stole the name and idea from Your Sinclair :)
of the mags.
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Documentary on the fall of Imagine[url="http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi"]http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi[/url] (86MB)
... anyone knows about more of this kind?
... more to watch with lots of beer and .. yeah.. :)< ... retro related, about 7 of them speccy related.
Sinclair Rock`nRoll years
Your Sinclair video that I forgot to get
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Your first game.Ok ... I am a little bit new to using the WOS forum, I made an earnest attempt at seeing if this topic had already been beaten to a pulp ... but appa…
... Christmas, haha... bought that Your Sinclair whilst eagerly waiting for my ... strong/nice early memories of speccy ownership, I`ll ... br /> Arkanoid II, Legend of Kage, Bubble Bobble, Renegade< ... Christmas ever... (and one of my favourite current possesions)
spectrum disks for saleI have 296 titles on around 200 disks for sale. Offering them on here first before ebay gets them. Contact me at [email="cluncastle@hotmail.com"]clun…
... you anti-preservation like some of your other friends you have a ... job despite the best efforts of these people (sheesh, I don ... don't know the full story behind this caper, so I ...A few quick questions...1) Was their ever a R-Type 2 planed? Is their a PD version? 2) Was their ever a R-Type 128k? Maybe with the music etc... That would have been great…
... late 1990 and pulled out of the Speccy market. Dunno if ... /> I found this post in Your Sinclair magazine (May 1991,page 13 ...Documentary on the fall of Imagine[url="http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi"]http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi[/url] (86MB)
... anyone knows about more of this kind?
... more to watch with lots of beer and .. yeah.. :)< ... retro related, about 7 of them speccy related.
Sinclair Rock`nRoll years
Your Sinclair video that I forgot to get
Video of ...3D Construction Kit Games?Did anyone out there ever actually write their own Freescape game with 3DCK? And are any of them in the archive? :)
... /pub/sinclair/games-maps/123/3DConstructionKit.jpg"]map of the ... +Seven+6$&pub=^Your+Sinclair$&model=spectrum"]Magnificent ... ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/YourSinclair/Issue69/Tape ... -MagnificentSeven6.tzx.zip"]tzx of the cover tape[/url] ...Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... 20 quid so the subscription of 18 quid was good.
of it every month. I'm ... to do more and more of these.
Maybe ... i'm just too much of a nostalgic freak. Back ... Your Sinclair etc. To me Retro Gamer gives me back a bit of ...Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... a copy of Retro Gamer today, with Your Sinclair December 1988< ... with Cover CD + Durell Catalogue of games + Calendar
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Your Sinclair, with 2 cover tapes
Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... things without 'sensing' some sort of sarcasm etc.
I ... one of the very few mags i buy.
The Your Sinclair ...Changes to Retro Gamer magazine.For those of you who have heard of the UK-based magazine Retro Gamer, we are currently planning some changes. Here are the rough ideas that we have …
... Your Sinclair etc. To me Retro Gamer gives me back a bit of ... ]
Just read your reply too on GP32X!
of ZZAP! on the day of publication - ... br /> I buy a lot of mags (music, mens, gaming ... forward to getting hold of. The YS supplement was ...Scariest things ever.As a follow on from another post, here's several things that I used to find very scary or un-nerving. Anyone remember any of these? 1. The keyb…
... click Episode 6 in the Story Guide on the RHS and ... down to the piccies under 'Story Bit - Part Two' you will ... this happening right in front of your eyes! :o
There ... 's a video clip there of it happening too!Announce Pasmo 0.5.1Hello. New release 0.5.1 of Pasmo, multiplatform Z80 cross-assmbler. The main news are related to macros: the MACRO parameters now are expanded ins…
... giving up on optimisation of register usage, indirection, ... C code constitutes 10% of runtime while optimized assembler ... on screen. Moral of the story: if your libraries and time ... your structured assembler, maybe some combination of macros and usage of ...Retro scenes slowing down?There was a post last month about fewer people posting here, but is the entire retro scene in recession? I'm talking about fewer updates on websites…
... is probably due to lack of updates beyond work on the ... , bear in mind the age of most of us here: 25-40 ...
Nick Humphries
The Your Sinclair Rock'n'Roll Years: [url ...Speccy-related radio plays?Well, I?m new to the forum so I can?t resist to have my share of strange threads to liven up the forum a bit. Here goes... Did any of you guys eve…
... , I just been watching some of your old demo`s ( :) )... Nice ... , who is/was another member of TMG.
As ... a matter of fact, it was him who addressed Your Sinclair (or was ... that Sinclair User?) in the ...Spectrum Magazines... Which was your favourite?I used to regularly read Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash! I always lookeds forward to the next YS most, and that's the one I have the fondes…
[I]Your Sinclair[/I] for me, no contest.
I suspect the majority of people will opt for [I]Crash[/I] though.Spectrum Magazines... Which was your favourite?I used to regularly read Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash! I always lookeds forward to the next YS most, and that's the one I have the fondes…
... of Ludlow.
Oh and Crash was the best. Your Sinclair ... was great but I seem to remember some of their ... rave reviews of certain games seemed ... was obvious Sinclair User were clearly a bunch of humourless bores ...Spectrum Magazines... Which was your favourite?I used to regularly read Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash! I always lookeds forward to the next YS most, and that's the one I have the fondes…
I liked Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash. That was until Sinclair User went all ... /> I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know ...Spectrum Magazines... Which was your favourite?I used to regularly read Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash! I always lookeds forward to the next YS most, and that's the one I have the fondes…
... prefered the Crash reviews, but Your Sinclair was a funny read. It ... did have a good sense of humour. Sinclair User wasn't too ... really silly with the amount of tapes it had on the ...Spectrum Magazines... Which was your favourite?I used to regularly read Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash! I always lookeds forward to the next YS most, and that's the one I have the fondes…
... really silly with the amount of tapes it had on the ... opposite extreme with the arrival of Kamikaze Bear, etc, transforming it ... even so...). I started reading Sinclair User early in 1986 and ... the end. But in retrospect, Your Sinclair would have been the best ...Spectrum Magazines... Which was your favourite?I used to regularly read Sinclair User, Your Sinclair, and Crash! I always lookeds forward to the next YS most, and that's the one I have the fondes…
... was expecting a whitewash for Your Sinclair!
Crash was actually ... 3rd place for me, behind Sinclair User. I expected a similar ... /> I'm still proud of having one of my games mentioned in ...Took me almost 13 years to find out......that one of my demos actually made it onto a Sinclair User covertape. So there I was yesterday, looking through the no longer maintained demo arc…
unlimited spirits was on a mag 7 your sinclair tape. was one of my faves :)Were any speccy games ever given 10/10 or 100% in reviews?Just having a look at the review for Head Over Heals and Crash gave it 97%, and quite rightly so!! GTA San Andreas on the PS2 has had several 100% a…
Your Sinclair gave Mercenary 99% in one of their reviews (think it was the budget reissue).Just recieved the latest ' improved ' Retro Gamer dont read this spoilersIt seems to me that 70% to 80% is about consoles, the only articles that interest me are the ones on Julian Gallop, the Elite software house and Kim …
... . When we had the free Your Sinclair supplement i didnt hear any ... will have a fair bit of Speccy content, some wont. To ... me i much prefer content of most machines (Apart from Oric ...Q on eBay US vs UKI find it terribly annoying that ebay.com does not search within ebay.co.uk If I want to find Speccy stuff I have to look up on both sites one after…
... for Sinclair User or Your Sinclair I actually do get one (1) of his ...Sinclair PC500I have just noticed the above computer for sale on ebay. The pic is so bad u cant make out any labels on the actual computer, was there ever a sincla…
THX thx1138
I did a google and there are mentions of a sinclair PC500 but no pics of one, I've got boxed PC200 and there isn't any mention of the 500 in the documentation.
How do u get the links for the ebay pages in your posts ??????Earth ShakerIm stuck on a level. Can anyone help me if i tell you the level number/name?
... was published in Your Sinclair magazine. It is ... br /> A screen shot of the Your Sinclair listing is at
... [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair ... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/YourSinclair/Issue67 ...Earth Shaker ScreensHas anyone out there designed any new screens for Earth Shaker which they are willing to send me? I am trying to gather some together to include with…
... was published in Your Sinclair magazine. It is ... br /> A screen shot of the Your Sinclair listing is at
... [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair ... .worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/magazines/YourSinclair/Issue67 ...
