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The next XBox might not run used games (gotta love the software houses...)Edit: Sorry, I posted this to the wrong forum (thought I was in the Chit Chat section). Can any mod please move it there. Or leave it here and preten…
... have no interest in motion controllers.
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Cleaning up an old recording?Hi folks! :smile: I recently found a bunch of old Boots C15 tapes in the loft the other day. I know what's on most of them, but there are a couple o…
... myself (I can hear the strange noise that my tape deck ... -
Strange edition of ZX Spectrum 48K?Hi Everyone! A couple of years ago I bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and there is one very particular thing about it: The lettering "ZX Spectrum" that is s…
Hi Everyone!
A couple of years ago I bought a ZX Spectrum 48K and there is one very particular thing about it: The lettering "ZX Spectrum" that is supposed to be white (beneath the Sinclair logo) is BLACK! :-o Not that it has been scratched ... -
Atomito Gordito & Foton wrong year in infoseek searchEven if in the entry the year of release is "never", when doing a search, the game appears as released in 1989 (this is one of the most strange thing…
Even if in the entry the year of release is "never", when doing a search, the game appears as released in 1989 (this is one of the most strange things ever happened to me in infoseek :D )
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Wrong Phantomas 2 in-game appearing in compilationsAs opposed as it happens with its own entry, where the in-game screenshot is taken from the original Dinamic release, in the following compilations: …
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JSWED 2.2 probs,gutted!With an head full of game ideas i have been working away with my first one `Pip The Pipistrelle` about a young bat blown from a roost from the top of…
... it is something silly.
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Detecting presence of AY?I'm working on my first little demo for the ZX Spectrum. At the moment I'm aiming to keep the memory requirements low enough that it runs on a standa…
... ? Will it lock up, produce strange effects, or just ignore it ... -
Strange annoying CD burning (even virtual disc image burning) problemLong story: Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episo…
Long story:
Recently my desktop started to burn DVD-Rs with errors. I.e. when I tried to burn a DVD-R full of data from my torrents folder (TV episodes, ebooks, etc) using Nero, then Nero would end the burn by throwing up an error. I tried ... -
Strange problem with +2A tape driveI recently bought a +2A. I load software using an cassette adapter connected to a laptop. The first week or so it worked beautifully, load menu, pres…
I recently bought a +2A. I load software using an cassette adapter connected to a laptop. The first week or so it worked beautifully, load menu, press play on built in tape drive, then play in K7ZX on the laptop and off we go.
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Chequered Flag vs Pole Position[CENTER][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/c/ChequeredFlag.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showsc…
... Position a boring game, a strange racing game, that car with ... these 'strange' movements, ... the original arcade game ... -
Anteater by Nigel Stuart?!As Anteater is one of my early favorites coin op, I was going through the archive and found this game by Nigel Stuart...Its actually not bad, but I w…
... if it was commercial? Its strange that it does not have ... -
Proper mapping for joysticks in an existing emulatorThis may seem like a strange question, so I'll try to explain it as well as possible. In one of Rare's (Ultimate Play the Games) later games there…
This may seem like a strange question, so I'll try ... -
48K's and bad DivIDE compatibilityI have had some 48K boards and complete machines in the past which didn't work fully with a DivIDE interface. The reason for that always was a Z80 pr…
... NMI menu; instead it does strange things, like letting the 48K ... -
Strange Desktop background problemHi all OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The norm…
Hi all
OK,i am using my Desktop background to come on every 3 hours(9am,noon,3 pm,6pm,etc).All was OK that is until the clocks went forward.The normal time is fine,but when i try to save the Desktop background's to come on at 3 hour intervals( ... -
Mine Alert from MH, already typed up by Namco and missing from WoS (Neil Parsons??!)I was reading the thread where the game "Sir Gawain" was typed up and uploaded to the archive and noticed that the same person did type up also anoth…
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3D Deathchase on the Commodore 643D Deathchase has been ported to the C64, at least according to Micro-Mart. According to this week's MM, the port is called Hell Racer, and here's a …
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This is slightly strange, as in all the discussions ... -
vBulletin odditiesStrange. For the past six months or so i've noticed a strange phenomenon. When I log on to WoS forums I have to refresh the web page to get acknowleg…
Strange. For the past six months ... so i've noticed a strange phenomenon. When I log on ... -
Overflow Detection while Scanning a Number from a StringI've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that reads a number from a string and converts it to a 32-bit long. It's C's strtol if it helps to…
I've got some strange behaviour from a subroutine that ... -
strange trend (coo, you can edit thread titles! I never knew that!)maybe I'm only just noticing it now but it seems to me like there have been loads of threads recently where someone decides that because they don't w…
maybe I'm only just noticing it now but it seems to me like there have been loads of threads recently where someone decides that because they don't want to discuss/argue something any more no-one should be allowed to. If someone has something to say about ... -
The Curse of the Larch : Text Adventure(c) 1988 & (c) 2012 You never really got on with your cousin. So when a party invite turns up on your doorstep you decide that it's maybe time to m…
... something isn't quite right. Strange things are afoot (or maybe ... -
More troubles: The microdriveRecently bought a used Spectrum Expansion System incl IF1 and microdrive - in a really nice looking condition, along with the accompaniing software o…
... (by keyboard). This caused some strange behavior with the Spectrum itself ... -
Strange info in Control Stock instructions (Microbyte) - SPA2 help!!In the instructions of this game, wich is from the Spanish company Microbyte, it reads in the end: "Fabricado en Espa?a bajo licencia por Proein Sof…
In the instructions of this game, wich is from the Spanish company Microbyte, it reads in the end:
"Fabricado en Espa?a bajo licencia por Proein Soft Line
PROHIBIDA LA REPRODUCCION, TRANSMISION, ALQUILER O PRESTAMO DE
ESTE PROGRAMA ... -
Spectrum30 Website - Show in CambridgeI hope that someone can help us with the website. Our site is fine on Firefox and Chrome, but some users told me that there are problems on Interne…
... .
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Good free games (for any machine)?Like everyone here (I imagine), I've got too many games vying for my too limited free time, and the backlog isn't helped by my spending so much of my…
... Windows (the original version had strange controls (by usual FPS standards ... -
Strange object, anyone know what it is?[url=http://postimage.org/image/oh3m6vqrp/][img]http://s18.postimage.org/oh3m6vqrp/IMG_9597.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://postimage.org/image/nsurnxs1x…
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I've just spent the day at WembleyWatching Crewe Vs Cheltenham Excellent game and even better result. All our academy kids, 9 home grown players in the starting 11, really played wel…
... chocka with Crewe fans. Seemed strange I hardly saw any Cheltenham ... -
Pieces of EightRussian coder Vadim has restored bottom 1/3 part of screen in the Pieces of Eight game, using same screen from Merlin. He as also drawn himself "piec…
... eight" logo in the middle. Strange but this game is incompleted ... -
+3e Strange IssueHello there my fellow WoS'ers I am absolutely perplexed by the following problem, I am hoping that someone more enlightened than I can help [I](no…
Hello there my fellow WoS'ers
I am absolutely perplexed by the following problem, I am hoping that someone more enlightened than I can help
[I](not that it takes that much to more enlightened than me... possibly owning a mars-bar ...