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Vague memory of a gameHi all, something's been bugging me on and off for ages. I once had a speccy game that I can't remember the name of. Sadly I can't recall many of the…
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Vague memory of another gameHi, I'm also trying to identify a game I've liked back then. If I remember correctly it was an isometric perspective of a road and a ball and (geom…
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Vote for the change of TZX formatThere is an ongoing discussion on the proposal of Patrik Rat to change the current TZX format specification to one that is simpler to implement for e…
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Game Over for Playstation creatorKen Kutaragi the creator of the Playstation has fallen on his sword and resigned from Sony over the PS3. [url]http://business.guardian.co.uk/story/0…
Ken Kutaragi the creator of the Playstation has fallen on his sword and resigned from Sony over the PS3.
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works of artfrom the back 2 skool thread: [QUOTE=Wiggypop;186399]Fantastic games, both of them. They were games that you could properly get immersed in, and ev…
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ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 05 May 2007Saturday 05 May 2007 April's update in, erm, May.. Oops! * The mysteriously named Stu submitted corrections for Cybernoid, Dragon's Lair, Star War…
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Death of CRT=Death of Spectrum?I was testing an old PC Engine console on the LCD TV in my house, and couldn't believe how awful the picture was. With giant ugly unblended pixels th…
... pixels that ruined the look of all the sprites and backgrounds ... like about 1980s graphics. Because of this, I haven't even ...Birthdays of the happy! Zeropolis 79!Bloody hell you're younger than me? I thought I was one of the young un's on here :p Anyway Happy Burfday ....Drink Beer :( have a Gudden!
Bloody hell you're younger than me? I thought I was one of the young un's on here :p
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Happy Burfday
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have a Gudden!Evaluation of IF?I am wondering how the "run-time compiler" (i.e. running the basic program) does evaluate IF statements, that is: does the statement get checked firs…
... and if true the rest of the line, or does the ... first?
How much of these two lines has to ...How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?Pricing of homoeopathic "medicines" -- weirdYesterday I was at my local pharmacist to collect a prescription, and noticed that tucked away in one corner is a display of homoeopathic "medicines"…
... one corner is a display of homoeopathic "medicines" -- I presume because ... ones (a dilution of 100^6, that is, of 10^12, to ... there even are any molecules of the original ingredient left, which ... get what amounts to 20ml of distilled water, anyway.;))Russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48kThe classic russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48k [URL="http://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spectrum/Leningrad48k/Leningrad48k.htm"]http://sblive.narod.ru/ZX-Spect…
The classic russian clone of ZX-Spectrum 48k
[ ...Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget - Random World of Spectrum gameWell, now you all have a reason to upgrade to Windows Vista... I knocked up a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 m…
... load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 minutes, you ... get the details of a new game loaded, with ...A bit of German to translateI had a go with a German-English dictionary, but I couldn't find any of the words. A German company called XyZ advertised various Spectrum programs i…
... I couldn't find any of the words. A German company ...Remakes of spectrum gamesTheres probably few people who have not heard of the remake made of AticAtac by retrospec on the pc. Does anyone know if they have run into any issu…
... who have not heard of the remake made of AticAtac by retrospec ...Another couple of Ebay AuctionsHi Some more; [url=http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=002&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&viewitem=&item=120119322005&rd=1&rd=1]40+…
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Edit: Sorry ...Fate of the Spectrum drawing board?Dear All, I thought you might be interested, or even relieved to hear that the Science Museum has agreed today to take the drawing board as a permane…
... and metal covers - The manufacturer of the rubber mats was a ... called 'Haffendon mouldings', once part of the 'London Rubber Co' The ...Anybody watch Panorama tonight? About the "Church" (aka Cult!) of Scientology?If you watched Panorama tonight, you'll really enjoy this: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rD9bCdHqU3s[/url] BBC documentary filmed quite a fe…
Last of the Eighties Vintage on EbayI'm now selling my 48K Speccy, including joystick, RAM Turbo interface, spare membrane, cassette player, manuals, leads etc. Also a selection of aro…
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Also a selection of around 50 cover tapes, mostly ...The birth of JasminHi, all. I'd like to announce, that a new ZX Spectrum emulator has just been born. I called it JasminEmu. It's written entirely in Java, and makes u…
... in Java, and makes use of JOGL and JOAL libraries for ... with other emulators in terms of speed, accuracy and... well... any ...What's Your Opinion of the American Version of "The Office"?I think it's the ONLY American interpretation of any British TV show to get it right (because the American version of Coupling was awful). It's also …
I think it's the ONLY American interpretation of any British TV show to get it right (because the American version of Coupling was awful). It's also the only one to carry on it's own and not be a complete ripoff of the British one. Any thoughts?Sources of ZX81 tapes?eBay seems to be drying up at the moment as far as the rarer ZX81 tapes are concerned... so is anyone aware of any potential sources for ZX81 tapes? …
... concerned... so is anyone aware of any potential sources for ZX81 ...Pics of todays club charity bike run, and fun day.It rained, rained, rained some more, with an extra helping of wet stuff. We raised about ?5k for the local kids hospice. The ride out was good fun, …
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We ... my camera inside the hood of my waterproof smock.
Unconventional way of diagnosing a faultHi everyone Some time ago I got a 48k Spectrum (issue 3B board) in a pretty bad condition. I believe the power supply transistor TR4 failed, causing…
... line on the screen. Most of the time however I only ... . I suspect that some of the chips in the lower ... , how test which part of Spectrum's hardware isn't ... and connect the CPU buses of both computers together, I ... signals for the lower 16KB of RAM? What happens if ...Index of ZX81 soft/hardware references in mags?I'm just about at the point with my ZX81 collection that I want to systematically identify things I'm missing by going through magazines like ZX Comp…
... existing index? I'm aware of SPOT*On but I believe ... each tape or piece of hardware, the list of locations (Mag, issue ...New proccessors of the future and the Speccy[url]http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15201862[/url] I was very interested in the part where it said "old embedded processors nev…
... 8051s, Z80s, and more descendants of the x86 line soldier on ... you wonder where the hardware of the future is going and ...What a w*nker I hope this is not one of you.This is so awfully naff and lame it made me laugh out loud. Here is a ZX Spectrum game review from YouTube user PaulIsTheBest3UK: [url]http://www.…
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I hope none of you self respecting WOSers were ...Can I help with any of thisThe following is the games I just won on Ebay, as far as I can tell the cassettes look complete. Anyone know if any of the following can help with t…
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SIX OF THE BEST (SU cover tape ...What is the price of a game that never worked...I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in a box, instructions... all complete. But the tape never worked, it is defective. Do I hav…
I have the spanish edition of Crete 1941 (Creta 1941), in ... do I have a piece of shit? :D :D :D :D ...L@@K ! Issue 1 of Crash !Selling Issue 1 of Crash Magazine.... [URL]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290128485526[/URL] Front covers getting a bit tat…
Selling Issue 1 of Crash Magazine....
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