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  • "Withdrawal Symptoms" From Not PlayingLately there's been at least one post about the current state of the retro scene (in Miscellaneous section). I guess that at least the not-so-hard-co…

    ... guess that at least the not-so-hard-core retro fans ... how long a pause from playing Spectrum games you can have ... it's time to get playing again? Personally, in home circumstances ...
    SpecMem SpecMem January 2005 Games
  • +3 not playing disksI'm thinking it just requires a new drive belt but would like to run it by people more knowledgeable than myself! +3 if mine works fine using tapes a…

    ... if mine works fine using tapes and stuff, but trying to ... like it's spinning but not doing anything...so, does that ...
    redballoon redballoon April 2011 Hardware
  • Q on music CD not playing.OK ... this one is interesting. I just got Beck (Guero) and plopped it into the cd tray and wanted to listen to it ... WMP pops up saying it can't …

    ... to them ... ok ... weird ... try playing the CD in good ole ...
    Skarpo Skarpo May 2005 Chit chat
  • Help with +2a datacorder not playingHi all newbie here, I need some help with a +2A datacorder. I pick a +2A + games + light gun + joystick for ?2.50 gbp at a boot sale. Anyway I brou…

    ... it home and I could not get the keyboard to work ... though dust was moved, did not help. Any advice, as I ...
    acharris05 acharris05 July 2006 Hardware
  • Retro reading, not playingI've finally got to the stage where I enjoy reading about old games more than actually playing them. It's a trend that's crept up on me over the las…

    ... old games more than actually playing them.

    It's ...
    Mousey Mousey July 2011 Chit chat
  • Playing Fifa 2014 for 20 minutes, and already EA has ruined the game for me...I bought FIFA 2014, wanted top play it for a long time now. mostly I just Play Fifa & PES for the Master League/ Career mode I've noticed that most…

    ... this games are all about playing online against other people, ... factor of the game, not playing against some pimple 13 year ... so far: Belenenses is not one of the oficial teams ... (and since I'm playing with a low budget team ... t be seeing any playing game so soon...
    VanTammen VanTammen October 2013 Chit chat
  • Full game tapes...I've finally got my +2A setup so if anyone has any full game tapes (not crash or demo tapes etc) they don't want or have 1000 of... please do let me …

    I've finally got my +2A setup so if anyone has any full game tapes (not crash or demo tapes etc) they don't want or have 1000 of... please do let me know. :D

    I currently have 2 tapes. :lol::lol:
    dreamscape dreamscape September 2014 Wanted
  • TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…

    ... with a few Sinclair User tapes. Looking through WOS, I ... had all the distribution denied tapes...

    I've set ... has trouble playing back 30-odd-year-old Spectrum tapes - not so much ... loading blocks so it's not interfering with anything.
    < ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone December 2017 Games
  • New DBOk, time to clear this up. After god knows how many pages of discussions, nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all. Firstly, there will never be a…

    ... tens of thousands of changes. Not just checking titles - this has ... , with the old cgi files not playing well. These scripts are almost ... we can take change requests - not all can be actioned until ... 't completed compilations or mag tapes yet. This is still phase ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty July 2020 Updates
  • Attic Attac - return of the Speccy!I had gone to my hometown over the weekend to my grandma's place. And while investigating the attic, I found a trunk full of Speccy goodies includin…

    But I'm not playing back and recording at the ... supported SBPro in playback and not recording. It needs some other ... tape quality? I'm using tapes that were last used nearly ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • THE best arcade conversion??After thinking about the ZX Club Hypersports and other games such as Flying Shark what do you think is the best arcade conversion. What makes the gra…

    ... + and got spoiled with not playing bwwWWeeep load tapes all day :o))
    Spectea_um Spectea_um June 2005 Games
  • Jetpac not working on EmuZWin27I'm not sure if it is a bad tzx but everytime i try to play Jetpac the screen goes blank. Jetpac (1983)(Ultimate)[a], i tried the alternate version t…

    ... 's the big deal about playing denied games?
    [/quote]< ... no big deal about [I]playing[/I] denied games. I really ... even less "serious" than copying tapes as the companies concerned are ... you're playing their Spectrum games you're not playing their latest ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall September 2005 Emulators
  • Selling 88 Sinclair Spectrum Tapes!!! check list inside!Hello! My name is Luis! I am selling my old collection of spectrum tapes!! I not a collector so i dont know if any rare games or not! But any way i …

    ... Yellow and the "HELLO" inlays tapes?
    If yes I dont ... not playing anymore so they sell a hand bag full of this tapes ...
    bazar_pt bazar_pt July 2006 Sales
  • Tape wear offI have quite a nice collection of Sinclair games on tapes I?m wondering if these tapes wear off and get damaged by time ? Then i?m not talking about …

    ... . There is a downside to not playing them though - the quality of ... that even when all the tapes degrade too much to work ...
    DEATH DEATH November 2006 Hardware
  • My idea for Spectrum game fansI remember the excitement of finding the new issue of Sinclair User on the newsagents? shelf and rushing home (after paying for it!) to check out the…

    ... the original games on tapes and playing them on a real Spectrum ... />
    BTW: Emulated hardware can not be damaged or destroyed - so ...
    ingo ingo October 2007 Games
  • Release the PastyIt's been a while now since the pasty got the banstick....I think it's time to let his crazy ass back...I'm opening a poll (just for giggles MODS)..t…

    ... stopped and thought i'm not playing these games, its a waste ... sent me hes got 5367 tapes/games etc !! Incredible collection, in ...
    psj3809 psj3809 August 2008 Chit chat
  • Squeaky Tapes!I am having trouble with a few old cassette tapes. These are tapes I have loaded recently but are now emitting a loud squeak causing them to be unloa…

    Any trouble I've had with tapes squeaking and not playing properly has been fixed just by forwarding them the end, turning them over and doing it again a few times. Not had many but that's always sorted them.
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones April 2012 Hardware
  • The Real Thing v EmulationFellow Specchums I'd like to canvas yourselves and get your thoughts on this subject. Using real Spectrum hardware to play games or using an emulator…

    ... :
    [LIST]
    [*]it's not hard to feed TAP and ... of using our precious original tapes by playing the TAP/TZX files ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Real Thing v EmulationFellow Specchums I'd like to canvas yourselves and get your thoughts on this subject. Using real Spectrum hardware to play games or using an emulator…

    ... :
    [LIST]
    [*]it's not hard to feed TAP and ... of using our precious original tapes by playing the TAP/TZX files ...
    Yednab Yednab April 2012 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…

    ... and spent hours and hours playing adventure games, mostly Adventure International ... . I've got loads of tapes, not sure if any of them ...
    ZheXer ZheXer September 2012 Games
  • Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…

    ... and spent hours and hours playing adventure games, mostly Adventure International ... . I've got loads of tapes, not sure if any of them ... WoS ZheXer :) and sure do not worry about age, that would ... btw, try to load those tapes, you will find out how ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx September 2012 Games
  • Help a new user pleaseI love old school games and never had a Sinclair as a kid so thought I would rectify that via eBay! I have a 48k+ Model that was sold as working, …

    ... needing replacing and the tapes being stretched or not playing etc My thinking ... />
    The reason I am not just jumping in and buying ... and hope something works. If not I’ll buy a tape ...
    Unicorn Unicorn September 2016 Hardware
  • New DBOk, time to clear this up. After god knows how many pages of discussions, nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all. Firstly, there will never be a…

    ... [/quote]

    Why ever not? Surely two reasonable adults could ... tens of thousands of changes. Not just checking titles - this ... with the old cgi files not playing well. These scripts are almost ... t completed compilations or mag tapes yet. This is still ...
    Rorthron Rorthron July 2020 Updates
  • Problems with SPIN,I've bought a brand new PC. It is an AMD XP 2000, with 333 Mhz RAM (512 Mb), a GeForce 2 MX and fast hard drives and stuff... And SPIN crawls. I don'…

    ... scanlines, using colour rendering and not, playing with frame rates... And I ...
    na_th_an na_th_an May 2003 Emulators
  • 3.5 Drive Help! - with jumpers & settingsHi, thanks for reading this, I tring to get a 3.5 disc drive to talk to my +D, and its not playing. Drive details : Citizen 3.5 DS DD modle OSDD-88. …

    ... to my +D, and its not playing.
    Drive details : Citizen 3 ... DD drive so that should not be a problem - Should it ...
    Steve(spt) Steve(spt) March 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • CPC 464 plus - technical help please.I set up my CPC464plus today. With a cartride inserted, it works. Without a cartridge inserted, it displays just a green screen. I have one cart, …

    ... message, and the game will not load.

    Am I ... a special cart inserted when not playing ROM games?
    thx1138 thx1138 October 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Can anyone tell me the name of this compilation?I've been going to my tape collection today and cataloguing them on my PC and I came across an unnamed compilation from Paxman Promotions. The games …

    ... interested, I counted 622 individual tapes (not including duplicates) but since I ... counted compilations and magazine cover tapes as one title, the number ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton April 2005 Games
  • MP3 loading testsIn a previous thread, Spector says: "The loss of an mp3 file is nothing compared to the loss from an old audio cassette tape. " Dunny says: "Which i…

    ... br /> Dunny: mp3 encoding does not take away high frequencies, it ... Khz) that decides this, not the kbps. I can' ... than even the best tapes. Not that it needs to, ... as the Spectrum does not hear (or need) frequencies ... are dodgy. They are not. If anyone is having ...
    Spector Spector September 2006 Emulators
  • HiJust thought I would say Hi, as I have just stumbled accross this site. Have to say the number of games available for download is amazing. I was al…

    ... some of the games cannot not be downloaded? I used to ... somewhere? or are codemasters just not playing ball? Robin of the wood ...
    Old Man Kensey Old Man Kensey February 2007 Games
  • I have joined the Dark SideGone and bought a PS3 that is. Even after all of the posts I made about not getting one as they were so expensive I succumbed and sold my 360 (and o…

    ... />
    So I'm disappointed not to have my 360 anymore ... bought Oblivion; the thought of not playing that game terrifies me, I ... br />
    Playstation Network: although not quite as sharp as Xbox ... The video playback is great. Not talking about the blu-ray ...
    Vampyre Vampyre May 2007 Chit chat
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