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DVD regions, why?Why do we have to put up with DVD region encoding? I mean, I know why they were invented (so the DVD companies could control the market, and incident…
... unlocked. It would violate the terms of the CSS license. (Mentioned here ... something that can read the discs that I have ... encryption code on the discs, WITHOUT GIVING THE CONSUMER ANY CHOICE ... about, the technicalities of decoding the DVDs, and so the decoding is ... -
DVD regions, why?Why do we have to put up with DVD region encoding? I mean, I know why they were invented (so the DVD companies could control the market, and incident…
... unlocked. It would violate the terms of the CSS license. (Mentioned ... honest customers, while the pirates rip the DRM away by ... players already in the field should the keys be compromised ... deliberately broken by the owners of the encryption technology. For ... -
DVD regions, why?Why do we have to put up with DVD region encoding? I mean, I know why they were invented (so the DVD companies could control the market, and incident…
... or unlocked by the retailers since the actual manufacturers must ... the "unlocking" process or they will be found to have violated the terms ... of the DVD forum, who ...
If you remove the PUOPs (Prohibited user operations), then ... -
Renegade or Target Renegade?It's been a while since I posted a thread on WOS, so I thought I'd have a go at a poll. I've deliberately not included Renegade III, and I'm sure we …
... round improvement. The bigger levels, the 2 player co ... amongst the most memorable from the Speccy.
The trouble ... IMO graphically worse. But the gameplay does get progressively ... Target Renegade as the better technical achievement for the ZX Spectrum, ... -
Renegade or Target Renegade?It's been a while since I posted a thread on WOS, so I thought I'd have a go at a poll. I've deliberately not included Renegade III, and I'm sure we …
... all round improvement. The bigger levels, the 2 player co ... amongst the most memorable from the Speccy.
The trouble ... Target Renegade as the better technical achievement for the ZX Spectrum, and ... as well as the original game. The first [I]Renegade ... -
Google Chrome vs IE8 vs Firefox 3.5Hi experts It's time for me to upgrade my browser. Which of these three should I go for? Is there one in particular that I should avoid? Thanking y…
[QUOTE=karingal;374006]Is IE not independant of Windows as the others are? And have you tried installing IE8 on linux?[/QUOTE]
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Google Chrome vs IE8 vs Firefox 3.5Hi experts It's time for me to upgrade my browser. Which of these three should I go for? Is there one in particular that I should avoid? Thanking y…
[QUOTE=guesser;374007]IE can't be installed on linux, because that would involve breaching the terms of the licence agreement :p[/QUOTE]
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Your top five lists...If you're bored, skiving off work, or just want to increase your post count, then feel free to post your top five lists of anything at all here. I am…
... sixteen years,
3. The license fee (totally immoral, and ... politicially correct),
5. The way they ignore their paying ... As you agree to the terms of the license fee by paying ... I followed these instructions and the visitor from tv licensing couldn ... -
How To bloody Well CookRight. This is how its done. [url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/frobush/cook1.AVI]Part 1[/url] [url=http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/frobush/cook2.AVI]Part …
When you are on 1st name terms with the cops - you know something is wrong! One of them, a new one, was South African (white - brick sh*t house) and we got talking about how he ended up in sunny Widnes! -
C64 users dying to get another flamewar goingThe C64 folks really are a bit of a laugh. In fact, some are so insecure they need a new war. ;-) Read this and try not to snort: [URL]http://www.lem…
... ;383816]Apparently the Lemon DanSolo is different to the CSS and WoSF ... . I'd enjoy a technical discussion of the merits of each platform ... -
C64 users dying to get another flamewar goingThe C64 folks really are a bit of a laugh. In fact, some are so insecure they need a new war. ;-) Read this and try not to snort: [URL]http://www.lem…
[QUOTE=cheveron;383819]He's just outed himself. I'd enjoy a technical discussion of the merits of each platform. Pissing contests and shouting matches don't really appeal.[/QUOTE]
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Things wat they did have in my day!.I was talking at work today about things that were quite common when we were kids but arent realy around any more. My co worker mentioned how many ar…
... QUOTE=beanz;391394]Weren't the Crankies married to each other.[/ ... Scarborough is still home to the longest running summer season in ... here). I have the tank one (great) and the shark one (rubbish). I ... 'd love to get the racing one ... -
TommyGunHi There, Any one know of the situation regarding TommyGun at the moment? I was following a forum thread with interest on one of the MSX sites ([ur…
... the TMS9918/9929 - the same graphics chip as the MSX1.
Sadly, the ... write for the 9918/9929 mainly because of the way the graphics memory ... noticed that some of the technical descriptions on the MSX forum were not ... -
Cyclone Vs TLLWhich did/do you prefer? My vote goes for Cyclone as I enjoyed the precision element to it.
I voted Cyclone. It could be a bit slow and ponderous at times, and yes it was a little spartan (in terms of the distance between stuff to do) compared to TLL... I guess I found the game engine a better fit for the more 'thoughtful' game of the two. -
xbox 360 gamedecided to resurect this as i finally have an idea. i put the whole thing to one side as i couldn't really focus on one thing and ended up just doing…
... there a glossary of terms in the manual of the software (probably a ... -
xbox 360 gamedecided to resurect this as i finally have an idea. i put the whole thing to one side as i couldn't really focus on one thing and ended up just doing…
... there a glossary of terms in the manual of the software (probably a ... online help section (accessed through the software)
its not ... like the good old days where you ... -
Speccy Tour 2009.Hi All The voting for which games we'll be playing in the Speccy Tour 2009 have begun. Also, for the very first time ever, there'll be a Bounty on …
... as we found some technical problems with the new version. Therefore there ... version is the only one allowed for the rest of the Tour, when ... br />
Find the download link on the Speccy Tour Index page ... Now I hope that was the last trouble for this Tour :) -
Speccy games programmingI've got a question. Where games written in pure machine code or was it a level higher with Assembly language being the choice? I always thought it…
... no fractions). That lets the compiler supply faster integer mathematics ... functions instead of the slower floating-point operations ... br />
On the whole though, the later Hisoft compiler is ... than it, both in terms of the range of commands that ... -
AY programming and notes frequencyHello everybody, I'm Targhan from the french CPC group Arkos, perhaps you've heard of us. I'm currently working on a music tool and I'd like to k…
A quick check of the technical wiki reveals the 128's AY is actually ... play around with the values used to calculate the table to see ... -
Mire MareI've mentioned on these boards a few times that I had an old friend who was rumoured to have joined Rare in the early 90's but I've never been able t…
[QUOTE=Vampyre;408568] but in terms of the actual game, it never got ... precious ideas to hear for the folks of MC programming abilities ... rollings's knock-art for the in game-screen was absolutely ... /> it has adequate spirit for the game. would love to see ... -
What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.
Jetpac, Master Blaster is pretty unknown but is a great shooter as well. neither were arcade games, but alot of the fun is playing ported arcade games on speccy, rtype is a technical marvel on the zx -
ZX81 more powerful than the Speccy?I have been reading ?The ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - 199x? by Andrew Rollings (thanks again, Andrew - it?s a great read!). There are some comments in the…
... the MSX, wasn't it? Not so much legal reasons, but the technical ... fact that the Z80 didn't have ... graphics processor and the same restrictions - the Sord M5 and the Tatung Einstein ... -
Building a WoS FAQ - contributions and thoughts please!Hi there, as you may have read in [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28168]a nearby thread recently[/url], Martijn has boug…
... find Spectrum software online? [I](the archive)[/I]
- Why ... - Can I find more technical information on the Spectrum's innards? [I ... />
[B]Section 4: The Spectrum Community[/B]
- Are ... being broken and folded into the other three... or similar. ... -
YSRnRY: Xmas Special DVD ISO image now available over BitTorrentHeya! I've tested this DVD ISO image on my regular DVD player here and it looks pretty damned good on TV. I've also put chapter points at the start …
Last chance to report any technical problems with the DVD ISO before I move on to something else! -
Three Word Story 10,000 posts!!Wow the three word story celebrates its 10,000 post. Little did I know all that time ago it would go on as long as this. I thought it would only be …
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Three Word Story 10,000 posts!!Wow the three word story celebrates its 10,000 post. Little did I know all that time ago it would go on as long as this. I thought it would only be …
... key;423140]NO, You have jumped the Gun, they will each be ... -
Heavy Rain (PS3)This games looks amazing! Does it play well though :-?:-? I really loved Shenmue when I had my Dreamcast...seems like the same type of game... Rol…
... few technical issues with the texturing, but exiting the game, going back the ... PS3 XMB and switching off the ... have also been reports where the screen goes black and ... People have been swicthing off the system at this point and ... -
Heavy Rain (PS3)This games looks amazing! Does it play well though :-?:-? I really loved Shenmue when I had my Dreamcast...seems like the same type of game... Rol…
... few technical issues with the texturing, but exiting the game, going back the ... PS3 XMB and switching off the ... have been swicthing off the system at this point and ... fighting scene).
The mall part of Heavy rain ... -
PaperBoy remake?PaperBoy was an amazing game and still one of my top 10 classic games but the Speccy version was awful! Im interested to know how many people would b…
... sarcasm or a smiley at the end. He insulted me ... -Cat, I may have jumped the gun with that comment. ... insult retrogod. In the "heat" of reading the thread I misread ... to him as "taking the bait" so to speak. ... I do agree that the insults were more one-sided ... -
Resolution & Memory Question ...Hi, I'm hoping someone with some experience writing an emulator, or a vast knowledge of all things Spectrum can help me answer the following questio…
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In terms of the border, I'm talking about ... Or at least one the size of the actual border can ... estimated against ? i.e The top and bottom borders ... />
I read through the links you gave me but ... to see anything about how the memory is mapped out ...

