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Simple Atic Atac questionA rather dumb question on Ultimate's best 2D 48K game: you have to collect the three pieces of the ACG key, but how are they collected? Do you just w…
... need to do that, but I've a feeling in Atic Atac ... expecting a big flashing icon that would make a beeping noise ... message would come up, but that's not right is it? -
ANN: Tipshop updated - new section.Hello chums.. Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but it is related to games, so I figure it's probably OK? Tipshop has been updated today, so ex…
... stuff. However, as well as that, I've set up a ... /> If any of you are feeling generous, there are a few ... -
Jet Set Willy?Hello all! I just dug up a copy of Jet Set Willy and loaded it up. Then after a while a got a strange feeling that everything wasn't as it should be…
... while a got a strange feeling that everything wasn't as it ... wrong! I'm quite sure that there should have been the ... Rich Man" (oe something like that), but the music running was ... -
Help identifying a gameHello, I've come here looking for help identifying an old game which I have memories of, but I don't know the name. I wonder if anyone here can iden…
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All I remember is that you controlled a big U ... shaped robot. You moved that around a maze of space ... not always? I never understood that game it just infuritated me ... feeling I had a copy because it was a free game that ... -
I have concluded that ARNHEM published CCS is fundamentally flawed.Anrhem - by Robert Smith, publsihed by CCS. It was my favourite game as a youngster - I have been playing it a lot recently, and realise that it is f…
Nether Earth controversyIf anyone was wondering, that was me who gave Forum-favourite Nether Earth a 7 out of 10 score. And at least one point was for the nice graphics and …
If anyone was wondering, that was me who gave Forum- ... /> So, yeah, I get the feeling you guys love it to ...Games that looked good from the screenshots but....Nothing was more disappointing than shelling out a load of pocket money on a game that looked really good from the screenshot, but turned out to be a…
... pocket money on a game that looked really good from the ... /> What games can you remember that looked great in the screenshots ...Sequels that were better than the firstFOllowing on from disapointing sequels, how about sequels that were better than the first.. I nominate: Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 2 Indiana Jones …
FOllowing on from disapointing sequels, how about sequels that were better than the first..
I nominate:
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles 2
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Rick Dangerous 2
Treasure Island DizzySpeccy gaming valuesHi, small mindprobing poll, not to be taken too seriously, but perhaps revealing something about WOS users' profile... Considering games that you p…
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e) games that require more than a joystick ... :cool: adventure
9) games that require more than 5 control ... choose Mike Singleton for creating "feeling of being there".
< ...HighSPEC v0.04 For any interested people: V0.04 uploaded with (shock horror!) Dither protection toggleable on/off. This tries to convert the standard 50% checkboa…
... and increases the high resolution feeling. (If that explanation left you confused ...Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
... , the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were ... in later years to say that you had a Dragon???
Name That Game No.312Right my forgotton game was kind of like a text adventure, but not quite. I dont remember much other than I think it was on a cover disk, probably Y…
... disk, probably Your Sinclair and that you were trapped in a ...Edge RetroThe CAPS web-site posted some news stating that the latest version of Edge Retro has a feature covering preservation of games for various platforms i…
... -site posted some news stating that the latest version of Edge ... 've had a gut feeling for a while that the Edge staff ...an idea that could be very very good...but also very very bad...Hello all! I've been having a chat with some of my friends round here that once loved the spectrum (well...2...as they're all heathens round here...)…
... of my friends round here that once loved the spectrum (well ...What was that game?Hi again guys, does anyone remember a game - it must have been quite a late one. It was one of my favourites - there were bases and one player too…
... finish Underwurlde without pokes?
That game was SO hard to ...Games that Frightened you...Was there a game on the Speccy that frightened u or a moment u knew was coming but u wearnt looking forward to, or maybe something happened u didnt e…
... a game on the Speccy that frightened u or a moment ...How rare is R@RE?Yes, I've been wondering this 'rare' thing. How rare, in fact, are the old Spectrum-items? I mean it seems that some Ultimate games fetch hefty piles…
... -items? I mean it seems that some Ultimate games fetch hefty ... or is it that they are just that collectible? For example, how ... and such). Somebody told me that this Command Stick is 'rare ... it I felt this strange feeling of accomplishment...
How ...Program that looked like ceefaxOkay... Got a bit of a poser for you here as this is doing my head in bigtime. There was a program that looked and functioned like Ceefax, for the l…
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There was a program that looked and functioned like Ceefax ... my GCSE computer studies program that was a *ahm* Episode guide ...When time stood still for 42 par secsWhat I mean by that is that around 4 years ago (maybe more, memory fails me) I innocently entered "ZX Spectrum" in google, and a moment later the wor…
... I mean by that is that around 4 years ago ... mean feat, that). Laughing - because I knew that the Net ... friend once again - that dear friend with whom ... the joy, the incredible feeling of being transported back ...
And that, dear Specchums, is what I ...Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of ... ? I don't mean games that are just very difficult, I ... mean games that are LITERALLY impossible to complete ...Games that SHOULD have been madeI have just watched the film scum. I thought what a great speccy game this would have made. Apart from a text adventure:- >Where is your tool? Wha…
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Any other games that were not made? Here is ... ) Supermarket Sweep. A game show that was years behind it's ...Changes that would have made a bad game goodA posting about technician ted beign far too hard to be playable got me thinking - what changes could have been made to existing games to make them b…
... 's hard work reading all that text in the speccy's ... if it wasn't for that stupid limit on only having ...s-video SuccessHaving tried the various composite video fixes for the +3 etc, I was left feeling a little cold at the results, and was about to give up my quest for…
... +3 etc, I was left feeling a little cold at the ... quest for a decent image. That was until I found this ..."TommyGun" gets a complete MAKEOVER for next release ...From the author, Tony Thompson ... """""""""""""""""""""""""" [B][I] I hadn't worked on the TommyGun editor for while. But when I got sick (about …
... . The funny thing is that without any mini-plugins the ... wrote a Borland IDE plugin that will automatically generate all the ... too.[...]
Well that was a big email, hopefully ... like 'that' :) }[B][I]
Anyway I hope your feeling well ...missing compilationI *think* I may have a compilation tape not listed in the archive. I'ts called "Ocean's Greasest Hits" and contains the following games:- Frankie Go…
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I see that "Heatwave" by Hewson is on ... .
Fat lot of good that does, if I don't ... PC, 'aving a fag, and feeling a right plonker)
Cannot Find That Game. Again!Ok, I thought that game was called Spheroid, but I couldnt see it in the archive. I think its after-1986 game. Black background, greenish obstacles.…
Ok, I thought that game was called Spheroid, but ... . You control a floating sphere that seems like some kind of ...NAME THAT GAME ! (PLEASE)Help me Obi-Wan you are my last hope! This was a game very similar to Gauntlet except that it had a World War 2 theme to it.You were a British soldi…
... very similar to Gauntlet except that it had a World War ...What was that game...?Hi ya all ! I've never done it before, but here am I begging you to name that game ! I really don't remember the name, since the last time I played i…
... I begging you to name that game !
I really don ...The psychology of playing Spectrum gamesAs Monty Python are known to say :- "And now for something completely different!" We already have lists of favourite games / least favourite games /…
... or maybe you might be feeling in a particular mood and ... feel free to tell me that I'm full of crap ...Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…
... list of all the games that are known to be impossible ... /> Oh, and I should add that the game must be *provably ...
