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Spectrum bluetooth keyboard...I want one of these for Christmas ! [url]http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/952953995/1706707152?token=178af0ea[/url]
... /> Commode did something similar with the Vic 20 and C64 recently.
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Elite Kickstarter ProjectAs some of may know Steve Wilcox of Elite is currently close to raising ?60k via Kickstarter to begin manufacturing a USB spectrum keyboard. I have g…
... were getting a cut of the profits, and it felt nice ... a huge kick in the teeth for the developers, and as a ... , the loyal Speccy fans that have kept the machine alive for the last 20 ... -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
admittedly very rare, but still: (not Spectrum)
[url]http://www.ebay.com/itm/SierraVentures-rare-Ultima-Escape-from-Mt-Drash-for-the-Vic-20-/161229528882?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item258a075f32[/url] -
Seen any ebay madness?? post it here !!!What with some high prices fetched on speccy games over the past few days , thought it might be an idea to keep a WOS record of some of the higher fi…
... -Escape-from-Mt-Drash-for-the-Vic-20-/161229528882?pt=Video_Games_Games& ... ][/QUOTE]
That's the most expensive cassette I've ... -
Ok, there's this guy, and he's writing a book.And he's a bit stuck when it comes to the Speccy. [url]http://theywereourgods.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/day-6-covering-spectrum.html[/url] He's writin…
What has he been up to for the past 20 odd years? Did he ever feel disillusioned by the game industry after the bedroom coding scene broke up in the 90's? What are his favourite games of all time. -
BrewDog beerI've recently been working my way through the wonderful range of Brewdog beers. Yum yum, shame there's no BrewDog pub near me :( I wonder if anyone…
... done, somewhere in the 15-20 mark which at 40 ... />
It's the Cooper's Australian lager which ... coopers%20australian[/url] and the Wilkinson's brewing sugar ... yet. I've stopped the almost surgery-like cleanliness ... as they're easier for the fridge.
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Sinclair 128k available?Hello there, Spectrum fans! Let me introduce myself. I am from Russia, my name is Dimitri. In the 90-s I was working for a firm producing ZX Spectru…
The problem is always the cost of postage sadly, ... carrier will do it from the uk, Parcelforce, and its ... anyone buys when they get the quote (?20 europe, ?85 Russia!)
the 2kg barrier so that ... postage, and that was the one and only time I ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
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I discovered hitting the dragon in the tail makes him swoop ... get back to the bonfire near the merchant where the dragon first swoops ... managed to get the soul from the body on the beam above a ... make your life easier for the first 20 or so hours:
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... /> I managed to get the shield after the knight which seems better ... say that I bought the shield in the previous area then discovered ... make your life easier for the first 20 or so hours:
the bonfire near the merchant (the one just after the dragon's ...Let's get Rik Mayall football song to number 1[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rik-mayall-campaign-launched-to-get-late-comics-lost-world-cup-song-to-number-one-951…
... of singles in (just the top 20) and after I left ... , they dropped the chart wall full ... and only ever got in the [i]really[/i] big ... from till units. So the chances of finding this instore ... ;-) 79p on iTunes at the moment. I just bought my ...Let's get Rik Mayall football song to number 1[url]http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/rik-mayall-campaign-launched-to-get-late-comics-lost-world-cup-song-to-number-one-951…
... of singles in (just the top 20) and after I left ... , they dropped the chart wall full ... and only ever got in the [i]really[/i] big ... from till units. So the chances of finding this instore ... ;-) 79p on iTunes at the moment. I just bought my ...Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
[QUOTE=Matt_B;784209]One of the reasons the ZX81/TS1000 sold well in ... , the Spectrum was apparently the inspiration for the 264 series and the ZX81 inspired the ... VIC 20.Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
... apparently the inspiration for the 264 series and the ZX81 inspired the VIC 20.[/QUOTE ... undercut the VIC-20 and kicked off the project.
The VIC-20 was ... launched well before the ZX81 ...Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
[QUOTE=TMR;784231]If memory serves, the Spectrum was apparently the inspiration for the 264 series and the ZX81 inspired the VIC 20.[/QUOTE]
Seems unlikely given the VIC 20 came out before the ZX81.Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
[QUOTE=aowen;784263]Seems unlikely given the VIC 20 came out before the ZX81.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, sorry... meant the ZX80. That's what i get for posting when i'm running around like a headless chicken before Revival =-)Face-Off: ZX Spectrum vs. Commodore 64I found an old oldish, but very informed and interesting article on the ole Spectrum vs. Commodore 64 argument. The article explains the technical d…
... ]Seems unlikely given the VIC 20 came out before the ZX81.[/QUOTE]
the Vic20.
Although I ... like to get the Vic one day, to the collection, heh.
the most, among the "8-bitters". :)
Revival Retro Event in Wolverhampton 9/8/14Here is a little video I took yesterday. It gives you an idea of what it was like. Rather bloody good actually! [url]http://youtu.be/vxZ_GDURrc4[/ur…
Quite proud of my brother coming 2nd in the Doom tournament (only beaten by a few frags), at least he beat John Romero.
And I'm in the first 20 seconds of this video with my cute cthulu T-shirt :D
[youtube]N7CjMTGwJRM[/youtube]Why on earth did I buy...Couldn't see a topic for this, so apologies if it does exist. Aside from games, what did you buy, and put away in a draw the next (or same!) day - …
... choplifter was great, as was the wizard and princess.
the ZX81 and before the speccy, the speccy ... was out at the time ... my mums catalog, the Vic 20 was at 6 quid ... t like about the Vic 20 was the standard resolution...3 ...1st interface in 30 yearsHi all, The last time I built a ZX Spectrum interface was 30 years ago, so today I gave it a whirl with an external rom. Switchable in/out of course…
... and make it so the schematic would generate a ... valid netlist via all the proper scripts etc instead ... banging my head against the scripts getting component pins ... its neck and not generating the right netlist.
the remaining 20 or so pin ...Marmite game poll: GhostbustersLet's settle this with a poll! :-D
[QUOTE=slenkar;788133]What would the results be if one poll ... this is the question. 20 years on, knowing now what the Speccy was ... a decent front end introduction, the ability to choose your own ... , and perhaps helped to keep the playability.
So it ...Marmite game poll: GhostbustersLet's settle this with a poll! :-D
... this is the question. 20 years on, knowing now what the Speccy was ... a decent front end introduction, the ability to choose your own ... , and perhaps helped to keep the playability.
So ... this just let us recreate the movie experience at home.[/QUOTE ...Scottish IndependenceJust wondering which way the Scottish Wossers will be voting?
... SHOULD be amongst the top 20 richest countries in the world (per capita ... , forestry, whiskey industry, tourism...and the fact there is only a ... piss it all away down the pub.Scottish IndependenceJust wondering which way the Scottish Wossers will be voting?
... SHOULD be amongst the top 20 richest countries in the world (per ... , whiskey industry, tourism...and the fact there is only a ... also have the highest unemployment rate of the UK and the biggest ... tax incentives doled out by the Scottish parliament, which aren ...Scottish IndependenceJust wondering which way the Scottish Wossers will be voting?
... SHOULD be amongst the top 20 richest countries in the world (per capita ... forestry, whiskey industry, tourism...and the fact there is only a ... their spend on the benefits system alone exceeds the anual revenue of ... oil but not all the money from the sale of oil - ...BayonettaI don't have any of the consoles on which Bayonetta runs, so I've never played it, just watched gameplay clips on YouTube. Is this game as difficult …
... with that, they are easily the most reliable reviewers. If ... com/features/edge-tens-the-greatest-videogames-of-the-last-twenty-years ... we-crown-seven-games-from-the-last-20-years-of-edge-with ... -a-retrospective-10/"]These[/url] were the ...Raspberry pi buyer adviceSo I'm considering buying a pi for Xmas, can someone point me towards a decent bundle, one with a wireless keyboard as I'm going to plug it into my T…
... the recommendation for the K400. It might not be the cheapest option on the ... of a lot sturdier than the sub-?20 offerings and it'll ... in mind about the B+ model is that the different ports make ... with a lot of the cases designed for the A/B models ...New Game: ZEN[IMG]http://i61.tinypic.com/r94r5f.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i58.tinypic.com/2150kmd.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://i62.tinypic.com/308w4zo.png[/IMG] [IMG]http://…
... get to take in the beauty of the final image.[/QUOTE]< ... initial levels would break the "mood" of the game, but your ... should only start noticing the difference after the first 20 levels. Thanks for ... ]
Good point! The best thing about releasing a ...Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
... to update this thread here the last time I posted a ... you guys. That's because the Spectrum conversion of [B][URL ... territory, even if the game originated on the VIC-20: [URL="http://frgcb ...Retro GamerDoes anybody know when the next issue of Retro Gamer will be out? They told me to include an article about the Spectrum30 show in the News section an…
... though. This was the "original" Retro Gamer which, the current team will ... -10% of the last 20 issues or so. It's the only mag ... where they discuss the mag's owners buying the Crash and Zzap ...What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
[B]World Series Basketball[/B]. I forgot to switch the difficulty level (always pre-defined as 6, the maximum value) and lost the game 20 - 0... :D
I've always loved this game!
