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Perfect Dark (N64) - best FPS ever?Since we're talking about Half-Life 2 on this board, I thought I'd mention Perfect Dark, the best first person shooter ever. Don't believe me? Hardly…
... 're playing,
- the ability to have the enemy humans to be ... could live without, but it's nice to have the option, I suppose ... later), even Rare no longer have the "let's put every option ... -
Modulator trouble???Hi again, I posted about a week ago some questions about a spectrum 48. Now I have the aforementioned beast in my hands and I was given the order to…
... a spectrum 48. Now I have the aforementioned beast in my hands ... and I was given the order to make it work!
So I guess it should be the modulator is malfunctioning. Can ... resembling a hole in the modulator, like it's supposed to be ... -
Your favourite Unreal Tournament/Championship game?Which Unreal Tournament/Championship game do you prefer? Personally, I think the original Unreal Tournament (the 1999 game) is still the best, as t…
... the best, as the others lose the "feel" of it, plus they tend to have ... to the XBox, which could have handled it easily, instead they created the XBox ... have an adrenalin mode that actually enhances the gameplay (I hate it in the ... -
Still Life - What The F*ck was that??? **Spoilers**I just finished Still Life after being stuck on a seriously headwrecking puzzle for the last year (the robot/laser puzzle for anyone who has played t…
... headwrecking puzzle for the last year (the robot/laser puzzle ... a saved game from the point after it, out of sheer ... frustration.
Anyway, the point ... floated downriver, and the credits rolled. The game was supposed to ... -
Help WW2 text adventure team game - what was it!Hi all - just getting into the whole retrogaming thing - after parting with my speccy 15 years ago at least! Slowly trawling the mind to bring bac…
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it had pretty basic ... to the base.
I never did finish it but it was ... so ingenious it engrained in ... />
Now the question - anyone remember it and what it was called!
Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …
... The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have ... of it, as he initially implied that he wrote the original ... of games he claims to have written...
[quote] ... speech and music on the 128k!) were all games ... He also claims to have had some games on ...John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
... Weatherburn. Was the game all hype or did it have real potential to ... developed and it certainly would have been something revolutionary for the time: a ... get it finished. Still that would probably have been academic as the projected ...Don't ever buy a futon from ikeaBought a futon from Ikea. Started putting it together. Surprise, holes in wood are slightly out in varying ways throughout the whole thing. This woul…
... thing together, the screw would have bitten into the wood and the 2-3mm ... the mattress. Except it was the wrong way around and the straps that hold it ... onto the wooden ...The best ever side scroller on the Speccy.We've seen a lot of threads on this so why not a poll! :) Zynaps by far is the best imo! It's got the colours, the quality and polish, the smooth sc…
We've seen a lot of threads on this so why not a poll! :)
Zynaps by far is the best imo! It's got the colours, the quality and polish, the smooth scrolling, the great title tune and nice sound effects that put it far ahead of the competition.Action Force 1I have a question about the game Action Force. Does the game have infinite number of levels (like the sequel)? Or is it finishable?
I have a question about the game Action Force. Does the game have infinite number of levels (like the sequel)? Or is it finishable?Plug in the TV Joystick Games Thingys (Spectrum one??)I brought a from a car boot one of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys for a pound. This one happened to be full with 20 or so Commodore 64…
... of those plug in the TV joystick games thingys ... games. Not just the games though it was infact a ... full emulation, When the games ... /> Anyway this is besides the point, what I am saying ... you put on it?? Bearing in mind the availability of ...Help setting up Wireless LAN with USB AdapterI've got a Wireless LAN USB dongle to try and get my DS Lite connected to WIFI. It's one of these: [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI…
... try to connect via the DS it finds the SSID of my PC ... . The PC also finds the MAC address ... needs to test the connection, where upon it fails with the message:
the results have been much help.
Looking for an arcade adventureThis game is hunting me for years, because I cannot remember what the name was. I hope any of you might have any idea which game it is from the memor…
... what the name was. I hope any of you might have any ... idea which game it is from the memories I have:
it, the bird fell on the ground and you came into the screen from the ... player (or radio) and the message on it was something like Alpha ...CLEAR does not RESTORE the DATA pointer??According to the Spectrum manual, one of the things that a CLEAR command does RESTORE the DATA pointer. Either it doesn't actually do this, or some…
... command does RESTORE the DATA pointer.
Either it doesn't ... /> [/CODE]
then RUN it.
When it's finished, type GOTO ... 10.
Now, on line 10, the ... first command it sees is CLEAR 32767 ...Questions from the new owner of a grey Spectrum +2I managed to pick up a grey Spectrum +2 off of ebay with cheap shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total and it has a Donkey Kong tape inside) and …
... shipping (I'm in the US... it was $13 total ... it's a Spanish version and I want to replace the ... plans to do it?
Does the compact flash card ... and with the+3e ROM? It looks like the least time ... but replacements that look like the originals?
...Waaaay OT - Beds with LCD'sI have a strange request, since I cannot seem to find anything around on the interweb about it. does anyone know of any company that can custom buil…
I have a strange request, since ... find anything around on the interweb about it.
does ... " prefered) concealed at the base of the bed, that rises up ... they exist, since I have seen them ages ago, ... />
Thanks! (told you it was waaay off topic!) :)Anyone had any dodgy .torrents ? :(Just spent last 30 hours trying to download a torrent named The Da Vinci Code (2006) which was supposed to be 776 megs big and suddenly realised it`s…
... and it`s wasted over 550 Megs ! - and still doesn`t have the ... tried to open it and it needed a password, the text file told ... /> password (which it did give me) and it worked, but the file didn ... anything like this happen? the worst of it is that there`s ...ANNOUNCE: Manic Miner: Ma jolie [Special Edition]I am delighted to announce the release of a Special Edition of my 2003 Manic Miner game, [i]Ma jolie[/i]. It's based on the game-engine from Matthew…
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For the uninitiated, I have a catalogue of MM ... the right ladder to the portal, bypassing the middle and top platforms. I have ... rectified this by moving the top item to the left ladder, where it ... you have to traverse both the middle platform and the ...Pixel Explosion CodeJust a little snippet to cause explosive effects. It uses table lookups for the screen address, and can handle up to 32 pixel particles. A particle…
... . A particle dies when it hits the edge of the screen.
Anyway, you might find the code useful. it will be in one ... )
cp (ix+5) ; have we reached the counter
jr nz ...Spectrum won't load data when warmI've got an interesting observation. I put iPodLinux onto my iPod and got TZX files playing back as the proper audio waveform. I also removed the vol…
... the TV at all, despite it being a modern Sony widescreen. I have ... to swing the AFT ... option all the way to the extreme before it flicks ...Sinclair Logo - CompleteHi, Newbie here so please bear with me. I notice from the MIA section that you are needing Sinclair Logo. I have it but have no idea how to conver…
... the MIA section that you are needing Sinclair Logo. I have it but have ... no idea how to convert the tape.
Did all Spectrum 128Ks have that large heatsink?Question as per title. I can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm sure I've seen a picture of one without it. Would this be because someone has car…
Question as per title. I can't seem to find the answer to this. I'm sure I've seen a picture of one without it. Would this be because someone has carried out a voltage regulator mod in order to do away with the need for it?Mac2Spec 3.0 (Coming Soonish)I have been messing around with Mac2Spec in what little spare time I have and it is finally coming together. The major changes are: a substantial reo…
... spare time I have and it is finally coming together. The major changes ... .
The code reorganisation makes it easier for me to ... hard with the new code, so it looks like the changes were ... via AppleScript with the current Mac2Spec, but it's pretty slow ...Speccy SpoilersI have the greatest respect for Jim, but it seems to me that (because of the terrible illness that's afflicted Jim -- I wouldn't wish it on anyone) S…
I have the greatest respect for Jim, but it seems to me that (because ... Spoilers has gone the way of the Congraturations Archive; it's still up ... />
Perhaps Speccy Spoilers should have multiple maintainers, as The Tipshop has?Website idea: Text Adventure walkthroughs, complete with full text[QUOTE=ZX Beccy]Oh god am I! I recently bought the Zenobi collection, pure genius. When a computer game can have you in uncontrolable fits of laughte…
... bought the Zenobi collection, pure genius. When a computer game can have ... of laughter, you know you have something special.[/QUOTE]
Oh ... everything that appears on the screen, editing it slightly to minimise repetition ...Looking for one particular music demoHi. Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, I couldn't think of anywhere else to put it. There is a music demo I'm looking for. Unfortunately I don't k…
... know very much about it. I just have a distant memory of ... kind. Which, given the ones I collected, narrows it down to Crash ... I can't remember the name of it. And I've tried ...
PS - I have never kissed the editor of the Radio TimesChanging broadband service provider & wireless broadbandI am going to get rid of blueyonder both the phone service and the broadband service, and am going to have a BT phone line installed can someone reco…
... service and the broadband service, and am going to have a BT ... wont allow me to have a dish on the outside wall ( we ... broadband will the modem have the wireless antena built into it , so it will only ... use one plug or will the modem ...Monty MoleDoes anyone have a favourite Monty Mole game? My fave is Auf Weiderson Monty, the last one. It has some good tunes (on 128K) and some good graphics…
Does anyone have a favourite Monty Mole game?
My fave is Auf Weiderson Monty, the last one. It has some good tunes (on 128K) and some good graphics but thats just my personal opinion. Does anyone have any personal faves?Font centering problemA while back today, I started coding a simple Othello/Reversi game in BASIC, with the precious aid of BASin (great tool, hope it eventually becomes b…
... it eventually becomes better and better). I started with the graphics, as it ... 's the one area I have a lesser ... understanding of (I find the ... we're at it, how can I make the cell areas blink ...
