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The big 1000 for me too...I'd like to thank my agent, my parents and all the people that have made me who I am today. Unlike Def Chris I'm not a bit saddened...it's probably …
... , my parents and all the people that have made me who I ... not a bit saddened...it's probably the most work I've ... , as luck would have it, I'm in the middle of another dry ... a bit of pressure off the liver and kidneys like - so ... -
First speccy with sound Via the TV ?I've just bought a spectrum+ to go along side the +3 I bought. Was sound via the TV only introduced with the 128 or did the + have it.. As the pic d…
... spectrum+ to go along side the +3 I bought.
the TV only introduced with the 128 or did the + have it.. As the pic ... displays fine, but it's ... it.
I can't recall as I only had the ... -
The ZX App StoreI was watching one of those iphone adverts and got to thinking Hmmmmm what if you could do something like that for the speccy. Ok heres the idea, if…
... for the speccy.
Ok heres the idea, if you have a ... basic then you could upload it to the ZX App Store. Then ... have a bash at writing a little program and the beauty about it ... is that unlike the iphone, it wouldn't ... -
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…
I have been reading ?The ZX Spectrum Book 1982 - ... couldn?t really hack it on the Spectrum (apart from maybe ... Grey software for the ZX 81 it was great. I ... with it.
Look at ?Escape?. That could have SO ... and sound for the Speccy but it just didn?t ... -
The ZX Spectrum Screenshot ChallengeI know that the idea has been nicked from another forum but thought it would be fun to have a Speccy version... Post a pic of a Speccy game and let …
... forum but thought it would be fun to have a Speccy version ... and let wossers guess the name of it...
Winner ... taking the picture from the wos archive then remember to upload it to ... host and rename the file cause the filename is the game name...NO ... -
So what Speccy games are you actually playing at the min?I know this isn't the first ever thread like this but I figured I'd start it for a laugh. Since I'm not really working on anything at the mo' for th…
... I never actually finished it around about the time it came out, I ... . So I've been playing it the last couple of days, I ... how to get into the different sectors? I have no idea if ... go back to the start? But I'll have it worked out in ... -
Instructions I have scannedI've been busy scanning instruction manuals that are missing from the WOS archive. So far I've done: Arcadia (Ocean) - Instructions (Scans).zip Bat…
... .zip
First Steps with the Mr. Men (Mirrorsoft) - Instructions. ...
Scope II (ISP) - The Games Designer - Manual Scans.zip ... them to the FTP, but it said I don't have permission, I ... something?
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Looks like the VCF is hotting up to be a good one...... and needs more Speccy goodness, says the organizer (who says basically there's hardly any Sinclair presence confirmed at the moment... we're in d…
... are coming together by the looks of it. I'm already planning ... and we have only just started to publicise the event. The historic and ... the event ? and with The National Museum of Computing on the same site, it ... -
Whats the title of this film ?I love films such as Boondock Saints (great underated film) and there was one film i'm sure i watched around this time (2000 ish ?), bit like Pulp Fi…
... intertwined stories.
It starts off in a convenience ... *CK on the back of her jacket ? It was a ... one classic moment in it was when she ties ... him to have sex with her, the second he 'finishes the deed' ... ve forgotton the name of it, want to buy it on ... -
Lost caves and the tomb of doom - Hints, pleaseHello everybody. Has anybody managed to solve Level 11 of Lost Caves and the Tombs of Doom? Please give me a hint if you have. It's a cracking g…
... 11 of Lost Caves and the Tombs of Doom?
have.
It's a cracking game ... -
I've finally done it!I've finally stopped being a Software Developer, Analyst/Programmer, Software Engineer, Programmer...all titles I've had over the last 10 years. Fin…
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Going to spend the next 6 months or so ... />
Over the last 5 years or so it has become plain ... and truly fallen out of the IT market, well before recession set ... doing a job I would have been doing for about 40years ... -
Very nice bit on the Sam Coup?......in issue 74 of RetroGamer, for those that don't subscribe. (I see see they also have it on the iPhone now) (.....the mag, not the Coup?) To…
...in issue 74 of RetroGamer, for those that don't subscribe.
(I see see they also have it on the iPhone now)
(.....the mag, not the Coup?)
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"Scene It? Box Office Smashes" Xbox 360I'm loving the move quiz game "Scene It? Box Office Smash" at the moment. Anyone else here have it, and possibly fancy an online quiz some time?
I'm loving the move quiz game "Scene It? Box Office Smash" at the moment. Anyone else here have it, and possibly fancy an online quiz some time? -
The Grim Reaper is coming for your consoles...According to: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8556874.stm[/URL] [COLOR=Blue][B]"A gaming service that aims to kill off the traditional …
... it as immediate, can they guarantee that all broadband users will have the ... over the internet. [/COLOR]
[COLOR=Blue]It will have titles ... ][COLOR=Black]So the hardware will have to be fairly ... the PC, where you have to upgrade it periodically to run the ... -
The story of 'Blame it On The Boogie' - you couldn't make it up!not sure if this is true or an apocryphal (urban myth) ... it was mentioned in the guardian in feb.. so it's not an april fools I guess. what are t…
... apocryphal (urban myth) ... it was mentioned in the guardian in feb.. so ... it's not an ... a fascinating documentary about the song 'Blame it On The Boogie' - in short ... , 2 men with the same ... -
When this finally happens, it will be fantastic...I had a dream this morning. Nothing new there of course, we all do, and like most dreams I don't remember much about it. But what I clearly remember …
... the rain as it fell onto the step, and the puddles it made, and the ... patterns. I love rain, always have ... . And in this dream, the rain and the green grass ... all of us have, how brilliant it will be if ... -
The prisoner remake.you gonna watch? I probably will to see if they have Americanised the **** out of it, in a bad way. The original one, you did wonder if they were of…
you gonna watch?
I probably will to see if they have Americanised the **** out of it, in a bad way. The original one, you did wonder if they were off the tits on something though.hehe -
Graphics: What is the point of ...... actually, let me apologize for such a stupid vague thread title, I so wanted to avoid this but the whole sentence I wanted to write is just way t…
... always found it a bit lame as it might fool the uninitiated/uninformed ... we generously brush aside the fact that it runs on a powerful ... about the Spectrum, people do it on other systems too as the ... every frame) due to the higher screen refresh rates we have now. -
Bart Vs The Space Mutants: nuclear plant codes...I am at level five, the nuclear plant, and do not understand two things: A) You can pick a donought. If you use it, Homer appears. What's the use of…
... am at level five, the nuclear plant, and do ... use it, Homer appears. What's the use of it, besides ... floor 1, the code is 14. However, It doesn't always ... work. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. ... doing something wrong? Does it have to do with homer' ... -
Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
... all lonely enough to have the time to do it, so I'll ... of interest in the characters too. It's like the writers have given up ... with the message "To be continued...". That should have been the end to it. -
Bargain - ?15m and the Pope will call roundHis Holiness the Pope, former Nazi youth and leader of the richest organization in history (in terms of both wealth and land ownage), is visiting Br…
... history, isn't it? I'd hate it to have happened, oh, say ... complain? It's better that we pay it than that the Vatican have to ... know why we should have to pay for the leader of a ... exactly spread the wealth to the poor, instead they keep it for themselves ... -
The Spectrum screenshot odd-one-out round - easy skill levelYou know how in the (British) program "Have I Got News For You" they have an odd-one-out round, where they show you four photographs, and you (well…
... know how in the (British) program "Have I Got News For ... well, the competitors on the program) have to choose which is the odd one ... now illegal as it was "unhygienic", whereas the other three were ...
It's easy to play. Simply look at the four screenshots ... -
So you need to double (or triple, or quadruple) the clock speed...No particular reason for posting this, other than I was looking at an eZ80 evaluation board that does this, and that jogged my memory of a project I'…
... if it gets ahead of the master clock, the phase comparator changes the control ... chip) which I would have used if I have one, but I ... the input pin of the voltage controlled oscillator, y et voila, we have ... -
"Programming the Spectrum in Assembly" series in Micro MartI see that Shaun Bebbington is starting a series of articles in Micro Mart magazine on how to program in assembly for those who might know a little b…
... to try and develop it. The first part is an ... overview, and it follows on next week ... each version of the Speccy. Obviously, it's mainly about ... memory and the AY chip, ... 128K). Yet they all have the same z80 processor at approx ... -
Anyone interested in any of this before it goes on eBayI'm having a clearout, and am going to put this lot on ebay tonight. But as its basically my childhood I'm selling I thought I'd check here and see i…
... of the key labels (just the stickers - not the keys) have slipped ... have no reason to suspect it isn't now (though the tape may have ... Here we have a Kempston Joystick interface for the ZX Spectrum. ... have no reason to suspect it isn't now (though I suspect the ... -
The Stamper brothersI was wondering if anyone from the Speccy community has requested interviews with the Stamper brothers recently. I can understand that they were medi…
... community has requested interviews with the Stamper brothers recently. I ... -shy in the past, but it seems that they have an incredible ... anyone have any stories of trying and failing to contact the ... ever let us know the stories behind the magic?
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Help with the name of a FilmI remember back in the mid 90's i saw a film one night but cant remember what it was called but do remember bits of it and was wondering if anyone wo…
... .
I think it may have been a biopic but cant ... later scene the kid takes the Harley and rides it through the cornfields i ... think he may have had his ... friend on the back of it but not ... -
Ebay geek help - did i do the right thing?right i aint an ebay geek, ive barely ever used it, i dont know the ettiquette etc anyway recently i bought a cardiacs cd.......cheap (the seller is…
... cd.......cheap (the seller is the record label) it was i think ... and would have to pay ?1.10 as it had the incorrect postage ... on (it turned out it had a ... it so it was pushed through the letterbox so i didnt have to pick it ... -
Design your own Trainers and have them MadeWe'll since Adidas released the ZX Specrum inspired ZX500 trainers, I have had a renewed interest in the company. Now it seems you can customise and …
... Adidas released the ZX Specrum inspired ZX500 trainers, I have had ... a renewed interest in the company. Now it seems ... you can customise and have made ... screen dump the shoe, then upload it somewhere and show it.
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Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…
... try to make the best of the graphics either?, the problem is ... (although shrinking it to display in the thread has blurred it a bit ... take any time with it either (couldnt the borders be dithered ... there is, obviously isometric games have no choice, and they ...
