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UUUUUrrrgghhhh I'm IiiiiiiiilllllllllllllllllUrgh I'm ill, feverish, got a cold, a soare throte, head ache, and semi delerious (so excuse spelling). Lie here in bed on my laptop hoping to reki…
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how heavy is WOSwe haven't had a poll today, so........how much do you weigh.
11-13 st, but I intend to be back in the 9-11 catergory sometime soon. I'm not a big pie monster but I worry that if I keep lazing around I will be, especially since I live in the land of the Big-Mac. -
The Unofficial Official 25th Anniversary celebrations and Website announcement threadAs Martijn's going to be away during the festivities, can people report what they're doing here please, as and when they have something to announce. …
... much finished the demo of The Curse Of the Red Dragon, ... download from my site on the big day itself :) I ... need to record the audio soundtrack that the player has ... to at certain points in the game.
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YS3 - Issue 15Hello everybody! I'm Nat Cross, editor of YS3, the unofficial second sequel to Your Sinclair and finest webzine to ever have a Buck Rogers spoof for…
... 183207]Reviewing every game in the WoS archive in alphabetical order ... Ace of Aces so far. The big question is, what if somebody ... ve done Zynaps and all the games which start with numbers ... ?[/QUOTE]
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MondayFolks, I suspect there may be some sort of media coverage on Monday about the 25th aniversary (most likely on-line coverage). So, just in case we…
[QUOTE=misguided_fool;183929]On the subject of FACT/FAST, do ... wouldn't let me use the phone.
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Weird BeardFacial hair. I just thought I'd ask to find out what my fellow WOS'ers opinions are about it. What kind of growth are you currently sporting ? You …
... history of him
[[[ The Big issue man who stands outside ... nominated for an award. The man with the Wallace and Gromit organ ... that sits in the middle of the precinct with a ... their takings bomb! -
The Big Issue seller who used to ... -
Real life Manic Miner caught on cameraHopefully not posted before: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-fb6VdG8o[/url] I like the little touches like Willy going out of focus at the e…
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16-bit WarsDoing a 8-bit war is a bit of a no-brainer but what's your 16-bit fave, Multiple votes are allowed
... was less than impressed with the grainy graphics).
... from Blockbuster when the Saturn started going down the pan. Did ... pretty spectacular at the time. The little kid in the furs super ... Green is probably the best (as I call the big guys in fighting ... -
That is one ugly carBMW reckons this is their Merc killer [url]http://cars.uk.msn.com/News/car_news_article.aspx?cp-documentid=4718673[/url] Jesus Christ but that is o…
what's the quote from "The Big Lebowski"?
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unheralded classic games...(in your opinion, of course.) [U]Kane[/U] great cowboy adventure game in 4 stages, I used to play this all the time. 1. shoot birds down (presumabl…
... it. Check the big aliens out I thought the drool coming out ... pretty cool effect back in the day.
Specventure ... (he just lived up the street, so we'd ... is quite challenging as the baddies have a habit ... of respawning on the same spot as where ... -
The Unofficial Official 25th Anniversary celebrations and Website announcement threadAs Martijn's going to be away during the festivities, can people report what they're doing here please, as and when they have something to announce. …
... was I typed in the pokes for Jet Set ... a fine toothed comb for the "INTEGER that was out ... typed it in to see the "Tophat" and "Periscope" ... and 2 together at the time they would've ... Unused" sprites were the big periscope monster thingy form the "Macaroni Ted" ... -
Another great 25th anniversary this year...Bladerunner, the iconic SF movie, will see a "Final Cut" version released in it's 25th anniversary year. It will screen in the cinemas too, which …
... =Daren;185594]Bladerunner, the iconic SF movie, will ... /> It will screen in the cinemas too, which is great ... to see this movie on the big screen.
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liking the cinema release, think it might ... money spinner (get it) the DVD thing, i mean ... -
What useless info do you know?Something that you will take to your grave (Spectrum or not) but absolutely no use to anyone: - POKE 23658,8 - Turns caps lock on, on a Spectrum - O…
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American beer is the worst in the world..its gotta be ... /> Yes indeed!, but one of the redeeming features is you can ... HALF-PINT :lol:
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What useless info do you know?Something that you will take to your grave (Spectrum or not) but absolutely no use to anyone: - POKE 23658,8 - Turns caps lock on, on a Spectrum - O…
... ]Yes indeed!, but one of the redeeming features is you can ... HALF-PINT :lol:
The big soft shites :D[/QUOTE]
How did people write large assembler programs on real Spectrums?I have been wondering how people did their development back on real Spectrums. If you should write a large program, there would first be an assembler…
The big companies used PDS (Programmers Development System) to write the games this could compile code to different machines from a PC. I believe Ocean used it.New Zealand Dog Hero...[url]http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,269653,00.html[/url] Amazing but sad at the same time.
... say.
Some of the comments again are unbelievable, Vampyre ... in disbelief at some of the anti-animal comments on this ... sad and disturbing
The reason i may seem to ... all the big dogs there as everyone walks the cute ones and the Mastiffs ...CRASHing into crapness, Part 2Following on from [url=http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_frm/thread/5541add8fe6b5218/e629555e12c5f3e8?lnk=st&q=crashing+into+…
... ' and then I realised that the magazine I'd known and ... whilst staying in business as the big action moves elsewhere.
Yep, the 1989 chapter will definitely be ... .
I fear for the 1990 chapter... maybe there [i ...CRASHing into crapness, Part 2Following on from [url=http://groups.google.co.uk/group/comp.sys.sinclair/browse_frm/thread/5541add8fe6b5218/e629555e12c5f3e8?lnk=st&q=crashing+into+…
... though, isn't it? With the glory days behind it, all ... whilst staying in business as the big action moves elsewhere.[/QUOTE]
the documentary, but you see what ... I mean :) 1989 was definitely the tipping-point, and early 1989 ...Death of CRT=Death of Spectrum?I was testing an old PC Engine console on the LCD TV in my house, and couldn't believe how awful the picture was. With giant ugly unblended pixels th…
... either - it looks like the "colour depth" looks very ... VHS seemed to make the colour depth look shallower ... I much prefer the picture on the Trinitron monitor at ... ).
The only problems with CRTs is ... a permanent warp from the big Trinitron!) It's not ...Why design a new Spectrum?Every so often, someone posts up about designing a portable Spectrum, or a new Spectrum with improved hardware capabilities, but I don't see why. I m…
... even still exists) for the nostalgia and the company, and don't ... I will launch the big brother to the Spectrum SE -- the Spectrum II. In ... power to work with than the original machine without things ... .[/quote]
Wow, the Spectrum II, that would be ...PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... down the data lines to the host machine.
the big differencce ... is accurartely interpret the data being sent down the data lines. ... have 2 copies of the same tape, the raw data would ... and stuff :)
5) the portable lib for emulator inclusion ...PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
... =Interceptor;188364]
the big differencce between this and ... have complete freedom with the data, you just add ... teh lib to decode the data correctly. this way ... C, C#, Java, Delphi? The problem with "you just need ... That was one of the reasons AIR was rejected ...PZX file format draft[QUOTE=Andrew Barker;186084]To this date, there is no rival format for TZX, despite people saying they can do better. Well the challenge is on, prov…
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the big differencce between this and tzx ... how over-engineered and bloated the format is, because we ... .
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the emulator never has to have ... is accurartely interpret the data being sent down the data lines. ...Flying to the USACan anyone reccomend a good website for cheap flights?? I know there are loads, but if anyone knows of a little gold mine let me know. I'm wishing t…
... airline
Georgia - Delta is the big one, their hub is Atlanta ... planes, you also have the added anxiety of getting delayed ... in customs and missing the connecting flight unless you leave ... seems to double or triple the fare especially during peak ...Crash MagFor the past 3 weeks I have had a REAL urge to get me 'Crash's out the parents attic so I can flick through them again, trouble is they are 143 miles…
Had a good look at the DVD rom, EVERYTHING is ... there. Even the posters that I have LONG ... i got the mag (one of the first ones with the big battle ... while in bed, or on the loo tho! :( Funny that ... DVD rom canNOT replace the convenience of having a ...Best Speccy footy games?What are you guys favourite Speccy footy games in order of best to worst? Mine are: 1. Italia 1990 2. Match Day II 3. Kick Off 4. Manchester Utd…
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Ok the main Spectrum football contenders.
big idea was "trapping the football" - real timing ... [I]in synchronization with the flow of a onscreen kickometer ... delightful - [I]especially[/I] the big-boot at goal!
[/COLOR ...Speccy 48k+ software packWhen my dad bought our Speccy 48k+ all those years ago it came with a software pack. I was trying to remember what it came with. These are the ones I…
... three different packs. They had the basic things in each like ... a chip, survival, scrabble, and the others were a mixture of ... know they were all in the same flat black box with ... . They were given out by the big retailers like smiths, boots etc ...How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
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I believe the Spectrum sold 5 million units ... in total, so if the average person bought ten games ... that's the average, then you could safely assume the big hits sold ... around the 100,000 mark.JSW: 'entrance to hades'this room always used to bug me when I was a kid playing it because even though its always "game-over" whenever you go in there, it looks like there …
... had discovered several rooms beyond The Off Licence, one of ... -themed dreams back then. The scariest one was when I ... moves along the floor of The Chapel) while the theme music from The Big Country ... was playing in the background. It scared the absolute shit out ...JSW: 'entrance to hades'this room always used to bug me when I was a kid playing it because even though its always "game-over" whenever you go in there, it looks like there …
... had discovered several rooms beyond The Off Licence, one of ... -themed dreams back then. The scariest one was when I ... moves along the floor of The Chapel) while the theme music from The Big Country ... was playing in the background. It scared the absolute shit out ...
