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  • Emulation on Gameboy AdvanceHi everyone! I saw a topic about spectrum games on mobile phones... and it came to my mind: how about a full loaded speccy emulator for the new Nint…

    Isn't it a big enough screen for the C64 low res mode when turned sideways? Is there a C64 emulator?
    Fraser Fraser April 2002 Emulators
  • Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…

    In Real Spectrum there is a proper function called Cheat Options which is activated by pressing F9. With other emulators you have to activate the Multiface emulation and enter the pokes just the same way as you would do with a real machine.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2002 Emulators
  • Spectaculator 2.0 availableHi, I've just released a new version of Spectaculator. It should be on WOS in a few days. Here's a cut 'n' paste from comp.sys.sinclair: Spectacula…

    ... have to activate the Multiface emulation and enter the pokes just the same way ...
    Woody Woody April 2002 Emulators
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... more subjective with these machines. The BBC had far more expensive ... hardware than the others but it's ... for education after all.
    The C64 had superior graphics and hardware ... but a slower processor.
    The Spectrum had more memory (if ...
    Anonymous Anonymous April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    [quote]
    On 2002-04-25 13:35, Anonymous wrote:
    The C64 had superior graphics and hardware sprites
    [/quote]

    So, LEGO blocks are superior graphics. Great.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... or what?

    The fact is the C64 had superior graphics capabilties ... about, ooh, four months after the spectrum died a commerical death.
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... my point.
    The fact is that the C64 had bias towards SPRITES ... ve already said before that the spectrum had a superior ... functions and one of the reasons the screen updates are faster ... is that the screen is essentially monochrome. The way the screen design ...
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    I've just posted my answers. But I want to shout it loud: The Spectrum version of Wizball is brilliant and I still enjoy playing it!!! Whoever says it's utter pants should be forced to play the C64 version of Enduro Racer.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2002 Games
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ... graphically and gamewise) than the Spectrum version. Maybe if ... C64 for a week just to play and complete the ... t live up to the C64 version.... If you ... If you all loved the Spectrum version then please ... br /> Enduro racer on the c64.. lemmie download it and ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... right. I still prefer it the Spectrum way though. By having ... hardware, you are telling the programmer that the game must have a ... limitations. Like everything else, the strength of the C64 is also it's ...
    Spector Spector May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ...
    C64:

    3: You are Ivan Kosmovichski, the Crusader. Questing ... the last!!!!


    Name the game that was substituted on the C64 ... the C64 but utter pants (except for the loading screen) on the Spectrum. Name the ...
    Vampyre Vampyre May 2002 Games
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ... winners yet.
    so far, the scores currently stand at

    I`ll post the answers Sunday night 9pm GMT ... />

    Enduro Racer on the C64....hmmmm it`s pretty bad ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ... />
    Name the game that was substituted on the C64 edition of this ... compilation
    Sabre Wulf was replaced by The ... the C64 but utter pants (except for the loading screen) on the Spectrum. Name the ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    The C64 was superior to the Speccy - the noise the latter made when loading used ... -commands thing. We both preferred the Spectrum.
    Knightlore Knightlore May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…

    ... off,
    Smalltown Boy from the C64 scene
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... good use of the AY soundchip (for the first time) so ... played and looked exactly the same as the Spectrum version. I`ve ... /> Wizball on the C64 is the best out of all the versions available - ... on the Amstrad was slightly easier due to the colour in the graphics ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... Emlyn Hughes was better on the C64. It seemed smoother to me ... , and the graphics (although blocky) were clearer ... I believe the visible playing area was smaller than on C64. This ... dead slow and unplayable on the C64, while fluid and nice on ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi May 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... were completely brilliant games on the C64. The Spectrum versions were close to ... get so high ratings in the Spectrum mags back then.
    the C64-version was great!
    Lars Lars May 2002 Games
  • Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…

    ... Smash TV was one of the most awful spectrum conversions ever ... don't believe me play the C64 version its brilliant and unrecognisable ... as the same game).

    ... t need to plumb the depths of the impossibly dire Captain ...
    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    Ghostbusters was better on the c64 than the speccy.better sound and graphics ... good also enduro racer..the speccy had the finest home version ... .

    As for the Amstrad errrr well donkey kong ... than the speccy version and on a par with the c64 version ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr June 2002 Games
  • pics of people who visit wos :)hi everybody, how about having pics of people who visit world of spectrum :) octave

    ... who claimed the Speccy was better than the C64 (and who ... was in charge on account of a C64 ... beret would have knocked the policemen off in a ... split-second! The words I never got ... of the court were: "the Spectrum is better than the C64 because ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SPIN V0.2 Now Available[Standard CSS cut'n'paste message] Hi all! Well, again another update, but we think this one's well worth it. There's numerous additions and fixes,…

    ... martinball wrote:
    Nice emulator. The only problem I have with ... m looking into it. The main emulation loop is going really ... that's generating all the problems at the moment. Occasionally, yes, ... less and less frequent as the versions appear. You should ...
    Dunny Dunny June 2002 Emulators
  • girls and speccy gamesit seems that most if not all of us on here are boys (ok so some are men) and i can only recall 1 girl ever posting on here and if your not a girl Sm…

    They're not. I used to have a girlfriend who could beat the hell out of me at pheenix on the C64. Reason why I dumped her. ;)
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi June 2002 Games
  • MIA portuguese gamesI would like to know if there is some Portuguese speccy games and educational programs, mostly published by Astor Software. Here is a very short list…

    ... as possible! as well as the c64, amiga ones, etc.

    the spanish games have many websites ... for them, and the russian and english games too ... find a resource for the portuguese games anywhere. the only portuguese game ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... wrote:
    The C64 was superior to the Speccy - the noise the latter made when ... get me wrong, i love the c64 and i also own one ... of them look better than the c64 and cpc counterparts. this mode ... can have ANY color. on the c64 a square could only have ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • How many games?I was just wondering, how many Speccy games did u actually own when u had ur original Speccy? And how many Speccy games do u own on ur PC (under emul…

    Er, not that many for the Spectrum to be honest - 15 to 20. For the C64 I had (and still have) around 250.
    Knightlore Knightlore June 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... on the C64 was better than the speccy version, especially the sound ... slightly better on the Amstrad and the controls were faithful ... to the arcade.

    The rest were better ... on the speccy!!!

    Anonymous Anonymous June 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... as a matter of fact the c64 also had color clash, it ... pixel cell.

    dizzy the ultimate cartoon adventure for example ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... Jet set Willy on the C64 than on the Spectrum. Umm... don't ... Dizzy was better on the Speccy than the C64. Being a girl an ... ' all, I went for all the ...
    Knightlore Knightlore June 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    Thats the c64 turning white with fear from the competition.:lol:
    sweevo555
    sweevo555 sweevo555 June 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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