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What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... count that, as I prefer to play the Windows Scrabble game I have ... supposed to be "compatible"!), whilst the Sentinel didn't seem to capture the eerie ... out on-line, but the compulsion to play single player modes is being ... -
A Feast for Crows from www.play.comI waited a good while for this book to come out and noticed that while Waterstones was busy selling it for a whopping full-price ?19, play.com was se…
... a whopping full-price ?19, play.com was selling it for ... />
Needless to say, I ordered it from play.com.
the post only to get stuffed back in ... postman has managed to drop the book out of the parcel somehow and ... -
Speccy Tour 2005 last week to vote!Hi all, Speccy Tour has entered last week to vote for all of you. I remember you that voting is an important stage within the Tour. If you vote yo…
... Tour has entered last week to vote for all of you ... the Tour. If you
vote you'll have more possibilities to play ... ,
and you'll enjoy the tournament more.
Remember ... , you have until November 6th to send
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Shadow of the UnicornI was trying to download this to play on an emulator, but cannot seem to get it to work. I recall the game came with an interface that had a 16K chi…
... to download this to play on an emulator, but cannot seem to get it to ... work.
I recall the game ... of the program, so does that mean its not possible to emulate ... -
Spectrum Gaming on the moveHello, new on here so hope this question is in the right place. I've just got a new job that involvesd lots of travelling on the trains. So instead …
... hope this question is in the right place.
< ... lots of travelling on the trains. So instead of ... I owndered about emulating the spectrum on a ...
What would be the platform of choice? Most advanced ... it would primarily be to play old Spectrum games so ... -
Odyssey of Hope......can't get the bloomin thing to work.......help!!!Hi all, sorry to be a bother. I remembered playing a game back when I was in junior school called "Odyssey of Hope". So as I'm 30 in a couple of we…
Hi all, sorry to be a bother. I remembered ... got all nostalgic and decided to try and look for it ... heck get the thing to work.......all that happens is the title screen ... -
Optimisation Needed! Is this the Fastest way to copy bytes from screen and back again?I have the screen address (say 0,0 i.e 16384) I want to copy 4 bytes wide by 32 bytes high from the screen to an area of memory. I then want to cop…
... 4x32 bytes to "store", Then one to bring it back to the screen
; Clear the screen to show we are bringing back ...
; Copy from store to the screen
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ZX Advance on the DS....It's fantastic!!! I new soon or later I was bound to get a DS, even though I have Zero time to play with it, and I am glad I did!! First thing I did …
... though I have Zero time to play with it, and I ... /> But the thing is I want to be able to play newer games ... It's really a joy to play those games on a new ... work flowlessy on the DS.It's cool to play GB mono ... games on the bigger brother, ... -
How do you get an external tape recorder to work on a +2a?Just for the hell of it, just say the internal cassette player stopped working. What command would you use when hooking up an external player, so the…
... of it, just say the internal cassette player stopped working. ... external player, so the specci would know to play/save from that player ... +3 tape lead, but want to see if it works and ... 've only got a +2a to try it on. I'm ... -
Myth - History in the makingHi to everybody! I'm trying to play this game, after reading some positive reviews, but... I'm having problems! :D Well, I define keys, Q A I O Sp…
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I'm trying to play this game, after reading some ... , Q A I O Space, the game starts, but... I can ... moving. How can I break the jars, fight, and so on ... -
what is the name of this game? If anyone can help me, i am looking for the name of a game I used to play on my spectravideo 318 maybe on other platforms as well You run around an…
... looking for the name of a game I used to play on my ... wanted person you get taken to another screen where you draw ... against him and have to kill him before he does ... . this gets progressively tougher as the stages go on. -
WoS - The Motion PictureNow that we are to be subjected to a film about the life of mel the bell, starring Pauline Fowler as mel and his twin David... I wander which of the …
... are to be subjected to a film about the life of mel the bell ... wander which of the Eastenders cast would play the regular forum members in ... -
Name the arcadeI've just rediscovered MAME; the last time I tried it, there was only support for a few old games, but now it seems to support almost every arcade ma…
... after those games I used to play during early 90s (I think ... :)
One of the games was about elves, dwarfs ... blackmail. I also remember that the power bar was labelled "STAMINA ... about bashing punks in the streets, quite similar to Double Dragon, Final ... -
The Traveller - Australian Sci-Fi Film seriesCreated and filmed by Australian Andrew Merkelbach, who was in the frame to replace Christopher Eccleston to play Doctor Who but David Tennant got th…
... who was in the frame to replace Christopher Eccleston to play Doctor Who but ... David Tennant got the role.
Visit the ... ve worked with them on the films and they are excellent ... . But they need all the support they can. -
Games that could do with running faster, without affecting the timer, the music or the controlsRegarding the topic on the emulation forum, what Spectrum games do you think would benefit from a speed boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum gam…
... boost? Nowadays, most of us play Spectrum games using emulators rather ... countdown much faster. Plus the music will play much too fast. And ... ) to switch the speed of the host emulator from real Spectrum speed to the maximum ... -
Best version of The Sentinel?Which version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, CPC, PC, ST and C64 versions, and of them I still prefer the Spectrum version. …
... version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, ... them I still prefer the Spectrum version. The monochrome look really ...
I do have the Sentinel Returns, the commercial PC remake, as ... spelt) on the ST, does anyone know how to play it?
The Countdown Has Ended...Look at this. I've reached 2000 posts at last, and in a fraction of the time it took me to get to 1000. Let me review what has happened in that time.…
... fraction of the time it took me to get to 1000. ... lucky enough to be part of the organising of ... 'll say thanks to Lee for organising the whole thing. :)< ... and hopefully go on to do the masters and get ... a supply of games to play and pass the time. :)
Egghead 4 available to downloadFollowing his adventure in space, Egghead is today Entertaining a guest. Yes, Shelley is coming to tea and it's up to Egghead to get the food on the…
... it's up to Egghead to get the food on the table by ... for the occasion but it's up to the oval fellow to locate the ... ingredients dotted around the town where ... follow for those who want to play the game on a real machine ...That minigame at the start of EurekaDoes anyone else think that minigame thing you have to play before you get into Eureka is really annoying? I've had it for years but I haven't played…
Does anyone else think that minigame thing you have to play before you get into Eureka is really annoying? I've had it for years but I haven't played the game much because of it.
Is there a hack to skip past it?
Necros.What is the best Freescape game?I wanted to try Castle Master, i have the original game on tape, but is it any good, or is it like Hard Drivin' with it's slideshow speed and unrespo…
I wanted to try Castle Master, i have the original game on tape ... />
Also is it possible to complete? Someone told me Mercenary ... game too, but i like to play games that are actually possible ...Name the gameHi all :) I cant remember one game that i played long time ago in ZX 48. I want to play it again, but just cant remember the name to look it:) desc…
... want to play it again, but just cant remember the name to look it ... /> Your goal is to bring the war head (bomb) to a alien (???) base ... . The game is a scroller from left to right ... are obstacles on the path, and you need to remove them.
The email game - Email from John RomeroBored a few weeks ago, I sent the following email to John Romero, co-creator of the game Doom: From: "Michael McLarnon" <bigbadmick2000@hotmail.com>…
... weeks ago, I sent the following email to John Romero, co- ... />
To my utter astonishment, I received the following reply a ... a game we could play. Tryin sending the above email:
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YOUR NAME)
to various different famous people, and ...playing the games on the real thing??!?hello, today i was searching for an old cassetes recorder at my place (doing some stuff related to audio/electronica) , didn´t find it but found…
... place (doing some stuff related to audio/electronica) , didn´ ... /> so is is possible to play this games we find here ... and the 48k and in the laptop making this files to run ... , .. if we can play it like that on a ... there sno way to speed up the loading time like we ...New game: MPTHRILLA: The Metal MinerHi all, I´m glad to announce you the news of having new Speccy game for you to play... :) [URL="http://art.speccy.cz/art.htm#own"]MPTHRILLA: …
... to announce you the news of having new Speccy game for you to play ... game after finishing the Hard
levels to discover (M. ... everything, or simply want to support the Speccy community, there will ... s - royalty will be donated to the MIA project.
...Name the Game (Non Speccy)Ive been trying to find the name of an arcade game i used to play in the early 90s (90 or 91 i think). It was a scrolling shootem up very similar to …
... an arcade game i used to play in the early 90s (90 or ... scrolling shootem up very similar to R-Type but you flew ... that stopped you from hitting the wall. I hope this is ...Here We Go Again! Whats The Name Of The Game?I remember playing (And downloading) a game in wich you where a gunmen on top of a stagecoach shooting...(indians I guess) I thought the game's name…
... thought the game's name was stagecoach... today I wanted to play it ... and found out it wasnt...can any one remember the ...The Rocky Horror Show - Alternate version or just weak memory?Ok, I have a question that has been bugging me all my life... "The Rocky Horror Show" was the first game I have ever played, it was for some reason…
... reason the favourite game of the whole family, so we used to play a ... lot. At the ... gave our own names to the characters according to what they did.< ... family we used to call him "the exibicionist/the flasher" for that ...The Thief gamesDuring the recent first-person-shooter debate, the game Thief was mentioned (by Dunny, who should be working on Spin instead of playing games, the sk…
... alerts more guards due to the noise and the possibility of alarms being ... ran it, just to make sure the data on the disc wasn't ... . It's interesting listening to the guards talking to themselves, and it is ... arcade-ish, whatever the word is). I did play it (or a ...Can anyone help me with the name of an old ZX Spectrum Game?Hello I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when I was …
... for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when ... I was much younger and I can't for the ... to type in commands like 'what can I see', 'pick up the ... to find your way out.
I can distinctly remember the ...In Machine Code, what is the quickest way to sort bytes?I am playing around with some ordering of sprites, where I want to order them by vertical position. I used some Rodnay Zaks code to order some bytes…
... /> Also, using "IX" cannot be the "quickest" way.
... So, if I have the bytes "2,2,40,7 ... and I want to get them into the order "2,2 ... is the quickest way (Note, I only need to sort bytes ... , not 16 bit numbers)
This is the ...
