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Throwing fits at games back in the dayDid you get really pissed off at games back in the day? The answer will be most likely yes, I'm pretty sure everyone of us did. My speccy definitely …
... off at games back in the day? The answer will be most likely ... remember. Maybe even Crap and the Beanstalk.
My ... on and then throw the cartridge against the wall. I think he ... the rubberkeys speccy I had to get two replacement membranes before I ... -
Q. of the dayYou are on a plane that has crashed and caught fire during takeoff. Do you: a) get the fark out of the burning plane before you die, b) get the far…
... the fark out of the burning plane before you die,
b) get the ... fark out of the burning plane before ... />
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Fact of the day******************************************* Fact of the day: The Father of George B*sh Senior was one of biggest fundraisers for the Third Reich! …
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Fact of the day:
The Father of George B*sh Senior was one of biggest fundraisers for the Third Reich!
Amazing!
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Back in the day Speccy related problems.Thinking back about the days where i used to play on the ZX Speccy (48K original rubber keyed wiith seperate data recorder) i recall some of the prob…
... recorder) i recall some of the problems associated with first owning ... not know any better.
The two main problems i recall ... leaving deposits on the black pinch roller on the tape mech and ... data recorder problems back in the day?,did anybody lose a valued ... -
The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
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Seeing the cartoon-festooned inlays of ... Yet the highly prolific nature of the ZX Spectrum - the very name ... it was sincerely the best day of my life. ... Spectrum - twice - on the day I used it. Being ... the Amiga was pretty much the leader of the 16 ... -
Why no 'Avalon' loading screen?I was always disappointed that 'Avalon' & 'Dragontorc' were missing loading screens. I wonder if Steve Turner, when he sees this, could tell us why? …
... , I started this the day BEFORE the author, Steve Turner, joined the forum. I hope ... I am a quarter of the way into one for 'Dragontorc ... -
USB Portable Hard Drive Poor Reliability is my Experience (Mechanical not SSD)Dear WOSers, I am writing this post because yesterday I had a horrible day at work. My USB portable hard drive failed on me an…
... work. An important folder vanished the morning I was about to ... some work I'd prepared the day before) It has been a little ... changed the USB cable, wiggled the port on the back of the device ... to eject them properly though the host operating system. Are laptop ... -
Multi-load games on a +2/+2a/+2bHello guys. How do you guys manage to play multi-load games on a +2/+2a/+2b? There's no tape counter. Sorry if this is a crazy question. I know of…
... how people managed it back the day, before the cool mods and interfaces we ... -
Author R. Guietti possibly Ricky.[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027843&loadpics=3"]The Day Before[/url] Author [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek…
... ?id=0027843&loadpics=3"]The Day Before[/url]
Author [url="http ... /> It's quite likely that the R. stands for "Ricky" as ... per the loading screen.
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I'm #1!I'm now the top of the posting list! So am I: 1) Spending far too much time being nostalgic? 2) A Spectrum obsessive, spending too much time on the…
... to check my place in the listing and I incredibly enuff ... /> ...and if you had checked the day before Cyborg flew up to #1 ... 'd have known YOU were the leader! -
Basic corruptionDoes anyone have any tips or solutions for when a Basic listing becomes over a certain size and starts to get corrupted due to paging... I remember …
... whatever was overwritten, but the rest of the program can always be ... to read it due to the structural failure.
[/ ... have a previous save from the day before I could just add it ... interrupts etc etc before saving, I used to List the program and ... -
How did you make it load?I used to have great difficulty getting games to load on my old Speccy + and found using superstition sometimes helped... apart from turning my tape…
... CD which u play the squeeking noises via our ... CD players to the Speccy. Hehe.
the Speccy.
... but I can't remember the reason.
Imagine ... have to start loading it the day before you wanted to use ... -
Completely O/T - Does anyone want a GMail account?I've got a few invites so thought I'd share them here rather than lurking most of the time! They're all gone for now, I'll let you know if/when I ge…
curiously my uncle asked me if i wanted one the day before this was posted. what is this, some 1 GIG storage account. i should check it out. -
Idea for site - High Score ChallengeHi all An idea for the site.. CPC Zone (cpczone.emuunlim.com) has run a sucessful High Score Challenge for the past 12 weeks.. The organiser choo…
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I asked for the thread to be closed because ... true I posted my shot the day before that particular challenge ended and ... to post your nomination for the next challenge with your score ... . Everyone thought the person who had 5million points ... -
I'm getting sick and tired of EBAYYeah thoroughly sick and tired of people hiding behind misleading descriptions, ie " Spectrum mint and boxed " the reply when i said the box wasnt mi…
... charges should be lowered considering the profit eBay et al are ... is thrust into the lime light rather than the 99% good folk ... their cheque has only arrived the day before.... Don't they realised it ... 2 weeks to get to the point of posting ? (Cheque arrives ... -
The Italian Project gallery (Guess The Game) updated 22/11/04Hello all.. I've updated The Italian Project ([url]http://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/Italian/[/url]) with yet more screenshots in the gallery section. R…
My mates from the [I]zxspectrum[/I] mailing list ... original program.
[I]The day before[/I] is a BASIC version ... game, made by Alberto Broggi - the same author of [I]Bug ... many, if not all, of the text adventures could also be ... -
I found a game that I made!I was looking through a big pile of cassettes in a box the other day looking for a sound sample (I collect sounds...don't ask), when I found a casset…
I was gonna say the same thing !
I must admit back in those days on boxing day i was reguarly playing whatever Speccy games i was given the day before -
Double Dragon Forever: Demo now readyNot exactly Speccy related I know, but since the demise of Double Dragon 128k I have been working on the background graphics of a PC Double Dragon ga…
... (using MameMore .84 and Kaillera) the day before I downloaded it, and so ... `d reccommend it, and also the collision to work between players ... old kicking... ahhh... just like the old days with last 20 ... -
Spelling mistakes in gamesI was playing the arcade version of Bomb Jack on a Mame emulator the other day and found an amusing spelling mistake. I collcted a power up which …
... an experiment I went to the archive, picked 'A' ... AND BURGLARS, WHO ARE THE SCUM OF THIS EARTH, ... CAR, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SHOOT THEM ... quote]
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THE SCUM ARE TRYING TO BRING ... . Deakin's colour telly the day before I wonder? ...as I ... -
CelebsHi I realise this has probably already been asked (sorry if I'm bringing up an old subject) but do we have any "celebrities" in our midst? In other…
I'm the love-child of Myra Hindley ... pizza with Matthew Smith on the day before CGE 2004.
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err,heres some mapshello here is some more maps to enjoy(if it helps with a RZX file all the better):- [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=CaptainFizz"]http://maps…
... it? There go the maps from Dunny and the mysterious Baker. Maybe ... 't had a drink since the day before. Shows eh? ;) -
Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
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What day was the Speccy created?
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The day before sliced bread was. -
Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
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What day was the Speccy created?[/quote]The day before sliced bread was ... .[/quote]
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Cronosoft gets it's first FATWA issued against it.I've just heard from Andy from the Crap Games Competition, that our crap game 'MANIC MUSLIM' has received a complaint. Here's the complaint... [qu…
... wrote:
What day was the Speccy created?[/quote]The day before sliced bread was ... .[/quote]
So the Speccy was ... that were created the day after the Speccy. Just check the packaging.
Is Everyone Alright?I just heard about the blasts in london. I hope everyone is OK!
... talking about the jobs/facilitys etc the Olympics would create the day before the bombings. You ... were simply just negative from the ... theres a terrible day like this ? On all the news channels theyre ...Is Everyone Alright?I just heard about the blasts in london. I hope everyone is OK!
... talking about the jobs/facilitys etc the Olympics would create the day before the bombings. You ... were simply just negative from the ... theres a terrible day like this ? On all the news channels theyre ...Awfully quietI suppose everyone's living it up at the CGE
... at the last minute. The discs which did not sell on the day ... but we got the guys to sign ... at 8am in the morning and driving down the day before and unloading from ... 4-6pm also !) , long after the ...Awfully quietI suppose everyone's living it up at the CGE
... at the last minute. The discs which did not sell on the day ... but we got the guys to sign ... at 8am in the morning and driving down the day before and unloading from ... 4-6pm also !) , long after the ...My dentist won't treat NHS patients any longer.So, I phoned up the dental practice round the corner from me, and they registered me straight away, made an appointment for the next day, and have al…
My dentist blew his brains out the day before I had an appointment with him.My dentist won't treat NHS patients any longer.So, I phoned up the dental practice round the corner from me, and they registered me straight away, made an appointment for the next day, and have al…
... dentist blew his brains out the day before I had an appointment with ...
