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The Mattel Aquarius not so great / rather mediocre threada friend had 1 back in the day .. ?59 or something in Asda.. rubber keyboard like speccy 2 great games though , dungeons and dragons + burgertime :)…
a friend had 1 back in the day .. ?59 or something in Asda.. rubber keyboard like speccy
2 great games though , dungeons and dragons + burgertime :)
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Brief report about RetroEncounterAnother April... another retro event! (Firstly sorry for the quality of the photos, owing to not being able to find my camera battery before leaving …
... to find my camera battery before leaving I had to use ... manage to make it through the whole day).
[img] ... stayed that way most of the day.
[img]http:// ... 6502 (the white chip) - with the lid soldered on, long before the usual plastic ... -
Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…
... that on C64 back in the day. (The C64 version scolling is ... no better than the Speccy one!) Reminiscent of ... Make sure you read the instructions/storyline before playing. Again, I ... org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005535]The official commercial release from ... -
Please can someone help me find out what this game was?First post so hello all. Been looking for a website like this for a while to revisit some of my classic Spectrum days. More to the point, I'm looking…
... years. Back in the day I fondly remember opening the luminous yellow and ... In the game you played as an Egg. Now before I go ... a different area on the screen.
- The cassette cover for this ... wont be long before I venture into the overfilled loft searching ... -
The RatsI was reading a magazine review of another game in the WOS archive and came across [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004039"]Th…
... org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004039"]The Rats[/URL], a graphic adventure ... unique adventures and variation in the gameplay) and choices to sacrifice ... failure/win conditions. One of the criticisms was that after playing ... it either from back in the day or more recently? -
Psychopathic collectionHas anyone else ever made Spectrum Notebooks back in the day? Notebooks of maps, of hints&tips, of cheats e.t.c? I made several books, I wrote revie…
... made Spectrum Notebooks back in the day?
Notebooks of maps, of ... played Night Gunner most of the day, it would get 5 points ... never seen it before) and she thinks I'm the ultimate dork ... had no friends back in the day haha!
Here are ... -
Picture of yourself in the 80's with a speccy...I thought it'd be fun to start a thread where people post pics of themselves back in the day with a speccy. Only condition, is that its not a recent…
... pics of themselves back in the day with a speccy.
the spectrum/Spectrum stuff in the foreground/background.
the faithful DK 'Tronics keyboard......Penetrator ... -
Commodore 64 - First time trying - REVIEW & Pictures!Right, so the 2nd hand shop was selling this Commodore and accessories. So I decided to buy it, as I've never had a Commodore and this is my first ti…
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Now, before I begin, "back in the day" we all(probably ... ) used to mock the C64 and ... "C" key before it continues.
Anyway, the tape continues and ... before.
I suppose the Commodore was built better, but the ... -
YSRnRY: Xmas Special re-packed into three parts on YouTubeIt is almost two years to the day that I [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=26034]kicked off ZXmas in 2009[/url] (still have…
... is almost two years to the day that I [url=http://www ... mark it I've repacked the Christmas Special into three ... advantage of the new time limits - having five parts before was always ... /> [youtube]cMcNNxS8dK0[/youtube]
The scene probably won't see ... -
I'm being sued...3 months ago I interviewed an old man who used to be important for the portuguese movie industry... I had a couple of conversations with him, all ve…
... out and the granddaughter asked if she could see it before deadline ... , I was on vacations and only got the final ... on the day of the deadline I sent the article the next day... and aparently the tag ... -
Worst Deal of the DayI am on the lookout for a new laptop at the moment and came across this. [url]http://www.crescentelectronics.co.uk/node/285464[/url] Now either the…
... for a new laptop at the moment and came across this ... /> Now either they have misplaced the decimal point by a couple ... is) or somebody is extracting the urine.
Got half ... see if I can get the lowest score ever. -
Rubbish 48K versions. Is Double Dragon 2 the worst?Okay, so obviously later in the Speccy's life, the 128K machines became dominant and most software was written with them in mind. Up until about 199…
... obviously later in the Speccy's life, the 128K machines became ... - I bought it back in the day and enjoyed it. However, it ... 48K machine, the gameplay only fills the top half the screen. The rest is ... there any other games where the actually game was changed/ ... -
Adapters like the Interface IIBack in the day, I had an old joystick inerface that also had a ROM card slot, just like the official Interface II, but mine wasn't official. I used …
Back in the day, I had an old joystick ... ROM card slot, just like the official Interface II, but mine ... 2 ports as well as the slot and was shapped just ... . Not havig owned any of the ROM cards, I've no ... were they as relaible as the Interface II? -
one for the linux users...maybeI've downloaded and installed(on a Lenovo T410 laptop) the Commodore OS "Vision". It's a Linux distribution - seems to be Mint severely dressed up an…
... on a Lenovo T410 laptop) the Commodore OS "Vision".
On the t410 everything works out of ... all computers back in the day so the commode theme doesn't ... sec for most of the download which is weird ... connection at home???) so the 6.6GB didn't ... -
MyHermes can **** my *****! I want my stuff back!I am royally p****d at this, and i'll apologise in advance for ranting... [QUOTE=Live Chat with P2G Support]Please wait for an operator to respond. …
... machine along with the other contents of the parcel. The ?22.56 ... that before this matter, i've been very satisfied with the ... i've entrusted to you before this unfortunate incident have always ... is excellent, but at the end of the day this problem arose because ... -
Anyone heard about the Chameleon before?Commodore haters: please skip this topic, allthough it's definately Speccy related! ;) [url]http://www.syntiac.com/chameleon.html[/url] Someone mad…
... -an addon/standalone device called the 'Turbo Chameleon 64'.
It ... expansion which takes over the CPU (by emulation the 6502) and some ... VGA out.
But the strange thing about this gadget ... 'cores' like one to emulate the ZX Spectrum!
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The Judge Dredd MIA gameI was checking the Microhobby magazines online when I came across of the review of "Judge Dredd"...I have to admit that probably it was one of the fe…
... I forgot they commented. The game has a poor ... />
What happened? The game was so bad that ... not to publish it in the last minute?
the shops back in the day or in ebay ... ??
Interesting case, although the ... -
Our cat...The missus got back from the vet 2 hours ago and it might not be good news for our 15 year old cat. He's had a cough/hack since the start of decembe…
... the start of december. He got an xray a week before ... murmur that wasn't there before christmas.
the xray.
the summer but that ... she started having the odd puff a day before christmas.
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Amazonia (BUGFIX)This is a bugfix for game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0027280"]Amazonia[/URL], please add the following "known errors" des…
... . The time of day reaches 24:59 (instead of 23:59) before returning ... back to 0:00. Also the day of month ... ret[/CODE]
The time of day bug could be fixed ... -
Remember when all we had was a Speccy?Just a quick rant. I'm now 37. Back in the day, when "all we had" was a speccy with 48KB, tape loading, Lego, waiting a whole week to watch A-Team/A…
... 37.
Back in the day, when "all we had" ... to rewind a tape before being able to listen ... about 'stuff' while the game was loading, or ... you've seen the special effects before. Difficult to get ... will wait until Saturday before unpacking....waiting for "when ... -
This &*%@ is really putting me off of eBay!!!Having serious issues getting a seller to send me an item. Have been extremelly patient, waiting two weeks and trying to arrange her postage for her…
... /> [QUOTE]"I contacted the seller before the end of the auction, asking if it ... run', but in for the rest of the day. And then I replied ... drop the parcel off to the delivery company before you send me the postage ... -
I Remember "Back In The Day"Forgive me for rambling (Led Zeppelin wrote a song about it). . . I remember my Dad buying a computer in 1996? Pentium 100, 8 Mb Ram. I remember spe…
... round with a Spectrum and "The Hobbit", 15 minutes later, me ... -
hunchback at the olympics (MIA)[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020263[/url] did anyone ever buy or play this game back in the day? find it weird that it's n…
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0020263[/url]
did anyone ever buy or play this game back in the day? find it weird that it's not available in the archive, considering it came out (apparently) on software projects. -
Games from Alexandru Simion without entry in the archiveI think I misplaced the thread by writing it in the MIA section, so I copy it here ;) As he mentions in his website, there are some games which were…
... didn't make it to the PC emulators, amongs which Cyborg ... loadable levels and inspired by the Renegade fighting game. And of ... I did while learning, since the day I managed to print something ... on the screen."
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What's the band/song?The video, from the late 70's/early 80's, featured a ginger lass singing, with 2 black male dancers, one on either side of her, and I think there's a…
The video, from the late 70's/early 80' ... filmed on HMS Belfast during the day; they're on a battleship ... -
The smell of a brand new ZX SpectrumThis may be the weirdest question I've asked here... Most of you probably remember the day you opened the polyestirene case to reveal your brand new…
... of you probably remember the day you opened the polyestirene case to reveal ... particular smell emanating from the inside of the case.
... I removed the rubber feet to remove the screws underneath. The moment I ... adhesive they used back on the day. -
The great escape bug?I'm not sure if this is a bug or something slipped in by the programmers but i've noticed that if you try and bribe a prisoner with the chocolate wh…
... something slipped in by the programmers but i've ... bribe a prisoner with the chocolate when you are ... in the lower of the 3 prisoner huts, ... but if you leave the room before he reaches you, when ... you re-enter the room ... -
The impossible made possibleSome years ago Miguel Angel Rodriguez Jodar and I developed the PC Keyboard Interface (still available at SellMyRetro.com). The interface however wa…
... to let the PC Keyboard Interface overrule the databus when ... connected.
The 48K, 128K ... t let the matrix array scan the keyboard when the rom is ... trying to, by altering the logic before the matrix array's /IORQ ... -
Way of the Exploding Fist vs The FutureFighting Games - 'Back in the Day' I really enjoyed Way of the Exploding Fist as it was a real attempt to simulate a sporting fight. From a quick sca…
... - 'Back in the Day' I really enjoyed Way of the Exploding Fist as ... . From a quick scan through the games on later computers and ... looks to me as if the cartoony fighting games with special ... -
another motorbike video - my last for a whilethe day after I filmed this, I rode my bike 100 miles or so, around sussex and hampshire, no problems, had ridden it in torrential rain the week befo…
the day after I filmed this, I ... it in torrential rain the week before, on the Saturday "made progress" through ... traffic on the A272, riding sweet ...
