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Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…
... for all your effort in the Spectrum, Einar. I ... back in the day with these new features, still unexplored for the Spectrum, ... making games look like never before.
Looking forward to seeing the new ... -
Full-screen 32 columns bicolor engine NIRVANA+I'm glad to announce the release of [b]NIRVANA+ ENGINE[/b], providing support for bicolor graphics (multicolor 8x2) in 32 columns for all standard Sp…
... for all your effort in the Spectrum, Einar. I think you ... back in the day with these new features, still unexplored for the Spectrum, making ... games look like never before.[/quote ... -
The "lost" Gargoyle gamesDoes anyone know the story behind Fornax and Gath. Why were they never released? Likewise what happened to the Heavy on the Magick sequel?
... ) wish the answer had been yes. Still, maybe some day the games' ... sources will be released (I've thought before ... that if I were the prime minister, ... works. Having the source code to the best games would ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... of Dredmor and Valiant Hearts: The Great War (Xbox One ... I am playing it with the fan made patch. I ... all under my belt before I play the new one, whenever that ... out. The second one is the worst of the 3, but is still enjoyable ... t enough gaming hours in the day! -
TalkTalkIn the light of the TalkTalk data leak I was thinking was life easier, simpler, less stressful and better in the early 80s? Don't get me wrong I lov…
... are still things I use every day. If you know the fundamentals well ... building on those fundamentals to the day you retire.
... just building on what went before them, there's nothing fundamentally ... it ever was back in the day (well, you could do ... -
The Great Escape. I found an alternative escape route.I managed to figure out a way to escape without ever using the wirecutters. So if you've beaten the game a lot of times and would like to try somethi…
... upon a solution without using the wirecutters before.
I ... I picked up the uniform and documents the next day when I was ... message so I knew the compass was still where I had left ... any case, before I went through the main gate. The guard was there ... -
Contact Sam Cruise - BugWhile playing through 'Contact Sam Cruise' yesterday I happened upon a bug when I was arrested, when I moved inside the jail cell the screen scrolled…
... he showed me back in the day, then Eric can be controlled ... as he moves midstride just before the policeman picks him up.
the bug way away from a scroll point. If you stand still ... and just as the cop is about to ... -
7mhz CPU?One of the things I like about Spectaculator, is that I can zap the clock speed of the emulated CPU up. Doing so makes me wonder about why the desig…
... actually pretty quick for the day. Much of the ULA was already ... 7MHz so the ULA as it stood would almost certainly still be ... make fast logic with the technology of the day, CML (current mode ... logic) keeps the transistors in ... -
slightly different question - how long ago did you pack away the speccy ?if at all ;) personally I think I was about 19 when it, and all the games, went into storage - SNES and PCs etc took over. I'm 32 now, and only in …
... onto consoles (final hoard stood at 2 Grey +2s, ... br /> I actually started playing the 128 games quite a lot ... I pretty much consigned the actual machines and tapes ... I still have a bit of a play on the old ... I missed from back in the day.
It ... -
Good or Horrible: Denton DesignsGift from the Gods (1984) - meh Bounces (1985) - meh Cosmic Wartoad (1985) - gash Frankie Goes to Hollywood (1985) - awesome, ow ow ow!…
... find the objects in the game.
Unfortunately the screen- ... no opportunity to transform before crashing into the ground. Both completely ... of both, but the screenshots for the first one just seemed ... . But [i]Where Time Stood Still[/i] was just a lot ... -
Fallout 4Looks like it will be announced tomorrow: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/<br>
... be done for the day, but it's my day off so maybe ... , and ended up entertaining the nephew the wife's sick, and ... t have time to shower before I had to go to ... bath, and soak in it before I then take shower, because ... I'm done, because I still have to cook myself some ... -
Games where you had no idea what you were supposed to do... but played anyway.Whilst browsing the archive for something new to play, I came across Tir Na Nog, which prompted the above question. I had Tir Na Nog as part of the …
... "][quote=def chris;347249]Thro' The Wall:confused:
before being as baffled as ... got great reviews back in the day, there must be plenty ... on WOS and yet I still haven't a clue ... i would imagine the manual for the dark sceptre is ... -
Bad day at the officeWhoops! http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/man-accidentally-deletes-his-entire-company-with-one-line-of-bad-code-a69842…
... had taken full backups the night before. The downside was that we had ... back onsite, and the restore was still ongoing. The IT director was onsite ... department had a normal working day - and the major task on a ... -
I'm getting oldI'm now just past 40, and i have started to feel that slow creep that i'm getting past it, yesterday i ran to cross the roads as the light was about …
... long (about 12 months) before the trappings of being a 20 ... their toll from the night before excesses. Still, it stood me in good ... stead to walk through the ... and have brown to go before going for black - something ... -
Fallout 4Looks like it will be announced tomorrow: http://fallout.bethsoft.com/<br>
... was ages before I actually found it.
The clues ... an easy way to find the Alien Blaster without even ... found it.
Still haven't made it to ... PS4 has been on half the day, and I never even ... much gave up for the day, I need sleep :)) -
BrexitThere's nothing like a nice healty Brexit to start the day!
... A negotiated Trade deal with the EU however does not ... on earth. Whilst this increases beuarocracy when dealing with the EU ... back to export/import situation before 92 ( i belive although ... free trade area means the government of the day is able to subsidise ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... /> I know but it's still Mr. Generic Shooter
the bosses that came before him, but unlike the original Duke ... (literally as well) fans of the biggy biggy shooters :))
the end of the day Duke Forever worth $1 ... -
There's a games cafe in Glasgow got an R-Type cab.Just saw someone tweet a photo of it, tweeted back to ask what the hi-score is, still just the factory setting hi-scores on it, so I'm going to pop i…
... the R-Type machine (I asked them), so who on earth ... better position than I was before!
Last ... actual video games in the back, they had Bomb ... feeling they'd ditched the remaining video games. It ... in there back in the day, when the place was full ... -
20 Amiga A500 Games You Should OwnWell finally I got round to it after viewers and subs endlessly asking me to do such a thing, to produce a combination list between my top 20 favouri…
... bit naff I'll still give it a go.< ... really original...Seen it all before basically...
10: ... />
Still a bit naff cos' of the missing moves, and ... sh*t...It's still the same sh*t game ... Test Drive,...great in the day but aged over time. -
Always Tired Lately.I am now 40 and lately I have noticed that my energy levels are bloody awful. I find it hard to get up in the morning. In the evening after work, …
... that may be the nub of the problem. I never ... defined bed time since before and in my early ... at all hours of the day and night on various ... and sometimes still do.
My working day typically starts ... .
Sometimes the reason for late nights is ... -
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…
... .
The speccy came while I was ... br />
I remember the day he came home with it ... lording over the fact and dragging out the moment as ... , just the horizons tape but I still had a ... the stuff on to it, but the company went out of business before ... -
Opus Discovery "the big switch on" (after 20 years)I have a few of these Opus Discovery's with different Eproms in that have not been swiched for 15-20 years or so . I am in no rush to switch any on …
... one of them to load before using the "QuikDos". rom. .However Zub ... is Drive 2 the only "side" that works? . Still it is nice ... "fun" day after all!) . So I try it under the Opus's ... 2 . I am still not entirely convinced the jumpers are set right ... -
Speccy 128k Toastrack capacitorsDoes anyone have a list of all the electrolytic capacitor values in a speccy 128k toastrack they could post...I've looked around and see plenty for …
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Using the DIVMMC Enjoy before I changed the caps it would ... and using the Divide+ it would load Where time stood still no problem ... .
Now after the cap replacement ... -
What's your favourite supermarket?It's an age old discussion that takes place between bored people that have run out of things to say..but are talking anyway by way of being polite. …
... the longest too. Stuff from TESCO seems to rot before ... cheap rolls at the end of the day, as it's ... And Sainsbury's still haven't got the hang of this ... supermarkets' own ordinary brand; the 'Sainsbury's own' one ... - ASDA is the only one left that's still drinkable. -
Retro Game Comparison Blog.So, here's a shameless plug for my blog, which should interest some of you. Then again, it's not biased towards any particular system, so it might no…
... considered early on during the blog's birth, but ... two versions, I passed the chance then. Now that ... it up properly some day and see if I ... ordeal, because I dislike the isometric adventure genre in ... comparison out of Where Time Stood Still, but I confess I ... -
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…
... I ran out of the room before I was spotted and ... how to load games, and the day was spent getting frustrated at ... waiting forever for the screen to redraw before taking the next shot at ... />
Still, we had some great years playing on the Spectrum and ... -
Shadow of the Beast review:New review at Spectrum Paradise, it's turn for the impressive Shadow of the Beast, an excellent game with nice and neat graphics, smooth animations a…
... 've disliked it from day 1 I'm not ... enough ;).
The majority of big Amiga games ... I've told this story before, and been told apparently ... and sod the rest, as they are still pretty much ... Have Dave Perry (Not the programmer...Mr. Bandana), and ... -
WOS Members carsWe've just got a car after being without for about 3 months :) It's a Peugeot 406 LX Diesel Estate, P reg, old but well looked after. Same as my las…
... a year. We got it before it was released actually, ... cost us less than half the price.
Me ... still go out of their way to make sure everything with the ... s fixed free of charge the day it's taken in ... their pockets. Me and the wife are on first name ... -
Essence of the ArcadeAs some of you know, one of the reasons I will always be eternally grateful to WOS is to have helped me with its database and all my friends around h…
... allotments out the back of the house, the trainyards in the distance, and the Blue ... as 1987, and I've still never told anybody them. Imagine ... 30 years, as clear as the day your 8, or 9 year ... and I've told the story on here before, when I was ... -
Record collectors and the Vinyl resurgenceI know there are collectors of Vinyl on WOS and have seen mentions in different threads, but I can't find a thread dedicated to it. I have just bough…
... br /> Still I enjoy listening to old albums, even the one's ... I've never heard of before.
Talking of hipsters, the big ... accept as part of the scene.
https:// ... my vinyl back in the day and the ones ive got ...
