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So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…
... . I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 ... a no go area because of the Subway Army!!
7 - Cars ... had grunge, emo, the end of the rave culture, but, by the 00's sub ... it was an amazing decade for various good and bad reasons ... -
New game: Sam Mallard - The Case of the Missing Swan[img]http://i66.tinypic.com/o8z6vd.png[/img] [code] Sam Mallard – The Case of the Missing Swan. Version 1.0 by Ersh in 2016 The clock had tur…
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Sam Mallard – The Case of the Missing Swan.
Version 1 ... was a Mr. Swan, owner of the Swanline shipping
company, ... suspiciously large reward
for a simple missing person case ... from scratch in assembly. The code, puzzles, story and ... -
Future of WoSSo, time is up! When I announced I was leaving, it prompted quite a few people to get in touch offering help. Of the most serious offers, there w…
... my preferred option.
For the database, ZXDB isn't compatible ... we have. It's not the end of the world, and as Einar is ... allows for emulators to make use of the data. At the point where the site ... -
The death of Rock n Roll and why rock died?I know most of you guys are more Punk & Techo oriented, I've always been more a Hard Rock / Grunge / Metal fan. While I work, I spend most of my …
... after 2000 you had sort of the comeback of "that" rock , with ... Ferdinand, Artic Monkeys & the creation of "super bands" like Velvet ... Revolver / Audioslave and the comeback of Alice n Chains, Stone ... for the past 15 years only Rap & the Beyonce type of ... -
New Game: In the Walls of Eryx.[b]"In the Walls of Eryx"[/b] is a brand new game for the 128k ZX-Spectrum by Monster's Legs Productions, using Jonathan Cauldwell's Arcade Game Desi…
[b]"In the Walls of Eryx"[/b] is a brand new game for the 128k ... -lands in the Erycinian Highlands of Venus and combs the jungle for power gems ... . But the Venusian flora ... -
Spectrum-inspired tax discToday, I needed to hand over some cash to the DVLA to keep my car on the road (legally) for another year, and so I can tell them to fix some potholes…
... to keep my car on the road (legally) for another year, and so ... new set of this style of disc in GIMP, ready for this ... three years. I've gone for red for the 2018 disc, but then ... from the MK14 to round about the time of the end of the 128K toast rack; the later ... -
Are there any unreleased Spectrum games or prototypes in the hands of collectors?You know how some games for various machines were written but never released, and then a collector buys the developers' discs or whatever hardware, a…
... or gameplay differences to the finished products) of commercially released, or aborted ... released for the Speccy, and which ones are still in the hands of private ... collectors?
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Samurai Warrior - The Battles of Usagi Yojimbo. BUGFIX.While playing around I managed to put the game in a bugged state. When the game is in this state any enemy that's facing right while executing an att…
... a stage the bug is activated for the duration of that stage. The game doesn ... 't resets the jump ... variable that holds the state of the jump, so ... -
The Order of Mazes & Flynn's Adventure in Bombland Physical CopyHi I've always meant to create a physical copy of the games I created and have finally got round to it. I've only made 2 so far, one for me and on…
... /> Side A of the tape has 2 copies of The Order of Mazes, just in ... case
Side B of the tape has the ... another post), plus all of the minigames I wrote for the compos.
In the Nick of Time?I've got an idea for a game titled 'In the Nick of Time' You're nicked chum, it's the 23rd century and your punishment is to be put into a prison …
... got an idea for a game titled 'In the Nick of Time'
None of them are inhabited at the moment of transport, none of the time zones ... the game play, whether graphical, text, both or what. Lots of potential for ...It's the big seven oh for me today!Fortunately I never did agree with that famous line of The Who's 'My Generation'! Nevertheless after spending fifty plus years tearing up the tarmac …
... agree with that famous line of The Who's 'My Generation'! ... which really changed my life for the better.
Unless ... a fan of the wonderful Speccy which most of my friends ... find them. The unity that the Speccys ease of programming created amongst ...Robot 1 in The Ship Of DoomApologies if there's already a thread for this game, but I couldn't seem to find one.... https://prefim.itch.io/robot-1-in-the-ship-of-doom htt…
... there's already a thread for this game, but I couldn ... .itch.io/robot-1-in-the-ship-of-doom
https ...z88dk adventure problemI downloaded the example https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6XhJJ33xpOWaHYxek15WXJyQVU/view?usp=sharing I changed NUM ROOMS to 13 here is the who…
... parallel to a busy main road and completely lacking convenient trees ... their bars were it not for the ever vigilant gate keeper who ... it can never scroll to the end of the description of the first room, so I ...When was the last time you used a phone box?BT have recently announced they will be getting rid of a third of UK phone boxes by the end of the year, they say that some aren't used for months at…
... getting rid of a third of UK phone boxes by the end of the year, they ... say that some aren't used for months ... phone now.
When was the last time you actually used ...TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
... in fact) by the end of the season episode - the writing was so ... simple idea consistent for the length of one half-hour ... the quality of the first six series.
But for me the ... a season) for some reason the quality of the program had ...Coming soon... The Sword of Ianna!The Sword of Ianna, one of the biggest and best Spectrum games ever is about to be released! For the time being, since downloads are not ready yet, y…
The Sword of Ianna, one of the biggest and best Spectrum ... about to be released! For the time being, since downloads ... can get a lot of info and admire how it ... can make yourself an idea of how it will look ... .es/
The game will be released son ...The Crystal MazeDear WOS, I thought about conceptualising a Speccy game based on the classic 1990s game show "The Crystal Maze", which has recently returned to TV…
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For those who are unfamiliar with the concept of TCM, it ... the Host", a new idea of mine which involves the team asking the host for ... player their overall performance at the end of a game/challenge
- At ...The ZX Spectrum and its derivatives used in a static , semi portable and portable way.Now on "portabilty" is there any where I will not be able to "go" with this (Now let me see!) Hmm ! Well semi portability should be totally OK as …
... I first get the idea for it.? In a pub of course : it ... was one of those places ... eventually thought about using it for the Spectrum .
But why ... does it have to be the end of the game . Are there any other ...Celebrity deaths might be the least of our worries[quote="mel the bell;931856"]looks like it here we go http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-42760180[/quote] That was bloody depressing…
... bloody depressing Mel. Not just the loss of the Kinks bass guitarist, poor ... island, of course we can't match them for military equipment ...
This reminds me of the state of affairs circa 1933/36 tin ... . Not a good set of warnings for 2018 at all, at ...Are you a detective.I wouldn't normally post something so off topic (oh ok I can sometimes), but this is something I have got to ask as it is driving me up the wall and …
... , 3 bed semis, park at the end of the road with the woods.
One ... his son. The detective was middle age white.. Typical for TV really ... on and difficult to search for.
Slim chance I ...THE ADVENTURES OF JANE JELLY: THE EGG DIAMONDGood evening! New game released... THE ADVENTURES OF JANE JELLY: THE EGG DIAMOND You can get it here: [url="https://jg-spectrum.webnode…
... released...
THE ADVENTURES OF JANE JELLY: THE EGG DIAMOND
Please read the instructions for more information.
A recollection of a Bug in a "good" game:the mystery of the bug and the game will be revealed later!Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game. So what! Well , I should explain: it was a good very popular game and I have to watc…
... I have to watch out for the "bug denyers" out there ... of my sons who clearly remembered the said bug in the ... also said something along the lines of :- "Well you get ... by his very clear identification of it..
of 6 months to find the said bug ...Whatever Happened to The Type Fantastic?"Tomorrow's almost over, Today went by so fast, That's the only thing to look forward to - the past." Over the best part of this year the contri…
... deleted] of a year for me and TTFn got lost in the morass ... to move the contents out of the station office into the rest of the house. I ... in 2019".
At the end of April my Dad had a ...What's The Hardest ZX Spectrum Game You've Completed Without Cheats?What is the most difficult ZX Spectrum game you've completed without cheats?! Mine is Impossaball by Hewson which I actually managed to do for the f…
What is the most difficult ZX Spectrum game ... I actually managed to do for the first time on a previous ... Challenge" video, my reaction at the end of the video says it all :-D ...
(Impossaball follows the Double Dragon II part of the video at 25 ...Higgy 2: The Wrath of McMania (2019)Time to collect your sausages in this AGD platform game Higgy 2. Links for the download and the video “The Making of Higgy 2” are in the video's d…
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Links for the download and the video “The Making of Higgy 2” are ... in the video's description ...Scarlet Revolution - an idea for a text adventure based on my novelDear WOS, I have recently completed my first (and possibly only) novel, "Scarlet Revolution", after a decade's worth of writing and rewriting (and…
... place from 1964 up until the end of 2017), jumping back and forth ... 2.
The themes of the novel include the age-old conflict between ... ).
The novel can be downloaded here for free: [b][url ...The Hit Squad - Codemasters.I've recently been playing The Hit Squad (the game, not the label) by Binary Dynamics. At the end of the final level, it asks me to press play on th…
... playing The Hit Squad (the game, not the label) by Binary Dynamics. At the end of the ... extra load at the end of the game.
Since the game is permission ... denied, I can't ask anyone for a ...The Man With The Golden B*gThe "golden" theft at Blenheim Palace. I visited Blenheim a couple of weeks ago but did not get enough time to see the Golden Lavatory - you know …
... for this :- .it was a very sunny day and the lady doing the ... "bog" standard concrete base for a flagpole (this explanation is ... these exhibitions and the flag poles for this would need ... a waiting "exhibition lorry" at the end of the day.
2) ...Advantages of a ZX Spectrum compared to a PCI will get straight into it:- 1)The is no ongoing obsolescence or time zone to worry about :Therefore the ZX Spectrum is "retro Friendly" . But wi…
... " . But with the PC however there is a lot of "vested interest ... to date . For instance ,Windows 7 is coming to the end of official "support ... ".
Well that will do for a ...Dispair at the pace of life > 40 years.Its been a funny kind of winter this year. The fall from August to December went so fast for me that it seemed like a blink. Christmas comes and ever…
... down. Now I'm the other side of it, I did not ... I'm past 40 all of the striving I've done seems ... stop looking forward and live for the moment, slack off a little ... maximizing the amount of pleasure I get out of it rather than the continual ...
