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The diary of a retro studyMany years ago I always had a spare room to act as a study. Then I had a family and that idea withered and died. Eventually everything went into the …
... storage for a few months.
The upshot of all ... this is that the smallest room in the house ... recycle / landfill. A large portion of the boxes are books, tapes and ... shifting out a good amount of the crates to make space, ... -
Comparing the old and new site design - my feedbackHello folks, As a regular visitor to the WOS site, I would like to offer a little feedback on the new-look design. I hope you won't take offence t…
... for making the effort to update the design of this excellent site!
• The ... don't see the point of the huge blank space at the end of each game ... constructive and I only want the best for the site. As a graphic ... -
The Dilemma Of ModernityHere's one to ponder, gang. My current jam is Bear Bovver played at 2x speed in Spectaculator (music off, obv). What was always a decent but slugg…
... -Time Top 100 for 2021 to mark the 30th anniversary of the original (which ... I've been idly pondering doing for ... 's the speed issue. Lots of stuff in the 1980s got kudos for technical ... -
(Fixing) The Swordsman of Kraxis 7The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 ([url="https://worldofspectrum.org/software?id=0013314"]link[/url]) is an arcade adventure, from a type-in book (in BASIC).…
... 've been trying out The Swordsman of Kraxis 7 last night, and ... just a snapshot of this new version (because the game still looks ... with the changes). Will think about it later.
For now ... I just post about the fact that it ... -
Anyone played Butterfly, what a pile of crud for 1984!I was asked to play, rate and bannish into the vault of shitness the game Butterfly for the Spectrum, released in 1984 for £2.99, I just cannot belie…
... and bannish into the vault of shitness the game Butterfly for the Spectrum, released in ... 1984 for £2.99, I ... just cannot believe the utter audacity of giving ... -
SOS: Where to get internet for one month?I'm sending out an SOS to the Chit Chat denizens, I'm gonna have an internet problem at the end of the month and that problem is no internet! My hou…
... have an internet problem at the end of the month and that problem is ... ! So, I'll be stuck for a month with no internet ... how I can stay connected for a month without have to ... for a dribble of broadband (£60 - £80 typically then £40 per month - the ... -
The State of the Scrabble Game TodayI did have some reasons to be a bit interested in recent trends and changes such as:- 1) The non availability of new versions of DELUXE SRABBLE (…
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1) The non availability of new versions of DELUXE SRABBLE (this ... dog chewed up a few of the tiles . He had no ... up paying quite a lot for a second hand one on ... ?
2) The question of the ongoing popularity of the game. Is it as ... -
Quiz - Something still alive..Hi there.. I made a quiz, just 10 questions.. one point per questions. Wins who reach 15 points =} If not then who get more points. AH!! send me th…
... which uses the same engine that IkariWarriors.
Victory Road
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4- Pacman+Pepsi=
Mad Mix Game (The ... /> 10- And at the end a question for fans of comics. Name a ? ... .
That?s the Spirit (the look of the game, title screen, ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... well and dumping lots of stuff for the next update. I have ... me tapes in exchange for a .tzx vault CD!
... ago for nothing more than covering the postage costs and a free CD ... still a massive contribution at the end of the day.
Anyway, ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
The digital conversion of Crash is another similar type of project, (I have forked ... issues and spent the best part of a year getting the stuff ready ... finished by the end of the year and available on Cd and the Web for everybody to ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... Amigo,
Thanks for the message of encouragement :)
I ... when I saw the Dizzy reference at the end of your email that ... disk)
CD32 (CD-ROM)
CDTV (CD-ROM)
Dragon ... or disk)
Sega Mega CD (CD ROM)
Spectrum (tape ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... Amigo,
Thanks for the message of encouragement :)
... I saw the Dizzy reference at the end of your email ... is use clone cd or some 1: ... then it would cover cd and cases cost.
the way, the first game is for the spectrum, and an idea of ... -
unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
10,000 C64 titles sounds about right for a conservative estimate, i've seen CD compilations claiming that many and have one myself with 7,700 titles which stopped before the end of the C64's commercial life span and missed out a lot of stuff. -
unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... about right for a conservative estimate, i've seen CD compilations ... 700 titles which stopped before the end of the C64's commercial life span ... and missed out a lot of stuff.
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unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... CD and there are very few overlaps (i can't vouch for the ... 10,000 title CD but it looks as ... /> There are a couple of titles on the CD i have that appear ... fully completed, the latter mainly dating from near the end of the C64's commercial ... -
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... cause i was doing alot of TZXs for the vault. anyway, it ... (I cracked the Norton ghost password for a Acer recovery CD :) ), and ... XP: I don?t want to give out money for ... /> But these pictures are not the end of the converter?s possibility, this is ... -
Heres one for you tooo make some money :) For MIA`sYou have a massive archive "INFOSEEK", but i know you dont allow offsite looking at this source of info. But if you produced a CD with this info on …
... but also to expand the functionality.
For example, I'm adding ... how to put it on CD, seeing that it's a ... my own binary format (for speed). The frontend and backend tooling only ... not in this for any profit, hence the .org at the end of the domain name :) -
GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
... little effort and at the end of the day yeilds a product ... with.
At the end of the day we are small fry ... ban 'Virtual Spectrum Fighter' for featuring 3D wireframe fighters that ... too stubborn to see the potential pitfalls down the road.
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Anyone for a hacking challenge ?I have to get the DSK version of Tomahawk to work. It uses the well-known Digital Integration "SECURITY CODE" lock just like in Bobsled, ATF, etc. Th…
... B,A
E8FA CD 22 EA CALL EA22
the end of the code generation
;so ... E915 C9 RET
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end of code generation
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for our code. I will ... -
ask to Spanish-speaking personsHello there. Who would be able to translate one short text for me? I used BabelFish site, but it isn't very good in this case. The text is here: …
... Spectrum computers.
At the end of last year they released their ... . The sound is very good for the same reason, based on the interpretation of consolidated ... right for a CD cover. In another way, we feel that the use of ... -
ask to Spanish-speaking personsHello there. Who would be able to translate one short text for me? I used BabelFish site, but it isn't very good in this case. The text is here: …
... audio chip.
Toward the end of last year they released their ... on works of talented musicians with great sensibilities for composition. The overall sound ... is not exactly right for a CD Cover. On the other hand we ... -
Adding to the WOS archiveI've just had my first foray into the world of MakeTZX. And apart from it recognising the initial "Program:" block as a Turbo Loading block (how, why…
... Here's the definitive list!
[I]Road Toad[/I] ... Lair[/I], but appeared at the end of the tape (#10 - didn't ... T8#6) had instructions for all parts of the game, but only part ... slightly wrong and the game crashes at the end of the screen. Therefore, ... -
The Best Era of Crash MagazineMost of you probably did buy Crash on a reglular basis. I'm just wondering what era you thought was the best. Mines has to be 84/85 era with Robin…
... found in a squat at the end of our road - we were about 9 ... boarded up house at the end of the road was enough for us to get our ... nowadays most games mags [with the exception of Edge:-)] are just regurgitated ... -
You want to read this. Oh yes you do.1) Go to [url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/retro9.shtml[/url] 2) Read to the very bott…
At the end of the day i'm happy ... win.
As for the magazine being overpriced come on ... it plus compared to the price of tons of other things its ... 6 quid with a cd full of stuff isnt that bad ... really bought back those memories of the old days, i would ... -
i have the entire WOS archive on 5 dvd's here, what do people think of ebaying themwhat would peoplethink of ebaying the entire WOS archive on 5 dvd's?, what would be a reasonable price to charge as Buy It Now?, i'm not in it for pr…
... a ZX Spectrum set on CD for ?4.99
Now ... that ?4.99 for 1 cd rom.
At the end of the day, it ... stuff or not. and at the end of the day, it's only really ... at the end of it. Win, win, win.
REMEMBER. at the end of the day ... -
Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…
... follow others who gave permission for distribution of old titles.
[/ ... and why they shouldnt. At the end of the day they dont, write them ... you would buy a Codemasters CD so thats probably one small ... do what the rest of us do and search the net for them.
Codemasters CD-ROMI was thinking of this: how about to write a letter to Codemasters about re-launching their famous CD-ROM with all of their Spectrum games (only thin…
... follow others who gave permission for distribution of old titles.
[/ ... and why they shouldnt. At the end of the day they dont, write them ... you would buy a Codemasters CD so thats probably one small ... do what the rest of us do and search the net for them.
InterruptsCan someone help with providing some info or a link about IM 2. I know I need to create a vector table and want to store this as high in memory as po…
... quite the end of the story though. You see, if you think about it for ... your vector table like AB CD AB CD etc... you might jump ... CD *or* CD AB. How to over come this? Make every byte the ... read location A0FF for the low byte and A100 for the high byte. Thus ...Live 8Anyone else seen 'THE CURE' play their set on Live 8? Robert Smith shocked me big time. He looks like a scarey old drag queen. He seems to have a…
... boyband CD is forced down their throats by the idiots responsible for marketing ... />
Nostrodamus spoke of the end of the world occurring at the start of the 21st Century. I ... e.g. the ability to make decisions for oneself instead of mindlessly accepting ...Ebay Buy It NowCan anyone tell me why when i put a Buy It Now option on anything I sell, the Buy It Now option dissappears when the first bid is made ?????
... with 6 seconds to until the end of the auction. I looked at his ... might have just time for another. None of that being beaten by ... NOW option at ?25, and the CD quickly sold. What a plonker.
