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Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... =psj3809;346593]1985-1986 was probably my favourite book, thats when ... /> Looking back now i probably jumped to the Amiga a bit too ... was a latecomer to the spectrum scene (got my speccy christmas '87 ... -
Ive been thinking...............nope dont worry, im not having a rubberkeys moment (hmmm in fact maybe thats why hes in the doo doo, not thinking) anyway you know when people have…
... that shat on the pavement, the little bastard probably saved it up ... harmfull and I got mine, I know the little hairball got a neck ... (obviously forgetting that the reason we got it in the first place was ... the farmer didn't ... -
New Spectrum Game - Kuiper PursuitYou know how it is, you're flying around the outer limits of the solar system when you spot enemy fighters massing in the Kuiper belt. There's nobod…
[quote]"To download right-click here, then rename file to Kuiper.tap"[/quote]
I have done this, and it's saved onto my pc as an image file? can't put it into the emulator
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New Spectrum Game - Kuiper PursuitYou know how it is, you're flying around the outer limits of the solar system when you spot enemy fighters massing in the Kuiper belt. There's nobod…
I had same problems as ewgf, but now I got the file.
Looks excellent, and reminds me of a part of "Empire fights back"
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001621[/url] -
If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …
... was, the BBC did look better than the Spectrum in the early years ... way that ever got it off the ground. Probably the fact that it ... that respect, but with the compulsory monitor hardly anyone took ...
I think the only competition on the shelves early on was ... -
Amiga 600HDOk so I have an @*%#$&@*# Amiga 600HD (I shall avoid using the C word around here) and now a PSU. I have plugged it into my TV and it's telling me I …
... cases you need to upgrade the ROM chip too.[/QUOTE]
the amiga and the amiga OS got a lot more ... development/versions than the ST ... part to the fact it was not chip based probably).
If Money Was No Object - Would You Have Bought A SpectrumTruthfully, at the time you bought your first ZX Spectrum, would you have bought something different if money was no object. Don't get me wrong - I …
I'd have still got a Speccy (most people I knew had one) but I'd have probably got a C64 to go alongside it. I'd have still thought the Speccy was better though :lol:Things That Make You Go WTF!In need of medical help? Why not ask a Police Medical Officer... [url]http://tinyurl.com/dj4tj5[/url]
... always reminds me of the Simpsons for some reason?< ... or 4 years ago, probably for some kind of booze ... it was used in the "Papa's Got a Brand New ... it always reminds me of the closing title sequence of an ... Horses" Xmas special, where the cast go on holiday because ...Need help making a program workAfter more than twenty years and thanks to the help of Jose Manuel (who kindly preserved the Timex 3" disks with cpdread) and John Elliot (who kindly…
... ;351232]I recieved the file and will try it, but the link still ... tried it yesterday and just got redirected to freehostia.com. I ... (from a different machine) and got the same result. I tried again ... like small amounts of file hosting costs the Earth. If you want ...Need help making a program workAfter more than twenty years and thanks to the help of Jose Manuel (who kindly preserved the Timex 3" disks with cpdread) and John Elliot (who kindly…
... tried it yesterday and just got redirected to freehostia.com. I ... (from a different machine) and got the same result. I tried again ... like small amounts of file hosting costs the Earth. If you want ... there is no description how the file headers and files are stored ...Tunes you probably only know the last two seconds of...TV title tunes are often much longer than what you're familiar with, and it always sounds really odd when you hear the whole composition. Here's a …
... but just never got around to ripping the tune to post ... it).
The tune at the other end of Newsround ... on TV Cream but they probably got a DMCA notice to ... News title tune (the one with the beeps that are a ... on Radio 4 at the top of the hour) also lasts ...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…
Well thanks for the info you two. I think ... /> I can get it for the PC for free and it ... if it was worth wasting the time getting it.
probably 10 years now. I used ... it was looking dated by the time I got my first PC.JSW: Holy [expletive]!!![url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017876[/url] @boozefreek, is this one of your creations? one of the best JSW clones I've play…
... blocks, which can't be got?
also I ... -20 rooms max, but the file suggests it's quite a ... since I've even opened the file. I have a folder ... out again when they've got something useful for me e ... br />
As for the size of the file there's quite a ...JSW: Holy [expletive]!!![url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0017876[/url] @boozefreek, is this one of your creations? one of the best JSW clones I've play…
... since I've even opened the file. I have a folder ... out again when they've got something useful for me ... />
As for the size of the file there's quite a ... s just under half the size of the original. That's ... you mean about the "bug" from the original....I'm ...Image to ZX Spec 1.0 ReleasedImage to ZX Spec 1.0 is now available. Image to ZX Spec allows you to: - Convert JPEGS or GIFs to a ZX Spectrum slideshow (tap file). - Convert JPE…
... default. We could always change the the colour later using Basin's ... folder and move or copy the file to it. There should be ... the process. For now it isn't possible.
-I got ... a 'guru meditation: null' error in the middle of the conversion ...Introduce yourself[SIZE=3][FONT=Comic Sans MS]This is the thread to stop by & introduce yourself.[/FONT][/SIZE]
... since the early 80's when I first got a ... probably got for my birthday ( I was 4 so forgive the ... crashing my ship into the scenery in Jason's ... found what I consider the highlight of the system ... Chronos. ... have the machines and all the games up in the attic, ...Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... really to right-click on the file from one level above - ... save it and then view the file with notepad or equivalent) It ... a translation into a binary file without dissassembling/re-assembling it ... ]Smoking Room[/b] though. :D (probably would have to call that ...Image to ZX Spec 1.0 ReleasedImage to ZX Spec 1.0 is now available. Image to ZX Spec allows you to: - Convert JPEGS or GIFs to a ZX Spectrum slideshow (tap file). - Convert JPE…
... to re-create the null problem again and identify the file that causes ... it.[/QUOTE]
Probably best a ...Getting started with asm Speccy codingSomeone on another forum I read has asked for good Speccy coding resources. I thought it would be great to link him to a simple tutorial about how to…
Thanks for the links Battle Bunny and Jonathan - I will pass those on
Jonathan - That's probably pretty much what I'm asking for.. but I can't open the file. Wordpad on Windows XP complains that it can't load Word 6 files ;(The amazing Miles Mad Mission thread!Following on from the "Thuderstorms" thread! The JSW I mocked up for a laugh then decided to actually do is under construction. As promised I said …
... there's no sound, plus the file ended up being almost 200MB ... first :roll:
I got the idea from a few things ...Need to read code start and length from a +3 diskso i can transfer them to my internal ZXMMC interface and my mind has died as to how to do it (i know how to for a tape) any help or a general kick i…
... the first 128 bytes of the file, containing the +3DOS header. If you've got ... CP/M for the ... [/code]
and the first two words on the second line give ... whit: loads the first 128 bytes of a file, ignoring any ...Useful Hacks and Alterations ArchiveBeyond infinite lives and 'cracked' games (which I don't like much) there are several really useful hacks of Spectrum games that make them - more pl…
... . Even though it was probably mentioned the last time this came up ... /> I think that probably is the one, I got it from a link ... I followed on the MM ...Rasputin (AKA???)I just noticed this and thought it was silly ... well ... it's silly in my head ... then again, most things are ... silly in my head. [URL="http://w…
Well... my search task got results. I found the archive with that screen ... /?wbog4mqwynk[/url]
I got the file, in Z80 format for 128k ...Announcing the 2009 CSSCGCas Digital Prawn has already said, the 2009 compo page went live today, so there's a small overlap between the competitions. obviously you can't subm…
... made a typo when uploading the zip file :-o
something was misbehaving with the upload and by the ... time I got the page rendering ... games compo... surely that means the compo can be crap too ...Problem loading Head over HeelsHi all, I need help please getting Head over Heels to load on my Spectrum 128+ and my 48K Spectrum. I use my laptop to send Wav files to the Speccies…
... /> It doesn't have the Alkatraz copyright message, although it ... re-mastered. Because of the missing Alkatraz copyright message on ... in Sittingbourne, called me the day they got it in because I ... loads on 48k machine, probably finicky about having an interface ...Countdown (Central Solutions)In the database under Countdown are three files, countdown.tzx, countdown_2.tzx and a re-release by Forward Software. The first file (countdown.tzx) …
... of is the version currently tagged as the Central Solution ... prior to the game being finalised..
The tzx file was made ... of people.
The dumped Central Solutions version will ... tagged as such and the other will be renamed.
...Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
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Anyway, I patched the file with a compressed translated screen ... 'SCORE' font to look the same as the top line.
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It'll probably become the final version, as I say ...
None of the players of the game have reported any ...Russian Translations...As i have once again been reminded (by the "Homebrew games" thread), there are some funky looking Russian games that I can't play due to not understa…
... you who played/worked on the TAP file probably worked this out already ... Russian TAP file directly.
However, at the time the only version ... , it appears that the Russian tap file in the WoS archive indeed contains ...Suggestions for resurrecting a hard disk?I started up one of my PCs today, which I hadn't used for a couple of weeks, and HD1 won't start up. My impression is that the motor has seized, as i…
... on D:. Even just opening the file manager takes about 10 minutes ... would take to actually display the folders.
I ... expected that the refrigeration option might be fraught ... problems so, as I've got some spare cash from selling ...Crime gameswhat are the top five games in which you play a criminal/crime boss? Are there any really good ones where you can commit lots of different crimes? A…
Ah, shame - from the screenshot in the Infoseek entry for Dustin, at ... few platforms but not the Speccy (probably as the Speccy was hardly famous ... that game back in the day on the CPC. You were locked ... atmosphere and extremely difficult, never got very far in it.
