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What systems do you regret buying/not buying?I've never had a non-mainstream console or computer really, I've owned (in order of my buying them*): ZX Spectrum (48K, 128K, +2) Atari ST (STFM/STe…
... keep tracking? I know most who jumped from ... made me laugh at how the ST became the ... OctaMED. I hacked that as well once I had the A600 ... Mind you, the thing I hated about OctaMED was putting actual ... was excellent at the time, but mixing mode didn't play so great ... -
Which Spectrum worlds can be recreated in Minecraft?A while ago I started making the first level of Bloodwych in Minecraft; with the original lending itself perfectly to a blocky 3D recreation, I got q…
... like in the game? I mean, can you simulate the enemies ... made to 'bite' you), Fairlight (lots of different behaviours, depending on the ... Minecraft. I even found someone who was building Blackpool ...
But, I think that most of the old isometric games (Head ... -
Looking for good RPGsSpeaking as a huge RPG fan ('huge' as in fat, sadly - and I only discovered RPGs via [B]Skyrim[/B] (PC, XBox 360, PS3), a fortnight or so ago) I was …
... - from what I remember, it was well made, as far as the game engine and ... (to me) is better in most ways than B1, though B1 ... and 2 and they are great. I also bought 3, but haven ... ][/QUOTE]
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Copyrights (was: "What is the Sinclair ZX Spectrum Vega and what does it mean?")I created this new thread here as an attempt to extract the current off-topic debate about copyrights from [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forum…
... of copyright (it's was written in the late 1800s, so anyone ... it's characters was illegal and they come after the authors of ... I (and most of the 'net, I imagine) think that fan made games or game mods that are ... -
1985-2015.A topic where we can review games released on the Speccy 30 years ago, or, anyway, talk about that year.
... .Your task is made harder by the yellow Wellington boots that follow you ... and doors, and, most of all, by the time limit, which makes ... in order to solve the game, and to do that you have to ... to exploit the illogical passages and doors in your favour. I was at ... -
Understanding the Kempston joystick circuitHere is the schematics: http://www.retroisle.com/sinclair/zxspectrum/Technical/Hardware/KempstonJoystickInterface-Schematics.php Ok, the 74LS138N …
... made by the Kempston company ddidn't do everything properly the way that ... on both the IN and the OUT instruction. And most don' ... thing' as I was trying to work out the quickest method for ... . so far only the game [i]Bomb Munchies[/i] supports four joysticks. -
Cap'n Rescue One Version 3.0Hi, just wanted to let everyone know that I've updated my ZX Spectrum platformer Cap'n Rescue to bring it in line with the graphical style of the…
... Rescue was the FIRST game I EVER finished and made available to the public.
The game ... '.
The most bemusing thing is that the person who made the comment, then goes ... -
What was the last ever Speccy game you bought?I think the last game I ever bought was Captain Blood. Back then I found it a bit boring, great to look at, but boring. I think I'd probably find i…
... those postal game clubs. Funnily enough it was the most expensive game for that month.
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It was ... awhile before I gave up. I think there was a point in the game that made it ... -
A history of computer gamesBBC's take on things http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-36934819 What a load of Nintendo-centric bullsh*t espoused by a load of toffe…
... the game - I doubt it. [/quote]
Well it was ... and loaded probably the most unplayable arcade ... that was a Commodore Plus Four with a game that ... But on the plus side, the arcade section was great (Hyper ... I just think more could've been made of the ... -
ZX-Uno moddingStarting with ZX-Uno case modding I have not yet received my ZX-Uno yet (it is in the post) but I know that I will have to do at least one mod …
... Raspberry PI one case. I have jut given the game "Pippo" a whirl ... that so it does not scratch the desk
The thing I am most ... this made it easy to see where each of the cables I was soldering ... -
Silkworm vs Swiv (Amiga) - Which is the best shooter?Hi everyone and welcome to the January 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Final Fight (arcade) and Streets Of Rage 2 (megadrive)…
... of the best games ever imho. Bullfrog made some great ... I pretty much had most of the games I liked for the machine ... The Robots. What a game! The only version I ever played was on the ... the Robots? I think that was terrible on every system the SNES version was ... -
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... . It was beyond me. Later on in my teens I got an ... proper Speccy game in Machine Code so here I am. The ZX Spectrum ... into IT. The company I worked for actually made an interface that used a ... coding through my life. Most recently I have been playing with [b ... -
A non-gamers grump!Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most games boring, there's no incentive to work through them because there's not much of a …
... The New Tetris (The New Tetris adds two great features that really enhance the ... circa 800 AD[/i]", and it was a professional game, so it ... who for a joke made the game string together random letters ... most of my favourite games, the ones I still play, were made ... -
Don't read this if you're depressed! I apologize in advance for this but I didn't really know where else to air this opinion/have this moan. This is NOT a pity party! Apart fr…
... three-rail . . . that’s just silly (DCC, that is). Plus, the O scale ... Hornby still made anything in the O scale. I thought it was solidly Lionel ... know what I most miss about OO though? The couplers. I hated it when they ... -
Modern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... but certainly not on the rubber-key model that most users would have ... was the only game I beat on my first attempt, before the tapes were even made ... that's why I gave it the nod over Heart Stealer, which even the most ... -
Saboteur vs Saboteur II - Which is Best?!Hi everyone and welcome to the February 2018 edition of the "Which Is Best?" series. Last month I placed the arcade classics Ghosts 'n Goblins again…
... the first game.. Most importantly - it lacked the smart enemy placements that really made the first game sing. The ... at the time...
I thought the female ninja idea was great. I wanted that. But the ... -
Saboteur vs Saboteur II - Which is Best?!Hi everyone and welcome to the February 2018 edition of the "Which Is Best?" series. Last month I placed the arcade classics Ghosts 'n Goblins again…
... the first game.. Most importantly - it lacked the smart enemy placements that really made the first game sing. The ... at the time...
I thought the female ninja idea was great. I wanted that. But the ... -
Summary : Fifty Pascal Programs by SybexI got around getting [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2001037"]this book[/url] and have had a look through it which consists of…
... of the games from this book. I've picked the most interesting of the two ... correctly. A few years ago I made my own random number function ... with the program saying 'That was bad, I mean really bad!' at the end of the game. I ... -
What PS4 game should I get next?Ahoy there Spec fans, Long time no see/type/text or what ever you type on-line. I'm afraid that you'll be seeing/reading a lot more of me now as …
... 's Garden (OK I made those names up on the spot but you ... favourite games ever, Rocket League, was free with PSN+ three years ... /> i fancy that game on switch, never played it. as for game i spend most time ... -
Is Sabre Wulf a bit naff?Go on, I'm feeling controversial. I have never, ever liked Sabre Wulf. It looks pretty nice but even back in the day I found it a tedious and frus…
... explain why I've never completed most games that *really* required mapping the game to ... fact, the only time I've ever actually made a map was when my ... friend and I decided we ... -
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…
... made the "likes" a longer list than the "don't likes" :(
I ... I had was that there was no A-Z listing, so I added one to the ... most titles? Couldn't that just appear with the ...
[quote]Game pages: Obviously, the Tipshop, Magazine reviews, ... -
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…
... the parkour sections - the bits for which the game is most famous - are great fun, but the ... that just made my anger more blinding. How can I hurt something that's ... , which in the [i]Amiga Power[/i] scale is "not bad", the writer was fired ... -
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…
... 's a me!". The guys who made this game have a pretty good ... of the game Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory which is an online FPS that I played ... active on most servers, it definitely was a thing on the servers I played ... -
The Rant Thread.A thread to rant and ramble about stuff that makes you mad: 1) Why can't women say things in only a few words.Instead of a simple yes, no, we…
... br /> I wanted to troll that wall so bad....Most of the people on ... such as the imitation game showing him as the sole inventor ... allied to the fact that homosexuality was then illegal and made people with ... A great man, great in spite of not because he was gay, ... -
Island (the remix)I've been working on a more polished version of my C.S.S.C.G.C 2022 entry Island. So just like the old days I'd thought I create some over hyped prom…
... the waterfall was a bit problematic because i've examed the water and the ... made something that's now on the floor ... I find that if I ever need that verb it means the game is really boring. I ... might just make a game where most of the ... -
need help with title of spectrum gameok people, i need your help. a long, long time ago, i had a spectrum, with many addicitive games. but recentely a game comes to mind, but i can't rem…
... a game comes to mind, but i can't remember the title. all i ... know is that is was one ... looking to rescue his buddys. the whole game looks friendly, but is ... -
Bug in Nemesis the WarlockI've noticed a bug in Nemesis the Warlock that prevents the game from being completed. On level 7, both on the 48K and 128K versions, the sprite repr…
... the game I got from one of the (in)famous Italian "tape magazines", and that ... suffered from the same bug as well. I thought, then, that the problem was due ... . Alas, it seems it was something in the original game.
Does anybody ... -
Please help name the game...Sorry, another person with a bad memory needs your help. I'm trying to find out the name of a game I played when I was a kid. It was a 3D Racing gam…
... out the name of a game I played when I was a kid. It was a ... 3D Racing game with ... of obstacles. Great fun.
Does anybody remember the name?
Help Again - name of the game!Thanks for the previous responses I recived however it is not Penetrator or Cavern Fighter as suggessted. Therefore I am re listing my request. (I h…
... in the name)
I am looking for the name of a game I ... used to play as a child. It was ... a Scramble type game. The ...HELP!! The Name of the GameI am looking for the name of a game I used to play as a child. It was a Scramble type game. The mountain landscape was a thin magenta line - perhaps …
I am looking for the name of a game I used to play as ... a child. It was ... a Scramble type game. The ... . The background was black.
I think the ship was white and was able ...
