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unreleased spectrum protection system - any use any more? also pokerama sourceDon't know if anyone's interested in this. During my days hacking games for Your Sinclair and Crash (and Sinclair User for a while) I had a pet proje…
... being called Axxlok). The reason I ask is that I found a load of ... , together with the utilities I wrote to auto-crack most of the games I was sent ... too, using the same logic, which would load the game as far as ... -
Sir Fred The RemakeThe time is come!!!... Download and enjoy this fine remake....!!! We are anxious to see your reaction, to read your impressions... Don't doubt to w…
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About the rating of the game, I agree with the actual, near 9 ... the re-make (haven't played the original in years) but I feel that ... how to swing on the rope I think most of us would ... /> :)
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ZX ShedNow that issue 2 is out and it's fairly obvious it's been a great success, we have to start considering issue 3. Thanks in part to the quality of wri…
... game and I am quite good (UK top 16) so if I reviewed the game I ... nature, as are most of the technical bits of the game, and how ... come along never having played the game, you have got maybe ... [quote]
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Which games that never materialised would you most like to see?Over the years there has been many games that never made it to the shelves. Which ones would you most like to magically appear now? I would like to s…
... [I][That is to say, nobody -- Ed][/I] may remember, the MIA Speccy game I'd most ... the big software houses which held the purse strings had decided, there was ... "no longer any call for that kind of game".? Pity, as the MS ... -
Treasure Islandizzy bugNow I?ve noticed a strange thing in Dizzy 2 - when going into the water with Sinclair Abuser Mag+Small Video Camera+Rubber Snorkle and taking the Coi…
... , it was always every second coin.
I don't ... -of-the-road difficulty, I don't like that stupid bridge that falls ... you that's the game over. Dizzy 3 is made harder by the difficult ... it wasn't until the advent of the tipshop that I finally located it ... -
Spectrum Only GamesHiyas peeps. Has anyone out there got a list of 'spectrum only' games? As in, games that were only ever brought out on the spectrum, not cross plat…
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How about the game I was asking about here not so ... long ago, The Trader Trilogy? Graphics were made mostly from UDG ... .
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Nope. That game was actually a ZX81 original!
Compilation64 - Latest NewsAfter months of scanning, delibertaing, designing and adding fairy dust, Andy Vaisey and I are proud to announce the launch of Compilation64 - The on…
I suppose I was a bit harsh, I was a bit pissed up when I wrote that, You ... made me hate the grey block even more.
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The only C64 game I ever played a lot was "Rags 2 ...Spectrum games which are better than 16-bit versionsLet's talk about games which are better on the Speccy than on 16-bit machines. In my opinion Spectrum versions of "Chase HQ" and "Space Gun" are bet…
... favourite spectrum games was rubbish on the amiga.
I think chuckie egg ... to the spectrum version(amiga versions had reasonable in game music ... an egg (who, in the game, looks more like a walking ... on backgrounds that they didn't care if they made any sort ...Tomb Raider - LegendSeven and a half hours. Seven and a half bloody hours. Seven hours and a tad over thirty mins TOTAL. Great Graphics. Great Story. A GRAND TOTAL …
... I always thought that 1 & 2 were brilliant, 3 was ok the ... 3 was a dissapointment. Stupied level select mode made it ... years for Legend. Looks great. Plays great. The levels are real old ... for the next installment.... left way open at the end of the game.Tomb Raider - LegendSeven and a half hours. Seven and a half bloody hours. Seven hours and a tad over thirty mins TOTAL. Great Graphics. Great Story. A GRAND TOTAL …
... the fuss was about with Tomb Raider. I played the first one and spent most ... Tomb Raider - I didn't bother with the rest after that) was that the levels were ... it is rather a good game, but I'm more accustomed to ...Tomb Raider - LegendSeven and a half hours. Seven and a half bloody hours. Seven hours and a tad over thirty mins TOTAL. Great Graphics. Great Story. A GRAND TOTAL …
... its sequels, are the most amazing games I've seen in a ... has the saddest storyline I've ever seen. It was a ... the end of the game. I'll never forget the first time I played the game (although I wish I ... to complete, but that's the point of the game - to see it ...What is it exactly about that Spectrum that you like so much?I'm sure that most people here will agree that there's something very special about the Speccy, thats why we visit WOS afterall... But what why has i…
... life for me, and I learned most of my programming skills on ... made it the killer games machine of its day, I'd say that there was ... at the number of great 3D games on the Spectrum as opposed to the ...Best game???Every platform has its best game. What would it be for the Speccy? Any type of game is ok. Thanks! cbmeeks
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I still think the voting is rigged ! Second most voted game in that poll ... really rave on about that game. I'm sure there was a post on ...Best game???Every platform has its best game. What would it be for the Speccy? Any type of game is ok. Thanks! cbmeeks
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I still think the voting is rigged ! Second most voted game in that poll ... here. Most UK WOS'ers dont really rave on about that game. I'm ... the game was never released in the UK (a great mistake in my opinion). I wish the game ...Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…
... I got hold of a C64 not long after that, and acquired the game ... is there, and the graphics are still great.
NEMESIS ... represented the very best that the Spectrum could offer. Therefore that Nemesis was no ... need to be made; I'd say that the real skill is ...Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
One of the most unusual loaders I've ever seen was on a version ... version of the game which I bought a few years ago. Was it on ... a compilation or re-release of the game? I'd ... version.
Apart from that, the Digital Integration is a very ...Did anyone ever finish ?The Planets, Terror of the Deep,Tau Ceti or Explorer, I have tried and yet to get anywhere near finishing apart from Tau Ceti (couple of rod bits mis…
... the 80s, alas.[/QUOTE]
Well, I've made a start. I ... that ought to be enough for most fans of the game.
I ... though. From what I can remember, the game takes even longer than ... feeling that I'd end up with something that makes the Starion ...Did anyone ever finish ?The Planets, Terror of the Deep,Tau Ceti or Explorer, I have tried and yet to get anywhere near finishing apart from Tau Ceti (couple of rod bits mis…
... QUOTE=Matt_B]Well, I've made a start. I've done RZX walkthrough ... that ought to be enough for most fans of the game.
I ... though. From what I can remember, the game takes even longer than ... feeling that I'd end up with something that makes the Starion ...Frogs jump into the finals....Not that much of a surprise I suppose, but I had thought it would've been harder for them. Thanks to Zidane, showing that age and skill wins over sho…
... game is decided by a penalty, like you i totally agree that it was ... , meaning that nobody really wants to stand up against it. Most referees ... great veteran players and the mix has done the whole team very well. I ...DIZZY: The Main DayHello. I saw some pictures on [URL="http://art.speccy.cz/art.htm"]DeVandemar's site[/URL] from the project DIZZY: The Main Day. Anyone know if it's…
... the game [/I]Adventura Island[I] from NES (Dandy), surely known to everybody. Game was made for game ... .t.>ru[/EMAIL]
That email doesn't work, is ...ZX Game Book UpdateHi all... For various unrelated reasons the time I have for editing has been limited to weekends, but I'm still plugging away. I have created 'fi…
... Maze-Mania that this was one of the key reasons ... make the cut. I'm sure that when I see the finished ... me that you are not all that enthusiastic about the game, so ... the rest of the genre due to the incredible attention to detail that the programmers made. The ...4k RaceFind myself playing this a lot, also 4K Race refueled. Surely, if this was made into a fully-blown 128k only game, it'd be the best racing game ever…
... this was made into a fully-blown 128k only game, it'd be the ... a full 128k version of the game. I think that this thread is a ... I was planning another main revision of the graphics engine, similar to the one that ...TAP conversion project?I was wondering if there's any concerted effort to produce TAP versions of games only available in TZX or Z80/SNA/SLT format? Or are snapshots consid…
... /> As for how I removed the custom loader, it was fairly easy to ... memory so I assume it's a mistake made when saving ... . Once we're back in the debugger ... and initializing before starting the game. Therefore, we know that our BASIC loader ...Which Speccy games would you like to see remade for the DS?I notice that New Zealand Story is heading to the DS, following in the footsteps of Bubble Bobble and Rainbow Islands. The DS really is the platform …
... of game boy games on DS I would most defenetly buy one! (I got ... one GB advance but it was ... rubish...dam hard to see the graphics...no ... go for? the DS or the PSP? (i've tried that one...but it ...Byter and U.F.O. by Protek?Who says these are available for the Speccy? I've often wondered where this info comes from - any info I've seen shows these as available for the ZX-…
... started with the games I had myself (snapshots), what was on NVG ... who had the same dream: list every single Spectrum game that was ever released ... we compared databases and I added everything I didn't have ... is not enough by far. Most games were never reviewed ( ...TorchwoodThe wait is almost over! Torchwood will start on Saturday 21st October on BBC1 with episode 2 right after on BBC3 Two whole hours of Captain Jack..…
... I thought was closer to what the film of "Doom" (the game) should have been that the ... puts them at ease. Or the great dialgue with Captain Jack, over ... the nano-bots [B]very[/B] quicky. It would have made ... more sense if he'd have gone to the Tardis ...You cheating....Do any Spectrum games cheat, you know like Snes/N64 versions of Mario Kart or can anyone nominate any games on any format which cheat I forward NHL9…
... of TMG]I'd consider that game from Dave Perry cheating, the one where ... could never beat the last boss. Was "Great Gurianos" methinks, but I can't be ... Soccer games. Without a doubt the most rubber-banded AI ever. Need ...How did you get games 20 years ago!!Did any of you trade games with penpales?? I had penpales in England, Israel, South-Africa, etc :)
... game or anything. Perhaps it was just a better game than most of the ones I ... if that was actually true. The conversation drifted to a new game that was coming out that ... we were plotting to hire and dub - it was ...Total Worldwide Sales?Does anyone have an accurate source showing total Worldwide sales for the ZX Spectrum (all models, incl. Timex)? I notice the Wikipedia entry for th…
... . I don't doubt the former -- the spectrum (the pentagon most importantly) in russia was available ... form. I've seen photos of birds' nest home-made versions and ... Russians ported Doom to the Speccy... I'd say that's pretty fanatical ...The funniest moment of your life..Ok guys, here's a question for you: What was the funniest thing you've ever seen, or the funniest moment of your life so far....
... you that. As she was walking up i could tell that she was looking ... at us out of the ... it was absolutly hilarious.
...but what made it funny is that ... in a thread entitled 'most embaressing moment'
