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In the market for a new computerThe last one about five years ago, is coming to the end of its useful life for me. I bought that and the previous one on ebay and was more than happy…
The last one about five years ago, is coming to the end of its ... me. I bought that and the previous one on ebay and ... />
I only need the base unit as I have ... -
what were the things the Speccy architecture was good for?I don't know a hell of a lot about all the different computers hardware and I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent itself to certain…
... I wanted to know if the way the Spectrum was built lent ... easier and faster on the Speccy than the C64.
I ... heard someone mention once that the way the spectrum writes graphics to ... 's on screen.
The last thing was something I noticed ... -
anyone heard about the ukranian psicopats?Some 19 year old kids (3 of them) either ukranian or russian, aparently killed 21 people in the last 12 days, in the most horrific ways (and I mean h…
... 21 people in the last 12 days, in the most horrific ... my gf saw the videos by mistake on the net yesterday, ... ve only read the transcript dialogue from the videos (See link ... (so I skipped watching the videos). from what I ... to NOT SEE THE VIDEOS (at last I don't ... -
The Wire - ZX Spectrum breaks the caseI've been watching The Wire box-sets over the last few months and just finished series 5. If you haven't watched it, then get started, it's the best …
... been watching The Wire box-sets over the last few months and ... get started, it's the best thing on TV in ... possibly ever.
The thing I wanted to tell ... every time you hear the wire tap going through ... later seasons?), they use the sound of a ZX Spectrum ... -
Elite - Voting irregularities or a case of "how the mighty have fallen"?18 months to a couple of years back, Elite was #1 on the WOS top 100. But now it's not even in the top 100 at all. What happened? Has it been the vic…
18 months to a couple of years back, Elite was #1 on the WOS top 100. But now it's not even in the top 100 at all. What happened? Has it been the victim of voting irregularity, or has it just fallen out of favour in the last 2 years? -
What do you make of the Manchester City/Kaka would-be transfer?Personally as a fan of the team at the foot of the Premiership and who have virtually no money to spend I say good luck to them. Yes, it's an obscen…
... a fan of the team at the foot of the Premiership and who ... . All I've read over the last few days is journalists and ... is sour grapes. Since the inception of the Premier League Manchester United ... squad over the years.
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The Celeb death toll......in about the last month. Tony Hart Rumpole of the bailley Nora Batty Ron Ashton of the Stooges The Drummer from the Nekromantiks (psychobilly ban…
...in about the last month.
Tony Hart
Rumpole of the bailley ... /> Ron Ashton of the Stooges
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The WitcherAnyone else play this? I just bought it today and I've been playing it for the last half an hour or so. It's really cool so far. I recommend it to an…
Anyone else play this? I just bought it today and I've been playing it for the last half an hour or so. It's really cool so far. I recommend it to any fans of Neverwinter Nights. -
The Credit Crunch: What do you sell?Here's the scenario: The utterly borked economy has left your finances in tatters. You can just afford to live, but there is no cash left to buy any…
... ). Finally, you have to face the worst:
You have ... Rolos for sustenance.
The questions then:
1 ... /> 2. What is the last item you would do the same with?
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25 years with the SpectrumTo paraphrase JFK, ask not what your Spectrum can do for you, but what you can do for your Spectrum. Well I've done quite a bit since I joined the sc…
... , but hopefully I've rectified the last three.
While some ... -5
* Discovering the meaning of the initials in the UK 128 Editor ... /> * A tribute thread
* The owenbot
* The great CSS meet game ... -
The best ... beginning with "I"Name (in your opinion) your "Best game beginning with [A to Z, one letter per post]". So, for the letter "I", which do you think are the: [B]Bes…
... ", which do you think are the:
the Speccy, not a game ... really impressed me of the games beginning with "I ... game): [/B]Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
[B]
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Viewing the International Space StationOver the last few nights I've seen the International Space Station several times as it flies over. It's well bright now, since the new solar panels w…
Over the last few nights I've seen the International Space Station several ... ve noticed. In the 5 minute sighting last night it was brighter ... just fades away in the sky at the end.
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Does the new Ghostbusters game need to be any good?In the next month or two there is going to be a new Ghostbusters game released which has been getting quite a bit of press time in the gaming journal…
... press time in the gaming journals over the last few months. For ... (insanely) a continuation of the Ghostbusters franchise is not deemed ... crap (which never stopped the Speccy version from being ... Ackroyd would have taken the franchise to the big screen. This ... -
UK magazine-alert - Retro Gamer - Manic Miner: The Lost LevelsThere is a four-page article by Stuart Campbell in Issue 63 of [i]Retro Gamer[/i] magazine about a compilation of 20 caverns called [i]Manic Miner: T…
... /> 1. "HOME AT LAST?" (Oric)
2. "THE AIRLOCK" (Oric)
... " (GBA)
4. "THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KONG" (Oric)
10. "AT THE CENTRE OF THE EARTH" (Oric)
11 ... br /> 20. "This, folks, is the Last Cavern!" (Amstrad CPC)
The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
... the sequels), The Thirteenth Floor was better than the Matrix aside from the last ... , twenty five years since the last one, and a fantastic ... say Indana Jones 3, The Last Crusade. Although that's ... films so rubbish? Even the best, the last one, was only good ...Has thy last book been smitten?I was just windering how the last book in the Spectrum Games Bible was coming along? Is it near ready for release?
I was just windering how the last book in the Spectrum Games Bible was coming along?
Is it near ready for release?Ever get the feeling your in the wrong job?This has just popped up in my Facebook feed. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5924506/Pair-land-30000-a-year-zombi…
... br /> Ever get the feeling your in the wrong kob? I'd ... ]only[/I] just opened the last time I was in London ... an actors role at The London Dungeon, but as ... got there and all the other auditoners were dressed ... more out of place at the Slayer gig afterwards too :( ...the Questprobe adventure gamesSearching on WoS for "questprobe" gives no matches, which is because the three Questprobe games by Adventure International don't have Questprobe in t…
...
1. Questprobe featuring The Hulk
2. Questprobe ... The Human Torch and The Thing
Although the last ... has a discrepancy, in that the box title is ... featuring The Human Torch [and the] Thing
whereas the loading ...The ---- Games of the decadeIn a few months time, we leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, so to rip off a thread idea from another forum, what are your games of t…
... s too short, too easy, the last level is rubbish, and in ... the (short) history and the suffering of the place, as you play through the ... exactly add to the fun of the firefights. And the game levels ... powerful, although I hated the way the viewpoint went to third ...The best bits.There have been some interesting posts over the last couple of days here are some of my fave moments and things i have learnt. Discovering that mad…
... been some interesting posts over the last couple of days here are ... but fortunatley Lucy arived on the scene. Although she may be ... paranoya, classic posts from penfold the boy even acuses someone else ... and ive also discovered that the internet is an excellent ...I start a new voluntary job in the morning.It's not a paid job though, never mind. The training has been pretty intense, two classroom sessions a week since the summer. I'm starting at the Ci…
... they are rolling out across the country - Gateway Assessor.
< ... adviser, legal aid solicitor, shelter, the council etc etc Then I ... could have been simply given the information needed to help themselves ... , but they asked me at the last minute if I could do ...the more recent Rick Dangerous .tzx don't load with ZXSpinI have an older Rick Dangerous .tzx file that loads fine in ZXSpin. However, the actual .tzx version from WOS does not load – more exactly, it …
... fine in ZXSpin.
However, the actual .tzx version from WOS ... almost all blocks, except for the last group.
My old ...The Great Blue HoleThe Great Blue Hole is a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It lies near the center of Lighthouse Reef, a small atoll 100 kilometres …
... a large underwater sinkhole off the coast of Belize. It ... 62 mi) from the mainland and Belize City. The hole is circular ... a limestone cave system during the last glacial period when sea levels ... to rise again, the caves flooded, and the roof collapsed. Believed ...What was the last inanimate object you swore at ?as the title ****** says.. can't you ******** read or something ?? :) joking aside it was my watch , which needs repair all because a minute thing h…
as the title ****** says.. can't you ******** read or something ?? :)
joking aside it was my watch , which needs repair all because a minute thing holding in the button came out.
(I'm guessing PC's would be high on the list)So what Speccy games are you actually playing at the min?I know this isn't the first ever thread like this but I figured I'd start it for a laugh. Since I'm not really working on anything at the mo' for th…
... on anything at the mo' for the last week or so ... :D
Anyway Last week I went back to ... Cyberbig, I almost did the review of this game when ... I've been playing it the last couple of days, I ... I attempted to translate the instructions which made for ...Ever missed the obvious in a game?I felt like another go at [B]Ant Attack[/B] tonight, after trying to rescue all 10 girls for the last 25+ years. Every time I played I got to a simi…
... rescue all 10 girls for the last 25+ years.
Every ... always fell. I imagined that the girls were placed randomly and ... ... (but at least I completed the game tonight, after all these ...Former maker of Sinclair add-ons in the U.SIn my continuing efforts to find people from the Timex-Sinclair past I found two gentleman who were, at some point, the owners of Byte- Back. This …
... Leech sent me. He was the last owner of Byte-Back, ... developed and sold accessories for the Timex computer. I
... almost type faster. Back then the "standard" RS232 and Centronics
the source or more appropriately the
remnants ...I see they are coming out of the wood work...I had a quick look on here, but I couldn't find the thread that started this so here goes another one.... Someone was selling a NES game on Ebay for…
... , but I couldn't find the thread that started this so ... ]
Not long after the first one was mentioned on ... bundle sale (that one made the last issure of Retro Gamer).
the third copy to appear in the last month or ...Jumping the sharkBored again, so "inspired" by a post on a forum I read last week (can't find the link, I'm at work now), here's a list of programs that I think have …
... I read last week (can't find the link, I ... s all so contrived, the sets, the styles, the people, everything.
the last season, the character of Jeff Murdoch ... never let up, but the last episode, containing the "explanation" (or "confirmation ...
