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For The Attention of Andrew BarkerAndrew,I have gone away and thought about the last weeks events and have come to a decision and it must be you that i talk too about what i intend to…
... assisting you and the WOs Archive in preserving the software that we ... posted my original thread concerning the disks and say "That i ... to forget our differences and the need for preservation is far ... also offer, solely for the use of the World of Spectrum archive ... -
Rich Pelley...in the news?!In the Daily Record yesterday, the whole of page 3 was dedicated to how Rich Pelley (yep, THE Rich Pelley, I saw the photo) took inspiration from the…
... Rich Pelley (yep, THE Rich Pelley, I saw the photo) took inspiration ... from the film "Super ... hospital. He did this for the magazine "Nuts", which was ... shown/advertised in the corner of the article...
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Retro Gamer: Retro Maniac Award 2004Just received this from Craig Vaughan, who wrote the article in RG on Speccy Spoilers, RZX Archive and Spectaculator earlier this year. He says to pa…
... humour?
The incident does not have to ... year, as this is the inaugural event. Depending ... the article goes ahead I?ll try and get a prize ... and your idea for the next reader interaction ... put ?Retro Maniac? in the subject heading. I will acknowledge ... -
Due to the lack of anything to do ...... I loaded up Atic Atac on my speccy (not an emulator) and played it through to completion for the first time in a few years. I've still got it! …
... I loaded up Atic Atac on my speccy (not an emulator) and played it through to completion for the first time in a few years.
I've still got it!
Necros. -
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…
what 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 profit, i figure if i sell 10 sets, thats 160 gigabytes of wos bandwidth saved1 -
Can I just be the first to wish you all a very............happy Easter 2005. Hope the bunny brings you lots of eggs. Tobo.
.....happy Easter 2005.
Hope the bunny brings you lots of eggs.
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Presenting: The Sinclair ZX81 CD burnerMy CD burner has gone berserk. It is now capable of introducing errors into both data and music CDs at bottom speed (4x) while also, on occasion, bur…
... applications.
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Is the information for 'Sabrina' correct?As some of you will know, I am an active approver on [url="http://www.mobygames.com"]www.mobygames.com[/url] website. A contributor has attmepted to …
... attmepted to add Sabrina, and the information he's given on ... differs from waht's in the database, even after I returned ... the submission to him. He says " ... Genesis was the Publisher outside Spain and the Spanish publisher was ... -
The BEST TV show this christmas.......Hope you all watched it. Check the 11am slot. [url="http://www.homeandleisure.co.uk/_listings/index.shtml?n=100"]http://www.homeandleisure.co.uk/_li…
... you all watched it. Check the 11am slot.
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Name the game pleaseDoes anyone remember a text adventure game where you had been turned into an animal (possibly a cat) and you had to perform spells to turn into other…
... animals? One of the spells was to type the word "pussycat" backwards ... -
Slowing down the emulationHi! I'm looking for a speccy emulator that lets me slow down (not speed up!) the emulation. I know good old X128 can do this, but does anyone know ab…
... slow down (not speed up!) the emulation. I know good old ... as close as possible to the original when remaking them :) -
Coming Soon... The Frontier of WarriorsComing to a CPC, Spectrum and Amiga emulator near you soon.... THE FRONTIER OF WARRIORS - SECRETS OF THE MIERIALS A 3D adventure game creatured usi…
... you soon....
THE FRONTIER OF WARRIORS - SECRETS OF ... adventure game creatured using the 3D Construction Kit based ... Secrets of the Mierials. is set in the year 2730 and ... find the secrets of the lost civilisation of the planet Mierial. Explore the ... -
HELP - Cant get the games to workHi everyone, Please could someone help. I've downloaded the SPIN emulator (which from what I can gather is one of the better ones?).Having done this,…
... someone help. I've downloaded the SPIN emulator (which from ... can gather is one of the better ones?).Having done ... to drag the downloaded game onto the emulator I get the message "Could ... open ROM File:..."and underneath the message "Emulation will continue,but ... -
The Independent and the SpectrumI liked The Independent's article on the proposed new innovation by Apple Computers today, which is supposed to be a new computer called the "Q88". M…
... breakthrough to rank with the launch of the iPod in 2001 ... milestones of the computer age - such as the release of the Sinclair ... off."
So the three biggest milestones in computer ... history are the iPod, Windows 95 and the release of the Spectrum. ... -
Only January and I found my quote of the year![url="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1246017.html?menu=news"]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1246017.html?menu=news[/url] the quote in qu…
[url="http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1246017.html?menu=news"]http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1246017.html?menu=news[/url]
the quote in question being...
"He never harmed anyone in his first 32 years" -
War of the Worlds Movie RantSorry that this is not Speccy related, but I'm just too shocked not to ... Have you seen the trailer for War of the Worlds? "No one would have bel…
... /> Have you seen the trailer for War of the Worlds?
the early years of the 21st century...". What the heck!?
the perfect film of a great ... -
Getting the java emulator to workI can't seem to get the java emulator used on WoS to work, just get an error message saying my browser doesn't support Java or has it switched off. …
... can't seem to get the java emulator used on WoS ... if I fiddle about with the security settings?
I ... -
Gerry The Germ1) What I must do on second and thirs screen? How many screens in this game? 2) The cheat for this game ("If you press the keys 'RVMN' and any direct…
1) What I must do on second and thirs screen? How many screens in this game?
2) The cheat for this game ("If you press the keys 'RVMN' and any direction key you go on to the next screen (except the heart screen)") does not work? Why? -
A game I forgot the title...Hello there. I've got a quesion about a game. I remember playing it around '94, but it was surely older. The thing is that I'd like to play it again …
... , but it was surely older. The thing is that I'd ... I can't remember the name.
The game's action was ... on the moon or something, you jumped ... -
Name the game pleaseI cannot remember much. The screen layout was like Boulderdash The movement was like Boulderdash. The graphic detail of the screens was very high.…
... remember much.
The screen layout was like Boulderdash ...
The movement was like Boulderdash.
The graphic detail of the screens was very high ... than Boulderdash.
The sound effects were also good ... -
Q on Eric Phantom of the Opera.I just finished this game but I was wondering if anyone had been able to get past the walls on the far left behind the stage??? Skarpo :) PS This g…
... to get past the walls on the far left behind the stage???
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So what was the first ever Spectrum game?..does anybody know? Equally interesting is what the second, third and so on was, would be nice with a timeline of the first few releases for histori…
..does anybody know? Equally interesting is what the second, third and so on was, would be nice with a timeline of the first few releases for historical purposes. :) -
Where can i get the sinclair font ??????The post explains it all, but for any fish who are reading this and have forgotten. Where can I get the red Sinclair font from :)
The post explains it all, but for any fish who are reading this and have forgotten.
Where can I get the red Sinclair font from :) -
Old Cheats - Nutting the Bell !!!We were discussing this the other night - trying to remember some old cheats. Our three favorites were - Jetpac - on the level with Planes sit on t…
We were discussing this the other night - trying to remember ... were -
Jetpac - on the level with Planes sit on ... the centre cloud and watch the points build up ... .
Hungry Horace - Nutting the bell !! - on level 2(?) to ... -
The Ocean ExperienceNot sure if I should be posting this in the games section, but seeing as Ocean were all about games, then I guess it can't do any harm. [url="http:/…
... should be posting this in the games section, but seeing as ... -
Campion - The Spreadsheet MIA?I`m currently working on the the Campion Speadsheet manual and turning into a pdf doc. This program had versions for the Spectrum & Sam Coupe, I hav…
... `m currently working on the the Campion Speadsheet manual and ... This program had versions for the Spectrum & Sam Coupe, ... have never seen the Spectrum Version. In the manual there are ... program?
Campion - The Spreadsheet
by Campion Software ... -
Rollback - how the hell?!Okay, so I'm incredibly dense. But pretty please, tell me, how does one do a rollback recording (sepcifically in SPIN)? I mean how the dickens do you…
Okay, so I'm incredibly dense. But pretty please, tell me, how does one do a rollback recording (sepcifically in SPIN)? I mean how the dickens do you "rollback"? -
CRONOSOFT COMPETITION.... and the winner is....Potty... no ... I'm happy to say that it's GRAHAM RICHARDS whose excellent entry is the winner. It was a very close run contest amongst several of …
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whose excellent entry is the winner.
It was ... run contest amongst several of the entries, with this one winning ... -
An Unusual Name the Game RequestThis is going to sound a bit strange, but can anyone name the game... When the loading screen had almost finished drawing, the tape sounded just lik…
... can anyone name the game...
When the loading screen had ... almost finished drawing, the tape sounded just like the tune to ?God ... save our gracious Queen?? as the colour was being ?filled in ... found it vaguely amusing at the time (mid 80?s ? we ... -
The Giant List of Classic Game Programmerswhilst perusing the net as yer do i found this... worth a gander if yer that way inclined [url="http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist/list.html"]http://ww…
whilst perusing the net as yer do i found this... worth a gander if yer that way inclined
[url="http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist/list.html"]http://www.dadgum.com/giantlist/list.html[/url]
