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Features that never made it into the SpectrumAlthough kind of a Hardware question (a kind moderator might want to move it, I was 50/50 on where to post it, I don't mind) , I was thinking about t…
... restraints and reasons... Perhaps the thought of a built in serial was ... reading about adding a small cap to the plug of one lead ... the main topic: I wonder if there was any odd idea of a ... different video display output perhaps for the Spectrum ... -
Higgy 2: The Wrath of McMania (2019)Time to collect your sausages in this AGD platform game Higgy 2. Links for the download and the video “The Making of Higgy 2” are in the video's d…
... for the download and the video “The Making of Higgy 2” are in the video ... -
Hiding a Loading Screen?Hi folks! Is there an easy way (a POKE or something) to hide the drawing of a loading screen? I did find a post from leespoons in an old thread wh…
... easy way (a POKE or something) to hide the drawing of a loading screen ... ? I did find a post from ... two lines of white ink on black paper before the attributes ... (or whatever) has the same effect with the first 22 lines. ... -
What are the "lost" Ultimate arcade games?I've always been really curious to know what Ultimate did before they were Ultimate, and I've been having a little dig around. We know for sure t…
... has a familiar-looking wizard and definitely feels like the work of the same ... : its music is a slightly tweaked version of the soundtrack from Namco's ... The Pit was the work of a Bridlington chap by the name of Andy Walker, later of ... -
48k spectrum pausing the clockI had a spectrum 3b motherboard donated to me with no case. So i have decided to put it in a custom case with built in kempston port etc. I also …
... cut the trace. I have connect the cpu side to the centre of a double ... throw switch. The switch ... the same way the ULA does AFAIK). The switch sometimes works, but most of the ... -
Foundation - From awesome books to a Macintosh TV special???What odd times we live in. I've been out of the loop for a little bit and didn't realize that there was a digital Mac tv station available. And it's …
... 've been out of the loop for a little bit and didn ... a "plus" like all the other ones. Remember when the "i" at the start of a ... tech word was all the rage ... .
Welcome to the iApplePlus eMacintosh+... *sigh*
Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…
... it have challenged the PC? The 286 of the era was a few thousand, and ... programming z80 assembly for a living, but the lure of a hard disk ( Seagate ... the Sinclair way of doing things?
Remember, the PC was always a ...The "Kiddification" Continuum : "serious" 48k software versus "kiddified"128k software?Of course this is a gross simplification . The idea of a straight line continuum with "serious" 48k software on one side and "kiddified" 128k softwa…
Of course this is a gross simplification . The idea of a straight line continuum with "serious ... on the other should be seen as running over a time period of ...Which Michael Mann film would make a good game?Hey, guys. In honour of the birthday of one of cinema's most prolific filmmakers, I was wondering which of his movies would work best as a videoga…
... of the story and the lore of its source material (it's based on a ... novel of the same name by F Paul Wilson, which is the first of a ... 6-part series called the Adversary Cycle), ... as a kind of LA Noire-like game, assuming the role of ...The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Paperback - Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (AS NEW). (£44.99 UK ONLY)The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Paperback - Volumes 1, 2, and 3. Full set of volumes 1, 2, and 3, in excellent (essentially new) condition. …
The Story of the ZX Spectrum in Pixels Paperback - ... , and 3.
Full set of volumes 1, 2, and 3 ... new) condition.
NOTE: THE PRICE INCLUDES 2-3 DAY ...Games that would make good moviesHey, guys. With the trend of adapting videogames into movies (thanks, Super Mario Brothers and Mortal Kombat), I've been thinking: which Spectrum …
... the idea of a decrepit space station on its last legs is the stuff of ... this a go, you never know. :)
[b]Rescue[/ ... b]
This Mastertronic effort would actually make a good ... skyline of the game (with a little bit of [i]The Running ...Whatever happened to the BBC Domesday Project?Do you remember this huge Project that was to record lots of info about Britain for future generations to read about, in the manner of a 21 century "…
... generations to read about, in the manner of a 21 century "Doomsday Book ... to a DVD. Digitising the video footage stored on one side of a laser ... even a bit of a vanity project for the BBC. But these sorts of things ...Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... across Bagdad is one, the other is a space shoot `em up ... Grandslam and Quicksilva. Based on a prehistoric Hanna-Barbara cartoon.
a clue on Speccy Q.
Name the game.
11: Lead the undead along the walls to the tune of Ten Green Bottles ...Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... a magazine called Zero (16bit version of YS) - Viz is there, but the ... worlds, the mirror image of each other, one good, the other evil ... had to collect parts of the Millenium Dustbin to flee ... 11: Lead the undead along the walls to the tune of Ten Green Bottles ...Getting a DISCiPLE/+D to work on a +2A/+3?Does anyone know how compatible the two interfaces could be made with the +2A/+3? I remember that there were a couple of POKEs that could get a +D t…
... to the rescue with their "Fixit".
This gizmo is a ... working on this. The
Discovery was more of a problem. For ... (in fact, in spite of all the adverse
press comment ... you could
afford the luxury of a dedicated one. It's neat ...WOS 10th Birthday Bash?I see that WOS will be 10 years old in under six weeks time. Will there be any major surprises coming up? Will there be any TZX Vault updates to cele…
... ZELDA would be a good choice of style for the game
a female kidnapping is the best idea. Unless ... kidnapped and you lead the rescue effort.
A Zelda style game ...SoftRom emulation possible?Hello. Quick question to all emulator developers: How easy would it be to emulate a SoftRom? The mastering utilites for my protection system XLR-8 a…
... is equal to the frequency of an oscilation of a wave). It explains ... t see anything in the centre of a black hole too. ... theory. Build a tesla coil and point it at a mass ( ... the tesla coil should accelerate the particles in the ball. As the frequency of ...Does anyone else find Dan Brown suspect?Don't get me wrong, he's a good entertaining [i]fiction[/i] writer -- as long as the emphasis is on "fiction"; unfortunately, he has the annoying hab…
... substitute stock footage of the obscured architecture, or any of a dozen tricks any ... WoS already know, a servo-coil is the bit of a disk-drive that moves ... the heads in and out ...Doctor Who FinaleHello, all.. A slightly confused story, but at least it had a bit less of John Simm acting like a total and utter loon.. SPOILER SPOILER …
... all a dream" plot twists are cop-outs.
The rescue of the Doctor ... coud have been better explained, too - maybe just a few ... flashes during the episode of the Doctor doing "something ...childhood mythsthought id continue with todays theme. did anyone hear stories when they were a kid that were obviously bollocks. there were some woods near to a k…
... 't go past the end of the street or a black man will come ... the the size of a large shed with a flat roof. Inside was a hole in the ... scared to jump in and rescue him and from that day ... him.
So a bit of a long story but i was ...Finally...Yes :smile: I've finally reached one thousand posts. And yes, I know that many other people have reached that august figure too, but for most of t…
... we've helped you rescue your bit of stuff then I can ... , we can go into the empty house and rescue your totty!",[/I ... ] and he did a little dance ... the safety of a low running wall, and hid behind it out of sight of the ...+3 compositve video out problemToday, I've tried to put a composite video out in my +3. I've built the circuit proposed [url=http://www.secarica.ro/html/plus3_hardware.html#composi…
... English, a bobbin is specifically the bobbin-type former for the coil).[/QUOTE]
It's a generic ... name that way to the bobbin of a electromagnet, because the wire is very ...can you guess what it is yet 2Here we go for round two of the game in wich i give a dodgy description of a game i can just about remember from my youth and you the viewer give me …
... this time you run along the top of a train until you reach ... flying game its a bit like rescue helecopter on the master system but ... you dont rescue anyone and ...Another scare tacticHo hum... when will people learn? Got a facebook message from a friend who has pasted this: [B][I]on a completely different note "Apparently the FAN…
... be taken very seriously. The daughter of a friend of a fellow firefighter had this ... Fall Premier - a UT tradition that is a celebration of the end of midterms.
the tub immediately, and they sent a rescue team over ...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…
... I emptied about 4 rounds of the SMG into him and ... rescue! It was pretty cool...just a pity I died in the ... saying rockstar have increased the height of the map for some great ... floors, jump out of the window and parachute into the back of a truck. just ...Worst TV LicensesOK, I've only published the first so far - sludge-fest "V". I have another 9 in mind... Any suggestions, a few have appeared already on the worst m…
[QUOTE=Dwayne Dibley;423490]The case is STILL out on ... 't the difficulty that bothers me - just the repetition and the difficulty of a couple of ... screens towards the very end before you rescue the ...Spectrum 48K with a thyristor PSU possible?Is it posssible to use a Spectrum 48K with a thyristor switched PSU? I have a PSU with a thyristor, 4 diodes, one electrolyt capacitor, some resistor…
... br /> Here's the schematic for a small DC/DC- ... down voltage regulator! The use of a transformer in the (switched) PSU is ... only to isolate the secondary from the ... the 48k but you have to use (and make) one coil...BEEP pitch values for key of G?I've been transcribing a listing which is supposed to include a DATA statement with the pitch values for the key of G. What it's got is: DATA 5,7,9,…
... authentic old style blues, the addition of a flatted 5th note (blue ... song. The 5th note of a major scale is the 1st note of the next ... of the circle of fifths like a vertical coil with C at the bottom, G the ... side of the coil. But thats just because I'm a bit ..…ZX 48K loudspeaker with 8 Ohm possible?Is it possible to change the loudspeaker from the ZX 48K with a model which has only 8 Ohm? Micky
... the ULA is switched to turn the speaker on.
The coil resistance of a ... speaker, aka dynamic resistance, aka impedance, is dependant on the ...New Version of BeepolaA new version of Beepoa, v1.05, is now available for download from:- [URL]http://freestuff.grok.co.uk/beepola/[/URL] (806KiB download) It's a fair…
... can see it confusing the hell out of some people[/QUOTE]< ... about it. Its just the spelling of a scale between 2 octave ... notes. Everybody already knows what the ... sense in relation to the overal feeling. The coil.
Now ...
