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Edge of Disgrace on the other side :)Got my mind blown today... saw the Edge of Disgrace demo on the commie ;-) Regardless if you are a c64 fan or not, you should see it. Effects and Des…
... blown today... saw the Edge of Disgrace demo on the commie ;-) Regardless if ... . I think it might be the ultimate 8bit demo :)
Remake of Terry Nation's 'The Survivors' Starts this SundayThat's about it really. For anyone interested the reworking of Terry Nation's 70's series 'The Survivors starts on BBC1 this Sunday at 9pm Loved t…
That's about it really.
For anyone interested the reworking of Terry Nation's 70's series 'The Survivors starts on BBC1 this Sunday at 9pm
Loved the original series so... Fingers crossed.Why do the likes of CodeMasters and others, deny their games to the rest of us ?Hi, first post :) What I'd like to know (and probably many others), is why do people like CodeMasters (among others), refuse to release their back c…
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What could possibly be the reason for not allowing old ... /> Other manufacturers (if that's the right word to use) are ... for us to play games of old, so how come CM ... from Speccy fans for the 'non-allowment' of their games.
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…
Personally as a fan of the team at the foot of the Premiership and who have ... smacks to me of is sour grapes. Since the inception of the Premier League ... of millions on their squad over the years.
At the end of the ...Defender of the Crown[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001321[/url] The authors of this game come from Hungary, not UK as we discovered in that thre…
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The authors of this game come from Hungary ... ?t=23606[/url]
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< ...Freedom of the games software industry?Dan Houser, of Rockstar games, who worked on Grand Theft Auto 4 and other titles, was interviews and said of the software industry: "[I]It's really…
... titles, was interviews and said of the software industry:
... Or does he mean the freedom of programmers to take as ... and you see the names of the director, and the main actors. But ... for games programmers, the list consists of one name; John Carmack ...A question for the older programmers of WOSWhen did the debugging tools that allow you to highlight the flow of execution within code and track the values or variables become available. Was t…
... to highlight the flow of execution within code and track the values or ... an eighties invention?, what were the early systems that allowed this ... ?
Who was the first to do this anyone ...Samurai Dawn and the lost games of FTLSamurai Dawn was announced as one of the first three FTL games in mid 1986. Obviously it never arrived and we were all left wondering a bit about wha…
... announced as one of the first three FTL games ... that one or the other of these started life ... as Samurai Dawn but was adapted into the ... some changes to the graphics. Of course, it's ... processing professionals", in the following page from Crash ...Animation of the two satellites that crashedIt's probable that you already know that two satellites crashed a week ago (Iridium 33 and Cosmos 2251). Now there is an animation of the collision: …
... ). Now there is an animation of the collision:
[youtube]_o7EKlqCE20 ... article in Universe Today says the clouds of debris will be a ...Name of the game. MAMEIm looking the name of a game of MAME. It was just like WWF games just with mythology beasts like minotaurs, cyclops, and so... anyone remembers th…
Im looking the name of a game of MAME.
It was just like WWF games just with mythology beasts like minotaurs, cyclops, and so...
anyone remembers this game??The Joy of Upgrades.Well, this weekend I am working on upgrading my computer and its gunna be a beauty. 3Ghz Quad Core, 4GB Ram, 16000 DDR2 Ram, 1 TB HD. ATI Radeon GT4…
... /> I had loads of trouble getting the bits, now the new hard drive ... Linux.
Roll on the completion!! :DThe Best Use Of In-Game Physics?I'm sure most of you who play modern games have heard of the "Havok" game engine that models the behaviour of in-game objects / characters that inter…
... have heard of the "Havok" game engine that models the behaviour of in-game ... each other. I'm thinking of real-life physics like inertia ...Barcode - Indiana Jones and the Temple of DoomThe [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002475"]original release[/URL] of this games is listed with a barcode of "5013442535066".…
The [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/ ... listed with a barcode of "5013442535066". However, on the [URL="ftp://ftp ...Songs that remind you of your first experiences with the SpectrumHi everyone, glad to be here again after so much time :) I was recently listening to Alan Parsons Project's [i]Ammonia Avenue[/i] and couldn't help …
... saving people from the killer ants of Antescher, making ... June 1984, so most of the songs, if not all, ...
1. U2 - The Unforgettable Fire
2. Depeche ... 16. Re-Flex - The Politics Of Dancing
17. Alan ... on my personal recollections of the time, i.e. ...Anyone else miss the variety of the 8-bits?When I was a kid in the early eighties, as I'm sure you all know there were a shed load of different micro's and consoles on the market. all were sig…
... was a kid in the early eighties, as I' ... shed load of different micro's and consoles on the market. ... after school and play the games/systems you couldn' ... get at home. Even the computer shop were really cool ... system.
The rich kid across the estate had an ...Top 10 Spam Topics of the dayJust had a look in my Spam folder to see what wonders I had lurking? Here's the 10 at the top of my list :lol: Ungo Cartoa: The Touchless Orgasm…
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Here's the 10 at the top of my list :lol:
Ungo Cartoa: The ... exist?
RoyalClub Casino: Get the Royal Treatment Here!
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Euro Casino: Where the Elite Play....
Privilege ...I just been to the Isle of Wight.The roads have potential, but most of the drivers are soooooooooooooooooo slllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww. Ocassionally you will get behind an i…
... potential, but most of the drivers are soooooooooooooooooo slllllllllllooooooooooooowwwwwwwwww.
< ... Turtles. Nothing retro in any of the charity shops in Ryde, and ... massive stash of 8 bit stuff somewhere, seeing as how the whole ...Odd thought for the week - planet of the V'sOn the planet of the V's, do they have a tv show called "I'm A Celebri-V, Get V Outta Here!"*where V's have to spend 3 weeks in the city and do horri…
On the planet of the V's, do they have ... to spend 3 weeks in the city and do horrid tasks ..."Spectrum Scene" from "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" (1986)Here is a link to the clip: [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IT95k1UoM"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9IT95k1UoM[/URL] I remember when wathi…
Here is a link to the clip: [URL="http://www.youtube. ... in the 80's that I used to know
the name of the ... car game the Andy is playing - but ...
be seen to the right of the computer. But there seems to ...The future of Jam Doughnuts.There was a German market in Birmingham today, and one of the stalls was selling doughnuts. I purchased five, two chocolate ones with a chocolate coa…
... in Birmingham today, and one of the stalls was selling doughnuts. I ... doughnut I noticed - and tasted - the future: German jam-filled doughnuts ... one but two whole chambers of jam. Two! If only Greggs ...End of the 'noughties'Well its coming up to the end of the decade, did everyone have a good one ? Mine wasnt the best but had its highlights 80's i loved (wasnt keen on …
Well its coming up to the end of the decade, did everyone have a ... WOS.
Negatives - The rise of Chavs, credit crunch. Friends staying ... its fair share of ups and downs, granted the 80's/90 ...Best commercial game of the 2000 - 2009 decade?What computer or console game do you consider to be the best of the decade 2000 to 2009? I mean commercial game, so Spectrum games don't count (not e…
... do you consider to be the best of the decade 2000 to 2009 ... , nor even troll baiting on the 'nets forums ;)
Oh ...Cheril of the Bosque (The Mojon Twins, Spectrum 48k)A brand new game from the Mojon Twins! In the Badajoz jungle lives Cheril, a common girl, just like every other girl of her age. She eats cucumbers,…
... , niece in second degree of Tartan, the scottish of the apes, has higher expectations ... part of the ?beautiful people?, just like her ancestor Tarz?n of the Apes ... the game map are closed at the beginning of your adventure. The ancient tribe of the ...Welcome to the newest member of wos.Just a quick note to say welcome to the shadowy new member of the wos forum, who goes by the name of forum team.
Just a quick note to say welcome to the shadowy new member of the wos forum, who goes by the name of forum team.Remove the beinning of an RZX?I've had a [URL="http://www.rzxarchive.co.uk/d.php#darksceptre"]Dark Sceptre RZX[/URL] sent to me, with quite a long playback time. However, the firs…
... time. However, the first few minutes of the RZX are of the game loading in ... be to remove this part of the recording using a hex editor ...Chaos: the Battle of WizardsJust wanted to create a thread in honour of this magnificent game. Anyway, rather than just rattling on about how good it is, I thought I'd show you…
... of me playing in a way which makes the ... wizards because they are the most difficult starting spots ... fun, purely theoretical duel between the two survivors.
... an easier time of it in the opening, he ... anyone who can spot the highly unusual (possibly unique ...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 …
... at that time. Of course the modem software was primitive ... found the source or more appropriately the
remnants of Byte ... the BB-1, and the Real Time clock. Of course with the
advent of the ... resurrect most if not all of the Byte-Back items
What's the status of Italian games project?Back in the 80ties, Italian commercial Spectrum magazines were famous of releasing cracks of English and Spanish games with new titles, text translat…
... in the 80ties, Italian commercial Spectrum magazines were famous of releasing ... cracks of English and Spanish ... There was a big job of identifing these cracks done ( ... with Italian Project? Will the games, not identified as ...father of the pc dies[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8600493.stm[/url] "Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked th…
[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8600493.stm[/url]
"Dr Henry Edward Roberts was the inventor of the Altair 8800, a machine that sparked the home computer era."
