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  • Mame issuesI've only recently got hold of the MAME emulator and I thought I'll fire up some old arcade classics and see what the originals were like. Unfortun…

    ... a few posts before asking what may seem resonable questions, as they ... can get pretty touchy sometimes if it`s been asked a million ... for years, but they changed them now it ... />
    as they`ve started hosting the complete ... are down, when they`ll be back up ...
    CKay CKay December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • AcornA friend literaly JUST asked me about an Acorn game "Twin Worlds" anyone know how he can find it, to put onto a 3 1/2" FD in acorn format, or an amul…

    ... them.


    They sold me a BBC Master Compact last year ... BBC from in 1986 - not a retro-bandwagon-store.

    thx1138 thx1138 December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Documentary on the fall of Imagine[url="http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi"]http://www.blockcopycoders.com/temp/commerical_breaks_256.avi[/url] (86MB)

    ... better than just sticking a million and one remakes on each ... the only good turn they did was the last ... a screenshot to the right of each vid, and they ... section I think, and a miscelaneous section with loadsa ... I could swear down they had a 300 meg YS vid ...
    CKay CKay December 2004 Games
  • Non-spectrum Ultimate games?I was just browsing round Rare's site and their chronology: [url="http://www.rareware.com/games/timeline/timeline_content.html"]http://www.rareware.…

    ... , Mikal wrote:
    It is a bit of an odd thing ... give a monkeys on the c64.[/quote]

    Maybe they wanted ... it made any difference whether they released a rubbish game or not ... alone would sell games if they sold it. Farfetched I know but ...
    udgoverload udgoverload December 2004 Games
  • 48k Rubbery boxed on ebayWell, the first of the mass cull is now up on the bay. take a gander if you please [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=816731…

    Well Ebay's the Place to get rid of them -

    I once sold a 1989 Argos Catalogue for 16 quid, and they paid up.

    listed for laugh; started it at 1p and couldn't belive it when it got to ?16.00
    murtceps murtceps February 2005 Sales
  • The soul of the computer game industry...What are your thoughts on the state of the computer game industry today compared with the industry in the early to mid 80's? Has the soul gone? I fo…

    ...
    The early speccy games, a fair few are terrible and ... push the Speccy any further they moved onto the Amiga/ ... am really glad though when a game such as Warioware ... simple as anything yet it sold a lot and i bet ... to realise there is a market for the older ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2005 Games
  • Who the fcuk is Paul McKenna??Disappointing development: [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.cgi?permit=houses/McKennaPaul.pmt"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showwrap.…

    ... and you'll see its a 100% straight speccy port.

    In the year and a half since its been released ... these two games ! Dont think they sold too many !
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2005 Games
  • Help with Wizball - how to use power-ups???Anyone played Wizball recently? I can't work out how to activate the power-ups. For those who haven't played it, you collect green icons (which are…

    ... different to the market if they had this massive feedback available ... people who LOVED games. They knew what they were doing and knew ... truly original, it sold NOTHING like the amount a game would have ... the numbers that they bought a game tied to a new film or ...
    Mark R. Jones Mark R. Jones February 2005 Games
  • Ebay liarsI've just won a spectrum 007 action set for ?13 and have paid for it straight away. That was 4 days ago I've emailed the seller several times and hav…

    ... people !

    My missus sold a designer top to this woman ... sales the worst, my friend sold a few t shirts for 10 ... be ?? Err 50p. Cant believe they were trying to haggle down ... like its gonna be a surprise when they tell you.

    psj3809 psj3809 February 2005 Chit chat
  • The average salaryHow much is the average salary in your country? The average salary in the Czech Republic is 18000 Czech crowns = 600 Euro. The salary of 2/3 of peop…

    ... WITHOUT CD-Player - yet a packet of cigs would have ... cat businessmen who earn half a million pounds a year telling everyone that ... a job.

    What happened?

    Labour won and they ... 've just built a brand new state of ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers February 2005 Chit chat
  • Ebay liarsI've just won a spectrum 007 action set for ?13 and have paid for it straight away. That was 4 days ago I've emailed the seller several times and hav…

    ... written in earlier posts.
    They sent me an email today ... get his contact info, what a waste and not mentioning his ... phone number.

    Ive sold a few things on ebay and ...
    swordheart swordheart February 2005 Chit chat
  • Er, a MILLION different ways?!?!In the UK recently, there have been adverts for a media player (I forget which) whose manufacturer is encouraging purchasers to use it in shuffle mod…

    ... think the point is that a million is a big number. Do you ... is going to complain if they underestimated the number of combinations ...
    AndyC AndyC March 2005 Chit chat
  • Er, a MILLION different ways?!?!In the UK recently, there have been adverts for a media player (I forget which) whose manufacturer is encouraging purchasers to use it in shuffle mod…

    ... think the point is that a million is a big number. Do you ... is going to complain if they underestimated the number of ... clever marketing types that "one million" actually sound more impressives ... we're going with "one million".

    Given that ...
    Philip Kendall Philip Kendall March 2005 Chit chat
  • Dr Who Waaahooooo Ooooooo OoooooooooThis is the first programme i've been excited about in many years, all we need now is Star Wars the series. [ This Message was edited by: swordhe…

    ... local Cardiff locations. This is a London department store - erm no ... ]

    Don't they know 10 million people living in the ... like?

    Silly BBC. They could have just said it ...
    cyborg cyborg March 2005 Chit chat
  • CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…

    ... computers have much of a retro fan base? for ... i mean, you need a certain level of variety and ... playability before getting a hardcore fanbased, but it ... to see which games sold best, new ones or ... though i suppose if they whacked a couple of new games ...
    InsertFaveGameNameHere InsertFaveGameNameHere April 2005 Games
  • ot: Anyone know anything about Star Wars role playing books?I picked up a bag load of Star Wars books today at a boot sale. Anyone know much about them? Value etc? pics ; [url="http://photobucket.com/albums/…

    I sold most of them on eBay, for a combined price ?278 in ... thumbed through, with torn covers. They sold for ?50!!
    thx1138 thx1138 April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I think my +2 is dead! HELP!Me and my brother spent about 40 mins trying to get our speccy +2 down from the loft. We plugged it in, and tuned it into my TV. However, we are havi…

    ... descriptions of the items they sell. I just sold a part boxed +3 ... bought what i thought was a spectrum 128 only to be ... sent a spectrum + 48k I have just ...
    swordheart swordheart May 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Most copies of one game?What is the most copies you have of an indivual game? I am going through my collection now and am fed up of games like Dizzy, Olli and Lissa and th…

    ... two ago, someone sold a whole warehouse full of ... had the cash, a lorry and a huge garage at the ... two decades. About half a million games or something, was ... Retro Gamer did a feature about it a couple of issues ... them. Hence there are a lot more sealed games now ...
    jil jil June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Rebelstar Platform game finished[url="http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip"]http://www.fwl.org.uk/pgd/rebelstar-ion.zip[/url] Rebelstar - Search for the I.O.N Gun 15 screen…

    ... the tools didn't exist they would never create anything at ... if one other person in a million likes it and no one ... the day if PGD is a success then obviously Jonathan ... might do a new one or a Shoot em up ... Speccy games which take him a fair while and he ...
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2005 Development
  • ZZap lives on! Just a quick note, New Retro Gamer is out with the 20th anniversary ZZap64 64 page special which I was lucky enough to help out on, its awesome and…

    ... call from BT just a second ago, saying my broadband ... had gone up from half a meg to 2 meg with ... having a monopoly otherwise they would never have done that in a million years ... , i used to subscribe for a magazine years and years ago ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... the best it would have sold a ton.

    I prefer ... did release C64 games, they mostly made a complete hash of them ... the best Speccy programmers, so they decided to concentrate on what ... they did best (and easily produce ...
    LeeT LeeT July 2005 Games
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... won all the honours but they were consistently good and did ... an All Star team and they might have done even better ... etc.

    Yes Commodore sold a ton more computers globally than ... surprised many more Commodores were sold because they had more money to ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2005 Games
  • Which games were a magazine flop, but made it big.In light of similar questions. What games received poor reviews or marks from reviewers, and then went on to be a big hit or a 'peoples' smash, if yo…

    ... not Bullfrog's. That was a game I enjoyed too, massively ... Smashes at the time and they sold bucketloads: MatchDay 1, Daley Thomspsons ...
    Vampyre Vampyre July 2005 Games
  • Do the girls visit WOS and this forum?I'd like to know if there are any girls who visit WOS and are Speccy fans.

    ... wrote:
    There are a lot of women out ... [/quote]

    Wowie ! Thanks a million for the link :)

    they are.

    ... an Xbox, however, after a few weekends of me ... have let him win a few times... ho hum ...
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Retro Gamer dead and buriedJust in case anyone is interested, Live Publishing (who publish Retro Gamer) have gone belly up and were put into administration on Monday. All their…

    ... of Issue One printed and they sold out pretty fast. If all ... at how quickly it sold. It was unlikely they were going to ... good for what is still a niche interest - I'm looking ...
    Spector Spector August 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum games based on comicsWhat games are based on comics? These are the ones I know so far: Asterix Batman (4 games) Superman (2 games) Dr Doom's Revenge Snoopy Garfield

    ... [/url] (rereleased this year in a 5.1 remix -- lovely) of ... from CRL were a million to one (but still they didn't come ...
    robert@fm robert@fm August 2005 Games
  • Olli And Lissa 2I know 1 and 3 were released but can never remember number 2.....was it actually released...if it was Its damn hard to get....or is it a stupid quest…

    ... was sold by MicroProse to a company called 'Tudor Enterprises' and they released a ... ). I got one off ebay a while ago, and have seen ... to get....or is it a stupid question and just get ...
    Rainbird Rich Rainbird Rich September 2005 Wanted
  • Jeff Wayne's War Of The Worlds LiveWoohoo!!! I just got front row tickets to see Jeff Wayne's live version of War Of The Worlds next April!!!!! Yay!!!!! :D

    [quote]
    On 2005-10-10 17:35, [email="robert@fm"]robert@fm[/email] wrote:
    The chances of a ticket coming my way are a million to one... :(
    [/quote]

    ... but still they come
    JonNorth JonNorth October 2005 Chit chat
  • Bubbler Goes Up On Ebay Buy It Now ?200 !!Well someone had to do it, what do you think the odds are that someone will actually buy it for this price? I wish this forum had a polling system , …

    ... up to the buyer whether they want to pay those kind ... after all - I mean, I sold a single Star Wars figure to ... more to complete a collection or bring back a childhood memory, etc ... Speccy game is now commanding a perceived three figure price tag ...
    Malc74 Malc74 November 2005 Games
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