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The Hobbit - Chaos EngineI had a bit of a slow day yesterday, so I ended up playing 'The Hobbit' (Version 1.0 from this site) for a few hours. I know how to complete the gam…
... this, I go through the whole trolls and getting the sword & rope ... is the most chaotic IMO.
I tend to go through ... Mirkwood in order to get captured by the Wood ... to go through Mirkwood again - and who's hanging around the Waterfall ... -
Willy The Wasp 48KHeres a crude Kokotoni Wilf type affair, collect all the phials to build up your venom then track down the commissioner and sting him. Collect fruit…
... Wilf type affair, collect all the phials to build up your ... venom then track down the commissioner and sting him.
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Bypassing bits of faulty ULAs: the LOAD!Hi everybody, Recently I had a sick Spectrum sent to me. The symptoms were that the machine would run fine, except that it wouldn't load. The border…
... being picked up. The tape sound plays through the speaker, the machine beeps and ... the ULA, which is the IOREQ. Next came the input - pin 28 of the ... of the ULA's pin (by which time it's gone through ... -
Problem Reading the KeyboardHi Folks, I'm working my way through Toni Baker's rather good book and thought I'd write some code to scan the keyboard and store the results so tha…
... memory area
;3 - Loop through the keyboard segments
;3.1 ...
;3 Loop through the keyboard segments
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Buy the Pope's hatIts easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter the kingdom of Heaven. So, to improve your chances of eternal life, …
... for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than ... a rich man enter the kingdom of Heaven. So, to ... spending your life savings on the pope's hat:
The History Of Mastertronic[img]http://assets.podomatic.net/ts/f5/e8/ad/thereallocomaniac56245/285%3E_9980356.jpg?1412318825[/img] Welcome to episode 98 of the UK’s No.1…
... on tape) and Paul (the drisk) chat through the history of budget game ... key games, milestones in the companies history and have some ... http://retroasylum.com/ep-98-the-history-of-mastertronic/[/url]< ... and to Phil Hockaday for the EXCELLENT cover artwork!
...The Friday afternoon ritualWell, it's Friday and it's (nearly) 4pm, so it's time to head over to eBay and paw through the Spectrum game collection auctions!
Well, it's Friday and it's (nearly) 4pm, so it's time to head over to eBay and paw through the Spectrum game collection auctions!Looking for the New Spectrum Games website/blog pageI've just had a hard drive pack in, and fortunately most of the stuff on it was backed up anyway, but it had some emulators/roms on there, including …
... in, and fortunately most of the stuff on it was backed ... /roms on there, including the Spectrum, and the last full Spectrum backup ... , I'll have to go through the forums page by page, looking ... find that thread (why is the WOS search engine so good ...Bizarre story of the day[url]http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/sport/through-the-turnstile/promoters-pull-a-fast-one-with-fake-caniggia-in-argentina-v-brazil-masters-game-1.…
[url]http://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/sport/through-the-turnstile/promoters-pull-a-fast-one-with-fake-caniggia-in-argentina-v-brazil-masters-game-1.702260[/url]Cooking toastrack... the dreaded smellI powered up my Spectrum 128 (heatsink model) yesterday only to see what looked like an out-of-tune picture on the television. I'm using a scart adap…
... I became aware of the familiar burning electronics smell that ... is the harbinger of vintage computing ... />
Plugged into the Spectrum at the time was a Ram ... have drawn too much power through the expansion port?
...New Game - Page and the Curse of the Pharaoh[B]My second outing with AGD and continuing on from my last game, may I present... 'Page and the Curse of the Pharaoh'[/B] After battling his way th…
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After battling his way through the castle in his last adventure ... for the 'Exit' portal. There are 30 levels to get through ... and grab as much treasure as you can on the ... strange powerful amulets scattered throughout the land which are rumoured ...Retro Asylum 121 - The Kevin Toms Interview[img]http://retroasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/121.png[/img] Episode 121 is our special interview with the Godfather of football managemen…
... is our special interview with the Godfather of football management games ... game making, his games and the new IOS game Kevin Toms ... in ‘Ask RA’ and run through the avalanche of retro crowd funding ...The Disslike of LikesCan anyone explain why we have a LIKE button they serve no useful purpose on WOS discussion forum. (cue everyone liking this post :( ) I read po…
... too strong?) with the 'like' button.
the posts starts fine but ... assume one poster has gone through the posts and clicked 'like' ... agrees with his side of the argument.
so ... people start reading the thread and come across the 'liked' posts ...What is the name of this train game?Hello fellow Spectrumites. Last time I lurked here the forum looked different. I am looking for a train game. It was published between 1984 and 1986,…
... the switches to guide the train along the tracks. With each screen cleared the ... and such. I searched through the world of spectrum archive but ... only used the search term train. Nothing ... by asking what happened to the world of spectrum? Thank ...The Great Escape. I found an alternative escape route.I managed to figure out a way to escape without ever using the wirecutters. So if you've beaten the game a lot of times and would like to try somethi…
... the corner where the compass lies. Now quickly drop the uniform, grab the compass through the ... fence (you now have both the ... of course use the pick-up-through-the-fence trick ... be picked up through the fence from this ...Your personal game of the year?2015 is almost over (good riddance!), so what is your favourite game released in 2015, on any format? For me it's [b]Batman: Arkham Knight[/b], wh…
... respects, such as the depressing story, the (far too frequent ... the Batmobile altogether and just use the grapnel to travel through the city, and the ... identity of the ... , this game (the forth in the series) doesn't ...The Biz - tips neededCan anyone advise how to achieve a decent hit on The Biz? I've managed to get to about 37 in the charts (no TOTP slots). This seems to put my ratings…
... achieve a decent hit on The Biz? I've managed to ... get to about 37 in the charts (no TOTP slots). This ... my songwriting ratkng falls through the floor and the record company always drop ...Prince of Persia screens rattled throughdoes anyone have the disk that runs through the character animations please it was on Chris Whites website but that seems to be not working at the mo…
does anyone have the disk that runs through the character animations please it was on Chris Whites website but that seems to be not working at the moment please?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpSA_Y0Ti8MText Adventure Game... The Dreaded Castle of SlovI am standing in the middle of dense woodland. Birds twitter in the trees, small animals rustle in the undergrowth and I hear wolves in the distance.…
... in the distance.The mid day sun creates rays through the tree ... cover exposing dancing motes. A dirt track leads of through the ... woods to the north.
the undergrowth, flies buzz ...Don Priestley - Around the World in 80 DaysApparently Don Priestley was working on a Speccy game called "Around the World in 80 Days", though it was never finished. I believe WoS lists such un…
... a Speccy game called "Around the World in 80 Days", though ... think it should be added. The game is mentioned in this ... />
I tried submitting it through the WoS upload form, but everything ...The RZX Request ThreadI have no idea if anything like this has ever been tried - but given that I am only a very occasional visitor these days I'd hope you all don't mind …
... thought Atic Atac was the greatest game since whatever ... that SpecEmu can slow down the emulation speed; my initial ... can move upwards through the military ranks. But, if the game gives ... for aforementioned reasons.
- [b]The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain[/b ...Advice on the LAYAR app and augmented reality in general, for a Technophobe, with a very long titleRight the thing is, I am reading a book which contains augmented reality and all I know is that I will need a device compatible to the Layar app. I h…
Right the thing is, I am reading ... app. I have looked through the web and because I know ... to know is what is the cheapest option ?
Ideally ... are pants and what's the point of buying something to ...The day you unboxed your brand new SpectrumI was at junior school for much of the Spectrum's heyday, yet never owned a computer in that time. I was fascinated by computers back then, they were…
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Seeing the cartoon-festooned inlays of Mastertronic ... portable television. We went through the usual introduction to BASIC ... /> Yet the highly prolific nature of the ZX Spectrum - the very name ... scene, the Amiga was pretty much the leader of the 16 ...My new Lovecraft-inspired game, "In the Walls of Eryx", is almost ready for release!Bit of back-story first: I regularly go to sleep while listening to a Lovecraft-audiobook-filled playlist that I've created on Youtube. In August, I …
... You play Private Stanfeld, scouting the Eryxian highlands of Venus for ... hovership. Making your way through the jungle, collecting supplies and ... crystals along the way, you encounter the deadly flora and ... who I believe own the copyright to the story (as far ...The death of Rock n Roll and why rock died?I know most of you guys are more Punk & Techo oriented, I've always been more a Hard Rock / Grunge / Metal fan. While I work, I spend most of my …
... that" rock , with bands like The Strokes, Jets, Franz Ferdinand, Artic ... Monkeys & the creation of "super bands" like ... feel as if you go through the archives, it's as ... br />
What the hell happen? Why would the industry want to ...Jet Set Willy 2's original author releases a modded version of the game!Apologies if this has already been posted, but Derrick P. Rowson, the original author of Jet Set Willy 2, has been modding JSW2, and the latest versi…
... used.
The game now only flicks through the new screens. All ... the hidden rooms and new ... was the change of the room compression routine the enabled the additions to the game ...Help understanding the Z80.So I have a Z80 CPU and a 32k ram chip. I understand how they connect. (Data and address busses, chip select etc.) But how would i input information…
... into ram or into the CPU directly through the data bus. What pecies ... do I need to use the CPU/ ram.
Yes. I ... /> Halp me plz. And the books about the z80 kinda droan on ...Shadow of the Beast - authorsGreetings. these days I couldn't visit the website - neither through the password nor through facebook. what's the problem ??? So yesterday I c…
... the website - neither through the password nor through facebook.
what's the ... ZX Spectrum version Shadow of The Beast. And :
1 ... Steve says : "I did the graphics conversion from original game ... and should be listed in the game credits."
3. ...The BUSH cassette player CRS-132 Not for the Spectrum???So - I needed a new tape player for loading my spectrum games - and I thought - 'why not buy a brand new one - rather than an old machine which may h…
... - and sound clearly coming through the headphones if I connect those ... cannot hear it AT ALL .. The sound is blocked from coming ... out the tape player speaker - but ... is NOT transferred to the Speccy....
Anyone know why ...How to automatically find the character set in a gameThis is all completely new to me, so please be patient. I've done some reading up on how character sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand tha…
... sets are handled by the Spectrum. I understand that ... which contains the classic Spectrum font. However the address can ... (putchar?) instead of using the Spectrum default one. Is that ... the character sets other than the old method of scanning through the ...
