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Time travelling, inter-galactic communication with a BBC MicroJust listened to this podcast of the best story ever, to do with time travel and inter galactic communication. It happened around 1984, to a couple …
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ANN: Tipshop updated Friday, 03 August 2018Friday 03 August 2018 Blimey - this March update took a while to come round, eh? Feels like about 6 months! (Ahem. Ed)... Suffice it to say that Rea…
... in 2006 - oops). Thanks to Einar Saukas for forwarding it on ... something close to a proper comparison of RZX Archive and Tipshop ... -
Sh*t Game Time: Auf Wiedersehen PetHi everyone and welcome to another Sh*t Game Time game review video, this time I play and sh*t-rate "Auf Wiedersehen Pet" on the ZX Spectrum (but als…
... Sh*t Game Time game review video, this time I play and ... the previous "Sh*t Game Time" review vids:
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8-Bit Guy backlashSo there's this fairly well-known channel called "The 8-Bit Guy" on YouTube. While I'm not subscribed to him (hell, 99% of the time I'm using YouTube…
... him (hell, 99% of the time I'm using YouTube I ... quite the proverbial "QL" in comparison as (despite the limitations) the ... -
King Valley ('WE' Group, 1994) unofficial tape versionKing Valley is one of the best games of the year 1994, unfortunately there is no official tape version. But I wanted to play King Valley with a +2, w…
... & 6) before playing, using Einar Saukas's ZX7, the decompressor ... enough thanks to ZX7 (loading time: 4:25, compression ratio: ~36 ... -
Looking for any maze game where the map is different every timeHi folks, I'm looking to sharpen my game writing skiils (or lack thereof!) and I need an example of a simple maze game which creates a different map…
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Kempston Pro Interface - three joysticks at the same timeJust bought myself a Kempston Pro Interface (not arrived yet so I don't have any idea of its innards). The idea was to get an interface that allows o…
... to speccy at the same time.
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Cocoa and the Time MachineA new game for your speccy... Meet Cocoa, the intrepid accident prone, time-travelling Mini Lop Bunny, on his first adventure. Cast adrift through…
... the intrepid accident prone, time-travelling Mini Lop Bunny, on ... through space and time, Cocoa's Time Burrow materialises in ... and wits to refuel the Time Machine, recover valuable artefacts ... find the artefacts, refuel the time machine, munch parsley, and ... -
New WoS and ZXDBIt turns out new WoS is using [url="https://github.com/zxdb/ZXDB"]ZXDB[/url]! More precisely [url="https://github.com/zxdb/ZXDB/blob/c4bd3e40d81a8d47…
... Engine.[/code]
By comparison, ZXDB database file contains the ... recent version available at the time, because if they took it ... -
New DBOk, time to clear this up. After god knows how many pages of discussions, nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all. Firstly, there will never be a…
Ok, time to clear this up. ... in its entirety without permission, Einar says otherwise. Other have previously ... />
Having spent so much time with the data, it was ... as bad as the last time, with the old cgi ... week). I have said many time here, and on the ... -
Speed comparison of BASIC CommandsHi everyone, I reactivated my account (thanks Lee!) due to starting to code some BASIC with my daughter. In the tips and tricks thread there is a …
... simple information about how much time each BASIC command takes to ... -
Video: Inves Spectrum+ - Fire and Ice Fix and Comparison vs Sinclair ZX SpectrumWrapping up the series on the Inves Spectrum with an interesting fix and an in-depth comparison to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. https://youtu.be/ks3l5Q…
Wrapping up the series on the Inves Spectrum with an interesting fix and an in-depth comparison to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum.
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Dr. Jim's personal Sinclair showcaseThere were some Spectrum-related webpages that I hosted some of my own stuff on, and it's about time it had an extensive rehash. So, over the last we…
... on, and it's about time it had an extensive rehash ... -ins I have to Peter, Einar and the rest for proper ... -
Quirky nerdy hardware quiz time[b]Quirky nerdy hardware quiz time[/b] [list=1][*]How many transistors are on the issue one ZX Spectrum PCB? [color=#FFFFFF].[/color] [*]Which d…
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Whats the smallest amount of time to precise emulate a Spectrum?Whats the smallest amount of time to completely emulate a Spectrum? Maybe the ULAs timings as mentioned here: [url="https://opencores.org/projects…
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Travel Through Time Volume 1We finally get a game that could well have beaten Chase HQ as the finest scaling racer for our machines with Travel Through Time. Have a gander at th…
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The threat from the ISDAWhat does everyone here think about ISDA closing down abandonware & emulation sites? Personally to an extent I can understand their position, but if …
Fair comment about the car comparison. But when you look at ... back bedroom programmers of that time,your Matthew Smiths, don't ... -
How did people program GamesI have been wondering how people wrote games. Did they use basic and just type in to the spectrum interface and save it. Or did they use assembler, a…
Thinking back to the time that I wrote MC games, ... consuming hobby.
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Arcade and Speccy games.I used to play arcade and Speccy games when I was a kid, but back then I thought the conversions were good. Nowadays I think some were crap. So what …
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Top Five Footy GamesI thought I'd add a topical article to my site: [url="http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk/lair_footy_five.htm"]http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk/lai…
I think it's time to state that the best ... the time of his publication... they don't stand the comparison with ... -
are games?................are games made today just as playable as they were in the 80's?
... can't make a valid comparison. But I do disagree with ... the best FPS at that time) and none could match the ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... to tzx these at some time. My main problem is that ... WOS collection is weak in comparison to the actual games avalable ... /> My main problem is simply time.
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Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... WOS collection is weak in comparison to the actual games avalable ... ). However, this one will take time to do.
A ... they survive the passage of time then.
Demagnatisation and the ... /> My main problem is simply time.
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The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... an arcade game of the time than a piece of computer ... platforms to give a direct comparison. The earlier version wins in ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... brainstorm with you when the time comes to cut your ... CDs is very expensive in comparison.[/quote]
well ... going anywhere and when the time comes then they can ... to buy at the same time, they will not buy ... , but then when its time is up and it seems ... -
WOS forumers,.. doy you prefer PC or Mac?maybe youll find a bit stupid question actually but Im curious... which you prefer??
I know the speed comparison wasn't fair - that's ... when I've got the time. I added 8x8 COD ages ... but haven't found the time to sort out the F ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... than what? :) after all this time i still dont get it ... . last time i brought it up was ... mine a +2 all the time, sometimes i just call ... and is that a fair comparison? why not compare it to ... its more of a balanced comparison. and in my opinion alot ... -
Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... lower price, and excellent (in comparison) BASIC. Seeing games like ATIC ... than the Spectrum. At the time, I guess you could see ... 's doomed.
Time (nearly) always finds it's ...
