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your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…
Well, I lived in a small town here in Portugal, near Lisboa. I had an electronics shop near my house, where they sold copies of Spectrum games ;)
I used to ran home as fast as I could after purchasing the latest games :) -
your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…
If you exclude the majors, like WHSmith and Boots, our local computer shop didn't sell Spectrums :(
It sold some software for them, but it used to sell BBCs and Tatung Einsteins.
Boohoo :( -
your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…
The micro shop,dumbarton road Glasgow.
Great wee shop used from spectrum through to playstation.Was a family run store for many years but got sold and sadly didnt last more than a few years more after it appears. :( -
your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…
... knew of a little computer shop in a town called Beverly ... a Hewson compilation, then the shop disappeared. It was like one ... -
Did you choose to have a Speccy or did it just happen that way?A strange question I know, but, the reason I ask is that when we (my family) were looking to buy a computer non of my mates had computers and non of …
When I went to the shop I was after an Acorn, but they had sold out. They had some Spectrums in so I bought that instead. Gues I was just lucky. -
Dizzy X-Journey To Russia - English translation in 48/128 version & FIX of Abe's Mission-MissionHello there! Last week, there was discovered English translation of Russian game Dizzy X-Journey To Russia on the Internet. But it was available onl…
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off TOPIC :- Which is the best software to produce online shop ?Just wondering as there shed loads out there and im looking at Dreamweaver templates ready made things, and just wondering on people experiences. An…
PAYPAL has it's own shop type buttons.
you just set your price and description, and it gives you a the HTML to paste in your site, displaying a little 'buy now' button. Nochex has a similar thing too. -
Spectrum Software Site UpdateHi, We have just added the following Spectrum titles to our store...................... (All brand new and totally mint condition) uk861 Raster Run…
... 'm very impressed by this shop !!!
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Most controversial game ever...?The most controvertial game that I can personally think of would have to be 'Raid Over Moscow'. You play as the leader of a squadron of US planes and…
How about "Twister - Mother Of Harlots" before it went through the rebranding and System 3 got themselves into trouble for having scantily clad shop dummies at a show...? =-) -
The biggest map everI created a map for Nonterraqueous 1 and I can truly say that it is the biggest map, which I have ever produced - 6144 x 7392 pixels, 45MB (BMP form…
Cauldron 1. By the way the map for cauldron 2 in the Tip Shop is great. -
Beelzebub and other Spectrum owners...According to the site: [url="http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator"]http://homokaasu.org/gematriculator[/url] based on it's content, [url="http://www.…
... other week and a record shop was closing down. And for ... -
Games you wished they named differently...hello when a new spectrum game came out and it had your first name in did you want hide until that game went away.take my name,colin."colin the clea…
Aaargh! By Melbourne House.
Not that I ever owned the game, but can you imagine going into a shop and asking if they had it in stock? -
circuit boards?Supoosing one was in desperate need of an upgrade, and supposing one found some schematics on the net for a floppy interface, and an IDE interface, h…
... the UK we have a shop called Maplin, where you can ... -
Crash 20th AnniversaryOn 13th January 1984, Crash magazine was launched on our shelves, and was used as the template for all game magazines for the rest of the decade. Gon…
... ! i was going to the shop to get a copy of ... -
Anyone NOT have any problems loading?Loading was always a problem. I often thought I must be the only sad sack trying for the umpteenth time to load in Nonterraqueous. Must have loaded i…
... a cheapo drug-store type shop near us, that used to ... -
Warlock of Firetop MountainMy other half, Siouxsie, is quite pleased with herself as she has got 1050 points and 9 keys :) But here's the reason I've posted this: Why do you …
Vincent and Siouxsie from Dundee? I just know you guys have to be regulars in Martin's brother's scooter shop :) -
Here's an interesting URL[url="http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/content/retro.shtml"]http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/content/retro.shtml[/url]
... - i thought mine was a shop soiled copy as it was ... -
when did you last buy a spectrum game?When did you last buy a new commercial game in the shops for your spectrum? I guess I can't really answer that because I sold my spectrum in about 1…
... game I bought from a shop was probably Football Manager 3 ... -
Help with Su 20 and issues to swap /beg for to finish 1st 50!Got hold of issue 20 but with no cover, I can get an image of the front cover, but could someone tell me if the Kempston advert on page 2 and the qui…
... any angular errors with Paint Shop Pro....
Minor gripe ... -
when did you last buy a spectrum game?When did you last buy a new commercial game in the shops for your spectrum? I guess I can't really answer that because I sold my spectrum in about 1…
... game in a small electronic shop as budget software: Exterminator and ... -
Ebay findsWhat's the best deal you've found, and won, on Ebay? For me, the most recent will be a Speccy +2A with 102 games, most of these are the small cardbo…
... talking to the local corner shop keeper about computers etc, mentioned ... -
Codemasters petition and suchAbout a year ago there was talk and a petition to get codemasters to release their back catalogue, either to the public domain or on CD... Did anyth…
... games from carboot, ebay, charity shop etc
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Best place for MembranesIm new so excuse my ignorance. I need 4 membranes for 3 for spectrum + and 1 for 128 heatsink (i think they are the same) Where is the cheapest sup…
... ://www.sintech-shop.de/shop.htm"]http://www.sintech-shop.de/shop.htm[/url ... tis a good place to shop, very friendly well recommended !!
Games that wouldnt loadI had a few of these, and even after taking them bck some still didnt load first time :( anybody else have/had games like this The pain in the asses…
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The man in the shop explained about this fairly new ...Stoopid questions im about to ask :)so.....wot exactly is the differences between the original 48k speccy and a + is it just the keyboard as im led to believe or has anybody found any …
stupidget ill meet you in the cheapest greasiest fish and chip shop near the poncy restaurant ok? :)What's the best emulator......for running under Windows XP? I recently upgraded (grudgingly), aonly to find the emulators I had (Z80, Gleck, RealSpectrum) didn't work, or said …
i think so the guy in the local computer shop does all the insides but i'll point it out to him cheers againCustom Speccys and the like.hiya all I've been tinkering with building a Super spectrum for some time now. The whole process had changed and grown and ended up nothing like wha…
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[url="http://www.sintech-shop.de/home/spectrum-products.htm ... "]http://www.sintech-shop.de/home/spectrum-products.htm ...Did they ever make a Speccy version of Iron Horse?I don't know anything about MAME or anything, so I can't play the "original". *sighs* I loved that game in the arcade when I was wee...that and Green…
... play it in a chip shop in Streatham, South London when ...
