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Death of the Computer Science DepartmentRead this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and wo…
Read this article on the death of the computer science department in universities by Neil McBride from De Montfort. It makes very interesting (and worrying) reading.
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Speccy map of the UKHi, I decided to play about with Google Maps to see what it could do, and decided to come up with a Speccy map of the UK. The idea is to put flags…
... up with a Speccy map of the UK. The idea is to put ... /speccymap/[/url] with markers for the CRASH offices and Ocean's ... anywhere else? I'm thinking of:
Surbiton (Manic Miner ... -
Fun accountancy question of the week!!!Just for the fun of it, I thought I'd share my latest tax problem with all my spec-chums on World of Sinclair. Read this and be thankful you aren't …
... RATES provided at the beginning of the textbook are as ... the first part of my answer, which matches the answer at the back of the ... at the back of the textbook! The breakdown given at the back of the textbook ... from an earlier edition of the textbook that used ... -
Favourite Gaming moment of the last 25 yearsin a continuation of the 25 years thread what's you favourite moment it could be anything a sprite, a soundbite a loading screen anything mime is w…
in a continuation of the 25 years thread
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Are you a serious programmer of the Spectrum?A statement at the back of "The complete Spectrum ROM disassembly". [quote] The "Complete Spectrum ROM disassembly" is a must for all serious progra…
A statement at the back of "The complete Spectrum ROM disassembly".< ... br />
[quote]
The ... must for all serious programmers of the Spectrum.
[/quote]
of this book?
RZX Manic Miner: Eugene - Lord of the BathroomOne of the better MM clones - graphically pleasing too. Does anyone happen to have the RZX for this game, which seems to be listed but AWOL from Dar…
One of the better MM clones - graphically pleasing too.
Does anyone happen to have the RZX for this game, which seems to be listed but AWOL from Daren's admirable archive? The first 2 screens were very playable but the third defeats me.Sega Megadrive...what i think of the colection...So i went and done it, I got myself the Megadrive Colection for PS2... I know I should download it for free and play it on the pc, but I've tried it…
... do an analysis of the "game". MegaDrive was always the system that I ... aged badly or whatever...the fact is most of the games seem slow ... kid like an expensive version of the Master System games...
< ... , and that it sort of lost the "real war" feeling to ...Birthdays of the happy! Zeropolis 79!Bloody hell you're younger than me? I thought I was one of the young un's on here :p Anyway Happy Burfday ....Drink Beer :( have a Gudden!
Bloody hell you're younger than me? I thought I was one of the young un's on here :p
Anyway
Happy Burfday
....Drink Beer :(
have a Gudden!Fate of the Spectrum drawing board?Dear All, I thought you might be interested, or even relieved to hear that the Science Museum has agreed today to take the drawing board as a permane…
... even relieved to hear that the Science Museum has agreed ... today to take the drawing board as a ... mats and metal covers - The manufacturer of the rubber mats was a company ... mouldings', once part of the 'London Rubber Co' The Aluminium key mat ...What's Your Opinion of the American Version of "The Office"?I think it's the ONLY American interpretation of any British TV show to get it right (because the American version of Coupling was awful). It's also …
I think it's the ONLY American interpretation of any British TV show to get it right (because the American version of Coupling was awful). It's also the only one to carry on it's own and not be a complete ripoff of the British one. Any thoughts?New proccessors of the future and the Speccy[url]http://www.embedded.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=15201862[/url] I was very interested in the part where it said "old embedded processors nev…
... /> I was very interested in the part where it said "old ... 8051s, Z80s, and more descendants of the x86 line soldier on in ... systems."
Long live the Speccy! I want to see ... /> Make you wonder where the hardware of the future is going and what ...Harry Potter And The Order Of The PhoenixSaw this earlier tonight and I must say I really enjoyed it. I haven't read any of the books (apart from the first one a good while ago) but I think …
... haven't read any of the books (apart from the first one a ... think I'll visit the library during the week and pick them ... . It was really good and the cast were amazing as always ... Watson is turning into quite the sexy lady. :)
Necros ...What Is the Name of the Game?Quite a long time ago, I played a game and now I would like to play it again on the emulator. However I do not remember the name of the game. In eve…
... the name of the game.
In every round, the character of the ... game has to stop (kill?) another charater that walks down the ... in the small wagon to pull the trigger at the right ... radar when the character (cowboy?) is at the right place. ...The soundtrack of the Moroder version of MetropolisI've just read the "Silent Movie" thread on this forum, and was wondering does anyone have the sound track album to the Giorgio Moroder version of th…
... anyone have the sound track album to the Giorgio Moroder version of the film ... Metropolis?
I've never heard the ... soundtrack album, though I have the film. I've read ... has partially different music to the film, and thought it ...Getting games because of the covers?I remember in my early days that i used to feel the need to get games because of the covers, and then promptly wish i hadnt!! Earliest memories are …
... used to feel the need to get games because of the covers, and ... have had duel in the title, The pyramid by fantasy and even ... sabotage(?) on the zx81.
Anyone else ... used to get excited to the point of turning to jelly because ...Masters of the UniverseMore database corruption here. The file claiming to be the Kixx rerelease of [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/m/MastersOfTheUni…
... .
The file claiming to be the Kixx rerelease of [url=ftp ... of the Universe - The Arcade Game[/url] is exactly the same as the original release of ... /MastersOfTheUniverse-TheMovie.tzx.zip]Masters of the Universe - The Movie[/url].Changing the colour of the loading 'stripes'I was wondering if it were possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of some descri…
... possible to alter the default colours of the standard ROM loading ... 'stripes' via BASIC, mabye a POKE command of ... some description? I remember the SAM ... simplistic way of altering the loading stripes on the SAM and ...Duel of the games 4! Super conundrum! Manic Miner vs Jet Set WillyGo on I dares ya, to decide which one is best, it's popped up in many, many previous threads, so do it, decide the better of the 2 :D
Go on I dares ya, to decide which one is best, it's popped up in many, many previous threads, so do it, decide the better of the 2 :DDuel of the games 6! Exploding Fist vs IKIt's a great idea this "duel of the games" series. Here another one: The way of the Exploding Fist vs International Karate. What dou you think?
It's a great idea this "duel of the games" series. Here another one:
The way of the Exploding Fist vs International Karate.
What dou you think?Name the GameSomeone over at the Retro Gamer forum is asking what game this is for the Speccy, lets do WOS proud !... "I remember playing a game on my Speccy, bu…
... , but cannot for the life of me remember the title. I don ... freebie.
Anyway the game was quite simple - you ... a little character at the bottom of the screen, and you could ... fire (ala space invaders). At the top of the screen it was all green ...Wrong in-game screen for Realm of the Undead ?I've just played completely through [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004053"]Realm of the Undead[/URL] And I've not bumped int…
... /infoseekid.cgi?id=0004053"]Realm of the Undead[/URL]
And I ... 've not bumped into the screen given with it on ... [/URL] is a screen from the first level. You have to ...Some more questions on various subjectsSome more questions that occur to me (mainly when I can't sleep). 1. Do DVD discs have PAL/NTSC formats? If so, how come I could play DVD regio…
... even between underground and the top of the highest mountain in the world is so ... and programmers, and the pencil drawings of the initial designs of the games layouts.
I wouldn't class Vectron as a FPS really ...perks of the jobsive spent all morning measuring nurses for some new uniforms. well i didn't do it myself as i could loose my job for that sort of thing, so i one o…
... for that sort of thing, so i one of the other nurses did ... at tried to note down the sizes. it was like a ...Out of the ShadowsHello, I've been taking a nostalgic look through some of the games that I used to play as a kid - atic atac still rocks! For some reason I can't g…
... a nostalgic look through some of the games that I used to ... I can't get out of the shadows to run.
I ... Spectaculator 6. I just get the loading screen and can never ...WHO is in control of the DOCTORWhen i was a little un watching Dr Who Pertwee then Baker, i always thought that the DR was never in control of where the Tardis materialised, back i…
... thought that the DR was never in control of where the Tardis materialised ... is in total control of where the Tardis materialises and i ... just watched a little bit of the Time Meddler and in it ... makes a big play of never altering the timeline of events, but surely ...Commercial life of the 16 bits?Just sat here, browsing the archive looking at the game adverts. The Spectrum went North commercially around 1993, and the C64 managed to hold on (al…
... "replacements" the Amiga and the Atari ST really last after the demise of the Speccy ... ? We were bombarded with adverts for these machines in the ... final months of Your Sinclair, practically urging ...First lightning storm of the year.In south wales near Cardiff, and we are having the first lightning storm of the year. Yay. Gunna take my camera out, drive to a big hill and see wha…
In south wales near Cardiff, and we are having the first lightning storm of the year. Yay.
Gunna take my camera out, drive to a big hill and see what I get.The Secret of the NautilusThis is a PC game (aka. The Mystery of the Nautilus) which I got for a fiver recently, on the understanding that it was the WinXP compatible version,…
... a PC game (aka. The Mystery of the Nautilus) which I got for ... a fiver recently, on the ... understanding that it was the WinXP compatible version ... a definitive solution to the WinXP problem, as the later "Secret" ...Graph - rise and fall of the Speccy* X-axis is the year of the first review of this piece of software * Y-axis is the count of those pieces of software - NOT sales * Each piece of so…
* X-axis is the year of the first review of this piece of software
* Y ... -axis is the count of ... those pieces of ...Star Wars Knights of the Old RepublicHas anyone played Knights of the Old Republic? What do you think of the game? I've never really played an RPG before (apart from Deus Ex and No One L…
... played Knights of the Old Republic? What do you think of the game? ... to see what everyone thinks of the game. Please don't ... sorcery vs. science fiction) the difference in combat - Morrowind ...
* What's the phrase for the opposite of "real time"? Is it ...
