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TOP TIPBring back the good old days of Spectrum gaming on your PC by simulating TV scan-lines. This can easily be done by sellotaping a comb vertically acr…
Bring back the good old days of Spectrum gaming on your PC by simulating TV scan-lines. This can easily be done by sellotaping a comb vertically across each eye. -
Good hobby, not so good start!Hi there, I'm new here and am extrrrremely sorry if I'm asking something that has been covered before/is obvious, although I did have a nosy about a…
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The Countdown Has Ended...Look at this. I've reached 2000 posts at last, and in a fraction of the time it took me to get to 1000. Let me review what has happened in that time.…
... know my passion for Speccy gaming. In fact, my regular column ... -
The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain - did anyone ever finish this wretched game!?I've been 'enjoying' (if that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games I remember of yore, including "The Warlock Of Firetop…
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my dodgy speccys.hi people, i was wondering if i could engage some opinions / thoughts / ideas of anyone, regarding my current "fixing up" of my speccys, since you s…
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Retro Fusion Weekend EventChaps, To follow on from The Retro Ball gaming event I organised last year, we are doing a new event on September 30th called Retro Fusion::A Weeken…
... on from The Retro Ball gaming event I organised last year ... Retro Fusion::A Weekend of Gaming!
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Cge 2006?Is there going to be a Classic Gaming Expo held this year? I haven't seen anything mentioned about it anywhere. I bought a ticket for last years even…
... going to be a Classic Gaming Expo held this year? I ... -
Retro Fusion:Weekend of Gaming tickets now for sale[img]http://www.digitalarcade.co.uk/ad_show_1.jpg[/img] Tickets for sale here : [url=http://www.retrofusion.co.uk/weekend/buy.htm]http://www.retrofu…
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Tickets for sale here : [url=http://www.retrofusion.co.uk/weekend/buy.htm]http://www.retrofusion.co.uk/weekend/buy.htm[/url] -
Yet another wacky, outlandish idea with no hope of implementation whatsoever...Wouldn't it be cool if a modern update of Level 9's Silicon Dreams Trilogy was made, where you could control Kim Kimberly on her (his?) exploits in g…
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Ebay moan #86,400I'm looking in the Vintage & Retro Gaming section and yet all I can see are World Of Warcraft and Runescape gold purchases etc. I wouldn't mind a few…
... in the Vintage & Retro Gaming section and yet all I ... nothing to do with Retro gaming!) but they are taking up ... to browse all the retro gaming stuff! -
Perfect Dark (N64) - best FPS ever?Since we're talking about Half-Life 2 on this board, I thought I'd mention Perfect Dark, the best first person shooter ever. Don't believe me? Hardly…
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The Thief gamesDuring the recent first-person-shooter debate, the game Thief was mentioned (by Dunny, who should be working on Spin instead of playing games, the sk…
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Was the ZX Spectrum PAL only?...Hello, glad to be here! I would LOVE to get a Spectrum, but, AFIK, they are all PAL, and I live in the US. Was there ever an NTSC Spectrum? I love…
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Game On exhibition at Science Museum, LondonJust come back from the exhibition today with my mother! Had a really great time there. Lots of fantastic games and machines to play on. And you can…
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Manic Miner and JSW remakes...Which ones can you guys recommend? I want playable, fun and NOT insanely difficult! Suggestions? While I'm at it, I found the 'Lost Gems' thread v i…
... discovering the wonders of Speccy gaming recently, any other gems you ... -
Lik Sang go out of businessLik Sang, the Hong Kong based computer and console sales company that many people used to buy Japanese/NTSC or hard to find hardware and software fro…
... Lik-Sang.com, the popular gaming retailer from Hong Kong, has ... not only the world wide gaming community in more than ... their shameful track record as gaming industry leader. The Empire ... but everybody else in the gaming world lost something today."[/COLOR ... -
19" TFT Monitor RecommendationsI've got a budget of around ?150 to buy a 19" TFT monitor. It must have a good response time, for gaming and stuff, a decent contrast ratio and brig…
I've got a budget of around ?150 to buy a 19" TFT monitor. It must have a good response time, for gaming and stuff, a decent contrast ratio and brightness value.
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Deus ExSince we sometimes mention classic non-Spectrum games (and even the rubbish on the Commodore 64 ;) ) on this forum, how come we've never discussed De…
Naked War (by The Pickford Brothers)You remember the guys who made Zub, Glider Rider, Feud? Well, they've gone indie and have a new PC game out called Naked War: [url]http://www.naked…
Top 25 PlatformersAt Retro Gamer we love feedback from readers and are constantly looking for ways to integrate your thoughts and opinions into the magazine. Anyway,…
... to places that no other gaming character can reach? Let us ...Multiplayer gaming back thenHi all you Spectrum lovers Just wanted to share a thought... One of the reasons of all my fond memories of the Spectrum era, was that in my opinion …
Hi all you Spectrum lovers
Just wanted to share a thought... One of the reasons of all my fond memories of the Spectrum era, was that in my opinion multiplayer games were much more common and accessible. Nowadays, specially on PC, it's hard to ...Nostalgia or just pure quality?I was just thinking - if it wasn't for emulators and I played my last speccy game back in 1990 (on a real speccy) - would I look back with a fondness…
... ' looked like the future of gaming/pet owning? Or would it ...don't go Vista matesaGreetings. As you well know, there has been a massive campaign to push Vista into the users. I'm against it and always will be. Most of the ancient s…
... to support Vista.
Gaming on Vista--and Vista's ... only much later. The full gaming potential of DirectX 10 requires ...Retro computing and gaming things on eBay.Right-ho, chaps, I've put a few auction up on the eBay, and thought I'd just advertise them here. Not strictly ZX related, but bound to interest some…
Right-ho, chaps, I've put a few auction up on the eBay, and thought I'd just advertise them here. Not strictly ZX related, but bound to interest someone.
First up: 4 games for the Sega Master System
[url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/ ...Nostalgia or Spectrumness?I packed up my 48K with souped up keyboard in about 1986 and came to misty-eyed nostalgia via emulation a few weeks ago, triggered accidentally by a …
... a Spectrum factor that makes gaming good? And what other Fire ...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
what's you favourite moment it could be anything a sprite, a soundbite a loading screen anything
mime is when you take out two soldiers with one swipe of your staff in Robin of the Wood a ...1982 speccy gaming pioneersThe games that helped get the Spectrum noticed are about to be 25 years old. Which is the best game from 1982? A list of the 30 with the highest rati…
The games that helped get the Spectrum noticed are about to be 25 years old. Which is the best game from 1982?
A list of the 30 with the highest ratings in the archive[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekadv.cgi?what=1®exp=&yrorder ...non-speccy simple gemsi've realized, my absoluttely most favourite games are all quite simple, much simplier in a way, than lot of speccy complex titles. (and they're free…
... quickly - which is what's gaming about, in my view. (firefly ...
