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  • (Not so) New game! The Prisoner - Now fully in english!Wow! [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=48135]more than 2 months late from the expected release date[/url] ^_^' but finally …

    ... weird stuff happen along the way :-) ) in this game based on ... the cult 60's TV ...
    Even when the 3 versions of the adventure (C64, Speccy & ... David Stimpson (well known expert in the original series) and Nicholas Campbell ...
    Rockersuke Moroboshi Rockersuke Moroboshi October 2014 Brand new software
  • Wrong information in the Khazzad-Dum entryIt states that "Originally planned to be published by Idealogic (in 1987). A few tapes were even manufactured - and since preserved - but they never …

    ... to be published by Idealogic (in 1987). A few tapes were ... never reached the shops. The first officially sold release was done in 1989 ... , he found a copy of the game in a shop, so it ... distributed with Idealogic, although, apparently, in little amounts of it.
    Ivanzx Ivanzx November 2014 Infoseek database
  • Uzebox - disappointing light in the darkSo I have come across this Nintendoish open source home made console and honestly I was disappointed with its capabilities. Why does not someone wit…

    ... /> Why does not someone with the knowledge desing a really capable ... older boards through MAME emulator... In today's days when every ...
    maiki maiki November 2014 Chit chat
  • The Beatles in mono or stereo? What do you prefer?I was listening recently to a couple of Beatles albums on Youtube in mono, i've never heard any in mono after 'Beatles for sale', it struck me that t…

    ... were far superior to the stereo versions (in the 60's mono was ... with more clarify, the early Beatles albums in stereo seemed to pan ... to one speaker and all the instruments in another, i guess this ... was too hasty buying the stereo remasters in 2009!
    There ...
    zx1 zx1 November 2014 Chit chat
  • Using an EPROM in a 48K SpectrumThere are plenty of guides as to how to do this floating around, however I didn't like the fact that you can't then plug in the standard 27128 ROM ch…

    ... you can't then plug in the standard 27128 ROM chip after ... in the four link positions, and one more at the ground point shown in the ... not to short against adjacent traces:

    [IMG]https:// ... could always wire in a switch as shown in the guide, and if ...
    balford balford January 2015 Hardware
  • The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in Pixels - Book Review[IMG]http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mYciLoMYyuI/VMd_Z4t09CI/AAAAAAAAR_k/kcODLPHGOWA/s1600/main.jpg[/IMG] [QUOTE]There was something the ZX Spectrum had o…

    ... />
    [QUOTE]There was something the ZX Spectrum had over me ... get a very special book in the post, a book from Chris ... Wilkins called 'The Story of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum in pixels'.[/QUOTE]
    the-story-of-sinclair-zx-spectrum-in.html[/url]
    Neil79 Neil79 January 2015 Chit chat
  • Joystick poke request - A Day in the Lifehttp://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001271 This is a great game, difficult but addictive - but what's driving me crazy is having to …

    ... to get up and cross the room every time I ... main TV, several feet from the Speccy, but even if ... start, rather than fire on the joystick, as at least that ... fire to advance between levels? In return I'll... er... ... dedicate my next high score in your honour! :)
    Mousey Mousey August 2015 Games
  • Jeff Lynne's ELO - Alone in the UniverseAnyone else excited about the new ELO album coming out in November, the released song (do they call them singles anymore) is classic ELO. https:/…

    Anyone else excited about the new ELO album coming out in November, the released song (do they call them singles anymore) is classic ELO.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfH8EJA-hg0
    beanz beanz September 2015 Chit chat
  • Xenon on the 16 bits - that bloke in the sunglassesYou know the pale guy that zooms in on the TV screen and says "Sector 1"? Who is he? One of the coders? I've had a quick web search and can't eas…

    You know the pale guy that zooms in on the TV screen and says "Sector 1"?

    Who is he? One of the coders? I've had a quick web search and can't easily find out, maybe some Amiga/ST experts here will know.

    (Just interested).
    R-Tape R-Tape November 2015 Chit chat
  • Half-Life 2 - The Closure, a mod to fill that Half-Life 3 gap in your life!If you're a Half-Life fan who's less than pleased at having to wait sixty zillion years (at a conservative estimate :() for Half-Life 3, then go to: …

    ... /

    And download the half-decade in the making mod that hopefully ... will make the wait a ... little more bearable. The author of the mod grew tired of ... 't know how, see the text file in the mod's folder.
    ewgf ewgf February 2016 Chit chat
  • I think I'm in love with Alexa....Hope the wife doesn't get jealousAnother gadget thread, no it's nothing as exciting as me having an affair with an Eastern European girl :)) It's basically Amazons equivalent of S…

    ... me instantly love it was....The wife has been using it ... pleased, I'm easily pleased in the short term though, and I ... 'm sure the novelty will wear off quick ... let me go and read the instructions :))

    Oh I ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2016 Chit chat
  • Land of Ultimatum poster in The Collected WorksHi I have a cassette copy of The Collected Works by Ultimate and the Ultimatum Poster in it has the Ultimate logo printed at the bottom centre. I hav…

    ... by Ultimate and the Ultimatum Poster in it has the Ultimate logo printed ... at the bottom centre. I ... not original. I have searched the forum and can't find ... I have seen in eBay listings and on the WOS database doesn ...
    MartinJGUK MartinJGUK April 2016 Games
  • Iconography in the 21st century.Today I am designing icons for a small program I am revamping and I got to thinking of saving and loading. Traditionally an icon for saving or loadin…

    ... just link such association with the 'oooold school computing' at best ... . A folder with an arrow in or out (for saving and ... at a stage now where the icons that are familiar to ... will rapidly become unfamiliar to the next.
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk May 2016 Chit chat
  • Was Beach Volley from Ocean ever released in the UK (Spectrum release)?I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión... Anybody owns this game …

    I have never seen it but the entry in WoS shows a cover from a UK versión, although It may be from the CPC or C64 versión...
    Anybody owns this game from the UK release?
    Ivanzx Ivanzx June 2016 Games
  • Everyone's a Wally, dancing in the street.I was messing around with the people commands in Wally and managed to get three of them.. Well take a look https://youtu.be/nxuMScKWZZY

    I was messing around with the people commands in Wally and managed to get three of them.. Well take a look

    https://youtu.be/nxuMScKWZZY
    Luny Luny July 2016 Software
  • So were the 80's really that great?I should imagine that most of us on WoS were kids during the 80's. I was 6 at the start of the 80's and obviously 16 at the and. Now that is one he…

    ...
    10 - VHS became the norm in the UK
    11 - Cartoons ... 3 - Race riots in the early 80s
    4 - The constant threat of ... the time
    8 - Long cold winters with boat loads of snow ... br /> 10 - Starting working in the real world in '89
    11 - ...
    stupidget stupidget July 2016 Chit chat
  • New Game! WIP demo based on HP Lovecraft's "In the Walls of Eryx"Started making this a fortnight ago after listening to an audiobook of "...Eryx" on Youtube and thought "This would make a brilliant wee game, actual…

    ... come on leaps and bounds in that time (I've even ... invisible maze/puzzle game (per the story), with lizard men, carnivorous ... . Here's a video of the progress I've made...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie August 2016 Announcements
  • So, is the loading noise in Start Trek IV Speccy noise, or something else?I grew up thinking that a few scenes in Star Trek IV had, without a doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again a couple d…

    ... doubt, ZX Spectrum loading noise in the background. I watched it again ... is true? Maybe the mystery was solved in a old topic, ... about Spectrum loading noise in one of the CSI shows.

    the first article above seems to ...
    zxbruno zxbruno February 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Send in the ClonesPlease name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I would say I need it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will be a bit more generous in this case!…

    Please name all the Spectrum clones out there ( I ... it back on my desk in 5 minutes , but I will ... bit more generous in this case!)

    When the list is ... then they can be assessed in rank order!
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio March 2017 Hardware
  • Galactic Abductors mispelling in the archiveThe title of the game should be Galactic Abductor, in singular: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001924

    The title of the game should be Galactic Abductor, in singular:

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001924
    Ivanzx Ivanzx March 2017 Infoseek database
  • wanted zx-style graphics / remake in the workswell, I`m not so sure where to put this, it is to summon people here at wos to join me at the graphics side of my project, a remake of one of the mos…

    ... to join me at the graphics side of my ... remake of one of the most loving classics (to ... keep at maximum the fidelity to the original, in an effort ... to honor the original.
    ... is important to have the Spectrum-related abilities and ...
    manicAlien manicAlien March 2017 Announcements
  • The Order of Mazes & Flynn's Adventure in Bombland Physical CopyHi I've always meant to create a physical copy of the games I created and have finally got round to it. I've only made 2 so far, one for me and on…

    ... for the Lone Magpie who created the great inlay (it is in the post ... just in case
    Side B of the tape has the newer ... version of Flynn's Adventure in ... Bombland (as mentioned in another post), plus all of the ...
    TomD TomD April 2017 Sales
  • z88dk : FIle Handling in C on the +3e environment under Win 764bitHello my fellow WoSers! I am wondering if someone can help me solve this little pickle of z88dk / Windows using +3e Filesystem. So a little inf…

    ... space in BASIC, by saving programs and variables within the environment ... Running this program loads the code from the virtual tap/tape created ... know could just lump the bin in the memory of the system but I ... I want to dump the code to the virtual hard disk.< ...
    Zetr0 Zetr0 June 2017 Development
  • A recollection of a Bug in a "good" game:the mystery of the bug and the game will be revealed later!Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game. So what! Well , I should explain: it was a good very popular game and I have to watc…

    Well what is the "big deal":- a bug in an old Spectrum game ... sons who clearly remembered the said bug in the said game and also ... said something along the lines of ... actually play them .But back in the the 1980s when I bought a ...
    harriusherbartio harriusherbartio April 2018 Games
  • JSW in the headlines todayhttp://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/man-still-knows-where-all-the-rooms-are-in-jet-set-willy-20180418147489

    http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/man-still-knows-where-all-the-rooms-are-in-jet-set-willy-20180418147489
    Bad Horsey Bad Horsey April 2018 Games
  • Isuzu Piazza in the UK?Having recently discovered this model and fell in love with it (the first generation) I was wondering if anyone remembers it too or knows any stories…

    ... this model and fell in love with it (the first generation) I ... ..

    Although the later cars must be the best ('handling by ... earlier ones more desirable for the pure design, "waffle" wheels, digital ... .
    Those never got to the UK?
    Renegade Renegade May 2018 Chit chat
  • Lots of French stations booming in on the FM broadcast band.Don't know if any of you fellow wosser's are interested in receiving/listening to long distance radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of …

    ... radio but currently here in the Lincolnshire area of UK, ... stations literally wiping out the UK stations. This is ... on the FM broadcast band. One ... co-channel interference of the a French station. Tropics ... this evening. If your in the UK and have an ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum June 2018 Chit chat
  • New Alphacom32 printer for sale in the U.S.I never thought I'd need to sell some of the hardware in my Sinclair collection, but life is full of ups and downs, right? Price may be considered hi…

    I never thought I'd need to sell some of the hardware in my Sinclair collection, but life is full of ups and downs, right? Price may be considered high, but that's what I'm hoping for.

    [url]https://www.ebay.com/itm/232892891415[/url]
    zxbruno zxbruno August 2018 Sales
  • what components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power onwhat components normally get taken out if you plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on? i remember doing this a few times when i had …

    ... plug+unplug a joystick interface in with the power on?

    in the 80's and having to ... send the thing back once and get ...
    digital digital October 2018 Hardware
  • I've bought a Sony Minidisc deck in 2018 - For the Love of MinidiscsI've got a little HIFI obsession going at the moment, not only tape decks, but mini disk and vinyl. I recently brought a second Technics SL1200 becau…

    ... players y were never popular in the USA but have a cult ... end models that were sold in the USA go for between$ 500 ... a new belt was in order. I used the buy it now ... double thickness too. So the upgrade in build quality and thus longevity ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2018 Chit chat
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