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Another "Does anyone know this game"Hello guys, Hope you can help me - been trying to id this game for ages. It was a trading game, based on an island where the winner was the first to …
... - been trying to id this game for ages.
It was a trading game, based ... the winner was the first to earn a certain amount of $ and ... locals, gold ingots, needing a diving suit to search the lake and ... -
How to get WinXP folder contents listed in ASCII sequence?Having recently transferred a lot of source & data files from Win98 to WinXP I've just come to realise that, unlike Win98 or Win3 or MacOS or Unix or…
... alpha-numeric sorting which makes a mockery of any normal ... />
The problem: As a simple example, I'd expect ... 'd'. These aberrations makes trying to find items in large folders problematical ... either. Is there a way to revert WinXP to ASCII sorting of ... -
Where to find SquareMania by AprisobalThe updates page lists a game called SquareMania (by someone called Aprisobal) as being available for distribution. It looks very simplistic, rather …
The updates page lists a game called SquareMania (by someone called ... in fact, but similar to a PSP homebrew game that I've never ... give it (the Speccy one) a try, but there is no ... />
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Did you ever had a motion sickness when playing a 3d game?Do you know it, you start to play a 3d game and after a while you feel dizzy and about to puke. If you haven't heard about it it's described here un…
... it, you start to play a 3d game and after a while you feel ... dizzy and about to puke ... 's really annoying. You want to play a game, but you can't ... -
Recommendation for a picture search tool?I've been browsing program download sites until my eyes are sore; and downloaded, installed and removed programs until I'm fed up. I've been trying t…
... fed up. I've been trying to find something which I can use ... to search for pictures on my ... ; and, whenever I've tried a likely looking one, it hasn ... I want. Has anyone got a recommendation for a program that does? -
Spectrum clone system that can run game imagesI was wondering... Is there a spectrum clone in the market (that I could buy) that can accept any type of external memory (eg USBdrive,IDE,SD cards …
... cards etc..) and is able to read speccy images (z80,tap ... that I see so many game consoles in the market and ... all of them appeal to me mostly because the ... /> So, if I'm able to find a speccy that can load games ... I won't even need to buy a console :P
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ZXSpin Loading the wrong gameWhile trying to load a new game from within ZXSpin through any of the means available (File menu or Tape Browser) the application keeps loading Alien…
While trying to load a new game from within ZXSpin through any ... application keeps loading Alien 8, a game that had been loaded on ... a previous ZXSpin session.
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PAL-I to PAL-B on a grey +2Hello. A friend brought over a grey +2 from the UK. The tv sets over here are PAL B/G and i can't tune the sound because of the frequency of the sou…
... and comparing the board visually to a PAL B machine, i spot ... the coils, wich i think to be normal, considering the ... /> I was unable to find a datasheet for the mc1376 to find some clues and ... i cannot find a trace that sends sound to be joined to the image ... -
2nd Keyboard for 2-player games?Instead of trying to use keys that we don't like or use a joystick for the 2nd player on a 2-player game, could a second keyboard be used? And if so,…
... trying to use keys that we don't like or use a ... 2nd player on a 2-player game, could a second keyboard be ... ...
Could a second Spectrum be used just ... used as a second keyboard, plug it to one of ... I'm just trying to find an easy way to do it, so ... -
Visually reverse engineering a map (Barbarian 2)Sometimes I talk too much, for too long, and mostly about nothing at all in particular. I had spent nearly an hour writing a long-winded, step-by-st…
... description of what I did to visually reverse-engineer the ... .
1. Find a game which poses mapping problems.
2. Map the game, screen-by-screen. Thanks Pavero ... /> 4. Re-arrange the visuals to represent reality.
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Can anyone name these 2 text adventures??I'm trying to find the names of two text adventures but I'm not having any luck so far and wondered if anyone can help. Hopefully if I describe what …
I'm trying to find the names of two text ... a drainpipe to get into a locked bathroom?
On the second game ... I can remember locations like a quarry, a waterfall which ... you could jump off, caves, a ... -
Hmmmm I feel kinda weird, and at a bit of a lossIn the last 10 years or so I've had several people collapse in front of me, out of all those people 2 of them died right there and then, and 1 of the…
... I'm not going to go on a rant about being ... ". Well I'd found a bottle of organic honey which ... When I came back from trying to find the honey, I hear " ... I thought he was having a brain heamorage or something. So ... , they take him away on a guerney.
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how to reflect a byte's bit-pattern in assembly?I'm trying to use 16 pixel-wide graphics which are symmetrical around the vertical, i.e. if the left byte is 01001110 the right byte will be 01110010…
I'm trying to use 16 pixel-wide graphics ... 01110010. Is there a fast way in assembly to generate the right ... -
First attempt at coding a game in assemblyRight.... I've knocked up something with basic graphics using TommyGun/Spin and Pasmo... It's not strictly a game, mainly cos I don't have any baddi…
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It's not strictly a game, mainly cos I don't ... in case anyone would like to take a look at the project ... ]
NOTE: You have to select Kempston and make sure ... because I cant be bothered to write the routines for other ... -
FUSE loads .wav files but audio2tape fails to create .tapI'm trying to write a utility to extract ASM listings out of OCP Assembler save files. I have a few audio tapes with assembler files that I want to c…
I'm trying to write a utility to extract ASM listings out of ... assembler files that I want to capture the assembler listings into ... does the first step of trying to read a tape file.
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Fastest way to clear a screen.We haven't had an optimizing fun for some time, so let's have some: What's the fastest way to clear a screen (i.e., filling the 6912 bytes at 16384 w…
... : What's the fastest way to clear a screen (i.e., filling ... shortest code as well and find the fastest solution for each ... the memory contention.
To start with, here's the ... 's about 2 50Hz frames to put it in perspective. So ... -
Can you name these developers?I'm trying to find out who did the Sinclair Spectrum version of the 1984 game Ghostbusters by Activision. I know the game (all platforms) was design…
... trying to find out who did the Sinclair Spectrum version of the 1984 game ... br />
I know the game (all platforms) was designed by ... etc.
Was it a British company?
I ... might just be another reference to the original adapters.
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Looking for a gameHey guys. A friend is loking for a game but he can't remember the name. I'll try to describe it. In the game you see a long map, you control a base …
Hey guys. A friend is loking for a game but he can' ... t remember the name. I'll try to ... describe it.
In the game you see a ... long map, you control a base on ... br /> Your goal is to capture all factories and ... -
looking for a game involving trainhello, i can't remember the name of a game. it was released around 83-85. you control a train and should avoid obstacles while moving left to right…
... 't remember the name of a game. it was released around 83 ... control a train and should avoid obstacles while moving left to right ... rip-off, but very fun to play.
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Pc to real +2 loading issues Please Help!?!?This is causing me great headaches, please shine some light onto it. I had a black +2 128k as a kid, always argued that it was better than C64 with …
... now has a faulty mech due to me trying to adjust it ... all don't quite load a game properly.
... and the original game, I'm not trying to be a pirate!!
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Looking for a game which has bugged me for years..NOT SPECTRUMok..ok... I've sinned... Downloaded a *spit* commode 16 plus 4 emulator! Brought back some great memories playing on Icicle Works, Big Mac, Treasu…
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I can always remember a game...im pretty damn sure it ...
It was a platformer/adventure, about a golden cup or something ... or "Talismen" had something to do with the game
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Trying to help a ZX81 user[QUOTE=ZX81OAP at the ZX81 forum]I am looking for the name of a magazine that was mainly for computer projects. I started some improvements for the …
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very easy to understand with photo's of ... on a PCB. I would now like to finish ... these projects. The
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Mozg Processor (Polish text adventure)[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006622[/url] MozgProcesor.z80.zip ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) Broken/corrupted version (cor…
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While trying to find the authors of this game to get the original ... It seems the game was re-released under a new software ... another e-mail to and am waiting for a reply.
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Help me to name some games![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnf_XqWGVKE[/youtube] Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing on this video,but sadly I can't …
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Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing ... Skiing
105. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
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114. A View To A Kill
115. Stormlord
152. The Train Game
153. Chequered Flag
Bram Stoker's Dracula - the test adventure: Hard or what??Hi guys, this is a great website. Without the thoughtful people who posted the scanned magazine walkthrough guides for the above-mentioned game, I wo…
... -mentioned game, I would still be depressingly trying to figure out what to do ... anyways) back to the original game package contents. Was there a map? Because ... you think you need to find a map within the game or some sort ...Jumping to BASIC after importing 23296,1703Sorry for the confusing title. :-D Now that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a few more que…
... that I've learned how to stop a game from starting after loading ... (in Fuse and Specemu), I have a ... let's say I load a game, pause it and import my ... the subject of jumping to BASIC, I find it curious that Multiface ...First Class - Anyone remember it?Hello all This already mentioned in a previous thread, only I been trying to locate some video clips of an old 80's show called First Class. It were…
... already mentioned in a previous thread, only I been trying to locate some ... where participents did a general knowledge round, followed by game players playing ... watching it as a nipper !
I managed to find a wiki, but ...I just spent over ?50 trying to kill a spider !!!On my car i noticed from the outer edge of the door mirror there was a spiders web which was attached to the centre of the door, so it was quite a bi…
... there was a spiders web which was attached to the centre ... of the door, so it was quite a ... wasn't fast enough to get it with a stick.
1, i went to jet ... and i paid particular attention to the mirror with the ...Hermitage adventure problemH'okay. Here I am trying to find some salt to perform a Satanic ritual and there's none to be found anywhere when you need it. It's always the case. …
... I am trying to find some salt to perform a Satanic ritual and ... different versions of this game and the solution was ... /> If you want to have a go at finding the salt ... mob (I neglected to mention that I accidentally ... ritual. I can't find a pig either, but that ...Looking for a gameI used to play a Spectrum game and I can't remember the name of it. It was a 2D maze game, and the contents of the maze were not visible until you ma…
I used to play a Spectrum game and I can't remember the name of it. It was a 2D maze game, and the contents of the maze were not visible until you made your way through those parts of the maze. Any ideas what game that might have been?
