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Need help to remember the name of a gameHi everyone, there was a game for the ZX Spectrum that was given away free on a magazine, it was either Your Sinclair or Sinclair User, and I used to…
... , there was a game for the ZX Spectrum that was given ... it, sadly I cannot remember the name of it, so I am ... them, I've checked both of the magazines websites but no luck ... -
Please, for the love of God, what the hell was it?Right chaps, let's identify a game which has been bugging me for ages. I remember it having a really good musical score, but I can't remember the nam…
... 't remember the name.
The game itself was part of the 'updated ... Breakout' wave that started with Arkanoid and Krakout. The ... balls at a wall, at the top of the screen. I believe it ... -
The state of this bloody country.I went for a rare night out in town tonight. Usually I avoid such nights cos most times it ends up with me either whacking someone or getting whacke…
... of us are in the shitiest part of town standing in a queue of ... 't go in because the dress code says I ... be having a word with the druggies.
OK, ... , stone cold sober, because the police were 'concerned' about ... ago in a different part of the country, and didn't ... -
Attack of the chavsA friend of mine just got attacked by three youths. Apparently a recent craze is to take photos or video by mobile phone of your friends attacking pe…
A friend of mine just got attacked by ... or video by mobile phone of your friends attacking people.
The building he had left was ... from our house. What has the world come to when you ... okay now, just waiting for the police to arrive. -
Oh God, what WAS the name of this game!?I think all the action took place on one screen as I can't remember it scrolling or any other screens. You control a little man who starts at the to…
I think all the action took place on ... man who starts at the top of the screen and works his ... way down to the bottom. He ... a load of pirahnas.
Then at the bottom you ... static, cloaked man to win the game.
Any ... -
Can't remember for the life of me...Hi guys, first post here, only 20, but I had a spectrum for a fair amount of those years (until the keyboard stopped working :() There was a text ba…
... for a fair amount of those years (until the keyboard stopped working ... for the life of me remember the name, but I remember a few of the ... things you could do/that were in the game ... a picture of some kind that could be displayed on the screen ... -
how do i save dave at the start of four minutes to midnighti was playing four minutes to midnight the other day, at the start when the car hits the pump, i can prevent it exploding and get inside the car but …
... to midnight the other day, at the start when the car hits the pump ... do i get dave out of the car alive before it explodes ... -
Any chance of Spin/Spectaculator on the PSP ?Is there any chance that Spin/Spectaculator will be developed for the PSP ? I have seen another PSP Speccy emulator listed on the forums but i would…
... /Spectaculator will be developed for the PSP ?
I have ... the forums but i would be very interested in seeing one of the ... quality of Spin/Spectaculator
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Trying to find the name of an 80's Horror FlickBack when I was at school one of the one of the teachers would sometimes bring in a video and show it to us at lunchtime. I remember watching a bit o…
... I was at school one of the one of the teachers would sometimes bring ... to life. (I think the picture was of some old man sitting ... are two silver posts. The canisters start being sucked between ... dimension or something. Then the guy gets partly sucked through ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 30 October 2005Sunday 30 October 2005 Crivvens! What an indecently massive load of stuff this month - a veritable feast of tips, maps, POKEs and complete solutions.…
... Shark , Forgotten Worlds , Game Over , Ghostbusters 2 ,
Great Escape, The , Gunpowder ... in Microdot , Paradox , Pawns of War ,
Pentacle, The , Pete Bog , Peter Pan ... -
Weird and Funny feelings of playing the games...what were your weirdest, strangest or funniest feelings of playing the games on 8bit computeres? like scarying you to birth (death?!), making you shi…
... , strangest or funniest feelings of playing the games on 8bit computeres?
of these feelings in some games ... when deeply submerged into the gameplay and the story put me miles ... memory back which titles, parts of the games these were. -
Nick Mason (Pink Floyd) mentions the Spectrum in his book!I just finished reading Nick Mason's "Inside out: a personal history of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with a chronology of events …
... a personal history of Pink Floyd". Entertaining reading. The book ends with ... it begins in 1943 with the birth of Wright and Waters, and ... April 1982 Flakland war declared
- 23 May 1982 "The Wall" film ... to say, no mention anywere of the hated C=64! (he does ... -
Got loads of 2nd hand records during the week[Brag Mode] I picked up this lot for ?30 at the local car boot sale last Sunday. Bruce Springsteen - Greetings From Asbury Park NJ A-Ha - Hunting Hi…
... this lot for ?30 at the local car boot sale last ... Your Mouth 12"
Art Of Noise & Max Headroom - Paranoimia ... in great condition but some of the covers are a bit tattered ... Heroes 12" on ebay during the week. I've been wanting ... -
Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…
... in the industry when the Spectrum won that crucial war of Xmas 84. The ... overall sales figures in 1985, arguably the ... most important year of the 8-bit micro ... because this was one of the only countries that Sinclair ... -
The Endorian ForestSeeing good old Manic Miner again, I remembered how stunned I was when I saw Return of the Jedi and realized one of Manic Miner's levels, The Endoria…
... I saw Return of the Jedi and realized one of Manic Miner's ... levels, The Endorian Forest, represented ... s that possible? Was the programmer one of these people that spied ... innocent the last time I played it. Good old cold-war era ... -
Worthing Pier. The death of my childhood arcade, and the end of an era.[url="http://photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Worthing/"]http://photobucket.com/albums/v616/THXII38/Worthing/[/url] The last of the original arc…
... The last of the original arcade machines. :(
The dancing monkeys, and the marksman ... poor state of repair, the sights are knackered. None of the other machines ... The photos of the knackered Fruit Machine on the beach, sum up the death of the old ... -
New material on the early days of CRASH at CRASH OnlineIn preparation for "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" (due later this year), Oli found some historical documents relating to the early days of CRASH. T…
In preparation for "The Fantasy Art of Oliver Frey" (due ... documents relating to the early days of CRASH. This material ... a sketch form of the CRASH logo to honour the occasion.
... the links to the individual issues of CRASH, bringing up a thumbnail of the ... -
The A-Z of Classic Computer GamesI was looking around a local bookshop today and I came across this brilliant little book. The author, Jack Railton, appears to be a big fan of the Sp…
... be a big fan of the Speccy as most of the book talks about ... our favourite games of old, e ... buying. I didn't have the money to buy it today ... -
The longest (but most fun) weekend of my lifeAn archaeology conference (which was organised by an archaeologist friend of mine) was held in Kilkenny this weekend. It concentrated entirely on dis…
... discoveries and ongoing projects in the city. I've been helping ... smoothly and it was the best weekend of my (recent) life. :) ... and historians from various parts of the country.
Anyway, ... more entries for the keyword list over the next few days ... -
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…
... 's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic ... games I remember of yore, including "The ... Warlock Of ... you merely stagger out of the maze? Do you ... -
10 Years Since The Death Of Brad NowellIt's been ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead singer/gutairist/songwriter for the 90's Long Beach, CA based ska-punk band Sub…
... ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead ... Sublime, one of the most underrated punk bands of all time. The band had ... such an impact in the short ... bands such as The Suicide Machines, and some of their fellow third ... -
what was the name of that game...What was the name of the game , it was a platform and you could jump onto lava bubbles coming up from vents to get to higher levels. i thought it was…
What was the name of the game , it was a platform and you could jump onto lava bubbles coming up from vents to get to higher levels. i thought it was Underwurlde but thats a different game I think, help please I'm dying to be reunited with it... -
The next batch of Cure Remasters are on their way...Deluxe two-disc editions of The Cure's albums The Top, The Head On The Door and Kiss Me Kiss Me Kiss Me will be released on the 7th of August. As wel…
... -disc editions of The Cure's albums The Top, The Head On The Door and ... Me will be released on the 7th of August. As well as ... , a two-disc edition of Blue Sunshine by The Glove (Robert Smith ... side project with Siouxsie & The Banshees) will also be released ... -
Here We Go Again! Whats The Name Of The Game?I remember playing (And downloading) a game in wich you where a gunmen on top of a stagecoach shooting...(indians I guess) I thought the game's name…
... where a gunmen on top of a stagecoach shooting...(indians I ... guess)
I thought the game's name was stagecoach ... wasnt...can any one remember the name of that game? -
Curiosity: La Abadia del Crimen (The Abbey of crime) slightly offtopicIt is a visor of the different rooms of the game, in java. The problem is that the spectrum version doesn't appear, that's the reason why this post i…
... visor of the different rooms of the game, in java. The problem is that the spectrum ... doesn't appear, that's the reason why this post is ... a little offtopic. But as the game is a conversion between ... .html[/url]
Respect the remake... I don't see ... -
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…
... working on Spin instead of playing games, the skiving git ;) ). I ... guards due to the noise and the possibility of alarms being triggered ... longevity, when you've tired of the game's original levels.
the XBox; Deus Ex: Invisible War was dumbed ... -
Can anyone help me with the name of an old ZX Spectrum Game?Hello I was hoping someone here might be able to help me. I've been racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum game I used to play when I was …
... racking my brains for the name of a ZX Spectrum ... I can't for the life of me remember what ... can I see', 'pick up the gun', 'shoot gun' etc ... I can distinctly remember the cover of the cassette the game came in. It ... mountain-type thing on the front. I could have ... -
Amazon SystemsIn the 1980s, my company, Amazon Systems, did quite a few Arcade to Home Computer conversions for Parker Games. The games Panama Joe and Death Star…
In the 1980s, my company, Amazon Systems, did quite a few ... should read Parker Games / Amazon Systems.
In addition, ... never saw the light of day because Parker dropped out of the games market ... a clear out at Amazon Systems right now, and wonder ... -
That imprint on the back of rubber key speccysAfter reading and posting in the composite monitor topic in the hardware section it got me finking, that imprint on the back of the spectrum beside t…
... the hardware section it got me finking, that imprint on the back of the ... spectrum beside the tv out ... socket, do you think that at the ... beginning, sinclair were thinking of having ... -
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…
... all other skills. At the start of the game, you are given ... be proficient in hacking computer systems, or a good shot ... (considering the time of the game's release, and the specs. of the PC it ... , at least the XBox version of Deus Ex: Invisible War ran smoothly, ...
