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Box of Spectrum games for sale (and 2 Fontana books).Hi all, I need more space... :( I'm offering a lovely cardboard box (with some padding) containing a number of Spectrum games and two Spectrum book…
... enough just how good the cardboard box is, excellent ... Hercules - Slayer Of The Damned, Master Of The Universe - The Movie and Blood ... Battles - Zeppelin.
[*] The Spy Who Loved Me - ... br /> [list][*] New Adventure Systems For The Spectrum - S. Robert Speel ... -
Fairytale of New York - edited[url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7149525.stm[/url] I actually dont mind this 'Xmas' song at all. I cant believe the PC brigade have go…
... mind the 'offensive' words at all but because of a ... edited version.
"The BBC said: "We are playing ... version because some members of the audience might find it ... offensive." Yeah some, the ones who are a ... it now.
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AWARI - in the archiveBe nice to me, I'm don't understand the techincal gubbins. and rarely venture outside of the chit chat forums. But, in my hope to find a MIA in my …
... gubbins. and rarely venture outside of the chit chat forums.
of 'The Home computer Advanced Course'
Other systems This title ... was also advertised for and/or published on the ... -
News of the World's 50 Most Shocking Pictures of the Year 2007Click on the link close to the top of this page for the pics: [url]http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/3012_50_most_shocking_pics_of_2007.shtml[/url] S…
Of all the things to feature on the radio......surely balloon modelling would be bottom of the list? The joys of daytime radio whilst the regular presenters are on holiday.
...surely balloon modelling would be bottom of the list?
The joys of daytime radio whilst the regular presenters are on holiday.The best kind of peripheral/thru port orientation?So, given no standard Speccy backplane, there's soooo many ways you can make a peripheral and through port. You can mount the board vertically, with…
... the back of the Speccy, on top.
Or mount the peripheral under the ... Spectrum like the Interface 1.
the end. The Interface 1 style, ... (just back of the envelope calculations suggest the casing and ...Land Of The Gigantic ToiletsCan anyone tell me if there's a JSW remake available that contains a screen called 'Flushing Meadows' which features several massive toilets? I thoug…
... thought it might be Join The Jet Set but I played ... and there was no sign of such a screen.
Pick of the dayHEMA is a Dutch department store. The first store opened on November 4, 1926, in Amsterdam. Now there are 150 stores all over the Netherlands. HEMA a…
... a Dutch department store. The first store opened on ... 150 stores all over the Netherlands.
HEMA ... , and Germany. In June of this
year, HEMA ... just wait a couple of seconds and watch what ... company has a sense of humor and a great computer ...WoS - The wonderful World of SpectrumI've just been browsing the WOS [I]Site Awards[/I] and my initial thoughts are that it is quite outdated. On the contrary however, WoS is no longer …
... quite outdated.
On the contrary however, WoS is no ... a position to prove itself. The [I]Retro Gamer Collection Volume ... are fortunate in that one of the web's best retro sites ... />
One of the best retro sites. That's top of the league.
The music of Sabre WulfI want to know the name and the composer of the classical music piece that sounds at the beginning of [I]Sabre Wulf[/I]...
I want to know the name and the composer of the classical music piece that sounds at the beginning of [I]Sabre Wulf[/I]...Well it's the end for Britain by the looks of things!!![url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Can…
[url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23436203-details/Adoption+of+Islamic+Sharia+law+in+Britain+is+'unavoidable'%2C+says+Archbishop+of+Canterbury/article.do]It's the end of the world as we know it![/url]Kicking-the-crap-out-of-computer-generated-people-em-upsAs requested by dm_boozefreek. :) Sai Combat The Way Of The Exploding Fist. They're my favourites and I'll leave the rest for other people to contr…
As requested by dm_boozefreek. :)
Sai Combat
The Way Of The Exploding Fist.
They're my favourites and I'll leave the rest for other people to contribute to this thread. :)Games you DIDN'T buy because of the inlay/coverAre there any games that you judged by the cover and avoided. Personally I avoided anything by Microdeal. That fat ginger freckled kid on the cover …
Are there any games that you judged by the cover and avoided.
Personally I avoided anything by Microdeal. That fat ginger freckled kid on the cover of every game just put me straight off ever wanting to try one of their games.boil on the face of the internetI really, really, really hate this website [url]http://c64vsspectrum.com/[/url] I have done for ages and I can't stop thinking about it :-) it keeps …
... 's even slightly accurate, the complete rubbish the guy comes out with ... that Head over Heels is the same game and runs at ... the same speed on the Commodore (which is ... Robocop are better on the C64! the general choices of games always seem ...War Game (Microhobby)Here is some explanation about the publication ([I]unknown[/I] in Infoseek) of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005626"]War Ga…
... ) of [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005626"]War Game ... strategy game published in the issue 37 of 'Microhobby Semanal'. It came ... record (I was one of the many people who got a ... demo of [I]Hypersports[/I] and a full game, [I]War Game ...Whats the name of this game? Drawing includedHello. There was this game that was one of the first ones I have played on Spectrum. I never got into it, but I remember it as a decent game. In the …
... this game that was one of the first ones I have played ... as a decent game. In the game I am a man ... and/or robots.
The graphics were similar to Blind ...Anarchy in the streets of Bedford. Burn the town hall. I've been banned from a shopA nice, eloquent foreign gentlemen just banned me from his shop. All I did was go in, and get some John Smiths draught flow. They were right at the …
... They were right at the back of the fridge, in single ... and put them on the floor. Six of them.
I was reaching for the ... I said, didn't see the baskets there.
of guiness down cos I was reaching for the last beer at the ...Sign of the times...Back in ~2002 I bought a toy which was a DigitalDream l'espion (calm down mile...) matchbox-sized camera. Boasting a capacity of 20 352x288 frames, i…
... -sized camera. Boasting a capacity of 20 352x288 frames, it cost ... these days....
Anyway, the l'espion is about to ... I'm sick to death of various door-to-door people ... my dinner, and by necessity the camera now has to be ...What are the names of these games? (Italian > English)Ok, I found an old cassette with some games from '88. I believe some, though I hope none, may be Italian "converted*" games. I am wondering if ther…
... here who knows the proper names of these games so ... actually are ... I think the Comic Films looked very much ... may be on Side A of the cassette but I don' ... Sadly all I have is the inlay and cassette ... don' ... think clearly.
The pic below is >800k ...Some of the better games of Robotron 2084 typesI recently purchased Robotron 2084 on Xbox Live arcade (to those of you who don't know, its a service from Xbox that allows you to buy various games …
... Xbox Live arcade (to those of you who don't know ... arcade games)
This version of Robotron 2084 seems to be ... one to one like the original with only a few ... that game where you do the same thing but with ninjas ...last hero of the light force aka orcs lairMESSAGE of thread: I just noticed that the game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0012920"]LHOTLF[/URL] has a loading screen wit…
MESSAGE of thread:
I just noticed that the game [URL="http://www ... ] has a loading screen with the words ORCS LAIR incorporated into ... the picture.
As can ...The "Ernie Wise Memorial Game What I Wrote" thread 2008As the September rain lashes remorselessly long and hard against the window (Everest PVC-u) what more can a cove do but reflect on life whilst drinki…
... 't for the life of me remember how to play the damn thing ... as an antidote to the protracted development of "Touchdown" for D& ... inspired by a TV commercial of the time and was hilariously average ... even going to mention Laser War, a game submitted to Vincent ..."The Future" according to this 1984 book on computers...Picked this book up today in a charity shop, it's in near perfect condition: [IMG]http://i37.tinypic.com/2ngah5i.jpg[/IMG] Here's an extract from p…
... , in the chapter called The Future, about communication systems. Satellites ... /> [b]"One alternative is the cable television system. This relies ... superior sound. The cables are capable of carrying much ... i] and, being independent of the telephone system, it would ...The next update of FUSE?Uberjack (author of the great FUSE PSP) tells me that FUSE (PC/Linux) is due to be updated soon. I thought FUSE more or less did everything (except f…
Uberjack (author of the great FUSE PSP) tells me ... held down, runs the game at the full speed of the host PC (useful ... for bypassing static screens) until the ... .pok files? And will the new release of FUSE be as fast ...Politics explained (for the hard of thinking)FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn…
... cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.
PURE SOCIALISM ... have to take care of all of the cows. The government gives you as ... take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives ...The cheek of some peopleAges back i posted about the excellent yahoo group freecycle. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=12443&highlight=freecycle…
... put the message up on the site and within 30 minutes of it ... went to pass him one of the blinds and he just continued ... estate as most of the houses are owned by the Indian family who ... not living in the new houses on the outskirts of town. The thing that ...Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, TheBelow is the spectrum listing from the "[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=2000078"]Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, The…
... "]Computer & Video Games Book of Adventure, The[/URL]" book.
the rest of the listing & rather than ... $="axepapluntreentropcroumbdoostaladarocupcasdowmoa"
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100 ...The Human ButtonThey always say the pictures are better on radio. Unfortunately, I missed the first 15 minutes or so of it (and it's not available on Listen Again f…
... better. It turns out some of the people who's job it ... /> One of the things that does comfort me is that the families of the decision ... to start a nuclear war. Hopefully, it reassures the Russians (who are ...Crash Magazine, the ZX, and the power of nostalgiaI'm currently selling some Crash mags (see Sales section of WOS *PLUG!*) and I started thinking about the power of nostalgia and what keeps us intere…
... one of the things I missed from Crash, though many fans of the ... mag saw them as a waste of space. ... digs at the home computer world. One of the greatest was the Unclear User ... spoof which was ripped out of ...Defender of the crownI have checked recently the Spectrum version of this well known, great game and the Spectrum version is strange. [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org…
I have checked recently the Spectrum version of this well known, great ... game and the Spectrum version ... versions like girl saving. The graphics are rather inferior to ... it was done by mysterious The Cat company, which didn' ...
