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What's happened to Retro Gamer?Retro Gamer's website is just returning the imagine publishing logo, and other addresses such as the forums all 404. The magazine is still listed on…
Retro Gamer's website is just returning the imagine publishing logo, and other addresses such as the forums all 404.
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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 …
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It's Firday! How long do you work? Have you liked hotdogs? What's up with space?Yes! Long time. In the beforetime. It's nearly way out there. Long live Firday!
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Legality surrounding T-Shirts designs?Hi everyone....I going to ask bit of a noob question here because I haven't got the first idea where to start. I've recently helped launch a retro t…
Hi everyone....I going to ask bit ... Jonathan Cauldwell a shout, but what's the situation as with regards ... want to step on anyone's toes because I know there ... 's a fair few people on ... -
The So What's This Buzzsaw All About Then? Thread.Erm. This: [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap"]http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_Buzzsaw_Demo_1.tap[/URL] Keys…
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What's your favourite WoS thread?I'm bored because it's a dull Tuesday or perhaps I'm thoroughly excited because it's an exciting Tuesday ... either case and whichever. I do enjoy r…
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The skiving off topicI'm trying to juggle several (work related) problems here, but I've been at it for so long now that I'm getting distracted, so I'm skiving off for a …
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1) What's your favourite Science Fiction film ... was good (but like everyone I thought much less of ... the Moon since, but from what I understand, the conspiracy ... the Russians.
What does anyone think?
Where's the border line between a Spectrum and something else?I mean: there are purists out there that consider that anything that is not a true Sinclair Spectrum, with a true Z80 and a true ULA, and at most, 48…
... screen present in 128K Spectrum's because "it wouldn't be ... have a relaxed idea of what is a Spectrum, and will ... have had".
So, what's your opinion? Where would you ... put the line between what you consider a "ZX Spectrum ...Ebay: what's going on?has anyone else noticed ebay is currently insisting Spectrum items are to be listed with free p&p? what do they expect, sale items sent without the e…
has anyone else noticed ebay is currently insisting Spectrum items are to be listed with free p&p? what do they expect, sale items sent without the envelope? :roll:What everybody reading at the minute?It's another "What's Everybody Reading" thread. Yay!!! :) Me: Greed by Andy McNab The Good Guy by Dean Koontz Or She Dies by Gregg Hurwitz Before T…
It's another "What's Everybody Reading" thread. Yay!!! :)
< ... hardback set of Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the ..."Life of Wally" a game time forgot?At the end of Pyjamarama you get a "Congratulations!" screen that says " [I]Now watch out for 'Life of Wally'[/I] " What's the news on that game? I…
At the end of Pyjamarama you get a "Congratulations!" screen that says " [I]Now watch out for 'Life of Wally'[/I] "
What's the news on that game? Is it just a pre-release name for "Everyone's a Wally" or what?TakeawaysI like to, once or twice a month, treat myself and STeaMette to a delivery on a Saturday. Not because I'm tight but because I ain't going back to fa…
... fat land!!
What does everyone tend to plump for then ... chips.
If it's Chinese it has to be ...What Z80 development tools do you use? What books?Hi. I've been meaning to do it for over 25 years, but.. better late than never :) I'm starting to learn machine code and am trying to get a developme…
... i starting off using what I was used to ... /> (nicked from Johnathan Cauldwell's How to write ZX Spectrum ... Spectrum machine code development? What's the best way? And ... also... what are the best books ... currently using Toni Baker's Book. Any advice much ...What are the keys for Penetrator?Q - Up, A- Down, O-Left P- Right Space - Bomb. So what's fire? When I press the P button, it fires bullets, but that's the 'right' key. Surely they…
Q - Up, A- Down, O-Left P- Right Space - Bomb.
So what's fire? When I press the P button, it fires bullets, but that's the 'right' key. Surely they didn't use that as the fire button too?Well, it's just sat on my hd doing nothing otherwise..Here's a platform game I was working on late last year. I spent something like two months of not very plentiful spare time on it. So I worked during …
Here's a platform game I ... least two months. It's at the stage now where ... missing features. So much of what's there right now is placeholder ... game wrapper
It's incredibly unlikely that I will ... here.
There's a playable .tap version here ...Best Micromega game (that's not Deathchase!)Thought I'd run a little poll, to find out what 'other' Micromega games people liked. Deathchase is omitted, simply because it would surely win by a …
... little poll, to find out what 'other' Micromega games people liked ... the daddy.
So what's the best of the rest?What's worse than foreign call centres??!!Blooming forign text chat support systems thats what. I'm on to one right now, its like talking to a robot. Though he assures me he is a real person.…
... text chat support systems thats what. I'm on to one ...Any ex-pats on here?Basically, I want out of the UK. I don't hate the place or anything like that, I'm just a little tired of it all. I've also always promised myself …
... living in NZ?
What's the first steps I should ... /> If I/we get visas what's the process in securing a ... of job interviews??
What's the cost of living like ... (walking, outdoor holidays etc) and everyone says we'd love it ...Maybe I'm Getting old...because I'm starting to sound like my grand dad, but I've been going to the movies and people are taking their children at a very young age to the mo…
... was the retarded one, because everyone on the table told it ... I was 7, and it's quite diferent a 7 year ... a corgi toy...)
what's wrong with parents nowadays? or ...What's the law regarding writing sequels to old books?I've long been tempted to attempt to write a sequel to a series of childrens stories that were originally written back in the period 1939-early 1950s…
... , but have a feeling it's longer than 50 years?), or ... need permission from the author's estate/family and/or the ...Help needed to identify a platform gameGreetings, everyone! I have been searching for this game for a very long time, trying all the opportunities, but with no result unfortunately. The re…
Greetings, everyone!
I have been searching ... ) look exactly like the player's character, and that makes hard ... />
Please help me guess what's the name of this game...Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…
What are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scrolling shooter only for it to turn into an Op Wolf clone on level 2 and a puzzle game on level 3.What a plonker!!I won a Speccy off Ebay a few days ago. Contacted the seller and asked if I could pay by cheque. He replied and said "yes as long as you pay within 3…
... reply. Times up now so what's going to happen God only ...Best of HomebrewWhat are everyone's favourite homebrew games? I haven't played many but have been impressed by the quality of those that I have played.
What are everyone's favourite homebrew games? I haven't played many but have been impressed by the quality of those that I have played.What is the oldest bit of machinery in regular use in your workplace?What's the oldest bit of machinery anyone has ever used regularly in the work place? Where I am now, very old building, mostly modern stuff. Previ…
What's the oldest bit of machinery ... regularly would be a 1930's electric winch, couple of tractors ... from the 50's/60's.
I know ...19, S Davis snooker & light gunGot these things in different packages I've ordered over ebay. The light gun came with the +2a, but I have no idea whatsover what to use it with. Do…
... I have no idea whatsover what to use it with. Does ... anybody know what games might use it?
s supposed to be 'abstract' ... or if there's been aloading error, but then ... , and I've no idea what's going on. It seems to ...A curious problem with Tomcat's cracked version of R-TypeTomcat (AKA Tomaz Kac) has done an all-in-one loader for R-Type which is very nice. The trouble is, when I try and make a turboload of it using Tomca…
... turboload of it using Tomcat's Z802TZX utility, it has problems ... 128+).
I wonder what could possibly be causing this ... there? Any suggestions as to what's going on?What's wrong with CodemastersWhy do Codemasters always seem to get a bad press. They made quality games right up to the end of the speccy's commercial life. If it wasn't for them…
Why do Codemasters always seem to get a bad press. They made quality games right up to the end of the speccy's commercial life. If it wasn't for them the speccy wouldn't have lasted as long as it did.
