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Would you pay £1k for a book (eg. Bayonetta guide)?OK, the original Bayonetta game guide by Future Press can be got for £250, but as new it seems not for less than c.£1,000 ... Even if I had limitless…
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What do you use 'the internet' for?I know this might sound like a really, REALLY, stupid question, but, what do you use the internet for on a daily basis and what sites do you tend to …
... , stupid question, but, what do you use the internet for on ... a daily basis and what ... sites do you tend to visit ... the year, no idea what Twitter is about and ... pretty much about 'look what I had for dinner' ... -
Other than Games, coding and demos what else have you done with your Speccy?Someone posted an auto workshop in Poland where they were still using a C64 to drive a machine used for wheel alignment :) It was caked in dust which…
... used for wheel alignment :) It was caked in dust which could ... aesthetics it made me wonder what other purposes have WOSers used ... -
What was your first job after leaving school?Just wondering what your first job was after finishing school? I left in 1990 and did a YTS scheme (remember them?) on spraying cars but i left afte…
Just wondering what your first job was after finishing school?
I ... i enjoyed. My basic pay was £29.50 plus bus ... :))
My first real job was a couple of years later ... we had, the money was good but we were thrown ... so many mistakes i was fired :)) -
Spectrum Games That Turn 30 in 2018 Okay, so here's some Spectrum games that are about to celebrate their 30th this year..... La Abida Del Crimen Action Force 2 Advanced Lawnmo…
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Skate Crazy
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Soldier Of Light
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Bit of fun Part Two - CPU SwapFollowing on from [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/56671/bit-of-fun-one-change-only/"]this topic[/url], I felt given the erm 'natu…
... 'nature' of the change it was well worthwhile posting a new ... machines) the chosen CPU type was changed to be a 6502 ... accommodate this change, how do you think the machine would of ... the same in regards to what software was available and released although I ... -
Combat School, A Damn Fine Conversion!Hi all, I forgot just how good Combat School was and still is on the ZX Spectrum especially in 128k mode, another great Ocean conversion, a software …
... just how good Combat School was and still is on the ... , another great Ocean conversion, a software house I had great respect for ... Longplay" of it, I hope you enjoy it and would love ... -
New DBOk, time to clear this up. After god knows how many pages of discussions, nobody from ZXDB has contacted me at all. Firstly, there will never be a…
... old database anyway. What they actually had was a very small selection ... file from the main database. What Einar was given (in my opinion ... we are at. To give you some idea, every single title ... . This isn't restricted to software - we have indexed every magazine ... -
TBThumb Bandits (UK C4) had a Spectrum feature celebrating the 20 years of the machine but... they say on the site that Knight Lore is the first isomet…
... and video games just take what they are told to be ... lore when it was written by a big name software house(especially now ... -
Help pleaseDesparately trying to remember the name of a game in which you were in charge of a software company and you were offered stuff by someone called Hone…
... is a horribly addictive wee software co. simulator. Not quite ... same league as Kevin Toms' Software Star, but better than ... did CCS ever release a software house management sim? I remember they ... but I have no idea what it was about. Go on, enlighten ... -
Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
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tzx gamesHow can i run a tzx on my real spectrum?Is there a way i can copy a tzx to tape so i can load it in the normal way or can i load it from my hard driv…
... PC>>ZX is what you choose. Then youll have to ... 'd restart Windows ( tahts what I assume you have ) and then use ... way you have less chance of background programs like Antivirus software, or ... /[/url]
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Easiest game everMy nomination for the easiest game ever is: FA Cup Football by Virgin. 8 Players each choosing 8 teams from a possible 124, leaving about 60 teams to…
... think there was a version of Asteroids where if you parked up ... in the right spot you could just fire your lazer ... version you had 'energy' - I think that latter version was probably ... the easiset game from a software house that I ... -
BC Bill does this game work with a emulator?Can anyone get this game running with a emulator. I get as far as the main screen but can't start the game
... of its release that the software house came under a lot of ... 't remember exactly what happend but it was taken off the shops ... -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... porgrams it was not evry compatible with Spectrum software, unless you had ... but he had timex software too, including what was bundled with it. i ... />
although i wish you luck because no one seems ... for portuguese software i'll pass them on to you.
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What do you reckon the best management game is?Yesterday and today I have been playing Football Manager on an emulator, I play it on an emultator rather than the original, so that I can inrcease t…
... games, but a couple you might like to try out ... way to chart success) and Software Star by Addictive (manage ... fun with was Just Imagine by Pirate Software, which was a variant ... on the manage-the-software-house theme ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... boat too. unfortunately i was a tad too young ... emulator but the thing was too slow, stopped and ... really didn't understand what the heck i was typing :)
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there was this one older guy who ... with what kind of media you'd put the software on, ... -
What do you reckon the best management game is?Yesterday and today I have been playing Football Manager on an emulator, I play it on an emultator rather than the original, so that I can inrcease t…
I quite liked Software House, but I found just as ... repossess my house....'.
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Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
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Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... Does anyone know what size of cassette was used in ... 'm not exactly sure what you mean here. whether thats ... ]
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Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... purpose of the whole "retro software house" thing, and sending someone a ... as snapshots only, which you could just get here anyway ... be done accordingly also. You can always make your own ... ' post is empty. i wonder what went wrong.
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Money!How much money do you think Kevin Toms made from the Football Manager series? I only ask because I imagine if he sold the units today that he sold ba…
... out of the page at you, and he always had that ... Wulf made a packet (and was supposed to have sold a ... I would have thought. Mind you, all those film licences must ... who the first non-Ultimate software house or game is. -
New Games siteHi everyone Just been browsing the net and found a retro site which sells brand new Spectrum games. Check it out [url="http://www.ukretro.co.uk/"]htt…
oh, was thinking you meant "current" new when you said new :) yes ... sell their own current new software themselves ( ie. "FlashBeer ... Trilogy" by Weird Science Software, among a couple others, ... the only "new" new software house i currently know of is ... -
spec drum helpI know it's not strictly a game, but whenever i select the play drums opion no sound comes out. The sound's definitly working because when i press sp…
what emulator are you using ? Not all emulators have ... specdrum harware support ( coz thats what ... it was.. a unit that plugged into ... interface , as well as the software needed to run it)
Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
secret of st brides was one of my faves, along ... a few of these one was you had to escape from colditz ... house and you was the detective, i cant remember who did them or what ... they was ...Most engrosing Adventure GameThis is one for all you text adventure lovers. Of which I am one. I remember reading those Fighting Fantasy books when I was a kid. The ones where y…
... house and you was the detective, i cant remember who did them or what ... they was ...Things wrong with gaming today: No. 437One thing that irritates me about games in the modren era: I played "Midtown Madness 3" on the Xbox recently and also had a quick go on "The Italian…
... a standard that no other software house on any platform of that ... baddies that killed you immediately on contact, and Underwurlde was a step ... of frustration, a feeling you never really got with Matthew ... originality in there. Could you pick out as much invention ...+3 questions, easiest way of playing games?Yes my old 128K spectrum didnt seem to come alive, so I bought a second hand Spectrum +3 on an auction site, it wasnt cheap! but wtf nothing beats th…
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Oh how wrong I was! It seems I can only ... to do it in. Depends what software you'd be trying to convert ... +3?[/quote]
Depends what you call standard. None of the ... SJS type interface you have fits that type) was rendered incompatable on ...Emulators without attribute clash?I know a spectrum wouldn't be the same without the attribute clash, but I was wondering do any of the emulators have a 'turn off the clash' feature? …
... old programs. It was said compatibility was 99%. Nothing was said about compatibility ... it's emulated. You run your old software as you would any other ... a SAM a Spectrum, what it would have been had ... and all he was sent was junk, to paraphrase what he said. He ...FOR OLD-SCHOOL MANIAX (tape ;) ).Hi there. My friend started to work on new way of loading games for ZX. It's dedicated to old-school fans, who wants only tape stuff. There is a …
... on the fly, what Lunter's Z802TAP does ... was saved in.
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