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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…
... more can a cove do but reflect on life ... from the rejection letter, it was thought too complicated ... I think it has something to do with stopping aliens ... and a cheque that didn't bounce!) it was never released ... url]
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Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
... /> Don't mention Timex. It isn't similar to Zx Spectrum, it is Zx ... to MSX. I didn't try it in emulator, but it has Z80 processor ... games.
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Your views on...Wizard's Lair[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005709]Wizard's Lair[/url] I remember when I first loaded this up back in 1985 when it came…
... this up back in 1985 when it came out. I was ... I got into playing it I realised it was very, very ... have to say, I didn't prefer it over Atic Atac. All ... quickly every time I played it.
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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…
... WOS doesn't have an cassette inlay for it, it wasn't reviewed in ... any magazines and it was ... done by mysterious The Cat company, which didn't do ... anything else and no more is known about it.
+2 datacorder noise eliminationHello :-) I have recently bought a gray +2, and as expected, it is plagued with the "datacorder noise in sound output" problem. I have found a few …
... 2, and as expected, it is plagued with the " ... reason why this wouldn't work? It sounds/seems too ... Amstrad could have implemented it with ease. I am ... be a reason why they didn't. (ie. inductive surge ... had something in mind when then didn't wire up the + ...Your views on...Marsport[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003040]Marsport[/url] Now, this is one Gargoyle release that I played very little of. I don't…
... don't know why, maybe it was because it wasn't set in ... found the levels kinda tedious when walking round. I know ... feel.
I really didn't play it enough to give a ... an emulator and see if it grabs me.
... org/forums/showthread.php?t=24194];-)[/url]Ah DiddumsOk I have just loaded this game from Imagine in an emulator. My teddy has an annoying twitch he/she keeps jerking left/up in my emulator is that nor…
Ok I have just loaded this game from Imagine in an emulator.
My teddy has an annoying twitch he/she keeps jerking left/up in my emulator is that normal....I'm sure it didn't do that 20 odd years ago....
ASHTransferring +3 Disk Image from PC to real +3Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the +3 disk drive to the PC? Something like a Speccy version of the "Xfer in C" utility for…
Is there a way to do this without physically connecting the + ... some reason it didn't work. It flashed the disk drive LED, but didn't start ... 99% of game disks won't work, but I'm happy ...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 …
... new trilogy, too political and didn't grab me at all). The ... and they didn't do Batman or his world right at all. It's ... the flag shouldn't move the way it does if it was in ... NASA knew that they couldn't do it successfully before 1970, and they ...I tried to download Elite 3 from this site and couldn't do that (Well, I just found that I cannot really download EmuZWin from this site too. I also tried to download Elite 3 from below link and couldn't do that …
... from below link and couldn't do that (
[url]http://www ...how sad am I?Well I went out yesterday and bought myself a brand spanking new LG 37" lcd 1080p telly. Got 30% off the retail price, it does divx and everything. …
... 30% off the retail price, it does divx and everything.
didn't realise it did full internet browsing ... years).
and where do I instinctively search for first ...E.T. ((un)official license)[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001656&loadpics=3"]E.T.[/URL] Is this an (un)official license? Or "based on" ... "inspired …
... =0001656&loadpics=3"]E.T.[/URL]
Is this ... I copy the URL then it opens up fine in another ... says "Indescomp" but I didn't see it connected in the Archive (indescomp ...Video problems in a +2BI was looking for the original thread, but I didn't found it... I've got a +2B with video problems through RF modulator (nothing special, all of my …
... the original thread, but I didn't found it...
... TV).
When testing it, the composite output was ... very "noisy" (it is shown in [url= ... DVD player. I tested it with three composite mods ... in a +3... they didn't show the noise, but ...Recovering Deleted Files.Well anyone with a bit of Windows computing experience knows that when you delete a file in Windows it goes into the recycle bin. Anyone with a bit …
... that when you delete a file in Windows it goes ... computing knowledge knows that when the recycle bin is ... a crucial file on it. When I got a new ...
Turns out I didn't back it up and now I really ... files original location and what it was called. The disk ...Picture interference on red areas.I recently got a 48K Speccy off eBay, did a composite mode and it seemed to work OK, but then my TV had to go off for repair so I didn't use it for a…
... did a composite mode and it seemed to work OK, ... for repair so I didn't use it for a while.< ... I notice that if I do, say, BORDER 2 ... blue. I can't really say if it was there before ... SCART don't do this, so I doubt it's anything ... box I'm using. It just took a while ...No ZX ZUMA?Hi guys, Lately my nephew and I argued a little that almost all new modern games are but remixed copy-cats and I could prove it (with reverses to 3D…
... to 3D and minor), but when it came to ZUMA, I found ... . Is there?
Probably it's color-clashing along the ... ... It's a pity if a similar topic already was - I didn't ... find it at WoS.Justice! MP goes to prison!!!Finally!!! [SIZE="5"]MPs' expenses: David Chaytor jailed over false claims[/SIZE] If you're not from Britain you might think it's bad taste, or eve…
... from Britain you might think it's bad taste, or even ... , especially since they at least didn't do anything really bad (like murder ... ).
Still, at least it's some bit of justice ...Disk not loadingI have +3 compilation disk "Chartbusters" First time I loaded it up. Main screen: 1. Cobra 2.Mutants 3.Green Beret I loaded Green Beret. It worked …
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I loaded Green Beret. It worked well.
Then I ... .
But when I try to load...It boots computer to ... (I didn't try it earlier, so I don't know did it work before ... Harrier working successfully earlier.
It had also some bad sectors.DesolderingI tried my hand at desoldering not long ago, and I couldn't do it at all... I laid the braid across the joint and heated the joint up through the bra…
... long ago, and I couldn't do it at all...
I ... through the braid, but it didn't soak into the braid at ... all...
Can it be that my soldering iron ... hot enough)?
Can it be that the braid is ... too old (I bought it from maplin around August time ...GTA IV vs Earlier GTA gamesOne of the regular discussions (or arguments, depending on the age of the participants - how I wish no one under twenty could post on the forums :() …
... the 360), didn't like it, and so gave it away. A ... forcing myself to play it. It's just no fun ... million pounds that it wasn't that grainy graphically!). ... 96.17%!!!! I honestly don't understand it.
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What do you think? Do you prefer GTA IV ...Magic CarpetPlease add the following "known errors" description for game [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002978"]Magic Carpet[/URL]: [QU…
... /6. Because of this, when the score exceeds 65535 (typically ... much work to change it;
[*]Perhaps it should not be ... accident", the programmer simply didn't think it was important to support ... game several times), although it certainly deserves the "known ...Hires Opus Discovery picturesAs I had the rare and awesome opportunity to be able to buy 5 or 6 Opus Discovery interfaces this year, and because I couldn't find hires pics of the…
... /> - one didn't have a 6116 ram chip, don't know if it is ... WD1770 floppy controller; replaced it with a WD1772 from an ... with some movement: very frustrating when you are repairing an interface ... with rom changes, but I didn't scan it, sorry!); the lowest rom ...Mystery of the remaining space on my hard drive?Got a new larger, longer life battery for my HD camera, and upgraded the card from a 8meg to a 16meg HCSD card. In order to test it out, I left the …
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In order to test it out, I left the camera ... would last, haven't yet checked, but it didn't do the whole card, ... />
So, just to check it all works, and I go ... hard drive, so I tidy it up, until I have ... is 14.8gig. Now it says my hard drive has ...1000 Posts!Well, it's taken me the best part of 8 YEARS to get there but I have finally reached the 1000 post mark! Real life gets in the way sometimes which i…
Well, it's taken me the best ... here. Who knows, if I didn't do real life I could have ... years ago!!
Anyway - it's always GREAT fun being ...Games you so wanted but just sucked atI so wanted Strike Force Cobra when it came out, it sounded brilliant. But after playing it a few times I just didn't get it. Any games you so wante…
... wanted Strike Force Cobra when it came out, it sounded brilliant. But after ... playing it a few times I just didn't ... get it.
didn't get Monty On The Run ...Microdrive units with weak (not dead) ULAs...Hi everybody, I've got a Microdrive unit here. It didn't work. It does now (actually, it was the ribbon had broken and the ground had lost contact, …
... unit here. It didn't work. It does now (actually, it was the ribbon ... working. However, not fully. When I format a cartridge with ... that exhibits similar behaviour - it works, but loses data.
it looks identical on both ...New software screenmode: aSmpI was planning to release this tool at Forever XIII, but they didn't accept it, this is my 30th year activity, my most ambitious work on zx spectrum …
... XIII, but they didn't accept it, this is my ... post, I really want to do it.
But ... here, so I had to do it myself.
And I did it :) A windows based multicolour scatter ... image is simple enough, it automatically converts the picture ...Zx 48k after the ic7805 other problemHi everyone, i am Tiago from Portugal, and i am trying to repair a Zx Spectrum 48K. the machine didn't do anything, no image, no sound, nothing. The…
... 48K.
the machine didn't do anything, no image, no sound ... fine
I open it and with a multimeter i ... 95V that i think it's ok, it shows the same ... i do now have something on screen, but it doesn't look ... ic7805 what i should do now? Is it RAM? ULA?
...Batty - The Ultimate linkLatest Retro Gamer magazine. Mark Crane was a pseudonym for Mark Betteridge who worked at Ultimate. He wrote the scrolling Filmation II engine used …
... 1987 and wrote Batty. It was originally called Wipe ... few months into 1987 when Gary Bracey came in ... ' game". We loaded it up and up came ... and we didn't hear of it again until it was given away ... it.
They have clarified to me that I didn't imagine it ...Would you kindly look at these Bioshock screenshots?To all Bioshock fans - someone has posted screenshots of their work rendering Bioshock screenshots in the Crysis engine, see: [url]http://www.neogaf…
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It's very ... own mods and levels. When you see the very high ... , GTA: IV, Crysis, S.T.A.L.K.E.R ... made for them, it only makes it all the clearer how ... for the games, when the company can do it and sell the addons ...
