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Games That Are 10 Years Old This Year....Didn't do my usual "Try to make everybody feel ancient" type thread at the start of the year...well, I did, but just with Speccy games....so decided …
Didn't do my usual "Try to make ... Speccy games....so decided to do it now! Here's 2012's ... quite a few of these, it does seem like 10 years ... -
Excel -> OpenOffice Z80 spreadsheet problemI tried transferring my [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/z80times.zip]Z80TIMES[/url] spreadsheet from Excel to OpenOffice the o…
... other day, but it wouldn't have it. It said that it referenced another spreadsheet ... although it said it was going to update the links it didn't and it doesn't ... seem possible to do this manually ... -
Clashbasher a new interface to reduce colour clashI've been working on this for a while now. [IMG]http://markamy.uwclub.net/cauldron.JPG[/IMG] Basicly its an add on for a 48k spectrum, which reinte…
... interpeted.
When a bit in the display ... unlike a normal spectrum it will keep these attributes ... on individual pixels so it just alternates between ... these counters arn't set then when you load a ... videos on youtube (didn't realise it took so long to ... -
New Spanish game: GlaufightI discovered it through Russian forums. Somehow the authors didn't announce it here so I'll do the job. It may be not the most original idea in the …
I discovered it through Russian forums. Somehow the authors didn't announce it here so ... I'll do the job.
It may be not ... animated and quite playable. Try it people
[IMG] ... -
Half Life 2 ModI know some of you on here are into your PC gaming mods and I have to mention this one I installed today - [url]http://cinematicmod.com/[/url] It's …
... a hefty download (11Gb) but it completely overhauls the textures and ... ]carefully[/b]. One thing it doesn't highlight on that page is ... only thing I don't like about it is the Alyx character ... thing that Valve didn't do with her as it wasn't required given such ... -
Turning your monitor sidewaysI was just checking something in my Nvidia control panel when I saw the option to rotate the screen by 90 degrees. I was aware of this option but til…
... my Nvidia control panel when I saw the option ... today had never given it a second thought - well ... Sure as hell won't do it too often but I ... uses for this, like when playing some vertically oriented ... ... etc. It might also be convenient when working on some ... -
Thunderjaws - little secret discoveredThere is game called Thunderjaws, or maybe better to say a demo as full game was never released: [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?…
... boss because it doesn't fight back. You destroy it and it's ... - enable level scrolling when normally you can't do it more
POKE ...
and just walk through it:
[IMG]http://i44.tinypic ...
Some terrible clash there. It looks like an early design ... -
Did no one watch Sherlock?I've just finished watching last Sunday's episode of [B]Sherlock[/B] ('His Last Vow'), and it was *fantastic*. How come no one's mentioned it yet? Y…
... one's mentioned it yet?
Yet when [B]Big Brother ... convincing) explanation of his return, when we see the (very much ... 'll say "[I]It was awful, so I didn't watch it. A terrible ... program. Or book. Or drink. Whatever it ... -
An interesting Gamecube articleIf you're a fan of the Gamecube, or curious as to the reasons surrounding Rare leaving Nintendo and going to Microsoft, or want to know what Nintendo…
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It's very interesting. Also, I ... if you missed it (or I didn't post it) there's a ...
which isn't just of interest to CBFD ... ten to fifteen years. It's quite revealing, and ... segments, for easy watching when you're supposed to be ... -
Puzzled about transferring games to tapeI was trying to transfer a game to a tape by using tapir and VLC. I opened up the tape file in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file. I then pla…
... in Tapir and then converted it to a .wav file.
When I played the tape in ... load the tape.
It worked as expected for a ... to a red border and didn't stop. It didn't even stop once I ... -
SpecBAS 0.802 Released!Hi folks - It's that time again when I release the latest round of features and bugfixes to SpecBAS :) New for this version are ZONEs which act ver…
Hi folks -
It's that time again when I release the ... consider very carefully the impact it will have on the speed ... issue
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The Hobbit - Chaos EngineI had a bit of a slow day yesterday, so I ended up playing 'The Hobbit' (Version 1.0 from this site) for a few hours. I know how to complete the gam…
... is waiting for you when you get to the ... at the off. (It always attacks when you enter its ... say "No!" when you tell him to do something, which ... works the first time you do it! Forever after that - ... the barrel - he won't do it! And unless you can figure ... -
SSD on an old laptop - a question for the system builders among you.I'm upgrading an old laptop from Win XP to Win 7. I've bought one of these [url=http://www.scan.co.uk/products/240gb-crucial-m500-slim-msata-ssd-msa…
... the old hard drive, even when I access the SSD as ... appallingly slow. When I checked the Disk Queue Length it was 3 ... 't do it, even the latest BIOS for the laptop doesn't support it, it's ... -
Windows 8 re-activation nightmareI hope no one has to go through this... Replaced a dead Asus motherboard with a new one on a nice tower that came with Windows 8. Didn't notice it as…
... with Windows 8. Didn't notice it asking for re-activation ... (Spring) Update. Now it asks for re-activation saying ... avoid having to re-do everything from scratch just ... they couldn't help.
Do I have ... and then making sure it's activated and running ... -
Batman Caped Crusader - Crash mini-episode not workingThe TZX file of the Batman Caped Crusader mini-episode given with Crash issue 60 ([URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013514"]her…
... crashes (no pun intended ;)) when selecting game start at the ... [URL="http://www.alessandrogrussu.it/zx/Batmancd.zip"]TAP ... the Catwoman sprite which didn't make it to the final game ... , it seems.
... owns the tape redump it to a new TZX ... -
Do you remember the Great Gaming Crash?Assuming you were in England (well, anywhere really, except the USA) in 1983/1984, were you effected, or even aware, of the 'global games crash"? Thi…
... time touched on it, but they didn't make a big ... thing out of it, or ... the Great Gaming Crash didn't have much effect in ... think that the event didn't just affect America, but ... bad but us Brits didn't notice it because we had Manic ... -
Ports of 16 bit gamesI was watching a video for the Speccy version of Turbo Outrun where the guy who posted the video said that whilst he didn't think it was as good the …
... video said that whilst he didn't think it was as good the ... c64 version he felt it was superior to the 16 ... well to the Speccy? Which do you feel fell short? And ... to the Speccy and which do you think they should have ... -
One of my best moves, ever!Well this has truly surprised me. I was getting some bits from a charity shop the other day and spotted a Ferguson CRT TV. It was only ?10 but had n…
... the channels. I thought it would go nicely with ... />
Anyway as it was at a charity shop ... to hell with it and bought it. Got it home and ... good old Spectrum +2A. When it finally found the channel... ... doesn't do it justice when you see it in real life it is ... -
Trantor - The Last StromtrooperA couple of questions about this game: 1) Do you think Trantor would benefit from a map? (not a thing people would use back then, but that seems a "…
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1) Do you think Trantor would benefit ... games, the machine didn't have it's big decline until ... poorly? from the reviews it seemed like a hit ... cinematic" intro. back then it totally blew my mind and ... " message. I can't remember that many speccy games ... -
Most deserving Crash Smashes that weren'tTheres some inexplicable Crash Smashes. (Zoids!). But of the games that didn't make it, what has been shamelessly left out? My top choice would be Tr…
... !). But of the games that didn't make it, what has been shamelessly ... , puzzles and great humour made it a technical marvel in its ... day and it still stands. In the same ... -
SpecBAS 0.844 releasedHi all - it's been a while... Having some unexpected extra time off work, I've been able to get some work done on SpecBAS and it's now a bit more …
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Get it from: https://sites.google.com ... didn't properly check if an array exists before trying to use it ... !
WINDOW COPY didn't use the destination ... array assignment
WHEN IN didn't accept arrays or variables ... -
Contended memory and TritoneQuick question regarding contended memory...<div style="font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style="font-style: normal;">I'm testing ideas with Triton…
... contended memory, and it doesn't seem to affect the ... FUSE and I haven't tested it with my Spectrum+ ... 48k, but... does it makes sense?
Player ... memory, so I think it actually makes sense, ... t do it, and I may move my buffer to a different area when ... -
Want your game in physical format? we can do it.Hello; My name is Felipe, from Spain. This year I´ll open a shop dedicated only to distribute non profits games for retro platforms. Selling them …
... quality, If someone will do....why not do yourself?. Maybe you have ... for all that work you do, It´s awesome. -
Multi-platform hits that lack a Speccy port?Title says it all, really: Do you know any games that were a great hit, ported to several (or even many) platforms, but -for whatever reason- didn…
Title says it all, really:
Do you know any games that ... , but -for whatever reason- didn't make it onto the ZX Spectrum? Or ... in the 80s meant that it was one of a few ... -
Good or Horrible: Beach HeadI got They Sold A Million with my Speccy. Also: Transformers. Eesh. Surprised I gutted it out long enough to like the machine. Anyway, Beach H…
... Eesh. Surprised I gutted it out long enough to like ... on TSAM. Initially I didn't understand it. I was ten. ... I grew to like it. However, I'm ...
Overall I think it might be trash. I assume ... think it might be good. I DON'T KNOW. What do ... -
Thinking about my gameAnother long post, I'm afraid. Somewhere on this Forum is a short chunk of text I put up as a sample of what I'd like to turn into a text adventu…
... decisions about in which direction it should go. However playing ... 'd swear to it. I couldn't see it proper mind cos ... come in past the gatehouse when I was delivering 'is ... I'll ask old Bert when I see 'im e's ... games, if you can't do it, why mention it? Also I'd ... -
Adblocker no longer seems to be workingI haven't disabled it, but one of the main reasons I installed it was to cut out all those dumb ads on YouTube -- not just the "You can skip to the c…
... and sometimes (even worse) obscuring it by overlaying a box!
AdBlocker used to do a fine job of eliminating ... of Radioactive Man's goggles. It seems to have Photobucketed itself ... that I turn it off; I didn't install it to disable it at somebody ... -
Bomb Jack issueSo i came here to get my all time favourite... Bomb Jack I got the emulator, i got the file, the game loads fine but and when i try to do that sup…
... loads fine but and when i try to do that super jump ... ... i can't do it from right to left (i can't do that jump ... right to the uppper left) It seems the diagonal right to ... , but oddly enough, i can do that super jump from left ... -
Two new spectrums arrived. One no video.Got a +2 and a Toastrack arrived today. Toastrack was actually in good condition, little wear, though a little dirty. Worked well on first power up, …
... first power up, but didn't do anything because the keyboard is ... toast, though I can't see where it's broken.
... . Going to have to do some troubleshooting. Could take ... a while. I think it's the earlier +2. ... no video. Will put it aside until I have some ...
