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How did they get away with it?The name Arnold J Rimmer from Red Dwarf? I mean, its just perfect for the character, but how did the BBC manage to broadcast it without a Daily Mail …
The name Arnold J Rimmer from Red Dwarf? I mean, its just perfect for the character, but how did the BBC manage to broadcast it without a Daily Mail backlash?!? -
help with a film namenot sure when it was made, 70's or possible 80's basically a bunch of blokes were persuaded to steal some treasure from a castle of something. i re…
not sure when it was made, 70's ... 't touch the floor, if they did they died, someone got to the ... -
The PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) are fucking uselessShare your useless cop stories... Here's mine: I got out of the pub 1am Saturday night/Sunday morning in Belfast City Centre and was walking home w…
... Centre and was walking home when I heard a loud argument ... the street after him now they would still catch him.
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It's amazing what you don't hear when you're younger!Stumbled across this by chance the other day, I apologise if this has been posted on here ages ago, but how the hell did they get away with this? [u…
Stumbled across this by chance the other day, I apologise if this has been posted on here ages ago, but how the hell did they get away with this?
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When did you buy mainstream Spectrum-related computer magazines?Just working on "the special", and this poll will help me define my focus. Which years did you frequently buy or read mainstream Spectrum-related co…
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Retro... anythingI suppose this question can be used in relation to Speccies, or C64s, Atari 2600s or any old computer. But it got me thinking after watching some of …
... the weekend.
They were racing classic Porsches and ... for classic cars, but surely they'd be expensive.
... Spectrum/sewing machine/record player stop being made of original parts ... wood - but when does it stop being the antique that they took in ... -
The madness of the GeorgiansWhatever the rights and wrongs of the matter (which I don't really know), I think the Georgean leadership has been guilty of gross incompetence if th…
... guilty of gross incompetence if they thought they could get away with ... west for help.
Did they think in their wildest most ... move is not to play" when it comes to armed conflict ... to be independent of Georgia? Did they somehow think helping out in ... -
Console wars - does the least powerful machine usually win?In the console and handheld wars, does the least powerful machine usually win? I mean, for example, in the [I]XBox vs. Playstation 2 vs. Gamecube[/I]…
... and hear is correct), and when talking about sales figures you ... technically better, and which one did better in the marketplace? and ... , and the Atari 2600, how did they compare to and compete against ... -
"Ignore the decent majority, and legalise cruelty" [paraphrasing]I would never vote Tory (Conservative) anyway*, but here is yet another reason why not: [URL]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7986804.stm[/URL…
... to keep dogs, as they are obviously not animal lovers ... no friend of mine if they did) and it seems to ... against fox hunting, but when did that ever count for anything ... Labour (again) either, as they are in many ways worse ... for the Liberals, as they don't speak for ... -
Multi platform games developmentWe all know there are a lot of multi platform games. For example, Boulder Dash, River Raid, Exolon, Zynaps, Flying Shark, AMC and so on which were av…
... So my question is: how did they develop such games? Whether ... "port" a game? Did they work in conjunction with authors ... on another platform. I did it myself and it took ... I did disassemble pretty much of the great games when I ... />
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Maze Mania - How did they do it?Hi, I was looking at the game "Maze Mania" by Hewson Consultants, written in 1989. The game can be downloaded from here [URL]http://www.worldofspec…
... /> Do you think each frame they
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Short story of Terror Daktil 4DDo I say short ? :) sorry This game came from my childhood. One of them what I saw first on ZX Spectrum. I played a lot, I liked the intro but the…
... -the-dinosaur type.
When I entered again into the ... in my childhood !
When you play you can see ... will survive the first day. When you will be saved ?
did they live, not on this world ... -
Tie-ins with little resemblance to their source... or series, book, whatever. Some tie-ins just didn't have a lot in common with what they were based on. I got thinking of this when I saw [b]Cobr…
... they were based on.
I got thinking of this when ... what Ocean were thinking. Did they tell the programmers "Make ... the other versions, but they all seem to be ... assume so and that they were Joffas idea. Maybe ... to be gone as they site is changing.
OMFG! That game was terrible!!!!I was bored so I looked around the dark forgotten parts of WOS and found an "ewgf type thread" Emulator. So I loaded it up to see what it would come…
... reason (It's perfect when the TV is Dark i ... The New Nightmare, why did they even try, I'll be ... Alien Storm utter turd, why did they even try? But Alex Kidd ... Sometimes more so than they were on the original ... too many flames and they're almost unlimited in ...Spyro - The Movie.So ... apparently they're making [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133604/"]a movie[/URL] based on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_(series)…
So ... apparently they're making [URL="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1133604/"]a movie[/URL] based on [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_(series)"]Spyro[/URL] the dragon.
When will JSW or MM get movies of their own? Egghead?ZX Demos and the wow factorI remember reading a few comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some comments included how boring it was to see this or that effect again, how…
... that for some people all they need is to see an ... me wonder "what were they thinking when they did this? Did they even try?". There's ...The best (and worst) Second-sequel.When a film series gets to #3, one of two things usually happen: It's either going to be the best of the series - as the company now know how to tre…
When a film series gets to ... comedy and falling about, and they tightened up the pace. ... style disaster? Yes! But, why did they make it so slow and ... format so much? Surely they know that these sort of ... - I can understand why, but when it came out, Robocop 3 ...Perfect Dark XBLA (XBox 360)As far as I can see, there's been no discussion on these forums about the XBox 360 release of Perfect Dark, which surprises me, as I thought that som…
... bugs and glitches that they introduced into the game. ... itself, and the way when you throw something whilst ... N64 version, so why did they get past the XBox 360 ... of December), and instead they kept us waiting a ... it enough times), and when finally the game gets ...Loss of innocenceI suppose my ZX Spectrum era lasted longer than most (although not sure longer than most of you on here). I received my first Speccy back in '83, and…
... restarted again in 1989 when the covertape wars started ... 1989 marked the time when I was looking back ... days were behind me. When I discovered that those ... true to my feelings, they never have. You only ... that again.
When did you lose your faith in ...Spectrum +2a / +3 SCART LeadsEvening all, Over the past week or so I've tried two different Spectrum RGB SCART leads from two different Ebay sellers, on a Spectrum+2A and a Spec…
... similar problems, and if so, did they find a solution (aside from ... love to give my Spectrums the picture quality they deserve, but am ...scart wiring?I've got rid of an old TV recently, and when pulling the scart splitter box out of it , the plate came off it and I have 2 wires that aren't attached…
... an old TV recently, and when pulling the scart splitter box ... 'd ask here before I did. they are on auction for ?2 ...Inception.So, lovely movie, lotsa potential, yadda yadda... and so that brings me to a question or two-three: [spoiler] OK, I'll buy it that the team was abl…
... people's dreams but did they explain how they were able to do ... dream-within-a-dream entry? They just "magically" had the same ...
????????
And also, when the team woke up, why ...Ashens reviews Renegade 3Just found this while wasting time on Youtube. [youtube]dOYGAfmH8WI[/youtube] I remember when i first found this site and started downloading all m…
... [/youtube]
I remember when i first found this site ... to see Renegade 3 listed. Did they make a Renegade 3? I ... didn't realise they made a Renegade 3. I ... started, I realised I [I]did[/I] know that it existed ...I didn't even get a job interview.I have been at the Citizens Advice Bureau for 2 years now. I'm one of the most experienced assessors (that's a fairly new role) there, and out of tho…
... telephone at the CAB. I did not get a job interview ... an application form.
Did they even read my application? Because ... they would realise I already have ... ME![/b]
and when they say "do some voluntary work ...AA car insureance the B*******I have been with the AA for my car insureance and road side recovery for a year now and they sent me a rather attractive renewal quote and said I nee…
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Only it seems they did not process the payment and ... and when I ask them why they did not contact me, they say they sent ... roadside recovery and not once did they say tthere was a payment ... ?? what can I besides complain? when they asked if I'd like ...When did we move to books in PDF format? Not acceptable.I have noticed that the books I scanned and uploaded have been converted from individual images to PDF files, and I don't seem to be able to find the…
real value of some of these books as learning aids?Ok, I admit perhaps it was a late night and frustration. :???: I could have been hallucinating when i was doing the typein. But I think not.. [url]…
... I could have been hallucinating when i was doing the ... />
my question is did they even bother to check there ... work before they published it?
when it was flawed from ... back in the day when nothing worked! man that ...Election Day.No, not the Arcadia song, but the Mit/Obama popularity conte$t. US Elections. Apparently the cost of the campaigns was some $2 Billion??. Wow where …
... some $2 Billion??. Wow where did they get the money from in ... , does that not represent vulgarity when that money could be better ...Chrimbo pressies you never gotWith the Chrimbly season approaching... When I was a young 'un (not sure what age but it was probably prime speccy time around '84) there were a cou…
... Chrimbly season approaching...
When I was a young 'un ... it, or (more likely) decided they weren't buying this tosh ... I do remember being disappointed when it didn't turn up ... presents did you never get? Did you get them later and did they turn ...Recommend some good films (movies)One thing always surprises me about this forum is that there's no semi-permanent film recommendation topics, but since there are currently two films …
... and planned for decades, yet when it finally comes out it ... [spoiler](and why did they kill off Newt? They should never have done ... (don't you hate it when copyright means a 'collection' can ... their 'shorts'), and when they are on-screen they often weren't given ...
