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  • Waters of MarsIf tonights story doesn't recount the birth of the Ice Warriors, then I'm gonna be angry. PS: Is this years 4 part series just a set of Who films, …

    ... much water, why don't they just piss themselves? (Austin ... Earth and all its water when they seem to have so ... water monsters" was "just because". They were never fully explained anyway ... her own granddaughter years later. When did "Doctor Who" become "Mister ...
    Zagreb Zagreb November 2009 Chit chat
  • Grumpy Old Git thread..when is a game not a game...when it's on ebay apparently.. maybe others have noticed it... go look at bundles and what's nearly always included....…

    ... 's not a product that they are trying to sell to ... a fully-fledged DTP package. They've basically changed everything and ... 'm all for progress when it's genuine; making things look better ...
    Shaun.Bebbington Shaun.Bebbington November 2009 Chit chat
  • I'm a TV star!At least in the Basque Country :-) [url]http://www.nickdutnik.com/retroinformatika[/url] From 15:57 onwards (it's in English, don't worry, I don't …

    You did well in that video. I may be wanting one of them spectra nets too.

    When will they be publically available?
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk November 2009 Chit chat
  • Sorry , you were outso the postie left a card thru the door... but what was it.... and you can do multiple choice vote :) I was gonna put option 5, Jordans biography.…

    ... .. it was obviously a person making a living or at least ... nothing.. palming off demos , knowing they are only demos is a ... waste on such BS, when if they hadn't been economical with ...
    fog fog December 2009 Chit chat
  • forget top 10 and top 100 .... what IS legendary status ?games that go beyond the top 100.. much like say armalyte+wizzball on c64 and rescue on fractulus on atari 8 bit... games that were good BUT basic…

    ... it was , but not everything.. they kinda went off the boil ... the local woolies :) ) , although they never did sell much of that sinclair ... ]

    I heard they are making a new game.. frobush goes ...
    fog fog December 2009 Games
  • Release the joe75 one."Well news has reached us here in Boinko towers that joe75 has been banned from the award wining wos forums. This report has not yet been confirmed a…

    ... ]Ok i agree that you did politley ask for the images ... relevant to the thread. They were making a point that linked in ... a good thing or not did not belong in the MCII ... .com/site/ulaplus/[/url] before making any more unfounded comments about ...
    chev chev December 2009 Chit chat
  • Cya later guysI've become a bit disenchanted and diasppointed with certain goings ons in WoS recently and Dunny leaving has been pretty much the last straw. It see…

    [QUOTE=ZnorXman;409098]Hey ... stop being a better CC of me than I am! :grin:[/QUOTE]

    Tell us Znorxman, When did Thomas Crapper invent the flushing W.C. again ?
    grey key grey key December 2009 Chit chat
  • Cya later guysI've become a bit disenchanted and diasppointed with certain goings ons in WoS recently and Dunny leaving has been pretty much the last straw. It see…

    [QUOTE=grey key;409101]Tell us Znorxman, When did Thomas Crapper invent the flushing W.C. again ?[/QUOTE]

    There is no such thing as a "flushing W.C." ... stop perpetuating the myth, or I'll have to call the MythBusters on your Hiney(man).
    ZnorXman ZnorXman December 2009 Chit chat
  • Hidden Features In GamesI'm sure there was a thread like this somewhere - sorry, but I can't find it. Hidden stuff in games. In "Mikie" there is a hidden bonus in each of …

    ... did try to play it a few times but lost interest when ... I did not know what I ... home computer conversions didn't they? (Or did they just licence them out ... them?)

    I remember they did 'Jail Break' and it was ...
    Grunaki Grunaki December 2009 Games
  • "Up to 80% of violent criminals turned to crime because computer games"According to China (that well known bastion of openness and human rights), or at least the official China news people: [[COLOR=Red]Note: if you can'…

    I wonder how much of these consoles / joy pads etc are made in china :)

    perhaps they should stop making such things IF it concerns em that much.hehe
    fog fog December 2009 Chit chat
  • Roll up! Gordon brown gives out free laptops!Just when you thought the country was bankrupt with Gordon Browns extravagent spending, he wastes more of our money, this time buying laptops and bro…

    ... be good with computers, so they can all go to university ... ::lol::lol:

    course when everyone in the country is ... the public bogs... Oh dear, they didn't think this through did they. :)
    guesser guesser January 2010 Chit chat
  • Roll up! Gordon brown gives out free laptops!Just when you thought the country was bankrupt with Gordon Browns extravagent spending, he wastes more of our money, this time buying laptops and bro…

    ... be good with computers, so they can all go to university ... ::lol::lol:

    course when everyone in the country is ... ...[/B] Oh dear, they didn't think this through did they. :)[/QUOTE]
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk January 2010 Chit chat
  • "I assumed it was converted" threadI was surprised to see that speedball was never put out on speccy.. and maybe it could be done using the engine outta microprose soccer.. what titl…

    ... ]

    Maybe in 1983 they thought, 'We can't publish ... minds in 1985 when they saw the pound signs. Did they produce much else ... />
    I was so pleased when Golden Axe came out, as ...
    Graz Graz January 2010 Games
  • Cassette 50Can anyone tell me where I can get hold of 'Cassette 50' by cascade games? I have looked on loads of different web sites but I just can't find it any…

    ... the ad which pops up when you finish playing some of ... the time, and if so did they ever get a response?
    Morkin Morkin January 2010 Games
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... Assassins Creed II (dam why did they have to put a "Indiana ... for me, I felt it did cause it to loose it ... was! When all is said and done, I tink they judged the ... you knew what to do, they were quite enjoyable (I actually ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob January 2010 Chit chat
  • Favourite/Least Favourite Arcade Conversion?The Speccy was home to some great arcade conversions considering it's relatively miniscule power. I've put my ten favourite and least favourite up o…

    ... makes no sense, especially when he's in the ... to the arcade, and they changed the gamplay altogether ... sub-standard shite instead, did they think it was a ... games were fun, but they should never have been ... Last but not least though they did get Golden Axe right ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek January 2010 Games
  • Favourite/Least Favourite Arcade Conversion?The Speccy was home to some great arcade conversions considering it's relatively miniscule power. I've put my ten favourite and least favourite up o…

    ... makes no sense, especially when he's in the ... level layout. Dunno why they chose to convert this ... sub-standard shite instead, did they think it was a good ... games were fun, but they should never have been ... be p***ed off when they bought something expecting to ...
    Steve Halfpenny Steve Halfpenny January 2010 Games
  • Policy Exchange think tank calls for BBC overhaulWhat utter bollocks. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8458271.stm[/url] Is the BBC out of thouch?. Should they stop funding shows for 16 to 35 y…

    ... the things I said when I made the first ... that pretty much everything they said about the BBC was ... sure aint perfect, but they are great and probably ... innovation, in most areas they work in. However, if ... out of thouch?. Should they stop funding shows for 16 to ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk February 2010 Chit chat
  • Grand Theft Auto 3Following a discussion today about GTA style games, and which one is the best, I thought I'd post here and see what everyone prefers. There are *lot…

    ... were based in America? And did they write San Andreas and GTA ... (who also did Lemmings), based in Scotland. So when you play them ...
    The Starglider The Starglider February 2010 Chit chat
  • can anyone find a crash article?I'm pretty sure it was a tech niche article in crash, but I could be wrong. It might not even be crash. *grr* Though that is the only mag I regularly…

    ... know he's summarised what they do - but I KNOW I ... at some point as well? When did the tech tape come out ...
    Gedlion Gedlion February 2010 Development
  • can anyone find a crash article?I'm pretty sure it was a tech niche article in crash, but I could be wrong. It might not even be crash. *grr* Though that is the only mag I regularly…

    ... know he's summarised what they do - but I KNOW I ... at some point as well? When did the tech tape come out ...
    csmith csmith February 2010 Development
  • 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…

    ... , I can understand the old "Did they even try?" mentality, if one ... ... perhaps a sign that demo making has moved out of the ...
    kgmcneil kgmcneil March 2010 Development
  • Bloody doctors...Kind of a long story and I have a habbit of going off tangent a little, so stick with me here :lol: I've got a condition called PKD (Polycystic Kidn…

    ... life again :)

    They are making advances all the time and ... was down to 9% before they would put him on the ... waiting list, but they have changed it to 15 ... on the list before he did.

    Fingers crossed etc ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob March 2010 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... Bad Feeling About This[/I]. Did they deliberately, ironically, make the middle ... the first one, as they were about the main characters ... as most actors would do when playing a robot, he made ... remember which was which, but they were both disappointing, although ...
    ewgf ewgf March 2010 Chit chat
  • Recommend an issue of Retro GamerI hadn't got any issues of the "new" Retro Gamer, but the iPhone app tempted me and I've bought issues 73 & 74 on that (and now subscribed - I love i…

    ... have to get issue 48 when (if?) they offer older back issues ... much preferred the sequel. "The making of" might still be worth ...
    Mousey Mousey March 2010 Chit chat
  • So which 8-bitter was biggest in which country?ewgf's topic "Be honest now..." got me thinking about this. As we got people from most European countries here and also a few abroad, tell us which 8…

    ... development behind the Iron Curtain. Did they develop independently, or was it ... area. Spectrums were cheaper than C64s or BBC Micros, also they were ... about the beatles in Russia. They were banned after a certain ... to family members, and they used old X Rays to ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I've been meaning to post this for yearsGAMESTAGE. Yep, you know 'em. Okay, so they're weird - but why... why... why... Is their logo ripped from a Lidl's cereal packet? [IMG]http://…

    ... begin with and, like Gamestage, they just nicked it off the ... is hilarious though. But since when did you have that bee design ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I've been meaning to post this for yearsGAMESTAGE. Yep, you know 'em. Okay, so they're weird - but why... why... why... Is their logo ripped from a Lidl's cereal packet? [IMG]http://…

    ... is hilarious though. But since when did you have that bee design ... German shop, selling in UK. They've had the Bee on ...
    Graz Graz March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • PaperBoy remake?PaperBoy was an amazing game and still one of my top 10 classic games but the Speccy version was awful! Im interested to know how many people would b…

    ... conversions, to be honest. Sure, they Speccy version was technically sound ... 't play very well. Shame they didn't let you use ... great when you want to fire upwards.

    Also, why did they ... in that "raining" section? Mike did tell me, but I've ...
    Alarm Alarm April 2010 New game ideas
  • PaperBoy remake?PaperBoy was an amazing game and still one of my top 10 classic games but the Speccy version was awful! Im interested to know how many people would b…

    ... and the "Wow! How did they do that on the Spectrum ... how u doing" etc) when they have a damn keyboard ... too good anyway, but when classics like Jetpac and ... cloud over WOS. Especially when such a Spectrum legend ... it was even better when i discovered the 128k ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2010 New game ideas
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