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Nasty vertical pattern on a 128K Toast Rack via RGBI managed to fix the busted membrane on my [url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/55755/got-myself-a-128k-toast-rack-plus-a-simple-a…
... in the display bitmap area, which looks like this (the picture is deliberately out of ... the composite output! In fact, aside from the usual color signal delay, which results in ... /> 3. Played around with the values of resistors in all possible combinations—no ... -
Winston's 25th anniversary Diagnostics BoardBack then, I created the board, but still wanted to build a new one based on a professional PCB, which are more affordable these days. There was some…
... was some website with "alioth" in the domain name, but it seems ... for the PCB layout. Even better would be a .brd file which ... is needed by the PCB supplier. In the Git repo, I ... see a lot of files which ... -
Sir Clive Sinclair deadSad news. SIr Clive Sinclair has died today, at the age of 81. Thank you Sir for all. All the machines, all the memories, all the joy and fun we h…
Sad news. SIr Clive Sinclair has died today, at the age of 81.
Thank you Sir for all. All the machines, all the memories, all the joy and fun we had and will have in result of your life's work. Rest in peace. -
Plus 3 Disk ConversionIf anybody wants any commercial +3 disks converted to .dsk format, I've rigged a +3 up to my PC and can make .dsk images of nearly all commercially p…
... /> They consist of a 3" drive like the one in the +3, a power ... a 26-way female socket (which
plugs into any 3 ... inside an external case.
I've got the connections to ... /> Anyway you connect the 3" drive in place of the 3.5" - not as ... -
Whats it like to be a young speccy gamer now?From some topics on here it seems that alot of us(me included) have left behind our younger years in age along long time ago,so when we play speccy g…
... true, as most of the games I've posted ... point of view I think the gameplay involved in some of the better Spectrum ... games is a good way into computer games in ... general, and gives a good insight into the origins of ... -
Identify game - flip-screen mazeI was playing this game in the mid-80s, I would say. It was a flip-screen game, a bit like Jet Set Willy in that regard, although it was viewed from …
Rapscallion - that's it! Funnilly enough I had the name Rasputin in my head, but I knew that wasn't right. Thanks Mat.
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Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
... had 17/20.
And BTW, where are the talking trees in Robin of the ... wood?! The instructions mention ... none of them, ... we are talking about the game by Odin ... -
The Spectrum In EuropeWhat are the differences between Speccys in Europe and the UK? ie would a British 48K work in France or Italy, and vice versa?
... not scoring the 2-0 in one of the several chances we've had. Even ... 'defending' we've had loads of ... those, all of them missed.
new to emulators...I tried using a speccy emulator several years ago...but I see that they have improved by leaps and bounds now. So...what is the best emulator to use …
... of the computer memory, the first two are tape images. The 'best' one in terms of ... fidelity is tzx, for it replicates the ... allows to save the tape image in time just as ... again, and enable saving in games which did not support it.< ...Another Spin problem game?Anyone else tried loading Doomsday by Relion software? Doesn't seem to want to load.
... I have tried loading it in 48,128,+2,+2a & ... it won't pass the loading screen in any of these (it doesn ... 't even display the loading screen ... don't even get the out of memory message which Dunny gets.
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…
... discovered one of the easiest games for the Spectrum. Certainly the easiest one in my collection ... I checked, it really is the easiest of games!Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
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the Amiga was a great machine because of its specs, while the Spectrum was a great machine IN SPITE of its specs... [/quote]
Yes - that's it exactly. Well put.
ColinShould WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... someone pointed out. The Speccy icons in front of the links are a ... Cummins placed perhaps to the left of the links. The News, Guestbook links ... links could come along the bottom row (instead of in 2 column as it ... 's such a big issue on the main page that serves ..."Spectrum" by Billy CobhamI've just finished listening to [I]Spectrum[/I] by Billy Cobham. And what a great record it is! I would recommend it especially to those among you wh…
They had the wrong sequence in C. C. It was Colin Bakers first title sequence from 1984. His second title sequence from 1986 has even more spectrums of light.Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
We could have just had a community action in the first place - rather than the competition - but you insisted the competition was in and of itself more important.Is spectaculator emulating the +2 correctly?i remembera few games that would crash when running in 128K mode, due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it being replaced with the +2a. …
... /> It's basically the same board in a different case with a cassette ... It's got lots of incompatibilities with the original 128 and +2 ... 2 machine? I'm thinking of some Codemasters titles (Sergeant ... more than one...) that had 128k content but would crash ...CHARITY SHOP - JUNK SHOP - CAR BOOT SALE - Spectrum games recovered!i've just paid 20p a piece in the Aged Concern shop for Penetrator (48k Spectrum)and Space Raiders (ZX81). it seemed such a pity to leave them to gat…
Sounds like the two ladies out of the Charity Shop in League Of Gentlemen!!!
had a working Atari computer on ... but by the time I had gone back to the shop it had disappeared ...Dragons LairI remember the local Ice Cream shop(O'Driscolls) got Dragons Lair in 1995. It was the first interactive video game in County Tipperary, Ireland. When…
... in Tenby in wales in about 1985-6 ish. I was amazed by the ... show the crowd how good I was. I inserted my 50p (which ... was a lot of money then to play ... off!!!! I have never played the game since in fear of the mocking laughter!!!!Darkman on SpectaculatorI'm using version 5.2 of Spectaculator but am unable to get Darkman to load. I've tried it on Spin and it loads fine. Anyone else have this problem?
... be a more faithful representation of the original source tape ?
in the past was that the block preceeding the decryption ... to make the decoders work in favour of Real Spectrum. However before ... all made before the conception of Real Spectrum. So it ...What is this game?! Help neededEDIT 2 Okay this next game is a puzzle one...you control a red ball, and you have to jump on platforms collecting fruit and such. I'm almost certain…
Thanks for the response, but that's not ... about it...I'm sure the sleeve had this young wizard (he ... to recall that the title of the game had the word "spell" in it somehwere, but ...Music / BonustracksHi all, Is there a reason for some of the low quality MP3s still in the above folder? If not, could someone please upload clearer versions of the f…
... have the tune. I did a version of this for the Spectrum (using the PLAY ... command), a sort of 'Variations ... on Gemini Wing' which ...Semi-Newbie QuestionsHi Peeps, OK, I'm starting to play with my old spectrum again I have been rather spoiled by my Atari 800xl and a tape to disk utility. To the poin…
... sure that in your loader you type in the name, of the block of code you ... saved, inside the quotes with ... ", which will give you the length and start address of each file in a ...Big Hello and football manager gameshi guy's this takes me back! just surfing around and i find this place... i remmember the times i had as a kid playing on my speccy. wish i still ha…
... to love Player Manager on the Amiga. Just like kickoff but ... /> You can only play the games (instead of just being a manager ... 74 years old the player had the worst speed in the world but still played ...GameBoy emulation infringing patent....did you guys see this? [url="http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/03/12/0342208.shtml"]http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/03/12/0342208.shtml[/url]…
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However, I suspect the point you're making is ... more about prior art than the details of patent awards and that ... legal department which will make it much too expensive (in terms of both ... time and money) to fight the patent. ...GameBoy emulation infringing patent....did you guys see this? [url="http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/03/12/0342208.shtml"]http://games.slashdot.org/games/04/03/12/0342208.shtml[/url]…
... legal department which will make it much too expensive (in terms of both ... the patent date) examples of the patented technology in theory all that it takes in ... order to render the ...Imagine versus UltimateImagine (The Name of the Game) Ultimate (Play the Game) Well, twenty years after their heyday, how do these two super software houses' products com…
... and the lifespan of the industry would have suffered. How often in any field of ... Pepper being kept in the can until the rest of pop caught up?
of the mill.
The only thing Imagine had to match Ultimate in terms of ...Last NightI went to the pub last night, then had a pizza. I felt a bit rough this morning, but I'm feeling better this afternoon. Next time, I might go clubb…
... finale[/I] of my fortnight there, so I had, in the right order:
1) dinner at the Japanese restaurant ... at the "Caff? degli Specchi", in Piazza Unit? d'Italia - the heart of the city ...EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... part of the problem. See what happens when the character stands in front of a ... window. Some parts of the character ... to play this game, I had a look in demo mode only).Top 10 Games - All Formats (Pre Playstation era)Without being biased only towards Spectrum games what are your favourite 10 games? (Apologies if this has been asked before) My favourites: 1 Sensi…
... /> 4. The Worm In Paradise (Spectrum. Possibly the greatest sci-fi adventure of its time ... )
5. The ...8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…
... neat stuff like alter the origin point in RAM of the screen i think ... of the Beast for example, low colour high res... but still had more ... colour than the Spec version.
