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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... better at certain things (which was the only thing ... consoles, namely the ability to use them creatively. Making ... feel the need to become attached to any peice of ... Most people get attached to transitory things, and in ... I am most likely NOT to buy!
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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... ! Most of which stemmed from Amstrads involvements. Not to meantion some truely ... problems, not the ferocity with which they're argued.
to buy a computer that's not ... -
games that only you seemed to playi was....and still am , a big fan of the automata games...groucho, pimania , new wheels john etc. also the game called 'the biz' i remember playing …
... (must have been 1987? 88?) which I played over about five ... couple of other top fives (which, if you've ever ... or make it on to BRMB (which was typo-ed in ... the only people who seem to have been selling 'The Biz ... copy, I'd be delighted to buy it or swap lots of ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... thought it would be better to buy a computer. It changed my ... took me and my sister to his office and I was ... the days when you had to 'BUY SOFTWARE PATCHES' - does anyone remember ... tapes that you could buy which would allow you to use the joystick? -
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…
... /> The easiest way is to buy an Amstrad FD1 external 3 ... 26-way female socket (which
plugs into any ... way male plug (which connects
to your PC motherboard ... Ulrich Doevich's CPDread to read the copy ... /> All the more reason to get them dsked, though eh ... -
The 20th AnniversaryOkay, it's April 2002, and I'm sure the Spectrum was released in the UK around this time. But does anyone know the exact date? When would the 20th An…
... ] and the NES, which they often refer to amusingly as 'the regular ... "they're basically forcing us to buy a PlayStation 2, then"... I ... had to point out that the PlayStation ... any more... which I suppose is just as happened to our beloved ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... , and then I use them to buy items on eBay.uk. Of ... there's still postal orders, which can be made directly in ... -
Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…
... Ebay Traders list out of which *everyone* has contributed by ... (after its been TZXed) to buy what I do want (and ... etc and just want to sell them to make some cash, ... I never seem to be able to sell things for much ... us would no longer want to buy them (unless it was ... -
Auction Tracking forum.Hey, guys: I must have missed something, so it must all be my fault -- but how do I get into the auction forum? Could I possibly be added to the "eli…
... like a good topic in which to ask if I can ... ?
I mainly buy adventures (surprise surprise) or the ... .
I tend to buy around five games a month ... some time in order to build up my spectrum ... If somebody is willing to copy them I am quite ... -
What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... the attention it deserved (which of course I regret ... ). But on the way to my grandparents' house, my ... gave me a present, which was The Trap Door. ... when I used Christmas money to buy a MegaDrive, too... and ... cos they were such pigs to get running properly, but ... -
What made a good games reviewer?Hi all, I've been quite a regular visitor to this fine web site for any Speccy interested ones. One of the qood things I've noticed here is that you…
... I'd be more inclined to buy it, but often I was ... reviews that had no relevance to the game itself, and ... it was often funny to read (which is why I'm ... Reviews itself when it came to getting games.
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Can Anyone help me?I don't know the title of two games, both with the same character: the character is similar to an egg, but it's not Dizzy! The two games are set in…
... I mentioned! :( I'd like to include a screenshot, but it ... ago, I used to buy magazines with cassettes which contained Speccy games with ... I have a few clues to know the real title... :( -
TAP files for the TS 2068Hi, just recently bought a TS 2068 and found "Taper" on the web. Downloaded it and began to use it only to discover that it would not open TS 2068 fi…
... . It had a "function dispatcher" which would have allowed for future ... the Spectrum and its software, which at the time were selling ... and expecting a specific value which the Spectrum would always give ... them. Your best bet was to buy a Spectrum ROM or Spectrum ... -
What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... got one which still gives me evil flashbacks to this day!< ... and my younger brother went to live with my mum. ... third visit I found to my horror that the ... to buy himself a sega megadrive! I had at least 150 games which ... at least 35 of them) which I loved.
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Why did I buy that crap game? Hype, Cover Art or Licenced Product?Was I the only person to buy "Knight Rider" before any reviews came out? I doubt it. What made me buy it? Yep, it was hyped and a licenced product of…
... never used to buy full price games but we decided to buy one - I ... it back and got KDSM which sounded great as we were ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... , i would like very much to cater to +3 users because they ... disks, some which they cannot. my partner wants to make the MC ... code with header to make it easier to convert to +3 and hopefully ... format) as cheap for people to buy as possible. Cassettes I'd ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... br /> I'd love to be able to make +3 disk games ... game compilations from floppies to cds to play on their ... the cdtv.tm file ( which is what will make ... ) as cheap for people to buy as possible. Cassettes I' ... software house, rather than to make a profit.[/quote]< ... -
Brand New Software House - Retro games wanted...Hi All, I'm looking to start a new software label for older 'retro' computer games, CRONOS software. I'm looking for people that have written games …
... one off charge for artwork (which I'm assuming is needed ... br />
its certainly possible to buy thicker durable paper that the ... the box you might buy cakes in which are actually flat but ... really be an incentive to get poeple to buy, especially at those low ... -
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... of Infringing Activity" to World of Spectrum, which is home of ... his server games which have not been permission to be made ... the intellectual property rights on which software companies are built. ... you're highly unlikely to be able to buy software or platform ... -
Cronosoft - NEW SOFTWARE HOUSE - FIRST RELEASE NOW AVAILABLEHI EVERYBODY! I'm really pleased to announce our first Spectrum software release: EGGHEAD IN SPACE by Jonathan Cauldwell The third in the EGG…
... author, the price at which we should sell the ... br /> What I'd like to ask everyone is...
< ... /> What would you be happy to pay?
< ... the game, prompting other people to write games.
to buy it!
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Faulty Spectrum?PLease can somebody help have just bought a ZX Spectrum 48K And the Hobbit game, i cannot get this game to load it crashes right at the end of the l…
... recommend to people, if they are happy to do it, is to remove ... , it probably would be better to buy another machine I think, unless ... know many people are attached to particular machines as they were ... board had this exact fault, which was also fixed :)
Fake screenshots? No - now it's REAL screenshotsOk then. A few weeks ago I said I will show You the new gfx-mode of Speccy and - here it is: [url="http://republika.pl/hooy_prg/hprg.zip"]http://rep…
... this is the only Spectrum which can use Multicolour lace.
which pic to erase: 1-3.
to buy a licence and translated the ... the other computer which isnt mine at night to quickly transfer, they ...unreleased games and beta versionsAre there any alternative beta versions of games, or games that were never released at all in the archive. I dont seem to be able to find any. There …
... the UK and also Spain which produced alot of software, I ... first hand and dont intend to buy them. but it's worth ... more comercials. [/quote]
to show more commercials? i always ... martin basketMaster, has additional text to the loading screen. I also ...games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... de Juegos 2", which seems to have nothing to do with the Hurg ... the full version, not even to buy.
theres so many ... good feedback, which i think it will, ill buy that for sure ... Games Factory and Multimedia Fusion ( which i dcreated an application in ...NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASES: HOP 'N' CHOP & GLOOP! Now availableTwo new Cronosoft releases for the Spectrum are now available for purchase online, or by mail order: [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk"]www.cronosoft…
... Unfortunately, I had to use a camera to get the pics ... or other emulator file from which to take a snap - I ... update). If you want to buy multiple items, just don' ... use the Paypal or Nochex 'BUY' button. Instead, if you ... you can vote for which game you like best ...Happy happy joy joy.What was the happiest moment in your Spectrum life? (To narrow this down, this thread doesn't include recieving the Spectrum, or buying your best ev…
... scraped money together for christmas to buy a spectrum for me after ... So we had to share the spectrum... Which I wasn't happy ... percent ownership of the spectrum .. Which I agreed..
... the silliest thing ever, which I constantly remind him of ...Distribution of the Spectrum in Europe.Ok, so we've noticed the lack of French posters (there might be readers we don't know about) here at WoS. We have people from UK of course, from Irel…
... Amstrad bought back the rights to the Spectrum. Then everything went ... or a C64 sidegraded to the Amstrad CPC which had become 'the ... machine to own'. That's one ... we never got the chance to buy +3's or +2a's ...Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…
... i prefer the PS2 to any other console, quality ... without pushing the machine to the limits, remember what ... done in basic which were blocky to such games groundbreaking ... the Abe's games which is the main reason ... market than those expected to buy PS2 and X-Box, ...Favourite latest generation consolesDisregarding previous consoles, out of today's big three, which console do you prefer? Gamecube? PS2? or Microsoft Halo-player? I'm wildly predi…
... average!
It just goes to show how bad Sega's ... younger market than those expected to buy PS2 and X-Box,
which appealled to a wide age-range ...You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
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[quote]Arjun, trying to persuade Codemasters that releasing old ... having to do with Oliver Twins software, which is not limited to ... want Dizzy back and want to buy Codemasters' half, Codemasters' want ... won't be allowed to do anything with Dizzy ...
