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Retro gamer, 138There's and article in the above magazine listing the top 25 ZX81 games, the articles stays with games released at the time 81-85 but I'm surprised t…
... , on the forum of the magazine itself people did mention my games, but it was then ... , I do think that Retro Gamer should review games for retro machines, even if the games ... made alterations to the classic SNES game Super Metroid), then even though it wouldn ... -
Hacking a +2 into a shorter caseIf anyone's got a copy of the notes or text they posted about re-wiring the +2 joystick ports or hooking up a tape recorder to the motherboard casset…
... 48K (though off to the side, not the top), but the + ... trying to help, but it's not one of those. Only the original +2 has the ... i assumed this was something that had been done over and over ... the World Of Spectrum (Temporary) Forum
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A proud father.I'm kinda proud right now as my teenage daughter has gone a little retro-gamer. It is her birthday today and she decided she wanted the equivalent o…
... games it turns round and tells me I need PSN + to play it, even though ... of War 3 Remastered for a start, why repackage the crappest game in the ... out of the box the other day and set it up for the first time ... it was going to take 5 and a half hours to do so. I ... -
The "lost" Gargoyle gamesDoes anyone know the story behind Fornax and Gath. Why were they never released? Likewise what happened to the Heavy on the Magick sequel?
... I was to meet these two giants of the Spectrum ... to start at the beginning, when did you first ... many great games over the years. Which is ... game. Though in hindsight ... to read the full interview now, including the most explosive news in the entire history ofRecommend-me-do - memory card devicesSo, both myself (with a +3 that has a dodgy drive) and my friend (with a +2) are looking at the various options for loading from memory card. What…
... br /> First of all I would like to mention that I hold you ... to this forum in the highest regard, which is why, ... followed by entering the BASIC command CONTINUE on the Spectrum.
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Over the past 20 years I managed to ...Minor updateWhilst there is nothing major to announce, be assured that a lot of work is being carried out 'behind the scenes'. We now have 3 developers workin…
... ). That's why some stuff is broken even though the site was restored with same ... for access to the old code and trying my luck with it, I do understand ... his position as the time I ...Trump V Clinton, which one ? Actually Neither !Looks like Obama will declare Martial Law and stay in power. That is my prediction !
... that he's built over the last 40 years - the Trump Tower that ... to the constitution. The constitution was designed to prevent an abuse of power of three branches, the ... person who supports it the most would logically (though ...Games that never werehttp://www.tzxvault.org/time.htm
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Catch-22. Most ... I was pretty good at the arcade, but I struggled to get over halfway through the first ... only one of the few reasons why I think that the possibility of trying to use controllers ...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…
... I do.
I kind of want to upgrade the Chikage, and the Blades of Mercy, even though ... s most powerful, and the ... of other games in that time), I ... to kill you instead of the usual red wraith versions of enemies. Why ... was<…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…
... other games. There's loads of RPG's or even action type games where ... , most of the enemies leading up to that fight were harder than he was :))
though because I kind of want to revive Annalise, and I know I have to kill the ...TV programs that jumped the shark (then fell off a cliff)[b]Can one of the mods move this to the chit-chat forum, please? Sorry, I posted it whilst fixing another PC and my tiny brain can't cope with two th…
... and still attempting to do the parrot sketch live, ... I guess you're referring to the reunion shows a couple of years ... the energy of the original skecthes but it was nice to see them together again, even though ... out why).
The first 2 seasons of Monty ...New Platform Game: "Moritz 48K"Hello. There appeared a new platform game with my music. The game has been made by Sebastian Braunert and Uwe Geiken. Enjoy. "Moritz 48K…
... to be cruel, I'm just trying to help. Honestly, you'd think I ... the resident life forms do just that. Anyway, I need to go as I ... to tell, even though one of them looks more puerto rican close up. I was ... . I told him the World of <…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…
... still there probably to help the trophy whore out, ... to do it he's an optional boss, and usually the most ... to the very end. I'd also suggest even though he's stupidly hard at first trying to ... within the first 2 chapters of both games. The
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September 2017
Chit chat
The aliens who built Stonehenge must be laughing at how stupid we humans areSome rapper is looking to crowd fund 'research' whereby he intends to prove that the Earth is flat. He intends to raise $200,000 (£150,000) to launch…
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I have to say, though that this ... I've mentioned do exist, then there is good reason why ... the best argument I heard against the "The Moon landing was faked" argument was ... the Moon landing (most of whom weren't even in America, but were scattered over the ...Troubleshooting my +2To put this in context: a while back (i.e. late last year and earlier this year) I was looking to put together a compilation of modern Spectrum games…
... (even though he ruined Top Gear projects deliberately, and I ... one of the most common DRAM faults, is the loss of a ... I was trying to get the right output to make tapes with. With the ... of the games that were troublesome on the +2, sending the WAVs fromModern Spectrum Games Advent CalendarSo... it is done. The main reason for my return from the shadows earlier this year was because I knew the greatest Christmas present I ever had was c…
... a neat link to "the Wilderness Years" when any new Spectrum games were made in ... until I get to the first save point... wait... I thought there was one? [i]What do you ... howls of frustration. In the end, even though playing the game on a real Spectrum involves ...The ZX Spectrum and its derivatives used in a static , semi portable and portable way.Now on "portabilty" is there any where I will not be able to "go" with this (Now let me see!) Hmm ! Well semi portability should be totally OK as …
... over the last few years . Thus hit me today when I actually started playing games ... though it was so obvious ( but to me it was not) . The sound quality on the ... even need to be mentioned in the documentation as this type of ... I do not know . But Windows 10 ...Any reason to prefer the 48k version of a game over 128k?Title says all... are there any games for which it makes sense to play the 48k version if there is also a 128k version? To my understanding, the 128k…
... . Even though there is spare space in the ZX Spectrum ROM, this resulted due to the ... the programmers of the ROM code having already spent rather a long time trying to ... to do with the method used to switch between the two ROMs. Because the original ROM was ...TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... /> I suppose what I was trying to say is, even if I knew what I was doing ... the gap between the first and second programs on the tape was ... seconds, even though the data sections are fine. I can only ... had I been able to do it,TZX/Taper headachesI've been doing a stocktake of all my Spectrum stuff, most of which I bought in a job lot a few years back, and there's a whole load of covertapes in…
... to each block. No idea why, but the length of the first ... I've never seen any other program do this, even though ... to insert pokes into early games would have done - and what do ... The data following it was [i]464[/i] bytes, rather than the 466 in the original. The ..…Sinclair User issue 127: Great Eight 16 - what happened?I've been trying to make sure I have an as-near-to-complete-as-possible collection of Crash, Sinclair User and Your Sinclair covertapes (at least as …
... over an unprotected microphone.
At least I now know why three of the ... there was no point making them into TZX files instead (even though it ... I can do with the loading routine"? None of them could have seen the idea of trying to ...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…
... , and I do enjoy playing this version from time to time, even though the arcade option ... years ahead of the first game, but I still prefer just plain old Fantasy Zone to ... lot of US based Sega fans singing this games praises over the last few years ...Son et Lumiere - a lightsynth from 1985.I wrote this back in 1985, inspired by Jeff Minter's Psychedelia; I think I was the only person who actually bought the Spectrum version! I wanted…
... to wonder how it could be done I assumed that the incoming waveform was ... up to the task at all....still, its an interesting problem to ponder even though I haven ... of them used ZX81's and wrote their own software to do all sorts of ...Why is it so hard to produce ZX Spectrum add-on Hardware in the UK.Arguably the UK Spectrum add-on market is stagnating? Why ? Well obviously the ZX Spectrum is a very old retro micro so it's fan base would normall…
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How do you define ... wrote testing software and demonstrated its use at SMS for the first few days of ... the Spectrum distributed in the millions and I don't think it's right to ...Why is it so hard to produce ZX Spectrum add-on Hardware in the UK.Arguably the UK Spectrum add-on market is stagnating? Why ? Well obviously the ZX Spectrum is a very old retro micro so it's fan base would normall…
... areas because the Spectrum computer was cheaper in the first place ! This of course does ... not be profitable to cater for it . So why do they bother with ... the fixed costs of their business. So even though the Spectrum may not profitable overall (on its ...More "What could have been"... The Z280.So in chasing up the Loki specs, I happened upon some parallel developments... And had Sinclair gotten to make the Loki, there could have been some i…
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I do recall z80 being the most common embedded architecture, even in it ... the old Spectrum games, but the convenience of booting a PC from floppy was too much over the ... of finding a z280 and trying one out... They are too rare though. I ...Weird dreams threadI remember some of the dreams I've had over the years. I wonder if I'm the only one who has strange dreams like this... Days ago: I was dreaming t…
... I feel you're oversimplyfing things by making this sweeping generalization even though ... do you ... to be fair most of the ... to defend this sh*t with the "It was just a joke" narrative....I was ... even if you made a mistake 30 years ago your life should be over why ...The Rant Thread.A thread to rant and ramble about stuff that makes you mad: 1) Why can't women say things in only a few words.Instead of a simple yes, no, we…
... I am somewhat **** off with the pillar to post I have had to go through over the years ... , 99% of the scars I carry thru life was caused by them. Way I see it ... are trying to say something helpful, and basically that is what I seek to do ...The Rant Thread.A thread to rant and ramble about stuff that makes you mad: 1) Why can't women say things in only a few words.Instead of a simple yes, no, we…
... possibilities, then after over ten years my DR offered me ... help it. It's what I do. Usually people get the tøff love first ... its most base level. I got a lot of thank you letters..I know that. I ... Was just a shouting match. A battle of wills..Them trying to get ...
