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  • Why did the Commodore 64 lose to the Spectrum in the UK?The Commodore 64 was released in the UK in 1983. As we all know, it was a great machine from a US company with a much larger financial backing than t…

    ... years later. Software houses expected the C64 to take over that Christmas ... Europe and the USA, the C64 had been hugely popular. While the Spectrum had not ... third place.

    Why did the Spectrum win in the UK? Was it because ...
    Spector Spector December 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why did the wizard in Bruce Lee bother with traps?Why did the wizard in Bruce Lee bother setting traps up, more often then not I find they catch his own men, whilst I just happily stroll through the …

    Why did the wizard in Bruce Lee bother setting traps up, more often then not I find they catch his own men, whilst I just happily stroll through the traps.
    mestor mestor April 2006 Games
  • The most unique game loaderFor me it has to be Technician Ted, when the stripes give way to walking men and a timer.

    ... questions:

    1. Why did the Spectrum and C64 have loading stripes anyway? What ... . Did the Spectrum ever have a tune play while it was loading, like the C64 did ... the VIC had turboload for commercial software, thought it was a C64 ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2011 Games
  • Why did the QL fail?Browsing some old magazines: an advert appeared for the QL, 128k of ram and 32 bit processor etc...also very cheap compared to other similar spec com…

    ... magazines: an advert appeared for the QL, 128k of ram and ... spec computers.

    So why did it fail?

    Should ...
    Van_Dammesque Van_Dammesque January 2009 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The other game that came with the Spectrum+128?Why can't i remember the other game other than Supertest that came with the Spectrum+128. What was it good people? oh did the Spectrum+ User Guide c…

    Why can't i remember the other game other than Supertest that came with the Spectrum+128. What was it good people?

    oh did the Spectrum+ User Guide cassette also come with it?
    redballoon redballoon June 2011 Games
  • CRONOSOFT - New Software releases for the SpectrumHere's what software is available from us, as of 10 Apr 2003: zxs1 - EGGHEAD IN SPACE - ?1.99 zxs2 - DEAD OR ALIVE - ?2.99 zxs3 - HOP 'N' CHOP - ?2…

    ... quality new games/utilities for the Spectrum, ZX81, C64, Vic, C16, Oric, Dragon ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers April 2003 Sales
  • New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…

    ... a problem? Then why did the Spectrum die? Why did the C64 die? Why does all technology become ... To say "What's the point?" is just being ... computer either if that's the attitude? New games/consoles ... especially if there's the vague possibility that you would ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a January 2004 Emulators
  • The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…

    ... />
    But it only because the Spectrum was launched on an unaware ... why is the Gameboy advance much more popular then the PSP. And why did the Gameboy beat ... said in a previous post the Spectrum success was rightly deserved, not ...
    BruceNorton BruceNorton August 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Exilei\'m sure this has been brought up before but couldn't find a thread in 'New Game Ideas'. Why did the Spectrum never get a port of the BBC game Exile…

    ... thread in 'New Game Ideas'. Why did the Spectrum never get a port of ... Exile? Was it the physics involved? A nice Spectrum 128 version would ... be lovely. Maybe after all the ... do a mock-up of Spectrum graphics.

    [IMG ...
    redballoon redballoon March 2012 New game ideas
  • QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED!1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY! 2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for a few years now? WHY! 3.Why can't I have my RUBBERKEYS name back on this f…

    1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY!

    2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet ... 4.Why when I look back on growing up with Spectrum then ... is basically rubbish? WHY!

    5.Why did nobody wish me ... YEAAAAAA!!!

    9.Why the hell am I sitting on ...
    rubberkeys rubberkeys July 2014 Chit chat
  • Copyright infringement / Intelectual PropertyI was having a go of Atarisoft's never-released Moon Patrol earlier and comparing it to Ocean's much better Moon Alert which I enjoyed BITD (although…

    ... neither get close to the playability of the arcade original).
    ... a blip on the radar of the big American and ... against big Spectrum releases?

    I recall the Great Guiana ... etc.?

    And why did the Spectrum never get a decent version ...
    Gwyn Gwyn March 2016 Games
  • New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…

    ... Colours not a problem? Then why did the Spectrum die?[/quote]

    did.

    [quote] ... [quote]especially if there's the vague possibility that you would ... (i.e. throw away) the Spectrum's current components to even ...
    cyborg cyborg January 2004 Emulators
  • QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED!1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY! 2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for a few years now? WHY! 3.Why can't I have my RUBBERKEYS name back on this f…

    [b]1.Why did the Spectrum die?[/b]
    ...
    [b]2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for ... Why when I look back on growing up with Spectrum ... you're looking in the wrong places. Independent developers ... regulate the sale of their goods. This is why importing ...
    chev chev July 2014 Chit chat
  • QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED!1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY! 2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for a few years now? WHY! 3.Why can't I have my RUBBERKEYS name back on this f…

    [QUOTE=Dustin;781701]1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY![/QUOTE]

    Because ... 4.Why when I look back on growing up with Spectrum ...
    [QUOTE=Dustin;781701]5.Why did nobody wish me a happy ...
    [QUOTE=Dustin;781701]9.Why the hell am I sitting on ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek July 2014 Chit chat
  • QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED!1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY! 2.Why has the WOS Forums been quiet for a few years now? WHY! 3.Why can't I have my RUBBERKEYS name back on this f…

    ... /> [QUOTE=rubberkeys;781701]1.Why did the Spectrum die? WHY![/QUOTE]
    It was its ... ]4.Why when I look back on growing up with Spectrum then ... ago.

    [QUOTE]5.Why did nobody wish me a happy ... img]

    [QUOTE]9.Why the hell am I sitting on ...
    Vampyre Vampyre August 2014 Chit chat
  • Copyright infringement / Intelectual PropertyI was having a go of Atarisoft's never-released Moon Patrol earlier and comparing it to Ocean's much better Moon Alert which I enjoyed BITD (although…

    [quote="Gwyn;52351"]And why did the Spectrum never get a decent version ... probably trying to show off the Speccy's ability to do ...
    Grunaki Grunaki March 2016 Games
  • Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?

    Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu November 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why hate the C64?Well, why? I've never understood the bitter rivalry between C64 and Spectrum fans - both computers had their strengths and weaknesses. Both had goo…

    Well, why? I've never understood the bitter rivalry between C64 and Spectrum fans - both ... them. The C64 had the advantage in graphics and sound capabilities, but the Spectrum was ... both equally.

    By the way, I'm from ...
    Lockett Lockett February 2008 Chit chat
  • Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…

    ... I was thinking, did most of the Spectrum programmers [I]really[/I ... me, I see no reason why, for instance, Bubble Bobble ... a black background is the Spectrum's best possible environment for ... why there should be anywhere near as many monochrome games on Spectrum ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 July 2010 Games
  • Get Dexter! - why was this never ported to the Spectrum?One non-Spectrum game I always wanted to be brought to our rubber keyed friend was the Amstrad CPC isometric adventure Get Dexter (originally called …

    ... ]

    Why wasn't this made for the Speccy? I see ... as being made for the Spectrum?

    I did actually get both ... hurt the game irreparably to have been in monochrome? And why was ... Dexter's (I assume Dexter was the name of the hero ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2012 Chit chat
  • How did you learn to code on the Spectrum?Got to be honest, as much as I wish I did, I don't know anything about programming. I had a Spectrum (+2 and then +2B) when I was a kid, and my prog…

    ... machines and my mate's C64 (shudder) We used to write ... thought this was the limits to programming on the Spectrum, but I remember ... and was called, "how did they make the games?") I just didn ... been interested in making my Spectrum do something more than BASIC ...
    alexsut alexsut March 2014 Development
  • The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…

    ... C64. Although I never owned an Amstrad, I know people who did ... just superb on the Spectrum. Play the C64 version and it' ... joy to play on the Spectrum, whereas the C64 version has no 'feel ... these machines, that the Spectrum outshines the C64 by a country mile ...
    MattLamb MattLamb January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I just received the Your Sinclair CD CollectionToday I received the Your Sinclair CD collection and it is brilliant, well up to the awesome standards of Mort's other CD collections (Crash and that…

    ... of Your Sinclair and Your Spectrum (the latter being, to my ... interest in either the ZX Spectrum or with the 1980's computer ... all four British mainstream ZX Spectrum magazines will be archived for ... all the hard work mate!

    But why did he scan a C64 ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why relativly bad colour on Spec compared to other 8bit?Why relatively bad colour on Spec compared to other 8-bit machines like the Master system or even c64? I understand the 8x8 block that you could hav…

    ... the hugable machine it is without the colour clash.

    Also, why did the C64 ... have brown and the Spectrum did not ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow September 2004 Games
  • Amstrad and the SpectrumWhy has Amstrad made so little of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? In the last few years we have seen various retro products celebrating the Coleco, …

    Why has Amstrad made so little of their rights to the ZX Spectrum? ... In the last few years we ... other than the really poor ZX Spectrum games on the E-Mailer ... TV game along the lines of the Tulip-Ironstone C64 DTV or something ...
    Liber Liber September 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why I like Atari 8-Bit and Amiga and respect the SpectrumI mentioned this on my other topic already, but I like these two computers because they were designed by an absolute visionary in the computer field,…

    ... by an absolute visionary in the computer field, who was ... chips to free up the load on the CPU, etc. His ... those same fans of the Spectrum have been able to make ... well.

    The only downside that I can ... on to invent the C5. Jay never did anything bad, as ...
    Foebane72 Foebane72 November 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Ultima-style RPGs on the Spectrum?Were there any Ultima-style top-down RPGs on the Spectrum? Anyone know why Ultima itself wasn't converted, as it was for the C64?

    Were there any Ultima-style top-down RPGs on the Spectrum?

    Anyone know why Ultima itself wasn't converted, as it was for the C64?
    udgoverload udgoverload July 2005 Games
  • Recent Returnee to the spectrum fold needs hardware adviceHi all. Thanks for taking the time to read this. This is my first post to this forum after I stumbled on this site just a few weeks ago, i only reg…

    ... finsihed Batman the movie probably one of the few i did. Anyhow enough ... then port the disk over into the drive a of the spectrum +3. < ... my PC in a format the spectrum would understand. And then ... off floppy drives? Why ever not? Seems the most logical choice as ...
    Modern Games are rubbish! Modern Games are rubbish! October 2007 Hardware
  • Spectrum Vs GameBoyGame Boy was my first console. I got it around 91, by a time when it was almost impossible to buy Spectrum Games (I had a +3) in Portugal. I remembe…

    ... was almost impossible to buy Spectrum Games (I had a +3 ... than most of the games I had on Spectrum and they also ... its time (probably except for C64 from what I remember).
    why did the games looked so much more ...
    VanTammen VanTammen January 2014 Chit chat
  • Why do you love the Spectrum?I saw a similar question posed on a Spectrum FB group and it got me thinking. At first, I struggled to answer what should be a simple question. So af…

    ... similar question posed on a Spectrum FB group and it ... .

    For me, the Spectrum represented everything that was great ... childhood growing up in the pioneering 80s. The games were great, ... br />
    And this is why I will always love the Spectrum.
    sj_howlett sj_howlett October 2014 Sinclair Miscellaneous
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