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  • I've never seen a Spectrum in real life.Only in pictures and I've got to say that I'm not all that impressed with what I've seen. Looks more like a casio calculator than a computer. Peopl…

    ... People have told me that the spectrum's sound is ... pretty basic and the graphics are quite bland, ... in Australia the spactrum was never sold. But the market was dominated by the ... best 8bit computer in the world, the commodore ...
    Wally64 Wally64 March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Helping With The MIA/STP/SDP Projects!I urge anybody who has any interest in the Spectrum to help preserve its memory, for decades to come, by contributing to these worthy projects. Thro…

    ... anybody who has any interest in the Spectrum to help preserve its ... to buy software solely for the purpose of preserving it.
    the list grows shorter that the remaining software will ... an wish them well for the future!
    Paul Thompson Paul Thompson March 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • What is the coverage of this database?I mean, I've seen any commercial game I could think of in this site (even those that are denied to distribute, which I grabbed 5 years ago), plus lot…

    ... game I could think of in this site (even those that ... in the database? or do the programs have to have been published in the past in ... order to appear in it?

    in this computing world.
    < ...
    na_th_an na_th_an March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) Please help!!!Does anyone have a solution to this text adventure. I've tried to escape by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't worked. I've been playing it …

    ... by air and sea using the jammer but it hasn't ... to find a use for the rope, log and parachute, and ... how do i get across the pond? ... please help.

    CanItMarvin CanItMarvin March 2003 Games
  • What was it? The game with the oil drips?What was the name of the speccy game where you had to get the oil to run in the right direction so it would drip in the right place and 'build a car'…

    What was the name of the speccy game where you had to get the oil to run in the right direction so it would drip in the right place and 'build a car'? Please help!!!
    And was there one called "postman nasty" or something?
    Cheers!!!
    aefish aefish March 2003 Games
  • Once again about the +3 Disk drive problemI am facing a strange problem with one +3.In the beggining I though it was the drive belt problem which I have proptly replace. The error was still t…

    ... strange problem with one +3.In the beggining I though it was ... and change the cable to the disk drive. Once again the same error ... goes through all the tests in memory apart from the disk drive. Shall ... try to solder all the pins below the FDD controller? Please ...
    Anestis Anestis March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Number 6 in the Village (text adventure) HAS ESCAPED!!!And all along i was looking for the word SLIDE. Rubber wet suit vs the electric fence...very good! ...but still when u complete the game, u still …

    ... along i was looking for the word SLIDE.

    Rubber ... wet suit vs the electric fence...very good!
    ...but still when u complete the game, u still haven't ... escaped from the village - such is life!
    CanItMarvin CanItMarvin April 2003 Games
  • 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…

    Two new Cronosoft releases for the Spectrum are now available for ... arcade action lumberjack game by the legendary Shaw Brothers

    in a haunted house, and plan to take over the world ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers April 2003 Games
  • Super Wonder Boy in MonsterlandI have just noticed some graphics differences in the screenshots of the game as it was reviewed into Crash magazine. [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectru…

    ... noticed some graphics differences in the screenshots of the game as it was ... pretty sure that the weapon inventory on the left is different ... am not sure as the artifacts of the jpg compression might ... are some screenshots in YS where half of the graphics are ...
    Anestis Anestis April 2003 Games
  • Spectrum loses The Best Home Computer Ever competition!The Spectrum lost the Grand Final against the Amiga for 'The best home computer ever', a competition that was run by Micro Mart. The final result was…

    The Spectrum lost the Grand Final against the Amiga for 'The best home computer ever ... rallied slightly on the final day closing the gap by 6%, ... too much of a gap in the end. I'm very sorry ... see the Spectrum come in second, but at the same time glad the Amiga ...
    Paul Thompson Paul Thompson April 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Relative price of the spectrum As Im sure you all know one of the biggest selling points of the speccy was its price.I was reading the other day that the 48K Spectrum cost ?175 - …

    ... it first came out in 1982. Being the zany kind of guy ... to the other stuff on the market. The C64 that came out in the same ... year cost ?399 then, thats over ?850 in todays ... much the speccy cost on its release in other countries? factoring in ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Name the TV series!Let's change the neverending name-the-game theme and help me to find out the name of British TV series! It was broadcast under the name "Predators" o…

    ... It was broadcast under the name "Predators" on the Czech TV, but ... thrilling and I think that the clerk consulted all serious ... decisions with some computer and the computer advised him to ... from some computer game appeared in the screen. That game was Pacman ...
    Dynamite Dan Dynamite Dan May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The Specchums Government ProjectRighto, listen up lads! Now, that we have a sizeable Speccie community here, I suppose it is time we laid the foundations of a new government order f…

    ... .

    Who knows, in the near future there could be ... course, with the history of making great things in 48k memory ... we need is the framework of the Speccy Government - the type of ... Monarchial with Sir Clive doing the duty!), number of parties, ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Graphics in bordersI am 50% certain that I remember a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we wonder why none of the other games did. Am I right or h…

    ... a game that had graphics in the borders. This always made we ... wonder why none of the other games did. Am I ...
    Mikal Mikal May 2003 Games
  • Gremlin's Masters of the universe game mapDoes anyone know where can i find a map for this game?? there was one in the instruction booklet but i don't have it anymore. Thanks in advance.

    Does anyone know where can i find a map for this game?? there was one in the instruction booklet but i don't have it anymore. Thanks in advance.
    jackic jackic May 2003 Games
  • Follow up from "name the game" by bjohnnybravoBjohnnybravo posted the following:- OK... this one can be hard as I don't remember very much... i think u were some adventurer, wandering around som…

    ... maybe someone can remember the name of the game.

    You ... to make a profit. The aim of the game was to make ... . You could bury things in the desert (hence the spade) and you could ... it. Hopefully someone can remember the name!!

    Cheers
    MikeyD MikeyD May 2003 Games
  • name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…

    ... management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it ... you had to go through the qualifying stages first before going ... cup. You could also type in the name of yours players instead ... of having the commentary based on No.10 ...
    pigdog pigdog June 2003 Games
  • WoS mentioned in 'Webactive' magazine!Theres a feature on 'free games' on the 'net in the latest issue of 'Webactive' here in the uk. Within the feature, emulation is mentioned and WoS g…

    ... ' on the 'net in the latest issue of 'Webactive' here in the uk. Within the feature ... emulation, then a bit about the IDSA letter, with a link ...
    LeeT LeeT June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Right, who fancies another name the game?Ok, now I was about 14 the last time I played this in the eighies so my memorys a bit hazy. As far as I can remem it was isometric 3d view, you were …

    ... time I played this in the eighies so my memorys a ... ,plenty of lasers and shooting.The only other thing I remem ... was that one of the team was a huge robot ... sphere and the leader was a bald bloke ...
    calhob_uk calhob_uk June 2003 Games
  • Right, who fancies another name the game?Ok, now I was about 14 the last time I played this in the eighies so my memorys a bit hazy. As far as I can remem it was isometric 3d view, you were …

    ... time I played this in the eighies so my memorys a ... ,plenty of lasers and shooting.The only other thing I remem ... was that one of the team was a huge robot ... sphere and the leader was a bald bloke ...
    calhob_uk calhob_uk June 2003 Games
  • Was it Search for the Crystal Sphere??Does anyone remember an adventure game, I think it was called "Search for the Crystal Sphere". You started up in a deserted town of about 10 locati…

    ... "Search for the Crystal Sphere".
    You started up in a deserted ... Crossroads (heart of the game), each of the 4 directions led to ... it on a palm scanner in the future world. When you completed ... but very well written and the author had thought of everything ...
    steveinuk steveinuk June 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Another one for the RZX vault!As promised somewhere on another thread, I've managed to make a complete walkthrough (or should that be swimthrough?) of Blood N' Guts.* I reckon th…

    ... impossible, but all the bits of the sub are in the same place - it ... 's just the oesophagus is ... one-way in ... this game and the arms/aorta are two ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone June 2003 Games
  • Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…

    ... never quite understod what the hell I was supposed ... television and came to the conclusion that it still ... to figure out what the hell the game was about.< ... extremely high scores in all aspects. If the makers had even ... some hints or help in the game I could have ...
    cv64 cv64 June 2003 Games
  • Jinxter (Inside the box)I noticed the Your Sinclair review of Jinxter [url="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/jinxter.htm"]http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/articles/jinxter.htm[/url] …

    ... ] which quotes;
    - "Inside the bright blue box.... We find ... envelope and a copy of The Independent Guardian, essential reading ... so I have scanned everything in, the newspaper pages are about 2mb ... been Preserved and will be in the next SDP update I ...
    steveinuk steveinuk July 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • help! I need to know the name of these gameshelp! I need to know the name of these games: Game #1: You are a man with wings that can fly but you can't touch anything in green (or maybe it was…

    ... yellow?). You are starting in the past and each time ... you are traveling in time. On the first level there ... them but you can touch the other.

    ... in a big pyramid maze and you need to find out the ... way to the top of the pyramid (the exit).
    zivb zivb July 2003 Games
  • I'm listing a few Spectrum games on ebay at the moment[url="http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewSellersOtherItems&userid=1lambert2&include=0&since=-1&sort=3&rows=50"]http://cgi6.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBa…

    ... is interested, you can see the few titles (along with some ... stuff) I have up at the moment. I'll be listing ... I've got knocking about in the loft.
    MattLamb MattLamb July 2003 Sales
  • COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…

    HIP-HIP! HORRAY!

    Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts.

    Like Bill Gates and Sir Clive Sinclair.
    Piman Piman July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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. …

    ... , due to a bug in the hardware of the grey +2, hence it ... being replaced with the +2a.

    LED storm ... -40 mins depending on how the planets were aligned that given ... spectaculator, they work perfectly under the grey +2 config. wassup wid ...
    Interceptor Interceptor August 2003 Emulators
  • Attic Attac - return of the Speccy!I had gone to my hometown over the weekend to my grandma's place. And while investigating the attic, I found a trunk full of Speccy goodies includin…

    ...
    And while investigating the attic, I found a trunk ... them work after 6 years in the attic. I can't ... to load games via the emulator using an external ... I don't even get the tape detection borders (red ... system (stereo) to the Line in of my soundcard. Should ...
    Arjun Arjun August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Geryon (For Richard "The Adventurer")Ok Richard, I've followed your istructions (I had tried "Throw sheet AT Cliff, I'm Italian after all...;)) but now? I've typed: "Climb Geryon" and th…

    ... " and this was OK but in the Divina Commedia Virgil also climbs ... /> Maybe I have to use the rope?

    Thanks again ...
    fulkyval fulkyval August 2003 Games
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