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Advice on car rental in the USA.Would it be cheaper for me to pre book my hire car over here via the web or wait till I'm over in the USA?? Andrew.
Would it be cheaper for me to pre book my hire car over here via the web or wait till I'm over in the USA??
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Found a few things out in the last couple of weeks :)Q. Who funded Hitler ? Now you bound to say, he did it all on his own ! Alas wrong. Q2. Who prints out money ? (now this i would love to know, i kn…
... of them, not sure who the other 6 are).
... please pay the bearer` mean on every note in your ... />
Also while im in the typing mode @ `mr death`. Richard ... 200M away from the gf`s and the parents house ...
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New Game! Phantomasa in the Land of the Grunge WizardsNOW!! You already can help Phantomasa in this new adventure, a platform arcade, with 2 different versions : one for the 128K with 50 screens and anot…
... already can help Phantomasa in this new adventure, a ... versions : one for the 128K with 50 screens ... and another one for the 48K, with a few ... less screens but with the same quality and maybe ... /> Let us know your opinion in the forums :
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A day in the life of a studentIt's quarter to two in the morning and I've just finished my essay. 560 words in German on the most important famous person if Britain. I was going …
It's quarter to two in the morning and I've just ... essay.
560 words in German on the most important famous person ... out whenever I like without the parents going "oh, where are ... -
Can you write in the border?Is it at all technically possible in any way to get stuff into the border, apart from changing the border colour? I believe the C64 used the border a…
... can draw the border changing colour completely. With that in mind, would ... control over making things appear in the border such as text or ... is of course the rolling border effect in Anfractuos that springs immediately ... -
AWARI - in the archiveBe nice to me, I'm don't understand the techincal gubbins. and rarely venture outside of the chit chat forums. But, in my hope to find a MIA in my …
... I'm don't understand the techincal gubbins. and rarely venture ... outside of the chit chat forums.
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According to the info in the Archive
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Idea : Speccys in the media...Seeing that we now have a synopsis of each month's RetroGamer posted up, I was thinking it could be really good to get a similar thread/forum going f…
... even Sinclair, related that appear in the media.
This could ... include a cut-down of the RetroGamer list, any Speccy-based ... stuff that Shaun writes in his MicroMart column, and any ... any speccy games in a new edition of the RetroGamerCD - sort ... -
Sailors Fighting In The Dance HallI downloaded Life On Mars (the series, not the song :)) sometime last year but never got around to watching it until now. I just finished watching th…
... downloaded Life On Mars (the series, not the song :)) sometime last ... looking forward to seeing how the story is resolved ... assuming ... convinced Sam was unconscious in a hospital in the present day until ... I got to the end of ... -
name the game in the picture, pleasecould anybody name the text adventure in the picture on the right, please ??? [url]http://lifeslices.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/play-classic-zx-spectru…
could anybody name the text adventure in the picture on the right, please ???
[url]http://lifeslices.wordpress.com/2007/06/15/play-classic-zx-spectrum-games-online-httpwwwzxspectrumnet/[/url] -
If they'd have been released in the 80s...Hello again, Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url]…
... they had been released back in the 80s or early 90s, ... as any '81 game, the only other title that ... kept all Speccy fans interested in the prospect of 16K gaming. ... cronosoft.co.uk]GameX - The Game Exchange[/url] to ... ? And perhaps games for the Sam Coup? could also ... -
I just smashed myself in the face by accident, and I am sobre.I was swigging from a 2litre bottle of coke, when the phone rang, the phone is in the kitchen. I walked to the kitchen, intent on finishing the coke …
... of coke, when the phone rang, the phone is in the kitchen. I walked ... to the kitchen, intent on finishing the ... frame, and smashed myself in the face with the plastic bottle. Blood and ... -
Did you publish any hoax back in the day?I did tons of those. I need to explain the "setting" though: Around 1990, we had this computer classifieds magazine printed on thin crappy recycled p…
... started to talk weird crap in the Gameboy section, so after having ... the Gameboy games in 2x speed so I replied in the next issue how the ... weird piss-take game and in the next issue you'd ... to buy the exact same stuff with the same phone number in the following ... -
Alone In The Dark: Central ParkHands up those of you here who played, and had fun with the original Alone In The Dark, back in the day. I remember I did. The storyline, or atmosp…
... had fun with the original Alone In The Dark, back in the day.
I remember I did. The ... recommend going to the site to check out the tech demo (under ... see what can be done in the game. A cool touch is ... -
Throwing fits at games back in the dayDid you get really pissed off at games back in the day? The answer will be most likely yes, I'm pretty sure everyone of us did. My speccy definitely …
... off at games back in the day? The answer will be ... bashing the delicate rubber keys when I lost in a ... remember. Maybe even Crap and the Beanstalk.
... had an Atari 2600 in the early 80s. More than ... and then throw the cartridge against the wall. I think ... -
What's the song in the Disco Lift?What's the song playing in the disco lift? [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=550Fb-5dRqU[/url] ?
What's the song playing in the disco lift?
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=550Fb-5dRqU[/url]
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Alone In The Dark WiiAnyone got this? I brought it earlier this week and I'm finding it really hard going. The controls are all over the place (just getting to the invent…
... really hard going. The controls are all over the place (just getting ... is a load of debris in the way and you can't ... still miss parts of the story, although the cut scene intro's ... healed.
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Most expensive item in the archive?I know there have already been threads on "most expensive game" and "most expensive program" in the archive. But what about the most expensive item …
... game" and "most expensive program" in the archive.
But ... br />
The "Neptune 2" robot, costing ?1725.00 in 1984.
in 2008 money. (I can imagine the argument now " ... anything even more expensive than the above Neptune 2 robot ... -
Remember that 1960's music center I had stuck in the loft?I emptied the loft today of everything. I had an early 1960's music centre up there too heavy to get out, and a sofa bed, and boxes , and boxes of ju…
... , and hoped for the best.
Plugged it in just now ... of it too. The wheelie bin is emptied in the morning, and we ... 'll put some of the junk in there. Over the ... -
Site that shows screenshots of all the games in the archive...Unless I imagined it during a moment of drunken madness, there was a site or page that showed a very long list of screenshots from all the games in t…
... list of screenshots from all the games in the archive (or at least ... -
april fool joke game in the archiveI was looking at this yesterday and have already forgotten the name. It's got a CRASH! review and they give it 98% but it's a joke. anyone remember w…
... yesterday and have already forgotten the name. It's got a ... a little yellow square man in the review pages. I just tried ... -
Found 128k +2 in the garbageHey there, I had a 48k Plus when I was a kid (still have, actually), and used to play in a friends 128k +2, so I know the basic of these computers. …
... to play in a friends 128k +2, so I know the basic ... /> I found a 128K +2 in the garbage last week and I ... are fine, just like the circuit board. The peripherals connectors have some ... 's working before continuing with the restoration..
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Back in the UK...Well, I've been here four days and am reminded why I left in the first place :) Cold, miserable, damp and just generally a depressing dump... :( On…
Well, I've been here four days and am reminded why I left in the first place :)
Cold, miserable, damp and just generally a depressing dump... :(
Only two more days to go, and I can escape... :)
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What Spectrum Game would you have liked to see in the next gen consoles?It's something we've already debated, but I've just downloaded Manic Miner for GBA and played it for the first time (And it's oficial, I will always …
... GBA and played it for the first time (And it's ... /games would have been cool in the next gen consoles.
I think Jack the Nipper could have been a ... an interesting 3-d adventur in the N64/playstation generation
found in the loftrecently helping my Mum clean her loft out, and came across a box with some of my old Spectrum tapes in. Now, as my 128k is long gone (lent to a frie…
... to a friend way back in the early 90's and since ... figured i'd pop the list in here and see who ... br /> Horace & The Spiders - Psion - complete in case
Incredible ... Fireman - Mastertronic - complete in case
Jack and the Beanstalk - Thor - ...There's Something In The SeaThere's something in the sea...... [url]http://www.somethinginthesea.com/[/url]
There's something in the sea......
[url]http://www.somethinginthesea.com/[/url]Game/s based in the Back to Skool themeImagine a much bigger school, or a new game with boys and girls again but bigger maps, or make the game even bigger by adding two streets, his house,…
... two streets, his house, the girl's house, etc. ... more space to explore, the option to ditch school ... for him, a tree in the house where he and his ... -style' world would do the trick too. That way ... objects, names, conditions to make the story work, etc.
< ...What Speccy game(s) did you hate back in the day but enjoy nowI always hated Matchday 2. But I finally gave it the time of day this last week and decided it's actually pretty good...once you get past the 'big he…
... . But I finally gave it the time of day this last ... good...once you get past the 'big head' graphics.
the time of day back in the golden years but ...Is Martijn in the UK?On the way home tongight in Cheadle Hulme (In the UK) I saw a Bentley go in the opposite direction to me with the reg J1 WOS, just wondering if it wa…
On the way home tongight in Cheadle Hulme (In the UK) I saw a Bentley go in the opposite direction to me with the reg J1 WOS, just wondering if it was Martijn? :grin:Shinning in the Darkness (sic)You might think that this should be "Shining in the Darkness", but according to the title screen they're both wrong! - it has "Shinnig in the Darknes…
... be "Shining in the Darkness", but according to the title screen they ... has "Shinnig in the Darkness"! The apparent intent (not reading the Spanish) was ... for it to be "Shining in the Darkness" - unless there's ... a character or place in the game called Shinnig (or ...Ever get the feeling your in the wrong job?This has just popped up in my Facebook feed. [url]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/howaboutthat/5924506/Pair-land-30000-a-year-zombi…
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Ever get the feeling your in the wrong kob? I'd ... just opened the last time I was in London and ... The London Dungeon, but as soon as I arrived in ... got there and all the other auditoners were dressed ... more out of place at the Slayer gig afterwards too :( ...
