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by Nitrowing
Thu May 09, 2024 6:35 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Tunes you would like to hear
Replies: 9
Views: 163

Re: Tunes you would like to hear

This almost replicates what the ZX was doing
by Nitrowing
Thu May 09, 2024 11:14 am
Forum: Music
Topic: Tunes you would like to hear
Replies: 9
Views: 163

Re: Tunes you would like to hear

I'll still swear blind that I had a game that played Metallica's "Anesthesia (Pulling Teeth)" but could never find it
by Nitrowing
Wed May 08, 2024 8:42 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Games you played the most with friends?
Replies: 15
Views: 226

Re: Games you played the most with friends?

AndyC wrote: Wed May 08, 2024 7:59 pm CRL's Formula One
This was the only multi-player we were happy with :D
by Nitrowing
Sat May 04, 2024 1:38 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Downsizing
Replies: 2
Views: 135

Downsizing

Due to stuff, I'm looking at moving to a much smaller home in Brazil. Would it be worth putting my collection in my boxes to sell there or just ebay the lot before I go?
What's got me questioning this is that I bought an old Nintendo GBA on ebay for £60 and they sell in Brazil for over £200 :shock:
by Nitrowing
Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:56 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: RIP F David Thorpe
Replies: 32
Views: 1890

Re: RIP F David Thorpe

Those are some well remembered loading screens - I think I owned the majority of the games!
by Nitrowing
Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:23 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Ian's Baby
Replies: 2
Views: 191

Re: Ian's Baby

blucey wrote: Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:19 am Tau Ceti. Man, one of those games that I just didn't 'get' but wish I did because so many people seem to love it.
Yeah, I won it in a Crash competition (to design a spaceship) and didn't rate it :(
by Nitrowing
Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:59 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
Replies: 37
Views: 875

Re: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum

I know I got Horizons but my mum wouldn't buy a tape recorder because she wanted me to learn how to program, not waste my time playing games.
Took over 2 weeks of begging to get a tape recorder as I was crying about spending all that time typing and losing it all when the computer was turned off!
by Nitrowing
Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:32 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
Replies: 42
Views: 1124

Re: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever

equinox wrote: Sun Apr 07, 2024 11:39 am Recency bias. It always happens with these "X of all time" polls.

Remember Undertale being voted the best game ever a few years back?
https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/undert ... game-ever/
by Nitrowing
Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:43 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Spectrum memes
Replies: 1238
Views: 209090

Re: Spectrum memes

R-Tape wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:30 pm orange and brown
I've tried not to bring that up because of the the time/effort/expense :?
by Nitrowing
Wed Mar 20, 2024 8:06 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Forty years later...
Replies: 3
Views: 575

Re: Forty years later...

I thought that was Penfold! :lol:
by Nitrowing
Thu Mar 14, 2024 9:42 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
Replies: 26
Views: 1179

Re: Amstrad.co.uk...

equinox wrote: Thu Mar 14, 2024 7:55 am
I never thought I'd miss ****ing "bloggers"! Bring back Doctorow.
https://pluralistic.net/
by Nitrowing
Tue Mar 12, 2024 12:28 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Mike Richardson): vote
Replies: 24
Views: 797

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Mike Richardson): vote

Turbo Esprit
Thanatos
Scuba Dive
by Nitrowing
Sun Mar 10, 2024 10:37 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: C5 cautionary tale
Replies: 9
Views: 816

Re: C5 cautionary tale

I think the main complaint being that a truck driver wouldn't see you in a C5, so a good chance of you being smeared into the tarmac. You'd not be able to use them on the pavement either. So the type of neighbourhood where you could pop down the shops would be rare? It's all 20 and 30mph around her...
by Nitrowing
Sat Mar 09, 2024 11:43 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: C5 cautionary tale
Replies: 9
Views: 816

Re: C5 cautionary tale

The single, biggest, mistake with the C5 was having it's launch in the middle of Winter :( I had one a few years ago and it was a great machine to tinker with and pop in to town on. Yes, it had issues like the brakes being completely inadequate but, I wish I had been able to keep it. I would definit...
by Nitrowing
Wed Mar 06, 2024 10:24 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Drastic Nintendo DS Emulator for Android currently free
Replies: 5
Views: 728

Re: Drastic Nintendo DS Emulator for Android currently free

Runs flawlessly on my Black Shark 5 - just had a race around Mario Kart :D
by Nitrowing
Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:00 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
Replies: 54
Views: 2689

Re: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?

jpnz wrote: Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:57 am From a Crash tip, Heavy on the Magick in about a minute

Woah! :shock:
by Nitrowing
Sat Mar 02, 2024 9:08 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Spectrum memes
Replies: 1238
Views: 209090

Re: Spectrum memes

p13z wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2024 9:09 pm manufacturing moved to Poland
That's when I stopped buying Cadbury's products :x
by Nitrowing
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:30 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: ZEsarUX 11 Beta
Replies: 8
Views: 600

Re: ZEsarUX 11 Beta

chernandezba wrote: Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:47 am Hi there.
I Added save screen to .stl file, useful to print on 3D Printer
Cheers
César
Do you have any examples of this?
by Nitrowing
Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:15 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Introducing retro gaming to my lad
Replies: 8
Views: 567

Re: Introducing retro gaming to my lad

I've managed a tested&working GBA SP and 8 games (including Super Mario) for £80,
They're being sent to Brazil where any GameBoy model is nearly £300 alone :shock:
I'm tempted to send over 1 a month with that mark up :lol:
by Nitrowing
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Introducing retro gaming to my lad
Replies: 8
Views: 567

Re: Introducing retro gaming to my lad

I saw the ridiculously cheap Ali items and I am tempted buuuut if if doesn't have Mario then it'll be bottom of the toy cupboard :? The GB, GBC & GBA all seem to go for £50 with the Mario platformers going for around £15 :roll: All the Ali ones advertise 100's of games but I've seen no list so, ...
by Nitrowing
Sun Feb 25, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Introducing retro gaming to my lad
Replies: 8
Views: 567

Re: Introducing retro gaming to my lad

AndyC wrote: Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:21 pm Well that £15 one isn't a Gameboy. I assume it is one of those janky NES clones in a handheld form.
Obviously but if it lets him play Mario, I won't get too stressed if/when he launches it in frustration! :lol:
by Nitrowing
Sun Feb 25, 2024 12:03 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Introducing retro gaming to my lad
Replies: 8
Views: 567

Introducing retro gaming to my lad

My wife and I were thinking of getting him a GameBoy as he is fanatical about Mario :?
A look on ebay shows there's a colour variant for around £15
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305290567092
with "proper" GameBoys and Advances up to £50

Does anyone here have a recommendation?
by Nitrowing
Tue Feb 13, 2024 7:25 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Unnecessary inclusions in games
Replies: 49
Views: 2013

Re: Unnecessary inclusions in games

Knight Lore (and a whole load of other games!) - the time limit. There's no need for it. After a while it becomes apparent that it'll be impossible to finish before the time ends, so what's the point of playing on? This spoiled the game for me. As much as the graphics amazed me I only played it for...
by Nitrowing
Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:25 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?
Replies: 54
Views: 2689

Re: What's the SHORTEST Speccy game ever?

Didn't saw it mentioned, but I'm pretty sure Give My Regards to Broad Street https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2049/ZX-Spectrum/Give_My_Regards_to_Broad_Street can be finished in less than a minute just traveling right away to one of the tube stations before one of the characters can enter ther...
by Nitrowing
Wed Jan 31, 2024 10:20 am
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: SymbOS multitasking operating system for the Next
Replies: 19
Views: 1496

Re: SymbOS multitasking operating system for the Next

This seems to be the "Must have" I didn't know I needed - I'm seriously considering plugging in my Next to try! :o