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by ZxSpence
Sun Jan 02, 2022 4:06 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard
Replies: 11
Views: 351

Re: ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard

Tried the baby wipe technique, although the keyboard and membrane is now clean, unfortunately it didn't work. To eliminate the zx-vga joy from being the problem going to order a scart cable.
by ZxSpence
Thu Dec 23, 2021 3:08 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard
Replies: 11
Views: 351

Re: ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard

Thats good news, what would you recommend using to wipe it down?
by ZxSpence
Thu Dec 23, 2021 2:58 pm
Forum: Hardware
Topic: ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard
Replies: 11
Views: 351

ZX Spectrum +3 keyboard

Before xmas I took a punt on a zx spectrum +3 over facebook and it arrived after 2 weeks with the power cord snipped. Screenshots showed the boot menu, so assumed it was working. Anyhow, I had bought spectranet clone, and zx vga joy as well as an rs232 cable with the intention of working on a port o...
by ZxSpence
Wed Aug 26, 2020 6:10 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Specchums and the coronavirus.
Replies: 395
Views: 73509

Re: Specchums and the coronavirus.

If you can smell the membrane of a 35 year old 48k spectrum you don't have the CoViD.
by ZxSpence
Wed May 27, 2020 7:21 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: The story of Your Sinclair
Replies: 10
Views: 1896

Re: The story of Your Sinclair

Thanks for this.
by ZxSpence
Wed Apr 22, 2020 9:32 pm
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: Games behaving differently on the Next
Replies: 263
Views: 41143

Re: Games behaving differently on the Next

Patience way beyond normal human levels being demonstrated.
by ZxSpence
Sat Apr 18, 2020 5:59 pm
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: Games behaving differently on the Next
Replies: 263
Views: 41143

Re: Games behaving differently on the Next

Fascinating, but when you think about it 50/60Hz issue was always going to be a problem. Great explanation as well.
by ZxSpence
Thu Apr 09, 2020 12:19 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Homebrew authors vs Walkthroughs
Replies: 37
Views: 5112

Re: Homebrew authors vs Walkthroughs

Pretty sure the whys and wherefores were covered on the other thread. Whether it offends your sensibilities or tweaks your temperament about the why, it's not hard to wait two weeks to have your needs met as well as the author's.

Mountain, meet molehill.
by ZxSpence
Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:07 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Rack-It: vote
Replies: 13
Views: 2196

Re: The best Speccy game by Rack-It: vote

The Cruel Sea ...?
by ZxSpence
Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:35 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Rack-It: vote
Replies: 13
Views: 2196

Re: The best Speccy game by Rack-It: vote

I played ocean conqueror for hours as a kid. Way better than silent service.
by ZxSpence
Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:17 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Spectrum Show Mag
Replies: 2
Views: 820

Spectrum Show Mag

The spectrum show gets a lot of deserved love, but the spectrum show magazine (http://www.thespectrumshow.co.uk/Magazines.aspx) seems to go past unreported despite being free, very well written and absorbing. If you haven't, check out the most recent edition. Good articles on adventures, microdrives...
by ZxSpence
Fri Dec 20, 2019 11:38 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Micronaut One - Remake & 'Expert guide'
Replies: 7
Views: 1410

Re: Micronaut One - Remake & 'Expert guide'

Yes, a forgotten work of genius.
by ZxSpence
Tue Dec 17, 2019 9:52 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game
Replies: 66
Views: 8883

Re: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game

Way too easy. Shiboleth.

I stand by R-Type and Captain Blood. But I am teasing you with Rainbow Islands which is one of my favourite Speccy muck about games ;)
by ZxSpence
Tue Dec 17, 2019 5:04 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game
Replies: 66
Views: 8883

Re: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game

More tea is still more fun to play than R Type ;)
by ZxSpence
Tue Dec 17, 2019 3:35 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game
Replies: 66
Views: 8883

Re: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game

Dreadful bilge. :o But it was very lucky that Bob Pape's technical skill came together with Mark Jones's graphical brilliance. I think the game is a lot more than graphics, but if they weren't as perfect as they are, say more cartoony like BLAM , we wouldn't be speaking of it so fondly. That is per...
by ZxSpence
Tue Dec 17, 2019 12:52 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game
Replies: 66
Views: 8883

Re: The screenshots look good, but it's a terrible game

R Type is an R Tape loading error of a game. Technically brilliant in many ways (although not by modern Speccy standards) but it's just a terrible game. It's so freakin full, jerky, slow. I love R Type on pretty much every other platform bar the C64, and at the time I told myself when I was a kid th...
by ZxSpence
Thu Nov 07, 2019 1:01 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?
Replies: 46
Views: 9972

Re: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?

No hype, not massive on self promotion. When something gets finished it gets released.

I think 2 will get finished first, we shall see. Pretty clear in what I wrote that it's difficult to be a completer finisher.

If I give up, I'll make the GitHub repos public.
by ZxSpence
Wed Nov 06, 2019 9:05 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?
Replies: 46
Views: 9972

Re: What are your current ZX Spectrum projects/games that you are working on?

Two projects across four platforms so it's taking an age and I have so little time. 1. An arcade adventure based on a sci fi universe and presently dodgy enemy AI. 2. A multiplayer exploration game based on RS232 or TCP/IP connections between two or more computers with the gamestate held on GCP for ...
by ZxSpence
Tue Oct 22, 2019 9:57 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: About Horace's "appendage"
Replies: 38
Views: 7696

Re: About Horace's "appendage"

Hungry miracle
by ZxSpence
Sat Oct 19, 2019 5:47 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Head over Heels back on Steam
Replies: 45
Views: 7950

Re: Head over Heels back on Steam

What someone believes Vs what the truth of the matter is can vary considerably. People tend to be self serving in their public statements, it's a natural cognitive bias.