Spectrum Computing

I know you can "bodge" something (2nd language here) but I've never heard that used to describe a person(s). Cute. Especially considering its origin is from wood-dwelling chair makers (probably a rough lot), so it's a clever way to poke fun at fellow coders.

berarma wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:09 am Thanks, I wasn't able to find it. It's indeed sad that such iconic titles are distribution denied.

They're still available on WoS and WoS Classic.

Thank you! PM sent. I'm not terribly active on that forum but like to have a look from time to time, and mostly I'm just curious why this refuses to work. My guess would be it's something a bit deeper in the interwebs and perhaps outside of Gryzor's jurisdiction. Eg flagging connections from Asia as...

Nobody willing to help?

Thank you. I actually did look at the index pages of these issues but somehow managed to miss the lists. I blame the Nineties web design ;) I must say that Crash list is even more WTF than Stu's YS one. If you look at the top 30 it's all about action games and Dizzy, with some rare outliers such as ...

I look at Crash's Top 100 list, but it's only 50-1. Am I missing something here or is it really only top 50? Well the article says "the ultimate chart of your all-time fave 50 Speccy games" so I guess it is...just wonder why they called it that, or is there a real Crash Top 100 out there s...

I think 3D Seiddab Attack from Hewson is quite interesting (at least for 1984).

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 8:10 pm how do you land on the wall next to it without dyeing?

A question for the ages. And to think some people like to talk about "Nintendo-hard"...little do they know...

There's a game called Cleaner: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... um/Cleaner

When I tried to run it (emulators & FPGA) , the gfx is displayed as capital letters. But the screenshots show normal graphics.

berarma wrote: ↑Mon Dec 11, 2023 4:29 pm I load games using an stereo cable and the option to invert channels in PlayZX. Zero issues, no hacks.

Massive thanks for this tip. Saved me buying a new cable...PlayZX is awesome to have this option!

I dunno, if I had unlimited cash I'd probably buy a Commie + floppy drive (or Amiga, depending on the year) :D Seriously though, it'd be rather mundane: -Spectrum +3, for the FDD &, more importantly RGB -a decent tape deck -a decent pair of joysticks, probably CompPro or similar -and I'd splash ...

Kudos to TechSpot for turning it into a news item...but deary me, they really could name drop the ZX or CPC, instead of just saying it's been used in "several home computers". Of course, the consoles get a proper mention, even the silly SG-1000. The famous Yankee Bias strikes again ;) http...

Amazing stuff, GOTY candidate for me. A true Spectrum game (whatever that means ;)

@akeley The CPC forum is probably stealthily monitoring your general internet usage and what you are writing, and if you are praising the Speccy too much then you'll be considered a Speccy scumbag (owner of the stupid colour-clashing calculator that scarred the CPC with its very existence as it led...

I know some of you are members of this forum too: https://www.cpcwiki.eu/index.php/Forum I'm pretty sure I've seen 1024MAK there before. Could anybody confirm whether the forum is working properly now? It's been quite some time since I logged in there (probably a few months) and I get "403 forb...

Movie, Bruce Lee, Mikie, Raid Over Moscow...wow!...some landmark scr$ that I grew up with. A true giant. Thank you, sir, and R.I.P.

Not sure I'd want to take a trip into the mind of someone that rates it above a 6 though! I'm pretty sure I've said it before, but for me it's one of these games which get dumped on so much mainly because of the brilliance of the prequels (and total change of vibe/scene). If it came out as an off-b...

https://ares-emu.net/ I've stumbled on Ares recently, when looking for a good N64 emulator, and it seems to be a pretty nifty multi-system emu. Think Retroarch but without the bloat. Of course it also means it misses some functionality, but is an interesting alternative nonetheless. I saw they also ...

Sure, he's not the world's worst character or anything, but number three in the entire history of video games ? Ah, this point I can totally agree with. Somewhere in the Top 50, maybe, but no way he should be #3. I was more refering to the idea that these are "blank slate" characters...we...

The one I'm most surprised by is Agent 47 in third place. I've enjoyed some of the games in the series but the character is about as much of a blank slate player avatar as they come. It's been also said about Master Chief earlier, but tbh I'm not sure where does this notion come from. Both these ch...

Wait, you can buy an unscalped Next in the wild?

Thank you for the as always exhaustive reply. I will try to source a charger with the parameters you describe locally.

Secondary: the head-kicking imp from Barbarian. Definitely more famous than the warriors and pixel Maria. Thinking about those is a bit more fun for me than counting the big shots ;) Though that nice sprite gfx poster certainly helps. How could I forget about Renegade? Does he have a name, actually?...

Thinking about it now, could it be the socket voltage problem? I'm in Taiwan, which has 110V – 120V / 60Hz standard. Do I need some sort of step-up converter? And, have I possibly damaged my ZX by plugging it in? (this was done using just a simple travel plug adapter). This seems blindingly obvious ...

There seem to be a lot of grumbling, "we wuz robbed" vibes, and even bar-spitted suggestions in that other thread , so I thought maybe we could just settle it all here? What really are the Sinclair heroes? (and jesters, they can be iconic too) I guess serious replies would include -Horace ...