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Alessandro wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:02 pm I have to understand it yet. What have those empty colored plastic cylinders to do with a Knight Lore room filled with spiky balls? I just don't get it.
Kid's play areas get filled with those things (or plastic balls), you move through them as slowly as you would through treacle—as Knightlore does when there's several sprites on the screen.

EDIT—at least I assume that's what it means!
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Alessandro wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 10:02 pm
R-Tape wrote: Sun Jun 02, 2019 8:06 pm Heh. I didn't understand this first time around :mrgreen:
I have to understand it yet. What have those empty colored plastic cylinders to do with a Knight Lore room filled with spiky balls? I just don't get it.

Glad you said that, as I too have no idea what it means.
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R-Tape wrote: Sat Jun 08, 2019 10:17 pm Image
I don't blame him, he was snowed under at work.
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R-Tape wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:52 am Image
Ah, the infamous Sinclair H5.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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With apologies to Juan ;)

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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 6:51 am Image
Hehe brill. Would be a good theme for a Friday quiz.

I can RoM, DTD, Sir Fred? And there's something on the right I can't make out.
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R-Tape wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:53 am I can RoM, DTD, Sir Fred? And there's something on the right I can't make out.
Skool Daze :)
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ZXDunny wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 9:14 am
R-Tape wrote: Tue Jun 18, 2019 7:53 am I can RoM, DTD, Sir Fred? And there's something on the right I can't make out.
Skool Daze :)
Well spotted! That's all folks!

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I promise to think about a proper SC Friday about this... :D
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Sorry! One for a significant proportion of brits...
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Sorry! One for a significant proportion of brits...
Now photoshop it with the snake (dragon?) trying to eat a bacon sandwich.
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:35 pm Image
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Sorry! One for a significant proportion of brits...
I'm embarrassed to admit that I don't get this one...? :oops:
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