Spectrum Computing

My resolution is to start the GOTY process earlier than the last week of November. I played 150 games in like 5 weeks. What a fool.

Last chance folks, to submit / review your votes. Seraphima has opened up a lead, but the race for 3rd is still very close. Poll closes tonight. Keep in mind that we will be checking the data after the poll as mentioned : votes from users who registered after the first poll started on December 10 wi...

Antiriad guy?
Bomb Jack?
Football manager?

Hunchback?

I'd have Bugaboo and the dragon on opposite sides.
Left side has Batman, Ikari guy, Cobra, I think they're going to take the right side out pretty easily.

Seven.FFF wrote: ↑Sat Jan 20, 2024 12:17 am Microsoft Elite 1011 wireless keyboard

I think I have one of these. The wireless puck thing looks familiar. Time to start rummaging through some dusty old boxes.

Oh well. I can dream!

Looks like a wireless keyboard would do the job. Anyone have any luck attaching a USB wireless keyboard via a PS/2 adapter?

Mpk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2024 9:17 pm Magic. Thanks everyone. Ordered.

And to verify, this arrived, took no effort to set up and works a treat with an old Xbox controller.

If I could figure out a way to map one of the buttons to reset, I'd be laughing.

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:10 pm Turn them on their sides and they become secret passages

Chuck 'em at a plumber.

Well, you know, wisdom does have its limits. I figured a bit of mathematical generosity could spice up the voting process. After all, why settle for a mere three choices when we can let the numbers dance a bit more Will your wisdom extend to grasping the nuances of this mathematical symphony of opt...

Seraphima looks great, and I love the way there are several different parallax effects for different areas. But it has some very poor jumping - particularly for a character with such obvious wings They're not functional wings, she's clearly a moonlighting Victoria's Secret Angel. I feel the same ab...

Voting has been neck-and-neck at the top all week, with Seraphima opening up a small gap at the top ahead of the weekend. 3rd place could go a few ways, with Speccy Soccer just ahead by a nose from The Mijadore Vase and Johnny the Ghost. Bruxólico disappointing a bit : maybe the €10 price for the fu...

gabriele amore wrote: ↑Tue Jan 16, 2024 2:26 pm I was expecting Speccy Soccer to compete for the podium...

It's joint 3rd, so all to play for.

Here we go, Spec-chums - the final vote. 20 games have made it through to this stage - You make vote for up to 3. Vote for the game or games that you enjoyed playing most this year. You may alter your votes at any time until the poll closes. Games are presented in order of seeding - the 4 group winn...

Pobulous wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 9:21 pm 2 of the 3 Crash reviewers thought it was worth getting to grips with, but they were in the minority.

I see what you're up to, and I won't have it.

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 6:06 pm endure people's incorrect recollections of 1980s computers.

25 minutes to load a game!

1. Let's Stonk! To the rhythm of the honky-tonk.

2. Frankie! Frankie! Do you remember me?

3. Zzoom! You chased the day awayyyayyayyyyy

We had the very same problems years ago with some polls we created at Planeta Sinclair. That's the reason our GOTY has a jury and only the jury can vote on the games. And yes, I have a very clear idea of the persons behind this... I had oddly thought of the PS awards like the Oscars and this more l...

stupidget wrote: ↑Fri Jan 12, 2024 3:48 pm I know you can use the NMI button to save a snapshot of a running Speccy game

I did not know this! That's awesome.
Maybe I should read the manual.

An important clarification : I'm confident that none of the games developers themselves are to blame here.

Mpk wrote: ↑Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:18 pm

I have a confession to make. I opened this with a sharp instrument.

Question is, did they drive it to the dump?

Unfortunately, we've had to adjust the results after some voting shenanigans came to light. See commentary on https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10782 Top 5 for group 3 are adjusted to : EXO-TICAL FOREST ESCAPE - A KNIGHT'S QUEST Tuerkas the White Cat ZX Robots Area 51 - The Rosw...

Back in the announce thread, I set one rule for voting. Just one. 'But Mpk,' you ask, 'aren't public polls prone to vote-stuffing, trolling and sabotage?' That's true. Don't be a jackass, everybody. Thanks. Maybe the message didn't get across. There have been clear voting patterns in breach of the j...

ZXDunny wrote: ↑Thu Jan 11, 2024 11:53 pm
hence, "ZX" appeared at the top of his sorted list of names

Same thing happened to your parents, I believe.

Given how cumbersome it is to have to type "ZX Spectrum" into search engines, I kind of wish the computer had simpler, snappier name. Something like Zextrum. Sexdrum ! What time does the patent office open? often I'd hear people refer to it as the "Spectrum ZX", and it always fi...