The very best thing for Daley running etc was a joystick which was both
a) very small (ie fingertip control rather than grabaround) and b) programmable (ie up, down, left, right, fire could be assigned to the keys of your choice).
My devious trick was to assign the running buttons to Down and Right, so that the distance between the two was very short.
― anatol_merklich, Saturday, 29 September 2007 15:56 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yes. I remember insanely waggling my Kempston from side to side, while a vein no doubt bulged on my forehead. Didn't think of the down/right trick though.....
I remember that you couldn't do this in front of anyone else (esp. brothers etc.) as the proto-masturbatory symbolism was bound to provoke laughter.
― PhilK, Saturday, 29 September 2007 16:27 (5 years ago) Permalink
Ha! Pashmina!
I've just done a bit of googling and found out that the "Forbidden" part of Dun Darach was originally called "Lady Q's" and was a brothel.
I got a very early copy, and mine said "Lady Q's" (not "Ladyo's" apparently) and NOT "Forbidden".
I still couldn't find a way in, but some early copies must have got out before the sign was changed to "Forbidden".
Still the intriguing possibility exists that some may have got out with the centre bit still in.....
― PhilK, Saturday, 29 September 2007 17:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
"invincible island", it'll be. never played it myself, but think i will:
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 29 September 2007 20:23 (5 years ago) Permalink
cocks, obviously no hotlinking to that one. WoS wanks.
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Invincible+Island$&pub=^Richard+Shepherd+Software+Ltd$&loadpics=on
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 29 September 2007 20:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
JESUS CHRIST SIMON
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006490
― grimly fiendish, Saturday, 29 September 2007 20:25 (5 years ago) Permalink
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 11:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
gaming has gone downhill since the 1980s: discuss
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 12:42 (1 year ago) Permalink
challops have gone downhill.
― ledge, Wednesday, 14 March 2012 12:56 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Summer Slam! (Ste), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 13:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
RIP Joffa (3:23 into the first docu)
was looking through Javascript books recently and discovered one by Raffaele Cecco of Exolon/Cybernoid fame
― instant coffee happening between us (a passing spacecadet), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
barry mcguigan boxing. has still never been bettered for pugilistic thrills and strategy. daley thompson sports a close runner up
― darraghmac, Thursday, 27 September 2007 13:47 (4 years ago)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
― truth fromgbs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink
Frank Bruno Boxing had better racial stereotypes tho
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:33 (1 year ago) Permalink
pretty sure this game finished off my keyboard
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:34 (1 year ago) Permalink
spectrum keyboard held up better than a, b megadrive buttons under the stress of olympic gold 'battery' technique
― truth fromgbs (darraghmac), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
the old rubber spectrum keyboard eventually stopped working on some keys, the contacts on the sheet underneath must have worn out
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
luckily this happened just as i was getting old enough to buy booze
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
'play the big fist' lol
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:37 (1 year ago) Permalink
IIRC the +2/+3 keyboard held up better especially to the rigours of Hypersports.
― a dramatic lemon curd experience (snoball), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
i spent some of my student grant on a Spectrum 128K, obviously they were right to abolish the grant system
― Kony Montana: "Say hello to my invisible friend" (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 14 March 2012 23:41 (1 year ago) Permalink