
Remakes of classic games FTW
retrospec.sgn.net/game/jsw
check out Head over Heels (if that's your thing). It's astounding
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:47,
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retrospec.sgn.net/game/jsw
check out Head over Heels (if that's your thing). It's astounding

with dodgy cables
and loading from a crap tape recorder from dixons
5 minutes of EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDIDIGDIDGIIDGIDGIDGIDGIDG EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIDHDIADAIDMAIFDMAFNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARNRNRNRNANANAN
and then it crashes and resets
ahh, fun times
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:49,
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and loading from a crap tape recorder from dixons
5 minutes of EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDIDIGDIDGIIDGIDGIDGIDGIDG EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEIDHDIADAIDMAIFDMAFNAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARNRNRNRNANANAN
and then it crashes and resets
ahh, fun times

I used to have some game, I forget what one, which would only load one time out of every five, or something
Games were much more enjoyable to play when even the loading process was an infuriating, hair-tearing experience lasting an hour, at least
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:52,
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Games were much more enjoyable to play when even the loading process was an infuriating, hair-tearing experience lasting an hour, at least

we can load the tape games at SUPERHYPER SPEED!
yay!
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:57,
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yay!

This is back when games were games and men were ten year old boys.
*goes off to play Locoroco*

.. this brings me back. I used to try and hypnotise myself with the loading screens and the crazy sounds the tapes made!
ah... nostalgia
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 17:04,
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ah... nostalgia

I enjoy typing RUN "JETSET.
And then typing:
Which reminds me - I need a tip. WinZIP charges after a while and WinRAR is telling me it runs out, too. Although I'm sure it didn't use to. Or maybe I can carry on using it even when the trial period's up? This isn't a question.
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:51,
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And then typing:
10 CLSTry doing that on your fancy-schmancy ZIP file.
20 PRINT "Ben is brilliants!!"
30 GOTO 20
Which reminds me - I need a tip. WinZIP charges after a while and WinRAR is telling me it runs out, too. Although I'm sure it didn't use to. Or maybe I can carry on using it even when the trial period's up? This isn't a question.

10 PRINT "DISCOMEATS IS TEH BESTEST"
20 GOTO 10
:D
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 14:06,
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20 GOTO 10
:D

just remember to laugh in it's little electronic face when it requests money, it's best if you are eating at the time and can project spittle in long greasy strings to hang from you lower lip as it stands there trying to muster it's dignity before it slinks away back to it's lonely, empty house.
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 14:40,
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www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002589
Click the java cup/48/? icon next to one of the .zip download links to play it in a Java thingy.
Hurrah!
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Fri 29 Aug 2008, 13:56,
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Click the java cup/48/? icon next to one of the .zip download links to play it in a Java thingy.
Hurrah!