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- Tue Nov 22, 2016 6:26 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Misc
- Topic: ZX81 inspired sci-fi comedy!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1556
ZX81 inspired sci-fi comedy!
I hope I'm allowed to post this as a lurker, but you might be interested in my latest project, The Ambivalence Chronicles - a Sci-Fi Comedy in 8 Bits. It's the story of an ordinary retrogaming fan whose innocent purchase of a ZX81 leads him into a shady world of uplifted computers, time travel and r...
- Wed Apr 15, 2015 10:42 pm
- Forum: GAMES
- Topic: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3506
Re: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
Nice find, thanks Rich!
I believe that was the game I was looking for, albeit not the actual Hitchhikers game - a Romulan Tyrant just attacked me with his light sabre... playing fast and loose with the tortuous Galactic Copyright laws there I think!
I believe that was the game I was looking for, albeit not the actual Hitchhikers game - a Romulan Tyrant just attacked me with his light sabre... playing fast and loose with the tortuous Galactic Copyright laws there I think!
- Mon Apr 13, 2015 9:09 am
- Forum: GAMES
- Topic: Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3506
Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy
Can somebody please put me out of my misery and tell me the Hitchhikers video game was released for the ZX81? I'm sure I remember playing it back in the day, and as it was just a text adventure, and the timing is right, it seems feasible, but the internet denies all knowledge of it. Does anybody hav...
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 6:46 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Starting out with a ZX81
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3921
Re: Starting out with a ZX81
Really? Never expected that! What can I expect to see on a colour CRT?Moggy wrote:Both will have the earlier ULA chip so unless modified will only be suitable for B/W CRT sets.
- Sun Mar 08, 2015 4:51 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: Starting out with a ZX81
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3921
Starting out with a ZX81
Hi all, In a moment of mid-life crisis I seem to have acquired a number of Sinclair computers recently. I'm hoping at some stage to have at least one functioning ZX81 and one functioning Spectrum; this being my first foray into retro computing since before it was retro, there may be some noob questi...