Santa's Fixed - Again!

It would seem that the fixed Santa's Mission game was not 100%, although it did play sort of OK. After some sterling work from Jason, the fully fixed and working (hopefully) file is now available for download from the Type-In Corner section. Work on the next episode has now started after a short break, and there should be some good news in the next few days for those who have asked for DVD versions of the sho...

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Santa's Mission Fixed

It didn't take long for several people to offer help with the none-working type-in game featured in episode 24, Santa's Mission. The game had many errors, mostly caused by my bad typing 30 years ago! The aim of the game is to drop down from the sled and leave presents in every room. Santa can climb the ladders and climb up the chimneys. He can also dig. To keep his strength up he can eat the food on the tables, but too much will mean he is too fat to get up the chimney! To control Santa use; Q:up, A:down, Z:left, X:right, D:dig (followed by a direction key), E:eat food. I have also changed a few lines to make it not wipe out the lower floor under certain circumstances, and to print the food eaten correctly. It may not be perfect, but...

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The Spectrum Show 24

Welcome to The Spectrum Show Christmas Special. The show dedicated to the Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It’s that time of year again, the time of drinking too much, eating too much and shouting at the television, and so we try to bring you some respite. In this episode we take a look back to all the Christmas top ten games for the first four years of the ZX Spectrum’s life. We play some Christmas themed games, and there are some terrible ones out there! We also check out two Christmas type-ins – one of which needs your help to get working. Seasonal greetings to all our viewers, thanks for your time...

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The Spectrum Show Annual

Ladies and gentleman, The Spectrum Show proudly presents our Christmas gift to all viewers of the show – The Spectrum Show Annual 2013. This downloadable PDF magazine features articles, reviews and specials from the video show and contains things not seen previously in the show. Thanks to everyone who has viewed the show over the last year and a half, and for the encouraging comments on YouTube, World Of Spectrum and of course here. Hope you enjoy it. Download issue 1 Here More issues coming soon. Check the link top right or click he...

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JetPac, +3, DIVide - At Last

My +3, with DIVide running JetPac If you watched the last episode of the show (23) you would have seen my review of the DIVide, a brilliant device that provides huge, fast access storage for your Spectrum. It does, however, have some issues. The main one for me was that my favourite game, JetPac, failed to work when used with a +3 and the DIVide. Having spent hours searching the internet, and with the help of some Spectrum fans, I accidentally stumbled on the answer. As usual, it was in front of my face (so to speak!). I toyed with re-flashing the device to EsxDos, that not only gave the option to load SNA files in 48K mode (which would fix the problem) but also allow write access to the storage. I tested the DIVide on my 48K plus machine...

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