Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Johnna Teare
On 29 Aug 99, at 19:20, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hehe... I'm getting all reminiscent, I might even dig out my "Big Box" of > stuff that I wrote Does it work on SimCoupe? (SCADS that is) Think you might have problems programming in it - but the games seem to run. The actual designe

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Thomas Harte wrote: > > > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > > Hey, if you have SCADS, any chance of uploading a DSK file to nvg to > replace > the td0? I'm one of the many people who can't use teledisk any more, but I'd > really like to see SCADS.

Re: 10th Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Simon Cooke
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Party! Party!!! P-A-R-T-Y!! > I think that should do. Yay! I might actually get to talk to adie! :) When I finally wend my way back to the UK, we all have to get together and have a massive party or else. I need my dose of SAM community :) We all need t

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Simon Cooke
From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > No, I'm pretty sure it really was a terrible game. > > But I don't think it was Sam's worst ever game for my money, that > "honor" goes to... > > Parallax. > > Controversial? Ah... the only piece of SAM software I ever released with a bug in it

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 29 Aug 99, at 17:32, Thomas Harte wrote: > > > > Arcade perfect, is it? Does it have the coloured strips? Eh? Eh?! > > > > Surely the coloured strips would be the easiest thing to get arcade > > perfect > > because of the ease of switching palette entries halfway do

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Wilson
Has anyone mentioned EFTPOTRM yet? It may have looked good but the game had no playability. Also Sam Elite was a rip off. Mind you I'm not totally aware of all Sam games. I never ever saw Lemmings running on the Sam. I think best game in my opinion has to be Prince of Persia although graphically i

Announce - Outwrite

1999-08-30 Thread Andrew Collier
Outwrite 2.0 by Robert Wilkinson is now available to be downloaded from: http://mnemotech.ucam.org/download.html Also available by Robert Wilkinson is a Morse Code tutor. This has been a public service announcement. -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Ian Collier
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 12:02:49AM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > peeved with Jupiter Software over that [SNIP] Er, I seem to be experiencing déjà vu... imc

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Ian Collier wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 12:02:49AM +0100, Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > > peeved with Jupiter Software over that [SNIP] > > Er, I seem to be experiencing déjà vu... > > imc Yay true. Netscape's

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1999-08-30 Thread Simon Cooke
If anyone's in touch with Dave Ledbury, can you tell him that his mailserver won't accept my emails for some weird and not entirely understood reason; it's the received header which is screwing it up, so there may be a gateway somewhere down the line getting in the way :( Simon

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Fitzpatrick
Martin Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Thomas Harte wrote: > > > > > Hehe,... SCADS eh? Ahh, them were the days :)... I was always a bit > > > > Hey, if you have SCADS, any chance of uploading a DSK file to nvg > > to replace > > the td0? I'm one of the many people who can't use teledisk any mor

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Wilson
> > > Yay true. Netscape's gone mad. It gets exception errors every time > I try and Sync newsgroups & then forgets how many emails are in > folders. Then, to top it off, when I try and send a bunch of emails I > acts like its sending but then doesn't remove them from the outbox. So > I thi

Re: Graphic Modes Stuff

1999-08-30 Thread Ian Collier
On Fri, Aug 27, 1999 at 06:29:08PM +0100, Thomas Harte wrote: > First : are there any speed differences between the graphics modes? I > understand that Mode 1 is slowed down deliberately to loosely approximate a ZX > Spectrum, but are there any other differences in other graphics modes? Not

Re: 10th Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread James R Curry
> By the way -- everyone? -- if you ever want to come over to Seattle and > spend some time out here, my spare room is always open! > > Simon You shouldn't say things like that when I'm in the same country, you know? ;) -- James R Curry - [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The Balloon Doggies DEMANDED it!

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1999-08-30 Thread Me
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Re: your mail

1999-08-30 Thread Ian Collier
On Mon, Aug 30, 1999 at 09:02:58AM +0100, Me wrote: > test Er, yes. Thank you for that fascinating insight... imc

Re: Sam's worst ever game? (was Re: Who Wants To Be A... )

1999-08-30 Thread Diggory Gray
Gordon Wallis wrote: > > Graham Goring wrote: > > >> Was there ever a _better_ shooter, though? > > > > > > > > >Space Invaders. On a later issue of Fred. By me ;-) > > > > Pah! James Curry's Dark Vortex was far better... And Diggory Gray > > produced a fair few fine shooters. Love shooting comput

Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?

1999-08-30 Thread Johnna Teare
Who was Anonymity Smith? The bloke (i am assuming it was a bloke) who wrote those spoof sci-fi stories on Fred from years back?  If it's anyone on teh list...get in touch coz I'm after stuff like that for my new cult tv magazine. And don't forget, if you fancy writing a bit - get in touch. I'

Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Tim
My suggestion would just be to all meet up in the pub opposite Quedgely village hall, making sure we all wear a black arm band to keep Graham happy. Admittedly I'm biased due to living in Cheltenham, but since it's been the traditional home of the shows it seems an apt place to hold it. Or else S

Re: SAM COUPE PRINTER.

1999-08-30 Thread Tim
From: Martin Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Why did'nt MGT put the bl***y thing inside instead of a whacking great lump > > out the back. > > I recon things like this put other maybe Sam users off. > > > Yeah I agree totally. I've always said this. Personally I think not > having a standard printe

Re: Announce - Outwrite

1999-08-30 Thread Tim
From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Outwrite 2.0 by Robert Wilkinson is now available to be downloaded from: has it been uploaded to nvg as well? @/

RE: Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Dan Dooré
> My suggestion would just be to all meet up in the pub > opposite Quedgely village hall, making sure we all wear a > black arm band to keep Graham happy. Is that the Basket Weaver or the evil Wacky Warehouse? > Hmmm. Of course, someone else could try and hire the hall > out for the day. Why

Re: Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Tim
- Original Message - From: Dan Dooré <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > My suggestion would just be to all meet up in the pub > > opposite Quedgely village hall, making sure we all wear a > > black arm band to keep Graham happy. > Is that the Basket Weaver or the evil Wacky Warehouse? I guess the we

Re: Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Johnna Teare
On 30 Aug 99, at 19:34, Tim wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Dan Dooré <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > My suggestion would just be to all meet up in the pub > > > opposite Quedgely village hall, making sure we all wear a > > > black arm band to keep Graham happy. > > Is that the Basket

Re: Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Wilson
How about we make costumes of that sam coupe robot mascot thing and all wear them on a trip to holland. Then we all head for the red light district and indulge ourselves in wierd sexual acts while still wearing the costumes. Well its an idea to put into the mix.

Re: Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Johnna Teare
On 30 Aug 99, at 20:41, Martin Wilson wrote: > > How about we make costumes of that sam coupe robot mascot thing and all > wear them on a trip to holland. Then we all head for the red light > district and indulge ourselves in wierd sexual acts while still wearing > the costumes. Well its an ide

Re: Sam's Birthday

1999-08-30 Thread Martin Wilson
Johnna Teare wrote: > > On 30 Aug 99, at 20:41, Martin Wilson wrote: > > > > > How about we make costumes of that sam coupe robot mascot thing and all > > wear them on a trip to holland. Then we all head for the red light > > district and indulge ourselves in wierd sexual acts while still weari

Re: Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?

1999-08-30 Thread Andrew Collier
>Who was Anonymity Smith? The bloke (i am assuming it was a >bloke) who wrote those spoof sci-fi stories on Fred from years >back? I know who it was, but I think it would spoil the fun to tell you :) He wrote under a few other psuedonyms too, but no - it wasn't Bob Brenchley. Andrew (It wasn't m

Re: Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?

1999-08-30 Thread Me
>Who was Anonymity Smith? The bloke (i am assuming it was a >bloke) who wrote those spoof sci-fi stories on Fred from years >back? > >If it's anyone on teh list...get in touch coz I'm after stuff like that for >my new cult tv magazine. Probably just whoever was current ed at the time. >And

Re: Anybody know who Anonymity Smith was?

1999-08-30 Thread Me
>I know who it was, but I think it would spoil the fun to tell you :) >He wrote under a few other psuedonyms too, but no - it wasn't Bob Brenchley. Wasnt it graham whatsit?

Re: Announce - Outwrite

1999-08-30 Thread Andrew Collier
>From: Andrew Collier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Outwrite 2.0 by Robert Wilkinson is now available to be downloaded from: > >has it been uploaded to nvg as well? I consider that to be Robert's decision, not mine. Andrew -- -- Andrew Collier ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --My other -- http:/