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Links

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• Resources

  • The World of Spectrum

    Essential site for all things spectrum. Incorporates the wonderful Sinclair Infoseek search engine.

  • Planet Sinclair

    The original site for all things essential.

  • comp.sys.sinclair FAQ

    Collation of things that go by on the comp.sys.sinclair usenet group. Really useful site for both users and techies.

  • Retrospec

    Retrospec are a team of coders, graphics artists and computer musicians who have gathered together to bring you all the best remakes of old 8 bit games.

  • on filmation

    Analysing and viewing the zx spectrum games Knight Lore, Alien 8 and Pentagram by ultimate. Includes links to various ultimate related sites, a tutorial on isometric gaming (using the isocis c++ library).

  • FishyFish Speccy Maps

    Top-notch maps from a number of spectrum classics.
  
  

• Tributes

  • The Chuckie Egg Professional's Resource Kit

    Chuckie Egg's another game that also remains a classic. Contains information about the original authors.

  • Ian Bell's Elite pages

    Elite site setup by Ian Bell, co-author of the original BBC-Micro version and later the port to the 8-bit NES. Site includes a flight manual, version information, FAQ, Text Elite, fiction, Elite The Musical, and an archive containing the executables and source code for most release versions of Elite.

  • Ultimate-Wurlde

    From the fantastic 8 bit classics to the spectacular N64 extravaganzas...

  • Ultimate (Play the Game)

    Another tribute to the early works of the Stamper brothers. Created, quite unusually by a commercial design company. Stylish and consistant layout.

  • Sandy White - an Ant Attack Homepage

    
    Long, long ago in the lost and fabled desert city of Antescher, a tiny hero and heroine, each a mere 14 pixels high, struggled valiantly against a small army of relatively giant Ants ...

  • Edge Online - The Making Of: Ant Attack

    A 'Making Off..." article from the every popular Edge Magazine

  • The Ghosts'n Goblins Series Online

    Fan site for Capcom's memorable side-scroller series. Contains lots of multimedia files.

  • Uridium, a classic C64 shoot-'em-up game

    A tribute specifically for the C64 version of the game. Has the original advert, retyped manual and info about Mr. Braybrook.

  • Yolkfolk - The Official Dizzy Fansite

    Fandom style content for the Dizzy collection of games from Codemasters. Cute animated gifs of the Dizzy characters included.

  • Manic Miner Technologies

    For Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy fans everywhere.

  • The Top Hat Willy Appreciation Page

    Remake of the classic Jet Set Willy.

  • Tolkien computer games for the ZX Spectrum

    Nearly everything that's ever been done on the spectrum that has had anything to do with the Tolkien books.

  • Knight Lore page

    Contains a map of the game and other technical data from Knight Lore.

  • The YS Rock'n'Roll Years

    Collected material from the long-running 'Your Sinclair' magazine. Well put together. Good transition from paper to web-page. A large number of the original reviews have been carefully reproduced.

  • CRASH - The Online Edition

    Very similiar to the above but for 'Crash' magazine.
  
  

• Commercial

  • Sinclair Research

    Minimal site focusing on the latest products. Take a look at Planetoids and Jetpac for the work they published with Psion and Ultimate. World of Spectrum's hardware page contains articles on various Sinclair and 3rd Party products.

  • Rareware

    
    The people who brought us games like Jetpac, PSSST, Tranz Am and Cookie. The're more well known in recent history as a 2nd party Nintendo and then Microsoft developer.

  • Codemasters

    Made it big in the low-end budget world with classics like the Dizzy series. Still going strong with full priced games on consoles and Intel boxes. Try Colin McRae DiRT and IndyCar Series.

  • Elite Systems Ltd.

    A veteran developer (and former publisher) of computer and video game software. Try out these ports of Tekkan's Bomb Jack and Sega's Space Harrier for a taste of their warez.

  • java.sun.com

    The Source for Java Technology. Nothing to do with the target hardware this site is emulating but all to do with the building block it's sitting on.
  
  

• Contacts

  • Retrogames

    For over eight years Retrogames has provided information and news to gamers and collectors of classic videogames and machines. Includes a mail order service for software and hardware across many classic formats (Sinclair, Commodore, Nintendo, Sega, SNK, etc.).

  • Retrogamer

    Retrogamer is a printed fanzine published in Liverpool, UK which is dedicated to classic video games. The zine's definition of classic is any old game (basically 8-bit and 1980's) that made you forget the time or ate all your money at the arcade.
  
  

• Users

  • Play Roms Online

    Collection of playable online titles from various platforms.

  • Andrew Joseph

    Yolkfolk - The Official Dizzy Fansite

  • Sandy White

    If you remember Ant Attack then you'll definately want to visit the original author's website.

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