Codemasters CD Games Pack (ZX Spectrum) - games on CD for a Spectrum! :O - Page 2

seuden · 08 April 2010, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodGit

Looks like someone responded pretty quickly to my request on there then.

Hehe

cosmicfrog · 14 April 2010, 17:55

The games are on the CD twice so you don't have to wait to rewind the CD
LOL best thing I`ve read all day

now I know what those cables are for

MethodGit · 29 April 2010, 04:27

Well what an effing shambles that was.

First the person who uploaded it was seeding an archive that wouldn't extract one of the track files due to corruption, so he had to redo it.

Then the overall seeding of the download was consistently piss-poor and I couldn't get anywhere with it after a while (not that the seeding was all that great to begin with). Eventually it got delisted and I had to send another request for it.

Someone kindly obliges after a while, but guess what? He uploaded the first, unworkable archive. What a waste of download credit.

And lo and behold, that got deleted too. Request reset.

Nobody happened to have been lucky and grabbed the second version in full? I've never seen so much piss-takery with a single thing I seek.

seuden · 29 April 2010, 09:03

Sorry to hear that MethodGit, unfortunately I didn't grab it.

laffer · 29 April 2010, 17:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodGit

Well what an effing shambles that was.

First the person who uploaded it was seeding an archive that wouldn't extract one of the track files due to corruption, so he had to redo it.

Then the overall seeding of the download was consistently piss-poor and I couldn't get anywhere with it after a while (not that the seeding was all that great to begin with). Eventually it got delisted and I had to send another request for it.

Someone kindly obliges after a while, but guess what? He uploaded the first, unworkable archive. What a waste of download credit.

And lo and behold, that got deleted too. Request reset.

Nobody happened to have been lucky and grabbed the second version in full? I've never seen so much piss-takery with a single thing I seek.

If your upload credit isn't very good, I can send you whatever you wasted on that thing, if UG still allows you to do that?
I have more than I'll ever use

JACK98 · 11 May 2010, 01:24

c64 version is on ebay at the mo

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CD-Games-Pack-...item1c125253aa

alexh · 11 May 2010, 09:31

Damn, I was sneakily watching that

Retro1234 · 11 May 2010, 10:51

Can they be played without the adapter? Do you remember those CD to Tape adapters for cars - would the CD work with that?

MethodGit · 11 May 2010, 11:36

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Damn, I was sneakily watching that

Looks like we may have a fight as to who claims it then.

Top find, Jack98 (can I call you Jack?)!

cosmicfrog · 11 May 2010, 12:25

hahah seems my bid of £1 is well and trully gone hehehehe

something similar

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MEBIDX:IT

alexh · 11 May 2010, 13:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boo Boo

Can they be played without the adapter?

You cannot if it works like the Spectrum one.. but it may not looking on the interweb.

Both links have now been posted around on the C64 websites and people talking about sniping and prices in the £100's

seuden · 11 May 2010, 13:06

Can they be recorded to tape and used that way?

alexh · 11 May 2010, 13:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by seuden

Can they be recorded to tape and used that way?

No they are accelerated recordings which cannot survive the SNR drop from transfer to tape.

seuden · 11 May 2010, 13:10

Ah, ok. Thanks alexh.

alexh · 11 May 2010, 13:13

You can always look into making your own C64 TAPE port adapter and use an MP3 player with accelerated MP3's encoded using the free OTLA application.

http://code.google.com/p/otla/

MethodGit · 11 May 2010, 13:16

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

You cannot if it works like the Spectrum one.. but it may not looking on the interweb.

Both links have now been posted around on the C64 websites and people talking about sniping and prices in the £100's

Greedy bastards.

I'd actually be fine with someone else grabbing it if they were guaranteed to dump the contents and spread them round the webs for all to enjoy, but knowing my luck they'll hoard it.

alexh · 11 May 2010, 14:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by MethodGit

I'd actually be fine with someone else grabbing it if they were guaranteed to dump the contents and spread them round the webs for all to enjoy

AFAIK it is next to useless without the adapter cable, maybe slightly more useful than the spectrum one but pretty useless none the less.

seuden · 11 May 2010, 14:55

I have a cable.

alexh · 11 May 2010, 15:25

And no disc? How did that happen?

cosmicfrog · 11 May 2010, 15:27

ist` the cable just a 3.5mm to 9 pin

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14 April 2010, 17:55	#22
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	The games are on the CD twice so you don't have to wait to rewind the CD LOL best thing I`ve read all day now I know what those cables are for

29 April 2010, 04:27	#23
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	Well what an effing shambles that was. First the person who uploaded it was seeding an archive that wouldn't extract one of the track files due to corruption, so he had to redo it. Then the overall seeding of the download was consistently piss-poor and I couldn't get anywhere with it after a while (not that the seeding was all that great to begin with). Eventually it got delisted and I had to send another request for it. Someone kindly obliges after a while, but guess what? He uploaded the first, unworkable archive. What a waste of download credit. And lo and behold, that got deleted too. Request reset. Nobody happened to have been lucky and grabbed the second version in full? I've never seen so much piss-takery with a single thing I seek.

29 April 2010, 09:03	#24
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Sorry to hear that MethodGit, unfortunately I didn't grab it.

11 May 2010, 01:24	#26
JACK98 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: N/A Posts: 420	c64 version is on ebay at the mo http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CD-Games-Pack-...item1c125253aa

11 May 2010, 09:31	#27
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,342	Damn, I was sneakily watching that

11 May 2010, 10:51	#28
Retro1234 Phone Homer Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: 5150 Posts: 5,773	Can they be played without the adapter? Do you remember those CD to Tape adapters for cars - would the CD work with that?

11 May 2010, 12:25	#30
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	hahah seems my bid of £1 is well and trully gone hehehehe something similar http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...STRK:MEBIDX:IT

11 May 2010, 13:06	#32
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Can they be recorded to tape and used that way?

11 May 2010, 13:10	#34
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	Ah, ok. Thanks alexh.

11 May 2010, 13:13	#35
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,342	You can always look into making your own C64 TAPE port adapter and use an MP3 player with accelerated MP3's encoded using the free OTLA application. http://code.google.com/p/otla/

11 May 2010, 14:55	#38
seuden uber cool demi god Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Kent/England Posts: 2,073	I have a cable.

11 May 2010, 15:25	#39
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,342	And no disc? How did that happen?

11 May 2010, 15:27	#40
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	ist` the cable just a 3.5mm to 9 pin

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