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The Shaky Game

jdanddietjdanddiet
edited September 2010 in Games
Was in me charity shop today sorting through a big pile of audio cassettes. Cam across the album "The Bop Won't Stop" by Shakin Stevens and was just about to chuck it in the bin when I noticed the word Spectrum on the cover...

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Yes it's Shaky the game on the b-side of the album!
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited July 2010
    ...and you bought it....

    I think I had it on vinyl...or it might have been one of those flexi vinyl things..
  • NickHNickH
    edited July 2010
    Aye! Very quick snatch of the gameplay here:

    (jump to 7m12s)

  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited July 2010
    i didn't buy it :razz: i rescued it from the bin!
  • fogfog
    edited July 2010
    so donating ?20 for just that tape don't count AND you get the bonus of the music as well ;)

    so now I know where ya money is going these days :)

    I finally got a com-con the other day 99p , ?3 postage.. i bid on it for a laugh, I thought it'd go for silly money.. made a nice surprise as I was out bid on 5 things.
  • GrazGraz
    edited July 2010
    Cooool! I never knew it was on tape!



    Edit: Uncooool! I just realised that I binned this tape years ago!
  • pigdogpigdog
    edited July 2010
    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0004437&loadpics=3

    I remember TZXing it years ago.
  • fogfog
    edited July 2010
    it's ok you lot.. you can admit ya bought it "back in the day" ...

    a school friends Shane had the game, thats where I saw it.

    was it on flexi-disc also?
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited July 2010
    Graz wrote: »
    Edit: Uncooool! I just realised that I binned this tape years ago!

    Not really, binning anything with Shaky is an act of cool, the true act of uncool is owning it in the first place :p
    Every night is curry night!
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited July 2010
    This game looks a bit like Labyrinth, that appeared on Cassette 50.

    Labyrinth shows as 1982. Was this the first version of this style of maze game or is it based on an earlier game?

    Maybe Shaky was a bit Speccy fan back then.
  • NickHNickH
    edited July 2010
    Morkin wrote: »
    This game looks a bit like Labyrinth, that appeared on Cassette 50.

    Labyrinth shows as 1982. Was this the first version of this style of maze game or is it based on an earlier game?

    Maybe Shaky was a bit Speccy fan back then.

    I think it predates that, and was a copy of one of the early (Centipede era) coin-op formats.
  • mermanmerman
    edited July 2010
    Head On by Gremlin inspired it:

    http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/headon
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited July 2010
    merman wrote: »
    Head On by Gremlin inspired it:

    http://maws.mameworld.info/maws/romset/headon

    Thanks, hadn't heard of this.

    I like the way instead of 'lives' you have 'Shakys'.:lol:

    The WOS entry reads:

    "The program audio is preceeded by a message from Shakin' Stevens himself, explaining the concept to less computer literate fans".

    Is this true? If so, is there any chance of hearing what he says? :-)
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited July 2010
    i'll dig out my son's tape player over the weekend and have a listen.
  • MarlonMarlon
    edited September 2010
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Not really, binning anything with Shaky is an act of cool, the true act of uncool is owning it in the first place :p
    How very DARE you! I've killed for less...
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    edited September 2010
    Marlon wrote: »
    How very DARE you! I've killed for less...

    Shaky? Is that you? :lol:
    Every night is curry night!
  • GrazGraz
    edited September 2010
    This bloomin' thread has got me scouring the carboots and charity shops for Shakin Stevens tapes! Aaaarrrghhhhh.

    (Still, he was always way better than Elvis P)
  • kgmcneilkgmcneil
    edited September 2010
    [cough]...making friends again, I see there, DM_boozefreek [cough]...

    ... ;)
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited September 2010
    ...Incidentally, are we going to find out what advice Mr Shaky gave out on the audio for this game..? :grin:
  • fogfog
    edited September 2010
    there was also "dodgems" version of the game in the arcade

    I remember playing it in salt hill , galway in the arcades there.. other games were 20p.. but that was 10p coz.. well it was ancient :)
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited September 2010
    i'd forgotten...playing it now :smile:
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited September 2010
    "Hi. This is shaky. If you've got a sinclair four-eight k spectrum computer, the program follows shortly. When it's loaded, please fast forward to the end of the tape, so you can listen to the album again."

    That's it. And yes, he really does call it a "four eight k computer" :lol:
  • MorkinMorkin
    edited September 2010
    jdanddiet wrote: »
    "Hi. This is shaky. If you've got a sinclair four-eight k spectrum computer, the program follows shortly. When it's loaded, please fast forward to the end of the tape, so you can listen to the album again."

    That's it. And yes, he really does call it a "four eight k computer" :lol:

    :lol::lol:

    Bless him, I thought he was supposed to be 'explaining the concept to less computer literate fans' - so he doesn't tell them how to load or play the game, just to listen to his album again!
  • jdanddietjdanddiet
    edited September 2010
    I've put this on ebay as another of my "hilarious" joke auctions. Feel free to join in the fun and ask stupid questions :smile:
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