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If it weren't for those meddling kids...

JonNorthJonNorth
edited November 2005 in Games
How the hell does one guy get away with pulling the same scam over and over again?? Did no-one notice???

http://www.cl4.org/comp/spectrum/hsprice/
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  • beanzbeanz
    edited November 2005
    Quite amusing really. I just aquired a copy of 'I aint got nobody', Ill have to load it up and check it out.
  • jamieangusjamieangus
    edited November 2005
    If I remember correctly, I Ain't Got Nobody is unfinishable in it's original state due to some bug or other. xmikex had to use a poke in order to RZX it successfully. Another unfinishable Harry Price game (I suspect there are quite a few) is Them, a blatant rip-off of Project Future. We gave up RZXing that one eventually. Here is a link to the original thread though.

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?topic=7689&forum=2

    I think that will be the last Harry Price game we'll be attempting.

    Cordially,

    Jamie
  • WoodyWoody
    edited November 2005
    He was still at it just a year or two ago!
  • robert@fmrobert@fm
    edited November 2005
    Harry Price often introduced bugs into games in the process of pirating them, so that finishable ones became unfinishable in his version.

    One such is Big Bad John (a rip-off of Molecule Man), which contains no exit but which can't be finished even if an exit is POKEd in...
    I never make misteaks mistrakes misyales errurs — oh, sod it.
  • jiljil
    edited November 2005
    Bubble Run, Cashdash, Colin The Cleaner and Crimebusters Inc. can all be completed, although some are rather messy endings.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited November 2005
    just what i like

    a messy ending :)
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • DunnyDunny
    edited November 2005
    On 2005-11-10 23:51, mel the bell wrote:
    just what i like

    a messy ending :)

    I'm sure that can be arranged, mel :-p

    D.

  • muldermulder
    edited November 2005
    My God! I just played Crimebusters and was shocked at how he left Magic Knights feet in the main sprite! I was also frustrated to the point of forgetting to breathe by the room called 'The Balcony'. You either don't make it to the first platform, or you make it but then jump immediately after landing and wind up back on the ground again :(

    Anybody here hacked a well-known game (Not MM or JSW :D ) and made their own game out of it using the engine?

    [ This Message was edited by: mulder on 2005-11-11 00:57 ]
  • jiljil
    edited November 2005
    Woody clearly hacked the legendary Hyper Poo Creatures to make his game Super Crap Invaders. The bloody nerve! :mad:
  • zx1zx1
    edited November 2005
    I remember when i got my speccy in '87 there was 2 packs of Tynesoft games with it, i remember enjoying Odd job Eddie (I loved platformers) and who said that but i had no idea there were ripped off from other games, incidentely the same tape had H.A.R.D on it which has never loaded to this day!
    I think a lot of games were rip offs in those days, especially budget games. For example, Fernadez mus die could be called Ikari Warriers or Cabal could be Operation Wolf in colour! (Still great games though!)
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • zx1zx1
    edited November 2005
    Harry Price....where is he now? If he reads this he could come on and we could see how he defends himself!
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • murtcepsmurtceps
    edited November 2005
    On 2005-11-11 20:52, zx1 wrote:
    Harry Price....where is he now? If he reads this he could come on and we could see how he defends himself!

    Amazing how many people are looking for him !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


    http://www.harryprice.co.uk/images/books_writings_images/search-harryprice.jpg



  • DunnyDunny
    edited November 2005
    On 2005-11-11 20:52, zx1 wrote:
    Harry Price....where is he now? If he reads this he could come on and we could see how he defends himself!

    He actually posted to the WOS guestbook, and then gave permission for all of "his" games to be distributed by WOS.

    See here.

    D.

  • PJYeovilPJYeovil
    edited November 2005
    What an interesting topic, inspires disbelief, anger and hilarity all in one go.

    As described via the excellent link at the beginning of the topic, the real cherry on the cake for me is the 128k version of Odd Job Eddie which has no additional features, but has simply been modified to crash on the 48k models! Incredible cheek!
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