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speccy promo game adverts on TV

laddermanladderman
edited October 2003 in Games
hello

does anyone remember in some computer games shops,there was a video playing with some clips of the latest games(speccy,c64,amstrad).did anyone buy any games on the strength of these promos(i bought"midnight resistance"on the spot),or did anybody get conned and find the game was rubbish.thank you.

colin

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  • SwainySwainy
    edited October 2003
    Sadly most of the promo's I've ever seen for that era only showed 16bit footage.
  • SpectorSpector
    edited October 2003
    I remember it very well in John Menzies. Seeing Target Renegade on all three formats, and the moment I saw the jump kick move on the Speccy version, I knew it was best. The moment I remember less fondly was when they did the trailer for Our Run. First they showed the arcade, then the Amiga, ST, C64 ... and finally the Spectrum version. I was embarrassed standing looking at it in the shop! The monochrome coupled with the jerky movement was diabolical, and anyone claiming that the C64 was a better games machine had plenty of ammo there. "Out Run"'s comversion was the beginning of the end for the Spectrum as a force in gaming.
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  • YednabYednab
    edited October 2003
    Don't knock the conversion of Out Run - It might have been slow and monocrome but the graphics were really good. The C64 version while fast was crap.
  • judasEZTjudasEZT
    edited October 2003
    you can forget OutRun and pick up ChaseHQ.. OutRun developers said that double road at middle of levels took too much memory.. but ChaseHq has no problem with that.
  • SwainySwainy
    edited October 2003
    It would have been interesting to see how the original OutRun Europa would have turned out on the Speccy.
  • NickHNickH
    edited October 2003
    On 2003-10-15 12:23, judasEZT wrote:
    you can forget OutRun and pick up ChaseHQ.. OutRun developers said that double road at middle of levels took too much memory.. but ChaseHq has no problem with that.

    Chase HQ cheated slightly by not showing any cars during the roadsplit - you'll notice that they all zoom off into the distance when you approach the junction.

    Nick

  • NickHNickH
    edited October 2003
    On 2003-10-13 11:43, ladderman wrote:
    does anyone remember in some computer games shops,there was a video playing with some clips of the latest games(speccy,c64,amstrad).

    I definitely remember Boots or WHSmiths doing chart video loops during 1986 - it was what alerted me to the Paperboy coin-op conversion at the time.

    Nick
  • laddermanladderman
    edited October 2003
    hello

    just wondering,would these video promos count as something that could be included in the WOS archive(maybe take out c64,amstrad,etc and just leave ZX adverts).maybe,maybe not.thank you.

    colin
  • RefrenzRefrenz
    edited October 2003
    On 2003-10-15 12:58, NickH wrote:
    I definitely remember Boots or WHSmiths doing chart video loops during 1986 - it was what alerted me to the Paperboy coin-op conversion at the time.

    I used to regularly venture into Boots, who showed videos of the latest games (probably for a year or two) around 1985-1986. I never bought a game based on watching the video, instead basing my game purchasing decisions on reviews in Crash, SU, YS etc ...

    The videos were obly good for going 'oooooooh ahhh' to when an impressive game was featured.
  • SpectorSpector
    edited October 2003
    On 2003-10-15 12:15, Yednab wrote:
    Don't knock the conversion of Out Run - It might have been slow and monocrome but the graphics were really good. The C64 version while fast was crap.

    The graphics on the Spectrum version were in terms of scale and detail the most faithful of all the original versions, but that's what made it too slow. The C64 version didn't have any roadsplits, but it was miles more playable than the Spectrum version. I know which one I'd rather have had on the Spectrum. The C64 version was too easy though I admit that.
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  • chaosmongerschaosmongers
    edited October 2003
    I hate to say it, but those video loops in Boots tempted me to hassle for a Commodore 64 for Christmas 1986 :)

    All on the strength of 'PARALLAX' and 'IRIDIS ALPHA'

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