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Quick bio

CSFCCSFC
edited February 2004 in Games
OMG! - so this is what the internet was created for! and all that time i thought it was all about porn! ;) i've finally found somewhere to share my love of all things speccy - i think i've found my home!

as i'm clearly new, here's a quick bio so all you regulars know who/what your dealing with!

started with a rubber key speccy, playing car journey and ballooning until football manager came along. that started a love affair with the footy manager genre that hasn't yet stopped! from the kevin toms classic, through D&H and cult and onwards. great times *sigh* theres far too many great games to list! my mate went and outdid me by getting the 128k, so i got santa to bring me a +2. so then he got a +3 and i had to try one better with a sam coupe (what was other peoples verdict on the sam? i wasn't ever convinced by it)!

favourite thing to do was to break into games and find out how they worked - i'm pretty sure that this accounted for all my BASIC knowledge and very basic BASIC programming skills!

fave 5 games (in no particular order) striker, football manager, on the bench, football director, football director 2 (on the sam)

and thats it! blimey, 9 years or so of speccying crammed into one post! i hope no-one minds me joining your little speccy-party here - i dont understand half any of the technical things you lot talk about - so i apologise in advance if i end up asking dumb questions! lol
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  • Dr BEEPDr BEEP
    edited February 2004
    Welcome aboard!

    and mind you there are no dumb questions.
    What is regular for the one can help anotherone's problem. We just want to keep the Spectrumscene alive.

    I read you also have a SAM.
    Some SAM-related stuff at WWW.MAIL-ARCHIVE/SAM-USERS


  • ArjunArjun
    edited February 2004
    All Specchums are welcome to the forums! Don't worry about asking dumb questions. You can't do any worse than a certain person I won't name (for a change), so please feel free and post. A quick gander at the topics one these forums should convince you that anything and everything (mostly Speccy related of course) is discussed here. So join in the madness!
    Zero - A modern Spectrum emulator for Windows.
    Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
  • sirclive1sirclive1
    edited February 2004
    anyone into spectrum and footy management games cant be bad ! welcome
  • SadakoSadako
    edited February 2004
    YES! Another SAM lover! :)
  • SadakoSadako
    edited February 2004
    actually try this instead:

    http://www.mail-archive.com/sam-users%40nvg.ntnu.no/
  • Dr BEEPDr BEEP
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 11:08, Sadako wrote:
    actually try this instead:

    http://www.mail-archive.com/sam-users%40nvg.ntnu.no/

    I noticed it too. But it would be found eventually with only my info.
  • grimgrim
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 09:21, Arjun wrote:
    All Specchums are welcome to the forums! Don't worry about asking dumb questions. You can't do any worse than a certain person I won't name (GRIM), so please feel free and post. A quick gander at the topics one these forums should convince you that anything and everything (mostly Speccy related of course) is discussed here. So join in the madness!
    i think he was referring to me hehe! but i was'nt born when the 1st speccy came out, so you guys got the advantage over me.

    p.s. a wise person ask's questions
  • madmekonmadmekon
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 14:06, grim wrote:
    i think he was referring to me hehe! but i was'nt born when the 1st speccy came out, so you guys got the advantage over me.

    I think he meant the boy with a 1000 names. (Unless that is you the infamous TK)
    I'm a 21st Century digital boy, I don't know how to live but I've got a lot of toys.
  • TelfordTelford
    edited February 2004
    Nice to have another football mad speccer here. Welcome!

    As a side note, I read yesterday that the 'Football Manager' name has been sold to SIGames of 'Championship Manager' fame. 'Football Manager 2005' should be released towards the end of this year. SI lost the rights to the 'Championship Manager' name when their contract with Eidos ended earlier this year. All games by SI will now be sold worldwide by Sega. For more infos - www.sigames.com

    John


    [ This Message was edited by: Telford on 2004-02-13 14:37 ]
  • grimgrim
    edited February 2004

    [/quote]

    I think he meant the boy with a 1000 names. (Unless that is you the infamous TK)

    [/quote]
    nah i only got the 1, but i'm amazed that that there is sum1 thicker than me lol
  • cyborgcyborg
    edited February 2004
    (Unless that is you the infamous TK)

    Well done - now he'll come back.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2004
    csfc dont worry i dont understand the technical shit they talk about either :)

    were here purely to lighten the mood and keep asking wot their fave game of a particular genre is :)

    today........side scrolling shooters?
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • WoodyWoody
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 19:24, mel the bell wrote:
    csfc dont worry i dont understand the technical shit they talk about either :)

    Technical shit such as using methods of drawing graphics to the display memory at a time when the TV raster is known to be at a different location, thus increasing performance by not having to use a back-buffering method and then copying, whilst also preventing screen tearing, which was a clever trick used in games such as...
    today........side scrolling shooters?

    Zynaps? :)
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2004
    *falls over with a brain hemorage* too much technical stuff :)


    wasnt transmuter side scrolling? i always loved that........and delta (thalamus)
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • CSFCCSFC
    edited February 2004
    cheers all - i feel welcome already :)

    must admit that i'm getting very excited already about fm2005 - but will you have to type 99 and hit enter?
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 20:32, CSFC wrote:
    cheers all - i feel welcome already :)

    must admit that i'm getting very excited already about fm2005 - but will you have to type 99 and hit enter?

    See youve started with all the technical shit now.....TYPE 99 AND HIT ENTER?? hmmmm
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • StargliderStarglider
    edited February 2004
    Side scrolling shooters?, how about Zynaps, with it's great (for the time) explosions.
    Hewson did some truly great games.
    I would follow that with R-type and forgotten worlds.

    I also enjoyed Chronos, despite the poor reviews, and Sidewize and Crosswize.
  • Lee FogartyLee Fogarty
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 10:34, sirclive1 wrote:
    anyone into spectrum and footy management games cant be bad ! welcome

    errmm, I thought this was the 'blind date' site. Whats all this talk of computers?
    My test signature
  • judasEZTjudasEZT
    edited February 2004
    welcome CSFC! hope you enjoy this cool forum. =)
  • TelfordTelford
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-13 20:32, CSFC wrote:
    cheers all - i feel welcome already :)

    must admit that i'm getting very excited already about fm2005 - but will you have to type 99 and hit enter?

    Yep, I hope that it's a bit more addictive than cm4 which I found a little bit too dry and never got into like the versions that came before.

    Press 'C' to continue :)

    EDIT : By the way, someone was writing a new version of Striker. A thread called 'Striker - Cult Games' or similar. It was supposed to be ready by mid-december but we are still waiting :( There is a taster in the thread though.....

    [ This Message was edited by: Telford on 2004-02-13 21:54 ]
  • Malc74Malc74
    edited February 2004

    wasnt transmuter side scrolling? i always loved that........and delta (thalamus)

    I hope you're not talking about the Speccy version of Delta (Delta Charge) - one of the very worst side scrolling shooters ever and slower than a slug in treacle. Mind you, Transmuter wasn't much faster. :p
  • chaosmongerschaosmongers
    edited February 2004
    Welcome to the fluffiest forum on the internet (Oh shit... no, thats the Llamasoft one, www.YakYak.org)

    I meant to say the friendliest forum on the internet!
  • ArjunArjun
    edited February 2004
    Yeah, the thalamus version of Delta left much to be desired.

    The best side scroller, IMO, are Zynaps and R-Type. Fantastic!
    Zero - A modern Spectrum emulator for Windows.
    Bytes:Chuntey - Spectrum tech blog.
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2004
    hmmm well i always remember i loved most of the thalamus games on the speccy and *whispers*c64

    must be me...i must be a weirdo ....*gets coat*
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
  • chaosmongerschaosmongers
    edited February 2004
    Thalamus were excellent. They were to the C64, what Ultimate were to the Speccy IMHO.

    MAYHEM IN MONSTERLAND is absolutely fantastic.
  • Malc74Malc74
    edited February 2004
    On 2004-02-15 02:27, chaosmongers wrote:
    Thalamus were excellent. They were to the C64, what Ultimate were to the Speccy IMHO.

    Yeah, but on the Speccy... Delta Charge! Bloody hell! I know the Speccy version was just done by some programmer in his bedroom, but that's no excuse. Awful, absolutely awful. (and the fact I got it as a free gift from those bastards at the Home Computer Club hasn't made me any better disposed towards it.) :(
    And whatever happened to the load of stuff they were supposed to release? Creatures? Ford Q8 Rally? Search for Sharla? Armalyte? Huh!
    In my opinion only FA Cup Football is worse. [Leaves space for comment by sirclive1] :lol:


    [ This Message was edited by: Malcolm Hope on 2004-02-15 18:56 ]
  • mel the bellmel the bell
    edited February 2004
    armalyte was wikkid on the commode
    Professional Mel-the-Bell Simulator................"So realistic, I found myself reaching for the Kleenex King-Size!" - Richard Darling
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