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Hidden Features In Games

frobushfrobush
edited December 2009 in Games
I'm sure there was a thread like this somewhere - sorry, but I can't find it.

Hidden stuff in games.

In "Mikie" there is a hidden bonus in each of the class-rooms.

E.G. On the 1st screen if you stand in front of the teacher's desk, facing the 'blackboard' and 'shout' 3 times - you get a gobblin and a score!

Can you find all the others?
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  • frobushfrobush
    edited February 2009
    I guess not! You B*ST*RDS!

    Smiley Face! Smiley Face! Smiley Face! Smiley Face! Smiley Face!
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited February 2009
    2 hours is hardly long enough to expect a few replies, especially on a Friday evening when hardly anybody is posting.
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • Bob StainsBob Stains
    edited February 2009
    I seem to recall a speaker on the left giving a bonus if you could avoid the pissed-up dancers :p
  • zxspecticlezxspecticle
    edited February 2009
    I was a fan of the arcade game so knew about the secrets before your speccy version was released so I was pleasantly surprised they were included. Great conversion although I would have preferred the "head-butt" version.

    ;-)
  • frobushfrobush
    edited February 2009
    zxspecticle wrote: »
    ...I would have preferred the "head-butt" version.
    ;-)

    I didn't know about the 'Head-Butt' version until years afterwards - and officially a few years ago via MAME.

    I still can't play the damn thing!
  • zxspecticlezxspecticle
    edited February 2009
    frobush wrote: »
    I didn't know about the 'Head-Butt' version until years afterwards - and officially a few years ago via MAME.

    I still can't play the damn thing!

    Why Konami changed it to shouting for the European market I don?t know. It just makes more sense to head-butt to knock out the teacher and other characters - a feature sadly missing from the speccy version
  • frobushfrobush
    edited February 2009
    zxspecticle wrote: »
    Why Konami changed it to shouting for the European market I don?t know. It just makes more sense to head-butt to knock out the teacher and other characters - a feature sadly missing from the speccy version


    Well I guess it was to do with politics. A game in the WEST - floating around kissing a girlfriend - better the 'shout' than the 'head-butt'!
  • frobushfrobush
    edited February 2009
    Don't get me wrong here - but in order to get the big Konami titles off the ground (Hyper Sports and Green Beret et al) we, at Ocean had to do their cack titles too! Like "Ping Pong", and I managed to rope in such talent like Martin Galway off his C64 for a few hours to make the Speccy sing! Often not my project!
  • zxspecticlezxspecticle
    edited February 2009
    frobush wrote: »
    Don't get me wrong here - but in order to get the big Konami titles off the ground (Hyper Sports and Green Beret et al) we, at Ocean had to do their cack titles too! Like "Ping Pong", and I managed to rope in such talent like Martin Galway off his C64 for a few hours to make the Speccy sing! Often not my project!

    Games like Ping Pong and to a lesser extent Mikie were probably viewed as minority interest but they were great games to play both in the arcades and on the speccy so I'm glad you had to do them.

    Dougie told me you did most of the programming on Ping Pong to help your less talented mate out.

    ;-)

    I hope Duggs is not reading this!!!
  • NickHNickH
    edited February 2009
    I've never found the skid pan in Hard Drivin'.
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited February 2009
    The only one I can think of is the infinite lives cheat in 3 Weeks In Paradise and I found it by complete fluke.

    I was doing really well and got killed by one of the natives. In anger I smashed the keyboard and the game "beeped" at me. I carried on and got knocked down again but my lives stayed the same. I went on to complete it and phoned Mikro-Gen to say I had done so.

    According to the nice lady I was the second person to have phoned in to say I'd finished it.
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • zx1zx1
    edited February 2009
    I actually quite like 'Ping Pong'. Theres a bug in level 4 which means you can win the game quite easily. I played it last week and still like it. Not sure about the crowd though - are they laughing at you when you miss a shout or are they clapping?
    The trouble with tribbles is.......
  • thingleythingley
    edited February 2009
    I remember reading somewhere that it was possible to start the car for a joyride in one of the levels in Vendetta. Never done this myself tho' - Just don't like the game enough to bother trying...

    Looking again tho' it wasn't that hidden as the instructions tell you that up is accelerate! Ithink I just had a blast at this game and wrote it off as a sub-renegade sort of game.
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited February 2009
    frobush wrote: »
    E.G. On the 1st screen if you stand in front of the teacher's desk, facing the 'blackboard' and 'shout' 3 times - you get a gobblin and a score!

    Can you find all the others?

    Aww cool... didn't know there was one in each of the classrooms, I only knew about the canteen one.
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited February 2009
    Vampyre wrote: »
    The only one I can think of is the infinite lives cheat in 3 Weeks In Paradise and I found it by complete fluke.

    I dunno if it's a cheat or not, but I accidentally found out years ago that in Mugsy, if you type "12345678910" in response to the "how many do we buy from the syndicate this year?" question, you recieve a shedload of customers and dosh!!
  • frobushfrobush
    edited February 2009
    zxspecticle wrote: »
    Dougie told me you did most of the programming on Ping Pong to help your less talented mate out.

    Not True. I did the sound and menu.
  • deadpan666deadpan666
    edited February 2009
    thingley wrote: »
    I remember reading somewhere that it was possible to start the car for a joyride in one of the levels in Vendetta. Never done this myself tho' - Just don't like the game enough to bother trying...

    Looking again tho' it wasn't that hidden as the instructions tell you that up is accelerate! Ithink I just had a blast at this game and wrote it off as a sub-renegade sort of game.

    I thought that you drove the car inbetween levels anyway...!!??

    I thought Vendetta was alright, but picking things up was always a bit fiddley....
    The Black Cauldron (PC)
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited February 2009
    Hows about the "ghost car" (well that's what me and my mates called it) in Ghostbusters? Was that a hidden feature or just a bug?
  • CountvargCountvarg
    edited February 2009
    I think the Ghostcar was a bug. I've played it to death I've never noticed anything like that.
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited February 2009
    Countvarg wrote: »
    I think the Ghostcar was a bug. I've played it to death I've never noticed anything like that.

    It happens if you choose "0" when selecting your vehicle (as opposed to options 1-4).

    EDIT: Here it is:

    ghostcar.jpg
  • chop983chop983
    edited February 2009
    [gv]-2921775292106979418[/gv]
  • ZoffyZoffy
    edited March 2009
    Elite - if you save as soon as the game loads you find yourself docked at a world where the sun is going nova and some people need rescuing. you also get all the weapons and $$$$$ . The other hidden feature if you hyperspace seconds before docking you get dumped in witchspace with a bunch of thargoids.
    General Malthadius Zoff
    Magenta icon
  • DarenDaren
    edited March 2009
    Spectrum Easter Eggs

    Tons of hidden speccy games stuff on that site.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited March 2009
    Press the 'F' key in That's the Spirit...
  • Dr BEEPDr BEEP
    edited March 2009
    In last years CGC in the Minigame Compo Simulator you can activate
    an easter egg by entering some text when the results of the
    game T.I.T.B.G.I.T.C.G.C is shown.
  • frobushfrobush
    edited March 2009
    zxspecticle wrote: »
    Dougie told me you did most of the programming on Ping Pong to help your less talented mate out.

    I've just remembered something. Duggs was working at home, in Liverpool, and came back to Manchester and left his development kit on the train! It took him ages to get it back and didn't want the bosses to know - I think it ended up in Strathclyde!

    I had a big go at him for not taking care of his equipment - and he got dead upset and had a big go at me. Then he pulled a Speccy 128k out of his bag, and it was covered in chocolate!
  • chop983chop983
    edited March 2009
    Zoffy wrote: »
    Elite - if you save as soon as the game loads you find yourself docked at a world where the sun is going nova and some people need rescuing. you also get all the weapons and $$$$$ . The other hidden feature if you hyperspace seconds before docking you get dumped in witchspace with a bunch of thargoids.

    no that would dock you at your target system, to get to witchspace you had to pause while hyperspacing then press a certain key
  • ZnorXmanZnorXman
    edited March 2009
    frobush wrote: »
    Then he pulled a Speccy 128k out of his bag, and it was covered in chocolate!

    Look ... this is a half-finished story, or at least the start of ensuing jovial hilarity.

    What happened to one and the other, the chocolate and Speccy???
  • zxspecticlezxspecticle
    edited March 2009
    frobush wrote: »
    I've just remembered something. Duggs was working at home, in Liverpool, and came back to Manchester and left his development kit on the train! It took him ages to get it back and didn't want the bosses to know - I think it ended up in Strathclyde!

    I had a big go at him for not taking care of his equipment - and he got dead upset and had a big go at me. Then he pulled a Speccy 128k out of his bag, and it was covered in chocolate!

    Are you having one of those acid induced flashbacks again you nutter!

    ;-)
  • dougburnsdougburns
    edited March 2009
    I thought I didn't remember this, then thought I did, but I think Jof may be ... erm ... using a little artistic license
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