from Sinclair User: crash sequence is a little too graphic and some people might find it tasteless.
who wrote those reviews? somebody's grandma?
it wasn't even tastelss then!
Everyone was a little more sensitive then. No-one liked violence in games, which was always frowned upon - even by the kids. Remember how tasteless "Go to Hell" was? Not many people found it amusing. Personally, I liked it and didn't find it offensive, but things have certainly taken a turn for the worst.
Games are pretty awful nowadays. The kids are given trite, brainless overloads of americanised drivel, and the teenagers are dumped in a sea of four-letter words with no gameplay.
Everyone was a little more sensitive then. No-one liked violence in games, which was always frowned upon - even by the kids. Remember how tasteless "Go to Hell" was? Not many people found it amusing. Personally, I liked it and didn't find it offensive, but things have certainly taken a turn for the worst.
Games are pretty awful nowadays. The kids are given trite, brainless overloads of americanised drivel, and the teenagers are dumped in a sea of four-letter words with no gameplay.
So glad that the Speccy is still going strong.
Agreed , you only have to see how laughable many of the banned 'video nasties' are to see how de-sensified we've become to violence in all forms of media
Best of all though (and I'm a little surprised it hasnt already been mentioned) but the best racer is the one with NO wheels - DI's Bobsleigh. Tough at first , but a real sense of achievement when you get the hang of it. Great sensation of speed , good graphics and some strategy thrown into the mix - just as playable now as it ever was - and a great titlescreen tune
Yeah, it's a great game and plays very differently to most racing games in that you've got no real control over the power after the push start and the aim is to use the steering as little as possible so you keep your speed up. The strategy element is slight; you've got to manage finances and try to pick the right runners for track and conditions. Mostly it's about learning the racing lines and thrashing the push start Daley Thompson style.
I didn't mention it before, because it's a game that I tend to file under winter sports/simulation. That said it's still rather more like TT Racer than Winter Games in terms of the way it plays.
Y'kidding, surely. Pretty much all of the good ones haven't aged a bit.
Continental Circus is another awesome, if a little easy, racing game. Speccy is a great platform for 3D racers. There's just not enough of 'em. Better than platformers, that's f'sure.
Roadblasters 128
Wec Le Mans
Continental Circus
Miami Cobra
4k Race (Original) - tho a blend of the two would be fabulous, with auto view changing. (PLEEEAAASSEEE)
Nightmare Rally
Pretty much all of the good ones haven't aged a bit.
if you mean by haven't aged, that they still look as fresh and new alongside new games then:
:-o
3d racers are the one genre of games that have aged really badly from the 8 bit era; especially the Spectrum.
The hardware just wasn't there then; it took at least untill the Playstation era for into the screen 3d race games to be decent.
if you mean by haven't aged, that they still look as fresh and new alongside new games then:
:-o
3d racers are the one genre of games that have aged really badly from the 8 bit era; especially the Spectrum.
The hardware just wasn't there then; it took at least untill the Playstation era for into the screen 3d race games to be decent.
I agree that 3D racing games arent always the genre one would pick to promote the Speccy,but I'd rather play Revs (BBC) , Stunt Car Racer and Buggy Boy (C64) or Enduro Racer (Speccy) than many PS1 racing titles.
would Stock Car Racer be considered as a 3d Racer? that game was actually really good and competitive when played with other players (or against a high level PC)
if you mean by haven't aged, that they still look as fresh and new alongside new games then:
:-o
3d racers are the one genre of games that have aged really badly from the 8 bit era; especially the Spectrum.
The hardware just wasn't there then; it took at least untill the Playstation era for into the screen 3d race games to be decent.
Naahhh, not for me. Not aged at all, especially when you look at them alongside the latest releases. Go on, play Chase HQ, then fire up 4k Race Refulled which is only a couple of years old. They could quite easily have been written about the same time. And that's a good thing. Most people have just forgotton how to program them. MORE RACERS!
I agree that 3D racing games arent always the genre one would pick to promote the Speccy,but I'd rather play Revs (BBC) , Stunt Car Racer and Buggy Boy (C64) or Enduro Racer (Speccy) than many PS1 racing titles.
Hmmmm, interesting! I've never been taken with Revs on the BBC, and the 128 Speccy version of Buggy Boy was way better than the C64 one. Speccy racers are f'me. Not enough of 'em. I think they show off the machine really well. It's a Speccy strong-point. Speccy's has a much greater weakness in Platform games and Side-scrolling shoot-em-ups. Turbo the Tortoise, Scrappy Doo and R-Type are the only ones that really stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead are a special breed of platformer that you'd only really find on the Speccy, so I wouldn't count them.
Naahhh, not for me. Not aged at all, especially when you look at them alongside the latest releases. Go on, play Chase HQ, then fire up 4k Race Refulled which is only a couple of years old. They could quite easily have been written about the same time. And that's a good thing. Most people have just forgotton how to program them. MORE RACERS!
Hmmmm, interesting! I've never been taken with Revs on the BBC, and the 128 Speccy version of Buggy Boy was way better than the C64 one. Speccy racers are f'me. Not enough of 'em. I think they show off the machine really well. It's a Speccy strong-point. Speccy's has a much greater weakness in Platform games and Side-scrolling shoot-em-ups. Turbo the Tortoise, Scrappy Doo and R-Type are the only ones that really stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead are a special breed of platformer that you'd only really find on the Speccy, so I wouldn't count them.
As for PSX. I LOVE PSX racers. :)
Of course the Speccy can do platformers- Chuckie Egg, Technician Ted, Monty Mole series, Wonderboy, Bubble Bobble, Nebulus, Rainbow Islands, Popeye 2, Rodland.
Hmmmm, interesting! I've never been taken with Revs on the BBC, and the 128 Speccy version of Buggy Boy was way better than the C64 one. Speccy racers are f'me. Not enough of 'em. I think they show off the machine really well. It's a Speccy strong-point. Speccy's has a much greater weakness in Platform games and Side-scrolling shoot-em-ups. Turbo the Tortoise, Scrappy Doo and R-Type are the only ones that really stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead are a special breed of platformer that you'd only really find on the Speccy, so I wouldn't count them.
As for PSX. I LOVE PSX racers. :)
Interesting indeed!
Buggy Boy for commode is certainly better than speccy version, which is slow and has a color clash.
128k version is no better, except it has slightly better sound effects.
C64 version is fast and very playable even better than cpc version, which is very similar, but just a little slower..
My personal favorite is Pit Stop 2, also Night Racer and Pole Position 2 are very good from this type of games.
and btw, i like psx racers too, speccially Ridge Racer 4, GT and F1 2000. :)
would Stock Car Racer be considered as a 3d Racer? that game was actually really good and competitive when played with other players (or against a high level PC)
Probably not in the same genre of racing, but have to agree with the opinion about the game..! Thought this was one of the most fun & addictive multiplayer racing games BITD, fantastic value for a budget offering too. Simple graphics and nothing spectacular but really playable.
I saw the comment about buggy boy on 64..as much is green beret is it's own version on speccy .. the same is with buggy boy .. it might have worked better on speccy if they had done the same.. dunno..
personally even better than the rubbish 16 bit ports also.. so adapting things a bit does work / help sometimes..
I was impressed with that 4k racing game..
an old fav game of mine is rally cross by anco on amiga, 4 player.. bit like bmx simulator..
I have a 3d stock car game on ebay at the moment that looks similar to supersprint.. so yer it's got "perspective" but I'd not say 3d
3d racing game would have to be deathchase.. things like nightmare rally were great but too easy..
pitstop 2 on 64 is an old fav of mine as is powerdrift , turbo outrun and turbo charge errm chris butler 3d engine on 64 was good :)
and if you wanna cheat on the speccy version of scaletrix 2 player.. go in front of the other player... then slam the anchors on.. THEY win the race.. crazy but true
an old fav of mine on psx was ridge / rage racer .. and on that rally game errm 4 player one , 4 player tap.. no one could beat me :D
Probably not in the same genre of racing, but have to agree with the opinion about the game..! Thought this was one of the most fun & addictive multiplayer racing games BITD, fantastic value for a budget offering too. Simple graphics and nothing spectacular but really playable.
I remember playing one that looked exactly like Stock Cars but with F1 cars... (and not super test) but I can't seem to find it...
On the other hand, it's a bit short when it comes to Mario-style games and to a lot of people Mario=platformer.
Still, I guess it's just our job to educate these poor people in the finer points of Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg.
Yeah, I'm thinking Mario-style platformers here. Boing, boing, scrolly-screen, collect the stars and hot-foot it to the next checkpoint, bouncing on enemies heads. Not many Speccy versions like that.
Manic Miner or single-screen platormers are in a league of their own. That's why I didn't count them.
And I'm still stickin' to me guns on BuggyBoy C64. It's a crappun' alright. The Speccy one has always been fab in moi oiz. It totally wowed me when it came out and I've been playing it ever since. Had a few goes on the C64 version and it's just a bit... Yuk. Then again, the c64 isn't that good with 3D stuff, so I guess, in comparison to similar games on the format, it's good. Platformers and shoot-em-ups, which as I mentioned are lacking on the Speccy, are pretty good on the old breadbin.
The Speccy is a 3D master-machine! :) Broom brooooom!
That's in a different league from anything on the Spectrum. 30 Minutes to load!! How much memory did those things have? It reminds me a bit of a 3D race game I have on a Nintendo clone, but is much better by the looks and sounds of it.
Yeah, I'm thinking Mario-style platformers here. Boing, boing, scrolly-screen, collect the stars and hot-foot it to the next checkpoint, bouncing on enemies heads. Not many Speccy versions like that.
So what you mean is there aren't many Super Mario Bros clones on the speccy. You could say the nes and snes have a shortage of platformers cos there's no flip screen platformers like Monty Mole.
So what you mean is there aren't many Super Mario Bros clones on the speccy. You could say the nes and snes have a shortage of platformers cos there's no flip screen platformers like Monty Mole.
Yup, that was always a gripe of mine when it came to the nes :)
That's in a different league from anything on the Spectrum. 30 Minutes to load!! How much memory did those things have?
well there was a range of them the 400 / 800 / 800 xl / 130xe to name a few
that game was 64k I guess.. but well because the loaders on tape were rubbish most bought a disk drive. Well I didn't.. I just got a c64 instead after.
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Everyone was a little more sensitive then. No-one liked violence in games, which was always frowned upon - even by the kids. Remember how tasteless "Go to Hell" was? Not many people found it amusing. Personally, I liked it and didn't find it offensive, but things have certainly taken a turn for the worst.
Games are pretty awful nowadays. The kids are given trite, brainless overloads of americanised drivel, and the teenagers are dumped in a sea of four-letter words with no gameplay.
So glad that the Speccy is still going strong.
Agreed , you only have to see how laughable many of the banned 'video nasties' are to see how de-sensified we've become to violence in all forms of media
Yeah, it's a great game and plays very differently to most racing games in that you've got no real control over the power after the push start and the aim is to use the steering as little as possible so you keep your speed up. The strategy element is slight; you've got to manage finances and try to pick the right runners for track and conditions. Mostly it's about learning the racing lines and thrashing the push start Daley Thompson style.
I didn't mention it before, because it's a game that I tend to file under winter sports/simulation. That said it's still rather more like TT Racer than Winter Games in terms of the way it plays.
honestly?
none
Continental Circus is another awesome, if a little easy, racing game. Speccy is a great platform for 3D racers. There's just not enough of 'em. Better than platformers, that's f'sure.
Roadblasters 128
Wec Le Mans
Continental Circus
Miami Cobra
4k Race (Original) - tho a blend of the two would be fabulous, with auto view changing. (PLEEEAAASSEEE)
Nightmare Rally
All of 'em are still yummy.
:-o
3d racers are the one genre of games that have aged really badly from the 8 bit era; especially the Spectrum.
The hardware just wasn't there then; it took at least untill the Playstation era for into the screen 3d race games to be decent.
I agree that 3D racing games arent always the genre one would pick to promote the Speccy,but I'd rather play Revs (BBC) , Stunt Car Racer and Buggy Boy (C64) or Enduro Racer (Speccy) than many PS1 racing titles.
Naahhh, not for me. Not aged at all, especially when you look at them alongside the latest releases. Go on, play Chase HQ, then fire up 4k Race Refulled which is only a couple of years old. They could quite easily have been written about the same time. And that's a good thing. Most people have just forgotton how to program them. MORE RACERS!
Hmmmm, interesting! I've never been taken with Revs on the BBC, and the 128 Speccy version of Buggy Boy was way better than the C64 one. Speccy racers are f'me. Not enough of 'em. I think they show off the machine really well. It's a Speccy strong-point. Speccy's has a much greater weakness in Platform games and Side-scrolling shoot-em-ups. Turbo the Tortoise, Scrappy Doo and R-Type are the only ones that really stand out as typical examples of the genre. Things like Manic-Miner / Egghead are a special breed of platformer that you'd only really find on the Speccy, so I wouldn't count them.
As for PSX. I LOVE PSX racers. :)
Of course the Speccy can do platformers- Chuckie Egg, Technician Ted, Monty Mole series, Wonderboy, Bubble Bobble, Nebulus, Rainbow Islands, Popeye 2, Rodland.
On the other hand, it's a bit short when it comes to Mario-style games and to a lot of people Mario=platformer.
Still, I guess it's just our job to educate these poor people in the finer points of Manic Miner and Chuckie Egg.
Interesting indeed!
Buggy Boy for commode is certainly better than speccy version, which is slow and has a color clash.
128k version is no better, except it has slightly better sound effects.
C64 version is fast and very playable even better than cpc version, which is very similar, but just a little slower..
My personal favorite is Pit Stop 2, also Night Racer and Pole Position 2 are very good from this type of games.
and btw, i like psx racers too, speccially Ridge Racer 4, GT and F1 2000. :)
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Probably not in the same genre of racing, but have to agree with the opinion about the game..! Thought this was one of the most fun & addictive multiplayer racing games BITD, fantastic value for a budget offering too. Simple graphics and nothing spectacular but really playable.
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Well, it's certainly the best 3D racer in 1K.
personally even better than the rubbish 16 bit ports also.. so adapting things a bit does work / help sometimes..
I was impressed with that 4k racing game..
an old fav game of mine is rally cross by anco on amiga, 4 player.. bit like bmx simulator..
I have a 3d stock car game on ebay at the moment that looks similar to supersprint.. so yer it's got "perspective" but I'd not say 3d
3d racing game would have to be deathchase.. things like nightmare rally were great but too easy..
pitstop 2 on 64 is an old fav of mine as is powerdrift , turbo outrun and turbo charge errm chris butler 3d engine on 64 was good :)
and if you wanna cheat on the speccy version of scaletrix 2 player.. go in front of the other player... then slam the anchors on.. THEY win the race.. crazy but true
an old fav of mine on psx was ridge / rage racer .. and on that rally game errm 4 player one , 4 player tap.. no one could beat me :D
Stunt Car racer is the only one on the speccy that comes close I think..REVs on the C64.
I remember playing one that looked exactly like Stock Cars but with F1 cars... (and not super test) but I can't seem to find it...
It's loaded in one go, me thinks.
Yeah, I'm thinking Mario-style platformers here. Boing, boing, scrolly-screen, collect the stars and hot-foot it to the next checkpoint, bouncing on enemies heads. Not many Speccy versions like that.
Manic Miner or single-screen platormers are in a league of their own. That's why I didn't count them.
And I'm still stickin' to me guns on BuggyBoy C64. It's a crappun' alright. The Speccy one has always been fab in moi oiz. It totally wowed me when it came out and I've been playing it ever since. Had a few goes on the C64 version and it's just a bit... Yuk. Then again, the c64 isn't that good with 3D stuff, so I guess, in comparison to similar games on the format, it's good. Platformers and shoot-em-ups, which as I mentioned are lacking on the Speccy, are pretty good on the old breadbin.
The Speccy is a 3D master-machine! :) Broom brooooom!
Yikes! That's the Speccy on pretty much everything! If you can't handle that, then p'raps the Speccy isn't the machine for you.
Slow, yup, it can be (128k version is quicker) and colour-clash is handled really well. It's the arcade game on an 8bit. (I'll be quiet now.) ;)
there are a few on the 64.. 2 by EA .. 1 Ferrari game and the other was a fav of mine , grand prix circuit
the trouble / issue was with the screen refresh...
but if you want to be amazed by a driving game try elektraglide on the atari 8 bit (800 xl etc).. loading time was 20-30 minutes on tape :cry:
So what you mean is there aren't many Super Mario Bros clones on the speccy. You could say the nes and snes have a shortage of platformers cos there's no flip screen platformers like Monty Mole.
Yup, that was always a gripe of mine when it came to the nes :)
well there was a range of them the 400 / 800 / 800 xl / 130xe to name a few
that game was 64k I guess.. but well because the loaders on tape were rubbish most bought a disk drive. Well I didn't.. I just got a c64 instead after.