It was the first game I played which had a lot of complex commands and things to monitor. The combat was tense. And I remember docking with a base was more difficult than Elite (without a DC).
Now playing Zoot and the Mankins, which according to the review in YS, has 234 screens! I'm still on level 2...
Although it's not very fast paced, it does have a fairly large element of tactics/puzzle solving which is keeping me interested. It's worth reading the YS review, since I didn't realise that on level 2 you have to trap the Mankins on separate ledges rather than punch them out!
A Broken Friend by Paul Jenkinson 2012 but I can't get past the gate at the top of the stairs in the hallway. I'd write a walkthrough for it if I could get any further but I've got a feeling I'm going to struggle.
Now playing Zoot and the Mankins, which according to the review in YS, has 234 screens! I'm still on level 2...
Although it's not very fast paced, it does have a fairly large element of tactics/puzzle solving which is keeping me interested. It's worth reading the YS review, since I didn't realise that on level 2 you have to trap the Mankins on separate ledges rather than punch them out!
What the...... I've never heard of that one and I never missed a single issue of YS back in the day. I'd obviously overlooked it for some reason or another which is surprising for me as I was buying Speccy games left, right and centre when I was working! (First well-paid job after leaving school and spending money like water).
zx striker. i hate it. i become compulsive with it, just like with footballer of the year.
Me too, every night I manage to get 15 minutes out of nothing to play my daily season, still havent won, best result was 3rd last night, excellent little game :)
A Broken Friend by Paul Jenkinson 2012 but I can't get past the gate at the top of the stairs in the hallway. I'd write a walkthrough for it if I could get any further but I've got a feeling I'm going to struggle.
Now playing Zoot and the Mankins, which according to the review in YS, has 234 screens! I'm still on level 2...
Although it's not very fast paced, it does have a fairly large element of tactics/puzzle solving which is keeping me interested. It's worth reading the YS review, since I didn't realise that on level 2 you have to trap the Mankins on separate ledges rather than punch them out!
Always loved Zoot! Back in the 80s, a friend gave me a tape of various games and Zoot was one of them.. I'd never heard of it before, so it was a nice random inclusion. I never did get too far on it - I couldn't always work out what each level needed me to do straight away and I'd get stuck on levels for days. Kept me nicely amused into the 90s along with Bumpy and Puzznic.
Just wanted to say that I've played the game after you've recommended it the first time. It was an interesting game, although it took me too long to understood how the INFO command worked.
Just wanted to say that I've played the game after you've recommended it the first time. It was an interesting game, although it took me too long to understood how the INFO command worked.
Thanks for the recommendation.
No problem. :smile:
Yeah, for a while I didn't think the INFO command did anything at all, but then I realised that it only works with certain companies/people.
Taffy Turner. Although I have no idea how to play this!
What am I supposed to be doing?
one of my fav speccy games, that I own.. yet I do forget how to play it myself
from the instructions.. steer taffy from his how towards his objective.. a piece of beef... to do this successfully you must catch 7 creatures, who will change shape on capture and proceed to chase you ...on catching the last creature they will revert to original form and may adapt new speed / patterns...on reaching the 4th level on each screen the stairs will appear.. use them
short version.. you see the tortoises on level 1 , run into em, they change to badies (don't touch).. get 7 of em, redo it.. 4 times later you see a stair gfx appear, aim for that and you get a cut scene of taffy using the stairs
Nether Earth is a game which i keep coming back too and at the time i sent Argus Press Software that i would like to see in Nether Earth 2 but they replied saying that they didn't do games like Nether Earth anymore.
Been playing Star Raiders II, which is sadly denied so I'll post a link to Youtube video.
I loved the game back when I first got it on a Your Sinclair cover tape. Still enjoy playing it now in fact, though was gutted when after playing for about twenty minutes on DSZX (a long time by my standards these days), I was distracted and landed on the bloody sun in the enemy system! Good death scene though.
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Hewson had some years in which they released one top arcade after another. Hewson rocks!
After my first attempt (just hitting everybody I could) critics said 'it's a snooze' :-P
Interesting little traffic management game. Haven't caused any collisions yet though, despite not really knowing what I'm doing.
It was the first game I played which had a lot of complex commands and things to monitor. The combat was tense. And I remember docking with a base was more difficult than Elite (without a DC).
EDIT: And I've just finished it. Easy peasy. :grin:
Although it's not very fast paced, it does have a fairly large element of tactics/puzzle solving which is keeping me interested. It's worth reading the YS review, since I didn't realise that on level 2 you have to trap the Mankins on separate ledges rather than punch them out!
Going to have a butchers hook..... :)
Puzzle games play pretty well on touchscreens. BeTiled! and Pariboro are my favourites at the moment.
-Stephen
Me too, every night I manage to get 15 minutes out of nothing to play my daily season, still havent won, best result was 3rd last night, excellent little game :)
You might have found out by now but:
> drop paperclip
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I can't seem to find this in use archive?
Always loved Zoot! Back in the 80s, a friend gave me a tape of various games and Zoot was one of them.. I'd never heard of it before, so it was a nice random inclusion. I never did get too far on it - I couldn't always work out what each level needed me to do straight away and I'd get stuck on levels for days. Kept me nicely amused into the 90s along with Bumpy and Puzznic.
Sorry, I should've posted a link. It's here: http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0014568 :smile:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0000958
Thanks for the recommendation.
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No problem. :smile:
Yeah, for a while I didn't think the INFO command did anything at all, but then I realised that it only works with certain companies/people.
What am I supposed to be doing?
one of my fav speccy games, that I own.. yet I do forget how to play it myself
from the instructions.. steer taffy from his how towards his objective.. a piece of beef... to do this successfully you must catch 7 creatures, who will change shape on capture and proceed to chase you ...on catching the last creature they will revert to original form and may adapt new speed / patterns...on reaching the 4th level on each screen the stairs will appear.. use them
short version.. you see the tortoises on level 1 , run into em, they change to badies (don't touch).. get 7 of em, redo it.. 4 times later you see a stair gfx appear, aim for that and you get a cut scene of taffy using the stairs
nah ;)
I loved the game back when I first got it on a Your Sinclair cover tape. Still enjoy playing it now in fact, though was gutted when after playing for about twenty minutes on DSZX (a long time by my standards these days), I was distracted and landed on the bloody sun in the enemy system! Good death scene though.