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songs named after spectrum games

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  • Paradigm ShifterParadigm Shifter
    edited August 2013
    I thought that version was called Lemon Meringue Pie, and GnR changed the title and the lyrics?
    Currently released version of SJOE: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=42215
  • WhenIWasCruelWhenIWasCruel
    edited August 2013
    yes, if there's a james bond movie titled like that...
    1987 ZX reviews
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    talking of Beatles there's a Magical Mystery Tour

    there's also a Strawberry Fields Forever but it's a scene demo and I don't think those should count
  • de Vandemar Croupde Vandemar Croup
    edited August 2013
    and the Vienner is:



    aphex twin - Peek 824545201 -> does even start with a speccy loading noise :) trublu ZX!






    aphex twin - Inkey$


    G! - That makes sense in BASIC 0:1
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited August 2013
    WhenIWasCruel wrote: »
    PAUL MCCARTNEY AND WINGS :mad:

    Hehe, that's right, but GNR's is the version I like! :smile:
  • murtcepsmurtceps
    edited August 2013
    Cookie - the presets

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cookie/dp/B001KF2SY0

    Trans am - Neil young

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001F0OV9K/ref=dm_dp_trk10


    Pssst - taichi
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Pssst-Originalversion/dp/B00DP54EEK/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1376232997&s=dmusic&sr=1-3
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    ^ nice. found some more ultimate ones...

    Lagwagon - Alien 8


    Angel - Bubbler


    Asa & Sorrow - Nightshade


    Evil Masquerade - Pentagram


    (Tranz Am the game is spelled with a Z not an S, shall I be geeky and not include it or stick it in anyway?)
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    de Vandemar Croup wrote: »
    and the Vienner is:

    aphex twin - Peek 824545201 -> does even start with a speccy loading noise :) trublu ZX!

    aphex twin - Inkey$
    yeah but they're not games :-)

    I remember the Girl/Boy EP he put out just before that album had the speccy logo on the cover and the track list was written using 48k keys
  • murtcepsmurtceps
    edited August 2013
    def chris wrote: »

    (Tranz Am the game is spelled with a Z not an S, shall I be geeky and not include it or stick it in anyway?)

    Tranz am - vinyl candy :)


    http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002GRISC2
  • MrDMrD
    edited August 2013
    Two that haven't been mentioned yet:

    Beach House - Myth
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuvWc3ToDHg

    UNKLE - Chaos
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avIN3-VY6ws

    There is also a DJ going by the name of 'Lords of Midnite'
  • de Vandemar Croupde Vandemar Croup
    edited August 2013
    def chris wrote: »
    yeah but they're not games :-)

    I remember the Girl/Boy EP he put out just before that album had the speccy logo on the cover and the track list was written using 48k keys


    erm, anytime I load stuff into speccy... feels like a game. no matter what.
    you never know the result - you may win it with succesful load attempt, or lose by getting R-Tape Err8)r... ;)
    LOADING - it's common speccy game I know of....

    (tha's when talking about the loading noises in A.T.'s songs.
    yeah, then, InKey$ can't be proper name of the game... but is soooo much more affiliated with text adventures...)
    G! - That makes sense in BASIC 0:1
  • Paradigm ShifterParadigm Shifter
    edited August 2013
    Shouldn't he be Lord of Midnite if he isn't part of a "crew"? And is he only able to look at the crowd in 45 degree angle increments?

    And how come the Lords of Midnight (in the game) couldn't actually move after it got dark? "You're a Lord of Midnight? How come you just do sod all after it gets dark then?".

    EDIT: I'm joking of course. They do all their fighting at night.
    Currently released version of SJOE: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=42215
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited August 2013
    Aztech - Exploding Fist

  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    murtceps wrote: »
    Tranz am - vinyl candy :)


    http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B002GRISC2
    problem solved :-)
    de Vandemar Croup wrote: »
    erm, anytime I load stuff into speccy... feels like a game. no matter what.
    you never know the result - you may win it with succesful load attempt, or lose by getting R-Tape Err8)r... ;)
    LOADING - it's common speccy game I know of....

    yeah a game we have all lost many times


    updated list:

    A Day In The Life (Beatles)
    AD Astra (Arcturus)
    A View To A Kill (Duran Duran)
    After The Way (Gary Moore)
    Alien 8 (Lagwagon)
    All Or Nothing (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers)
    Amaurote (T Polar)
    Arcadia (Deadmau5)
    Arkanoid (DJ Fresh)
    Avalon (Roxy Music)
    Bomber (Motorhead)
    Bomb Jack (Heist)
    Brainstorm (Hawkwind)
    Breakout (Swing Out Sister/Foo Fighters)
    Bubbler (Angel)
    Chaos (UNKLE)
    Cookie (The Presets)
    Cyclone (Dub Pistols)
    Dark Star (Grateful Dead)
    Death Trap (Hawkwind)
    Def Con One (PWEI)
    Dizzy (Tommy Roe)
    Exploding Fist (Aztech)
    Gold Digger (Kanye West)
    Go To Hell (Megadeth)
    Head Over Heels (Tears For Fears)
    Heartland (The The)
    Helter Skelter (Beatles)
    Hyperactive (Thomas Dolby)
    Hysteria (Def Leppard)
    Kaos (Dr Baker)
    Kung Fu (Ash)
    Live & Let Die (GnR/Wings)
    Loco-Motion (Kylie Minogue)
    Magical Mystery Tour (Beatles)
    Manic Miner (Addison Groove)
    Myth (Beach House)
    Nightshade (Asa & Sorrow)
    On The Run (Kool G Rap & DJ Polo)
    One On One (Nas)
    Pacman (Ed Ruch & Optical)
    Panic (The Smiths)
    Pentagram (Evil Masquerade)
    Pippo (Zucchero)
    Piranha (Nicol & Majistrate)
    Pssst (Taichi)
    Pyjamarama (Roxy Music)
    Rainbow Islands (Seb)
    Rasputin (Boney M)
    Renegade (Jay Z ft. Eminem)
    Rescue (Echo & The Bunnymen)
    Run Baby Run (Sheryl Crow)
    R-Type (Jo)
    Sailing (Rod Stewart)
    Smash TV (Chase & Status)
    Soviet (Electronic)
    Spellbound (Siouxsie & The Banshees)
    Stormbringer (Deep Purple)
    (A) Ticket To Ride (Beatles)
    Tir Na Nog (Van Morrison)
    Tranz Am (Vinyl Candy)
    Waterloo (ABBA)
    Worse Things Happen At Sea (Frank Turner)
  • ccowleyccowley
    edited August 2013
    JuanF. Ramirez wrote: »
    Aztech - Exploding Fist
    Bah. Some of these are getting properly dodgy. The game is called "The Way of the Exploding Fist". Not "Exploding Fist".

    If we're going to be that slapdash about it, can I claim the Wings song "Jet" for Jet Set Willy? And Jet Pac. And Lunar Jetman :p
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    ^ that's what I thought as well, but turns out there is an 'Exploding Fist'.

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005641

    s'pose if you were going to be really pedantic the + symbol isn't in the song name. I'm not going to be that picky though ;)
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited August 2013
    If the spine of the next inlay includes only 'Exploding Fist', I think we should include 'Exploding Fist!:

    WayOfTheExplodingFistThe(ErbeSoftwareS.A.)_3.jpg


    Please, this cool game deserves to be include in this compilation of songs! :p
  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited August 2013
    Billy Cobham - Red Baron - MC Lothlorien

    For a bonus point, the album is even called Spectrum.

  • napoleonblownapartenapoleonblownaparte
    edited August 2013
    Almost on topic, but not quite:

  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    Spectrum is a great album!
    JuanF. Ramirez wrote: »
    If the spine of the next inlay includes only 'Exploding Fist', I think we should include 'Exploding Fist'

    Please, this cool game deserves to be include in this compilation of songs! :p

    it is in the list. lol

    @napoleonblownaparte, to embed vids just use [ youtube ] [ / youtube] tags (minus the spaces) and only include the code at the end of the video's URL (in this case ceygxsAXD2M)

  • napoleonblownapartenapoleonblownaparte
    edited August 2013
    Thanks for pointing that out Chris, went back and fixed it.

    Oh, and...:

  • ccowleyccowley
    edited August 2013
    def chris wrote: »
    ^ that's what I thought as well, but turns out there is an 'Exploding Fist'.

    http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0005641
    Well I never! I stand corrected :D
  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited August 2013
    napoleonblownaparte wrote: »
    Thanks for pointing that out Chris, went back and fixed it.

    Oh, and...:


    not to mention Radiohead (same title, different song)...

    The comp.sys.sinclair crap games competition 2015
    WhenIWasCruel wrote: »
    "Let's not be childish. Let's play Spectrum games."
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited August 2013
    Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side


    T2 - Heartbroken


    Pink Floyd - On The Run


    Lifehouse - Storm


    Chuck Berry - School Days


    Bone Thugs N Harmony - Battlezone


    Peter Andre - Defender


    That last one will be one of Boozys faves, no doubt. ;)

    Also, not a song name, but I think Mantronix deserves a mention too...
  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited August 2013
    GreenCard wrote: »
    Also, not a song name, but I think Mantronix deserves a mention too...

    and Cybotron by the same author (Dominic Wood, presumably not of Dick and Dom fame). Must've liked his electro and hip hop :)
    The comp.sys.sinclair crap games competition 2015
    WhenIWasCruel wrote: »
    "Let's not be childish. Let's play Spectrum games."
  • DarenDaren
    edited August 2013
    Double Take - Austin & Ally




    Jump - Van Halen

  • leespoonsleespoons
    edited August 2013


    Warning, generic RnB tosh (probably). Glad I don't have speakers at work.
    The comp.sys.sinclair crap games competition 2015
    WhenIWasCruel wrote: »
    "Let's not be childish. Let's play Spectrum games."
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    GreenCard wrote: »
    Chuck Berry - School Days

    Sorry...gotta be the right spelling...just checked there's no other game with the normal spelling of School Days and there isn't

    Found the right one though

    Venom - Skool Daze


    also On The Run has been done, but those others are fine - except Im worried about your knowledge of Peter andre's back catalog :lol:
  • def chrisdef chris
    edited August 2013
    leespoons wrote: »


    Warning, generic RnB tosh (probably). Glad I don't have speakers at work.
    listening now... Not rnb. Pretty sure this is 'grime'? Its cack anyway :D
  • GreenCardGreenCard
    edited August 2013
    leespoons wrote: »
    and Cybotron by the same author (Dominic Wood, presumably not of Dick and Dom fame). Must've liked his electro and hip hop :)

    Cool, I've not noticed that before! The man has good taste. ;)
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