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One handed games

alanspecalanspec
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Hi All,

I have a child with a broken wrist.....if anyone knows of games that can be played with just up down left right - dropping them into this thread would be much appreciated. He's upset he can't play his switch so I'm hoping to bridge that gap with the Speccy.

Cheers in advance.
"I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.

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  • DarenDaren
    I used to play Sam Fox Strip poker one-handed.
  • alanspecalanspec
    Haha - I'll prob avoid that one.
    "I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
  • VampyreVampyre
    edited December 2020
    Do you still have a Wii? Might be worth getting out Wii Sports if you have.

    if Speccy how about text adventures or stuff like Psion's Scrabble, Chess etc. Thinking about it, you might be able to play Splitting Images one handed on a keyboard. It's not like it requires all that rapid up/down/left/right/fire reactions.
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  • ZupZup
    Point and click adventures.
    Any Trackmania game.

    On ZX Spectrum, any game that uses directions+fire using a joystick with trigger or top fire button. Also, any text adventure (they can even played using one finger!).
    I was there, too
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  • Antiriad2097Antiriad2097
    Robotron (if you have access to twin sticks).

    Eugene Jarvis created the twin stick shooter control method because he'd broken his wrist and found he couldn't play Berzerk.
  • alanspecalanspec
    Just realised the obvious - PacMan type games.....there's got to be more I'm just too busy in work.

    I don't have a joystick with a trigger firebutton - I've got an arcade stick connected to my Speccy Next.
    "I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
  • TimmyTimmy
    I remember I released a (small) game that only needed one key to play. In fact you could probably find it in the archive using 'one key'.
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  • JianYangJianYang
    I always play Manic Miner one handed: thumb on space, index on o, middle on p. But then I have no idea what the minimum hand size is to play like that.
  • alanspecalanspec
    Timmy wrote: »
    I remember I released a (small) game that only needed one key to play. In fact you could probably find it in the archive using 'one key'.
    Yeah I remember that - just downloaded it again(HeartStealer). I can't stop playing that now.......

    His hand size isn't a problem, 10 years old, 5 foot 5 and in size 9 shoes....so he could easily play left right jump games actually - cheers. He's nearly finished Manic Miner before with 2 hands so could be interesting to see how he gets on with one.
    "I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Bloody Nora! Your 10 year old is the same height as me! I've not felt short for years.....but now I do :O
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  • zx1zx1
    Daren wrote: »
    I used to play Sam Fox Strip poker one-handed.

    :))
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  • VampyreVampyre
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Bloody Nora! Your 10 year old is the same height as me! I've not felt short for years.....but now I do :O

    I've always pictured you as a big, strapping 6'xx northern brick ****-house :))
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  • polomintpolomint
    Vampyre wrote: »
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Bloody Nora! Your 10 year old is the same height as me! I've not felt short for years.....but now I do :O

    I've always pictured you as a big, strapping 6'xx northern brick ****-house :))

    Nahh, he is a 60inch northern blancmange house.
    So far, so meh :)
  • VampyreVampyre
    polomint wrote: »
    Vampyre wrote: »
    dm_boozefreek wrote: »
    Bloody Nora! Your 10 year old is the same height as me! I've not felt short for years.....but now I do :O

    I've always pictured you as a big, strapping 6'xx northern brick ****-house :))

    Nahh, he is a 60inch northern blancmange house.

    :))
    ZXSR - Speccy Mags Reviews
  • crunchy_frogcrunchy_frog
    Bug Eyes - just uses left & right.
    Pinball - Sagittarian software (and other pinball games as well, presumably)
    Most versions of 'Breakout' could be played one-handed.
    Pyjamarama
  • alanspecalanspec
    He's playing Snake Escape right now. One of my favourite Speccy games and a great choice by him :)
    "I should use simulator loosely 'cos I don't think it's quite like this on the beach with helicopters and fires and the jumping beach buggy" - paulisthebest3uk 2020.
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