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Worst game - sort ofAny suggestions for worst game - but not just worst game period - the worst game that has had a lot of work go into it and ought to have been good, b…
I thihk it's odds on that the worst, taking into account ??? spent on r&d, licencing etc
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What was your 3 Character Signature?What was your 3 character signature? Mine was 'mik'. (short for Mike) 'mik' once showed up on the top of the first R-Type machine to hit Rhyl in the…
... and Towyn in the early 80's especially Donkey Kong and same ... in Blackpool in late 80's ... on home units it was ... -
name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... head you're talking mid 80's but is that the case ... . Don't 4get too there's plenty of footy games in ... the archive mia so there's prob. an equal no. ...if ... -
name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... head you're talking mid 80's but is that the case ... -
GTA: Vice City C64 IntroI've just got Grand Theft Auto: Vice City for the PC. It's intro contains a short 'tribute' to the C64 - did this appear on the PS2 version too? Yeah…
Speccy wasn't popular in the US - I'm not in any way surprised that they would choose the C64 reference for a game set in the 80's. -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... about great games from the 80's beside the machine they were ... mag and yet during it's peak was still able to ... -
Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…
... about great games from the 80's beside the machine they were ... -
What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
To my above list I would add Kraftewerk, Pet Shop Boys, The Smiths and Bauhaus, although I've been listening to them more from the 90's on than from the 80's. -
What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
... poster asked about the early 80's. I was born in 1970 ... a few years into the 80's, but if we're talking ... the mid 80's (say 1983-1985), I was ... -
What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
... year before! Since then he's called them the "eNeMEy". I ... /> Three other biggies from the 80's:
"West End Girls" - Pet ... eighties, but my god, it's still ten times better than ... what's around now.
Wake up ... -
What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
... India only in the early 80's, so rock was still some ... opinion), Beatles (yes, in the 80's), Michael Jackson (ooeerr!), Kraftwerk, Fleetwood ... for me, during the late 80's, I was introduced to Alan ... -
Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …
... since this isn't the 80's you shouldn't consider using ... -
Bits and PiecesAnyone remember the Saturday Show called Bits and Pieces ? Probably the 1st proper show dedicated to computers and games. I remember they used to h…
Hambel thats her, I bet they all live with Floella Benjamin now, didn't she do a computer show in the 80's? I'm sure i saw her in one. -
You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
... -bitters do?
Today's generation couldn't care less ... egg-shaped hero from the 80's, so long as the game ... their forum already! But wot's the harm in trying again ... -
Did you own any other 8bit systemsI didn't get a Speccy untill Christmas 86, after owning an Atari 2600. I stuck with my Spectrum untill 1992 when I finally got an Amiga (spit) Most …
... much!)
C64 (in the 80's)
Texas Instruments TI99/4 ... !)
Amstrad CPC464 (in the 80's)
Master System (in the ... 90's)
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You live you learn - random ramblingsWell I've been around for some time now and I continue to be amazed at the new things I find on WoS. For example, today I came across Martijn's inte…
[quote]Today's generation couldn't care less ... egg-shaped hero from the 80's, so long as the game ... -
ZX80 in full Keyboard - worth restoring?Hi I just bought a ZX80 but it is in a full size mechanical keyboard, complete with a Maplin zx81 sound card, and two other interface cards. It came …
No, it's not, so sell it ... lot of the early Zx-80's were also bought as ... effectively upgrade their ZX-80 to a ZX-81.< ... were only 60,000 Zx-80's made, as opposed to ... 400,000 zx-81's and millions of spectrums, ... whatever you do, it's worth something to somebody. -
Mastertronic are backThe Return of the King 20 years on, the most famous re-publisher of them all is set to return to the industry. Mastertronic will be re-launched by ga…
Is a name from the 80's really going to be enough? -
Mastertronic are backThe Return of the King 20 years on, the most famous re-publisher of them all is set to return to the industry. Mastertronic will be re-launched by ga…
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Depends what they do with it really... Decent games at low prices... Never! -
Classic Gaming Expo UK - 2004Just got this email - the C5 grand prix sounds amazing! Alex The Sinclair Lair [url="http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk"]www.waddington.fslife.co.uk…
... London, sometime around the late 80's for the PCW show as ... -
ValhalaPerusing the tips for this classic game that I came no where near finishing has eradicated the school yard memories that this game was impossible to …
I have been meaning to ask this for a long time now (ever since I read a reference to MW in SU in the late 80's). Who is MW anyway, and what has she done? -
name the football mangement game......pleasei've been trying to find the name of this football management game - anyone help me, the only real thing about it that i can remember that my help so…
... ran here in the mid 80's. There you could hire a ... -
Commando clones ?I love the Commando style games, can anyone tell me of any other decent style games on the Spectrum ? So far i've found Ikari Warriors (Superb) and …
Fernandez Must Die, although it's a bit of a love- ... MSX, it was Microsoft's early 80's attempt at creating an industry ... -
New SpeccyDo you think someone should go about creating a new spectrum computer? I'm talking about a spectrum compatible (not an emulator) with the capabiliti…
... Beeper,AY,SID and Atari's Pokey for the sake of ... like a bland, brown, nasty 80's digital synth, a cheap Casio ... -
Most Disappointing Speccy SequelOk, I'm going for 3 of the most obvious: Impossamole Renegade 3 Chase H.Q 2
... Jack II and Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge also spring to ... with Trashman already in the 80's and I still play it ... -
About buying Spectrum system for gaming. What kind of package?Hi, I've always been a C64 fan. No do not get me wrong, Spectrum was so rare here compared to Commodore. Lately I've been looking for Spectrum to pl…
... , or a heatsink 128K. It's a bit like a C64C ... want a more authentic early 80's experience, you may want the ... -
Speccy gaming valuesHi, small mindprobing poll, not to be taken too seriously, but perhaps revealing something about WOS users' profile... Considering games that you p…
... , recollecting my experiences from the 80's, I'd personally choose Mike ... in their world as Singleton's MidWinter II (not a Speccy ... -
Favourite Spectrum game musicDoesn't have to be 128k music either... Anyway mine is the 2nd track on Xenon.
PING PONG (Imagine/Konami)....what else can I say....a proper 80's electro track done on a 48k....pure genious....EXCELLENT.