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The problem with early arcade adventuresWhether it was a programming reason or not, you find that a lot of the early arcade adventures on the Spectrum (1984-85) had 256 screens. I think "P…
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Obscure arcade adventures?I like arcade adventures, such as the Magic Knight, Dizzy or Wally series. What are your recommendations for some decent less well known ones? Some…
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Arcade AdventuresHi, Can anyone suggest an Arcade Adventure type game this is fairly easy to complete (with help from the Tip Shop)? Thanks Peter Jones
Hi,
Can anyone suggest an Arcade Adventure type game this is fairly easy to complete (with help from the Tip Shop)?
Thanks
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Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…
The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the ... menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventures, a few pre-written code ... -
Spectrum games good for parties?Has anyone got any suggestions for Spectrum games suitable for playing at parties? They'd have to be: 1) Instantly accessible, so no weird "you get…
... Jet Set Willy style long arcade adventures
3) Fun, so ... -
Some more questions for the WOS geniuses to ponderSome questions whilst I'm waiting here: 1.Why do cars need ariels to receive radio stations? I mean, you're driving around in a lump of metal, so w…
... Mr Do!, the very old arcade game, seemed to imbue the ... when compared to the other arcade machines of the day. On ... games, shooters, racing games, arcade adventures, text adventures, and so on, where AI ... -
The Dizzy (spit spit) gamesI [B][U][COLOR=red]HATE[/COLOR][/U][/B] Dizzy. The shallow, one dimensional character and his stupid, annoying, repetitive games. If it was up to me,…
... me there are far better arcade adventures, such as the Magic Knight ... what you class as an arcade adventure.
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Did you have a favourite/hated game genre?Tried a quick forum search but couldn't see anything specific on this. Thinking of the YS top 100 thread, it struck me that growing up with the spec…
... Out Run! :-P
[B]Arcade adventures[/B] - anything in the WOS ... probably liked..!
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Sillycon WarDoes anyone knows about Sillycon War? I like isometric 3D arcade adventures and I found this one at WOS: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/info…
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I like isometric 3D arcade adventures and I found this one ... -
Are there any Metroid style games on the Spectrum?Are there any Metroid style games on the Spectrum? You know the Metroid games (Metroid on the NES, Super Metroid on the SNES, Metroid Prime 1 and 2 o…
... is a fantastic 2D platformer/arcade adventure, that never seems to ... Week games are very good arcade adventures, and one of them (Pyjamarama ... -
what games do people?...............what games do people like to play the most on the spectrum? (platform, racing, adventure, shoot'em'up etc)
It used to be arcade adventures, untill I discovered the wonderful ... -
Game recommendations please!Hi everybody! I finally decided to invest some quality time with my poor +3... Since I bought it, I only turned on the poor thing to check if it was…
If you like arcade adventures you could always try:-
Lords Of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Shadowfire, Enigma Force, Avalon, Dragontorc,
Tir Na Nog, Dun Darach, Marsport, Fairlight and Fairlight II. -
Game recommendations please!Hi everybody! I finally decided to invest some quality time with my poor +3... Since I bought it, I only turned on the poor thing to check if it was…
If you like arcade adventures you could always try:-
Lords Of Midnight, Doomdark's Revenge, Shadowfire, Enigma Force, Avalon, Dragontorc,
Tir Na Nog, Dun Darach, Marsport, Fairlight and Fairlight II. -
Micro Mart - Spectrum article due this thursdayPosted this on css and got absolutely zero response - perhaps I'll do better here. Right then chaps - listen up. You'll all recall that Spectrum v …
... you like 2D platform games, arcade adventures, text adventures and so on). -
Dizzy Games - Were they really that good?I know I will get shot down in a hail of swear words, but......and its a big but (so to speak)....Were the Dizzy games really that good, and worth al…
... ), but found that with superior Arcade Adventures available at a similar price ... -
Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... 128. Those winter nights playing arcade adventures, and with an inbuilt radiator ... -
JetPac JetPac has to be one of my all time favourite speccy games, next to Manic Miner. But for some bizzare reason this site has "Distribution Denied" o…
... the Spectrum was suited to arcade-adventures. The quiet created an eerie ... -
are all the spanish games bad ?can anyone explain why a lot the spanish (mainly dinamic) games seem to play the same way , same huge graphics , same boring scrolling shoot em up , …
Well, I think that some of the spanish games are really bad (mostly failing in gameplay area), but others can be really great... what about Sir Fred(in my opinion one of the best arcade adventures), or maybe Fred to name only a few... -
256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
Dun Darach! Fantastic... The Arcade Adventures from Gargoyle and Hewson (Avalon / Dragontorc) were particular favourites of mine, good luck in making 256 colour versions of these games ;)
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It's a waiting game.Right, so here you are. Right now. You've got your Spectrum and, hell, you want some new games to play. Brand new games. Sod your GameCubes, your PS2…
I would like to see "Alchemist II" :)
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Astroclone...Huh... Does anybody make sense of astroclone at all? I have seen the tipshop, but they speak in strange ways. There is this defender game, then kill…
... which point it becomes an arcade adventure. You then fly back ... did suffer from what many arcade adventures did at the time which ... -
What Speccy games do you like most of all?What kind of games on Speccy are you fond of? As for me, I like action games and space/aircraft/helicopter and whatever shooters. I also like all kin…
Shoot-em-ups, strategy, text adventures, simulations, puzzles, arcade adventures, practically anything. Well maybe those I like least - not only on the Spectrum - are sport games, especially driving ones. I never was much cop at them. -
What Speccy games do you like most of all?What kind of games on Speccy are you fond of? As for me, I like action games and space/aircraft/helicopter and whatever shooters. I also like all kin…
I love the arcade conversions on the Spectrum, there` ... cuteness is cool.
Arcade Adventures, seeing how much a world ... -
Time Machine questionRaff Cecco's 'Time Machine' game for the Speccy... how do you pick up objects? I've figured out Q, A, O, P for directions. Space seems to double as …
... solutions to puzzles in speccy arcade adventures tend to be pretty oblique ... -
Opinions on Sweevos World and I Of The MaskThe 3D era was well and truly underway when these two games came out. I Of The Mask was late 1985 and Sweevos World was early 1986. Both got Crash S…
... lot of isometric games and arcade adventures were guilty of this. I ... -
What company made the best games?Durell? Psion? Llamasoft? Microsphere? US Gold? Software Projects? Ultimate Play The Game? Elite? Firebird? New Generation? Mirrorsoft? Codies perhap…
... hits ;) ).
-Ubi Soft (good arcade/adventures games)
-Ocean
-Gremlin ... (arcade clssics)
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Top 100Where do your favourite [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html"]game[/url] and favourite [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestadvent…
I'm surprised there are 2 shoot-em-ups in the top 3. I thought that the classic platform / arcade adventures would have rated higher than those... But there you go... -
Raf Cecco - misguided genius?Probably one of the greatest Speccy programmers, but were his games any good? From my experience: Exolon - Great game, well designed, good controls,…
... of the game, but in arcade adventures like Atic Atac, Underwurlde, Stormlord ... -
the best codemasters releases your favs.What r your best code masters games. Mine are the simulator games grand prix, jet ski in particular and pro ski simulator.And of course the dizzy ser…
Aside from the Dizzy arcade adventure games, my favourite three ... 't keen on the Seymour arcade adventures).
Tilt is also ... usual sideways-scrolling BEU or arcade aventure ... -
The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain - did anyone ever finish this wretched game!?I've been 'enjoying' (if that's the phrase) the opportunity to replay some of the classic games I remember of yore, including "The Warlock Of Firetop…
... computers, weither they were text adventures or arcade adventures.
I still ...
