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  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    ... version of Arkanoid over the arcade version. The default controls are ... though I've noticed the arcade kind of has the same ... don't normally review direct Arcade Conversions, but as I mentioned above ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek April 2017 Games
  • spectrum pixel experimentsWell, As a spectrum fan, I started recently learning about how to pixel for the speccy, I did pixelart in the past but not speccy style (until now). …

    Looking at the arcade conversions, I think honestly the speccy ... bit more similar to the arcade. Work in progress and a ...
    zx_kel zx_kel April 2017 Development
  • 1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…

    I generally don't review arcade conversions, or games I've reviewed elsewhere, I reviewed Stormbringer in the Speccy Bible. Rigel's Revenge on the other hand, decent adventure, but not really my cup o' fish....
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek May 2017 Games
  • Playability of games with a joystick with 4 fire buttons (assigned to keys)While giving a try at a hack that combines a Kempston interface with a programmable interface it has occurred to me the idea that I could use also a …

    A few arcade conversions like [i]R-Type[/i] ...
    joefish joefish July 2017 Games
  • Final bossesHi there! What games do you know with the final bosses at the end? I know only Golden Axe.

    There are lot of arcade conversions which have final boss fights e.g. Rainbow Islands. Double Dragon, New Zealand Story etc.

    In terms of original games I can only think of Target: Renegade off the top of my head.
    Nick Nick November 2018 Games
  • 1989-2019Ok Ok maybe this is going a bit far now, but here's another year to look back on the games from 30 years ago and tear into them, or give occasional p…

    ... /> Possibly one of the best arcade conversions on the Speccy, NZS revolves ...
    Nick Nick January 2019 Games
  • 8-Bit Guy backlashSo there's this fairly well-known channel called "The 8-Bit Guy" on YouTube. While I'm not subscribed to him (hell, 99% of the time I'm using YouTube…

    ... ’s one of the worst arcade conversions for the Speccy, which might ...
    Ast_A_Moore Ast_A_Moore January 2019 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Awesome port of Astro Blaster releasedYet another of my arcade faves gets a tremendous 21st-Century port on the Speccy. https://planetasinclair.blogspot.com/2019/10/astro-blaster.html …

    ... it the speech of the arcade machine :)[/quote]

    ... course Astro Blaster's big arcade selling point, but would ... the real thing. Swapping between arcade and Speccy versions you play ... Gamer "25 best 8-bit arcade conversions of all time" feature would ...
    Rev_Stuart_Campbell Rev_Stuart_Campbell October 2019 Games
  • Best early arcade conversionsI was at Arcade Club in Bury where they had tons of the old arcade classics such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaxian, Zaxxon, Moon Patr…

    As a kid I was pretty convinced by both Cavelon and Hunchback as arcade conversions. Not sure how they hold up now.
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree December 2019 Games
  • Spectrum games that are both 48k and 128k but where the 128k version is infinitely superior The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but wher…

    ... flow of a game. Especially arcade conversions suffer A LOT from this ...
    Hikaru Hikaru December 2019 Games
  • Spectrum games that are both 48k and 128k but where the 128k version is infinitely superior The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but wher…

    ... visited level.

    (The arcade version of New Zealand Story ... flow of a game. Especially arcade conversions suffer A LOT from this ...
    Zup Zup December 2019 Games
  • Speccy Full-Price World Cup 2020: Group FVoting lasts for approximately 1 week; the 2 games in the lead at 8am (GMT) Monday 24th February will go through to the next round.

    Another tough one. Some cracking good games on that list, both original computer games and arcade conversions.
    joefish joefish February 2020 Games
  • Speccy Full-Price World Cup 2020: Preliminary round10 years ago I conducted a "Full-Price World Cup" poll to determine what WoS forumites would vote as the best full price Speccy game. See the origin…

    ... exclusive) games, and only 2 arcade conversions (R-Type and Hyper Sports ...
    Mousey Mousey February 2020 Games
  • So, are we remembering Joffa or what?Well, it's nearly 5 PM where I live and I was kinda expecting someone from his "homeland" to have posted something ... it's been exactly 10 years ago…

    ... as one of the greatest arcade conversions.

    Can barely believe ...
    Vampyre Vampyre June 2020 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best early arcade conversionsI was at Arcade Club in Bury where they had tons of the old arcade classics such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaxian, Zaxxon, Moon Patr…

    ... you say about these old arcade conversions on the Atari, they certainly ...
    Spector Spector July 2020 Games
  • Best early arcade conversionsI was at Arcade Club in Bury where they had tons of the old arcade classics such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaxian, Zaxxon, Moon Patr…

    ... you say about these old arcade conversions on the Atari, they certainly ... I honestly found the early arcade conversions just not to be as ...
    Your Spec-chum Your Spec-chum July 2020 Games
  • Best early arcade conversionsI was at Arcade Club in Bury where they had tons of the old arcade classics such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaxian, Zaxxon, Moon Patr…

    ... came out. Some of the arcade conversions played really well, like Asteroids ... handling newer conversions. Sure there were a lot of naff arcade knock ...
    Gwyn Gwyn July 2020 Games
  • Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...

    ... when everyone else was doing arcade conversions. Shame he didn't progress ...
    Luny Luny August 2020 Games
  • Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...

    ... .
    2. Skip any typical arcade conversions that were flooding the market ...
    Luny Luny February 2021 Games
  • Best "Quick and Easy " Games for JoystickYes I know , the immediate reaction to this is that it must have been covered here loads of times before . And yes , of course , there are loads of …

    ... number of game comparisons of arcade conversions (official and otherwise) which may ...
    Antiriad2097 Antiriad2097 July 2021 Games
  • Console wars - does the least powerful machine usually win?In the console and handheld wars, does the least powerful machine usually win? I mean, for example, in the [I]XBox vs. Playstation 2 vs. Gamecube[/I]…

    ... weak as p*ss, several arcade conversions were cancelled during it's ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2022 Chit chat
  • Badly written arcade games?A thought came to me earlier when reading the thread discussing retro consoles.... Back in the 80s arcade conversions were all the rage, but they …

    ... of game.

    Some conversions were just too ambitious and ... 't asking about badly made arcade conversions on the Spectrum, but badly ... made games for arcade boards.

    There are ...
    Sokurah Sokurah February 2022 Chit chat
  • Badly written arcade games?A thought came to me earlier when reading the thread discussing retro consoles.... Back in the 80s arcade conversions were all the rage, but they …

    ... 't asking about badly made arcade conversions on the Spectrum, but badly ... made games for arcade boards.
    There are many ... of actually producing and distributing arcade cabinets that are unlikely to ...
    Gwyn Gwyn February 2022 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... .......It's got the same arcade conversions, as the 2600, and 5200 ... releasing the same handful of arcade games we think you want ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2022 Chit chat
  • ConversionsHi, I remember how much I liked when a coin-op conversion came out to the market.. I always asked me "did will play like the arcade machine?".. "it w…

    ... "did will play like the arcade machine?".. "it will has that ... , now there isnt new coinop conversions for speccy so... would be ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz March 2002 Announcements
  • Conversions better than the originalRenegade was way better than the arcade version. Better sound, better graphics and better playability. Just load up Renegade in Mame. Any other conve…

    Renegade was way better than the arcade version. Better sound, better graphics and better playability. Just load up Renegade in Mame. Any other conversions that were better than the Arcade?
    Kano Kano November 2003 Games
  • Rubbish Arcade versions questions.Are there any of the following games where the conversions could have been done much better on the Speccy 48/128?. 1) Kung Fu Master is surely one …

    ... the following games where the conversions could have been done much ... game was clearly rushed. Great arcade game too which set the ... fresh air. I loved the arcade version and hated the original ...
    spainboy spainboy June 2012 Games
  • Continues in coin-op conversionsMost conversions of coin-op arcade games from after about 1987 usually had a number of "continues" the player was allowed to use. How was the number …

    Most conversions of coin-op arcade games from after about 1987 ...
    Zagreb Zagreb June 2014 Games
  • The Speccy Arcade 100A little light reading on the famously quiet evening of 31st December: the greatest arcade-to-Spectrum conversions of all time. http://wosland.pod…

    ... 31st December: the greatest arcade-to-Spectrum conversions of all time.
    arcade-100-part-1/

    Rev_Stuart_Campbell Rev_Stuart_Campbell December 2021 Games
  • Street Fighter 1 "Zeus Edition" (ZX Spectrum / Arcade)Street Fighter 1 "Zeus Edition" on the ZX Spectrum containing arcade music and a load of bonus stuff which is listed in the Video's description. Thi…

    ... " on the ZX Spectrum containing arcade music and a load of ... SF1 arcade fan and being disgusted at Tiertex for their abysmal conversions ...
    ZEUS ZEUS September 2022 Games
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