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ZX Game Book UpdateHi all... For various unrelated reasons the time I have for editing has been limited to weekends, but I'm still plugging away. I have created 'fi…
... systems... I did include some conversions - but not that one... (on ... try and steer away from arcade conversions, unless I could find some ... -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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Help with a program that doesn't run but should?The MSX collection at: [URL="http://www.msxposse.com/msx-mbox.php"]http://www.msxposse.com/msx-mbox.php[/URL] (the link is broken, but can be dow…
Cant help with your problem but thanks a ton for that link !!!
Played a lot of MSX games on my GP32, some of them are very good specially some of the arcade conversions. -
The Only Reason Sinclair Succeeded (Provoking Controversy)Although I love my Sinclairs dearly, I think that the only reason they succeeded was because at the time most people did not know any better (factori…
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zx game book: last call!!!If anyone has any more errors or typos to report in 1984 (or any other chapters) please add them to this thread by Wednesday... Other than that, it'…
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Which arcade game do you wish...... had been converted to the spectrum? There`s a lot of people who seem to not like arcade convo`s but personally I loved most of them, I know they…
... love arcade conversions, loved seeing the basic Speccy equivalent of some huge arcade ... '.
Just stunned 'easier' arcade conversions eg Jackal or 1942 were ... -
After the Speccy Came the Master SystemI have just started up a new Speccy collection and I am very much enjoying playing the old classics. Back in the 80's I remember trading in my 48K f…
I like a lot of the arcade conversions on the Master System. Play this emulator a lot, i'll have to find out the names of the games and list them here. Do enjoy playing a lot of older games such as NES/Master System. -
Most accurate conversion?There have been lots of threads about the "best" conversion to the Speccy, but which is the most accurate? Not necessarily in terms of graphics, as t…
Are we just talking about arcade conversions? If not I'd like ... . Notably the excellent infrogrammes (sp?) conversions of hostages, north & south ... -
Most accurate conversion?There have been lots of threads about the "best" conversion to the Speccy, but which is the most accurate? Not necessarily in terms of graphics, as t…
... ]Are we just talking about arcade conversions? If not I'd like ... . Notably the excellent infrogrammes (sp?) conversions of hostages, north & south ... -
The best year for the speccyWhat do you think the greatest year for the speccy was? I talking about the pre-emulation era only. I'm going for 1984, as some of the greatest gam…
Very difficult one indeed !
The first year i got a Speccy in 84 was just amazing but i also loved 1986 as many of Elites arcade conversions came out then which i really really enjoyed. 1987 wasnt a bad year either, hmmm theres just too many ! -
The best year for the speccyWhat do you think the greatest year for the speccy was? I talking about the pre-emulation era only. I'm going for 1984, as some of the greatest gam…
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meh... the only arcade conversions I really liked were Gauntlet ... -
The best speccy software housesThanks to Martijn for increasing the number of poll options to 30. Right, what were the best speccy software houses in your opinion? (multiple selec…
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horizontal shmupsare there any speccy horizontal shmups where you freely move your ship (or whatever) pixel-by-pixel except penetrator? (i?m glad to realize, the lack…
... more basic version of an arcade masterpiece. Again it depends on ... i found Commando in some arcade in Spain, loved it ... coming out.
Some arcade conversions are brilliant, Motos which isnt ... a well known arcade game, the Speccy version is ... -
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... time in 2004, the Go! arcade conversions and most of Gargoyles output ... -
What would you prefer to see on the Speccy?Hopefully self-explanatory... please vote above! :)
I would like to see some arcade conversions which we never had, eg Farmer Jack - Mr Do was an excellent one. -
Hard Drivin - is it me?I tried Hard Drivin for the Speccy years ago and just couldn't get to grips with it. Then I tried it again recently, and it still seems just as awful…
god that was horrible on the speccy!!!
one of the worst arcade conversions ever ..... BREAKTHROUGH was better!!!!
took it back the next day .....
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Best Elite game?What's your favourite Elite game? I like Paperboy myself.
Roller Coaster or Grand National for me.
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Is there an old computer u nearly bought ?I remember seriousley thinking about getting an Enterprise, the one with the built in joystick [url]http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp…
... already mentioned many of the arcade conversions were the best around at ... -
Best Elite game?What's your favourite Elite game? I like Paperboy myself.
... their main strength was in arcade conversions , which , along with Ocean , they ... Gold to see how eaily arcade conversions could go horribly wrong. Paperboy ... , and as close to their arcade parents as you could hope ... -
Double dragonWe all know the Speccy version is shit, but I've ragged the NES version of DDIII but this guy has real issues with it [url]http://www.youtube.com/wa…
... why Nintendo shuffled most their arcade conversions around on the NES? DD1 ... is the first wave of arcade conversions for the Megadrive/Genesis only ... system 8 years after the arcade original. By 1993 the ... been better especially since the arcade it was based on ... -
Duel of the games 7! Commando vs Green BeretTwo great games: Commando vs Green Beret: both very playable and addictive!
Two great arcade conversions which both deserve all the ... brilliant, great gameplay, faithfully recreated arcade graphics and fast.
The mother of all battles: One on One vs Kung-Fu Master ;-)And now, two of the worst Spectrum games ever... ... ONE ON ONE and KUNG-FU MASTER !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Which do you think is the worst? …
... alley this was the ONE arcade game back in the 80 ... terrible. One of the worst arcade conversions for the Speccy along with ...The mother of all battles: One on One vs Kung-Fu Master ;-)And now, two of the worst Spectrum games ever... ... ONE ON ONE and KUNG-FU MASTER !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Which do you think is the worst? …
[QUOTE=psj3809;226622] One of the worst arcade conversions for the Speccy along with Jackal, Jailbreak and Nemesis.[/QUOTE]
Bad conversions... it deserves a new threadBest and worst arcade conversionsSaid in a last thread: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18335"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18…
... on computers then as an arcade game ? (Geek mode over !)< ... i thought were pretty good conversions.
Worst: Nemesis, ... colour
I LOVE arcade conversions on the Speccy and play ... from Ocean i thought. Great arcade conversion of a not so ...Best and worst arcade conversionsSaid in a last thread: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18335"]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=18…
... that when I played the arcade version on real hardware I ... version also worked on the arcade.
R-Type ... fair share of truly crap conversions. I don't even like ... disappointing. People have expectations with arcade conversions and I prefer they would ...Your views on...Moon Cresta[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003263]Moon Cresta[/url] I only played this a few times and I don't know why cos it was qui…
... youth was spent playing the arcade version in the local Squash ... ...probably one of the best arcade conversions on the speccy.Best Elite game?What's your favourite Elite game? I like Paperboy myself.
... their main strength was in arcade conversions , which , along with Ocean , ... Gold to see how eaily arcade conversions could go horribly wrong. ... and as close to their arcade parents as you could hope ... recreating such a decent arcade game (especially graphically).Eutrogamer - Best Speccy Arcade conversionsVideo and text : [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=88106[/url] [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/tv_video.php?playlist_id=6127[/url]
No doubt Cobra is great game and Green Beret is even better. But speaking about arcade conversions i will rather focus on R-TYPE, Bubble Bobble or some of Galaxians clones.Your top 5 Spectrum gamesWe've a Spectrum Special lined up for next issue of Retro Gamer, so we'd love to know what your top five games on the system are :)
... all Speccy originals basically, no arcade conversions, even though some of them ... were more enjoyable than the arcade machines themselves sometimes.multiloadersWhich were the worst games for disruptive multiloaders? These games came on the scene after I had stuck my Speccy in the loft, so I missed them. I …
... games at the time. Mainly arcade conversions, to be honest but that ...
