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Kung Fu MasterWhy why WHY was the Spectrum conversion of this game so BAD? It's like the Programmer played the Arcade game a couple of times and then wrote the co…
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Help needed indentifying Snake / Tron gameHi there my memory is a little hazy, but a game I used to play to death was similar to the snake game given away with mobile phones these days & al…
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Name this game...So, for the last week or so, I've been assembling vague pieces of a memory of an old Spectrum game. My best description is: Some sort of arcade/adv…
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GamesJust recently I've been trawling the archive for games I've never played and came across some interesting ones The Sidney/Vera Cruz affair, Deus Ex m…
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Which Speccy game would you like to see as a movie?Personally, I'd love to see Dun Darach made into a film. It could be brilliant if it was done correctly. :) Jean-Jacques Annaud would probably be the…
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Was there never a good Mr Do! type game on the SpeccyI've just replied to a post about MAME on these forums, and it reminds me of something I've always wondered; was there a decent Mr Do! type game on o…
... bad conversions of many other arcade games, plus numerous rip-offs ... tributes, I mean) of successful arcade games, but I never saw ... -
Sinclair Heaven February UpdatesOver 1gb added today! Fixed magazine viewer & added books Major update to the Gamebase ZX Files Added the 3D construction Kit Video Added Making The…
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3D Star Strike - best unofficial conversion ever?A copy of Star Wars as we all know, but I didn't realise how good a copy it was until I played the arcade game on MAME a couple of days ago. The bit …
... was until I played the arcade game on MAME a couple ... one of the best unofficial arcade conversions done on any micro ... an unofficial copy of an arcade game done of the Spectrum ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 28 March 2006Tuesday 28 March 2006 Lots of new POKEs and maps this month - AND the update is actually on time :) * Added C & VG as a listed source, and edited t…
A touchy subjectHello people, having spent most of this morning and yesterday laughing hysterically at all the posts from a certain "ahem" troll I feel I must ask (a…
... if it was a pipe dream. I wish I'd joined ...The Last Starfighter ( And you thought GLTRON was good! )WOW!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW! WOW! This is AMAZING!!! I Mean! I've not got this excited since I played GLTRON For the first time, this is just.... …
... /> Remember the amazing coin op arcade machine in the film ( well ... only gone and written an arcade game that looks IDENTICAL to ...How did you spend your Good Friday?So how did everybody spend their Good Fridays then? For me: Got up around 9am, had a nice cup of tea and watched Spongebob Squarepants and Chantell…
... Squarepants and Chantelle: Living the Dream on morning TV. It really ... this shit - Chantelle: Living the Dream that is, not Spongebob Squarepants ...Your games on my site?Have you created a speccy game recently? If so, how about sending it to me so I can can give it a web page of it's own on my site. If you'd like to s…
... type of game it is (arcade, sports etc..)
and anything ...Musician required...I'm nearing the end of writing my next game, and I'd like somebody to provide spot-effects & in-game music for it (AY, as per 128K speccy) I'm after…
... vogue of early 80's arcade games, done in two channels ...ANN: SP1 for Z88DK (aka splib3, Sprite Pack v3.0)Well it's finally arrived, after a month of "a few days from now" release deadlines. SP1 is the lastest version of splib, a flicker-free software sp…
... , board games, and non-scrolling arcade games. SP1 *cannot* do scrolling ...When did Spectrum games "jump the shark"Sorry to use that hackneyed term, but there's no easier way of putting it. Basically, during the Spectrum's commercial life (roughly 1982-1992) when…
... that time a lot of arcade-conversions and film-licenses started ...It's a mystery, and it needs to be solved right away!Here's one for all you sci-fi enthusiasts in Speccy-land. I remember seeing a film about 15 or 16 years ago about a disturbed teenager who believed h…
... teacher. He also used to dream about a space ship a ...Missing NemesisI was reading one of the threads the other day about over rated spectrum games and came across the suggestion that Nemesis (the space shooter known a…
... easier and nicer looking the arcade version was I wouldn?t ...Name the Game (Non Speccy)Ive been trying to find the name of an arcade game i used to play in the early 90s (90 or 91 i think). It was a scrolling shootem up very similar to …
... find the name of an arcade game i used to play ...Is There an ending in Dead or Alive (Cronosoft)?I have been playing to this arcade by Jonathan Cauldwell, and after complete the game and start again in level 1 I wonder if there is ever en ending …
I have been playing to this arcade by Jonathan Cauldwell, and after complete the game and start again in level 1 I wonder if there is ever en ending or something changes in a concrete level?
ThanksSam Revival magazine issue 15 now out! [Sam CoupIssue 15 of 'Sam Revival' magazine is now out! Issue 15 starts off with the regular news section, which looks in detail at the completition of the …
... to emulate the Space Invaders arcade machine, the port of SimCoupe ...Speccy stuff for free - you collect from SW18Hi chaps, Righto, all my Speccy stuff has to go but I can't post it (sorry Craig!), it's far too much hassle. If you want all of the below, feel fre…
... - People from Sirius
YS - Dream Warrior
SU Mega Tape ...Playing Denied Ultimate GamesHmmm, maybe this belongs in Emulators but it is game specific. Just been leafing through Games(TM) in Smiths and there's an article about a (strong)…
... two versions of current Live Arcade games for the price of ...I know, I know, but help identify a gameHello. I'm new to these forums, but have appreciated the site for many years. It's proof, at least, that these images I used to see actually existe…
... have been described as an arcade-adventure in the 'Everyone's ...The Thief gamesDuring the recent first-person-shooter debate, the game Thief was mentioned (by Dunny, who should be working on Spin instead of playing games, the sk…
... , and made more arcadey (or arcade-ish, whatever the word is ...Retro Fusion - A weekend of GamingHi everyone, for those of you who are into a little retro gaming you might be interested in the following event: The organisation of the Retro Fusio…
... will be bringing over 25 arcade machines for visitors to play ...John Gibson InterviewThought some of you might be interested in this, just found it on some old zip disks: Please find below an incomplete John Gibson interview I conduc…
... /Bruce to keep the Bandersnatch dream alive with myself and the ... so good at selling a dream. Off we all went then ...Amazon SystemsIn the 1980s, my company, Amazon Systems, did quite a few Arcade to Home Computer conversions for Parker Games. The games Panama Joe and Death Star…
... Systems, did quite a few Arcade to Home Computer conversions for ...ANN: Tipshop updated Sunday, 27 August 2006Sunday 27 August 2006 A funky new RSS feed as well as maps and POKEs galore in this month's update! * Marco A.G.Pinto let us know about a typo in t…
... sent in POKEs for:
Arcade Trivia Quiz, Area 51, Chip ...