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Which came first Bubble Buster or Pang?I downloaded the game Bubble Buster released by Sinclair Research back in 82 or 83 and was surprised by its similarity to the arcade game Pang (which…
I downloaded the game Bubble Buster released by Sinclair ... by its similarity to the arcade game Pang (which was converted to ... /> i don't think the arcade version was around in 1983 ... -
Green BeretThis conversion surprised me a little. I hadn't played it in 15 years at least, and I was familiar only with the arcade version via MAME. In playing …
... was familiar only with the arcade version via MAME. In ... have better gameplay than the arcade. I thought Commando was the ... another one. Green Beret the arcade game has a flaw in that ... rate the game. 1986 was a particularly strong year for arcade conversions ... -
Toobin'I just took a look at this game for the first time. It got kind of mixed reviews, and I can see why. Quite a good idea, but a bit too frantic and unp…
... took a look at this game for the first time. It ... unplayable. I can imagine the arcade game was quite fun, especially with ... idea for a canoeing type game back in the old days ... -
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…
... like the Programmer played the Arcade game a couple of times and ... that was great about the arcade game and just decided not to ... -
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 of ... one of the best unofficial arcade conversions done on any micro ... an unofficial copy of an arcade game done of the Spectrum that ... -
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 it ... -
Loading ProblemHi all, I'm new to all this emulation malarky, so please bear with me if this is either posted in the wrong place or just a daft question. I've dow…
... 'm trying to load a game called Eureka (had it when ... nagged me). The first section (arcade game loads OK, but when I ... -
Marble Madness Clones?I finally got to grips with Gyroscope tonight and managed to 'complete' it with a couple of judicious snapshots along the way to save both progress a…
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Name that tune?Chaps am needing your help. Chuckie Egg (the death tune )and Pheenix (which is the same tune in the Arcade game) have the same short ditty. I'm su…
... the same tune in the Arcade game) have the same short ditty ... -
Masters of the UniverseMore database corruption here. The file claiming to be the Kixx rerelease of [url=ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games/m/MastersOfTheUni…
... ]Masters of the Universe - The Arcade Game[/url] is exactly the same ... -
A Christmas Adventure and Christmas Eve not listed in archiveSorry to continue with Xmas stuff so early in the year, but a search for "christmas" gives two games from Spex which aren't listed in the main archiv…
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Christmas Eve (a commercial arcade game also advertised in 1983)
End of level - bosses and brawlsI think end of level fights and foes can make or break a good arcade game. [B]Commando[/B] was the first one I really liked (was there an earlier one…
... make or break a good arcade game. [B]Commando[/B] was the ...More games for sale on ebay[url]http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZgilby6QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1QQrdZ0[/url] Once again, the majority are adventures, plus the odd arcade gam…
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Once again, the majority are adventures, plus the odd arcade game :)
SteveIdentifying "inspired by" gamesIs there any way of getting the WOS database to chuck out a list of games which were "inspired" by a specific arcade game? E.g. I'd like to see a li…
... were "inspired" by a specific arcade game?
E.g. I ...ANN: Tipshop updated Tuesday, 05 February 2008Tuesday 05 February 2008 Just a tad late with the January update (A tad? It's practically Valentines! Ed) * CASA has been updated again. Added solu…
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Official Father Christmas Game, The , Outlaw , Pamela The Zombie ...Artic computing gamesjust so i dont bung up necros's mothership thread. it inspired me to look at artics games on infoseek and think back to the quality, whether i liked …
... out theres also the earlier arcade game rip offs which again were ...Games sale clean-out...Having a clean-out, and are selling the titles below... PM me if you're interested in any of them. Unsure of any particular prices - make me an off…
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Rapscallion
Rockford (The Arcade Game) / Rockman
Speed King 2 ...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…
... is your favourite Boulderdash style game on the Spectrum? Mine ... Mr Do!, the very old arcade game, seemed to imbue the enemies ... when compared to the other arcade machines of the day. ... games, shooters, racing games, arcade adventures, text adventures, and so ...games with music track on side B of the tape (skate or die?)i saw someone mention that the skate or die tape had a music track on the B side, but it's not mentioned on the WOS listing and i can't find a mentio…
... thinking of a different skate game? i thought perhaps 720 because ... came with audio from the arcade game on side B of the ...Found a great ZX BASIC textbookProgramming Arcade Games for your Spectrum, by Adrian Jones. Found this in a second-hand bookstore over the weekend and if you're anything like me,…
... programming (probably for the Crap Game Competition initially, but hey ... BASIC you need to make arcade games :) Short chapters on ... are followed by ten complete game listings, complete with annotations.< ... I have never written an arcade game, only very poor text ...Pacland conversion.Ive recently come across Pacland again for the Speccy and I must admit the graphics are nice, the 128 music is very similar to the arcade but it is n…
... the arcade but it is not side scrolling which makes the game ... damn hard and not much like the arcade version ... really because this game looks like the great arcade game but doesn't ... and more playable to the arcade rather than trying to look ...Escalado and othersQuite out of the blue I discovered an Infoseek entry this evening, which came as something of a surprise. It was certainly one I had not seen before…
... /> Sadly, this is the only game I remember deeming worthy of ... stood for Multiple Choice Adventure/Arcade Game Creator, not the acronym in ...Arcade Game Designer 2.0 releasedI know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version…
I know dozens of you downloaded the previous version of AGD. Well, you can put it away now because I've made some major improvements to that version:
One of the problems with AGD 1.5 was that it was very awkward to handle collisions between ...Joffa speaks... sort of.I was looking through my archives today to search for some images, and found this psydo-interview I done with a certain Jonathan Smith. It reads as f…
... conversion (rip off) of the arcade game Mr.Do's Wild Ride ... this, he worked on an arcade conversion for Ocean, Hyper Sports ... released all of its early arcade conversions under Imagine). ?It took ... revealing how his new Speccy game will be released, ?Saucer ...Mega Man 1 on the Spectrum?I heard long long ago that the first game in the legendary Mega Man series was originally planned as an arcade game, and I'm wondering what Mega Man …
... long ago that the first game in the legendary Mega Man ... was originally planned as an arcade game, and I'm wondering what ... if it had been an arcade game as originally planned.Just an idea (please read)After the devastating news that Jonathon "Joffa/Frobush" Smith had passed away, I started wondering how we could suitably commemorate him. I mean, we…
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Best in-game graphics ...Mr Do! ?Not exactly a new idea (at least twenty-seven years old now :-o), but how about a port of Mr Do! to the Spectrum? There was never an official one, ev…
... 2006. That's a great game, but it still lacks some ... ! is still my favourite ever arcade game, and it's a tragedy ... interested, you can download the game code from:
[URL ... Spectrum's line up of arcade ports.Strategy thrillers like Fourth Protocol?Were any realistic thriller games, apart from Fourth Protocol, released for the Spectrum? I'm not talking about arcade game or platformers but rathe…
Were any realistic thriller games, apart from Fourth Protocol, released for the Spectrum?
I'm not talking about arcade game or platformers but rather strategic games with a realistic theme.Spectrum 'Arkanoid' musicI was under the impression that I just copied the music from the arcade game onto the Speccy which was then put into the Spectrum conversion. Having …
... copied the music from the arcade game onto the Speccy which was ... few days & playing the arcade version the music that plays ... isn't there on the arcade rom I have.
arcade game with that music on? Any ...ChuckmanI've just played (and reviewed) Chuckman again. I played it a fair bit back in the day - and it's still pretty playable (if simple). Anyway it's at […
... - and does anyone know what 'arcade game' inspired it?
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