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  • Emulators: Who uses what and why?I thought a thread on shared emulator experiences might be full of useful tips and save a lot of time for anyone seeking the same. [B]What computers…

    ... : Used to use Genecyst for years, then Kega Lazerous, now I ... why look elsewhere?

    Arcade:MAMEUI32, runs well on my ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek May 2010 Chit chat
  • New Game: Heart StealerMy first platformer is finally released! Having a Speccy since a long time ago, I've really wanted to make a game for it. Since february, I've final…

    ... moment.

    Love the 'arcade' look and feel to it ... of some old school Taito arcade games and it seems to ... . Both will probably take 2 years (but can be done in ...
    Timmy Timmy May 2010 Games
  • Retro Computer/Console's? How much are they worth?I'm a keen collector of retro computer/consoles (NES,SNES,Intellivision,Megadrive,Amiga etc..).... How do I know how much they are worth?? As in...…

    ... years ago). The game get a HD remix for Xbox Live Arcade ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob May 2010 Chit chat
  • Where is Super Thief?The series of small illustrations shown [url=http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~jg27paw4/pourri/stall.gif]here[/url] were printed across four non-cons…

    ... two and a half years (or 22 years, really), I've finally ... 'd been working on this arcade adventure for a year and ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny May 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best Micromega game (that's not Deathchase!)Thought I'd run a little poll, to find out what 'other' Micromega games people liked. Deathchase is omitted, simply because it would surely win by a …

    ... heard people over the (early) years say that FT had really ... you race against 39 oponents. Arcade conversions that came later saw ... on a C90 a few years after it came out, you ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack May 2010 Games
  • Digital IntegrationRemember this classic old company ? Used to play Fighter Pilot a lot as a kid, yeah theyre dated now but back then it was one of my first looks at a…

    ... 't played it for many years, it's not really a ... sim though, more of an arcade game.
    I never really ...
    zx1 zx1 May 2010 Games
  • Games from before your timeI really enjoyed reading NickH's piece. I found it interested that all of his games were from 87-88 - by which time I had stopped buying games (havi…

    For me, best years of Spectrum games were 84, ... I think games from later years (mainly from 1989 to 199x ... mediocre games based on famous arcade games or second parts (even ... Spectrum in may '85 (25 years this month!!!:razz:), in this ...
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez May 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... just fine. I like the arcade/simulation blend, and the wheel ... was awesome a couple of years ago on Playstation Network. I ...
    Vampyre Vampyre June 2010 Chit chat
  • shot out some good mame games.Anyone got some good sugestions for old arcade games im trying to compile a shortish list of the best ones.

    ... uninstalled MAME from my computer years ago, but I remember some ... , so many great old skool arcade games, classic emulator !
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2010 Chit chat
  • shot out some good mame games.Anyone got some good sugestions for old arcade games im trying to compile a shortish list of the best ones.

    ... I ask is years ago I saw an arcade called something like ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek June 2010 Chit chat
  • shot out some good mame games.Anyone got some good sugestions for old arcade games im trying to compile a shortish list of the best ones.

    ... , so many great old skool arcade games, classic emulator ![/QUOTE]
    years ago and I had to ...
    JuanF. Ramirez JuanF. Ramirez June 2010 Chit chat
  • Crash or Sinclair User?I was a Crash man myself. I've created a little tribute to [URL="http://hubpages.com/hub/Crash-Magazine"]Crash Magazine[/URL] if anyone fancies a lo…

    ... heyday, you had the early years of basic graphics in 82 ... those were glory years. I did really like the arcade conversions which ...
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2010 Games
  • Rest in Peace, Jonathan Smith (was: Frobush Absence)You may or may not have noticed the absence of the honourable Frobush aka Jofa Smifff from your forums... The explanation is a little sad but does ha…

    ... more over the past few years.

    "Guilt" doesn't ... so proud a couple of years ago to have put my ... it was the best speccy arcade conversion (which is seriously saying ...
    Vampyre Vampyre June 2010 Chit chat
  • Altered beastOne outstanding feature of the game is that intro,otherwise game plays well on the speccy,a classic i think..

    ... still say after all these years you have to give Activision ... found quite faithfull to the arcade, basically I think the arcades ... like software companies messing with arcade conversions as such (see my ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek July 2010 Games
  • Golden axeNot colorful,but not bad port either,theres even more on screen characters than the c64 version,even the ending retains the arcade original.

    I was happy to discover this game years later. Loved the arcade version and was quite happy to see this Speccy version, think its better than Double Dragon on the Speccy.

    Ambitious to do this conversion
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2010 Games
  • bustspacebarmy spacebar isn't working, can i just pop it off with out snapping something? i know you can do it with keys, but not sure about my space bar. so wha…

    ... . They were so reliable, even arcade machine manufacters started using their ... why their keyboards lasted for years coz the microswitches could take ...
    Hercules Hercules July 2010 Chit chat
  • bustspacebarmy spacebar isn't working, can i just pop it off with out snapping something? i know you can do it with keys, but not sure about my space bar. so wha…

    ... They were so reliable, even arcade machine manufacters started using their ... why their keyboards lasted for years coz the microswitches could ... cherry, it lasted 7 years before the delete button wore ... have cherry microswitches in my arcade machine.

    ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk July 2010 Chit chat
  • Budget Game World Cup qualifier thread!In anticipation of the cup final I thought of an idea that may be a little awkward to set up but could be quite fun, and may decide the definitive bu…

    ... rat.. that was originally atari arcade (but I prefer the ... familiar with Gaplus either on arcade or C64, though love Galxians ... tune being identical to the arcade version I'd had ... we didn't have more arcade convos that were bidget, ... on level 3 after 22 years :D
    CKay CKay July 2010 Games
  • Invasion of the Zombie Monsters - What do you think of it?In case you missed it, RELEVO Videogames have just released their excellent Invasion of the Zombie Monsters game for free... (See [url]http://www.wo…

    ... it had come out 25 years ago everyone would be drooling ... 3 of shinobi in the arcade.. liken it to that)
    fog fog July 2010 Games
  • Imitations/unofficial arcade conversions/games inspired byI know two Spanish games (there may be more) which are extremely similar to arcade games: Satan is like some sort of conversion of Black Tiger and Me…

    ... of these cheap n' chatty arcade rip offs were made by ... Players Premier in the twilight years of the Speccy?

    arcade clones ever! [url=http://www ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek July 2010 Games
  • Shao-Lin's Road reviewHere's my review for Shao-Lin's Road (almost as bad as Yie Ar Kung-Fu II anyway, but certainly more playable). [url]http://spectrumparadise.blogspot…

    ... that game after all these years its aged a bit), Yie ... like as it was another arcade conversion and 'looked' good. I ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2010 Games
  • The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…

    ... .

    Primarily American/Japanese arcade/console/computer gaming from the ... of the 1980s forty-odd years from now I'll be ...
    Zagreb Zagreb July 2010 Chit chat
  • The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…

    ... NES until just a few years ago and have no feelings ... use of colour (but the Arcade machine is more likely to ... , most will go for the Arcade version). Games such as Knight ...
    takapa takapa July 2010 Chit chat
  • Head over Heels vs. KnightloreIn the recent Head over Heels thread, several people said that they prefered Knightlore to HoH. This surprised me, so I thought I'd post a poll to s…

    ... graphics and sound than real arcade machines, and yet worked on ... . Of course, two or three years later, it was fairly common ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2010 Games
  • Did the average Spectrum programmer really even try?I've been thinking about this recently, I'm always hearing Amstrad, and MSX users moaning about how unfair it was that they got "lazy Spectrum ports"…

    ... the ceiling like that in years)

    [QUOTE=mulder;462124 ... look kind of like the arcade, and the SC version rarely ... resembles the arcade at all anyway.

    arcade levels? I've been looking ...
    jesus 666 jesus 666 August 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... me is that after 12 years I still can't get ... , Master System, Megadrive, even the Arcade, but I'm buggered if ... version is closer to the arcade original IMO.

    Right ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2010 Chit chat
  • Your thoughts on Bonanza BrothersI quite enjoyed this game from when I had it on the CPC when it first came out. A nice game with not much violence, but concentrating more on the pu…

    ... when I was about 13 years old so never even hired ... make it different from the arcade version syndrome. Given the ... system, but make straight arcade conversions on the lesser system ... shite, Master System version, straight arcade conversion?

    Sega ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2010 Games
  • Classic albums you still playI was playing the tracy chapman album early,and i think it has aged terrifically despite it being an 1988 release,it was a big hit here and still has…

    ... , New Day Rising, and Zen Arcade, I would say Metal circus ... believe they're almost 23 years old now!!? :o

    years, and don't intend to ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek August 2010 Chit chat
  • You have got to be kidding me.'Commando' is distribution denied? Someone PM me with ideas please.

    ... games were gathering dust for years when everyone left them and ... sales when Capcom release an arcade pack for the X-Box ...
    psj3809 psj3809 August 2010 Games
  • You have got to be kidding me.'Commando' is distribution denied? Someone PM me with ideas please.

    ... that I bought it 25 years ago?

    If Elite ... has been lost over the years (including the source) and that ... much a copy of the arcade game).

    If you ... ' clause at around 20-25 years (for specific versions) AND companies ...
    takapa takapa August 2010 Games
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