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Were the full Sinclair Loki specs ever actually known?I was just curious. A lot was leaked to the media, but the exact specs seem different depending on source. Some say it could support up to 512x256 an…
... was mostly sought for flight simulator, but a blitter chip might ... -
Quiz: Find the name of the Spectrum game containing these first namesSo, inspired by that other thread where it was asked if you knew any games containing first names, I'll make a simple quiz out of it. The question…
... count, but "Jack's Fruit Simulator" probably would.
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who owned a zx81 before the spectrumHow many of you owned a zx81 before getting a spectrum and did it make you want to get a spectrum. I owned a zx81 first but all my mates had a spectr…
I had 3D Defender by J K Greye which was a highly rated game from the same author as 3D monster maze. I also had Psion Flight Simulator, Espionage Island and Inca Curse. I must get an emulator to see 3D defender again. -
Artic ComputingDoes anyone remember where Artic Computing where based? as I remember passing their HQ many a time as a child (I was about 8, so it was about 19 year…
... do remember a place called Artic software in Hull,
not ... Artic Computing, they used to be ... -
Artic ComputingDoes anyone remember where Artic Computing where based? as I remember passing their HQ many a time as a child (I was about 8, so it was about 19 year…
396 James Reckitt Avenue, Hull HU8 0JA, England is the address where Artic was based. I just checked out a few of my old games. -
Artic ComputingDoes anyone remember where Artic Computing where based? as I remember passing their HQ many a time as a child (I was about 8, so it was about 19 year…
... I first started publishing through Artic (in 1981 I think) they ... -
Artic ComputingDoes anyone remember where Artic Computing where based? as I remember passing their HQ many a time as a child (I was about 8, so it was about 19 year…
Early Artic games were released from the ... -
What was it called now ????Hello there and if your reading this then i think ive just made a new friend..that is however if you can help me solve the mystery of my un-named gam…
... spoof with the "Advanced Lawnmover Simulator". They reviewed it, gave it ... -
Movie ConversionsWho loves the classics "Batman the Movie", "Ghostbusters I and II", "Ninja Turtles", and "RoboCop 1 and 2"? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh so many memories!!! I'd…
... '86 was a reworking of Artic's World Cup, and after ... -
Movie ConversionsWho loves the classics "Batman the Movie", "Ghostbusters I and II", "Ninja Turtles", and "RoboCop 1 and 2"? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh so many memories!!! I'd…
... would have been called stuntman simulator,lol.
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Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... called 'advanced press the button simulator' in about 6 mins. The ... -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
My guesses are:
1: Jumpy - from Loriciel
2: ATV (All-Terrain Vehicle) Simulator - from Code Masters
Alessandro -
Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
The first one sounds like BUMPY
I don't know who it's by.
and ATV Simulator by codemasters sounds right for the 2nd one to me.[img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] -
That Nostalgia ThangI was bored sitting waiting on a bus the other day and it was bucketing down with rain. As it does in gloomy situations like that, my mind started t…
... something I remember smoke filled snooker halls and pestering my folks ... -
The early daysWe all know about the huge amount of classics that came out for the Spectrum, and the particularly hot period between 1984 and 1986, but I don't know…
Manic Miner,,,galaxians by artic was one of my faves.. ... -
Look what I did!Howdy folks! I payed a visit to my local Oxfam today and found some Original ZX Spectrum tapes: Trans Am (Ultimate) Atic Atac (Ultimate) Penetrator…
... Micro$oft call their Flight Simulator back because some unknown people ... again without WTC. Psion Flight Simulator never had WTC, so it ... -
Games cracking...A question for the crackers out here.... What was your very first game you cracked and for how long were you 'in clouds' of it? My very first progr…
advanced soccer simulator in 1994 was first..
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Is there anything new to comeApart from doom. I personally don't think there has been anything all that innovative on the pc. Whereas the Speccy had handfuls of games in that c…
... also a very good "assassin simulator", although slightly marred by an ... -
what are people's favourite........hi there, what are people's favourite games and why? [img]/__forums/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] octave
... Miner, Chuckie Egg, codemasters GP Simulator 2 and most of all ... -
Help pleaseDesparately trying to remember the name of a game in which you were in charge of a software company and you were offered stuff by someone called Hone…
... horribly addictive wee software co. simulator. Not quite in the same ... -
What were the most difficult, and pointless, games you ever played?1) Jack and the Beanstalk - incredibly difficult, a system of losing lives that seems to have designed by a certified lunatic, and no real sense of a…
Heh- that is one of the games I played last night! It is one of a bunch of CodeMasters games I still have.
It was too hard for me, and I gave up and played Fruit MAchine Simulator 2 instead -
what did people.................hi there, what did people use their spectrum for? (playing games, programming, graphics, music or just for fun) :) octave
If you had 64 columns you would have had 4 pixels wide characters. I had that with a mode 7 simulator rom on the electron. # looks odd but most characters can be got used to. Hisoft products can use 5 pixel characters. -
Best Soccer Game Ever!What?s your favorite spectrum soccer game ever? For me, Emlyn Hughes International Soccer; Match Day;Trak Suite Manager;MultiPlayer Soccer Manager. C…
for me its football manager and world cup by artic.lol -
Name the GameI'm thinking of a helicopter simulator.
... /> But as ozonic said a simulator, one of the MicroProse titles ... Advanced Professional Helicopter Pilot Stunt Simulator 3D Plus(featuring Dizzy) from ... -
Name another gameYou made money selling a certain liquid
Oil Tycoon... Dallas...Tapper....Volvic Simulator (Codemasters) -
Games that are more fun than they should beI've just been playing Gnasher, my fave pacman clone on the speccy. And it occurred to me, that i could easily play the arcade original pac-man on ma…
I remember playing Advanced Lawnmower Simulator for more than was healthy during a slow day in work...