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Poll : War On Want compilationAfter the majesterial Softwaid compilation for only an incredible £5 in 1985, there followed the War On Want compilation in 1986. I'm not aware anyon…
[quote="Vampyre;920551"]Never owned the compilation but I voted for Dr Franky. Always had a soft spot for that game. Wasn't it compiled BASIC?[/quote]
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El Chatarrero GalácticoWonderful project (and 3 games). For those which wants to start coding... [img]https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UzBq6Wv6m4c/W_MqCc72fHI/AAAAAAAAPWI/aN4…
Open Source Compiled BASIC, that's interesting... Maybe I can make a game in BASIC too.
Nice thing about the last game is that it's (C) 2019, too! Games from the Future! -
Chequered Flag - What a Great Game for 1983I decided to record a "Let's Play" of this classic game by Psion, it has certainly paved the way for racing games on the home systems, several years …
... author) like it was either Basic or compiled Basic somehow. I do realise ... />
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Drift!, Valley of Rains and Just a Gal at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019We presented 3 new games at Yandex Retro Games Battle 2019 competition! Side-scrolling action "Valley of Rains", sports simulator "Drift!" and racing…
... (or whatever game designer name) games are mediocre at best.[/quote]
best" ;)
[quote="Lethargeek; ... with a simple, UDG-based BASIC game like [i]Comeme El Chip ... you can put together a game like [i]Sophia II[/i ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... "]Specventure is a great little game I still fire up from ... around about the time this game came out actually, seemed like ... iirc compiled Basic. Apologies if the author reads this! As their other game ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... to spend anytime polishing your game, it at least should be ... does 'feel' like its Basic somehow, or compiled Basic (I saw no evidence ... it was a 1.99 game new, so we must not ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... a vague suspicion it was compiled Basic, although the 'control' section it ... returns to is already Basic.
Can press S ... a very good 'cover tape' game perhaps, then again I don ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... I saw that game too) , as that is Compiled Basic, evidenced by the ... -
Penetrator - Compiled Basic ?For clarity: The Melbourne House sideways scrolling 'shoot em up' game, a very good game for its time and it still plays relatively well today, with …
... any of it is in compiled BASIC. I could just about imagine ... editor in a mixture of BASIC and MC then thinking "Hey ... with the game", so if you're going to find compiled BASIC that ... there'll be any though, compiled code stands out a mile ... -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
Could Paradise Cafe (a terrible game I know) be compiled Basic? Any clues? -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
... Paradise Cafe (a terrible game I know) be compiled Basic? Any clues?[/quote ... ]
You mean the 18+ (I guess) game ... ascii does quite look like Basic in a way :/ -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
... mention it being written in BASIC but it seems to me ... for a purely BASIC game. Would that have been compiled BASIC or BASIC with some ... -
Best compiled Basic game ?I was thinking about this before I posted the topic about Melbourne House's excellent Penetrator scrolly but held off, however a kind [url="https://w…
... not by any stretch the best Spectrum compiled game, but it was made ... to PSS (along with my compiled Lunar Lander which was much ... they had a competition for best compiled games. The guy founding Wildest ... -
A Sunday grumbleGIVE IN & DROP OUT OR WHAT? The following is not a sensible message meaning that I'm not necessarily going to act upon what the title suggests, I'…
... -to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial[/url] in ... 'm a boring old fart best left alone to mumble his ... -to-write-a-simple-basic-horizontal-scrolling-game-tutorial"]BASIC game tutorial[/url] (with ... -
Its Saturday, my favourite day, and I'm going to celebrate by playing...[url="https://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi"]Yeti by Cybadyne, 1988[/url] I did a random pick and this is what I got...
... games/pssst-ultimate-play-the-game"][b]Pssst[/b][/url]< ... all of the programming and game innovations they achieved in ... from friends: "Hmmm, nice game, slick graphics, should be fun ... tried to write in BASIC (and later, compiled BASIC) could be considered way ... -
ZX ConfessionsThink there was a similar topic about this many moons ago. Anyway just wondering if there's any Speccy related confessions perhaps people would like …
... ' Speccy game, and Slippery Sid (again despite it being a bit basic ... ***) is my favourite 'snake/centipede' type Speccy game.
compiled Basic but I've not really ... -
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... WOOT! to throw together a game involving a frog and a ... ][/url]. I suspect it's compiled BASIC and would have fit into ... -
The State of the Scrabble Game TodayI did have some reasons to be a bit interested in recent trends and changes such as:- 1) The non availability of new versions of DELUXE SRABBLE (…
... game on Android so maybe I should be seeking out the best ... site seem to offer the basic game ( non touchscreen) for Windows ... br /> [url="https://opencritic.com/game/7845/happy-words"]https://opencritic ... .com/game/7845/happy-words[/url ... -
Standard Development LibrariesSo after some time away I decided to re-register after a Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/SpectrumNez/status/1578158361236963328) led me to a Visu…
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[quote="deusexmachina;999596"]My basic outline for the project consists ... why I wrote those basic game tutorials in BASIC and in C.
basic aspects of how to write ... , your first game doesn't have to be your best, all those ... -
Simple Atic Atac questionA rather dumb question on Ultimate's best 2D 48K game: you have to collect the three pieces of the ACG key, but how are they collected? Do you just w…
... question on Ultimate's best 2D 48K game: you have to collect ... -
Trouble loading old tape - any restoration software available?Hi there, I am trying to load in an 18 year old basic game that a friend of mine wrote. However, I am getting R Tape loading error, 0:1 after about a…
... in an 18 year old basic game that a friend of mine ... -
zx elite missionsHi all, I am big fan of original elite and love zx version too much because it was forst elite i played. I actualy own ZX 128k and c64 original pack…
... :) so only nostalgia about best speccy space game ( and not only on ... -
You've got the Programming skills, I've got the Ideas lets make lots of moneyYou know those tank games, one tank on either side of a hill where you choose angle of fire and strength, well can someone tell the the BASIC instruc…
... can someone tell the the BASIC instruction to plot the line ... in the direction of a BASIC game in the archive that I ... -
Budget GamesI want to know what you think is the best technical budget game - Spellbound your favourtie budget game - Feud not very good but a favourtie of your…
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the best technical budget game - Spellbound
your favourtie ... budget game - Feud
not very good ... /> the worst budget game you bought
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The best ever isometric game on the Speccy.Lets see the show of hands in numbers eh? ;) For sheer nostalgia I have a soft spot for Batman and I really enjoyed playing it. However, Head over H…
Lets see the show of hands in numbers eh? ;)
For sheer nostalgia I have a soft spot for Batman and I really enjoyed playing it. However, Head over Heels really took the genre to new heights in terms of innovation and feel. Love both the games ... -
Converting GAC GamesHiya folks, I'm currently getting really into GAC on the Plus 4 (yes I know its a Commodore machine) and just released my first game last week. GAC…
... ) and just released my first game last week. GAC on the ... the datafile out of a compiled GAC game? Hopefully to be read ... -
Retro PC games?Following on from the conversation about Blade Runner and Blood for the PC I thought I would start a thread about other 'retro' PC games Under a kil…
... the time probably the best CD based game around. I just recently ... />
F29 Retaliator
First game I played over LAN on ... br />
Jazz Jackrabbit
Best Platformer ever for the PC ...
one of the best 'feeling' driving game on the PC...even ... -
Fastest Baud Rate On A Loader ?Following on (sort of!) from the thread about the best loading.... Which game(s) had the fastest (highest baud rate) ? I seem to remember a couple …
... thread about the best loading....
Which game(s) had the ... -
Tour Top 5 Spectrum Programmers.........And What 1 Game Should They Be Remembered For. 1. Costa Panayi - I just loved the evolution of his 3D and/or scrolling ideas you saw in his game…
... magazine. It was a simple game in real terms but implemented ... to work on more original game designs during his Spectrum years ... be Head Over Heels - great game design along with 3D isometric ... . In my mind the best arcade adventure game design on the Spectrum ... -
Rod BowkettWhatever happened to Rod Bowkett? He's the bloke who wrote Dynamite Dan 1 and 2, two of the best platformers on the Speccy (and I think that DD2 is t…
... and 2, two of the best platformers on the Speccy (and ... that DD2 is the best 2D platform game I've seen on ... graphics are some of the best to appear on the Spectrum ... Die, a not very good game, but beyond that I can ...
