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  • Scooby Doo (unfinished version)Remember the early adverts for Scooby Doo? Totally different to the final game that came out about a year later. It looked as if some of it was compl…

    And what about "Corporation"? I saw a Preview of it in Your Sinclair and the finished c64 version. Or TOKI from Ocean? Oh my god, if I just could grab my claws into these treasures in the archives of some companies...
    LCD LCD July 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • TZX / TAP of Glider Rider 128K Can anyone help me find a TZX or TAP version of Glider Rider 128k . The only versions I can find are Z80 snapshots or a TAP file which is a version …

    ... :

    Addams Family 128k - Ocean
    Earthlight 128K - Firebird
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker April 2001 MIA/STP/SDP
  • The Crash Preservation SocietyI have all the early issues of Crash magazine, but am wondering what would be the best way to store them. Anyone have any ideas? Polypockets are una…

    I sold it at ?82, mind you some went for a lot more. I stored mine in a cardboard folder with 9 others, and didn't look at it for 10 years !!!
    Steve Cooper Steve Cooper October 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Missing in Copright List?Is there any list available covering all games that WOS have had to remove from the archive due to copyright issues (like the titles from Codemasters…

    ... ?. It will be barbaric if Ocean erased all "TOKI" code, or ...
    LCD LCD August 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • S.O.P. Save Old ProgramsHi ! Does anybody have any idea how can I save my old collection for the future ? I've lots of tapes full of programs. I use Z80 emulator (ver 3.50)…

    To store games I use a cardboard box with silicon gel inside to stop dampness covered by a bin liner. These I store off the floor in my dads celler as it is a reasonable steady temperiture all year.
    Hope that helps
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • which software firm..................in your opinion which software firm made the best games for the spectrum and why? :) octave

    Ocean, Hewson, The Edge, Elite, Zenobi, ...
    Arjun Arjun March 2002 Games
  • What systems did programmers use?Just a thought that occured to me. What systems did professional programmers use to write spectrum games on? I know it would be possible in theory to…

    ... rest of the Ocean/Imagine stuff I used Ocean's in-house ...
    frobush frobush March 2002 Games
  • What systems did programmers use?Just a thought that occured to me. What systems did professional programmers use to write spectrum games on? I know it would be possible in theory to…

    ... rest of the Ocean/Imagine stuff I used Ocean's in-house ...
    listener listener March 2002 Games
  • What systems did programmers use?Just a thought that occured to me. What systems did professional programmers use to write spectrum games on? I know it would be possible in theory to…

    ... rest of the Ocean/Imagine stuff I used Ocean's in-house ...
    listener listener March 2002 Games
  • which software firm..................in your opinion which software firm made the best games for the spectrum and why? :) octave

    ... .. simply cool.

    Also Ocean and GremlinGraphics were nice.
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz March 2002 Games
  • which software firm..................in your opinion which software firm made the best games for the spectrum and why? :) octave

    OCEAN was pretty known for its good Arcade conversions... Ultimate wasn't bad but they explored the Knight of Lore game engine too much, or in other words they've failed in originality
    Anonymous Anonymous March 2002 Games
  • which software firm..................in your opinion which software firm made the best games for the spectrum and why? :) octave

    ... followed by Addictive Games, and Ocean. When did the originality die ...
    ember ember March 2002 Games
  • The funniest thing we made with the spectrumHello. The funniest thing i made with the spectrum were championships with my buddy francisco on a game called 3d stunt car racer, i think that was t…

    I used to play deathmatch on Xybots. I'd cellotape a cardboard partition on the centre of the telly so that your opponent couldn't see where you were hiding.

    What a nightmare getting it of the screen though. lol
    GeeKay GeeKay March 2002 Games
  • 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…

    ... still like it.Hunchback by ocean was a pain on the ...
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr March 2002 Games
  • Moon AlertOcean did this in 84, the one with Wagner playing over the titles. I'm one of those gits that likes playing games on their origianl Spectrums, but th…

    I always thought there was something similarly fishy going on with joystick emulation regarding Robotics (Ocean) and Pengy (Micromania).
    +CotL-DS +CotL-DS April 2002 Games
  • +3 Discs, Part of STP Project (SDP ?)Afternoon folks, Yep, there's been little posting here of late and it's probably to do with the fact that many of the TZX team have been working the…

    I have Chartbusters by Ocean with Cobra, Short Circuit, Green Beret on it. I also have some others that I do not know what is on. I am happy for you to borrow these. Let me know where to send them.
    ZeDeX82 ZeDeX82 April 2002 MIA/STP/SDP
  • 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…

    ... .. a game from TopoSoft and Ocean. (other name in england)
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz April 2002 Games
  • Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…

    ... used to put bits of cardboard in the tape deck and ...
    NAH NAH April 2002 Games
  • Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…

    Weird thing here was when Ocean/Imagine copy-protected games (Slap ...
    Jazzbeaux Jazzbeaux April 2002 Games
  • Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…

    ... trick worked occaisionally, and stuffing cardboard behind the tape did the ...
    Gleng Gleng May 2002 Games
  • About TokiI was wondering if anyone know the real story about the Speccy version of this version. I do recall someone telling me that the game was finished but…

    If I recall Activision bought Ocean, so they *might* have it - although it's probably lost forever.
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Games
  • what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.

    Most of them, for sure.
    I completed some of the later games, and a lot from Ocean/Hit Squad. But they were easy by games of the Jet Set Willy era.
    MattLamb MattLamb May 2002 Games
  • Okay, another game name needed please!On the C16 I loved playing (and still do on my emulator) a game called HECTIC. You had to run up and down ladders, dig a hole in the ground so these …

    ... still think its digger dan-Ocean
    You had to run ...
    madmekon madmekon May 2002 Games
  • Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…

    1: What came free with the Nov 87 issue of Your Sinclair magazine that provoked outrage by many parents?
    (1 point)

    Copy of Viz comic book

    2: Two games on one cassette. Fly a magic carpet across Bagdad is one, the other is ...
    Arjun Arjun May 2002 Games
  • Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…

    Answers and results.

    1: What came free with the Nov 87 issue of Your Sinclair magazine that provoked outrage by many parents?
    (1 point)
    A 16 page issue of Viz magazine.
    -----------------
    Viz- TheComputerGame - I think ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins June 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... par with the c64 version (ocean one)
    Andy Gurr Andy Gurr June 2002 Games
  • Why people are addicted to bad graphic, silly gameplay games?and also, making remakes of them? why there are tons of remakes of boulder dash, jet set willy, manic miner, jetpac, monty mole and so on? why ther…

    ... sprites were used (like in Ocean's Space Gun for instance ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu June 2002 Games
  • Unlucky 13 quiz....at last i done a quiz.Ok heres my effort of a quiz.Usual rules apply,post your answers here and i will mark them on Sunday 23rd. There is a total of 20 points available...…

    ... each.
    Donkey Kong
    Ocean

    Q4... In Jet ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins June 2002 Games
  • Unlucky 13 quiz....at last i done a quiz.Ok heres my effort of a quiz.Usual rules apply,post your answers here and i will mark them on Sunday 23rd. There is a total of 20 points available...…

    ... for each.
    Donkey Kong, Ocean (the unofficial version being Kong ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu June 2002 Games
  • Unlucky 13 quiz....at last i done a quiz.Ok heres my effort of a quiz.Usual rules apply,post your answers here and i will mark them on Sunday 23rd. There is a total of 20 points available...…

    ... for each.

    DonkeyKong, Ocean

    Q4... In Jet ...
    Javier Alca?iz Javier Alca?iz June 2002 Games
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