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  • What was the text adventure game based around surviving a nuclear war in suburbun London?I remember playing a game, I played loads my dad had a shop selling them, text adventure. You were based in a suburb as a civilian, and a nuclear w…

    ... civilian, and a nuclear war was about to start.

    thx1138 thx1138 December 2002 Games
  • What was the last commercial game released / you bought?Two pronged question this. Does anyone know what the last commercially released Spectrum game was and when? I guess it would have been about 1994 i…

    ... last commercially released Spectrum game was and when? I guess it ... guess).

    And what was the last commercial game you ... /> The last game i bought was Nigel Mansell's World Championship ... well!

    So what was yours?
    nigelmansellsgrandprix nigelmansellsgrandprix January 2003 Games
  • OT, but I thought this was funny...I was clearing my hard disc out a few days ago, and I found the following, that I'd downloaded some time back. Re-reading it, I again thought it was …

    ... the Bible. Another important invention was the
    circulation of ... Renaissance America began. Christopher Columbus was a great
    navigator ... the world and so was Handel. Handel was half
    German ... even though he was deaf. He was so deaf he ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Rom Cartridges Wanted - ?25 to ?35 for each title!Hi I am after any Sinclair Interface 2 Rom Cartridges that anyone wants to part with! I will pay ?35 for any Ultimate title or ?25 for the rest. The…

    ... :

    Backgammon (Psion)
    Chess (Psion)
    Cookie (Ultimate)
    Paul.

    [ This Message was edited by: paul_r_t on 2003 ...
    Paul Thompson Paul Thompson January 2003 Wanted
  • What exactly was this all about?I remember this advert appearing in magazines: [url="ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-adverts/l/LADrugsBust.jpg"]ftp://ftp.worldofsp…

    ... and did you get anything? Was this some sort of scam?
    Zagreb Zagreb February 2003 Games
  • What was it? The game with the oil drips?What was the name of the speccy game where you had to get the oil to run in the right direction so it would drip in the right place and 'build a car'…

    What was the name of the speccy game where you had to get the oil to run in the right direction so it would drip in the right place and 'build a car'? Please help!!!
    And was there one called "postman nasty" or something?
    Cheers!!!
    aefish aefish March 2003 Games
  • Name of sort of board-battle-game???...Guys, I can't remember the name of a game that was similar to a chess game (not Battle Chess i think). I mean you play it on a board, have a team of…

    ... game that was similar to a chess game (not Battle Chess i think ...
    -DaRK-RaiDeR- -DaRK-RaiDeR- May 2003 Games
  • What was your 3 Character Signature?What was your 3 character signature? Mine was 'mik'. (short for Mike) 'mik' once showed up on the top of the first R-Type machine to hit Rhyl in the…

    ... 3 character signature?
    Mine was 'mik'. (short for Mike)
    Prior to that, 'mik' was an occasional visitor to the ... the Dragons Lair masters, 'mik' was resigned to the daily resettable ...
    fairziff fairziff May 2003 Games
  • What was this game?Never played it at the time but wanted to! It was basically a Rampage type game but with very colourful graphics. You controlled the Godzilla chap an…

    Never played it at the time but wanted to! It was basically a Rampage type game but with very colourful graphics. You controlled the Godzilla chap and trashed cities and tanks. But it was not Rampage!
    Mikal Mikal May 2003 Games
  • What was this game????????!!!!!Dear fellow speccy nerds, I am trying to remember the name of a game where you were in control of a little hovering robot in…

    ... patrolling enemy hovering robots. It was very futuristic a la TRON ... the last room and there was a room full of enemy ... the shape of the robot was i think similar to the ... i am!! I thought it was called Vortex but it is ...
    paranoid71 paranoid71 June 2003 Games
  • What was this game called?I can't remember too much about this, but you were a sort of ball thing with a hole in the front that you could shoot a laser out of. You basically j…

    ... way. In one room there was a converter thingummy that changed ... to remember that the helicopter was a bit crap because it ...
    dunni dunni June 2003 Games
  • Was it Search for the Crystal Sphere??Does anyone remember an adventure game, I think it was called "Search for the Crystal Sphere". You started up in a deserted town of about 10 locati…

    ... adventure game, I think it was called "Search for the Crystal ... the sphere, I think there was a Rainforest/Jungle location, a ... the crossroads.

    It was quite hard but very well ... loved it.

    I was sent this years ago to ...
    steveinuk steveinuk June 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • What was the most technically advanced game you've seenThe sort of game that made you disbelieve it was a spectrum you were playing on...

    The sort of game that made you disbelieve it was a spectrum you were playing on...
    socratic socratic July 2003 Games
  • Cheap Games For SaleAll spectrum games and games for other systems, ?1 which includes P&P. Email [email="hitlife@btinternet.com"]hitlife@btinternet.com[/email] prefera…

    ... /> Magicland Dizzy (Code Masters)
    Chess (Sinclair)
    Chequered Flag (Sinclair ... (Amstrad)

    [ This Message was edited by: Hitlife on 2003 ...
    Hitlife Hitlife July 2003 Sales
  • Here is a list of all the games on the Amstrad e-mailer.I reallydon't recommend getting this e-mailer for the Spectrum games! I bought it cos my BT e100 died. Anyway this is a list of the games, as a coup…

    ... )
    Tetris (A Classic)
    Chess
    Eric and the Floaters ... Lair

    [ This Message was edited by: thx1138 on 2003 ... :17 ]

    [ This Message was edited by: thx1138 on 2003 ...
    thx1138 thx1138 July 2003 Games
  • Was Armalyte finally released??was it? or was unfinished?

    was it?

    or was unfinished?
    judasEZT judasEZT July 2003 Games
  • People of the former "Soviet Bloc" was there any politcal software?Please, I mean no offence, and am not the best at expressing myself online, I was just curious.... I imagine a degree of censorship existed in some …

    ... at expressing myself online, I was just curious....

    I ... a seperate matter. I wonder, was there ever any "State Approved ...
    thx1138 thx1138 August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…

    ... it for me I was crazy excited, it was amazing, there wasnt ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider August 2003 Games
  • What was your favourite Speccy magazine?What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]

    What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why?

    [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]
    Swainy Swainy August 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Name the game.I won a game in a compo back in the 80s - it was a sort of graphical adventure game - all I can remember is that there was a bit near the end like a …

    I won a game in a compo back in the 80s - it was a sort of graphical adventure game - all I can remember is that there was a bit near the end like a chess board you had to cross without being killed.

    Jon
    jonrach73 jonrach73 August 2003 Games
  • What was this game called?There was this game i used to love playing on the speccy it was a side scrolling game and you was this bloke and every time you jumped up and down yo…

    There was this game i used to ... playing on the speccy it was a side scrolling game and ... you was this bloke and every time ... of me remember what it was called. Any ideas???
    Selecta Selecta October 2003 Games
  • your local speccy shop-what was it like?hello well mine was in a market stall(7 ft wide*16 ft long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon as you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy…

    ... br />
    well mine was in a market stall(7 ... long)the shop itself was in spennymoor.as soon ... you stepped in there was 2 shelves of speccy, ... 1984)and alan errington was his name.he would ... colin

    [ This Message was edited by: ladderman on 2003 ...
    ladderman ladderman November 2003 Games
  • What was that game?Hi again guys, does anyone remember a game - it must have been quite a late one. It was one of my favourites - there were bases and one player too…

    ... a late one. It was one of my favourites - ... When
    one player was playing the other had to ... the screen somehow. It was absolutely brilliant and yet ... pokes?
    That game was SO hard to finish - ... />

    [ This Message was edited by: Will on 2004 ...
    Will Will January 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Sinclair Research gamesGames released by Sinclair Research itself were coded with a G for Games prefix and an S for Spectrum suffix (to distinguish Spectrum games from ZX81…

    ... 1', G10/S for 'Chess' and so on - right ... this system of coding was apparently abandoned and the ... game - 'Match Point' was coded 4036. Does anyone ... know why this system was changed?

    ... Match Point' was coded 4036, 'Panama Joe' was coded 4038 ...
    woodcock88 woodcock88 March 2004 Games
  • My collection for sale. Full list here!Here's the list of what I am selling. Please contact me at cheggersplayspop*@boltblue.com (remove the *) and make me an offer! TITLE PUBLISHER YEAR …

    ... -Motion Mastertronic 1985
    Master Chess Mastertronic 1987
    Mindtrap Mastertronic ... Fist Melbourne House 1985
    Chess Micro Gen / Psion 1982


    [ This Message was edited by: Steve B on ...
    Steve B Steve B May 2004 Sales
  • What was that game...?Hi ya all ! I've never done it before, but here am I begging you to name that game ! I really don't remember the name, since the last time I played i…

    ... time I played it was probably around 1988-89, ... and it was even a creacked version which ... br /> Anyway the game was set in the future.
    It was a two player game, different ... and the background was black, and it was a very addictive ...
    Arm73 Arm73 June 2004 Games
  • Inherited stuffI've recently inherited some Spectrum stuff (see list below), and I am now asking if anyone could estimate what it is worth and where I should sell i…

    ... , Issue 3
    Spectrum Voice Chess
    Dlan
    Planet of ... -3d

    [ This Message was edited by: Rooney on 2004 ...
    Rooney Rooney July 2004 Sales
  • What was ARTIC's budget label, need to find a game...Hi there, does anyone know the name of Artic softwares budget label. I am looking for a game but cant remember the title. It is in my head that it ma…

    ... or some such like. It was a platform game and not ...
    funkymoose funkymoose August 2004 Games
  • 100s of games for sale!Dear All In preparation for a move to Manchester, I wish to get rid of the following games as a job lot! The list below should be pretty accurate, …

    ... Flag (Sinclair) 50p (4 copies), Chess (Sinclair) 50p (6 copies), Chiller ... -3D (Sinclair) 1.50
    Chess (Sinclair) 1.00
    Horace ... .00

    [ This Message was edited by: wadsterboy on 2004 ...
    wadsterboy wadsterboy September 2004 Sales
  • The ZX80 lives againI have often wondered if there was ever *any* commercially released software for the ZX80. I have never seen any, or even seen any info about it. Bu…

    ... have often wondered if there was ever *any* commercially released software ... : a port of ZX81 1K Chess to the ZX80. About 24 ...
    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone September 2004 Games
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