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What was that tv show? Cat Weasel?Cat Weasel, was it? About a bloke from anceint britain who ended up in modern britain, kids show. What was the name?
Cat Weasel, was it?
About a bloke from anceint britain who ended up in modern britain, kids show.
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More reasons for publishers to deny distribution...Hi, I just bumped into this : [url="http://thebiggdev.blogspot.com/2005/09/creativity-is-unnecessary.html"]http://thebiggdev.blogspot.com/2005/09/cr…
... always ahead of the trends, was pioneering this with ?Super Mario ... floor. Man, that game was sweet. The only reason people ... of Interplay? (Fallout, Descent, Battle Chess, The Bard?s Tale [the ... Swytch
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Who was the most prolific programmer? I've been looking at the softographies of various Spectrum programmers recently and one or two of them produced an enormous amount of software over …
... most prolific Spectrum programmer is/was.
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What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…
... (maybe all) of the Spectrum chess programs.
A quick ... the Atari ST, and it was spoilt by having American questions ... nice, but the Sentinel Returns was vastly cut down (only 650 ... so manic. Back to Skool was technically better, perhaps, but Skooldaze ... -
Llamatron was this a game?I am sure I remember playing a game were you controled a lama. I can't find it in games. Was it released for the Speccy? [ This Message was edited b…
I am sure I remember playing a game were you controled a lama.
I can't find it in games.
Was it released for the Speccy?
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A game that never was.......would anyone like to see it...Back in about 1990 a friend and I sent a game to Newsfield created in the "2D game maker", a smart little graphic adventure, not unlike Dizzy called …
... for it (?100 was tipp-exed out.....was it really THAT bad ... issue. I think eventually Newsfield was sold to another company or ... />
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Was there a bug in Turrican?I notice that when i play it on Spectaculator 6.25 that when i die on any level it says 'Continue YES/NO' and if i choose YES it puts me back to the…
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Was there never a good Mr Do! type game on the SpeccyI've just replied to a post about MAME on these forums, and it reminds me of something I've always wondered; was there a decent Mr Do! type game on o…
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When I Was Younger ...Around the age of 13-15 (I can't remember exactly), I used to listen to metal bands (Iron Maiden, Guns N Roses, Def Leppard etc.). Lately I've been f…
... ) a few months ago. I was listening to it earlier today ... and tonight I was pestering the DJ in a ... -
The Last Starfighter ( And you thought GLTRON was good! )WOW!!! WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW! WOW! This is AMAZING!!! I Mean! I've not got this excited since I played GLTRON For the first time, this is just.... …
Game advertising slogans... What was the best.I couldn't think of a better word than slogans but what I'm talking about is games that said things like "100% machine code" on the advert or other s…
... the profile.
I was thinking of it because I ... an old Edge mag that was waffling on about the "Advanced ...What was the last Specci Game released commercially?Well what was it? Street Fighter 2? I'm not including Sam Coupe or anyother clone, just a bog standard 128k
Well what was it? Street Fighter 2? I'm not including Sam Coupe or anyother clone, just a bog standard 128kwhat was the name of that game...What was the name of the game , it was a platform and you could jump onto lava bubbles coming up from vents to get to higher levels. i thought it was…
What was the name of the game , it was a platform and you could jump onto lava bubbles coming up from vents to get to higher levels. i thought it was Underwurlde but thats a different game I think, help please I'm dying to be reunited with it...Horror Top Trumps - who was the 'Daddy'?Who else can recall the 2 'Horror' packs in the Top Trumps series that were made in the early 80s (if not earlier)? I was having one of those 2am co…
... not earlier)?
I was having one of those 2am ... /> What were the categories - there was 'horror factor' or something at ...What was *the developers'* choice?While reading this forum, I came to a question which I have never thought about. What was the developers' choice of language back in 80's? are all…
... thought about.
What was the developers' choice of language ...Detect if program was loaded from tape or microdriveHow (if at all) can a BASIC program detect if it was loaded from tape or microdrive? This can be helpful to then load the screen or more machine code…
... BASIC program detect if it was loaded from tape or microdrive ...What was yor first spectrumgame ever played?What was your first spectrum game ever played, and where? I remember mine very well, it was Horace and the spiders at an electronics shop that had a …
What was your first spectrum game ever ... remember mine very well, it was Horace and the spiders at ... unknowing that the run command was meant for basic and that ...Centauri Alliance-was there a Spectrum version?This game is kind of a space version of Bard's Tale. I know that there were DOS, C64 and Apple versions, but I don't know if there was a Spectrum one…
... don't know if there was a Spectrum one. Does anyone ...Questions and answers...I'm bored (downloading some Unreal Tournament levels, when they've finished I'm off to scoff my tea), so I thought I'd create this topic with some Ea…
... worked inside a human body was unclean, and so unworthy of ... the ZX81? Was this a real implementation of Chess, or was it cut ... down? Did it play strongly? How large was ...Still Life - What The F*ck was that??? **Spoilers**I just finished Still Life after being stuck on a seriously headwrecking puzzle for the last year (the robot/laser puzzle for anyone who has played t…
... stopped (not ended). There was no massive revelation, no explanation ... how everything was connected to the other murders ... credits rolled. The game was supposed to continue on some ... right now. The game was mostly brilliant up until the ...Help WW2 text adventure team game - what was it!Hi all - just getting into the whole retrogaming thing - after parting with my speccy 15 years ago at least! Slowly trawling the mind to bring bac…
... basic graphics and IIRC it was a text controlled adventure. Set ... a screen sized map, which was blank, as you explored blocks ... did finish it but it was so ingenious it engrained in ... remember it and what it was called!
Thanks in ...Was the ZX Spectrum PAL only?...Hello, glad to be here! I would LOVE to get a Spectrum, but, AFIK, they are all PAL, and I live in the US. Was there ever an NTSC Spectrum? I love…
... I live in the US. Was there ever an NTSC Spectrum ...You know how the 128K was faster than the 48K Spectrum?Regarding how the Spectrum 128K ran at 3.54 MHz rather than the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be an advantage? If not, then surely Sinc…
... the 48K's 3.5MHz, was this difference enough to be ... whether or not the speed was beneficial in other ways, it ... written for a program that was to be run on both ...What was the +2 and +3 keyboard like compared to the 128 and + one?I had a Spectrum 128, which had the infamous plastic-but-spongy keys. It was fine for games where you only had to press a handful of keys repeatedly,…
... plastic-but-spongy keys. It was fine for games where you ... long bits of text in was a bit of a pain ... .
Was the +2 and +3 keyboard ... looks a lot more useable, was it?i was almost killed at lunchtimei was walking past some mills on my way to the sarnie shop, when a tile fell from the roof and missed my head by a foot. (the distance will shorten a…
i was walking past some mills on ... i retell the story) it was fom 5 stories up so ...What was the best speccy model?What was your favourite speccy model (non-clone)? A close one for me between the 48k rubber keys and the Sinclair 128k machines. Rubber face just w…
What was your favourite speccy model (non-clone)?
A close one for me between the 48k rubber keys and the Sinclair 128k machines. Rubber face just won in the end.
