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  • Can anybody recommend some funny text adventure games?Any really funny text adventure games out there? I'm just getting into text adventures again, so any REALLY FUNNY recommendations would be much appr…

    I remember getting a copy of Your Sinclair once, and it had a text adventure on the covertape called Escape (I think!!!). I remember it being really short and easy, but it was a funny game... damn good laugh!!
    GreenCard GreenCard December 2007 Games
  • Thanatos and grey +2 incompatibleThanatos (original release) loads ok on original Sinclair 128k, but not Amstrad +2. Not even in USR 0 mode. 'THANA128' will only load on original 1…

    ... was with a Sinclair User covertape game, Bear a Grudge. That ...
    Pascal Tournois Pascal Tournois December 2007 Games
  • captain pytronhello i am trying to map this game but i am stuck.i have gotten to the 3rd floor,but now nothing.it says in the magazine covertape notes that you ar…

    ... know why in the magazine covertape page,the main sprite is ...
    ladderman ladderman December 2007 Games
  • A suggestion about new gamesI'm talking about "[I]Brand New Games[/I]" ([I]Isotopia, Daytona USA, Space Rocks[/I]...) Don't you think they must be in a separate part in the arc…

    ... ? Games that only appeared on covertape? (and what if we don ...
    mheide mheide January 2008 Games
  • Name the GameSomeone over at the Retro Gamer forum is asking what game this is for the Speccy, lets do WOS proud !... "I remember playing a game on my Speccy, bu…

    ... recall it appearing on a covertape though.

    Necros ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton January 2008 Games
  • Name the GameSomeone over at the Retro Gamer forum is asking what game this is for the Speccy, lets do WOS proud !... "I remember playing a game on my Speccy, bu…

    ... recall it appearing on a covertape though.

    Necros.[/QUOTE ...
    mile mile January 2008 Games
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.

    ... Issue 126: Great Eight 15 covertape

    http://www.worldofspectrum ...
    CKay CKay February 2008 Games
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.

    ... , but that was a SU covertape game, after all).
    Pascal Tournois Pascal Tournois February 2008 Games
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.

    ... , but that was a SU covertape game, after all).[/QUOTE]
    frobush frobush February 2008 Games
  • What are the best shoot-em-ups for the Spectrum?I mean, besides Zynaps. That's pretty much a given.

    I was actually quite good at Hyperactive, and I didn't think it was a bad game at all. Well worth the free I paid for it (well technically it was free, SU Covertape as mentioned earlier).

    The graphics were quite good too, if I remember.
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2008 Games
  • CSSCGC 2008 has now officially begunFor coming last in the 2007 crap game compo, I have the honour and privilege of hosting CSSCGC 2008! I have now put up the CSSCGC 2008 website at …

    Excellent stuff DP! Now that tape magazine would have been even better if it had included all the games that were submitted the previous month as a "covertape"! ;)
    Arjun Arjun February 2008 Games
  • games you persevered with, even tho' they were cr*pI remember spending ages on 'Metal Drone' ([url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0003143)[/url], and to be honest it's not a great g…

    I remember a Crash covertape game called Software House - a ...
    SnakeOilSteve SnakeOilSteve February 2008 Games
  • Can someone remember this game for me?Me and my now dead brother used to love it when I was really young(think arounf 5 or 6) it was one of the games included with the Spectrum like Oh Mu…

    Tai-Pan?

    Although I don't think that was ever given away on a covertape?
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2008 Games
  • Can someone remember this game for me?Me and my now dead brother used to love it when I was really young(think arounf 5 or 6) it was one of the games included with the Spectrum like Oh Mu…

    ... ever given away on a covertape?[/QUOTE]Sounds like Taipan to ...
    Vertigo Vertigo February 2008 Games
  • 3D Deathchase - Please tell me whyHowdy, I know I'm wrong already, because everyone else is clearly right, but I don't see the fun in 3D Deathchase. OK so there's some scaling sprites…

    ... then put it on their covertape just before the magazine folded ...
    ToxieDogg ToxieDogg February 2008 Games
  • I am looking for .......ok way way back in 1985 specdrum was released for the spectrum this i know but on a magazine it was either crash or your sinclair or sinclair user …

    Can you remember if it was a type-in or on a covertape?
    rich_chandler rich_chandler February 2008 Announcements
  • Name the game #1,351Okay, Think you were stranded somewhere and the game which boasted 1000s of screens was pretty much made up of yellow and black/red graphic 6s (or w…

    [QUOTE=The Starglider;250769]You managed to get through 3 billions screens???? WOW![/QUOTE]

    Yes I only finished doing it last week!

    ...and I got it on the YS covertape :p
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2008 Games
  • Name the game #1,351Okay, Think you were stranded somewhere and the game which boasted 1000s of screens was pretty much made up of yellow and black/red graphic 6s (or w…

    ... got it on the YS covertape :p[/QUOTE]

    I ... got it on the YS covertape too.

    And as ...
    ToxieDogg ToxieDogg March 2008 Games
  • Name the game #1,351Okay, Think you were stranded somewhere and the game which boasted 1000s of screens was pretty much made up of yellow and black/red graphic 6s (or w…

    ... got it on the YS covertape too.

    And as ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2008 Games
  • Terra cresta and Spiky haroldHello, I have two doubts: 1- Does the game Terra cresta comb have end? 2- In Spiky harold have I taken 55 items, which I have to do later to finish…

    ... 1990 on the Sinclair User covertape. Quite liked it, but had ... Point though (on the same covertape). Maybe I should try it ...
    MattLamb MattLamb March 2008 Games
  • Terra cresta and Spiky haroldHello, I have two doubts: 1- Does the game Terra cresta comb have end? 2- In Spiky harold have I taken 55 items, which I have to do later to finish…

    ... Cresta[/I] on a Crash covertape, used to play it quite ...
    GreenCard GreenCard March 2008 Games
  • YS Crap Game CornerI loved the Crap Game Corner - it was by far my favourite section of YS while it lasted. I've been playing some of the better games that appeared in …

    ... /> Gods was released on the covertape later but under a different ...
    Chris_Y Chris_Y March 2008 Games
  • Your Sinclair cover tapes - hidden games?Ok, this is all from the darkest recesses of my memory, and may or may not be an accurate recollection. I think I remember getting an issue of Your …

    ... originally appeared on a SU covertape and was reused for YS ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton March 2008 Games
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... -GAME SCREENS" section, not the "Covertape" section, which is being looked ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn March 2008 Games
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... , like what happened with the "covertape" section last year, when I ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn March 2008 Games
  • Spindizzy questionHi I have in front of me a tape by Advanced Computer Entertainment, July 1988, which contains Spindizzy (CBM, Speccy, Amstrad versions) and since thi…

    ... mentioned, had Aliens on the covertape; no idea which version (Aliens ...
    StuBruise StuBruise March 2008 Infoseek database
  • Your help needed![FONT=Arial]there are [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/neededscreens.html"]a number of titles[/URL] (146) that still lack an in-game scre…

    ... , like what happened with the "covertape" section last year, when I ...
    mheide mheide March 2008 Games
  • Spindizzy questionHi I have in front of me a tape by Advanced Computer Entertainment, July 1988, which contains Spindizzy (CBM, Speccy, Amstrad versions) and since thi…

    Nice one StuBruise,

    I think R-Type came one a C&VG Games covertape. I need to check again,
    but they were loose (no inlay) AFAIK.

    Cheers

    Andy
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker March 2008 Infoseek database
  • favourite in-game musicwhat's peoples favourite in-game speccy tunes? Midnight resistance is the clear winner for me, followed by Robocop, Bionic Commando, Moon Strike, Tar…

    ... 's only available on a covertape though, I'll post a ...
    CKay CKay March 2008 Games
  • any one seen the top 10 games from retro gamer???are they crazzy??? what the hell??? the top 2 I've never even heard of... turbo esprit on 16th??? no nightmare rally, trantor or match day?(and I…

    ... playing it (via a YS covertape), I just thought 'meh. Is ...
    michaelf michaelf April 2008 Games
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