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Mervyn J Estcourt?anyone know what he is doing now and where I can contact him? Programmer of such Speccy classics as 3D Deathchase, Luna Crabs, Full Throttle and Spee…
... of Rome, Pegasus Bridge, Arnhem, Desert Rats, Theatre Europe, Guadalcanal, Avalanche, War ... -
Do you know a strategy game like "stonkers"?Hello to all. Do you know a strategy game like "stonkers" with a CONTEMPORARY movement of troops? Thanks!
I have no idea wot you mean by 'contemporary movement of troops' but two war strategy games I really like are 'Arnhem' and 'Desert Rats'. And if you like them perhaps you would also like 'Theater Europe' and 'Tigers in the snow'. -
Bomb Jack 2Does anyone like this sequel? To me it's a dull, unexciting, badly-designed, visually-horrible mess, even before you consider how great the original …
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Combined remakes!If you wanted to save time and effort by remaking two (or more?) games at once, what would you do? :) My ideas so far are: Jet Set Wheelie -- Ride …
... - Stonkers rewritten using the Desert Rats game engine. Guaranteed not to ... -
Two mini-projectsLooking to help WoS? (If not, why not?) One thing you can easily do with just an emulator and an Internet connection is help fill in those [url="http…
... Adventure, Doomdark's Revenge, Dictator, Desert Rats, Cyclone, Colossal Adventure, Capitan Trueno ... -
Desert Rats (CCS - Robert T. Smith) ManualHi, all. This is a message for Desert Rats adicts. Long time ago i am looking for authentic manual with all the necessary information for playing thi…
... 't have the manual for Desert Rats, it does have the one ... -
Desert Rats (CCS - Robert T. Smith) ManualHi, all. This is a message for Desert Rats adicts. Long time ago i am looking for authentic manual with all the necessary information for playing thi…
I have already glanced to this Vulcan manual, but we know that, although the dynamic of the game is very similar to Desert Rats there are some topics which are treated a bit different.
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Desert Rats (CCS - Robert T. Smith) ManualHi, all. This is a message for Desert Rats adicts. Long time ago i am looking for authentic manual with all the necessary information for playing thi…
... of the manual when playing Desert Rats.
The victory conditions ... to infantry. HQ units in Desert Rats are extremely weak and only ... aren't many features that Desert Rats has that Vulcan doesn't ... -
Desert Rats (CCS - Robert T. Smith) ManualHi, all. This is a message for Desert Rats adicts. Long time ago i am looking for authentic manual with all the necessary information for playing thi…
... of the text from the Desert Rats manual. It's just a ... -
Desert Rats (CCS - Robert T. Smith) ManualHi, all. This is a message for Desert Rats adicts. Long time ago i am looking for authentic manual with all the necessary information for playing thi…
I've just uploaded text and searchable PDF versions of the complete Desert Rats manual to WoS; they should be available in a few days, I expect. -
What's the longest time you've spent playing a game?There's a similar discussion going on in the SFX forums right now and I thought I'd start it here. Around 1990, I spent about 9 or 10 hours playing …
... + turns of the Desert War scenario in Desert Rats which was about two ... -
Which Speccy Game Do You STILL Play The MostPersonally I am seriously clocking up the hours in Gunfright running on the PSP under PSPec. Have obviously clocked the game many many times over, bu…
Chaos
Desert Rats
Lords of Midnight
Manic Miner
Tau Ceti
I could last quite a long time on a desert island with those games and their sequels. -
Best two-player (or more) speccy gamesCan you all suggest some? Cheers.
For the strategy fans out there:
Arnhem
Desert Rats
Encyclopedia Of War: Ancient Battles
Laser Squad
Overlords
Viking Raiders
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Strategy AuthorsJulian Gollop aside can anyone recommend Author's of Strategy games I know that Publishers like MC Lothlorien, CCS and PSS specialised in this type o…
R.T. Smith. (robert t. smith). He wrote Arnhem and Desert Rats - both excellent games. -
Top 10 Spectrum games everName 10 games you think, on your opinion, are the best Spectrum games ever, for any reason. My list is: (in alphabetical order) - Cyclone - Daley Th…
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[*]Tau Ceti/Academy
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that's a bit like stonkersI actually quite liked Stonkers... As it was an early (my era) Speccy game there must have been later games that were similar in playing style - but …
... . T. Smith's games: Arnhem, Desert Rats, Vulcan and Encyclopedia of War ... -
that's a bit like stonkersI actually quite liked Stonkers... As it was an early (my era) Speccy game there must have been later games that were similar in playing style - but …
I liked stonkers too, was original at the time it was released. I also spent hours playing Desert Rats. -
If you were to change back to the Speccy?What game/program would do it for you?
... while watching TV)
- Arnhem, Desert Rats and Rebelstar. It's awesome ... -
If you were to change back to the Speccy?What game/program would do it for you?
... while watching TV)
- Arnhem, Desert Rats and Rebelstar. It's awesome ... -
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…
... units and a realistic map. Desert Rats and Vulcan are both improvements ... -
Massively Multiplayer Spectrum Games?If there was any spectrum game that could be updated played online, what would it be? I'll leave out the obvious ones like Elite, but what about Mult…
most of the css titles such as Desert Rats would be fun. -
Nectaris/Battle Isle-type games for the speccy?Nectaris aka Military Madness (PC-Engine, PC) or Battle Isle (Amiga, PC) were round-based strategy games. When I first played them in the early 90s, …
If you are looking for turn based strategy games, you could try the RT Smith series of games set in WW2: Arnhem, Desert Rats and Vulcan.
Apocalypse from Red Shift Ltd - but no computer player so you need two people. -
myspeccy.org - online gaming which auto-saves scoresIt's a blimmin' miracle - I'm most impressed.
... , Laser Squad, Tau Ceti, Elite, Desert Rats, Heavy on the Magick, etc ... -
Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
Spent hours playing Desert Rats and Vulcan. -
Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
[QUOTE=RND;285090]Spent hours playing Desert Rats and Vulcan.[/QUOTE]
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Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
... is very obviously based upon Desert Rats, but has different scenarios set ... plays quite as well as Desert Rats and Vulcan; it's just ... -
Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
... is very obviously based upon Desert Rats, but has different scenarios set ... plays quite as well as Desert Rats and Vulcan; it's just ... -
Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
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Arnhem came before Desert Rats, and was the first game ... -
Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
I tried Vulcan a few years ago on an emulator but found it hard to get into after so many years away from Desert Rats.
Does anyone know what happened to Robert T Smith?
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Best strategy gameWhat are your favourite strategy games? And don't say Stonkers, although it was fun for a little while in those early days. Mine's Desert Rats. A tr…
... so many years away from Desert Rats.
Does anyone know ...
