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  • New WoS archive cryptic crossword clue threadThere used to be some of these years ago, I've been trying to do cryptic crosswords at the weekends for a while now, and I'm getting better, so I tho…

    [quote="Nomen Luni;984645"]Twisted, abysmal swarf worktop inside your ZX Spectrum! (3,4,5,1,6)[/quote]

    Fat Worm Blows a Sparky
    crunchy_frog crunchy_frog November 2021 Games
  • New WoS archive cryptic crossword clue threadThere used to be some of these years ago, I've been trying to do cryptic crosswords at the weekends for a while now, and I'm getting better, so I tho…

    [quote="crunchy_frog;984650"][quote="Nomen Luni;984645"]Twisted, abysmal swarf worktop inside your ZX Spectrum! (3,4,5,1,6)[/quote]

    Fat Worm Blows a Sparky[/quote]

    Yes!
    Nomen Luni Nomen Luni November 2021 Games
  • Help me to name some games![youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nnf_XqWGVKE[/youtube] Well,I'm trying to make a list of the games appearing on this video,but sadly I can't …

    ... Yesod
    69. Everyone's A Wally
    70. The Empire ... 'n' Guts)
    114. A View To A Kill
    115. Stormlord ... . Enduro Racer
    119. Fatty Worm Blows a Sparky
    120. Krakout
    121 ... & Lissa
    165. Bear A Grudge
    166. Harrier Attack ...
    Bogeyman Bogeyman May 2009 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…

    ...
    5:Uridium
    6:Fat worm blows a sparkie
    7:The Plot ...
    Refrenz Refrenz May 2002 Games
  • Ebay Victory!HAHA! Oh, I know I shouldn't gloat.... but someone tried to snipe a speccy auction I was after and I sniped him back and won it! WOOHOO..... Happy …

    And not forgetting 'FAT WORM BLOWS A PASTY'
    ZX Beccy ZX Beccy January 2008 Chit chat
  • Technically Brilliant But Ultimately Crap GamesMy vote goes for H.A.T.E by Costa Panayi of Vortex Software (one of my fave programmers by the way) H.A.T.E.'s diagonal scrolling was so smooth and …

    Just thought of another one (although some of the review scores suggest otherwise)

    FAT WORMS BLOWS A SPARKY

    technical masterpiece utter pants game!
    zxspecticle zxspecticle February 2008 Games
  • re-name a speccy game (for the lol's)Daley Thompson's 'De-Caff'-a-lon same as the original but you have to ingest copious amounts of de-caffinated coffee in order to achieve decent resu…

    Fat Slag Blows A Sparky

    you play Mark Hughes, after being embroiled in a dressing room 'encounter' with one of the tea-maids at man city. the aim is to avoid the paparazzi at all costs.
    def chris def chris June 2009 Games
  • Caption Compo!Time for a caption compo methinks... Rules are: 10 PRINT "Winner is decided by current holder" 20 PRINT "Current holder can decide winner whenever …

    [SIZE="4"][FONT="Comic Sans MS"]"Fat Worm Blows a Diver"[/FONT][/SIZE]
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk October 2009 Chit chat
  • Take a game - lose a letterHow about another bizarre thread :smile: What game can you take and completely change the way it sounds by just dropping one letter from its title? …

    [B][I]Wor In Paradise[/I][/B] - Text adventure set in an alternate-reality Newcastle constructed entirely of steak & kidney puddin' and broon ale.

    [B][I]Fat Worm Blows a Parky[/I][/B] - not one of his best interviews, to be honest.
    joefish joefish August 2011 Games
  • Help needed indentifying Snake / Tron gameHi there my memory is a little hazy, but a game I used to play to death was similar to the snake game given away with mobile phones these days & al…

    Definitely not Stonkers, but [I]Fat Worm Blows Sparky[/I] could be closer.
    sin Claire sin Claire February 2006 Games
  • Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …

    I particularly liked Critical Mass as the ship had good inertia and the landscape scrolled smoothly below, also Fatworm blows a sparky due to the towering scenery (very good 3d/scrolling effect.
    Mort! Mort! July 2004 Games
  • Best scrolling everHi All - I've been lurking here for a while enjoying reminiscing about my magical 10 years of rubber-keyed fun back in my youth! What game featured …

    ... scrolled smoothly below, also Fatworm blows a sparky due to the towering scenery ...
    jonesmark jonesmark July 2004 Games
  • Izometric games - the best on SpeccyI begin to think that most of my favourite games on Spectrum are izometric games. Great Escape, Fairlight, Last Ninja 2, Quazatron, Batman, Head over…

    Also one of my fav`s Fatworm Blows a sparky, check out Crash 34 pages 142-143 for the review :)
    Mort! Mort! September 2004 Games
  • Ever felt conned?Have you ever read a review for a speccy game and the reviewer gives it a glowing review and you trust him and go out and buy the game only to find i…

    Fat worm was a cover tape at some point - even when it was free it was dreadful.
    Womble Womble March 2006 Games
  • Dr. Polidori - "Because I Can!"aka Yet another insane idea for a thread by Necros. If you could create a hybrid of two well known games and make a completely game out of them, wha…

    The Silkworm in Paradise - A text-only shoot-em-up adventure for one or two players.

    Silkworm Blows A Sparky - A heli and a jeep. Stuck in your Speccy! IN 3D!!!
    Vertigo Vertigo February 2008 Games
  • The Spectrum screenshot odd-one-out round - hard skill levelActually, more like nightmare skill level... If you don't know how to play, then go to the easy questions thread at: [URL="http://www.worldofspect…

    ... ' it's based on a movie, although that could ... it hasn't got a huge map for you ...

    [QUOTE]Re: Fatworm Blows a Sparky

    I'll have ... />

    That's a very clever answer - I'd ... (and probably put in a JSW rewrite where Willy doesn ...
    ewgf ewgf June 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Games that sound rudeFat worm blows a sparky I've never played this game so I've no idea if it's as disgusting as the title implies!

    fat worm got a sizzler.. err crash smash ;) have it but never played it

    the obvious title

    les flics by PSS

    [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002860[/url]
    fog fog August 2011 Games
  • Database with Marks/Ratings - the Greatest Quest......in the World of Speccy Games :-) Dear Specchums, dear friends, I have to announce a website dedicated to my project - "Database with Marks fo…

    ... to 'save' excellent games (like Fat Worm Blows... or Jet Pac) from falling ...
    Alex_Lux Alex_Lux September 2011 Games
  • If games were......ripped off by Adult Movies. It always gave me a bit of a chuckle when I used to go into Blockbuster back in the day and have a look at the titles…

    Fat woman blows the sparky
    Saboteur Saboteur July 2013 Chit chat
  • 1986 Best Loading Screen: from F to H. Ok. Here's another astounding collection of masterpieces waiting for your top five. Who's going to the final? [img]http://www.worldofspectrum…

    ... Firelord
    18 Fairlight II: A Trail Of Darkness
    14 ... Was Death
    2 Fatworm Blows A Sparky - Hypaball
    1 Galaxias - Gunfright
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel October 2016 Games
  • 1986 Best Loading Screen: from F to H. Ok. Here's another astounding collection of masterpieces waiting for your top five. Who's going to the final? [img]http://www.worldofspectrum…

    ... :

    28 Fairlight II: A Trail Of Darkness - Firelord
    2 Fatworm Blows A Sparky
    1 Galaxias
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel November 2016 Games
  • 1986 Best Loading Screen: from F to H. Ok. Here's another astounding collection of masterpieces waiting for your top five. Who's going to the final? [img]http://www.worldofspectrum…

    ... :

    33 Fairlight II: A Trail Of Darkness
    31 ... Was Death
    2 Fatworm Blows A Sparky
    1 Galaxias
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel November 2016 Games
  • Free for collection from West London: +3, Software, variousHi, Just discovered both a stack of old Spectrum stuff, and this site. I have a box containing the following which is free to a good home. You'll …

    ... ,

    Just discovered both a stack of old Spectrum stuff ... , and this site. I have a box containing the following which ... Witch's Cauldron; Chess; Brewery; Fat Worm; iD; Pyracurse; Room Ten; War ... ); 4 Crash Smashes; They Sold A Million; Star Games 2; ZX ...
    RedSwan RedSwan October 2006 Sales
  • Original Imaginative PlayableWhich Spectrum games fit all 3 of these criteria? [B]Original[/B] - Games that were out first or most famous for their Spectrum version [B]AND[/B] o…

    ... Imaginative[/B] - games that had a spark of creative genius, exciting ... with a game (so probably not Deus X Machina or Fat Worm)
    a big imaginative map to explore ... />
    [B]Ant Attack [/B]- A breakthrough in 3D and atmosphere ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack March 2009 Games
  • A few Speccy vids on my (long dormant) Youtube channel...I've had this Youtube channel for a while - so decided it was time to add some content to it... I have no desire to do a lot or be a big youtuber or…

    ... had this Youtube channel for a while - so decided it was ... no desire to do a lot or be a big youtuber or ... be cool if I got a few views. There's already some ...
    retromad retromad July 2016 Announcements
  • Retro-Active Reviews has launched, check us out!Yes, my first ever website is now a go. I've got eleven Crash/ZZAP! style reviews up and ready to read (out of fifteen planned, the other four will …

    ... the pictures do eat up a lot of bandwidth. Hopefully ... and fair reviews, which is a good thing.

    a miserable git, and I ... And you should play Fat Worm....I played it for ... fun, original game, well worth a shot.

    ...
    PaulEMoz PaulEMoz July 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • 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 …

    ... gave a crash smash to critical mass for gods sake and fat worm ... opinion were average games , in a previous rant / defence of sinclair ... your sinclair megagames would be a good idea. If only for ...
    sirclive1 sirclive1 October 2004 Games
  • 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 …

    ... theres no proof, its just a 'conspiracy' and who really cares ... Mass was a very good game whereas i hated Fat Worm.
    < ... it would be a good idea to do a list of games ... and have a column for each one ... if it was a Crash Smash, Sinclair User 5 ...
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2004 Games
  • 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 …

    Curiously, I've got Fat Worm on emualtor in another window, ... to rave over it. As a whole I find SU reviews ... have been entirely above board, a lot of it comes down ... happened on Amiga discussion boards - a clash between Amiga Power's ...
    MartinUK MartinUK October 2004 Games
  • Game reviewsWho do you think gave the fairest reviews and marks for games back in day? Looking back it seems like Your Sinclair were very generous and easily ple…

    ... ! "

    I was never a huge fan of Sinclair User ... majority had grown up with a Speccy and were now much ... reviews spot on (Apart from Fat Worm) and Your Sinclair also i ...
    psj3809 psj3809 January 2006 Games
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