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Best Speccy ProgrammersRe-post from the thread "Who is your fav speccy programmer". It was getting rather unwieldy so I thought I'll post a new topic on this. So, after mu…
Atic Atac vs Sabre WulfThese two were pretty similar- someone described Sabre Wulf as "Atic Atac with leaves", which is a bit harsh. I personally think that Atic Atac is th…
Atic Atac wins for me, not only because it was the first speccy game I ever had, but I still enjoy playing it (just the other week in fact I finished it with 96%) :)Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
The first computer game I remember being advertised in ...Games TV ad.I just came across an mpeg of a Zelda tv commercial, which I reached from Fuzzbucket's website. I thought it was nothing short of hilarious... In th…
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The first computer game I remember being advertised in ...A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... to pin-point one single game. So here is my list ... /> 1) Knightlore - for being the first
2) Head over Heels ... ) 3D Ant Attack - The first 3d game on any 8 bit console ...A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
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7) 3D Ant Attack - The first 3d game on any 8 bit console I wonder? correct me if I'm wrong.
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How you dare calling the Spectrum a "console"!!!!!! :mad:A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... ) 3D Ant Attack - The first 3d game on any 8 bit console ...A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... 3D ant attack was the first 3d game on 8 bit systems ...A game that took the Spectrum to its maximumWhat Spectrum games took it to the maximum of its capacity? I think R-Type is a good example. What are yours?
... 3D ant attack was the first 3d game on 8 bit systems ...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…
... sure what the last commerical game I bought was. The local ... so that was the last commercial game I got..... and now that ...Dizzy Games - Were they really that good?I know I will get shot down in a hail of swear words, but......and its a big but (so to speak)....Were the Dizzy games really that good, and worth al…
I only ever bought the first Dizzy game at the time (but have ... !
Yes, the same game engine was probably used in ... confines of the same game engine for each game, or did this ... often be found humming the first game's catchy title music to ...Retro Remakes: Jetpac & HyperbowlMy brother and I comprise Banshee Studio's (known in the Spectrum era as Banshee Software and Redsoft). We have completed writting a PC retro remake…
... as it was my first ever game purchase for the
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I ... to the difficulty. The first time it happened I ... score on one of my first goes... but there again ... . When I started the game I thought the man looked ...Worst game - sort ofAny suggestions for worst game - but not just worst game period - the worst game that has had a lot of work go into it and ought to have been good, b…
Worst non-commercial game:
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:)great giana sistersI dont know if this is the most asked question of all time, but where can one get a download of this incredible game for the speccie?
... Shigeru Miyamoto was developing his first video game. Based on Popeye, this ... popular in America. The game was scripted, but shortly ... ideas. The result was a game entitled Donkey Kong, starring ... next game, Donkey Kong Jr. starred "Mario" for the first time ...EthnipodErm, how on earth do you play it?
I know, with a bit of sound, maybe some more levels (which were easy to design with the level editor he wrote) I think it could have made a good commercial game.Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
... is self-proclaimed as the first isometric game? Just an idea -- excellent ...COLLEGE DROPOUTS OF THE WORLD!HIP-HIP! HORRAY! Another reason to love computers. All the successful people in the computers scene are a bunch of slackers and college dropouts. L…
... and helped develop them into first generation game players / programmers / social recluses ...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…
im totaly new here.. but i seem to remember that the first 'wally' game was on cartridge too?.. am i wrong?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…
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Automania was the first 'Wally' game, followed by Pyjamarama, Everyone's ... did release an 'epic' fantasy game, entitled Shadow Of The Unicorn ... which incorporated much of the game code on a bespoke 64K ... remains the one and only game to have included the ...Retro Remakes Competition - The Conclusion!!!!Just had a look at Retro Remakes site([url]http://www.remakes.org/[/url]), noticed that the competition that they were running finished on Friday. A …
... features. it was the first thing i used to make ... in fact that Dizzy game was the main one i ... my version of the first Dizzy game's music is in ... it was done with a "game creator", thats stupiid, why ... besides STOS/AMOS are not "game creators" although they appeal ...Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…
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Fantasy World Dizzy (First speccy game, completed it in a week ... something?)
Jet Set Willy(first anger at your "prize" for ... !)
Super Robin Hood(The first game I sold home-made maps ... /> Magic Land Dizzy(The SECOND game I sold home-made maps ...New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!
... an updated missile command type game, maybe with nice backgrounds, ...
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another game also came to mind the ... , i havent 'started' the first and im already thinking about ... tape system sussed. The first C64 game BALLOONACY will be out ...New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!
... incorporated it into one big game.... Well my version would take ... design a menu and selectthe game you want! :)
< ... know, i havent 'started' the first and im already thinking about ... tape system sussed. The first C64 game BALLOONACY will be out very ...What is the name of this football managment game?It was a world cup managment game, it had running text commentaary, I don't know who made it or when but I had it on a tape with Jumbly, Chuckie Egg …
Yes it was a commercial game, and I have just read the previous post and it sounds like it could be the same game.Legality of remakes?Hi All There's much written on this site about the legality of downloading software without distribution rights but very little on the legality of r…
... sued by Nintendo because the game was just too similar ... case the clone was a commercial game. *HOWEVER* in the 80s ... or Space Invaders clones, both commercial and freeware, that went ... identical gameplay to the original commercial release.
Remakes ...Best 16K game (AKA JetPac vs Deathchase)I'm not sure whether this has been asked before, so I thought I'd narrow it down. Let's face it, there are two games that stick out from the rest in …
I'm going to have to break with tradition here and say that my personal favourite was Horace Goes Skiing, although Cookie was indeed a real classic. Maybe I'm just biased as HGS was the first video game I ever owned.Just out of interest ...........viruses?Im quite large on a few music messageboards and help people out about being secure on the net and warning of viruses and stuff, and has it happens i …
... called Fred Cohen wrote the first computer virus for a VAX ... academic exercise.
The first 'commercial' virus was written in Pakistan ...Most controversial game ever...?The most controvertial game that I can personally think of would have to be 'Raid Over Moscow'. You play as the leader of a squadron of US planes and…
... Ripper[/I] was the first computer game ever to receive a cert ....P filesAs this appears to be the standard for ZX81 files for the near future can anybody point me to the required tools and if possible a tutorial on how to…
... . Pirate Island which is a commercial game I copied comes to 292K ...New project for 256 colours Games emulator!O.K. , I suggested Jonathan Needle ( Creator of the excellent Spectaculator at [url="http://www.Spectaculator.com"]www.Spectaculator.com[/url] ) to c…
... you want to play a game in more colours chances is ... 're thinking of some big commercial game that already had been before ...
