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  • Monty Mole GamesWith [url="http://www.spanglefish.com/egghead/news.asp"]work well underway on Egghead 6[/url] I've been looking at various flip-screen platform games…

    ... 've been looking at various flip-screen platform games across a variety ...
    jonathan jonathan June 2017 Games
  • Dozenbear, metroidvania webgame, use just 12 moves between the 12 checkpoints[b]Dozenbear[/b] is a simple metroidvania webgame. The main gimmick is that you only have 12 moves to travel between each of the 12 checkpoints. h…

    ... . Anyway this game uses simple flip-screen game mechanics, so it could ...
    BdR BdR February 2020 New game ideas
  • ScrollingBit of a daft topic but anyway... Which game had the best scrolling? I would have to volunteer Commando and its silky-smooth scrolling. A particula…

    ... machine code to scroll the screen horizontally - It was easier to ... worse - Cybernoid was a great flip screen game - If it had been ... to have less enemies on screen, less scope for colourful graphics ...
    Neil^P Neil^P June 2002 Games
  • The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…

    ... colour, multi-direction scrolling (no flip screen). Somehow lacks the atmosphere of ...
    Arjun Arjun June 2002 Games
  • Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still

    ... it's also the first 'Flip Screen' game I've attempted, so ...
    Darkside Darkside July 2002 Games
  • which is the best pc remake of a spectrum game?which is the best remake of a spectrum game for the pc?

    ... -wise) and the game is flip-screen, so the Spectrum could handle ...
    Jmk Jmk December 2002 Games
  • NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASES: HOP 'N' CHOP & GLOOP! Now availableTwo new Cronosoft releases for the Spectrum are now available for purchase online, or by mail order: [url="http://www.cronosoft.co.uk"]www.cronosoft…

    ... 2 (and it?s a flip-screen affair, so no scrolling problems ... you go back onto that screen, but that?s not too ...
    sickhappyidle sickhappyidle April 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... going to scroll or be flip screen? cause if it's gonna ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... before, but i think a flip screen with interlace would be cool ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... scroll. but if it's flip screen then i hope the most ... at the edge of the screen.
    - Redrawing background under the ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • 1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)

    ... this type involves doing each screen/sprite/etc., and then it ... be able to churn out flip screen Dizzy type games, pick up ...
    Sadako Sadako April 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Transformers - questionOkay, I know the game was a bit of a turd but it was the first full price game I ever bought. Anyway, did anyone ever finish it? After you complete…

    Pav, excellent map. I know the game doesnt fully flip screen so this must have been very tricky to do. Well done.
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree April 2004 Games
  • Green Beret-esque games?Can anyone recommend me some 2D horizontally scrolling shooty/ninja-y type games that compare well to Green Beret? Although not the best of games (I …

    ...

    Please note that flip-screen and/or platform games (e ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2004 Games
  • Another game I am looking for. and YOU can help me find it.Ok, I remembered this game I played 10 years ago. It was on same casette as Quazatron. It is a 2d platform shooter. You control some kind of soldier/…

    Antiriad it can't be - the armour is purple. This description is unfortunately common to a lot of Spectrum games... Can't you at least remember whether it was a scrolling or a flip-screen game?
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2004 Games
  • Another game I am looking for. and YOU can help me find it.Ok, I remembered this game I played 10 years ago. It was on same casette as Quazatron. It is a 2d platform shooter. You control some kind of soldier/…

    ... /> I repeat: was it a flip-screen or a scrolling game? That ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2004 Games
  • Another game I am looking for. and YOU can help me find it.Ok, I remembered this game I played 10 years ago. It was on same casette as Quazatron. It is a 2d platform shooter. You control some kind of soldier/…

    ... .

    It is a FLIP-screen game.
    Character is bigger ... .
    Few enemies on the screen.


    Thanks for ...
    Vortexrider Vortexrider May 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 …

    ... didn't scroll - they were flip-screen.

    That was my ...
    Gwyn Gwyn 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 …

    ... didn't scroll - they were flip-screen.

    That was my ...
    MattLamb MattLamb July 2004 Games
  • 3 in 1 NTG3 in 1 name that game 1) You are a ninja cyborg or something. A side view flip screen. Most screens look alike with just a few details different. Th…

    ... across a map or something. Flip screen, top-down tilted view. Whenever ...
    Erlstoned Erlstoned August 2004 Games
  • If there's ONE thing that......frustrated you about the spectrum when you were a kid (not now) what would it have been? 1) The attribute colour problem 2) The sound 3) The size…

    ... 's display was fine for flip screen stuff like JSW or Dizzy ...
    AndyC AndyC September 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... use this even on still screen games).

    2. Hi ... on the strength of a Flip screen version of a scrolling game ...
    b00mzi11a b00mzi11a September 2004 Games
  • 8 BIT WARSwhen 8bits ruled the home market Speccys, C64 and Amstrad were the big 3 fighting it out for supremecy.... but they didnt survive which as we know wa…

    ... use this even on still screen games).
    [/quote]
    ... needs about 16K for a screen regardless of mode, so ... point in RAM of the screen i think, i've ... is 4 colours on the screen (which can be split) ... on the strength of a Flip screen version of a scrolling ...
    TMR TMR September 2004 Games
  • gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.

    ... . Once I finish my 2d, flip-screen version of Quake, which is ...
    Erlstoned Erlstoned October 2004 Games
  • Opinions on CauldronAs it's coming up to Hallowe'en i thought I'd look at Cauldron for the first time in years and years. I haven't played the C64 version, but I'm sure …

    Much as I hate to admit it, the Commode version blew away the Speccy one. A flip screen horizontally scrolling shoot em up was not a good idea.
    Vampyre Vampyre October 2004 Games
  • Technical ExcellenceI don't know if I'm covering old ground here, forgive me if I am... I'm interested to find out what you all think was technically the best spectrum …

    Lords of Midnight/Doomdarks revenge for me. Fitting that huge world into 48k was an amazing feat.

    The precursor to all those flip screen RPGs.
    beanz beanz July 2005 Games
  • 128k Screen Flipping - Sample Code PleaseI know this has been covered before, but I cannot find out code to do the following: On a 128k Spectrum tell the speccy to display from address 4915…

    ... 49152, the screen is black when I flip (Is this ... rampage)
    xor 8 ; flip screen bit
    ld (rampage), ... call PageRam ; effects the flipped screen

    ld a ...
    robpearmain robpearmain February 2006 Development
  • Development SurveyI was just wondering how many people are actually developing games or programs for the Speccy. I'm not talking about people who "plan" to write somet…

    ... Invaders with bats, and a flip-screen layout. It's called, "Dracula ...
    Graz Graz February 2006 Development
  • name the game, possibly hard.you are a roller skate going round a maze, avoiding holes in the floor.

    ... The Game) - jungle, amulet, caves, flip screen maze, wulf
    Jet Set ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton February 2006 Games
  • 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 …

    ... 's a Complete bastard
    (Flip-screen affair where none of the ...
    Graz Graz March 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Wanted: Game Ideas!Ok then here goes nothing. I'm a reasonably good programmer, but I'm really no good at coming up with game ideas and graphics. So if any of you have…

    ... I gather it's a flip-screen maze type thing.


    - Screen graphics could be stored as ... the edge of the screen. An entire screen could be called with ... things are going on on-screen.

    - Background tiles ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous April 2006 Development
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