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Loadsa bullets on screen (silkworm)Did games like silkworm just draw everything to the screen or did they have complicated optimisations? and the types of games where sprites can occu…
Did games like silkworm just draw everything to the screen or did they have complicated optimisations?
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Speed RunningI've recently got into watching a lot of PS1 / N64 era speed runs. Does anyone know if there is a Speccy speed run scene? I've not been able to conju…
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How to load assembly language programs onto a ZX SpectrumHello, I have recently started learning Zilog assembly for the ZX spectrum, and have written a game and some simple programs. These all work fine in…
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Let's rock the boat a bit! Julian Gollop is not everybodies favourite person right now!Oh my! :)) https://www.techspot.com/news/79164-x-com-spiritual-successor-phoenix-point-epic-games.html https://www.reddit.com/r/PhoenixPoint/co…
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... /57040/im-looking-for-other-games-like-the-muncher-that-use-double ... -colour"]im looking for other games like the **** that use double height ... -
Anyone else tried Elvenar?I just signed up for my wife's sake because she was into Skyrim and really enjoys games like this. Me, I gave it 5 frustrating minutes and handed it …
I just signed up for my wife's sake because she was into Skyrim and really enjoys games like this. Me, I gave it 5 frustrating minutes and handed it over for her to suss out. We'll probably share the same character - an elf called Seeker Llewelyn. -
"Doubled Up" Standard Size Cassette Cases.Was Viz (Virgin Tronix) the only game that had 2 standard sized cassette cases merged together to house the two tapes? I think it is the only one I …
... only one I have got like this but there could be ... know if there are other games like this ? (that's a hard ... house" discount arm of Virgin Games but I could not find ... are any more Speccy cartoon games? Looking at the WOS archive ... -
[Video] Mag Max RemixToday we are looking at Mag Max but not the original release. This is a remix with a few additions and from now on I will be covering all Spectrum ga…
... will be covering all Spectrum games like this. The people who remix ... these games are amazing and really add ... lot to some real boring games on the system. There is ... -
Wordles?I got the message about Wordle so I wanted to try it out.so I decided to see if it was on Steam (my first port of call for this type of thing) . I pa…
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Best joystickWhat was your best joystick to use for the Speccy? Mine would have to go to the Atari VCS original. This was a joystick that could live thru just ab…
... that was perfectly usable for games like Fighter Pilot, Paper Boy and ... -
What are you playing now?A bit off topic for this forum perhaps, but I'm curious about what games people are playing now. Platform does not matter. It's crazy, I have lots a…
I've been playing an obscure Speccy game from 1983 called "Manic Miner". I've just completed it for the first time. I thought games like these would be a lot easier, but this really is quite a tricky one. Anyone else find Manic Miner tough? -
3d Monster mazeWas 3d Monster Maze ever out on the Speccy? I LOVE this game on the ZX81 but have never found it for the Speccy. If so, is it on WoS anywhere? I can'…
... released a few 3d speccy games like knot in 3d and 3d ... format add a few extras like colour and release it on ... -
Cassette 50Can anyone tell me where I can get hold of 'Cassette 50' by cascade games? I have looked on loads of different web sites but I just can't find it any…
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Cascade Games started off as a small ... Cassette 50 on early machines like the ZX81, PET and Acorn ... ' on the Spectrum, containing four games, none of which appeared on ... went on to write proper games like ACE and eventually gave birth ... -
Confounded modern thingsIt appears the server instability has left a gap in the forums listing so I'll post this again. Given a complete lack of anything on the projects pa…
Games like Mario Kart aren't that ... and third perspective 3d driving games.
Also I found ... games for the Speccy, plenty of turn based yes, but nothing like ... -
Movie ConversionsWho loves the classics "Batman the Movie", "Ghostbusters I and II", "Ninja Turtles", and "RoboCop 1 and 2"? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh so many memories!!! I'd…
Moive conversions the best games on the Spectrum? Are you ... are crap as a rule, games like Robocop are the exception. -
What is the most original game youve played on speccy??Hi, ppl I know its hard to answer this kind of questions coz you must to leave a lot of other games but.. What is the most original game youve play…
For sheer originaility it has to be Skool Daze. They simply don't make games like this anymore. Whatever happened to the Microsphere and David Reidy? -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... with my age than the games available. I would probably have ... -em-ups and other great games like F-Zero, Zelda abd Super ... also rate fairly highly with games like Deus Ex, Red Alert 2 ... , Half Life and older games like transport tycoon, UFO,x-com ... -
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... to the screen, most C64-games managed to update the screen ... rate than what most Spectrum games did.
The actual ... cope with certain types of games like Turrican 2 for instance. Conversely ... the raw CPU-speed that games like Super Hang On needed.
Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... Spectrum couldn't cope with games like Turrican 2 mainly based on ... memory was simply linear. Most games which used colour extensively would ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... and it's true in games like Driller that the Speccy has ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... . There was no smooth games with 8 pixel scrolling since ... The alternative that most speccy games used was to update the ... is watching movement on screen. Games like turrican suffered terribly from this ... C64 was better at scrolling games.
For gods ...Your favourite machine apart from The SpectrumI've asked this on a couple of other sites, so now it's time to ask it here: what is your favourite machine, forgetting about the Speccy? For me, it'…
... were better at CPU-intensive games like Super Hang On, and the ... C64 was better at scrolling games like Turrican 2.
A ...Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... still don't find playing games like Halflife (even the 1st ... defeat extremely difficult games - I just play games for a bit ... probably the majority of speccy games were just as difficult and ... very difficult long-winded games that are like trying to complete ...Looking for two games (forgot names?)....1. A game where you bounce around as a little ball. It was like a 2d platform game. You have to collect fruit or something. Later on the platforms di…
... face it, how many Spectrum games do we Spec-fans still ... Spectrum the range of available games was limited by the capabilities ... titles, and on the Spectrum games of this kind were extremely ... is also true that superb games like Shogun: Total War (a masterpiece ...That Nostalgia ThangI was bored sitting waiting on a bus the other day and it was bucketing down with rain. As it does in gloomy situations like that, my mind started t…
... would record everyones scores for games like Hypersports, Jet pac, Flying Shark ...moneyWhen i was younger and writing speccy games in basic with the occasionaly machine code subroutine, i used to dream of writing a hit game and making a…
... in the shareware market selling games like Secret Agent and Commander Keen ... team (old friends of theirs like the great level designer John ... a lot of distributed dodgy games and money.When software houses ...mercenary: what did u think?mercenary was a fantastic game and i just started playing it again, it wasn't everyones cup of tea though, it had fast graphics (thx to the small scr…
... and pieces.They dont make games like this anymore sadly, and the ... joke........all in all top games.....Good Isometric 3D GamesHi My fave game of all time was Head Over Heels, which I have now completed thanks to emulation. I have also now done Batman and recently discovere…
I know it looks dated compared to games like HOH or Knight Lore, but I still think 3D Ant Attack is a great game.Is there anything new to comeApart from doom. I personally don't think there has been anything all that innovative on the pc. Whereas the Speccy had handfuls of games in that c…
U r right to some extent. Games aren't getting newer because many virgin territories have been covered already. however, games like The Sims and Black & White continue to provide the glimpse of light at the end of the tunnel. I certainly hope so!Is there anything new to comeApart from doom. I personally don't think there has been anything all that innovative on the pc. Whereas the Speccy had handfuls of games in that c…
... speccy. If they could bring games like Grand Theft Auto, MGS and ...
