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  • Games that SHOULD have been madeI have just watched the film scum. I thought what a great speccy game this would have made. Apart from a text adventure:- >Where is your tool? Wha…

    I have just watched the film scum. ... great speccy game this would have made. Apart from a text ... adventure would have been crap. However a 'skooldaze' type would have been good. (Imagine ... colour!)

    Any other games that were not made? Here is ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty March 2004 Games
  • Games that could have been great...there are a few games that I've always thought that where simply briliant in concept, but for some reason or another they where just crapp... most o…

    there are a few games that I've always thought that where simply briliant ... br />
    most of those games would still work today and ... 's start a list of games that almost made it!

    have probably worked better in the ...
    VanTammen VanTammen November 2006 Games
  • Anything good on the Sam Coupe?I've just tried a Sam Coupe and seen two of its headline games/conversions in action - Lemmings and Prince of Persia. Both are excellent. This comput…

    ... , even a lot of games that featured on the various diskmags years ago ... more worthy that just being stuck on a diskmag, and should have been released on their own ... !) had some games that people thought were crackers and that I should have sold for ...
    Quazar Quazar March 2007 Games
  • Japanese-only or lesser-known games you playedI've noticed by their comments there are a few people on WOS (hi Vertigo, dm_boozefreek etc.) who have played titles which were either never released…

    ... get a bundle of whatever games had been released that week.

    Anyway ... Fight Palace (think this got released on the Amiga too, but it ... at a time platform puzzler that should have been released in the UK (I think ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek March 2008 Chit chat
  • Your top five lists...If you're bored, skiving off work, or just want to increase your post count, then feel free to post your top five lists of anything at all here. I am…

    ... br /> 4. Showing Tennis on the telly (incredibly, watching ... /> 4. Rocket: Robot on Wheels,
    5. Jumping ...



    Games that should have been converted to the Spectrum but ... conversion people were working on on this forum?),
    3 ...
    ewgf ewgf August 2009 Chit chat
  • 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…

    ... .

    The point that everyone seems to be missing ... still bloody annoyed that DD was so crap on the Speccy ( ... to make the Speccy version that should have been released way back when. I personally ... , and I think he should be praised for his enthusiasm ...
    Malc74 Malc74 June 2003 Games
  • First on Speccy, later in the arcades?I don't know exactly, so this is the question: there are some original speccy games that deserves an arcade conversion? or at least an arcade machine…

    ... , a few Broderbund games were too (Lode Runner, Raid on Bungling Bay ... , Chopper Lifter)
    Regarding home computer games that SHOULD have been arcade games ... course you COULD put these games into a custom-made arcade ...
    darkman darkman September 2004 Games
  • Whats the slowest game?By this, I mean, what game has the slowest response time. The Hobbit takes a fair while to draw some of its picures, and you have to wait quite a bi…

    ... Hobbit,plays a lot better on the emulators cranked up, Super ... maybe Jack the Nipper had been there he he) and ... were they thinking!)

    Games that should have been slow but for some reason ... on the later 16bit versions albeit there were better 3d games ...
    Mort! Mort! September 2006 Games
  • Whats the slowest game?By this, I mean, what game has the slowest response time. The Hobbit takes a fair while to draw some of its picures, and you have to wait quite a bi…

    [QUOTE]Games that should have been slow but for some reason ...
    It looks slightly faster on the BBC Micro than the ... on the later 16bit versions albeit there were better 3d games ... reasonable enough for strategy/adventure games on most 8 bits; it just ...
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2006 Games
  • Boxes and Boxes of Books!!![URL="http://zxgoldenyears.com/images/books.jpg"]Yaaaay!!! I got books. I got books. I got books.[/URL] Do you got books? Andrew (Sorry... a …

    ... your effort, pat yourself on the back for a job ... get to keep an eye on the Spectrum/retro scene ... see that you have included quite a few games that I missed out on, especially ... are looking for suggestions for games that should have been included let me know, I ...
    Nick Elliott Nick Elliott January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Boxes and Boxes of Books!!![URL="http://zxgoldenyears.com/images/books.jpg"]Yaaaay!!! I got books. I got books. I got books.[/URL] Do you got books? Andrew (Sorry... a …

    ... your effort, pat yourself on the back for a job ... get to keep an eye on the Spectrum/retro scene ... see that you have included quite a few games that I missed out on, especially ... are looking for suggestions for games that should have been included let me know, I ...
    andrew_rollings andrew_rollings January 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Your views on...Fairlight[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001712]Fairlight[/url] Now, this is one game that I regret never playing. Tell a lie, I did t…

    Can only agree that the atmosphere was second to none, Knight Lore will always be king, but nevertheless, Fairlight was much more advanced and a classic game, it should have been released on the 16bits IMHO, unless it was, was it?
    Fizza Fizza January 2009 Games
  • Your views on...Fairlight[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001712]Fairlight[/url] Now, this is one game that I regret never playing. Tell a lie, I did t…

    ... =Fizza;332146]Can only agree that the atmosphere was second to ... and a classic game, it should have been released on the 16bits IMHO, unless it ... , at least not on the Atari ST. Just on the Speccy and ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2009 Games
  • Double Dragon Remake: The Development ThreadOk guy's, so this is the new thread that will be focusing on Jim Bagley's development of the Double Dragon remake that was first proposed by myself a…

    ... games that should have been better (see the recent Bubble Bobble and R-Type 128 on ... the sort of thing that could easily have sat on late 80s store ...
    AndyC AndyC March 2012 Development
  • Worst Spectrum Game Of All Time?Before people start to moan, I have done a search and cant seem to find a thread lol What is the worst game you have ever played? Alky Ollie is mi…

    ... /> Literally thousands of truly terrible games on the spectrum; (some just laughably ... lots of high profile games that should have been good, and could have been good, and were ... /> same for some games that worked really well on the C64 but got ...
    weesam weesam April 2012 Games
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    ... far as a cartridge option then would the cartridge house other needed ... way to compress and decompress on the fly without impacting performance ... . Its just one of those games that should have been available back in the day ...
    retrogod retrogod December 2014 New game ideas
  • New Game: BALACHOR'S REVENGEBalachor is back.. Here it is..! [B]Balachor's Revenge[/B], the sequel to Catacombs of Balachor. By me & Rorthron - our second game. [IMG]http://i10…

    ... @-)
    what other games will you have in physical form.

    Haha, well I should be prepared for you this ... are unlikely to be generally released again, but there may ... Phaeton, and a few others that should have been released a while back.
    ...
    Graz Graz August 2015 Brand new software
  • My +2 has gone completely madApart from the two +3s I'm trying to get into perfect working order (or as near as I can manage), I know my venerable old +2 with its steadily-browni…

    ... grey case has never quite been the epitome of a perfectly ... it had trouble loading 128K games that should have been straightforward (at least emulation tells ... possibly-degrading capacitors will also have taken their toll...

    The Mighty Dopethrone The Mighty Dopethrone November 2017 Chit chat
  • Announce: EmuZWin 2.5 Release 2.2 Post-FinalEmuZWin Version 2.5 Release 2.2 post-FINAL (16-Oct-2004): [-] A small pause added between TAP blocks while loading tape from .TAP image (otherwise s…

    ... to host a few games that I have been working on and a few screen ... their site on mine ?

    I would appreciate that

    on 2004-11-02 07:15 ]
    Arm73 Arm73 November 2004 Emulators
  • Hidden gamesAs you may or may not know, Zub has a hidden game in it (a kind of shoot em up). Is there any other games which have hidden games in them? I guess …

    Cascade 50 had 50 games that should have been hidden :)
    Saboteur Saboteur August 2007 Games
  • games that never lived up to the hypewas there ever any games u throught were good to play but when u played them u did not like them

    ... - now that should have been great on all home machines, the gameplay could have been re-captured ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers February 2011 Games
  • Monkey Island On Speccy...I would love to see Monkey Island on the speccy...think it can be done...not as much detail or graphics...but along the same story lines.... What ot…

    ... something new in the Spectrum that the same old adventure with ... know what the end result should look like as we would ... following the original rather than have a new project spiral out ... . Its just one of those games that should have been available back in the day ...
    retrogod retrogod March 2013 New game ideas
  • Anyone Buying a PS4 or Xbox One as Soon as They Are Released?...or, like me, will you wait until they are much cheaper and much smaller. I'm guessing most people on here are over 30 and have bills to pay so ?35…

    ... that moan1 or shall we call it original moan, if you have ... another one?[/QUOTE]

    I think that was original ... which will be the moan that should have been released in the first place.
    ADJB ADJB November 2013 Chit chat
  • Anyone Buying a PS4 or Xbox One as Soon as They Are Released?...or, like me, will you wait until they are much cheaper and much smaller. I'm guessing most people on here are over 30 and have bills to pay so ?35…

    [QUOTE=ADJB;735409]I think that was original moan until the ... which will be the moan that should have been released in the first place.[/QUOTE ... moan to the re-moan that's really bad even though ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek November 2013 Chit chat
  • I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…

    ... I've just started it on the PC version, but ... before I was ganged up on! Judging from the wiki ... />
    If you have a PC with enough grunt ... for just under ?7 on Steam at the moment ... a load of stuff that should have been correct on release day. When applied ...
    Vampyre Vampyre January 2014 Chit chat
  • What should your speccy have come with ?:) I was thinking about this earlier. What changes should of been made to the Speccy when you purchased yours ? Realistically this topic really…

    ... there is much extra that should have been included on the rubber key models ... in cartridge slot. If the joystick ports had been wired ... cost of the cartridge slot again would only have been PCB area ... bit DRAM chips, Sinclair should have upped the memory to 80k ...
    1024MAK 1024MAK January 2017 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I am currently watching.....This stems from a rant Mel did months ago on the currently listening to thread, and he suggested starting a thread like this to somebody (sorry can't…

    ... for the new Star Wars that I'm not even going ... much so it almost made that movie redundant), introduced awful, ... 's a pathetic movie that should have been left on the cutting room floor.
    that saving-the-tribe episode was ...
    Vampyre Vampyre December 2019 Chit chat
  • Games that, if Ultimate had released them, you wouldn't have been suprisedOK so I know lots of people on here are not great fans of the Ultimate games. To me they are the best of the best. Which games could have passed the…

    ... people on here are not great fans of the Ultimate games. To ... best.

    Which games could have passed the Ultimate quality test ... ? If they had released them you would have been convinced they wrote them ...
    torot torot March 2012 Games
  • If they'd have been released in the 80s...Hello again, Firstly, thank you to everyone who participated [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=19786]in this thread.[/url]…

    ... course, more opinions are welcome on that subject, so keep them coming ... must have ('killer app') games from today's crop if they had been released ... have been as sucessful as any '81 game, the only other title that ...
    Shaun.Bebbington Shaun.Bebbington March 2008 Games
  • If they've have been ported to the Spectrum...Spec-chums, There were many games that for various reasons never made it to the spectrum. As an aside to the If they'd have been released in the 80s…

    ... br />
    There were many games that for various reasons never made ... to the If they'd have been released in the 80s thread, I ... one off on the games that should've,could've and would've been ported ... Dune II would do better on the speccy, but beyond Stonkers ...
    SnakeOilSteve SnakeOilSteve March 2008 Games
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