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  • OK lets be honest, which great games were infact TOO FUGGIN HARDLeading on from another thread there are many great speccy games, so called Crash Smashes etc etc. But infact are they that good when they're so bloo…

    ...
    The Greatest Speccy Games....but were they if they ... difference between Good hard games aka Lunar Jetman and ... Sim games.

    Both ... in any ones book classic games also proven classics ... love these type of games (back in the good ...
    Humbug Humbug February 2005 Games
  • About z88dk and autoexecsThis weekend I was playing a little with z88dk C cross Compiler. Amazing tool! I have three questions: 1- Does anybody know how to change the initia…

    ... mix assembler and C. For arcade games, pure C is not recommended ... . But for other kinds of games or things like utilities, there ... C and asm in your arcade games can make development time a ...
    Alcoholics Anonymous Alcoholics Anonymous February 2005 Development
  • coin-op conversions What's your favorite Spectrum coin-op conversion. Mine's Ghost's & Goblins.

    ... the Speccy versions of classic arcade games as its incredible they managed ... ' versions of some of the arcade hits is cool. Space Harrier ...
    psj3809 psj3809 February 2005 Games
  • Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…

    ... was one of my favourite arcade games y'see.
    SnazzyParrot SnazzyParrot March 2005 Games
  • Games that cannot be completed due to bugs - the definitive listIt would be nice if the community of WoS compiled a list of all the games that are known to be impossible to complete due to bugs. Perhaps one day, a…

    ... was one of my favourite arcade games y'see.
    [/quote]
    Bluce_Ree Bluce_Ree March 2005 Games
  • The worst conversion you played!!Could you remember the name of the worst conversion you played on spectrum? Here you have a list of the worst I remember: -kung fu master -final fig…

    ... came out and what the games were like when it did ... ever go to play 3d games on the speccy you gota ... my example show with the arcade games out at that time.

    Some games i think are shite you ...
    HonoredShadow HonoredShadow March 2005 Games
  • Game title helpIts called Manic Miner, but for the life of me I can't remember the description. Sorry its not much to go on, but surely there is someone here that …

    Bound to be one of those nice arcade games from Level 9.....
    LeeT LeeT March 2005 Games
  • New Compo IdeaI've had this idea and would like to know what do you think about it. I think that most of us here know how to code in BASIC. The problem with Specc…

    ... quality of entrants (and final games) should be better with ... basic (even compiled), or that arcade games require fast movement etc, there ... old early 80`s handheld games, they used very few ... and responsive they were quick arcade action games of the best sort ...
    CKay CKay March 2005 Development
  • What's the oldest games developer or publisher?What's the oldest still-operating developer or publisher of computer or video games? I don't mean the brand here, I mean the actual original company…

    ... could" be considered a games machine seeing as I ... have several Games for Calculators books ...
    book on games to play on ... also remember having a book somewhere in a box ... we talking about *computer* games here in this forum???
    Skarpo Skarpo April 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The creator of Rastan SagaHow about this for coincidence the developer of Rastan Saga and other titles (Tom Lanigan) is actually the new IT manager at the place were I work. H…

    Rastan, in the arcade and on the speccy, is ... to have a few arcade games in a local computer shop ...
    Yednab Yednab April 2005 Games
  • CronosoftI ordered a few Cronosoft games a short while ago and they arrived today. Although I've only played the games in question (Egghead III and Rough Just…

    ... stuff, admittidly they were originaly arcade games, on a single disc for ... />
    Imagine Ultimate/RARE/Microsoft Games Studio putting an all formats ... am going to rebuy old games newly released (I have ... from Cronosoft, i.e. new games, on tape, with good ...
    ADJB ADJB April 2005 Games
  • Other EmulatorsI was wondering what emulators for other systems do people have on their PC and are these emulators for systems you used to/still own I only get emu…

    ... .M.E. and System16 for arcade games

    BeebEM for BBC ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers May 2005 Chit chat
  • Games Club - Week 10Hello everyone, Last week I asked you to nominate games written by Pete Cooke the following nominations were received Academy Tau Ceti Brainstor…

    ... , I must be a brainless arcade games player as I couldn't ...
    Spectea_um Spectea_um May 2005 Games
  • Games Club Week 11Last week I asked for games released by Firebird and there was a great response thanks, the following games we're nominated. Flying shark Sidewize …

    I played this game in arcade form for about 12 months ... because i'm crap at arcade games, which, except Golden Tee, I ... probably because I played the arcade version so much.

    ADJB ADJB May 2005 Games
  • So it's only denied FOR US! :>(This is freaking incredible! As you all know, codemasters made a point of not letting anyone play their silly games. But it seems only the speccy com…

    ... have now mentioned Elite's games being removed, but I still ... , apart from the conversions of arcade games by Capcom (on behalf of ... indeed make us remove their games because of it.
    Could ...
    mheide mheide June 2005 Games
  • Congratulations to Martijnfor a top Games TM interview! Colin

    ... rather inadequate at hosting smooth arcade games, but we've often been ... just started programming SGD [Spectrum Games Database], so I was ... welcome, as are instructions for games. Ideally we're after ... free distribution of their older games. I never realised Mr ...
    Skarpo Skarpo June 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Classic games you don't likeProbably most people will hate me but I have to say it. "Manic Miner" & "Jet Set Willy" - two Speccy classic games. But I don't understand why they b…

    ... some people looking back these games might not be classics. ... Invaders and Pacman. Those two arcade games are pretty dull nowadays but ... and different from other Spectrum games at the time and ... us are here playing Speccy games ? Amazing 3d graphics, huge ...
    psj3809 psj3809 June 2005 Games
  • Games that make you stand and stare!A similar thread is going on in the Games forum but thought this would be a good one to open it up to all machines/consoles/arcade/etc... For exampl…

    Dance Revolution arcade games etc, not because the games are any good, but because ... a Gauntlet or Star Wars arcade machine without feeling the urge ...
    dasteph dasteph June 2005 Chit chat
  • Games that make you stand and stare!A similar thread is going on in the Games forum but thought this would be a good one to open it up to all machines/consoles/arcade/etc... For exampl…

    ... :
    Dance Revolution arcade games etc, not because the games are any good ... in awe = Popeye

    Arcade game = Dragon's Lair. 50p ...
    jil jil June 2005 Chit chat
  • "Sinclair Zx Spectrum: Absolutely Better Than Commodore 64"Did you ever read this? [url="http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html"]http://www.alfonsomartone.itb.it/fztsmo.html[/url]

    ... /> Bombjack one of the best arcade games ever is dire on the ... />
    There are many good games on the C64 i just ... find the Speccy games more playable and to me ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2005 Games
  • Outrun 2Today I ended up in the seaside resort of Tramore, Co. Waterford. Naturally I headed straight for the video game arcades where I discovered Outrun 2.…

    ... a go on the average arcade machine these days anyway? ?2 ... game.

    These days, arcade games are more expensive per minute ...
    Collie Collie July 2005 Chit chat
  • Outrun 2Today I ended up in the seaside resort of Tramore, Co. Waterford. Naturally I headed straight for the video game arcades where I discovered Outrun 2.…

    ... a go on the average arcade machine these days anyway? ?2 ... game.

    These days, arcade games are more expensive per minute ... . I remember a time where games were 10p a go (sometimes ... 20p for the bigger games). The original Outrun was 50p ...
    Ian Hamilton Ian Hamilton July 2005 Chit chat
  • Cheetah Defender Lightgun?Saw this at the carboot today, anybody know if they're any good? I read a review of it that was favorable and to be fair I should have just got it an…

    ... the same way as the arcade games you see today like House ...
    Spector Spector July 2005 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Does *anyone* remember this?Right, whilst I'm waiting for a driver to download, I thought I'd ask if anyone remembers an animated film I once saw years ago (1970s or possibly ve…

    ... of the old laser disk arcade games, but etter animated!) Does anybody ...
    Bermondsey Bob Bermondsey Bob July 2005 Chit chat
  • Games Club - Week 21Hi, Last week I asked you to nominate games for which Tim Follin provided the music and got the following responses Agent X Bionic Commando (denie…

    ... get to play the club games for several weeks, just to ... for pleasantly wasted time. reminds arcade games.
    de Vandemar Croup de Vandemar Croup July 2005 Games
  • Tie-in licence listWith the various discussions about licensed games, I thought it might be useful to create a full list of all identified tie-ins: [url="http://www.wor…

    ... " licences are based on real arcade games, but we've had this ... based on the Imagic console games for the Colecovision/Intellivision, etc ... Tennis are conversions of console games (MSX I believe).

    Fil Fil August 2005 Games
  • Spectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…

    ... simple games written in BASIC, or sub-standard arcade clones, ... br /> My favourite era for games - original ideas, great gameplay ... /> Fairly good conversions of arcade games, and film tie-ins
    arcade/film license
    ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers September 2005 Games
  • Spectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…

    ... /> (Mostly simple games written in BASIC, or sub-standard arcade clones, quality ... about basic clone of famous arcade games - but does it really started ...
    WhenIWasCruel WhenIWasCruel September 2005 Games
  • What Spectrum games have yet to be bettered on any machine?What Spectrum games do you think are still better than any other of their types, on any machine? I mean, Turbo Esprit is an absolute classic, but I t…

    ... from which the idea spawned arcade games such as The Billiards,Gimmie ...
    jammajup jammajup October 2005 Games
  • Help needed for old manhi im wanting to play some old spectrum games and stumbled across this site and saw some old games from my younger days and the memories come floodin…

    ... now i'm happily playing games on many different formats.< ... MAME , thats an arcade emulator. Imagine the old games such as Commando ... ! Perfect dumps of those classic arcade games, amazing !!!!

    Take ... has 1000's of Speccy games, click on a name and ...
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2005 Emulators
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