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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'…
Hugh Mann you are thinking of Monsters! on the Electron. It ... . I could never use the spectrum combination of qaio and p. I ... . It is based on the arcade bombing game that scrolls left ... rate the BBC above the spectrum for games since it has multiple ... -
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…
... shape through a screen full of platform collecting keys, that's ... military research facility, then all of a sudden something went awry ... point of view. Even in the Spectrum days we had fast arcade games, but ... ourselves, to push ourselves out of our limits. If you' ... -
what made u buy a spectrum?Yo spec-chums what really made you buy a spectrum?. Here is my story i was about 9 and had a oric1, poor me eh?, yes it had 48k but it was just about…
... a book which read '50 Games for Your ZX Spectrum'. My ... hell, we put one of Daniel's presents in.' ... />
Sitting on top of the Stereo was a large ... severe stroke a couple of months earlier and would ... br /> I spent the rest of that day completely glued toi ... -
Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... Name 4 of the 10 games on the Spectrum edition of the SoftAid ... collecting the good pages of The Book and destroying the Dark ... a character from onw of their previous games.
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16: The Gates of Wolfdorp, Pilefoot, Trollwynd. Conversations with ... -
Quiz III - Further adventures of... Ok, 20 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. There …
... Name 4 of the 10 games on the Spectrum edition of the SoftAid ... collecting the good pages of The Book and destroying the Dark ... a character from onw of their previous games.
Now ...
16: The Gates of Wolfdorp, Pilefoot, Trollwynd. Conversations with ... -
Quiz V - the revenge of D`n`C Ok, 50 quick fire questions.. some cryptic - you`ll have un unravel the clues to get the game name, while others are description of the game. Ther…
... the Nov 87 issue of Your Sinclair magazine ... /> Copy of Viz comic book
2: Two games on one ... to GO!
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games written about it, released ... worlds, the mirror image of each other, one good ... -
new speccy game here!!You may remember a while ago I posted a demo of a game I was making on this forum, and I asked at the time whether or not anyone knew of any software…
I downloaded Sid Spider. It's an excellent wee game. Earthshaker is pretty good too. I think these sort of colourful, simple arcade games were one of the Spectrum's strong points. -
Yet Another Speccy Quiz (not too hard)OK! I thought I'd chance my arm at one of these things. I must say I've found the recent quizzes WAY too difficult, so I've pitched this one at simpl…
... book by Ben Elton.
2a. Name one other Spectrum ... /> 4. List the Spectrum games that were released in ROM ... 8. The name of which piece of Spectrum technology was recently and ... 10. (Essay question) "All Spectrum programs that required 'LOAD "" CODE ... -
Please help me!I'm not what you'd call "computer literate" - so... a simple question: I've downloaded a spectrum emulator, now I want to actually play a game! but…
... emulator. MAME is an emulator of another type altogether, which allows ... to play all the classic arcade games of yesteryear. It's a brilliant ... an earlier thread containing lots of advice for newbie Speccy PC ... to check out the CSS Spectrum FAQ, at [url="http:// ... -
What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... , I was obsessed with older arcade games like Op Wolf, Star Wars ... I ever completed in the arcade. I eventually came home, and ... returning from the toilet...the spectrum had not only crashed, but ... almost smacked the thing off of a wall... -
hidden classicshi all , weve all got our favourite games and a lot of answers are very similar when topics such as " best game ever on speccy " are posted , can i a…
... and nice touches (the giant mechanical mouth that brings you ... , the giant spiders, etc.).
Better than most of the british ... Topo Soft was one of my favourite games.
The ... game is excellent, perfect adventure/arcade blend, even though the ... -
What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... , and discovered the arcade version of OUTRUN. Screaming noise of the flat 12 ... +2, insert tape, play the arcade soundtrack on the other tape ... to Boots (even they sold Spectrum games once!) and i got the ... bothered, it was one of the worst games i've ever played ... -
Arcade gamesAny thoughts on what are the best speccy versions of classic arcade games? I think 3D Tank Duel is probably the best speccy version of Battlezone, P…
Did you ever play Karnov? One of the best conversions and arcade games ever on the Spectrum, in my opinion. Huge, colourful and packed with traps and secrets - some levels had more than a route to go through!! -
The Spectrum and it's rivals...This has no doubt been posted and debated many times before, across hundreds of messages boards and across hundreds of playgrounds before that, but h…
... and others on Spectrum, but in my opinion games were more playable ... on the Spectrum, in general ... on the CPC. Some of the Dizzy Arcade games are just as good ... third and last article on Spectrum sound. thanks.
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Spectrum vs Vic 20 - cast your vote (please!)As I mentioned earlier this week, the Spectrum goes head to head with the Commodore Vic 20 in this week's round of the Micro Mart 'computer world cup…
... Life.But some Atari 2600 games were terrible. Custer's Revenge ... Saturn. The Saturn was an Arcade Machine in a smaller box ... a document for my Games magazine 'Out of Controller'. It is an ... Mega Drive 2
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Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
... machine for playing 80's arcade games. Besides, at least one Commode ... should have to face the Spectrum so it can be roundly ... plug the Speccy through fear of going off topic.
Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
... machine for playing 80's arcade games. Besides, at least one ... more money for development of the first machine knowing ... the Spectrums games were more playable, but most of them are ... />
Art Site including Spectrum:
[url="http://mondodizzy.members ...Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
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well, there are games for both ( c64/cpc) that ... " they always stifled true advancement of spectrum. i guess they didn't ... on spectrum are much better than the other versions, very comic book ...Unusual games...Can anyone recommend any "unusual" speccy games? Rather than more common game styles - shoot-er-ups, platformers, racing games, sports games etc etc …
... that the one at old-arcade.com? If so, yes - ... I was one of the first visitors and sent ... most of the info I have about non-Spectrum Mastertronic games from ... got lists from one of the guys who was ... actually at Mastertronic of all their official releases, ..."La Abad?a del Crimen" - English versionOK, I've started a new thread for this, as the discussion about "La Abad?a" in the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/viewtopic.php?mode=vie…
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of nothing, only if ... i changed some in spectrum graphics editor and, um, ... yourself, that you like arcade games or something so i ... a anniversary project in honor of the game.
Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... great machine because of its specs, while the Spectrum was a great ... machine IN SPITE of its specs ... nil. Sure, I had played arcade games before, but playing Penetrator at ... just that for most of us, the Spectrum opened our minds and ...T H E . S H A W . B R O T H E R S . . . did you play on these games? . . . . *website online now*There's a Spectrum section on our site at [url="http://www.sickhappyidle.com"]http://www.sickhappyidle.com[/url] (click on the spectrum or go through…
... all the Atlantis games, all the covertapes, and most of the Cult ... />
12 Pack: 12 of our games released on one cassette (c90 ... last (but you never know!) spectrum arcade type game has just been ...Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?
... tolds it. C64 has an arcade feeling. Those AMAZING scrolls are ... the Playstation games I saw tons of compilations of Atari 2600 games, Activision, Namco ... Spectrum. and because the Spectrum didn't have another resolution option all games ...Bomb Jack competitionSome weeks ago, I proposed that we organized some competitions here on the forum. There was a lot of discussion about how we would control the autent…
I am confident I can over a million, but I don't know if I can go much higher....
actually, it's one of the few "arcade" games on the Spectrum that I am any good on.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…
... THAT close to the arcade in 1988 (MAME ... screens of games that were not done on Spectrum that ... /> there's also plenty of great graphicians hanging around here ... does screens of 'would be' games for spectrum, and they ... play AY files on spectrum, i suppose they ...Nemesis/Salamander/Gradius etc.Whilst all the debate about Double Dragon is raging, I just like to say that whilst we're on the subject of remakes.... NEMESIS and (especially) SAL…
... years of Spectrum as a time where hardly anything but arcade game ... games were modelled around what the Spectrum was actually capable of ... scaled down version of some nameless piece of hardware with monster ... a shootemup for the Spectrum that was a completely ...GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
... well the spectrum, any model or clone, can handle games that came ... of any dignity.[/quote]
dont blame the spectrum for bad arcade ... 's effectiveness, like the Ultimate games.[/quote]
and i ...GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…
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dont blame the spectrum for bad arcade conversions. blame developers.
of decent conversions of most contemporary games, even with the ... , Steve Crow, Marsden/Cooke, Gargoyle Games etc.
Give me one ...Frog hopper questionThe 3 Frog hopper (by Walltone) tapes on the WOS archive all share a very interesting problem: when you load the game up and press I for info, you ca…
... in a bundle of 10 games when I bought my Spectrum+ in about ... sold it along with the spectrum when I upgraded to a ... 's just a clumsier version of the arcade game Frogger. So if ...Damn, this sort of thing makes me angry.[url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038531795&category=11994"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3038531795…
... the other day for a book written by "IAN SINCLAIR ... it were a book written by one of Clive Sinclair' ... he sell CDs filled with spectrum games" and not "what a ... and "WOS" and "World of Spectrum" can be clearly seen on ... the only haven for Spectrum software. I'm sure ...
