... of this persons letter to Edge. "Spectrum games are based on older arcade games ... home computers - bring arcade games to the home. Of course they were ... -ops. The same goes for Spectrum, C64, Atari etc. Why ... this fuckwad pick out the Spectrum? Was he trying to ...

I mainly play Spectrum games on my GP32 (a hand ... , and that's what great arcade games are about, I think.
of the modern Football Management games and the number ... of options and stuff was ...

... way capture the playability of the original arcade games.

They are ... author of the games reads this...!) and an insult to the Spectrum.
games would be that hard to convert easily on Spectrum hardware ...

... way capture the playability of the original arcade games.

They are ... author of the games reads this...!) and an insult to the Spectrum.
games would be that hard to convert easily on Spectrum hardware ...

... Castor_, I'm sure of it. And I've ... saying that the lack of sound adds to the ... of the reasons I think that the Spectrum was suited to arcade ... -adventures. The quiet created an eerie atmosphere in a lot of ... those early games, like Tir Na ...

... . i think type-in games from a spectrum magazine or books would ... a book of listings and a tape such as the screenshots zx spectrum ... remembering that a large number of games were released at least twice ... wanted to do a census of games, i think all this needs ...

... had an idea myself, of doing an update of GORF. You know ... (or 5 on the arcade version) mini arcade games like Invaders, Galaxian etc ... take mini versions of 4 or 5 'different' games, to make a ... never made it to the Spectrum in any form, and it ...

... could have a repository for book type-ins too, methinks. I ... must see if my couple of Spectrum-related books were a casualty ... of my move out of the "family" home ... (and still have?) was Micro Games, by Patrick Bossert & Phillippa ...

...
Wow, an archive of magazine type-ins! DROOOOOOOOOOLLLLL.....
of Amstrad type-ins (AM ... also remember a book on writing adventure-games which had a ... ://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/"]http://www.geocities.com/ ...

... Andrew: I well remember the book you are talking about "Haunted ... fact, I converted one of the adventure games ("creating databases") to a ... think I've got the book anymore, but it was ... http://www.geocities.com/andrewbroad/spectrum/"]http://www.geocities.com/ ...

... module you controlled a sort of giant doughnut, running among sketchy orange ... background. Certainly it felt more of an arcade game, but all the ... value and great graphic impact of the Spectrum version were nowhere to ...

... actual own over 100 games, and plan to buy ... the 3k plus games in mame, no of course not, ... because of the enjoyment of my past, one such thing is Spectrum, ... now i own a fair old chuck of ... to your above point of owning the arcade games, in about 5 ...

... I'll be playing MAME arcade games on it, as well as ... bash at the definitive version of Uridium, a game I've ... it's classics to the Spectrum, and see what the fundamental ... interesting. Especially since one of the games I've got is Rez ...

... I'll be playing MAME arcade games on it, as well as ... bash at the definitive version of Uridium, a game I' ... it's classics to the Spectrum, and see what the ... interesting. Especially since one of the games I've got is ... way I can play Speccy games on a TV right ...

... it better than the original arcade version.

Bombjack ... their Spectrum coloured lenses on if they think the speccy games ... were better than the original arcade ones
of any speccy games that are better than the arcade. I ...

... (yeap there were bundles of 10-12 games per cassette numbered in ... 's day 1985 :) Still classic games most of 'em... :)
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arcade or adventure? The only originals ... the package of six tapes that I got with my Spectrum 48K ...

... (yeap there were bundles of 10-12 games per cassette numbered in ... 's day 1985 :) Still classic games most of 'em... :)
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arcade or adventure? The only originals ... the package of six tapes that I got with my Spectrum 48K ...

... even on spectrum im most hooked buy simple games and especially ... arcade games written in Basic! theyre that much fun. Though of ... i also have Playstation games i kept before buying that ... A Fistful of Boomstick
* Activision Anthology ( 45+ games and 2 ...

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2. "Lords of Midnight" - still excellent and atmospheric ... and an example of how the Spectrum's limited graphic ... and an excellent example of a pure arcade game.

10. "Jet Set Willy" - because no "best Spectrum games ...

... screenshots just like a drawing book !!! It should be ... there weren't thousands of Spectrum games many of which already have more ... true !! The Spectrum has thousend of unique games, and even those ...
Furthermore I like spectrum games the way they are, I ...

... frustrating me about a lot of Spectrum games - they have a good piece ... of programming and then the people ... " etc etc.
Maybe the arcade game was like that too ...

This is one of the few arcade games I don't remember playing ... and frankly still prefer the Spectrum version. Not sure if this ...

... Hunter is better, the C64 of Spectrum version. My first thoughts were ... best without question, but both games have some niggles about them ... is more faithful to the arcade, but the steering is a ... it has annoying pauses. The Spectrum version is faster paced, but ...

... to write games requires you know some sort of programming language ... if you want any sort of flexability (otherwise you are limited ... ).

On the Spectrum if you want anything remotely ... have to learn assembler - arcade games are fairly crap in BASIC ...

... in the future, and of course when i am able ... other than that the games are the same as ... is called "Games for your ZX Spectrum" or "Games to Play on ... your ZX Spectrum" or ... listings and not necessarily the book.

i ...

... It doesn't have the Arcade games though, and it doesn't ... I made an ISO of it you could burn ... get decent compatibility playing CD32 games in WinUAE. Follow their ... .

as for spectrum, and i'm not saying ... . I still have loads of stuff not on the other ...

... my memory serves me well) of the arcade machine!

4 ... all of Spectrum coin-op conversions were - in my opinion! - really great games ... we can say, overall, that Spectrum arcade conversions rock!

_________________ ...

... and the Arcade game.

The Dizzy Adventure games all ... technically what would be required of the spectrum in doing any sort ... :) ) that has modified versions of PAL C64 games to work on NTSC ... a goldmine, since lots of those games never came out here ...

... after experiments with "arcade creator", "construction kits", "Games designer" or evem the ... , Jonathan Cauldwell's Platform Games Designer for Spectrum i had the privilege ... , seem already perfectly capable of making good games. like the loading screen ...

... Anyway,
Call me a Spectrum purist, but my personal opinion ... if you want to see Spectrum games with slightly better colour, why ... camp ?

The energy of Spectrum enthusiasts would be put to ... remake - I've played the arcade version and it's been ...