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  • Hall Of The ThingsNot sure if this has been mentioned but Simon Brattel is currently working on an updated version of Hall Of The Things. The Release Candidate can be …

    Not sure if this has been mentioned but Simon Brattel is currently working on an updated version of Hall Of The Things. The Release Candidate can be downloaded in .szx format at

    [url]http://www.desdes.com/products/oldfiles/index.htm[/url]
    merseymal merseymal May 2011 Games
  • hall of the things revised version[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002214[/url] a revised version .. appears on the return of the things tape on the b-side alt…

    ... version .. appears on the return of the things tape on the b-side
    ... it in the text notes for hall of things.

    have the tape.. ... it though, sure others have the tape.

    ... with dissembling the c64 version of halls at the moment, which ...
    fog fog January 2013 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Halls of the Things 2 - I've broken it :( I confess to being one of those players that panics under stress, my hands get clumsy, and half the keyboard gets whacked by accident as I fumble t…

    ... confess to being one of those players that panics ... get clumsy, and half the keyboard gets whacked by ... So, I'm playing Halls of the Things 2, (halls2.SNA) and ... 've managed to break the game somehow and my ... work out how to get the colours back.

    Damini Damini August 2004 Games
  • TZXVAULT Manic Miner 128k MM128 with AY Music In The Hall Of the Mountain KingHi, while doing a little GOOGLE search for a ManicMiner Game with 128k Music I found some notes like On: [url]https://pipl.com/directory/name/Novit…

    ... version of Manic Miner with AY music (this is the " ... -ed
    version of the "In The Hall Of the Mountain King" tune.
    ===== Snap ====
    But the [url ... find anything about it in the INFOSEEK DATABASE.

    Luzie Luzie February 2013 Infoseek database
  • Hall of the Mountain King?If you remember there was an Abersoft Adventure game on the Speccy, based I think on the Scott Adams Colossal Cave game. There was a location call…

    ... Abersoft Adventure game on the Speccy, based I ... There was a location called the Hall of the Mountain King.

    the inspiration?

    Hall of the Mountain King ... is also a piece of classical music ...
    dmsmith dmsmith April 2022 Chit chat
  • JET SET WILLY Hall of Mountain King verAnyone interested in JET SET WILLY with HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING music - original release..?...Before I start putting up pics and re-checking the ta…

    ... in JET SET WILLY with HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING music - original release ... re-checking the tape?
    I have both versions of Jet Set ... Willy which I've marked up with the ... /> If anyone is interested in the rarer version drop me a ...
    retromad retromad June 2014 Sales
  • Help remembering an old game Hello - I'm hoping someone here can help. I have the haziest memory of playing a game when I was younger (I assume it was for the specrum) where yo…

    ... help. I have the haziest memory of playing a game when ... guys. Again, let me emphasise the hazyness :)

    If ... . Has anyone ever completed Hall of the Things? The game has been defeating me ... Count Duckula turns into Revenge of the Banana Milk if you ...
    Damini Damini August 2004 Games
  • BerzerkOther than Hall of the Things, was they any decent ripoffs of the Berzerk arcade game done on the Spectrum?

    Other than Hall of the Things, was they any decent ripoffs of the Berzerk arcade game done on the Spectrum?
    Vanamonde Vanamonde December 2021 Games
  • Games so bad you enjoy themThere are a handful of games so laughably and utterly bad, that I actually enjoy playing them: [I]Los Angeles SWAT, East Enders, Pit-Fighter, Sabrina…

    ... />
    Hall of the things had some kind of weird grip on me ... non-existant, the baddies too lethal and the weapons were ... either unreliable or useless especially that great schlong of ...
    But I loved the game! Made Forbidden Planet worth ...
    Mikal Mikal September 2003 Games
  • Worst. Controls. Ever.Right... time to have a vote on the worst keyboard controls ever! Here's some suggestions to start you all off: (1) The standard cursor keys. Need …

    ... :42, GP wrote:
    warlock of firetop mountain

    wins ... /> [/quote]

    Hall of the Things and Warlock were one of those cult games ... used to love playing Hall of the things but the amount of weapons you had compared ...
    Mikal Mikal October 2003 Games
  • Help to ID a Game.Hi All, I'm trying to remember the name of a Game I played around 1984. It was a graphic RPG type. Basically you where locked in a tower, it had se…

    And the Winner is.....

    Mat with "Hall of the Things"

    Thanks for the help.
    Whiper Whiper May 2004 Games
  • Help remembering an old game Hello - I'm hoping someone here can help. I have the haziest memory of playing a game when I was younger (I assume it was for the specrum) where yo…

    ... . Has anyone ever completed Hall of the Things? The game has been defeating me ... Duckula turns into Revenge of the Banana Milk if you ... P.S. Haven't completed Hall of the Things; don't have a clue ... doing all the same. I liked the idea of the character being ...
    MattLamb MattLamb August 2004 Games
  • Help remembering an old game Hello - I'm hoping someone here can help. I have the haziest memory of playing a game when I was younger (I assume it was for the specrum) where yo…

    ... .S. Has anyone ever completed Hall of the Things? The game has been defeating me ... /> No but a friend did. The keyboard layout always defeated me ... try it via emulation one of these days...
    Vanamonde Vanamonde August 2004 Games
  • Remapping spectrum keys to the arrow keysIs it actual possible to remap spectrum keys to the arrow keys on a PC keyboard in Spin or Spectaculator?

    [quote]
    On 2004-08-25 19:08, Pavero wrote:
    Spin - Tools/Options/Control/Customise ...

    [/quote]

    Doesn't appear to work (with Hall of the Things at any rate). No movement when cursor keys used.
    Vanamonde Vanamonde August 2004 Emulators
  • Tears of nostalgiaI have to say, playing games again like Fued, Head over Heels, Where time stood still, arkanoid 2, heavy on the magick (list could go on forever), ma…

    ... ones seem to lack depth of gameplay but parodoxically have incredibly ... .
    [/quote]

    PLayed Hall of the things lately? complicated control R us ... .

    Why the programmers thought that would layout ...
    Vanamonde Vanamonde August 2004 Games
  • Tears of nostalgiaI have to say, playing games again like Fued, Head over Heels, Where time stood still, arkanoid 2, heavy on the magick (list could go on forever), ma…

    [quote]PLayed Hall of the things lately? complicated control R us.[/ ... favourite) - but it wasn't the norm them whereas it seems ... memorize!
    I keep trying the in-store demonstration X Boxes ... , but I never have the slightest idea what I'm ...
    darkman darkman August 2004 Games
  • Worst. Controls. Ever.Right... time to have a vote on the worst keyboard controls ever! Here's some suggestions to start you all off: (1) The standard cursor keys. Need …

    [QUOTE=Mikal;25529]Hall of the Things and Warlock were one of those cult games ... used to love playing Hall of the things but the amount of weapons you had ... when I could map the keys to a joystick ... certainly up there with the worst of them for keyboard layout,
    Vanamonde Vanamonde February 2007 Games
  • "a different game every time"what games fit into this category, more or less? Elite Rockstar Ate My Hamster also possibly Emlyn Hughes, although I expect a few people would dis…

    [QUOTE=Skarpo;197546][URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001858"]Fred[/URL] ... well, the layout of the maze.[/QUOTE]

    IIRC Warlock of Firetop Mountain (aka Hall of the Things) had a random map everytime aswell.
    VincentAC VincentAC June 2007 Games
  • Most difficult game to playThanks to Rickard's thread about Skulduggery (or however they wanted to interpret the English language) where you had to not only control your charac…

    Hall of the Things -loads of bloody keys and direction keys all on the same row.

    Didn't get to play it properly till there was an emulator that would map the keys to a joystick.
    Vanamonde Vanamonde January 2008 Games
  • Most difficult game to playThanks to Rickard's thread about Skulduggery (or however they wanted to interpret the English language) where you had to not only control your charac…

    [QUOTE]Hall of the Things -loads of bloody keys and direction keys all on the same row ... 4 hands fighting over the rubber keys, while the little hero waggles ...
    Chaplain Chaplain January 2008 Games
  • Messages in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchas'I searched the forum and checked the [URL="http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/eggs/"]Easter eggs page[/URL] but couldn't find any reference to the messages I …

    ... which mentions the game. Try typing in some of the words I ... listed earlier. I tried the F** ... Design Design does exist on the web (although it's somewhat ... desdes.com/oldfiles/spectrum/halls/"]Hall of the Things source code from there[/ ...
    Jimmy Jimmy July 2008 Games
  • Messages in 'Invasion of the Body Snatchas'I searched the forum and checked the [URL="http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/eggs/"]Easter eggs page[/URL] but couldn't find any reference to the messages I …

    ... /> Design Design does exist on the web (although it's somewhat ... .desdes.com/oldfiles/spectrum/halls/"]Hall of the Things source code from there[/URL ... did like to put lots of swearwords in their code though ...
    rich_chandler rich_chandler July 2008 Games
  • Writing to the screen from a bufferI?m designing a game and am spending a bit of time trying different ideas before I commit my self. I?m currently thinking of writing data to a buffer…

    ... similar to "Hall of the things". A key element of the game is that the bad guys ... will roam around the maze ... a scroller. I had the idea of using a backbuffer as it ... seemed (in the bath) like ...
    Mr Millside Mr Millside June 2009 Development
  • tank buster loading screen missingone of my fav's.. rommels revenge later known as tank buster... same game.. diffo loading screen [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?…

    ... saw the keys for hall of things :)[/QUOTE]
    yeah i quite liked hall of the things..........couldnt ... use all of the ...
    mel the bell mel the bell May 2010 Infoseek database
  • Chuck your speccy through the window momentsInspired by my recent playthrough of Bully on the Wii. I completed a mission first try and then the game crashed. I then failed to do this mission fo…

    ... to nominate Warlock of Firetop Mountain (or Hall of the Things if you prefer ... ), and more specifically the control ... once you get used to the somewhat simple graphics), but ... so I lost count of the times I died desperately ...
    Weyland Ra Weyland Ra September 2010 Games
  • Fastest & furious speccy games?Ridiculously fast action - reckon the programmers could have probably slowed these down a bit for my snail-like reactions.. [URL="http://www.worldof…

    Thanks for the link guys. I'd love to one day be able to read that code and it make sense! :smile:

    I still reckon Hall of the Things has the potential to be one of the coolest Speccy games ever, if only it was a bit slower and with less keys.
    Weyland Ra Weyland Ra October 2010 Games
  • Name of a type-in adventureBit of a long-shot this one, but you never know! I'm trying to remember the name of a type-in adventure that I spent many a frustrating hour typing …

    ... vaguely remember one of the example screenshots early in the book being a ... , with some trees in the background and 2 stick men ... on it with the text.

    > ... /> The Dungeon of Doom game itself seemed like a poor mans Hall of the Things if ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek February 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    Hall of the Things is hardly undiscovered though, heck it even had a PC remake a few years back.
    Vanamonde Vanamonde May 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    [QUOTE=Vanamonde;539802]Hall of the Things is hardly undiscovered though, ... i am not aware of the pc remake to be ... recall a variation of the original HOTT by the same programmers ... aggression and the less said about the later Return Of The Things the better lol.
    jammajup jammajup May 2011 Games
  • Forest of DoomLoved the Fighting Fantasy books as a kid, and remember playing this years ago. Does anybody have a spare they'd like to sell, or even know where I …

    ... , although I guess a lot of the simpler books could be done ... how trying to incorparate all the specifics of the 59 books into one ... version than some over-complicated Hall of the Things type effort :-P
    TechnicianSi TechnicianSi December 2011 Wanted
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