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New JSW game releasedA new Spectrum rewrite of Jetset Willy has been released, called It's Wet Jelly, available from: [URL]http://equ.in/ox/spectrum/wetjelly/[/URL] …
... missing out on some brilliant 2D platforming.
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Rod BowkettWhatever happened to Rod Bowkett? He's the bloke who wrote Dynamite Dan 1 and 2, two of the best platformers on the Speccy (and I think that DD2 is t…
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Looking for a gameIt is a 2D sideways arcade. The goal is to save the planet from a comet. It starts somewhere in the clouds and continues in the desert with carnivoro…
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Jets 'n' Guns free today onlyFor today only (Sat 21st June 2008 ) the full version of the shooter game [I]Jets 'n' Guns Gold[/I] is being given away on the game.giveawayoftheday …
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Amstrad CPC questions for AndyC and anyoneRight, I've been using CAPRICE32, the Amstrad CPC emulator, and I have some questions regarding CPC games: 1) AndyC, are you the same bloke who wro…
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Games that are way too hard ... on the EASIEST settingToday I dug up my MAME emulator and played a few oldies. Amongst those was "Side Arms" (Japanese Version; dunno if and how it differs from the wester…
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How will my computer improve if I add a graphics cardAllright, at the moment I have a dual-headed set-up (I think it's called dual-screen in the windows world), with a 1280×1024 screen hooked up to…
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Playstation vs. N64 vs. SaturnIn another thread ( [URL]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20482&highlight=xbox+360[/URL] ) we discussed the virtues and quali…
I've been wondering...The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?
The Spectrum, CPC, and Apple II had no hardware sprites, so what were those 2D objects in their games?Corrections to "Authored with Quill"Started testing today from the end of the list... These are not written with Quill: [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^You+Ca…
... .org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=^Xtroth+%2d+The+Adventure$&pub=^Automata ..."Big Ball of Wax" Movie?I'm sure that a movie of Shepherd Mead's 1954 novel [I]The Big Ball of Wax[/I] (predicting how, in the year 2000, XP would take over!;)) was made dur…
... shown on TV (as a 2D movie) at least once. But ...Dynamite Dan/Rod BowkettI'm surprised no-one's mentioned this before, but in this month's Retro Gamer, there is the interview with Rod Bowkett. I was looking forward to this…
... is, to me, the best 2D platform game on any machine ...X-Treme Suburbia Werwolfing & When the worlds CollideI had the idea years ago: the game is divided into two parts: Part 1: You talk to residents of houses in suburbia, and try to stay over the night (as…
... graphics can be done as 2D overhead view like in "Knight ...Extreme Violence!!Having just mentioned this game in the "Commodore Amiga" thread, I thought "Hey...this would maybe be quite easy to do on a Speccy!"... It's basicall…
... Speccy!"... It's basically a 2D Deathmatch-type game, where you ...A paper model of the new Freedom tower...So, here I was trying to show one of my kids how easy it was to come up with a paper model of the new [URL="http://www.usatoday.com/news/graphics/911…
... easy to put everything in 2D. :-o
From what ...Action Farce II and MIA Mission VenomBoth of these games need a side note that they were created using 2D Game Maker by CRL. Whilst digging around for 2D platformers to mess around with…
... that they were created using 2D Game Maker by CRL.
Whilst digging around for 2D platformers to mess around with ... sample game ready loaded into 2D Game Maker, and these 2 ...alien breed controlsi'm making a game that's like alien breed, birds eye view, 2d. so what do you reckon the best controls would be these days? tank controls (rotate …
... alien breed, birds eye view, 2d.
so what do ...Bit of geometry doing my head inI have a 2D rectangle of known dimensions, its sides are parallel to the X and Y axes. I'm trying to find an algorithm which will take the rectangle…
I have a 2D rectangle of known dimensions, its ...Looking for a gameI used to play a Spectrum game and I can't remember the name of it. It was a 2D maze game, and the contents of the maze were not visible until you ma…
I used to play a Spectrum game and I can't remember the name of it. It was a 2D maze game, and the contents of the maze were not visible until you made your way through those parts of the maze. Any ideas what game that might have been?Another name the gameIt was a budget label, with two halves. The first was a view into space like Codename Matt or Timegate (But not as clever as Elite) where you had to …
... , the game changed to a 2D display where you explored the ...Animation.Your all a clever creative lot on here, so if i wanted to have a bash at a bit of animation 2d stuff only how would i go about it. What software art …
... at a bit of animation 2d stuff only how would i ...xbox 360 gamedecided to resurect this as i finally have an idea. i put the whole thing to one side as i couldn't really focus on one thing and ended up just doing…
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so it'll be 2d, top down. and you control ...Help me find out what game it isGreetings Spectrum fans! I kindly ask for help with finding a Speccy game by it's description - I've played this game many years ago and completely …
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It's side-view 2D, screen switching - no scrolling (as ...Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - The Coin-Op MusicHi! In the game Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - The Coin-Op there seem to be only 1 AY tune (main menu) - the game itself doesn't have the tunes. The …
... ?regexp=^Teenage+Mutant+Hero+Turtles+%2d+The+Coin%2dOp$&pub ...Maths stuff...Was wondering if any of you guys could help me here. I need a mathematical formula or algorithm which will allow me to place 2D shapes within a give…
... to place 2D shapes within a given 2D area...the 2D shapes will ... or square and the larger 2D area they will go in ...La Abadia Del CrimenBits and pieces on this game from a frail, fragile and a fragmented mind: I see that the [URL="http://www.abadiadelcrimen.com/"]remake[/URL] finally…
... to make an excellent-looking 2D version of Doom on the ...I may be heading for Xbox360 No 4I've got a feeling that my Xbox360 is on the way out. I loaded Crackdown 2 last night and everything was fine until the game actually started. When i…
Multi Dimension String Arrays.Ok so I've been playing with Sinclair Basic though BASIN and I'm wanting to use multi dimension string arrays, if it is possible. I know what when a…
... /> I know what when a 2D array is dimension for strings ... I was to create a 2D character array as follows.
Metroid other MJust seen the advert for other M. Not sure what to make of it. The camera doesn't seem to know where it wants to be and the game seems like a mish ma…
... like a mish mash of 2d and 3d. And what do ...
