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What good gaming forums/blogs/sites/e-magazines/etc are there?I've just received this months Retro Gamer, and it has articles about games like Knightlore, Strider, and Ballblazer. As always, they concentrate on …
... approaching the other end of the scale, but on the other ... .
I'll start the ball rolling;
... of upcoming commercial games for the various machines).
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PLEASE - Need help finding a game by its coverHello, all I need help in finding another game from my early childhood days. I can only remember its cover, though. I think the game was multi-plat…
... player had to toss a ball into the opponent's yard, in ... ball across the glass wall.
The man in the other side of the ... making water fall from the top when the ball hits the ceiling.
30th Anniversary of Scream! comicIt's the 30th anniversary of [i]Fleetway's[/i] [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream!"][b]Scream![/b][/url] this year, so for a bit of fun my bro…
It's the 30th anniversary of [i]Fleetway' ... , post up your pics of The Reaper's true face in ... mine to get the ball rolling....done in the spirit of the drawings sent ... [i]Scream![/i] back in the day! :D
[img ...Re: Trying to find a game.I am hoping someone can help me regarding a game I use to play on the Spectrum 48k back in the early 1990's. I have been searching for a year without…
... football game. The players were little dots, and when the ball went in ... their area the screen flashed and ... of England and Scottish teams. The graphics were very basic and ... so grateful, as this was the happiest game of my childhood ...F'kin neighboursIn a slight dilemma with my annoying neighbours. Yes we have had very heated words before today and currently do not speak. Trouble is their annoyi…
... kids keep kicking their ball over in to our ... the door and ask if they could get their ball ... are frosty to say the least. What normally happens ... into our garden the day after the ball has been kicked ... br />
Currently their ball is lying on our back ...QL microdrive units (x2)Found two old microdrive units I ripped out of a QL many moons ago. Just the bare units, no fancy cases etc. I have NO idea if they're any use for …
... QL many moons ago. Just the bare units, no fancy cases ... 2G007E date code 8348 on the other.
There is ... a difference between the two - one has a white ... plastic wheel to the right of the read head, the other does not ...Underated Speccy GamesThey say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but which Speccy games do you consider underated and in need of some much love. I'll start the ball r…
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but which Speccy ... .
I'll start the ball rolling...
Loch Ness ... played this for hours. Even the inlay was made of photocopied ...Breakout with variable shaped bricksHow about Breakout but instead of rectangular blocks, more stone like ones of varying shapes? Not something I'll be working on but might be more inte…
... you could tilt to deflect the ball in different directions.Match Day - Maximum number of goals (?) and a bug compilationGreetings. I'm willing to share some stuff about old Ritman's classic Match Day, so let's get on with it. :smile: PART 1 ------ I was curious abo…
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the ball doesn't cross the goal line at ... ball'. The goalkeeper and the ball stay at the same spot, so
the ... if you like). After the ball goes out of bounds,< ... corruption all around the place, a ball that 'teleports', the
...Happy Birthday FogWe don't do birthday threads anyone, only because the forum does not remind us. So I thought I'd get the ball rolling again and say Happy Birthday Mr…
We don't do birthday threads anyone, only because the forum does not remind us. So I thought I'd get the ball rolling again and say Happy Birthday Mr Fogarty and thanks for running the show.Calculating coordinates for a curveI need to write some code that will calculate the arc of a curve so that I can draw a sprite at each location to simulate a ball being thrown. The an…
... location to simulate a ball being thrown. The angle will go between ... 0 (ball going straight ahead) and 90 (ball going straight up). The height ... and distance the ball will travel ...1989-2019Ok Ok maybe this is going a bit far now, but here's another year to look back on the games from 30 years ago and tear into them, or give occasional p…
... to have something to start the ball rolling ;)
... eventually responsible for the creation of the 36th chamber of ... off somewhere near the starting screen. The idea of the game is ... get to the end of the game in the arcades, as the game ...Agent X 2 last levelAnyone completed it? I played it (just now) enough times to be able to completely clear all the blocks with half of my ”energy” left, but when the ba…
... my ”energy” left, but when the ball (very very very rarely) goes ... into the gap, it just bounces around ... and back to the playing area.
YS ... review says the game is too easy and ...Speccy Budget World Cup 2020: Preliminary roundNow the Full Price World Cup has its champion (Skool Daze) it's time for the Budget edition! This will work almost exactly the same as before, so se…
... to be nominated to start the competition and historically we ... .
To get the ball rolling, here are my 5 ... :
Colony
The Empire Fights Back
King ...
Credit to dm_boozefreak for the original Budget Games World Cup ...Spectrum scene self destructive behaviourElsewhere this was posted by me: [quote="1024MAK;968032"]And whatever the members here think, other people are talking about what’s happening with W…
... standing issues in the past). Whatever, the result at the moment is a ... just make suggestions. At the end of the day, it is up ... , just maybe you can start the ball rolling by forgiving past actions ... br />
Please note: the bulk of the text above has also ...Batty Bug???I am not sure if this is well known or not Batty has gone a bit Batty . The ball goes from the bat to the top RHS corner in an infinite loop . I h…
... a bit Batty . The ball goes from the bat to the top RHS corner ... till I moved the bat out of the way! . If the bat had ...Spectrum Games Where "How to Play" it advice is neededThis is the thread where advice on how to play any Spectrum can be sought .But why would anyone need advice on how to play Speccy games after all t…
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4) Or the original instructions have been lost ... .
Whatever the reason for poor player cognition ... the Spectrum version of TILT appreciated You are meant to roll the ball ... towards the hole but still the basic idea ...X128 keysAs you may know, the Spectrum 128 had Extend Mode, True Video, Inv Video and Graphic buttons. Are these buttons emulated on X128? If not, can anyone …
Off the top of my head, the following are the combinations:
Mode ... /> Incidentally, am I the only one to prefer the Speccy 48K's ... , but I was gutted when the Spectrum 128K
dropped ...Match PointHi ! Does anybody have the original inlay card of MATCH POINT ? I played very much and I could win the final cup, but I used simply the five keys to…
... covered just about all the available shots in your ... of playing the game.
In the Sinclair User ... 1984 I think) of the best 50 Speccy games they ... memory but can check) "The game is so accurate you ... even use the racket to put spin on the ball." But I ...Please help me find this gameGuys, Your help is appreciated Canno remember the title - Basically the main character of the game was a ball , bounces up and down and you directe…
Thanks Alessandro for replying.
No the game I am thinking of is different:
When the game begins the ball is bouncing and you rotate left or right
Regards
KyBack 2 School ObjetivesWell, the other day sit and remembered all Spectrum Games, But I forget the objetives of the game Back To School. So if someone can help me, I?ll be …
... /> and hit Albert on the head. The best chance is when playtime ... . Go to the room at the back of the science lab. ... underneath the cup. Fire
the catapult again and the missile ... the
Headmistress is underneath the cup the missile will hit it and the ...Games overrated by MagazinesI know this is a little ambigious (LMLWD) as your worst game could be someone else's best, but sometimes didn't a games review seem a little overboar…
Purely my personal opinion of course!:
Dan Dare, Wizball (I just can't control the ball!), Pyracurse, Nemesis, Batman: The Movie (not the Ritman version).Games overrated by MagazinesI know this is a little ambigious (LMLWD) as your worst game could be someone else's best, but sometimes didn't a games review seem a little overboar…
... (I just can't control the ball!) ..."
I'll have ... ). We actually managed to complete the entire game without cheating.
the controls: It's only for the first 15 seconds or so the ball ... , you have full control over the ball, so I guess you haven ...Top Five Footy GamesI thought I'd add a topical article to my site: [url="http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk/lair_footy_five.htm"]http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk/lai…
... decent arcade paced game on the Speccy. It's responsive, ... of directions to hoof the ball in. Easily the best soccer game on ... .
2) On the Bench - Indepth and tension packed ... while, though incredibly difficult in the top divisions.
...Some \"newbie\" questions about the Spectrum +2I bought a +2 last week. I had never owned any of the 128k Spectrums before, nor seen them in action. I have a couple of questions; 1) Do all 128k …
... . First make a note of the screw head's original position. Use ... the position of the screw head, use small adjustments to alter the position of the ... tape head. The ...Top Five Footy GamesI thought I'd add a topical article to my site: [url="http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk/lair_footy_five.htm"]http://www.waddington.fslife.co.uk/lai…
... : you can stop owning the ball with the back against your opponent and ... and what can happen during the much - not forgetting that ... nice touches like the naming of the players, the setting of their ... />
and then... the void...
because I've ...Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
... city, you could buy all the normal things (boat, men, ... into the sea. Fun game, but discovering the bug early in the game ... which was the ball trapped between the goalie and the crossbar, or the ability to ... by aiming your throw (provided the angle was right) at ...Best Soccer Game Ever!What?s your favorite spectrum soccer game ever? For me, Emlyn Hughes International Soccer; Match Day;Trak Suite Manager;MultiPlayer Soccer Manager. C…
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I still play the Match Day games now as ... 's run to meet the ball's bounce so that ... 97 update.
And the legendary Player Manager. Both of ... Player Manager is still the best hybrid of management and ... on the pitch skills ever. I ...What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... and there, but the ZX got the better of my temptation ... br /> Back home, set up the ZX in ultra fast time ... actually). And loaded up the ZX Horizons tape. My ... suit.
The other memory I have is ... was some kinda wimpy catch the ball with a bucket thing. ...My own Home Computer It's true. My company are planning to build a new Home Computer. It will use a Z80 CPU running at 6mhz, 128k Ram and will run all Spectrum and ZX81 …
... I would suggest looking for the other Spectrum modification projects ( ... - I say near because the extra memory adressing commands use ... the top 16k area of the first 64k (off the top of my head the ... /> Next I would consider the fact that the golden era of home ...
