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1982 speccy gaming pioneersThe games that helped get the Spectrum noticed are about to be 25 years old. Which is the best game from 1982? A list of the 30 with the highest rati…
[QUOTE=Arjun;177776]The Hobbit, hands down.[/QUOTE]
Is it true it's full of bugs? -
1982 speccy gaming pioneersThe games that helped get the Spectrum noticed are about to be 25 years old. Which is the best game from 1982? A list of the 30 with the highest rati…
... , the graphics, and everything, The Hobbit was an astonishingly good product ... -
the best version of bruce lee(which one?!) :)
[QUOTE=zx1;178055]I think Bruce Lee on the spec was ok. It was quite easy though. Is it true it was one of the first 'licensed' games? I think it bet Ghostbusters by a few months.[/QUOTE]
The Hobbit beat both by a couple of years though. -
1982 speccy gaming pioneersThe games that helped get the Spectrum noticed are about to be 25 years old. Which is the best game from 1982? A list of the 30 with the highest rati…
The Hobbit was the Spectrums 'killer app' so I have to go for that.
I Still play Football Manager though, so that one lasted for me. -
Worst game ever...?I was wondering which spectrum game was widely regarded as being the worst game ever? I don't just mean by personal opinion, but a universal accepta…
[QUOTE=alban lusitanae;178470]
007 License to Kill (well... it was crapISH) .[/QUOTE]
hang on! LTK doesn't belong on this list!
every other speccy Bond game maybe but not LTK. It's a great little vert-scroller. -
timeless speccy gameswhich speccy games do you hold tobe worth playing today regardless of nostlgia-reasons (if possible not to "regard" them...), regardless historical c…
... chose the 'fantasy, Disc World, Hobbit...' territory that was more sellable ... -
Bubble Bobble 2 (not rainbow islands)While i was digging through old cd's, i found this game. It's title is bubble bobble 2 and it has it's levels re-edited. Loading screen: [url]http…
... about calling it a non-scroller or fixed screen game. i ... -
Spectrum games from the atticI'm currently cataloging all the Spectrum tapes I have up the attic (only by taking photos of groups of cassettes though). I ammassed this colection …
Personal Gaming History in (very) Brief'79:PrinztronicMicro5500 --> '80:PlayedCoinOp(Space Invaders) --> '83:Spectrum(48K) --> '84:Spectrum+(kit) --> '86:Spectrum128 --> '88:AtariST --> '9…
... a go on the The Hobbit which then got her talking ...Personal Gaming History in (very) Brief'79:PrinztronicMicro5500 --> '80:PlayedCoinOp(Space Invaders) --> '83:Spectrum(48K) --> '84:Spectrum+(kit) --> '86:Spectrum128 --> '88:AtariST --> '9…
... a go on the The Hobbit which then got her talking ...Personal Gaming History in (very) Brief'79:PrinztronicMicro5500 --> '80:PlayedCoinOp(Space Invaders) --> '83:Spectrum(48K) --> '84:Spectrum+(kit) --> '86:Spectrum128 --> '88:AtariST --> '9…
... a go on the The Hobbit which then got her talking ...games with human speech in themFast Food Jonah Barrington's Squash Meteor Strike Amaurote (?) any more...list 'em up.
... run of the mill side scroller.Game Programming Source Code & Startup HelpHi there, I'm planning on porting an existing commercial title to the speccy. I'm in the process of disassembling the original code and commenting i…
... say GnG's 8-way scroller lying around? Or any other ...How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
... big would include Jetpac, The Hobbit, MM & JSW, Arcadia and ...Bargain BasementAnyone here actually read the full disclaimer at the beginning of Bargain Basement? It's rather strange... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infos…
[quote=StuBruise;190948]There seems to be another message hidden away in there too but I can't work out how it's displayed.
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That text is part of the intro scroller.Bargain BasementAnyone here actually read the full disclaimer at the beginning of Bargain Basement? It's rather strange... [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infos…
[QUOTE=Skarpo;190964]That text is part of the intro scroller.[/QUOTE]
Ah right, I didn't leave it waiting at the options screen long enough to see it!How many items of a good Spectrum game got sold?Is it known how large quantities of typical Spectrum games sold back in the 80's? A popular game, did it sell like 10.000 or 100.000 items?
... , Kong, Jetpac, Manic Miner, The Hobbit, Chuckie Egg and Valhalla. Not ...ebay postageWhy do people try to rip punters off on the postage charges? [url]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290120548369&ssPageName=ADME:…
... , survival, make a chip, the hobbit, mexico 86, attic attack, etc ...Is Glider Rider impossible without cheating?I've been playing Glider Rider and it's one of the most frustrating and difficult games ever IMHO. Even after consulting the hints pages it's still …
... , Lunar Jetman, Atic Atac, The Hobbit and many more games had ...You're gonna bloody well read this...I took the time to write this rubbish, so you can damn well read it! In the thread about Dan Brown (a third class writer who has achieved major fin…
... them and you get [I]Hobbit[/I], bung a The on ...CampingWhen I was a kid, I watched a film on TV. I was mebbe 10 at the time can't really remember. It put me off camping - never been - never wanted to. I…
is it that stupid movie with kevin bacon and the fat hobbit?best/worst arkanoid clones...?personally I always liked [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002768"]Krakout[/URL] better than Arkanoid itself. really addictive…
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Also, the intro scroller is mildly amusing, if you ...Lowest rated game you intentially bought?What I mean by this is what is the game that you knew full well wasn't rated highly by your fave mag yet, for some unknown reason you bought it anywa…
... a big fan of The Hobbit game.
EDIT: Maybe ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... be done to simplify the scroller. The double width text bitmap ... by this routine and the scroller will just read that bitmap ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... think we should turn the scroller into the first task. This ... /> - It must be a pixel scroller
- The message will occupy ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... this be acceptable in the scroller? Not that I think ... most character squares on the scroller line have the same ... the look of the scroller to even things out.< ... in the screen area the scroller is using left by ... in the screen area the scroller is using left by ...Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... a simple 32 column character scroller in C as a learning ...