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Games where you protect somebody/somethingDo you remember Spectrum games where player's task is to protect somebody or something? These are the ones I remember: 1) The Train - Escape to Norm…
Robotron 2084 - Protect the last human family as the attract screen says.
[url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0002354"]Hostages[/url]
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1986-2016.I'm early, but I'm tired of 1985. So here's the annual thirty-years after topic about Speccy games.
I remember playing Hijack back in the day and actually managed to release the hostages once only to get back to my office to another hijack!
A strange game but was oddly enjoyable. -
Improving on perfection - Suggestions on making great games better!?Penetrator - different button for fire as opposed to move forward Ant Attack - just one grenade button Deathchase - time limit on each level Manic…
... the start screen (where the hostages are seen tied up) plus ... -
Game completion challenge #2So, a new year and a new game completion challenge..! After the success [i](eh? Ed)[/i] of the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion…
... for the funny loader on 'hostages', don't think any of ... -
Game completion challenge #2So, a new year and a new game completion challenge..! After the success [i](eh? Ed)[/i] of the [url="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion…
Cool. Will have a think (and get my voting trousers on).
One of the good things that came out of the last 'completion challenges' was one of the guys who worked on Hostages coming out of the woodwork. -
My new Punk music radio showHi folks, just posting that i now do a punk music radio show on the internet if anybody fancies a listen, i play punk, OI!, folk punk, goth, bit of t…
mel tried to hijack it with zion train once. luckily all the hostages were freed. -
My new Punk music radio showHi folks, just posting that i now do a punk music radio show on the internet if anybody fancies a listen, i play punk, OI!, folk punk, goth, bit of t…
[quote="def chris;848401"]mel tried to hijack it with zion train once. luckily all the hostages were freed.[/quote]
Yes but unfortunately Babylon was beyond rescue, and burned to the ground... -
Who was the best music composer for the spectrum 128?Rob Hubbard dominated the C64. Most of the stuff we composed on it was usually top drawer. He also dabbled with the AY chip but I always feel the com…
All the names mentioned already plus Joe McAlby (real name Alberto Jose González)
His work on The Light Corrdior and Hostages was superb. -
Knight Rider...with a Turbo Esprit alike engine. Missions could be based around a battle with evil Kitt, Karr. And we could sit in the Kitt cockpit, which wo…
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Shadow Gangs, 80's arcade inspired ninja game.Hi Everyone; It's my first post here and I would like to introduce a new game in the making, in an effort to give it as much visibility as possibl…
... money, freeying all types of hostages, some
elements of adventure ... -
Escort mission gamesGames where you can influence the action, but the real purpose is to allow another character to get from one side of the map to another which you don…
... . Thinking about that... can the hostages from Operation Wolf be killed ... by soldiers?
Hostages, in last stage you must ... baddies and take/escort the hostages to a safe room. -
Share your gems / obscure titlesSharing is caring so what are your picks of underrated or obscure titles that you enjoy or have enjoyed in the past. Here's mine: Barbarian by Me…
Zzoom is a total gem! And we all shot the hostages, didn't we. -
The House of the DeadDear WOS, I've been on a bit of a HOTD spree lately and I've been thinking: What if the original House of the Dead game (from 1996) were converted…
The very obvious one is something running on Space Gun engine. You have corridors scrolling forth and sideways, guns, monsters and hostages there:
[img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/s/SpaceGun.gif[/img] -
problems with MaskI have problems with Mask. I want to make a RZX of this one (one per stage) My problem is that the .TZX available on WOS do not load on Spectaculato…
if someone was familiar with the code they could just make a new map, put some turrets in there, but they would have to program the bit where you pick up hostages :) -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... in his effort to liberate hostages taken by the evil COBRA ... -
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... have various missions concerning terrorists, hostages and stuff and an ample ... grenades - possibly not against the hostages you have to save.
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... have various missions concerning terrorists, hostages and stuff and an ample ... grenades - possibly not against the hostages you have to save.
1987-2017Here we are, with our tradional thread about games released thirty years ago, where we can contemplate how bad they have aged, how bad they [i]alread…
... better. And what about the hostages with a griffin's head ...Games with Plus3/Disk enhancementsFor about 95% of games of +3 disk, it was simply the tape version with the only benefit being reduced loading times. However, there were a few excep…
[quote]Hostages - additional graphics on 1st level, additional music+fx[/quote]
Is it true? I mean is there something more than in 128k tape version?The Great EscapeI just saw this posted about [url="https://www.polygon.com/2018/4/13/17236328/sinclair-spectrum-steam-games"]The Great Escape[/url] being added to st…
... find more overprized classics like Hostages or Drakken.
(I ...Free/cheap gamesJust found GOG are giving away Torchlight until 20 June 19.59 GMT [url]http://www.gog.com/[/url] And this lot are giving you a load of games includi…
A (cheap) (very) retro pack: https://www.fanatical.com/en/bundle/dollar-classics-bundle
Note that includes PC versions of some speccy games, like Hostages, Mystical, The Great Escape, and Where Time Stood Still.Free/cheap gamesJust found GOG are giving away Torchlight until 20 June 19.59 GMT [url]http://www.gog.com/[/url] And this lot are giving you a load of games includi…
... of some speccy games, like Hostages, Mystical, The Great Escape, and ...Free/cheap gamesJust found GOG are giving away Torchlight until 20 June 19.59 GMT [url]http://www.gog.com/[/url] And this lot are giving you a load of games includi…
... of some speccy games, like Hostages, Mystical, The Great Escape, and ...Films and TV shows that you're surprised didn't get an official game.Looking through the archive and see there are no games based on [b]Starfleet[/b], [b]Dogtanian And The Three Muskerhounds[/b] or [b]The Mysterious Ci…
... Steele.
- SWAT (we got Hostages instead ;) )
- Magnum P.I ...What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …
Rescuing the Hostages .
The English instructions are here :
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/index.php?cat=96&id=2354 .
[img]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/h/Hostages.gif[/img]What Spectrum games compare favourably with the 16 bit versions?Obviously Out Run is not one of them ;) But I'm interested in the late 80s period again when a lot of Spectrum games were sadly afterthought cash-…
Starglider, Carrier Command, North & South, Hostages, R-Type.Which 128k games actually used 128kA lot of 128k games were 48k games with decent AY music, or used screen flipping features, What games actually used 128k, e.g. all banks for game …
Maybe he refers also to games where are notable differences between 48k and 128k versions (i.e.: Jet Set Willy added some rooms, Hostages had a level not present in 48k editions).Which 128k games actually used 128kA lot of 128k games were 48k games with decent AY music, or used screen flipping features, What games actually used 128k, e.g. all banks for game …
... Set Willy added some rooms, Hostages had a level not present ...Spectrum games that are both 48k and 128k but where the 128k version is infinitely superior The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but wher…
Hostages and Thundercats have better graphics in 128K mode.
