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YSRARY - I, Of the MaskI've never ever seen this game before and I was watching the excellent YSRARY videos and saw this amazing 3d game from 1985 with what looked like sol…
... had just been done in 2D. Still, it's not the ... -
Speccy in my office!I set up a friends speccy in the office. Loaded up commando and watched as people started gathering around. The speccy can still draw a crowd!
... low-res graphics, or simplistic 2D gameplay, they just loved it ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
... /> Best arcade driving game: Chase HQ
Best "realistic" driving ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
... arcarde racers.
Chase HQ - Probably the best arcade-style ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
I went for Chase HQ, Overlander, PowerDrift, Outrun, Buggy Boy, ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
... ;173827]I went for Chase HQ, Overlander, PowerDrift, Outrun, Buggy Boy ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
I voted for Chase HQ (the first one was great, the sequel was atrociously done), Enduro Racer, Rally Driver (for nostalgia reasons, mainly), Stunt Car Racer, Super Hang On, Toyota Celica and WEC LeMans. -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
[QUOTE=Bluce_Ree;173960]Chase HQ is the best of a ... -
Driving/Racing from and 'onthetrack' viewIts poll time. Pick the selection of these you like best. None of these take the overhead view. and there are no strategy/manager games in the poll.…
I liked serveral of the games but my fave is Chase HQ, possibly the greatest spectrum game EVER! Who progammed it? They should get an award for producing such a great game!
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SequelsSorry if this is an old thread. Can anyone think of a sequel of a game that's better than the original? The only one I can think of is Strider 2 or …
Dynamite Dan 2 - my favourite 2D platform game ever.
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Speccy 25 Years festivities?I was wondering if there are any festivities planned for the 25th birthday of our Lord, The Speccy, on 23rd April or thereabouts. Seeing as I happen…
... the place where Sinclair Research HQ's used to be and ... -
My Spectrum deskAt last my Speccy has got it's own desk, which it honestly deserves. And to keep it as nostalgic as possible: The monitor is an old Commodore 1084. …
... compete sets of Arcadia (chase HQ, NEw Zealand story etc), 2 ... -
IconsI'm not sure whether this is the right place to post it, but I will... Anyway, for some reason today I got so bored and cheesed off I decided to pla…
... finished. Games like Bejewled, Zelda 2D, etc. Someone had an idea ... -
Help make Retro Gamer greatI'm more than happy with the articles that are now appearing in Retro Gamer, but I want it to become far more of a hub for the retro community than i…
... , when we're looking at 2D action stuff, the hardware sprites ... -
Games that were better/worse on C64/SpeccyOkay, games that were either: a) Better on the Spectrum or b) better on the C64 Simple heh? I can think of a couple: Bombjack is way better o…
Better on the Speccy
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Target Renegade
Chase HQ
Better on the C64
Black Tiger
Foxx fights back
Lightforce
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arcade gamesa bit offtopic: what arcade games do you play emulated? (i start saying, nothing can compete with cosmic avenger for me. :-) ).
It's been a while, but my favourites:
Butasan (aka Pigs and Bombers, aka Psycho Pigs UXB)
Paperboy
OutRun
Chase HQ -
Dreadful sequelsWorst sequel ever? Please vote above. :)
As soon as I saw the topic title, Chase HQ 2 sprung to mind. The original was great, the sequel just plain awful. -
Dreadful sequelsWorst sequel ever? Please vote above. :)
Chase HQ 2 was utter shite compared to the original.
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Best compilation pack?What do you think were the best compilation(s) of games? This could be because of the sheer amount of classic games crammed onto one cassette or pos…
... consisting of 2 classics (Chase HQ & Power Drift), 1 good ... version of this but Chase HQ don't work :( Luckily I ... -
Dynamite Dan 2 - Who's completed this?This game has annoyed me since I was a kid. On the 8th Island there are objects that i've no idea what they are for. One looks like a time bomb? I've…
... think it's my favourite 2D platform game ever, though I ... played it (or any other 2D platformer, it's all been ... -
unheralded classic games...(in your opinion, of course.) [U]Kane[/U] great cowboy adventure game in 4 stages, I used to play this all the time. 1. shoot birds down (presumabl…
Empire. Now there was a game. Viewed from above and using vector graphics, it was like a 2D Elite, only all fun and arcadey. -
Any running spec-chums?Just wondering... I did 5 miles today and fell all fit and healthy and stuff. :) Thinking of training for the Belfast Marathon next year. Might do …
... said... ;)
And their HQ is a pub, lots of ... -
Any running spec-chums?Just wondering... I did 5 miles today and fell all fit and healthy and stuff. :) Thinking of training for the Belfast Marathon next year. Might do …
... said... ;)
And their HQ is a pub, lots of ... -
Any running spec-chums?Just wondering... I did 5 miles today and fell all fit and healthy and stuff. :) Thinking of training for the Belfast Marathon next year. Might do …
[QUOTE=FRGT/10;181993]Shaved heads, bomber jackets, steel boots. nuff said... ;)
And their HQ is a pub, lots of fights around that place cuz their pub is near a punk pub[/QUOTE]
Skins or Nazis? -
CastleVaniaMy First contact with castlevania was the Superior Super Castlevania for the SNES. after that I tried the GameBoy version and the NEs versions,and e…
... to explore ('nuff said). Lovely 2D graphics, shame the game didn ... -
Beautifully programmed gamesJust watching the bobby bearing tzx and admiring the beautiful programming involved. Which other games would you say had asthetic programming opposed…
... and Micronaut One
Chase HQ - superb code and design, I ... -
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…
... it's such a common 2d game requirement.
What ... -
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…
... it's such a common 2d game requirement.
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Even with non-scrolling 2d games which everyone active is ...
