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Se-Kaa of Assiahthis is a strange one - I have the 'Mastervision' version which looks very much like a mastertronic tape - I'm guessing this is the forerunner to the…
... the Third Continent series of games, including a long-awaited Wrath ... of the inlays of at least the first two, and perhaps ... one of my all-time favourite Spectrum games. It had its faults ... on board and role-playing games? Info/references appreciated please. :o ... -
Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
I've voted Amiga in the new poll - despite being made by Commode it was undoubtable the best machine for playing 80's arcade games. Besides, at least one Commode machine should have to face the Spectrum so it can be roundly destroyed (ha har!) -
Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
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Spectrum vs Amstrad (C64 has been knocked out!)The C64 was sensationally knocked out this morning of the Micromart World Cup by Amstrad, the final score being 71 votes to 70. In a week-long match …
... for playing 80's arcade games. Besides, at least one Commode machine should ... i can make amiga progs/games and get them to run ... with Arjun, overall the Spectrums games were more playable, but most ... Petition for new Dizzy video games to be made:
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Spectrum v Amiga : The Final starts.The final has begun, just in case you didn't know. The old Speccy is getting a bit of a kicking at the moment, so get those votes in!
... it's true of at least 3 genres being born on ... nil. Sure, I had played arcade games before, but playing Penetrator at ... -
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
At least on a real Speccy bleepload ... favourite one to watch. I've tried some of the Players games ... with loadgames recently, which are fun.
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... games a try. i figure though that a tape needs at least ... 4 of these older type games to be ... make it exactly like the arcade. i think i want ... and tips for dozens of arcade games, i was thinking about ... other seuck game, at least on the C64, the ... -
New Games WantedI'm sure 99% of you know already, but just in case you don't... CRONOSOFT.CO.UK is happy to release quality Speccy software you may have written!
... games a try. i figure though that a tape needs at least ... 4 of these older type games to ... 5 on the arcade version) mini arcade games like Invaders, Galaxian ... tips for dozens of arcade games, i was thinking ... other seuck game, at least on the C64, the ... -
Games so bad you enjoy themThere are a handful of games so laughably and utterly bad, that I actually enjoy playing them: [I]Los Angeles SWAT, East Enders, Pit-Fighter, Sabrina…
... of my all-time favourite Spectrum games come from there. Including ... of course After The War, (my favourite ... tolerate that in a Arcade. I dont guess anyone ... I prefer the less knowed games from Dinamic: CommandoTracer, TuboGirl, ... -
Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... computers set up and running games. Pooyan on the M5 looked ... t think there were many games released for the M5.< ... have a handful of excellent games. Er, Bongo, Arcadia (much ... version), Gorf (on cartridge, my favourite arcade game), Chariot Race..... I believe ... -
Vic-20s ARE CRAP! (And a few other ramblings from 1984)There was a great rivalry between myself and some of my computer owning chums in the early/mid eighties. The thread title was a phrase I made good us…
... computers set up and running games. Pooyan on the M5 ... have a handful of excellent games. Er, Bongo, Arcadia (much ... version), Gorf (on cartridge, my favourite arcade game), Chariot Race..... I believe ...
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... style arcade games, prefer the real thing on emulators, but at least they ... if you like the old games. -
Spellbound Dizzy problemA while back, I started to have fun with emulation by going back to my days of gaming and getting Spellbound Dizzy. I could never finish it on teh Sp…
... It doesn't have the Arcade games though, and it doesn't ... is a bit different, at least musically, than any other version ... get decent compatibility playing CD32 games in WinUAE. Follow their ... find all those officially released games.
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1 colour per pixel without interlace flickering on +3No, no, it is just April's Fool day. ;)
... games/programs without needing to know how to code really. at least ... out flip screen Dizzy type games, pick up and use, ... probably even with scrolling, some arcade games, puzzle games ... how good they are ... want and set up the games they way they want, and ... -
Best games voting system -The "Best Games" right now shows Spectrum CP/M to be the "best game", when in fact it is not a game. Also isn't there something inherently wrong if…
... certainly my least favourite game on there (of the 12 games included). I ... sure there are at least 100 worse games out there though.
The Specchum DatabaseThis evening I was going through the bygone topics that were discussed on the WoS forums, some extending to the very beginning of time (2001 to be so…
... Present: full time retro games trader for past 5 years ... on.
11) Favourite fish?
... Cod
12) Favourite Carry on film character?
13) Least Favourite haircut?
Limahl out ...What *Should* Have Been the Last Game to Be PublishedHi All, Inspired by the the thread about the last public/official/etc. Spectrum game, in your opinion, what would have been the ultimate (no hint in…
... nothing against brand new Speccy games and programs being still ... Influence, SNES, Megadrive, amazing Arcade games including the first amazing run ... enough for me, as a games machine then.
least the least, the last Speccy game to ...The old magicFirst post since registering - although did post occasionally, long ago... At the risk of getting philosophical... what has happened to the days whe…
... same year as the first arcade video game - Computer Space - ... remember as a kid playing arcade games like Super Bug, Nite Driver ... occured to me that video games would one day become the ... of playing all my old favourite Spectrum games.
Maybe that ...Mame issuesI've only recently got hold of the MAME emulator and I thought I'll fire up some old arcade classics and see what the originals were like. Unfortun…
... it was one of the games I was amazed to be ... , and Strider, Slapfight, etc, at least when you hit Mame, and ... are great to see as arcade games..
Happy playing ...HyperSports - Does Everyone Love It ????????????[quote] everyone loves HyperSports so I dont think that really counts. [/quote] Well do you ???
... my favourite arcade game ever. I spent years in my local arcade competing ... anything to do with the arcade version. I would have given ... , if this was a new games the programmers would be locked ... not payed this in an arcade for years but i still ...The creator of Rastan SagaHow about this for coincidence the developer of Rastan Saga and other titles (Tom Lanigan) is actually the new IT manager at the place were I work. H…
... arcade and on the speccy, is one of my all time favourite games ... . Used to have a few arcade games in a ...ZX Shed Issue 1[url="http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf"]http://www.sinclair-heaven.net/sinclair_magazines/zx_shed/Issue_1.pdf[/u…
... be happy to have full games type-ins as well. I ... , especially as it was my least favourite mag!
The technical ...Bloody idiotic software companies!Why is it that so many companies these days assume (arseume?) that everyone has an Internet connection at home?? That's far from being true, at least…
... safely buy most games off the shelf. At least in the eyes ... Atari ST, where the commercial games' protection wouldn't work ... here, I have installed my favourite PC games onto my laptop, and ... my collection of first rate games such as Unreal Tournament, Carmageddon ...Spectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…
... /> (Mostly simple games written in BASIC, or sub-standard arcade clones, quality ... era
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Fairly good conversions of arcade games, and film tie-ins
Spectrum Gaming Eras.Hello everybody. A question I'd like to submit: In which eras would you divide the Spectrum years from the point of view of game production? Examp…
... /> (Mostly simple games written in BASIC, or sub-standard arcade clones, quality ... about basic clone of famous arcade games - but does it really started ... this stuff around in, at least, 1983 - "or correct me if ...US Gold arcade conversions, did you like them?I recently read Retro Gamer and there was an article about Streetfighter II on Speccy, and i wondered if anyone had played it, or any of the other US…
I mostly found arcade conversions to be a let ... 't quite enough for many arcade games. I'm not saying I ... good conversion there were at least three crap, over ambitious ones ... three of my fav games ever - in the arcade).
ASpec ...Name this game...So, for the last week or so, I've been assembling vague pieces of a memory of an old Spectrum game. My best description is: Some sort of arcade/adv…
Players were my least favourite publisher on the Speccy. Sure, they did really neat graphics but the games were often no fun at all.
Denizen was the worst offender but Draconus, Deviants and Joe Blade were all horrible as well.Name this game...So, for the last week or so, I've been assembling vague pieces of a memory of an old Spectrum game. My best description is: Some sort of arcade/adv…
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Players were my least favourite publisher on the Speccy. Sure ... really neat graphics but the games were often no fun at ...Best Speccy game written in BASICHopefully this has not been done before, but anyhoo. My vote is the sublime VIKING RAIDERS.
... ) was in basic
...at least on czech scene there is ... DICTATOR, so there are my favourite basic games. WILD BUNCH is pretty ...Spectrum games which are better than 16-bit versionsLet's talk about games which are better on the Speccy than on 16-bit machines. In my opinion Spectrum versions of "Chase HQ" and "Space Gun" are bet…
... of my all time favourite spectrum games was rubbish on the amiga ... on amiga(nothing beats the arcade one though).
