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What was the last commercially released game you bought?What was the last commercially released speccy game you bought? Mines was in 1994 when our WH Smith was selling off all of its 8 bit software really…
'Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters'. I think that's the last one I bought. I think the year was 1992, and the stores were getting rid of all Spectrum games. :( -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... speccy).
Games look dull, not planned enough ...
Many of new 8bbit games plays like they are from ... new homebrew games that needs atention. For example, "Pussy". It's one of ... the very best games of speccy, utilizing new concepts ... -
Why don't you like homebrew games?Alright folks, I'm sure that there are a lot of people here who like the releases from Bob Smith, Jonathan Cauldwell, CEZ Games Studio and the likes…
... stress, the possible amateurism of new speccy games could be an advantage for ... you've seen most of the new games then fair enough but ... 'amateurish' ?
Most of the new games i've seen as i ... 'guessing' that the latest games are crap which theyre not ... -
Charity Bods selling raffle tickets door to door.Just had some Chavy looking but gently spoken lad come to the door selling raffle tickets for a society they are calling Children in Mind. The socie…
... Orange now hand out lists of numbers to these companies or ... sold my number on a list of new homeowners. -
Group Order of Internal/External Kempston Turbo InterfacesI have contact Velesoft ([url]http://velesoft.speccy.cz/kmturbo-cz.htm[/url]) about the production of internal or external kempston turbo interfaces …
Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... overwhelmed by spam) with development of Gamebases for other machines, and ... also really busy, with news of new developments, games, and so on. There ... are still lots of things happening for ...Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... overwhelmed by spam) with development of Gamebases for other machines, and ... also really busy, with news of new developments, games, and so on. There ... are still lots of things happening for ... in The Big Black Book of C-64 Shame.Where to buy .tap/.tzx from Jonathan Cauldwell, BOBS etc?I don't use a real Spectrum any more, just emulation ("Heretic, burn him!" etc, I know), so I want to buy .tap or .tzx versions of the games Gamex, I…
Here are a list of the Speccy games, with cassette prices...
... game.
Some of the games (e.g. FARMER JACK & ...Spectrum more loved than C64It just occurred to me that the Spectrum must be more loved than the C64 these days. After all, it has been more than a year since an update was made…
... overwhelmed by spam) with development of Gamebases for other machines, ... really busy, with news of new developments, games, and so on. There ... are still lots of things happening ... released for the commode 64 (games, inlays, mags etc as ...Indiana Jones gamesApart from some unknown games (a chech text adventure series and a BASIC spanish one) this poll show the most important games (it's a pity they're on…
Never played any of the spectrum games, but I've played the Temple of doom arcade, so I would never try the speccy version, Fate of Atlantis looks the best of the 3.Games that are way too hard ... on the EASIEST settingToday I dug up my MAME emulator and played a few oldies. Amongst those was "Side Arms" (Japanese Version; dunno if and how it differs from the wester…
i can't think of any off the top of my head but ... being quite good at most of the spectrum games many years ago when ...10 Random things about you.Have a butchers of this. 1. I fell thirty feet out a window when I was 1 year old onto concrete, landed on my ass and survived totally unscathed. …
... also a severe case of Scoliosis (curvature of the spine) which ... do accept the high probability of there being intelligent life ... I probably dislike maybe 95% of all spectrum games.
6. ... (and pretty extreme) fear of sudden loud noises, such as ...Russian attacksSadly, for the past days I have had to spend time to fend off a still [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/attacks.cgi"]on-going attack[/URL] co-ordi…
If they got too much time, they can do something constructive and not destructive. How about writting some new Spectrum games? Oh no, they are just script kiddies, not able to write games...Which computer is most similar to Zx Spectrum?I have wondered recently wihch other 8-bit computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean similar graphics, similar gameplay, similar program…
... computer is most of all similar to Zx Spectrum. I mean ... screenshots look like exact copy of Zx Spectrum games.
And ... from the ZX Spectrum to the Amstrad, these games look and ... play almost identically to their ZX Spectrum equivalents ...Ocarina Of Time - 10 years old!I can't believe that ten years have passed since I first played the greatest game ever published. C&VG have published their original review to celeb…
... they only count reviews of games that are/were released in ... games, or whatever, I don't know.
Still, any list of ... "the best" games is bound to be ... be Speccy games all over the list. No C64 games, of course. Unless ...Documenting ZX Spectrum SoftwareFirst and foremost a disclaimer... [COLOR="DimGray"][SIZE="2"]I'm a newcomer to ZXSpectrum emulation. Unless you find the need, I'll spare you the d…
... (Windows/Linux/Macintosh) ZX Spectrum Software Database/Launcher. A full ... like an advanced version of SGD (Spectrum Games Database, [URL]http:// ... ).
Best of luck with the project, and ... any questions about anything Spectrum or emulator related.Spectrum Review Book is all systems go ![url]http://www.spectrumgamesbible.co.uk/[/url] We've created a small website for the series of books we are looking to create for the Speccy featur…
... , 270 reviews, tons of screenshots and reviews by 30 ... theres an interesting range of games in those years, a ... discovered some very good games for the Speccy whilst ... book which I wasnt aware of before.
List of all the games in Book 4 which ...Best game of 2008?The year 2008 is almost over. Which game was the best one? :wink: Text adventures & games with less than 5 point on WOS not included. Btw, admins, c…
So, only 26 people have voted so far...I think that more people have played this years games, it would be interesting that everybody voted, or not so many people play new spectrum games??Why do the likes of CodeMasters and others, deny their games to the rest of us ?Hi, first post :) What I'd like to know (and probably many others), is why do people like CodeMasters (among others), refuse to release their back c…
... - but I doubt a lot of people would know how to ... 's lack of knowledge that drives people buying these old games...
of emulated spectrum games, I won't look ... buying cassettes and play the games on their original machine with ...Best game of 2007?Inspired by the thread started by Shadow Maker ;) I would like to have another poll to see which game was the best of 2007, since there wasn't any po…
And another question, do you think any game would have been a good commercial release back in the 80s and 90s, from the list of the best games of 2007 and 2008 I mean.
CheersWhat are you playing now, and how well are you doing?I'm on Egghead 5. (Adventure mode) Have been around the Med, and I, I , I... Am gathering together all the items from the countries and pooling t…
... playing a lot of games these days, all of them Spectrum games :
-Xenon ... me in the last meters of the game.
- ... or yes!!
-Wizard of Wor : So far only reached ... good progression.
-Shadow of the Beast +3 : I have ...Spectrum 2.0 (soon to be) updatedI've just pushed out a "beta test" of the next version of [url=http://spectrum20.org/]Spectrum 2.0[/url] to [url=http://staging.spectrum20.org/]stagi…
... br /> when you ask the list of reviews for a game, there ... , is the global list of the best games (which, in the ... current version of the site ... (the page with the list of reviews for a specific ... the current average score of a game in the ...Recommendations for games?I got a ZX Spectrum today for the first time in about 10 years - and I have about 1,000+ games for it. Unfortunately I dunno what games are worth pla…
There's also the list of 100 best games, as voted by WOS visitors:
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/bestgames.html[/url]RetroWorks presents: Gommy, medieval defenderHi all! Our webpage is finally open. We're a new programming group formed by a bunch of ex-CEZ GS people. To start nicely, we're presenting Gommy, …
This is great, and the presentation is superb. I have only just found WHB this week so that is 2 great new Spectrum games for me.20 years ago this month...On May 25th 1989, the world changed and became a slightly worse place to live in. Children were crying in the street all over the nation, staring at…
... . I had warm fuzzy memories of 1989 before I did the ... that the first emulators capable of running Spectrum games at approximately full speed ...River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
[quote=Arda;353844]eheh, a game which relies on multicolour rendering to make sense.[/quote]
That statement doesn't make sense, there are loads of multicolour Spectrum games what makes this demo different?River Raid Tech DemoJust a little something to look at. Enjoy. [URL="http://www.joefish.co.uk/speccy/Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_01.tap"]Joefish_River_Raid_Tech_Demo_…
... in. Well, it takes some of the pressure off trying to ... even a few hundred nanoseconds of processor time to do anything ... sense, there are loads of multicolour Spectrum games what makes this demo different ... see them if you know of any.What's the deal with JetPac?The instant I saw it back in the day I thought to myself "Well, that's crap ... colourful but crap nonetheless" ... and I still feel that way about t…
... opinion though. After a few games, that's enough for me ... the case with about 95% of all Spectrum games I play. Few bring ...Due to rampant voting abuse for this gameI tried voting on La Abadia del Crimen for the first time in my life and got this message. The reason being its too high in the list of best games a…
... to their profile a list of their favorite games?
No one would ... Manic Miner on their favorites list (in no particular order). Martijn ... the top if the majority of WOS forum members had that ...
