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Brand new Horace GameWe could think on how should the next Horace Game be, taking in account that the past three are mixtures of old, well established classic arcade game…
... get further than the first screen! ;)[/QUOTE]
:) The first ... screen is a bit a of bugger, Manic Miner style. It ... -
Retro Machines and Clive on the beebI saw click on the beeb this morning - had a bit about the vintage computer festival and Clive was on too. [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme…
... don't remember "that" screen of manic miner. check the room name..hehe ... -
Games that were supposed to be easy......But that you thought were impossibly difficult...? (Had a quick look but couldn't find a thread) [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid…
... ;457529]I've never completed Manic Miner either.[/QUOTE]
I have ... never get off the first screen :( , always fell of the beanstalk ... got killed on the next screen. -
WIP : Flippin' HoraceAnother Horace game anyone? I'm using AGD again. The moving platforms are a bodge job, slightly buggy, but still OK for what is possible in AGD. I…
I agree with screen 1 ! I'm normally good ... Smith said about the first screen in Manic Miner, he didnt want it ... in this game the first screen is too tricky and a ... -
Xpectroid Android ZX Spectrum emulator is out.You can download Xpectroid 1.0 free from Android Market Place. [url]http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-seleuco-xpectrum-BtDq.aspx[/url]…
... my phone, but the touch screen doesn't cut it and ... bad and some games like manic miner, bom jack, pijamarama an alot ... -
machines you've owned and favourite games on each?Just reminiscing about games of the past - speccie and beyond - and the pleasure they have brought. Here is my list of my ownership of machines and …
... Crystal, 3D Monster Maze, Full Screen Breakout
ZX Spectrum ... Rats, Vulcan, Chaos, Laser Squad, Manic Miner, Atic Atac, Knight Lore, Ant ... -
uwol reviewI made a review of this great game from 2009 please check it out [URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG7h1SvPPWs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG7…
... i think your right single screen platformers will always get most ... . lately ive only been playing manic miner, uwol and bombjack, I enjoy ... -
Certain death...I've just had a quick bash of [I]Manic Miner[/I], as I do every now and then. I was doing well, not a life lost, then came "The Endorian Forest"... a…
... a quick bash of [I]Manic Miner[/I], as I do every ... Forest"... all lives gone. That screen means sure-fire death for ... -
Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Group GTop 2 games go through to next round. Voting lasts for 1 week.
... , as if out of the screen to avoid obstacles and enemies ... a yawn inducing deliberation over Manic Miner vs Knight Lore etc - and ... -
Games that stood out because of playabilityThey might have had horrendous blinking graphics and non existent sound but some games just [B]oozed [/B]gameplay. I would like to nominate a few ga…
... in places it's flick screen instead of scrolling, but it ... somebody threw up on the screen.
Scumball, OK for ... 's awesome :D
Manic Miner...sorry I'm sure many ... -
Games that stood out because of playabilityThey might have had horrendous blinking graphics and non existent sound but some games just [B]oozed [/B]gameplay. I would like to nominate a few ga…
... in places it's flick screen instead of scrolling, but it ... somebody threw up on the screen.
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Manic Miner and JetSet Willy. No other ... [/B]
UDGs and slow screen-build, but blimey, what a ... -
Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…
... the cpu speed / how the screen is drawn.. same again with ... to pricings.
remember manic miner heavy borrows from Bill Hogue ... 's atari game miner 2049er ;) so who cares what ... -
Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Quarter Final 2Winner of group B vs Runner-Up of group A. Winning game goes through to Semi Finals. Voting lasts for 3 days. As most of the voting occurs within t…
Manic Miner made an all over impression with the screen$ (I mean attributes!). The game after the screen$; just great!! -
Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Semi Final 1Winner of Quarter Final 1 vs Winner of Quarter Final 2. Winning game goes through to Final. Voting lasts for 2 days.
... 's Atic Atac.
Manic Miner had a lot of good ... . MM was a basic one-screen-at-a-time affair, albeit ... -
Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Semi Final 1Winner of Quarter Final 1 vs Winner of Quarter Final 2. Winning game goes through to Final. Voting lasts for 2 days.
... 's Atic Atac.
Manic Miner had a lot of good ... ) of different moving enemies on screen at once, and it just ... . MM was a basic one-screen-at-a-time affair, albeit ... -
Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Semi Final 1Winner of Quarter Final 1 vs Winner of Quarter Final 2. Winning game goes through to Final. Voting lasts for 2 days.
... Atac has 143 screens to Manic Miner's 20; not a bad ... necessarily a plus point for Manic Miner; it's choppy and repetitive ... its time. Manic Miner is strictly progressive from one screen to the next ... -
Has anything ever been discovered since companies officially stopped making games?Ive rarely posted on here but I know there have been a lot of games made since a lot of companies stopped making games for the speccy in the early 90…
... whilst playing a game(not manic miner beeps), loading music (although I think ... -
Obscure great games......Having recently received an old PC, I've transferred all my Speccy roms over to it off of my mums PC where they were previously stored, and have been…
... as it's the best Manic Miner clone out there?
screen at a time, but they ... -
Obscure great games......Having recently received an old PC, I've transferred all my Speccy roms over to it off of my mums PC where they were previously stored, and have been…
... as it's the best Manic Miner clone out there?
screen at a time, but they ... -
Connecting a CD/MP3 player to a +2/+2A/+3How do I connect a CD or MP3 player to a Spectrum +2, +2A or +3? I know it can be done, but how? Is it via the TAPE/SOUND socket at the back?
... things he has to allow loading on his +2s. He uses ... , they load really fast. eg Manic Miner in 22 seconds! If this ... "problem" with the super fast loading now available is that it ... -
Brand new Horace GameWe could think on how should the next Horace Game be, taking in account that the past three are mixtures of old, well established classic arcade game…
... I usually cannot complete 1st screen of Manic Miner which most people consider ... -
what games are truly great regardless of format?the old comparisons things turns up here a lot favouring 1 machine or another.. but as I was listing "into the eagles nest" on a certain auction site…
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I've played Manic Miner on various machine (well, mostly ... that the XBox was quicker loading and had slightly better graphics ... -
Whole upper memory lostHi! I own a rubber key Spectrum with 48K RAM. Suddenly it lost it's whole upper memory. All diagnostic programs says that it's 16K model with workin…
... a '0'.
Try loading a full 48K game and ... is working again. For example, Manic Miner, which uses all the memory ... -
A display of Speccy AwesomenessIf you were to make a 5 minute video to show how awesome games could look on the Spectrum, what would you include? You have 30 seconds for each clip,…
... of things moving on the screen at once
Tir Na ... II - Best filled polygons
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Manic Miner/chuckie egg style gameI've been playing around with AGD recently and it truly is excellent. Before I start on a game proper, I was wondering does the world need another Ma…
Seeing as Chuckie Egg and Manic Miner are actually quite different takes ... something like this:
Manic Miner - Slow, precise movements needed, predictable ... where you race around a screen full of unpredictable enemies having ... -
Manic Miner/chuckie egg style gameI've been playing around with AGD recently and it truly is excellent. Before I start on a game proper, I was wondering does the world need another Ma…
... does the world need another Manic Miner/Chuckie Egg style game?[/QUOTE ... reading), you could base a screen on each Doctor Who story ... -
games you couldnt completeHi, I was wondering what games you couldn't complete and why?. One of the games I was never able to complete was Knight Lore,not enough days,it too…
... occasions. I wouldn't put Manic Miner in that category although only ... one of the appeals of Manic Miner is that it was difficult ... brief glimpse of a new screen (before you lost your last ... think the 'boot coming down' screen got burnt onto my old ... -
games you couldnt completeHi, I was wondering what games you couldn't complete and why?. One of the games I was never able to complete was Knight Lore,not enough days,it too…
... it or not, I completed Manic Miner today for the first time ... complete Manic Miner in 5 minutes - that would be 15 seconds per screen! -
MK-14. Huge lot of questions.Let's start questions about it! Ding! 1. Are they though (i mean they won't break until a day ;D)? 2. Is there gaming on it? :-P 3. How the prices a…
... Duty on it (or even Manic Miner for that matter (cue thousands ... plugging their latest version of Manic Miner Mk-14))
[QUOTE ... only work on this little screen-thingy?
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Best of HomebrewWhat are everyone's favourite homebrew games? I haven't played many but have been impressed by the quality of those that I have played.
... Different graphics for every screen from different Speccy games
Manic Miner is always good, I ... of the Bathroom,
Manic Miner 3,
Willy the ... The Time Hole,
Ultimate Manic Miner,
Miles Mad Mission,< ...
