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The Greatest Spectrum Game Programmer!In my opinion the greatest Spectrum programmer of all time was Pete Cooke, this lone programmer was responsible for some of the best Spectrum games e…
I agree with SirClive about Lords of Midnight but for me Julian Gollop was the best, or still the best as i am still playing his x-com games om the playstation. -
Your Sinclair tapes needed for ys projectYour Sinclair whats missing in action list --------------------------------------------- Issue Tapes scans/donation needed 35. orbix the terrorbal…
... ready to release the cd`s of whats still needed.
of the mags (maps,adverts,tips ... -
NEW CRONOSOFT RELEASE... DEAD OR ALIVEI'm pleased to announce the second Cronosoft release... The excellent "DEAD OR ALIVE" game, for the Spectrum. It's a vertically scrolling arcade sho…
... to go through the hassle of getting it to work here ... , it's one more thing ill have ... be in - an old seller's of mine auctions ;) -
Most visually stunning Spectrum game?OK, gameplay aside what do you think was the most visually stunning Spectrum game? Personally i would have to give it to 'Starstrike II' for its use …
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The Specchums Government ProjectRighto, listen up lads! Now, that we have a sizeable Speccie community here, I suppose it is time we laid the foundations of a new government order f…
We use C5's of course! Or bikes with those assistant things.
Entertainment beyond the Speccy will be on a penny sized AM/FM radio - from Sinclair Research of course. -
Fave adventure game from '84The best I've seen from that year was "Lords Of Midnight", however, I've only scratched the surface. So to give me an idea of other classics, tell me…
i know it was bugged to pieces but i really loved sherlock , spent ages mapping it and not really getting anywhere fast , but it fired my imagination all xmas 84 (as well as the lords of midnight and doomdarks revenge) what a xmas -
My favourite games!Alchemist, Antiriade, AticAtac, Blob The Cop, Bomb Jack 1-2, Booty, Boulder Dash 1-6, Bride Of Frankenstein, Bruce Lee, Buratino, Custard Kid, Dan Da…
... this ???
The lords of midnight
Tomahawk
Striker
Sabre Wulf
Footballer of the year
Quazatron
Your most played Speccy game?What Spectrum game did you play more than any other? For me it's got to be Back 2 Skool or Cyclone.
probably - the boss , lords of midnight , jsw , hunchback , booty - those really were the days !!Having problems with Falcon Patrol 2Ive recently discovered the wonder of TZX.files, giving my old 48k spectrum a new lease of life.. But im having problems getting a copy of Falcon P…
... '6 NOW GAMES' COMPILATION (Lords of Midnight, Arabian Nights, Strangeloop, Brain Bloodaxe ... /> Theres nothing like the smell of a well warmed up 48k ...Elevator Action font queryDoes anyone know the name of the font used on the title screen of Elevator Action?
... are quite a number of examples of proportional spacing on the ... /> There are a few examples of Speccy fonts which have been ... br /> "Data 70" in Nodes of Yesod/Alien 8/numerous space ...
"American Uncial" in Lords of Midnight/other Mike Singleton games
Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…
I finished
The Lords of Midnight
Doomdarks revenge
Manic ... my first game!)
Planet of Death - a true classic.
Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…
... remember finishing
Lords of Midnight
Rebelstar 1 & 2 ...Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…
After reading some of these, I remembered that I ... I too completed:
Lords of Midnight
Saboteur
The Hobbit ... a magazine to get out of the goblins dungeon)
Match ...Was spectrum the most advanced thing when you got it?When you got your first spectrum games, were they the most advanced games at the moment? When my dad bought it for me I was crazy excited, it was ama…
I know most of you have probably talked about ... , realising that there were 1000's of games out there, that i ... out 20 pages from one of those listing magazines to get ... just amazing and the excitement of reading about a new release ...JetPac JetPac has to be one of my all time favourite speccy games, next to Manic Miner. But for some bizzare reason this site has "Distribution Denied" o…
I recommend going to one of those Computer Fairs. I got ... CD from one with 1000's of speccy games on a tape ...What was your favourite Speccy magazine?What was your favourite Speccy magazine and why? [ This Message was edited by: Swainy on 2003-08-21 12:37 ]
... back though a few issues of each mag (SU , YS ... resembling the ollie frey works of art , dont get me ... and bought every issue of each but must have ... were discarded to the bottom of the wardrobe. For a ... look at the reviews of the lords of midnight , match point , ...JetPac JetPac has to be one of my all time favourite speccy games, next to Manic Miner. But for some bizzare reason this site has "Distribution Denied" o…
I think the best re-make I have ever seen is the PC version of Lords Of Midnight. It is pretty much exactly the same as the original except that the time taken to calculate the battles betweeen each day is about 1 - 2 seconds instead of 5 - 45 seconds.Adventure type-insI know there are many adventure enthusiasts in here. Did any of you type-in adventure listings from magazines or books? If so, do you still have a …
... by listings I meant TZX's of the listings, not text. :)
of mine. I'll be submitting ...Game votingWe often see threads querying which games are any good, which ones would be nice to remake, personal top 1/3/5/10, etc. To help people out, why not v…
... score to Beruska and Lords Of Midnight. Beruska is a very short ... notice it in a folder of Spectrum images.
I ... move on (through C90 tapes of my friends games).Best strategy war game on the Spectrum?Great to find a site like this...Ive owned so many consoles etc since buying my 48K Spectrum as a kid...but I have more affection for the Spectrum th…
The lords of midnight can be played purely as a wargame , stonkers is also excellent. I agree that viking raiders is pretty good , i still have a go now and again.vote rigging ?This is not intended to cause any major rows , id just like some sensible views on the voting from regular forum users , 2 games that ive noticed wit…
... my personal favourites (except lords of midnight which drew my attention) , how ... deserve more than 1 out of 10.vote rigging ?This is not intended to cause any major rows , id just like some sensible views on the voting from regular forum users , 2 games that ive noticed wit…
... alread blocked one of the IP's of the guilty party, ... going to make much of an impression on ...
Also, it's a game of statistics. More the votes ... only because of the low number of votes. Therefore ... of the year).
It's too early to be critical of ...HighSPEC (brand new RADICAL High resolution emulator) Hi there, This is an announcement to all spectrum lovers of a brand new (and radical) spectrum emulator called HighSPEC! It is the work of Tom Walk…
... Fuse. Sounds great! Any chance of a Windows version?
of the opcodes (the amount of time each instruction ... to improving the emulation side of things (with full credits) ... really know the in's and out's of spectrum emulation.
Who is your favourite Software House ?? and why ??So which games company was your favourite and why ?? and come to think of it .. who did you think was pants. my fave has to be Ultimate I can remem…
... such as shadowfire and lords of midnight , they did have the odd ...Spectrum Database ProgramsWhat would people recommend to be a decent database program for the emulators? I've been fiddling with SGD but the databases are outdated, and ZX Rai…
... can make a scan of the hard disk automatically ... should be ignored of course). Addition of a link to an ... database including specifying the name of the program, associated filename ... emulator), filename of the inlay image, filename(s) of two screenshots at ...Spectrum Database ProgramsWhat would people recommend to be a decent database program for the emulators? I've been fiddling with SGD but the databases are outdated, and ZX Rai…
... to realize the ability of scanning a complete directory ... should be ignored of course). Addition of a link to ... database including specifying the name of the program, associated filename ... emulator), filename of the inlay image, filename(s) of two screenshots ...What is the most memorable game you got for Christmas??We have all done it. Excitedly ripped open the wrapping on Xmas morning to find a nice shiny cassette which you either expected or were quite surpris…
xmas 84 , opening Sherlock , the lords of midnight , doomdarks revenge , ghostbusters and the mikro gen automania / pyjamarama double pack with the xmas card in , absolute magical day.YS ScansHiya all Does anyone know if anyone is selling the YS scans in a cd collection like mort did with his Crash ones ( Which I bought off of him ages ag…
... as the set spans 5cd`s of ?20 including P&P ... &vg, so any donations of old issues would be appreciated ... going to take a lot of searching for missing ones). Many ...Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas to all you Spectrum fans! I think many of you (me too, 1984) did get your first Speccy for Christmas, so this is also an anniversary!…
... Spectrum fans! I think many of you (me too, 1984) ... is called Korvatunturi and it's of course in Lapland.
... to the myth and mystery of the place. Actually this ... and used the ears of the mountain to listen ... to the wishes of children. This stuck and ...Merry Christmas!Merry Christmas to all you Spectrum fans! I think many of you (me too, 1984) did get your first Speccy for Christmas, so this is also an anniversary!…
xmas 83 - spectrum 48k , games - pssst , hunchback , jetpac , manic miner and sieddab attack. But i remember xmas 84 better with Lords of midnight , sherlock , daley thompsons , pyjamarama , booty - those really were the days.
