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Most Disappointing Speccy SequelOk, I'm going for 3 of the most obvious: Impossamole Renegade 3 Chase H.Q 2
... messy graphically compared to the first one and Batty.
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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…
first Software Projects for jet set willy,tribble trouble and the manic miner version ... etc.. second bugbyte for the first manic miner version, antics ... -
Bloody hell, it's busy in hereWOS seems to have these surges, there are so many people posting at the moment. In fact today we had more people posting on topics on this forum than…
... 's popularity. It's great! After I sold my Speccy all ... . The experience of tucking into Manic Miner, Sabre Wulf etc. is just ... -
Classical music in Spectrum gamesFollowing a point made by GOC, I would list the pieces of classical music featured in Spectrum games. As far as I can remember right now: - Manic Mi…
... on the title page, whilst Manic Miner played Strauss's The Blue ... that out in my very first post... Why don't you ... -
when did you last buy a spectrum game?When did you last buy a new commercial game in the shops for your spectrum? I guess I can't really answer that because I sold my spectrum in about 1…
... /> The first Spectrum games I downloaded from the Internet were Manic Miner 2 ... -
high scoresi was playing operation wolf last night and thought it would be a good idea to make a thread where we could all put our high scores for some competit…
Only a moron would lie about their high score.
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Manic Miner on mobile phone.I was wondering does anyone know where i can get manic miner for my nokia 7650, or sharp gx10i phone? I tried everywhere and did find a hungarian sit…
Manic Miner works fine with the unregistered ... MMC card. That's the best place to store the games ... -
Where Are They Now?I have been trying to trace speccy characters to find out what they are doing now. I'm afraid it doesn't look good. It appears that there is a spec…
... ( Barbarian 1 and 2 ) After years of steroid abuse the ... />
More like shriveled up, after all those steroids.
after years in the silicon wilderness. And Miner Willy ... appeared in so many unofficial Manic Miner games over the years. -
Chuckie EggHi peeps, a long time ago I wrote the original version of chuckie egg on the speccy. I've just heard about this board and was told I should say hello…
... bell, I preferred CE to Manic Miner too! I hate those pixel ... /> jonathan, blimey you're the first person I've ever met ... something on CE and the first person they found was a ... -
Chuckie EggHi peeps, a long time ago I wrote the original version of chuckie egg on the speccy. I've just heard about this board and was told I should say hello…
... manager (Kevin toms) and manic miner up with the best
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Why the Spectrum?Of all the 8-bit [I]microcomputers[/I] that were around in the 80's, why did you choose the Spectrum and not another one?
... , Dasse wrote:
I saw manic miner and was hooked right off ... go on Chequered Flag - the first and last time he has ... trundled around the tracks in first gear, not realising you could ... -
Imagine versus UltimateImagine (The Name of the Game) Ultimate (Play the Game) Well, twenty years after their heyday, how do these two super software houses' products com…
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The original and the best, definitely in my top 5 ... /> Also in my top 5? Manic Miner and Target Renegade. Can't ... -
First speccy game you ever ever played..Just having a play on Jet-Pac (on my +2 I hasten to add as I would never play a denied game on an emulator...no sireee ;) ) and suddenly realised tha…
If I remember correctly, then the first game I played on Speccy was Aquaplane. Followed closely by Full Throttle, Manic Miner and Jet Pac. -
Manic MinerHas anyone ever actually completed Manic Miner without cheating. I have tried so many times and I was not even close. I am trying at the minute with …
Oh no, Manic Miner is hard all right! You ... , I could probably complete it first time.
But then, Super ... -
Are you a Spectrum Purist?I'm just wondering how many of you are Spectrum purists, and how many just regard the Spectrum as one of many in their collection. For example, do y…
i first saw and played on my ... 1985. games like turmoil, thrusta, manic miner, wriggler, cauldron, on the run ... -
What songs remind you of playing speccy games!!I was just sitting in my car driving to an appointment when the radio started playing a Dire Straits track off the Brothers in Arms album. WOLLOP!!!!…
... /> The first games I played were Jetpac, Penetrator, The Hobbit, Manic Miner, Jungle ... -
First speccy game you ever ever played..Just having a play on Jet-Pac (on my +2 I hasten to add as I would never play a denied game on an emulator...no sireee ;) ) and suddenly realised tha…
Manic Miner... took ages to get through the first screen, but then I got the hang of it and I wasn't seen for weeks! :0) -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... begun my project to turn Manic miner to 256 colours. Yes, there ... ! You see in my version, Miner Willy will be wearing shocking ... eh? I've completed the first room and I must say ... a bad artist as I first thought - which isn't saying ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... lower half. For ex, in Manic Miner, the main screen has lot ... want because keys flash in Manic Miner and turning off attribute mixing ... helps!
EDIT: The first screenshots from my 256 colour ... (hurray!). I'll be the first to admit they are rather ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... lower half. For ex, in Manic Miner, the main screen has lot ... want because keys flash in Manic Miner and turning off attribute mixing ... get it, you are the first one to see it !!( I ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... ! Much better than my crap Manic Miner version anyway! :)
Are ... compliments.
It's my first project of this kind ever ... -
EmuZWin supports 256 color gamesI am sorry starting new topic, but you see this info is important a bit: new version 2.4 of the EmuZWin is available to download, and it supports 25…
... /> I started Thindercats 128, Robocop,Manic Miner 4, Soldier Of fortune and ... .
But I did my best job by far with Scooby ... -
256 colour gamesFollowing on from the thread in the Emulator section... Will people who are working on converting games to 256 colour using Emuzwin please let me kn…
... 1) Armando Quaranta - Scooby Doo, Manic Miner 4
2) Refernz - Bomb ... 4 ( I think)
5) Manic Miner - Arjun
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Whuaw...Is Manic Miner really repainting Ajun ? Who would ... to top. Seems like after a wile the screen gets ... -
ANN: "Sam Revival" magazine issue 7 out now (SamCoupAs there's been a few posts in these forums about the Sam Coup? I thought I would mention that issue 7 of the 'Sam Revival' magazine is out... Insid…
... around the Sam world. The first feature article in this issue ... David Ledbury's walkthrough of Manic Miner, taking a look at the ... -
ANNOUNCE: Party Willy (Part 2, PW128)Today I release Part 2 of my new Jet Set Willy game, [I]Party Willy[/I] - so called because it's in several parts, most notably two 48K JSW parts, wh…
I don't know how you do it Andrew! I'm still fiddling about trying to get room 5 nice in my first attempt to do a Manic Miner game (using your editor), and yet you are now knocking out compilations!!!!!! :o -
ANNOUNCE: Party Willy (Part 2, PW128)Today I release Part 2 of my new Jet Set Willy game, [I]Party Willy[/I] - so called because it's in several parts, most notably two 48K JSW parts, wh…
... nice in my first attempt to do a Manic Miner game (using your ... to write.
Your Manic Miner game is looking great so ... -
Here's something cool ...Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde, Knight Lore & Nightshade are listed on the imdb. Nothing much is said about them, but its really cool that they're mentione…
... ... Happy Tree Friends: Volume #1 First Blood (2002) (V)" :D
Manic Miner, references: Star Wars, King Kong ... -
GB Max SoftwareEllo chums... I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about GB Max Software? Specifically, if they have a list of games "by" them, and what they were…
... Spectrum games in Italy, especially after 1985, when the gap between ... note.][I]. The first, and best, in the first years was called " ... accept what they hosted, month after month. So these swines were ... were published with only their first level, and c) some ... -
URIDIUMDoes anyone actually like the Spectrum version of this game? Or was it some sinister plot to make the Spectrum look silly trying to compete with the…
... that time, called me once after school, and tell that she ... that (as my 'so far' best score was 8th level)... and she ... -
Best Speccy ProgrammersRe-post from the thread "Who is your fav speccy programmer". It was getting rather unwieldy so I thought I'll post a new topic on this. So, after mu…
... the updated list:
Best Speccy Programmers (in RANDOM order ... /> 5. Matthew Smith
> Manic Miner
6. Roy Carter ...
