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What game....got you started playing all those years ago (Speccy game or otherwise)? Personally, I would love to say JetPac as it was the first Speccy game I pla…
Probably Manic Miner, I remember playing it at ... thought about that in years. After a good 50p worth of ... -
Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…
... , EBAY trading, Cronosoft
FIRST COMPUTER USED AND WHEN: ZX81 ... in 1981
FIRST USED A SPECCY: rubber 48K ... off from school
FIRST OWNED A SPECCY: rubber 48K ... the final climax of playing Manic Miner. -
Expanded Profiles - Brief BiosExpanding on the post about Crimewatch style profiles, why not make a biography style profile. And I'll be the first... NAME: Patrick J.K. Furlong A…
... reading, films, travelling.
FIRST COMPUTER USED AND WHEN: ZX ... , Autumn 1983
FIRST USED A SPECCY: See above ...
FIRST OWNED A SPECCY: Spectrum 48k ... bout of Jet Pac or Manic Miner then I would say... still ... -
Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
... by the Spectrum when I first saw it - I'd never ... ?1.99, who cares! The first games I bought were Finders ... themselves.
I had Manic Miner copied for me by a ... -
Vampire game - need ID please!I think it involved Dracula. The game had night sections and day sections, where Drac would only come out at night. At one point you had to get a "tw…
theres also tomb of dracula :p another crap game, but i always remember it cos it was on the b side of my first ever tape i bought (a copied tape) included manic miner, kong, tomb of dracula .........was ?2.50 if i remember rightly lol off a schoolfriend -
Vampire game - need ID please!I think it involved Dracula. The game had night sections and day sections, where Drac would only come out at night. At one point you had to get a "tw…
... my first ever tape i bought (a copied tape) included manic miner, kong ... -
Best Speccy BargainsWhat was your best Speccy related bargain you've ever got? Mine was my first Speccy in 94/95. I was looking over my local car boot sale when I saw a…
... i find... Pssst silver inlay, Manic Miner, miner inlay, Saberwulf in mint condition ... boxed for ?5.
Best of all though a boxed ... -
Ultimate PollIt seems that most people like giving their profiles/opinions, so here's another one... see if I can make a poll out of it :) (some questions may ha…
... 7. Best 'beeper' music in a Speccy game
manic miner or chuckie ... egg themes
8. Best 'AY' ... ??
9. Best Spectrum programmer
Mat smith ...
13. Best Speccy arcade conversion
metrocross ... -
Early Speccy Memories ThreadHiya. Right Ok. I want to start a thread going here and I want to know all about your early days with speccys. I am 31 now. I got involved with spec…
Got my first Spectrum 48K in 1983 - first game: Spectral Invaders (wow, I ... ).
Buying my first game: Manic Miner for ?5.95.
Computers For Educational NeedsAh!! the memories come flooding back. How many of you convinced your parents to buy a computer as it was "educational", and would help you in 'O' Le…
... lessons, and played JetPac or Manic Miner during break times. That got ... on the computer in the first place.
At secondary ...I've just met Matthew Smith!I just saw him doing a Q&A session today at the classic gaming expo in Croydon. Picked up a mint copy of JSW and got it signed by him! He's was real…
... /> The numeric cheat code for Manic Miner is a variation of his ... AWOL, it's just that after the Software Projects era the ... to him in the bar after and he said he definitely ...Top 10 Games - All Formats (Pre Playstation era)Without being biased only towards Spectrum games what are your favourite 10 games? (Apologies if this has been asked before) My favourites: 1 Sensi…
... our course used to compare "Best Games Ever", and this list ... /> 9. Jetpac (Spectrum)
10. Manic Miner (Spectrum)List of best selling games?Does anyone know of such a list for spectrum games?
... 'd have thought something like Manic Miner or Jet Set Willy would ... a start...
The first issue of Retro Gamer had ...Dynamite Willy/ Jet Set DanI played Dynamite Dan years ago but I didn't really play it until recently. I think that this game is just a tarted up Jet Set Willy ripoff. It's go…
IMHO, Jet Set Willy and Manic Miner are milestones in the world ... gaming. Although they came after the Commiegames Miner 2049 and Bounty Bob ... : I fell in love with Miner Willy, but I had a ...Dynamite Willy/ Jet Set DanI played Dynamite Dan years ago but I didn't really play it until recently. I think that this game is just a tarted up Jet Set Willy ripoff. It's go…
... [/B]. It has a low score in the archive, but that ... genre (my favourite games are Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy).
Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... bought me one in 1984. Best purchase he ever made IMHO ... a simple platform game like Manic Miner was produce for the PS2 ... 'm now going back to Manic Miner :)
still haven't ... . if a simple platformer like Manic Miner came out on PS2 would ...Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... bought me one in 1984. Best purchase he ever made IMHO ... a simple platform game like Manic Miner was produce for the PS2 ... for the GB Advance (and Manic Miner for the GBA too), a ... about what is the best this, the best that, and these arguments ...Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... bought me one in 1984. Best purchase he ever made IMHO ... a simple platform game like Manic Miner was produce for the PS2 ... 'm now going back to Manic Miner :)
still haven't ...Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... and addictive. One of the best games I've ever played ... originality and addictiveness in the best of them. Eg, Bak 2 ... Playstation 2 and I saw Manic Miner and a new game on ... , and hurdling possessed toilets with Miner Willy for a long time ...This month's Retro Gamer - Cascade 50 honouredWell, after what seems like no end of Cascade Cassette 50 talk this month at WOS ("50 [I]great[/I] games on one [I]great[/I] cassette"), Retro Gamer …
... /> (example from previous year: [I]Manic Miner Pre-school Edition[/I])
first...Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... , IL-2 Sturmovik. Like the best Spectrum/C64/Amiga/Megadrive games ... Magick, Jetpac, Spindizzy, Knight Tyme, Manic Miner. These games (and others like ...Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... example is a platformer like Manic Minor evolving into games like ... />
Star Craft:Ghost vs. Manic Miner
Tekken vs. Way of ... as I said before, the best period in gaming was 20 ...TAPER again...I'm now using a laptop with Windows 98SE, and TAPER doesn't work with that, which is really disappointing. I think the saying is 2You don't miss your…
After much tinkering about, it appears ... working! I've loaded up manic miner, and once I fiddled about ...Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... didn't deserve the money, after all, it was ground breaking ... didn`t know who wrote Manic Miner and JSW, due mainly to ... John lennon and maybe playing Manic Miner 2104.
I`d ...manic miner and musicWas Manic Miner the first ever speccy game to have in-game music? I was asked this, and I thought it was, but if anyone else can think of one that c…
... the Spectrum Games FAQ, Manic Miner was the first game to feature music ...I cant belive this website and the activity round here!Hi! I?m new to this site (hope i have not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months I have got my self a PC to play games on from…
... high scores in JetPac or Manic Miner, or how to get past ... :) I didn't get my first Spectrum until November 1985 and ...I cant belive this website and the activity round here!Hi! I?m new to this site (hope i have not posted in the wrong place already!). In the last few months I have got my self a PC to play games on from…
... that, it was great at first but as the Dragon games ... time I got to play Manic Miner etc on a pal's ...Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... 's JSWED, it now edits Manic Miner quite nicely.
[url ... the Broadsoft MMSE is the best way to do it on ...Retro Gamer #7: The MegaTree / Matthew Smith interviewIssue Seven of Retro Gamer magazine has two items of interest to the Manic Miner & Jet Set Willy community: 1. The data from the MegaTree developmen…
... 's JSWED, it now edits Manic Miner quite nicely.
[url ... the Broadsoft MMSE is the best way to do it on ...Music to my ears? Hi, I`m just wondering which game music/tune you thought was cool, I`ve just replayed Head over Heals and the the chirpy intro had me chuckling, bu…
Agent X (the first one) on 48K wins easily ... stand out from the pack. Manic Miner's theme tune was great ...
