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  • Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Knockout Group DTop 2 games go through to Quarter Finals. Voting lasts for 4 days. Group consists of: winner of group G, winner of group H, runner up of group E and…

    I'm going for Chaos. Bloody brilliant game and it was a Spectrum exclusive too.

    JSW is nice enough, but I prefer Manic Miner. Elite isn't at its best on the Spectrum, and I'm surprised Dragontorc has made it this far.
    Matt_B Matt_B August 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... but were incredibly detailed whereas on the Amstrad and C64 ... QUOTE]

    Agree. :)
    Manic Miner and JSW first come to ... 2, Driller are the best on Spectrum compared with any other ... on Amstrad, Myth, Rick Dangerous 1,2 are best on c64, Elite on ...
    Pegaz Pegaz August 2010 Games
  • Speccy Full-Price World Cup: The FinalIt all comes down to this... which Speccy classic will take the title?

    ... necessarily build about what was best in the originals.

    Manic Miner. I still actually play the ... than just occasionally mucking about on it.
    Matt_B Matt_B September 2010 Games
  • Speccy Full-Price World Cup: The FinalIt all comes down to this... which Speccy classic will take the title?

    ... necessarily build about what was best in the originals.

    Manic Miner. I still actually play the ... than just occasionally mucking about on it.[/QUOTE]


    ASH-II ASH-II September 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... =spainboy;474587]Ive rarely posted on here but I know there ... whilst playing a game(not manic miner beeps), loading music (although I ... the best remakes anyone has done of a speccy game on the ... ? Im sure someone was working on a double dragon remake that ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause September 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... best Manic Miner clone out there?

    They're both played out on ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek September 2010 Games
  • 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…

    ... best Manic Miner clone out there?

    They're both played out on ... .[/QUOTE]

    Awww, come on. They're both platform run ...
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu September 2010 Games
  • 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,…

    ... style of 3D with the best animation
    Fairlight - some of ... and amount of things moving on the screen at once
    Starglider - Best wireframe graphics
    Starstrike II - Best filled polygons
    Manic Miner - Speccyness ...
    torot torot October 2010 Games
  • The Manic Miner intelligence testI've spent the morning watching various teenagers playing 8 bit games. One thing that really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite good at showi…

    ... really struck me is Manic Miner seems to be quite ... quickly learn that the best route on Central Cavern at ... place to jump on that item on the thing that ... work out what happens on the conveyor belt before ... past the yellow monster on the conveyor belt. Quite ...
    Metalbrain Metalbrain November 2010 Games
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... is very obvious. Everything depends on the time when you got ... ) belong to Manic Miner and JSW. They were the best in 1983 both ... />
    Let's face it Manic Miner and JSW have simplistic graphics ... not a big fan of Manic Miner too. There were Green Beret ...
    Ralf Ralf November 2010 Games
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... very obvious. Everything depends on the time when you ... to Manic Miner and JSW. They were the best in 1983 ... /> Let's face it Manic Miner and JSW have simplistic graphics ... point, it depends on when you got your ... Hobbit. Never play it on emulation, i remember my ...
    psj3809 psj3809 November 2010 Games
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... People here mention that Manic Miner and Jet Set ... very obvious. Everything depends on the time when you ... to Manic Miner and JSW. They were the best in 1983 ... /> Let's face it Manic Miner and JSW have simplistic graphics ... demos similar on Mescaline Synesthesia.
    Rindex Rindex November 2010 Games
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... , still for me the best arcade conversion on the speccy, all in ... /> 3) Great Escape
    4) Manic Miner
    5) Deathchase
    6 ... /> I tried to fit Cruising on Broadway in there, and Laser ...
    pigdog pigdog November 2010 Games
  • 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.

    [B]Manic Miner[/B]?

    Certainly one ... to pick an all-out best.

    If it's ... hasn't yet been released on real-media yet, I'd ... Calavera[/B] would be high on the list.
    Graz Graz November 2010 Games
  • 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.

    ... non-commercial? Still, recommending Manic Miner is always good, I suppose ... Havoc (the best Mr Do! type game on the Spectrum),
    Manic Miner 3,
    Willy the ... The Time Hole,
    Ultimate Manic Miner,
    Miles Mad Mission,
    ewgf ewgf November 2010 Games
  • 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.

    ... non-commercial? Still, recommending Manic Miner is always good, I suppose ... Havoc (the best Mr Do! type game on the Spectrum),
    Manic Miner 3,
    Willy the ... The Time Hole,
    Ultimate Manic Miner,
    Miles Mad Mission,
    BiNMaN BiNMaN November 2010 Games
  • Nether EarthJust looking at the Top 100 games and this ones pretty high. Anyone like this back then (or now ?). Had a quick go, didnt play it much back in the …

    ... see it now at #3 on the 'best games' list, 134 of ... /> You normally get dodgy voting on famous games not something like ... 50 WOSsers would have voted Manic Miner the worst game ever or ...
    Matt_B Matt_B December 2010 Games
  • Elite's iPhone/iPad Spectrum Emulator updated... with Manic Miner, Monty and more!This was updated earlier today: [URL="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zx-spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8"]link[/URL]. Now includes Manic M…

    ... ; JMK - nice work on the emu. Manic Miner plays especially well. :)

    Agreed - the best Emulator on the App store in my ... available than running unlicensed games on another emulator ... it ... could make a request about Manic Miner - can we have an ...
    Refrenz Refrenz January 2011 Announcements
  • copyright questionI'm working on a documentary film at present, and just working out what shots to put togther to go with the interviews we have. I've got person who r…

    ... showing the game being played on a TV screen.
    ... any Spectrum game you like on a video (movie), or ... played and put it on youtube or your web ... game do you think is best to represent the Speccy? ... a popular Spectrum game then Manic Miner would be ideal, unless ...
    ewgf ewgf January 2011 Games
  • Elite's iPhone/iPad Spectrum Emulator updated... with Manic Miner, Monty and more!This was updated earlier today: [URL="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/zx-spectrum-elite-collection/id391336343?mt=8"]link[/URL]. Now includes Manic M…

    ... :EC really does play nice on it!

    We ... to submit to apple on or before the 4th ... a Re-master of the Manic Miner Artwork.

    To ... for our app on the 148apps.com best app ever awards ... We were nominated for the best retro app ever in 2010 ...
    matthew_hyden matthew_hyden January 2011 Announcements
  • Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…

    ... mastered and moved on to machine code, and best of all, it ... different machines, with games like Manic Miner, Ant Attack, The Hobbit, ... Christmas) after seeing the games on the Spectrum.

    ... display is one of the best things about the Spectrum, ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • Calculating the address of a pixel?Hi Folks, Is there an easy/quick way of calculating the memory address of a pixel? So for example, if I wanted to "plot" pixel at screen coordinate…

    ... mastered and moved on to machine code, and best of all, it ... different machines, with games like Manic Miner, Ant Attack, The Hobbit, Jetpac ...
    TVzombie TVzombie February 2011 Sinclair Basic
  • At What Age did you get your first computer?I was at a dinner party and people where all complaining on how kids this days start playing computers very early on, and how they see kids with 5 an…

    ... the proud possessor of the best 8-bit ever! It's ... was like with Manic Miner, Jetpac, Ant Attack, and so on. We take ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Chit chat
  • Jet Set Willy 2What did everybody make of Jet Set Willy 2? I remember at the time i disliked it, I thought it was a cash in, and hated the way they just expanded t…

    ... thought. To me, the best thing about JSW was it ... room, a block appeared on the screen for every ... reach an object, depending on how you'd explored the ... the moment.

    On the minus side, the stand ... they went back to the Manic Miner music, when they should ...
    ewgf ewgf February 2011 Games
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... are average at best, the controls tend to be on the sluggish ... 't think it should be on the top 10, and probably ... />
    It is then like Manic Miner, I really can not understand ...
    Ivanzx Ivanzx March 2011 Games
  • Spectrum: The Definitive Top 10A bit of fun. Ok, so it's 100 years from now, and the Spectrum is taking it's place in a home computer hall of fame. You have to choose 10 games th…

    ... 10!

    1. Manic Miner
    Yup, had to go ... Hyper Bill bouncing along on his head after a ... . Chase HQ
    The best conversion job, and just such ... all, and probably the best. The only competition would ... and Renegade 1, but on the whole Target is more ...
    Lebowsk1 Lebowsk1 March 2011 Games
  • can we all agree on a game we liked?reading some of the console mega threads, and from my own personal experience it seems that ones mans treasure is another mans poop stain. so can we…

    ... is that you were the best contestant in the 'caption competition ... ST version, and the add-on pack Oh No! More Lemmings ... an urban myth. It was on Q.I., and Stephen Fry ... I bet you do like Manic Miner? As far as I can ... that they didn't like Miner Willy's first game.< ...
    ewgf ewgf April 2011 Chit chat
  • Mr Kizza being rather cheeky ....again !Someone from Atari Age contacted me and pointed me at this... [url]http://www.atariage.com/forums/topic/163375-back-to-basics/page__pid__2095588#ent…

    ... , eg Elite, Knight Lore and Manic Miner' then it could be the ... reputation has been called out on that forum more than once ... and something I feel is best avoided.
    Sard Sard April 2011 Games
  • Put off by the Spectrum character setAm I the only one? Someone suggests a game, and you go "Ooooo haven't heard of that one, I'll give it a sho...*recoils in horror at the ZX Spectrum c…

    ... (you can still see it on older fire stations), and Tennants ... being my all time favourite Manic Miner (as good as Elite was ... :

    PS-Blambot Classic, best font ever!
    R-Tape R-Tape April 2011 Games
  • Sabre Wulf - don't you just hate itThere's lots of Speccy opinions that divide us, but one thing I seem to stand alone in is my dislike for Sabre Wulf. I'm not joking now, I don't like…

    ... like them, but from Nightshade on I just don't see ... 'd say probably Skooldaze. Or Manic Miner. But lots of people wouldn ... , making it one of the best selling Spectrum games ever), but ...
    ewgf ewgf May 2011 Games
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