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Retro Gamer Issue 86 - The cover's a bit special![IMG]http://desmond.yfrog.com/Himg615/scaled.php?tn=0&server=615&filename=dekmj.jpg&xsize=640&ysize=640[/IMG]
... on), or the reviews of modern games on modern systems - to me it ... they stopped covering new games for modern machines then they'd ... many more features on games, best games on MAME etc, top ... copies of older games which are now available for modern machines. < ... -
Freescape GamesI have always LOVED the Freescape games (Driller, Dark Side, Total Eclipse and Castle Master). They really were IMHO a huge leap forward in games cre…
The Freescape games were a hugely important technical ... -explorable environments - is what most modern games are built around and which ... something the size of a modern 4x4: see the [I]CRASH ... -
What constitutes a rare spectrum game?Ive just finished re-typing in a games list after my hard drive had a fault. I have a number of titles, but what is a rare title? Pre 84? Is ther…
... -induced-involvement is missing in modern games, at least regarding the graphics ... -
Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
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Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
[QUOTE=mile;513550]i think 90% of the threads started about modern games are started by ewgf. :p[/QUOTE]
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Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
[QUOTE=mile;513550]i think 90% of the threads started about modern games are started by ewgf. :p[/QUOTE]
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Something else to hate about modern gamingDespite my skirmishes with DRM, the dumbing down of first person shooters, the awful server support for many console games (which don't allow you to …
... used prices on newish games are still only a ... reductions on newer used games are so crap that ... a pittance for the games they buy from the ... and probably never will, games with buggy save features don ... :[/QUOTE]
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A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…
... ever climbing specs so games are written to utilise ... they want all their games to use that new ... potential buyers of the games. Surely not every PC ... PC powerful enough to run modern games?
It' ... of us who play modern PC games on our machines), but ... -
A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…
... 't see why the same games aren't also made to ... more potential buyers of the games. Surely not every PC gamer ... PC powerful enough to run modern games?
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So the ... game makers should ensure their games don't take advantage of ... -
A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…
Games on consoles aren't work ... , etc.
Most of modern games are developed to work on ... -
A thousand core CPU?Maybe this is old news to most people on here, but according to: [url]http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/emerging-tech/2010/12/25/intel-why-a-1000-core-chi…
... high-level functions to the games, like file system, threads ... />
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Most of modern games are developed to work on ... would want to buy the games.
... bring in extra revenue. Developing games is already an expensive and ... -
Old man give me back my spectrum.......Did anyone's parents have a shared interest in their Speccy? My folks didn't and they still don't own a computer and the internet is alien to them! …
... 't you play [the new games] with us? For some reason ... what to do in these modern games, and don't have the ... -
why is it......my xbox360 has died for the 4th time, so why can I turn on a 20+ year old speccy and still enjoy gaming goodness fecking microsoft, Sinclair could h…
... There have been some brilliant games on it, but nothing ... down, in common with modern games, from what little I ... holes left in the modern games lineup that's caused ... by making games ever stupider and more ... You get some of these games on XBox Live! too, ... -
why is it......my xbox360 has died for the 4th time, so why can I turn on a 20+ year old speccy and still enjoy gaming goodness fecking microsoft, Sinclair could h…
... the holes left in the modern games lineup that's caused by ... making games ever stupider and more like ... /> You get some of these games on XBox Live! too, of ... -
why is it......my xbox360 has died for the 4th time, so why can I turn on a 20+ year old speccy and still enjoy gaming goodness fecking microsoft, Sinclair could h…
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Where any games programmed in C?Were any Spectrum games written in C on a secondary computer that could compile Z80 code?
Many Spectrum games were developed with a secondary ... usually written in assembler. Few games were written in C, but ... .
Among modern games, most of Mojon Twins games were written in ... -
Do you wish they'd stop making games?Probably the stupidest topic ever posted on WOS, but here goes... Today I was talking to a bloke about gaming, and it reminded me of something I rea…
... develop a huge backlog of modern games to play even if ... the quality and variety of modern games ([i]seen it all ... gaming i play a modern game at a nice ... So my answer - if suddenly games were no longer made for ... retro emulators and the games i already have and ... -
3rd time is not the charm...My PS3 worked fine till february, when all of a sudden it stopped reading the games & DVD's I called assistance, and they gave me a new PS3 but afte…
... I'm moaning on about modern consoles, I may as ... br />
1) Modern games often have less and less ... And of course almost no modern game has bots (bots ... don't like about modern consoles is the lack ... many of the genres that modern games don't touch (2D ... -
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…
... with the later Speccy games as I got my ... do the creators of recent games* change the font? ... br />
I reckon modern games use a non ROM font ... of my favourite speccy games use their own font ...
How many top spectrum games (recent and otherwise) can we ... -
Turrican 1,2 OST on AY ?Hello. Just wonder if there is AY conversion of Turrican OSTs ?
... that kind of soundtrack to modern games!
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Turrican 1,2 OST on AY ?Hello. Just wonder if there is AY conversion of Turrican OSTs ?
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Definitive list of games incompatible with +2A/+3 and of compatible versions (if any)I am trying to compile the definitive list of games which are incompatible with the +2A and the +3 and of their compatible versions, if they are pres…
... some examples? So far all games with multicolor effects I have ... effects are mostly harmless, and modern games usually take those differences into ... -
New Game: Chopper DropAnnouncing my latest game; Chopper Drop. It?s a tough life being a chopper pilot. Day in, day out, you have to pick up crates and drop them onto the…
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LCD TVs (yes, again, but please contribute)I now the subject of LCD TVs comes up every few months, and those who know something about the subject must be tired of repeating the same advice, bu…
... being too dark in console games?
The Starglider, thanks ... )/fighting/startegy/flight simulation/etc games too. All of the FPSs ... 't be too expensive (unlike modern games). I'd love to put ... and 2, the Zelda games, the Mario games, etc, on there too ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
I never play any games on easy, mainly cos' you ... unlocking certain things.
Modern games seem to become quickly boring ... -
I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
... ;543981]I never play any games on easy, mainly cos' ... unlocking certain things.
Modern games seem to become quickly boring ... few Xbox and Xbox 360 games too...:)
Will ... probably play FPS games at the default level...they ... -
Bill S.978The American government is considering a new bill (law): "[COLOR="Blue"]It [this law] would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted material a f…
... bother about old games on old systems, but modern games will undoubtedly ... wishes of the wealthy (the games companies) on the lawmakers ( ... who pay for both the games the government itself (via ... . The more changes the games companies successfully dictate to the ... -
Snapshot saves = cheating?Do you consider using snapshot saves as cheating? Obviously most modern games allow you to save anywhere but speccy games were designed to be played …
... saves as cheating? Obviously most modern games allow you to save anywhere ... but speccy games were designed to be played ... a difficult one. For Spectrum games which did allow saving I ... of the more complex action games ([I]Auf Wiedersehen Monty[/I ...
