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Are there any unreleased Spectrum games or prototypes in the hands of collectors?You know how some games for various machines were written but never released, and then a collector buys the developers' discs or whatever hardware, a…
... to have a working Marble Madness 2 machine, and he refuses ... -
A non-gamers grump!Theres a reason why I'm not a gamer and its this - I find most games boring, there's no incentive to work through them because there's not much of a …
... multiple trap remake of Marble Madness would be fun. I wish ... -
Jaguar XJ200 vs Lotus 2 (Amiga) - Which Is The Better Racer?Hi everyone and welcome to the June 2017 edition of "WHICH IS BEST?". Last month I placed two versions of Marble Madness on the Megadrive against ea…
... placed two versions of Marble Madness on the Megadrive against each ... -
Key repeat weirdness with EI & IYI finally (after 35 years!) decided to write something a) for 48k speccy b) in z80 assembler. It's been over 20 years since I've written anything in …
... and this is where the madness begins (keep in mind I ... -
Metacritic MadnessI have only recently wondered what Metacritic scores actually are, having seen them mentioned on the net for years. So, I had a look. It seems it i…
I have only recently wondered what Metacritic scores actually are, having seen them mentioned on the net for years. So, I had a look. It seems it is a place where anybody can rate and “review” (and I use the term loosely) Music, TV, Films, Video Games ... -
Exciting news for visitors of WoS, Some new MIA games and alternate versions to be added to the siteThis is my 1st Post be gentle, I have quite a few games that have been listed as missing in action and have sent the games to Steven Brown (admin) to…
... IQ by ?, MOORTOWN by Hornby, MOONLIGHT MAGIC by ?, NOSFERATU by Omni ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 02 March 2019Saturday 02 March 2019 Happy New Year. And Valentine's Day. And (nearly) Easter. Or something. * Jose Francisco provided a correct POKE for Nona…
... , The, Blimpgeddon, Bomb Alley,
Booty The Remake, Bouncing Bomb: Redux ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Monday, 06 May 2019Monday 06 May 2019 Bank Holiday laziness means I have some time to get this update out. Hurrah! * Eugene Lisovy provided replacement POKEs for F…
... : Neoplasma, Apollo, Bardic Rite, The, Booty The Remake,
Cave Raider ... -
Best early arcade conversionsI was at Arcade Club in Bury where they had tons of the old arcade classics such as Space Invaders, Asteroids, Centipede, Galaxian, Zaxxon, Moon Patr…
... , Galaxian, Zaxxon, Moon Patrol, Marble Madness, Discs Of Tron, Amidar, Berzerk ... -
ANN: Tipshop updated Wednesday, 15 April 2020Wednesday 15 April 2020 Merry Xm(too late! Ed).. Happy New(Nope - too late Ed)... Happy Vale(Still nope. Ed).. Happy Eas(And that's another nope. …
... /> Merry Christmas From Horace, Microfair Madness, Molemania,
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Denis Through The Drinking Glass - Crash ReviewCheck this out - https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/playonline.php?eml=2&downid=38341 A barely playable text adventure. Give it a go without a guide…
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Madness. 85% for playability? I still ... -
LifeforceHey, guys. I finally saw the 1985 sci-fi/zombie/vampire/horror flick "Lifeforce" for the first time a week or two ago, and I've got to be honest, …
... city cathedral to stop the madness. :)
Just my $0 ... -
Black Celebration - Lets have it Gothic.Midnight, darkness sweeps a leaf strewn columned mausoleum. A weird tincture of cyanic? light, moonlight bouncing off an ornamental blue glass skull.…
... weird tincture of cyanic? light, moonlight bouncing off an ornamental blue ... . Two lovers embrace. She is moonlight, and casts an awakening glamour ... -
Getting the ball rolling againOkay things have been a bit stale in comparison to what this forum used to be like. Too many fallouts and it is getting harder to think of new threa…
... one man can stop this madness
Only one other man ... -
Arcade ConversionsWhat arcade conversions do people still play on their Speccys (real or emulated)? For me it has to be Commando, Frank Bruno (Punch Out arcade clone)…
... beats the original arcade Marble Madness, Gauntlet, 720, Final Fight, or ... -
Good Isometric 3D GamesHi My fave game of all time was Head Over Heels, which I have now completed thanks to emulation. I have also now done Batman and recently discovere…
... Spindizzy if you like Marble Madness games. Bobby Bearing too. -
Currah Microspeech: good or guff?I've just been looking through old Speccy mags and saw the Currah Microspeech add-on. It certainly looks good, with lunar jetman having speech among …
... remember that if you loaded Booty (from Firebird, I believe), with ... attached, instead of the usual Booty game, you got to play ... -
Best Spectrum Tune EVER!Hi there!This is my first posting in this forum, and would like to know wich Tune you think is the greatest of all in Spectrum Games! For me Marauder…
... as shooting grannies- off target madness though.)
Stormbringer 128 ... -
I'm thinking of a gameOkay clever all you clever clogs. I remember playing this game but that's all. Don't remember what you did or what genre it is or what software hou…
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Long awaited dissapointmentWhat games were you looking forward to, be it sequels or much hyped newbies, only to be utterly digusted and dissapointed with the tripe you had boug…
Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Marble Madness construction kit. -
Long awaited dissapointmentWhat games were you looking forward to, be it sequels or much hyped newbies, only to be utterly digusted and dissapointed with the tripe you had boug…
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Knight Rider, Street Hawk, Marble Madness construction kit.
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STREETHAWK!? That was a great game! atleast in my oppinum. ;) -
Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…
Not really used for loading a game - but my sister & myself found that we only did well on Booty if we were listening to Manic monday on the tape. Note it must be the tape recorder used to load the game ! Not that we were weird or anything. -
The Good, the Bad & the UglyWhich games, in your opinion, were better on the Commode 64 and Amsad CPC than the Speccy? And vice-versa? I ask because I believe that many Speccy g…
I never saw games for CPC, so I could compare ZX/C64:
Better ZX: Fantastic Vojage, Manic Miner, Renegate, Monty Mole, Cuckie Egg
Better C64: Bruce Lee, Last Ninja, Marble Madness, Out Run, Platoon -
Booty soundCan you turn off the in-game music on Booty? It drives me nuts. It says you can in the Crash review, but maybe they were just having a laugh. I tried…
Press 'M' Speccy m8 to toggle the sound on Booty.
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Jet Set Willy IIIt's just occurred to me - has anyone ever actually managed to complete JSW2? I mean REALLY complete it - every time I ever did it, I would reach the…
The title music is Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" and in-game music is Grieg's "In The Hall Of The Mountain King"
