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  • retro - edge issue 2ive just managed to grab a copy of the retro edge magazine issue 2 , its excellent , loads of reviews of old classics such as chuckie egg , lords of …

    ... list some of the games that were in the first Edge retro ...
    TygerBC TygerBC March 2003 Games
  • MicroMart battle semi-final has started - go and vote for the Spectrum!We've been following this lately, and the first semi-final has begun between the Speccy and the Amstrad to find the greatest home computer of all tim…

    ... the computer. If this were not the case the ... their memories of the machine that matters. No arguments about ... but also the fact that they can now finally afford ... all (or most of us that is).

    ... people guessed the machines that were going to be the ...
    Paul Thompson Paul Thompson March 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why did I buy that crap game? Hype, Cover Art or Licenced Product?Was I the only person to buy "Knight Rider" before any reviews came out? I doubt it. What made me buy it? Yep, it was hyped and a licenced product of…

    ... shop near where i lived that had all these really old ... (this was in like 1987) that were going for 20p...the aforementioned ... /> Some of the Mastertronic games were weird though but most had ... now...

    Firebird games were a little better generally, take ...
    TygerBC TygerBC April 2003 Games
  • Opus Discovery DiscsHi I have recently found my copy of Kemsoft's PCB Designer but it is on Opus discs and I have tried using ReadOpus and OpusImg but they don't seem t…

    ... list of all commercial disks that were released so I can build ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Time Gate and GryzorHi there, long time reader, first time poster! Was it possible to complete Timegate? I remember warping through galaxies (at random it seemed) wiped…

    ... all the games, featured more that a few, er, dodgy demos ... started complaining and the stores that were stocking it at the time ...
    Malc74 Malc74 May 2003 Games
  • 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 know this is a OOllllllddd post - but I remembered another couple of games that were better on the C64 - Beach Head 2, and I-Ball - perhaps cos the C64 could do Speech sooo much better...with the exception of Robin of the Wood. *L*
    Rockster77 Rockster77 May 2003 Games
  • How do I avoid BASIC becoming corrupted on returning from a M/C routine?I'm having trouble with my BASIC program becoming corrupted on returning from a m/c routine which sets all the registers (including the shadow regist…

    ... saving IY, but then noticed that the value got restored automatically ... , I discovered that it was the shadow registers that were causing the problem ...
    trellis trellis May 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • 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…

    Of course Speccy owners were generally treated better by Ultimate... ... /> IMO the games that were better on specific formats were:

    C64 ...
    TygerBC TygerBC May 2003 Games
  • Worst game - sort ofAny suggestions for worst game - but not just worst game period - the worst game that has had a lot of work go into it and ought to have been good, b…

    ... you just fall off that bloody beanstalk and you ... like tiny playing cards that just kinda 'float' ... had this ongoing joke that Schizoids was the worst ... about those appalling games that were packaged with the first ... rip-off of Hunchback that managed to be even ...
    TygerBC TygerBC May 2003 Games
  • 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…

    ... in the mid eighties was that they were buying the distribution rights ... and Amstrad. Admittedly there were some good games in there ... Spectrum' obviously because they were getting a bit of a ... to wait months for games that were worse than the C64 originals ...
    Malc74 Malc74 May 2003 Games
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... around it when we were in school? That the Speccy was cased ... , it created traits that were unlimited in people who were inclined to develop ... , though the C64 users were the ones that kept throwing links at ...
    Amigo Amigo May 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Tales of hate and despair in 8-bitsThis topic seeks to shed some light on one of the most obscure questions a spectrum user can ask. Why do we hate Commodore?

    ... [B][/B] when you were younger, you'll always ... /> [/quote]


    that might be true for some ... games with the brick graphics that were so fun, but would ... and for anyone to say that one is a computer ... that ever got used in those first few months were ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • OT - image editorsOK, it's like this: I Am doing a game in VC++ - a vertical scroller - as a sort of directX self-training project. Now, I'm lousy with graphics. So …

    ... /pc2.htm"]here's some that were started and alot done in ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Compilersaside from SE Basic Compilers, what are some other good ones? Personally im afetr HISOFT Compiler for 128k, but if theres any others it would be nice…

    ... i read, and some tests that were posted. yea YS came out ... compiler say "ah! cant do that!" and have to change things ... compatible, which id like so that i could use the PLAY ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Sinclair Basic
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... d have seen something THAT close to the arcade ... of games that were not done on Spectrum that he thinks ... would be cool if they were )< ... a game making program that's coming out soon ... forums theres a couple topics that go by "fake screenshots ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... to everyone at the forums that were cool to me and helpful ...
    Amigo Amigo June 2003 Games
  • Ebayers Please Help !!! (MIA/STP/SDP)Hi folks, Most of you who will read this are probably already aware that there are many of the above titles floating around on Ebay. However I simpl…

    ... wasn't quite that many Unique titles. Most were run of the ... have seen. I think there were only up to 100 different ... you split up the platforms that were available (Spectrum, Amstrad, C64, Vic ... was donated to resell was that i have the means to ...
    Andrew Barker Andrew Barker June 2003 MIA/STP/SDP
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... love to see the "mistake" that was the original version rectified ... and hacks of old games that were not done properly for one ... or another (remember the disaster that was "Pac-Man"?), and it ... 's time that someone had a go at ...
    Spector Spector June 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... fail to see, is that the Spectrum version of Double ... was a game that just used backgrounds that were similar to the ... arcades. The physics were not the ... Dragon. It's fighting physics were very simlilar, but it lacked ...
    Swainy Swainy June 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... "write" in public, as in that case the result of the ... 'work', it's something private. That would also be backed up ... on my hard drive songs that were blatantly plagiarized from classick R ... are wrong, it's just that anything else sounds veeery weird ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi June 2003 Games
  • Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…

    ... />
    Also if the games were not so difficult do you ... of the games that were too hard as now that I can use ...
    Mikal Mikal June 2003 Games
  • Lunar Jetman = The Confusion 2k3I had a 128k Spectrum in my youth, now experimenting with a ZX emu on my Amiga I played some Jetpack and found out what an amazing game it was and th…

    ... :
    Also if the games were not so difficult do you ... of the games that were too hard as now that I can use ... past the third screen in that yet?
    Malc74 Malc74 June 2003 Games
  • great giana sistersI dont know if this is the most asked question of all time, but where can one get a download of this incredible game for the speccie?

    ... are very available, The one that isnt, and which caused all ... was in 1987 and they were all binned because of a ... steeped in.
    So all that you will be able to ... , and possible a few cassettes that were pilfered, although thats highly unlikely ...
    The Master The Master July 2003 Games
  • Who want to remake Double Dragon?Seeing as the Speccy version was crap (see my review: [url="http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article=31"]http://www.gamestyle.net/retro.php?article…

    ... did they get changed? Were these just mock up screens ... told you, Swainy, the programmers that were brought in screwed up the ... with Operation Wolf anyway, yet that recieved an awesome conversion.

    I love that article though and remember it ...
    Steve Halfpenny Steve Halfpenny July 2003 Games
  • Mire MareThis could have been posted before, but What is the myth surrounding this game..i've read reviews off different people and some say it was finished a…

    ... not counting the ones that were made after they sold ... label to us gold) were very good. Nightshade and ... Gunfright were OK but certainly not ... />
    Having said that I would love to see ... about a medieval book that no one can decipher. ...
    Mikal Mikal July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

    ... escaped your attention whilst you were mounting your lofty horse, ... old as those Speccy ones that were remade on the PC anyway ... same. 'Ripping'? virtually none that hasn't already been done ... for featuring 3D wireframe fighters that move at 1-2fps, especially ...
    Collie Collie July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

    ... escaped your attention whilst you were mounting your lofty horse, ... old as those Speccy ones that were remade on the PC anyway ... same. 'Ripping'? virtually none that hasn't already been done ... for featuring 3D wireframe fighters that move at 1-2fps, especially ...
    Spector Spector July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

    ... escaped your attention whilst you were mounting your lofty horse, but ... old as those Speccy ones that were remade on the PC anyway ... see it that way.

    [quote]So if somewhere were to ... for featuring 3D wireframe fighters that move at 1-2fps, especially ...
    cyborg cyborg July 2003 Games
  • GAMES I'D LOVE TO SEE ON THE SPECTRUM.....What more modern games from other formats would you love to see on the Speccy...? I'm talking games that could be converted, and would be possible t…

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    if that were technically possible in a game ... that would be sweet. th 'techy' ... then i suppose if everything were interlaced that would be alot of ...
    Amigo Amigo July 2003 Games
  • Sam Fox Pokeru 5 knuckle shuffled over that??! You could at least have bought a copy of the Sun or sunning.. At least they were in colour..

    ... was around the same time that me and my mates ... the side of the track were a sure cache of ... it up and then realised that I am 30, own ... some of those Sex games that were released for the speccy....with ... ) porno pics....now they were god awfull...As b00mzi11a said ...
    stupidget stupidget August 2003 Games
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