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Sabre Man Games - Style over Substance?Was Sabre Man primarily a marketing ploy? I quite like all Ultimate Games up to Gunfright and find I generally prefer the ones without Sabre Man, a …
... Attack before it or the Ritman or Panayi games after it ... -
Today I bought my first Spectrum game for 19 years...thanks to the magic of ebay I am now the proud owner of the classic that is MatchDay 2 - and I just worked out it's the first speccy game i bought…
Game MusicI'm looking at revamping the original version of football manager - I still prefer it by far to any later ones. I've done a few snazzy bits of graph…
... issues d'you think? Did Ritman license it for that game ...Gummy Bears iso3d adventureHi! While checking out some of the Russian and other foreign TRDOS games I came across a rather nifty looking isometric 3d adventure "Gummy Bears"..…
... good old BatMan by Jon Ritman. They did change a lot ...Darkstar "jon"[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001263[/url] which "jon" do you think it was who did the loading screen... I'd never had got …
... * *drum roll*
Jon Ritman :-o
(programmer of ...Name above the TitleInspired by a recent "Cane and Rinse" podcast on American McGee's Alice, where it was pointed out how unusual it was to have a game designer/programm…
Mike Singleton RIPIve just read Jon Ritman's post on Facebook announcing that Mike Singleton passed away last Wednesday 10/10/12. I'd like to pass on my condolences t…
Ive just read Jon Ritman's post on Facebook announcing ...Batman gamesThree games published by Ocean: [I]Batman[/I], [I]Batman the Caped Crusader [/I]and [I]Batman the Movie[/I]. What's your favourite? [CENTER][IMG]ht…
... interesting adventure, I prefer the Ritman/Drummond classic game.The Making of Match DayWent for a curry with Jon Ritman the other week :) [URL="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-01-the-making-of-match-day"]http://www.eurogamer.…
Went for a curry with Jon Ritman the other week :)
[URL="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-01-the-making-of-match-day"]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-01-the-making-of-match-day[/URL]The Stampers vs Ritman/DrummondThis time, 4 great isometric games, choose only one. [IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/k/KnightLore.gif[/IM…
This time, 4 great isometric games, choose only one.
[IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/k/KnightLore.gif[/IMG][IMG]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/showscreen.cgi?screen=screens/in-game/a/Alien8.gif[/IMG]< ...Match Day - Maximum number of goals (?) and a bug compilationGreetings. I'm willing to share some stuff about old Ritman's classic Match Day, so let's get on with it. :smile: PART 1 ------ I was curious abo…
... share some stuff about old Ritman's classic Match Day, so ... at the end show that Ritman Rovers were indeed
knocked ...Random Numbers, USR Return Values & Timing BASICI've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published in Your Sinclair Aug'87. Apart from a timing comparison I also did a frequency ana…
... 've been trying out Jon Ritman's random number routine, published ... across the range, whereas the Ritman version is rather more irregular ... for 500 values, whereas the Ritman version took only 2.82 ... . The '500' timings for the Ritman and Baker versions turned out ...Cosmic Debis YouTube ReviewToday's video is the classic Cosmic Debris developed by Jon Ritman and published by Artic Computing in 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgU8l…
Today's video is the classic Cosmic Debris developed by Jon Ritman and published by Artic Computing in 1983.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgU8lyyBe84Bandersnatch referencesList here what you spotted :) I'll start. Date the episode is set - Imagine went bust. "Expansion - Imagine!" - either Imagine expanding so qu…
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Colin Ritman - a namesake?
Stefan Butler ... (and others) is that Colin Ritman is a parody of Eugine ...Selling most of my Spectrum games.I've decided to sell off most of my Spectrum games and some hardware, but for now here's the games I want to get rid off. Ideally I would like to se…
... (Palace Software)
Bat Man (Ritman&Drummond) (Ocean)
Bobby ...Best joystickWhat was your best joystick to use for the Speccy? Mine would have to go to the Atari VCS original. This was a joystick that could live thru just ab…
... Boy and Zynaps. However, Batman (Ritman & Drummond version) was nearly ...Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
Mine are:
1) Raffele Cecco
2) Dominic Robinson
3) Pete Cook
4) Jon Ritman
5) Pete Harrap
and lots of others whose names I can't remember at the moment....Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
Mike Singleton (Lords of Midnight, Doomdarks Revenge)
Sandy White (Ant Attack)
Jon Ritman (Match Day, Match Day 2, Head over Heels,Batman)
and who could forget the crazy genius Matthew Smith (Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy)Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
... Freshies (almost) to success; Jon Ritman, who created Match Day, which ...Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
Joffa Smifff (Mikie ;o), Pete Cooke, Sandy White, Chris Stamper, Matthew Smith, Roy Carter/Greg Follis, P.Mochan/R.J.M. Pinto/D.M.N. Prior/M. Wighton, Jon Ritman, Don Priestley, Dusko Dimitrijevic, Costa Panayi, Raffaele Cecco, Mike RichardsonWhos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
... homepage; matt smith and jon ritman have theirs too; as for ...Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…
Missing 2000AD games (again...)Hello, I've posted this on the MIA/MIS forum previously, but nobody seems to have noticed it, so I offer it here for the perusal of all of you, hopin…
... /> I've already emailed Jon Ritman regarding Starship but unfortunately the ...Artic ComputingDoes anyone remember where Artic Computing where based? as I remember passing their HQ many a time as a child (I was about 8, so it was about 19 year…
Artic ComputingDoes anyone remember where Artic Computing where based? as I remember passing their HQ many a time as a child (I was about 8, so it was about 19 year…
Bearbovver, what a classic! The plot was that some members of the team Ritman Rovers in Matchday tried to kill you as you searched for batteries. At least the animation of the characters made it look that way.Movie ConversionsWho loves the classics "Batman the Movie", "Ghostbusters I and II", "Ninja Turtles", and "RoboCop 1 and 2"? Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh so many memories!!! I'd…
Games overrated by MagazinesI know this is a little ambigious (LMLWD) as your worst game could be someone else's best, but sometimes didn't a games review seem a little overboar…
Purely my personal opinion of course!:
Dan Dare, Wizball (I just can't control the ball!), Pyracurse, Nemesis, Batman: The Movie (not the Ritman version).Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…
