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Computer Night on BBC4Next Monday sees a night of computer related programming on BBC4, with the "Hard Drive Heaven: Time Shift" programme being of particular interest, as…
... common problem, from the thumb candy show a while back with ... -
your favourite adventureWe all must have played text adventures on our speccys,i loved them even tho i only ever finished about 3 in my life. Anyway what was your favorite t…
I loved all the early Level 9 adventures up to Emerald Isle and Price of Magic, The Hobbit was just too easy and was overhyped, I liked Fergus McNeill's adventures e.g. Robin Of Sherlock, The Boggit etc in fact I played more adventures than arcade. -
The Best Era of Crash MagazineMost of you probably did buy Crash on a reglular basis. I'm just wondering what era you thought was the best. Mines has to be 84/85 era with Robin…
Cheerz Robin :)
I would have ... readership wanted.
Anyway Robin , its good to know you ... -
The Best Era of Crash MagazineMost of you probably did buy Crash on a reglular basis. I'm just wondering what era you thought was the best. Mines has to be 84/85 era with Robin…
Slightly off-topic - Theres a feature on Crash Towers in Issue Two of Retro Gamer magazine, on sale now.
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Erm, wheres Badbeard?Well, where are you?
... on the TV program THUMB CANDY. Another new entry at number ... -
games your playing at the minuteAs weve done all the whats your favourites i thought id ask Just out of interest what speccy games are you playing? this week, last week? Lately mi…
The last few were....
Technician Ted
Manic Miner
Robin Of The Wood
Dynamite Dan
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games your playing at the minuteAs weve done all the whats your favourites i thought id ask Just out of interest what speccy games are you playing? this week, last week? Lately mi…
Well at the moment I'm playing Wanted Monty Mole, Robin O' the woood(altough I finished it once before), Lords Of Chaos (that damn 3rd level :mad: ) and looking to go into Heartland soon (altough I read in one post that it's impossible to complete???) -
The Best Era of Crash MagazineMost of you probably did buy Crash on a reglular basis. I'm just wondering what era you thought was the best. Mines has to be 84/85 era with Robin…
Robin , slap it all on ebay and retire with the money , have a happy retirement !! -
candy floss and vomitwhats up when your speccy colours turn to candy floss pink and dark green vomit?
Can you post the instructions for getting candy floss pink and dark green vomit colours?
Better than the same old ones we are used to! -
candy floss and vomitwhats up when your speccy colours turn to candy floss pink and dark green vomit?
... your speccy colours turn to candy floss pink and dark green ... -
candy floss and vomitwhats up when your speccy colours turn to candy floss pink and dark green vomit?
One of your kids has been eating candy floss & mushy peas and vomited on your TV screen.
Don't worry, happens to me all the time. -
Greatest 128k soundtracks?I was just wondering which 128k games you all thought had the best music?
I always liked the odin game music..Nodes of yesod, arc of yesod and robin of the wood. -
Management type gamesWhat is everyones top 5 management style games, this isnt just soccer management, this can be anything such as the interesting Software house from cu…
... Number 1 single (a la Robin Hood soundtrack) that just wouldn ... -
Hardest game you actually completed?Mine was Sonic Boom (the monochrome sega shoot em up). I managed to finish the whole game despite it being (a) rubbish and (b) impossible to see the…
... had one) and that was Robin Hood by Codemasters, a great ... -
Hardest game you actually completed?Mine was Sonic Boom (the monochrome sega shoot em up). I managed to finish the whole game despite it being (a) rubbish and (b) impossible to see the…
Super Robin Hood that was btw, didn't know they did another different Robin Hood game. -
new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
... Code by Ian Stewart and Robin Jones and Spectrum Machine Code ... -
new programmer needs information hi , i have been learning c++ for a while and am trying to make games using windows but being 28 and nostalgic , i thought it would be fun try and f…
Spectrum Machine Code by Ian Stewart and Robin Jones is a pretty good introduction to assembly coding. I learnt much of the basics from that book and it's easy to read and get into.
Can't help you with TASM though as I haven't used it myself. -
The Best Era of Crash MagazineMost of you probably did buy Crash on a reglular basis. I'm just wondering what era you thought was the best. Mines has to be 84/85 era with Robin…
Great to reminisce about Crash and my speccy days!
respect to robin!
SO who/ what was Llloyd Mangram...? -
games with digitized speechI can only think of one... METEOR STORM by Quicksilva Are there many more?
Others that I recall from memory
Zanthrax
180 (MAD - Mastertronic)
Fast Food (Codemasters) I think.
Jonah Barrington's Squash
Robin Of the Wood (Odin)
Probably many more to list
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Product Placement...I was thinking about Mr Wimpy and advertising in games. There were games like Mr Wimpy + Clumsy Colin , that were almost entire "adverts" in themself…
Pffft. Just quickly from my mind...
The Muncher by Gremlin had something to do with a candy bar, Mad Mix was part of a Pepsi campaign, Lucozade appeared in Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge. -
Last speccy game you ever played....................before packing the thing away and leaving your childhood behind. Mine was Where Time Stood Still, 1988 I think.
... "Fantasy World Dizzy" or "Super Robin Hood", before, like so many ... -
Last speccy game you ever played....................before packing the thing away and leaving your childhood behind. Mine was Where Time Stood Still, 1988 I think.
... of the games) was Super Robin Hood. And then... there it ... -
AdventuresCan anyone recommend adventure games for the Spectrum? I know I have played a few back in the days (Black Crystal and Greedy Gulch ring a bell), but…
... ). "Aftershock" is harder.
"Robin from Sherwood" has quite an ... -
Best Speccy BargainsWhat was your best Speccy related bargain you've ever got? Mine was my first Speccy in 94/95. I was looking over my local car boot sale when I saw a…
... shame as I had Super Robin Hood on one of them ... -
Bettering UltimateUltimate always pushed the limits of the Spectrum, and their work was often more polished than their peers at the time. However their ideas were usua…
Hey PaveroJust wanna say your maps site ROCKS! Thanks for making it... Loads of eye candy.. I would sign the guestbook but you don't seem to have one... I was…
... making it... Loads of eye candy.. I would sign the guestbook ...Dynamite Willy/ Jet Set DanI played Dynamite Dan years ago but I didn't really play it until recently. I think that this game is just a tarted up Jet Set Willy ripoff. It's go…
... Dan has lot of eye candy but is hard as nails ...Spectrums games vs. modern games; very interesting... I've read a number of replies (on Matt's tears thread) regarding spectrum and modern console games. I found it very interesting. I think the games …
... /> Modern games are just eye candy, they have pretty graphics and ...