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More "fake" screenshots, please.I don't know about anyone else, but I really like seeing Spectrum screenshots of modern and/or original games - even if there ends up being no game t…
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Stupid bugs in gamesDid any one discover bugs in any game. I found out in Football Manager 1 you can sell all your players and still play matches (and even win them)
unpassable rubble blocks in nether earth...always started to show up after big battles, and marred the game. -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
Your Sinclair ran a good Aprils fools joke by reviewing a games creator that seemed to promise the earth. -
games written using game writng programsI was reading through some issues of crash not long back and one article was about some 16 year old that wrote Frank n stein for the speccy(never pla…
... that seemed to promise the earth.
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First RTS ?Is "Dune 2" (on Amiga) first ever RTS (Real Time Strategy) as we can read in Amiga vs. Speccy topic ? Was Activision's "Guadalcanal" , released as c…
"Nether Earth", released in 1987 or thereabouts, certainly seems to have been RTS by modern standards. -
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 …
HAM8 ramping??!! Wot on earth are u about Steven?! :o -
Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
Should WoS get a facelift?I think everyone would agree that "The World of Spectrum" has the most comprehensive collection of Speccy related stuff, and is essential resource fo…
Fave adventure game from '84The best I've seen from that year was "Lords Of Midnight", however, I've only scratched the surface. So to give me an idea of other classics, tell me…
... longer text. You meant the earth roof?
> ...First RTS ?Is "Dune 2" (on Amiga) first ever RTS (Real Time Strategy) as we can read in Amiga vs. Speccy topic ? Was Activision's "Guadalcanal" , released as c…
... :31, Zagreb wrote:
"Nether Earth", released in 1987 or thereabouts ...LodeRunnerI think this game is superb. In the Crash review, it says that you can select a level rather than just start at level 1 all the time, because with 15…
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On 2003-01-23 23:44, Spector wrote:
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But the music...
IT DRIVES ME MAD!!
*shoots speakers with phasers nicked from Nether Earth*First RTS ?Is "Dune 2" (on Amiga) first ever RTS (Real Time Strategy) as we can read in Amiga vs. Speccy topic ? Was Activision's "Guadalcanal" , released as c…
... :31, Zagreb wrote:
"Nether Earth", released in 1987 or thereabouts ... don't really like Nether Earth very much any more. At ..."Spectrum" by Billy CobhamI've just finished listening to [I]Spectrum[/I] by Billy Cobham. And what a great record it is! I would recommend it especially to those among you wh…
... question(s):
what on earth is a "shite"?
how ...What kind of music were you into in the early 80s?Recently I've been taking a trip down memory lane with these spectrum games, and in conjunction with that I've also been curious as to what music was…
... - fine. But oops, where on earth did we put the the ...Advice about drawing sprites on spectrum I've coded sprite drawing before and know all the theory about masks from a long time ago (microhobby rules! ;), but since I did it on Amiga with ha…
... as 3x3 characters. Once you rotate a 2 character wide sprite ...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…
... 's a big improvement over Earth Shaker, with loads more original ...Simple Atic Atac questionA rather dumb question on Ultimate's best 2D 48K game: you have to collect the three pieces of the ACG key, but how are they collected? Do you just w…
Z or symbol shift to pick up or drop a key, pressing it more than once will rotate where it is in your inventory. Press it when you're on top to pick it up.Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
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On 2003-07-23 07:38, Arjun wrote:
Bombjack - the first game that I saw with coloured stripes!
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Similar to Defcom and Nether Earth, y'mean?Games you actually completedThis may have come up before but I am new to this forum so... Which Spectrum games did you actually complete? They were extremely hard by todays sta…
Loading schemes18 years ago I hated loading schemes like Alcatraz and Speedlock because they were a b*tch to copy and became unreliable when the tape got older. Now…
Found Bombjack, and it's the same loader as Defcom, Nether Earth and Rupert & The Ice Castle.
Does Academy also exist under another name?compatibility between ZX computers?Hey all, I'm new here :) I was wondering about compatibility between ZX computers. Is it possible to run a game made for ZX80 on a ZX Spectrum? Or a …
... was still used what on earth would be the point of ...Big K, SU, C&VG ProgsHow Do!!! I was just wondering if anybody has scans of any of the type-ins from Big K, SU, C&VG etc. The reason I ask is that I remember two excelle…
... /> Thats the one, how on earth can I thank you. You ...New Sinclair C6 ?[url="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3125341.stm"]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3125341.stm[/url]
"I found it very enjoyable - a nice sensation once I got over the initial nervousness. It's very manoeuvrable, no trouble there at all. After a few minutes practice you can do anything you like."
What on earth could he be talking about?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…
... sail because everyone said "the earth is flat"? Would Sir Clive ...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…
Help me with a name - its driving me nutsThis is probably a question that everyone's sick of seeing, but please, this is driving me nuts. Can anyone remember the name of the game where the …
Thanks Judas/Zagreb - thats the one - Nether Earth.
Cheers!Help me with a name - its driving me nutsThis is probably a question that everyone's sick of seeing, but please, this is driving me nuts. Can anyone remember the name of the game where the …
... /> I spent ages playing Nether Earth when I was a kid ...