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Games that made your jaw dropThere were some games that really 'wowed' you the first time you ever played them - those games that made your jaw drop in disbelief. It might have b…
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At the Carboot sale today.Today at the carboot sale I picked up An Acorn Electron -I see these all the time, An Official Branded BBC Micro Datacassete Recorder - I'v…
... /> yeah 3 of the first ultimate games (jetpac, cookie and pssst ... first issues, BEFORE the proper ultimate packaging we know and love ... either tbh....or a second sabre wulf
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Worst default key configurations in a gameSomething I used to hate in a lot of early Spectrum games was the bizarre key configuration that was set for some games. What made matters worse is t…
... those who said the Ultimate games. QWERT for Sabre Wulf or Underwurlde made ...purchasing mp3s off t'net...anyone here regularly buy mp3s? just wondering what you would consider a reasonable price to have an mp3 at is one site I buy off is ?1.06 + VAT so …
... the old technology.
...ultimate held back Knight lore as ... it would effect sales of Sabre wulf etc :)Head over Heels vs. KnightloreIn the recent Head over Heels thread, several people said that they prefered Knightlore to HoH. This surprised me, so I thought I'd post a poll to s…
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* I'm not an Ultimate hater, if anyone thinks that ... Underwurlde, but most of the Ultimate games aren't classics, if ...Head over Heels vs. KnightloreIn the recent Head over Heels thread, several people said that they prefered Knightlore to HoH. This surprised me, so I thought I'd post a poll to s…
... never understood the fascination with ultimate.[/QUOTE]
Get your ... point. Must admit most ultimate games i rarely play now ... at the time, same when Sabre Wulf appeared. Like i've said ...Head over Heels vs. KnightloreIn the recent Head over Heels thread, several people said that they prefered Knightlore to HoH. This surprised me, so I thought I'd post a poll to s…
I think Ultimate (and now Rare)'s ... just exceptionally dumb. Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde were good quality games ... a progressive difficulty, compared to Ultimate's isometric games that never ... had increasing difficulty. So did Sabre Wulf -a bit - but by ...Gaming annoyancesWhat are everyone's gaming annoyances? Mine are respawning enemies, time limits and games that change styles on each level. I hate buying a side scro…
... /> Pssst
Atic Atac
Sabre Wulf
Knight Lore
Gunfright ... appeal of. Sprawly nonsense.
Sabre Wulf = a prettier Atic Atac but ... .
Gunfright was part of Ultimate's utterly soulless isometric cash ...I am currently playing......Don't know if there's been a thread like this, but I can't find one.... Having seen all the different threads asking people if they've played such a…
Last night I was playing:
Cuthbert in Space
And Lands of Havoc
on the QL...both blatant rip offs of Ultimate games (Jetpac and Sabre wulf)...even down to the style of instruction insert.Ultimate Play the Game collectionHere is my humble collection of a few Ultimate titles: [url]http://www.krystalfjord.dk/images/1.jpg[/url] I'm especially proud of my "Collected Wor…
I never liked all Ultimate games, especially Tranz Am, Lunar ... (all silver edition), Attic Atac, Sabre Wulf, Underwurlde, Knight Lore, Alien 8 ...Classics that you don't likeFollowing the voting for the full price world cup, i've realised that a number of games that are held in high esteem by most people, i find completel…
Find the Ultimate games very strange, on one ... i rarely play it
Sabre Wulf - Similar, great memories but i ... />
I think their image Ultimate created was amazing, the packaging ...Classics that you don't likeFollowing the voting for the full price world cup, i've realised that a number of games that are held in high esteem by most people, i find completel…
... other people).
The Ultimate games bring back a lot ... as a kid a new Ultimate game was something to really ... that time, but I think Ultimate games suffer from being a ... Underwurlde spring to mind, but Sabre Wulf too was annoying. Whether you ...So if you could take one Speccy game back in time to 1982...... what would it be? I think I'd take [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001521"]Driller[/URL] back, as it was one of the few …
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Take Ultimate as an example - they held ... of Knight Lore until after Sabre Wulf because they knew it wouldn ...Speccy Full-Price World Cup: Knockout Group ATop 2 games go through to Quarter Finals. Voting lasts for 4 days. Group consists of: 2 of the 4 joint winners of group A, winner of group B, runner…
... as it was an earlier Ultimate game overshadowed by Knight Lore ... better in every way than Sabre Wulf, even though it's SW ... was four quid cheaper than Sabre Wulf. Plus AA fitted inside a ... Atac was vastly better than Sabre Wulf to me, in the same ...Worst gaming decisions ever?In a different thread, I mention what, to me, is probably the single greatest mistake in the history of computer/console games design ever. Here are …
... the worst:
- Ultimate using the control keys Q ... a result, Atic Atact, Pssst, Sabre Wulf, etc were almost unplayable for ...games you couldnt completeHi, I was wondering what games you couldn't complete and why?. One of the games I was never able to complete was Knight Lore,not enough days,it too…
... Ultimate fan, I couldn't complete any of its games, only Sabre Wulf ...Best of HomebrewWhat are everyone's favourite homebrew games? I haven't played many but have been impressed by the quality of those that I have played.
... /> Ghost Castle 2 - Very good Sabre Wulf type of game
Jet ... ,
The Time Hole,
Ultimate Manic Miner,
Miles Mad ...Find My Game :)Here is another zx-game I cant remember the name of, but it's from the 80's ..hehe [IMG]http://www.haluha.dk/zx/images/zx-game_contest_02[/IMG] ..I…
Also a big Ultimate fan, but also found Underwurdle way to hard, kust like Sabre Wulf and Bubbler :)Find My Game :)Here is another zx-game I cant remember the name of, but it's from the 80's ..hehe [IMG]http://www.haluha.dk/zx/images/zx-game_contest_02[/IMG] ..I…
[QUOTE=Frankie;501333]Also a big Ultimate fan, but also found Underwurdle way to hard, kust like Sabre Wulf and Bubbler :)[/QUOTE]
[I]Sabre Wulf[/I] hard? You must be kidding. Agree about [I]Bubbler[/I] though - never gone past level 3.Find My Game :)Here is another zx-game I cant remember the name of, but it's from the 80's ..hehe [IMG]http://www.haluha.dk/zx/images/zx-game_contest_02[/IMG] ..I…
... was great that Rare included Sabre Wulf as a character in 'Killer ... " embedded. Not forgetting LOADS of Ultimate game references in "Grabbed by ...Easy games for the skill challenged :)Hi All, Got my old Speccy out recently as I finally picked up a cheap old portable CRT telly to use it with since my old one expired about a year ag…
... them...
[b]TranzAm[/b] (Ultimate) can be very easy,[b ... ]AticAtac[/b] (Ultimate) can be done in under ... are nicelly placed and [b]Sabre Wulf[/b] too :-)
[b]Ant ...NEW! Poll Best Spectrum game from 2010 - Everybody vote here please -OK, so since there were several releases after the day I posted the original Poll, I would post this new one to include all the games from 2010. Eve…
... some of the Ultimate games like Atic Atac and Sabre Wulf.
Not ...What would be your ideal compilation?I'm still doing the blog posts on compilations. I love looking at these, they bring back such memories of big boxes, loads of cassettes and of cours…
... ! But, I'd swop [b]Sabre Wulf[/b] for [b]The Great ... not a big fan of Ultimate... :-)
It's a ...What would be your ideal compilation?I'm still doing the blog posts on compilations. I love looking at these, they bring back such memories of big boxes, loads of cassettes and of cours…
... not a big fan of Ultimate... :-)
It's a ... the Ultimate ones, but that style in general. I played Sabre Wulf a ...Where's it all going?[Rerouted from 'Assembler Intricacies' in Development Forum] [QUOTE=Timmy;506104]I don't think we're in disagreement here. As I've said it's a niche…
... more appealing to me) whereas sabre wulf is a straight explore & ... think you are valuing in Sabre Wulf might be more perceptive than ... sprites move between updates. In Sabre Wulf the fast moving sprites can ... low is an art and ultimate did very well in this ...The best ANIMATION?Hi pplz) I like so-called 'Spanish' graphics style and when my nephew and I made a couple of screenshots to see how animation phases were done he sa…
I'm surprised that Ultimate haven't got a mention ... one out it'd be Sabre Wulf with the sword fighting moves ...Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... , i didn't played the ultimate games in real time, and ... much of the hype surrounding ultimate - but in spite of that ... even groundbreaking at the time. sabre wulf is too hard, and so ...Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... back then.
Then Sabre Wulf came out, one of the ... uproar at the time but Sabre Wulf blew people away.
Ultimate feeling, the instructions not giving ...Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... far.
back then Ultimate games were so far ahead ... is still awesome)
sabre wulf, the jungle and charging hippos ... look forward to the next Ultimate game, to see how good ...Even Rare feel the pinch (Sabreman and Jetman become jobseekers!)Rare, formerly Ultimate: Play the Game, are, like so many other British companies and organisations, making staff redundant: [url]http://www.next-ge…
... , games like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Sabre Wulf (which I hate, but that ... days, and when they say ultimate i think of the speccy ... cause;519818]Never liked any ultimate games and never liked any ...
