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The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…
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The Spectrum is a Piece of ShitHow can you all stand there and defend a computer that was ABSOLUTELY RUBBISH even back in 1982, compared to classics like the Atari 8-Bit, Commodore…
Opinions on CauldronAs it's coming up to Hallowe'en i thought I'd look at Cauldron for the first time in years and years. I haven't played the C64 version, but I'm sure …
... the C64 because of the scrolling but its not bad on ...Opinions on CauldronAs it's coming up to Hallowe'en i thought I'd look at Cauldron for the first time in years and years. I haven't played the C64 version, but I'm sure …
... only is there the no scrolling problem but some of the ...gta on the spectrumhas anyone thought about converting the game grand theft auto to the spectrum or mayby making a parody of it.
... predecessors! Sound is very poor, scrolling and animation seems jerky and ...what you think about spanish speccy companys??Hello What you think about spanish speccy companys(Dinamic, Opera, Zigurat,etc...) ? thanks greetings from Spain.
... colourful but had rather poor scrolling, but consiering the color levels ...Opinions on CauldronAs it's coming up to Hallowe'en i thought I'd look at Cauldron for the first time in years and years. I haven't played the C64 version, but I'm sure …
Much as I hate to admit it, the Commode version blew away the Speccy one. A flip screen horizontally scrolling shoot em up was not a good idea.What games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?Hello For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level? thanks. greetings from Spain
Popeye and the other Don Priestley (post Popeye) games used colours and huge sprites which were thought impossible at the time on the Speccy.
Uridium was thought impossible too (that game had great scrolling).What was the worst game from U.S.Goldthey had tons of bad games, but what was the worst of all?? difficult election.. ;) _________________ quieres ser nino o nina? [ This Message was e…
... are great. Mind you, the scrolling is awful, but overall I ...What games exploited hardware speccy to the top level?Hello For you....what games exploited hardware speccy to the top level? thanks. greetings from Spain
... Sceptre: huge sprites, full colour, scrolling, menu system, complex (but not ... my fancy with full colour scrolling (smooooth!), good sound effects, great ... Na Nog: Impressive animation, smooth scrolling, great gameplay.
4 ...Avalon and DragontorcAlways wandered why these games are so highly rated. I never liked them - never had the time and patience to get involved. This morning I was going t…
... had forgotten how annoying the scrolling up and down for spells ...what you think about spanish speccy companys??Hello What you think about spanish speccy companys(Dinamic, Opera, Zigurat,etc...) ? thanks greetings from Spain.
I guess Phantis and Capitan Trueno are great exception as far as difficulty and originality are concerned. Sir Fred was original as well. Phantis-1 is an exception from poor scrolling.Avalon and DragontorcAlways wandered why these games are so highly rated. I never liked them - never had the time and patience to get involved. This morning I was going t…
... thought amazing for the time)scrolling graphics and great sound for ...what you think about spanish speccy companys??Hello What you think about spanish speccy companys(Dinamic, Opera, Zigurat,etc...) ? thanks greetings from Spain.
... the best loading system ever (scrolling text AND mastermind :).
If ...Best use of colour in a spectrum gameEven though the spectrum couldn't manage individual colours per pixel like the Commodore and Amstrad, some games managed to achieve very effective fu…
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Astro Marine Corps. Without a doubt :)
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Wow!!!. That's impressive. Very nice parallaxx scrolling too.Vertically Scrolling Shoot-em-upsHi everyone, I want to put together a list of vertical scrolling shoot-em-ups. I have most of the well known ones (see list) on it already, but i'm …
Not sure which of these count, but they're all vertically scrolling shooters of a sort:
Ikari Warriors
Commando
Megablast
Dead or Alive (the Cronosoft version)Recommend a Gauntlet clone for meI'm looking for a GOOD Gauntlet-esque game which is... wait for it... not multiload. My GBA-based Speccy emulator doesn't support TAP files or 128k,…
... crude graphics and pretty jerky scrolling, [I]Shackled[/I] isn't ...Vertically Scrolling Shoot-em-upsHi everyone, I want to put together a list of vertical scrolling shoot-em-ups. I have most of the well known ones (see list) on it already, but i'm …
... ' Ghosts[/I] had a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up section in ...Bad conversions from other platformsThe most disappointing of these for me was Loco (Alligata Software). The original on the C64 was a really challenging and cute game. I think the soun…
I agree about URIDIUM. This game, like Turrican, is very good if you've never seen the C64 version.
I think with both of these games, it came down to hardware scrolling (or the Speccy's lack of...)What band-related name would you give a Spectrum game?Blitzkrieg Bop - Shoot'em up with rock'n roll background music (AY, please!) Howling at the moon - Remake of Knightlore The KKK took my baby away - T…
... /> Blur - something with really fast scrolling.
ZZ Top - involving aliens ...OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... which does full screen, 50fps scrolling like Mission Genocide. You can ...OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... which does full screen, 50fps scrolling like Mission Genocide. You can ...Amstrad CPC Emulator?After reading a favourable comment on one of the other threads, I fancy having a look at what the CPC had to offer, since I've never really had the c…
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This is true for scrolling-oriented games with few sprites ... of the CPC's superior scrolling abilities. But ther is just ...jet set willy 2, the end of the debate (or a new begining?)there are some good reason's why jet set willy 2 is great 1, it is faster than jet set willy 2, it has more levels that jet set willy 3, it has a bet…
... /> 5, it has a cool scrolling message!!!!!
that's my ...OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... fast as speccy games - hardware scrolling/double buffering or not. I ...jet set willy 2, the end of the debate (or a new begining?)there are some good reason's why jet set willy 2 is great 1, it is faster than jet set willy 2, it has more levels that jet set willy 3, it has a bet…
... /> 5, it has a cool scrolling message!!!!!
that's my ...OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... it's using the hardware scrolling. So no it isn't ...OT: Amstrad CPC GamesCan anyone recommend any platform games or isometric 3D games (such as Head Over Heels, Knightlore etc) on the Amstrad CPC, preferably games that wer…
... it's using the hardware scrolling. So no it isn't ... is the fact that the scrolling rate is different both horizontally ...