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  • Have you played the Recovered game "Anaconda" yet?So, anyone played the recovered version of Anaconda yet? It's been published as a Special 15th birthday treat, but it looks as though near nobody not…

    ... 's fairly unforgiving in the shmup sections, but not a bad ... a 7.

    The shmup sections could be fashioned into ...
    Alarm Alarm December 2010 Games
  • Your views on...Exolon[url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001686]Exolon[/url] I see this was released in '87. By that time I'd left the Speccy scene, s…

    beautiful to look at, simple yet equally frustrating not exactly a deep game playing experience but I did find it an addictive blast

    like cybernoid, it was an unusual take on a shmup
    BiNMaN BiNMaN January 2011 Games
  • Zynaps great qualitiesIm enjoying a bit of spare time, and been enjoying good 1987.1988 speccy arcade games.. the best era imho. Ive been playing [b]Marauder[/b] and have …

    ... even be my #1 favourite shmup...
    Morkin Morkin March 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    How's about
    [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/03/spectrum-games-fire-classic-zx-spectrum.html"]F.I.R.E[/URL]

    What a brilliant shmup!
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers May 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    [QUOTE=Retrobrothers;539989]How's about
    [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/03/spectrum-games-fire-classic-zx-spectrum.html"]F.I.R.E[/URL]

    What a brilliant shmup![/QUOTE]

    or TETRIS 2 by same author.
    Fikee Fikee May 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    [QUOTE=mark_k;540031]Thanks everyone for the suggestions, they'll help me while away a few hours. :)[/QUOTE]

    Hmmm, ok you asked for "undiscovered gems" but now I have to ask what kind of games do you like? Puzzle, maze, shmup, yadda-yadda?
    ZnorXman ZnorXman May 2011 Games
  • Undiscovered gemsHi, There are many lists of the best ever Spectrum games, but I'd be interested to know of any "undiscovered gems" you have come across. That is, ga…

    ... do you like? Puzzle, maze, shmup, yadda-yadda?[/QUOTE]

    mark_k mark_k June 2011 Games
  • Most colourful games?I just played [url=http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0001563]Earth Shaker[/url] and am fairly dazzled by the overload use of colour (t…

    ... 's wrong for a vertical shmup there, like the crappy vertical ...
    joefish joefish July 2011 Games
  • New Spectrum (Spaceship) Mascot?Original spark here...[url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?p=588993#post588993[/url] I'm trying to write this without sounding …

    ... idea for a 8 way shmup that we were going to ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN December 2011 New game ideas
  • Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…

    ... /> (s'ok, not the char$ shmup thing, bobs would do a ...
    R-Tape R-Tape January 2012 New game ideas
  • Spectrum games that *should* existRight, I'm bored (or "working hard" if any of my bosses walk past) so to kill the time, I've decided to become a games designer. Or post crap about s…

    ... ](s'ok, not the char$ shmup thing, bobs would do a ...
    bobs bobs January 2012 New game ideas
  • WANTED - Artist and Designer for Shoot'em-Up...WANTED - Artist and Designer for original Shoot'em-Up game on the 128K ZX Spectrum. Two positions are available, Artist and Designer - although the …

    Right up my street...making a shmup the now using SEUD. Also, this thread may interest you...

    [url]http://www.worldofspectrum.org/forums/showthread.php?t=37142[/url]
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie January 2012 Development
  • New Game! Maritrini, Freelance Monster SlayerAfter experiencing the sweet taste of success, Maritrini woke up one fine day in a mess of bed sheets and with the biggest hangover she could remembe…

    ... on an 8 way scrolling shmup. One engine is 32x24 (with ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN January 2012 Brand new software
  • 2011 Best Spectrum gameOk, here we go now...all the games (I hope so) covered in the poll, maximum (or recommended) 3 votes for each person (I am sorry!, do not complain la…

    RetroInvanders - for being shmup
    StampQuest - for being lovely
    Alter Ego - for clever idea and most profesional look of 2011
    Buzzsaw - for being good game with amazing multicolor code
    Fikee Fikee March 2012 Games
  • Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…

    ... to create a series of shmup, top-down ones, side-on ...
    redballoon redballoon June 2012 Brand new software
  • Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…

    ... to create a series of shmup, top-down ones, side-on ...
    The Lone Magpie The Lone Magpie June 2012 Brand new software
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... see in a bog standard shmup is it! Ditto the music ...
    R-Tape R-Tape July 2012 Games
  • Vertical Shoot'em Up's: Spacecrafts.what's missing? for updated lists look [URL="https://sites.google.com/site/concealedwords/home/zxspectrumgames/vertical-shoot-em-up-s"]here[/URL]. …

    May be this will help somehow - a comprehensive list of all scrolling shmups on zx: [url]http://zx.pk.ru/showthread.php?t=10156&highlight=shmup[/url]
    moroz1999 moroz1999 August 2012 Games
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... it's a bloody good shmup (well it must be for ...
    dm_boozefreek dm_boozefreek September 2012 Games
  • Games with good scrollingI know the Speccy's forte was not scrolling games but their must have been some that not flick screen and maybe even smooth! I remember playing a few…

    ... has Thunderceptor, which is a shmup in space but is pretty ...
    Hikaru Hikaru October 2012 Games
  • Arcade Game Designer 3The latest version of the arcade game creation tool for the 128K Spectrum. AGD 3 now boasts pop-up menu and inventory facilities for arcade adventur…

    ... to create a series of shmup, top-down ones, side-on ...
    Einar Saukas Einar Saukas November 2012 Brand new software
  • What (Speccy) game are you currently playing ?(Quite a few threads on what youre listening to, watching etc) What Speccy game are you currently playing ? After playing a LOT of Invasion of the …

    ... differ from a lot of shmup gamers, I don't especially ...
    R-Tape R-Tape January 2013 Games
  • What's your favourite Steve Turner Spectrum game?To celebrate Steve Turner joining us here at WOS I thought we'd see what your favourite game by him is. [URL=http://s23.photobucket.com/user/mlucifer…

    ... satisfying. There was an RPG/Shmup hybrid on the GBA, but ... it just used the shmup side for 'random battles' - which ...
    joefish joefish May 2013 Games
  • The making of R-Type on the speccy book, free downloadBob Pape, the guy who wrote R-Type on the speccy has made his book, "IT'S BEHIND YOU: the making of a computer game", available for free download: [u…

    ... 's the best horizontally-scrolling shmup ever made.
    Vampyre Vampyre September 2013 Games
  • P47 Thunderbolt Colour/Attribute hacking?I've seen someone (can't remember who now, sorry) hacking into monochrome games such as After The War and Outrun Europa and adding/changing the colou…

    ... 's a not-bad wee shmup with wonderful parallax scrolling that ...
    chev chev December 2013 Games
  • P47 Thunderbolt Colour/Attribute hacking?I've seen someone (can't remember who now, sorry) hacking into monochrome games such as After The War and Outrun Europa and adding/changing the colou…

    ... 's a not-bad wee shmup with wonderful parallax scrolling that ...
    gabriele amore gabriele amore December 2013 Games
  • P47 Thunderbolt Colour/Attribute hacking?I've seen someone (can't remember who now, sorry) hacking into monochrome games such as After The War and Outrun Europa and adding/changing the colou…

    ... 's a not-bad wee shmup with wonderful parallax scrolling that ...
    Battle Bunny Battle Bunny December 2013 Games
  • 1984-2014here I will account for my journey through games released thirty years ago, just like last year for 1983 games, and you can do the same.

    ... [/IMG]

    Terrible messy shmup with no sound and zero ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack January 2014 Games
  • The game I have just reviewed on Spectrum 2.0 is...Future Looter [url]http://www.spectrum20.org/reviews/3097[/url] After Alessandro's recent thread about cynical WoS scoring I came to realise that a…

    ... Raphie (the absolute king of shmup knowledge) gave it 2/5 ...
    Jumping Stack Jumping Stack January 2014 Games
  • ZX Alien BreedNot sure if this has been mentioned already (I did trawl the threads but couldn't see anything :smile: ), but I've always hankered after a Speccy Ali…

    ... of a screen-by-screen shmup (think Berzerk without the panic ...
    LuMan LuMan March 2014 New game ideas
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