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Trying to remember an old game - can anyone help?Hi all, Something that has been bugging me for a long time. When I was much younger I played a game with my dad which has always stayed with me. I'…
... I can't remember what the game was called, and I'm ... adventure game, but one of those with the top half of the ... /> I can remember the actual goal of the game, but the premise was that ... any case, the game worked by going from game to game solving standard text ... -
Western set puzzle gameCiao a tutti! When I was a child I played a game on my ZX Spectrum 48K which was basically a puzzle game in a western age. You had to use a boomeran…
... child I played a game on my ZX Spectrum ... was basically a puzzle game in a western age.< ... a proper way at the proper time to stop ...
I don't have the game title anymore.. does anyone remember ... a game like this ? (its graphics ... -
Vague memory of a gameHi all, something's been bugging me on and off for ages. I once had a speccy game that I can't remember the name of. Sadly I can't recall many of the…
... had a speccy game that I can't remember the name of ... can't recall many of the details either!
What I ... diplomat on a space station. The world was laid out beneath ... country from nuking each other. The game was just in monochrome, I ... -
The day after... (25year hardware woes)...so there we were, about to play some ROM-cartridge games on my grey +2... but it didn't seem to like the Ram Turbo interface, won't even boot, ju…
... But after about a minute the buzzer sound became fainter & ... players for Jet Pac, started the game, and... oh dear, a ... corrupted screen, although the game seemed to still be playing ... in the background. Any thoughts?
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** BRAND NEW 25th ANNIVERSARY GAME + COMPETITION ********************************************************* HAPPY 25th BIRTHDAY ZX SPECTRUM! ***************************************…
... the Spectrum, Speccy legend Jonathan
Cauldwell has written a new game ... Addlethorpe" (from Higgledy Piggledy). The game is entitled
"QUANTUM ... chooses to enter the version of the future where
THE GAME in a giant ... -
Very old zx gameI remember this when I first got the computer back in 1983/4 I think it came on a tape I got with the machine (but im not sure) the game was like a …
... this when I first got the computer back in 1983/4 ... (but im not sure) the game was like a shove halfpenny ... type game where you 'bounced' your counter ... -
name the gamebeen a while. you are playing from a birds eye view. your driving a tank with some buttons and controlling the turret with other buttons.
been a while.
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Favourite speccy game cover-artSomething that was interesting about the 8-bit period was the cover-art for the games which tended to represent the very 1980s airbrushed/comic-art a…
... was interesting about the 8-bit period was the cover-art for ... the games which tended to represent the very ... whilst rarely reflecting the look of the game itself. What are the favourites of ... -
Challenge: try to survive more than ten seconds in this gameThe game "[B]Oriental Hero[/B]" is almost unbelivable difficult. Does anyone manage to stay alive for more than ten seconds? :-) [url]http://www.wo…
The game "[B]Oriental Hero[/B]" is ... ]
EDIT: The keys seems to be the usual, QAOP and ... -
Anyone ever complete The Planets by MartechThis is a real toughy, I managed to land and fiddle about with the capsules on about half of the planets but never really got to the bottom of the ga…
... land and fiddle about with the capsules on about half of ... never really got to the bottom of the game. anyhone brave enough to ... -
Horace and the spidersThis game bears a name Horace and the spiders. Even on the cassette inlays, loading screen ([url]ftp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/screens/l…
... game bears a name Horace and the spiders. Even on the cassette ... url]) etc. Except the game itself: Horace and the spider (see [url ... HoraceAndTheSpiders.png[/url] - probably the word SPIDERS was tooo long ... ).
So, the question: should this be ... -
Heartland in-game tuneHey My question is about the title tune of Heartland (by Thor&Odin) Is the music originally for the game or is it some classical tune which was just…
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My question is about the title tune of Heartland (by Thor&Odin)
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Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget - Random World of Spectrum gameWell, now you all have a reason to upgrade to Windows Vista... I knocked up a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 m…
... , you get the details of a new game loaded, with the loader screen ... ) full size, and selecting the game title loads the Infoseek details in a ... -
What's this game then??Wat was the title of the game that was mastered with the Multiface? I thought it was called bargain basement, but it isn't. Anybody have a clue? A…
Wat was the title of the game that was mastered with the Multiface? I thought ... />
And, what's the game that features the text "I'll fight ... , I just can't remember the title! -
The Biz - audio tracks?Is there anywhere I can get hold of the audio bonus tracks from The Biz? I'm particularly interested in the interview with the creator of the game, …
... get hold of the audio bonus tracks from The Biz?
... particularly interested in the interview with the creator of the game, the Crash review ... his views on the game anyway.
The Biz is scarily ... if you know the bands and DJs of the period, I ... -
Church amits to the existance of AliensJust read Sony news story where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot-em-up in Manchester Cathedral. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.u…
... where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing ... /6758381.stm[/URL]
The church is saying that shootings ... in the first place!
Now the game is set in the 1950 ... invasion.
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Lowest rated game you intentially bought?What I mean by this is what is the game that you knew full well wasn't rated highly by your fave mag yet, for some unknown reason you bought it anywa…
... this is what is the game that you knew full ... got this game knowing full well that Crash (the only mag ... read anything else) gave the game a lowly 30%! Yet ... I still bought the bastard!
... tend to disagree with the review and give it ... -
I'll name that game in ...I was about to recommend Astro Blaster to someone, when I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders …
... I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro ... space invaders variant.
The game I'm thinking of was ... was a pretty well made game for the time, if I recall ... Attack either (a great 16K game!)
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Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
... the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-based, game ... download my current progress on the game from:
[URL=" ... pause (a couple of seconds), the game will start with your cross ... -hairs in the centre of the screen. Use Z - ... -
Platform Game Designer 2?I've started tinkering around with some code today and have decided upon a number of handy little features that it would be nice to have. For the li…
... ) I'd like to allow the game's behaviour to be modified ... will be possible to change the game from a 3-key platformer ... other things.
The explorer game designer (think Jet Set Willy ... , and at what point in the game? Has anybody made use of ... -
Game ideaThinking of a game that could enter the Minigame compo I came to the following idea for a game, although it might not fit 1K or 4K: A mazed snake ga…
Thinking of a game that could enter the Minigame compo I ... the dots the snake grows. The rules are just like any other snake-game ... tail.
The object of the game: eat all dots before ... entering the next level.
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graphics on the speccy...how?I'm curious, coming from a background in computer graphics, what was the drawing app of choice for speccy graphics in the game industry? how did arti…
I'm curious, coming from a background in computer graphics, what was the drawing app of choice for speccy graphics in the game industry? how did artists draw loading screens etc, light pen? -
Remade Speccy game. Chaos.I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. But if I write Speccy and games then I'm sure it is now! Anyways... Just in case some people …
... new remake of Chaos for the Amiga called Total Chaos. Looks ... fab (although its not the original so it will loose ... it looks like.
The game can be downloaded [URL="http ... ://aminet.net/package/game/strat/TotalChaosAGAr6"]here[/URL].
The weird case of Raw RecruitI was surfing on WoS, when I found this game. but the odd thing is that there is no review of this game in any magazine, but the game is available in…
I was surfing on WoS, when I found this game. but the odd thing is that there is no review of this game in any magazine, but the game is available in the WoS shop, so I guess this game was very bad to be reviewed in the magazines??Cyclone - greatest Spectrum game?I see from many people's top 10 games taht Cyclone is in there. This suprises me in a way , as many people I know have never even heard - nerver mind…
... to retreat or circumnavigate the threat , gives the game a trmendous atmosphere. Do ... now ask the question , is Cyclone the best ever Spectrum game - has it ... stood the test of ...Name that GameHi all, I'm trying to find the title of a game I remember playing a lot in the old days. At first I thought it was Duel, but I can't seem to find th…
... m trying to find the title of a game I remember playing ... a lot in the old ... can't seem to find the game on that title.
... like it, but isn't the game I'm looking for.
The game was set in a typicall ...How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... make a remake on the PC of the 2 games and would ... not interested in copying the code straight from the original but hopefully ... there anyway of extracting the code from the .tzx or .tap file ... that you can load the game into and lists the code?
Port Chuzzle Deluxe for Windows to the ZX Spectrum?Hi all, I've been looking around for a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", but haven't b…
... 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar ... to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", ... You can read all about the game here - [url]http://en ... a good idea if the game was renamed to something ... like "Pop Goes The Furball" :D !!
< ...Can you help me name that game?OK, It was many years ago so excuse the vague description. I used to play it on my Spectrum 48K+ It was a car game (Not racing though), it was pret…
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It was a car game (Not racing though), it was ... . I can't remember the object of the game I think you had ... to find and shoot the crooks ... car.
The game was based in ...Uridium - doing the twistIn Uridium is there any easy method for flipping your Manta on its side to squeeze through gaps. Once or twice in earlier levels I accidentally did i…
... is a necessary skill of the game and I can't replicate ... the move. If it makes any ... there any Uridium expert in the forums who can spell out ...
