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  • mercenary: what did u think?mercenary was a fantastic game and i just started playing it again, it wasn't everyones cup of tea though, it had fast graphics (thx to the small scr…

    ... anything i played mercenary on the c64....remember spending a fortune at ... the time on the deluxe pack that had ... like this anymore sadly, and the time I spent on damacles ... when it came out on the amiga was beyond a joke ...
    Tyronne Tyronne September 2001 Games
  • Please help me find this gameGuys, Your help is appreciated Canno remember the title - Basically the main character of the game was a ball , bounces up and down and you directe…

    Wizball! What a fantastic game! I remember the spec version being much faster than the C64 version. Something I could slag my mates over. Action Reflex is quite good as well.
    Fuzzbucket Fuzzbucket August 2001 Games
  • Thumb BanditsFor those of you who get Channel 4 and were unlucky enough to see the Speccy 'editorial' - was that the worst piece of TV ever or was that the worst …

    Ignored the c64? It's only been a series of two thus far...

    I have no idea how the BBC accesses it's screen so I couldn't really say anything about that.
    cyborg cyborg January 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Thumb BanditsFor those of you who get Channel 4 and were unlucky enough to see the Speccy 'editorial' - was that the worst piece of TV ever or was that the worst …

    ... are doing the Sega Master System and the NES, so ... to go back to the C64 after that since they ... be wrong and in the last programme they go ... loving bastards- the C64!" and then devote the whole programme to ... it. Then I'll switch off. C64 ...
    Spector Spector January 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Currah Microspeech: good or guff?I've just been looking through old Speccy mags and saw the Currah Microspeech add-on. It certainly looks good, with lunar jetman having speech among …

    ... . Look at "The Rocky Horror Show". On the Speccy version, all ... which adds to the atmosphere of the game. On the C64, it starts with ... the "Enter At Your ... over non-stop. The effect? It kills the atmosphere stone-dead. ...
    Spector Spector November 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • spectrum mode smiilar to c64?i dont know much about machine code assembler routines, zilch actually to be honest, ive always fiddled with basic on my spectrum, only doing maybe a…

    ... can be seen is the playable Mortal Kombat Demo ... up too much of the processor time, wonder if ... c64 and cpc screens. So far Ive done The Last Ninja, The ... come out better looking than the c64 version ), Mickey Mouse, ... see examples of what the spectrum could de in ...
    tommt tommt July 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Spectrum collecting and nostalgia.I have recently started to buy and collect old Spectrum games and thought that it would be easy, but easy it is not. Well I say not because on auctio…

    ... collecting games for the C64, Atari ST, the Amstrad CPC too! ... " factor was huge in the old games, methinks. I ... had to get the gameplay right given the limited memory, ... in order to keep the player hooked. I guess ... that most of the games have the same effect on ...
    Arjun Arjun April 2001 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Average age of a Spectrum fanHi! I'm wondering what's the average age of us, readers of this forum. I'm 29 and started playing and programming on the Spectrum when I was 13 (infl…

    Im 29 now and I was 10 when I got my first speccy. I sold it and made a career on the C64 scene. I now work as a programmer and projectleader. Thank you speccy for that.
    /Icon
    icon icon March 2002 Games
  • Most nice Loader ScreenHi, What is the better loader screen from speccy games?? or simply which is the screen you more remember.. I remember a lot the screen$ from Roboc…

    ... couldn't turn off the loader noise on the Spectrum so you ... loading though. I always envied the C64-owners on account of that ... . ;)

    Ranarama, showing the instructions while loading, was pretty ...
    Lars Lars March 2002 Games
  • Totally original gamesWhat games on the speccy were totally original? Not copied or based on something done before, but a completely new idea for a game? The obvious ones…

    Sentinel came out on the C64 before the Speccy, and probably on some Atari before that.

    Shadowfire and Frankie Goes To Hollywood were original.
    frobush frobush March 2002 Games
  • Whatever happened to Oliver Frey?The best covers of the eighties mags were Crash and Zzap, by Ollie Frey. What does he do now? Is he living a reclusive lifestyle, babbling on about w…

    Were the Frey's not the prime movers behind Thalamus Software (who produced Sanxion on the Spectrum and Delta on the C64 amongst others)? That might explain the Thalamus Books connection.

    Possibly.

    degsy. :o)
    Derek Glen Derek Glen March 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What game stopped you from venturing out to play with your matesFrom the topics on here it seems most of us are in our late 20's or 30s possibly 40s so most of us will have been playing spectrum games when we was …

    ... II)... Those sports game had the advantage that you would get ... . Oh, and Emlyn Hughes on the C64. How many times I was ... stuck home playing it on the speccy instead! ;)
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi March 2002 Games
  • Monty on the Run pokesHi, Does anyone know any good pokes for MOTR? Preferably an invinciblity one? Cheers.

    I apologise now if it was the C64 version, but I remeber in the Hi-Score table you could type

    I WANNA CHEAT

    and you got infinite lives.
    Vampyre Vampyre April 2002 Games
  • Witch groups are still active on the speccy scene?Sorry for a rather lame question! But as I have only being a part of the c64 scene, I have now overview of the scene on speccy. All the guys over at …

    ... only being a part of the c64 scene, I have now overview ... of the scene on speccy. All the guys over at ... demos made recantly beats the ones on c64 by far. :)
    [/quote ...
    Yerzmyey Yerzmyey April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Witch groups are still active on the speccy scene?Sorry for a rather lame question! But as I have only being a part of the c64 scene, I have now overview of the scene on speccy. All the guys over at …

    ... from my unwavering belief that the C64 is the work of Lucifer himself ... , I do aggree that the latest Speccy demos are in ... anything I've seen on the C64 in a while.
    Have ... name escapes me) Never in the field of human coding had ...
    Sharopolis Sharopolis April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…

    ... these theories really applied to the C64. That machine was notorious for ... each other of breathing on the joystick or blinking too fast ...
    GeeKay GeeKay April 2002 Games
  • Loading Superstition.When I was a kid, my sister and I held certain superstitions about certain games which would affect whether they would load successfully or not. The…

    ... to sit there through the whole process helping the fella with all ... /> c) Not having the TV tuned to the spectrum channel would not ... />
    I must say that the C64 was WAY more picky about ... own buzzing wistling imitation of the loading noise and tried loading ...
    Alessandro Tommasi Alessandro Tommasi April 2002 Games
  • Emulation on Gameboy AdvanceHi everyone! I saw a topic about spectrum games on mobile phones... and it came to my mind: how about a full loaded speccy emulator for the new Nint…

    Isn't it a big enough screen for the C64 low res mode when turned sideways? Is there a C64 emulator?
    Fraser Fraser April 2002 Emulators
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... more subjective with these machines. The BBC had far more expensive ... hardware than the others but it's ... for education after all.
    The C64 had superior graphics and hardware ... but a slower processor.
    The Spectrum had more memory (if ...
    Anonymous Anonymous April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    [quote]
    On 2002-04-25 13:35, Anonymous wrote:
    The C64 had superior graphics and hardware sprites
    [/quote]

    So, LEGO blocks are superior graphics. Great.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu April 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... or what?

    The fact is the C64 had superior graphics capabilties ... about, ooh, four months after the spectrum died a commerical death.
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... my point.
    The fact is that the C64 had bias towards SPRITES ... ve already said before that the spectrum had a superior ... functions and one of the reasons the screen updates are faster ... is that the screen is essentially monochrome. The way the screen design ...
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    I've just posted my answers. But I want to shout it loud: The Spectrum version of Wizball is brilliant and I still enjoy playing it!!! Whoever says it's utter pants should be forced to play the C64 version of Enduro Racer.
    Alessandro Grussu Alessandro Grussu May 2002 Games
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ... graphically and gamewise) than the Spectrum version. Maybe if ... C64 for a week just to play and complete the ... t live up to the C64 version.... If you ... If you all loved the Spectrum version then please ... br /> Enduro racer on the c64.. lemmie download it and ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    ... right. I still prefer it the Spectrum way though. By having ... hardware, you are telling the programmer that the game must have a ... limitations. Like everything else, the strength of the C64 is also it's ...
    Spector Spector May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ...
    C64:

    3: You are Ivan Kosmovichski, the Crusader. Questing ... the last!!!!


    Name the game that was substituted on the C64 ... the C64 but utter pants (except for the loading screen) on the Spectrum. Name the ...
    Vampyre Vampyre May 2002 Games
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ... winners yet.
    so far, the scores currently stand at

    I`ll post the answers Sunday night 9pm GMT ... />

    Enduro Racer on the C64....hmmmm it`s pretty bad ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • Quiz II - Son of QuizA small quiz that covers mostly Spectrum stuff, with the odd C64 question - extend your knowledge. Copy/paste into a reply - add your answers in the…

    ... />
    Name the game that was substituted on the C64 edition of this ... compilation
    Sabre Wulf was replaced by The ... the C64 but utter pants (except for the loading screen) on the Spectrum. Name the ...
    MatGubbins MatGubbins May 2002 Games
  • speccy v's comodore v's bbcThose old enough to remember the playground days when we each had our own little group speccy better than the comodore and the bbc users were all gee…

    The C64 was superior to the Speccy - the noise the latter made when loading used ... -commands thing. We both preferred the Spectrum.
    Knightlore Knightlore May 2002 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Whos Your Favourite Game Programmer ? Mine's Keith Burkhill, Mike Lamb. Its the people behind Commando, Arkanoid. There are others cant remember their names, I'll continue later [img]/_…

    ... off,
    Smalltown Boy from the C64 scene
    Anonymous Anonymous May 2002 Games
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