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  • Be honest now...When you got your (first) Spectrum, was it the computer you wanted? And don't worry, this poll is anonymous, so your secret is safe, even if you're …

    ... for (honestly) the better keyboard and the other obvious advances ... sent back and a new arrived a couple of ... any other machine because the only thing that could ... compare at the time was the Vic 20 and ... RAM. Non of the other machines like the C64, BBC et ...
    ADJB ADJB March 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…

    ... story to me, at the time the ZX Spectrum was relatively expensive ... Commodore +4 and needed a new pair of glasses, so all ... ]

    The Speccy scene is definitely the best of the Retro 8 ... . In some ways the following seems stronger than for the C64, but it ...
    Alien 8 Alien 8 April 2010 Games
  • Spectrum v Amstrad CPC rangeAmstrad seemed to be a rather late starter in the 8 bit micro computer race. I never really saw one outside a shop, only a few people at school had o…

    ... was? Did the majority of the games in the 80s (like the popular stuff ... the specifics on the C64, especially how much raster time the code requires for the ... I've always thought while the C64 one is a bit too ... , I know they have this new ULAPlus stuff now but we ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG April 2010 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Vic 20 game better than Speccy version?Years ago, when I had my Vic 20 I had a game called Blitz, it was on the welcome tape in fact. Very simple game, but strangely addictive. For those t…

    ... Commodore +4 and needed a new pair of glasses, so all ... /> [QUOTE]
    The Speccy scene is definitely the best of the Retro 8 ... . In some ways the following seems stronger than for the C64, but it ... perhaps even more so than the C64 scene. I've still got ...
    Digital Prawn Digital Prawn April 2010 Games
  • Intentional use of wrong screenshots...I noticed (or remembered) that some Zx Spectrum games featured on their back cover or inlay screenshots of the game belonging to other versions of th…

    ... /> I was reading the "A new Barbarian..." topic on the New Game Ideas section ... , and it made me remember the ... clearly see how in the mockups, the graphics were much more ... worse and partly (the cave) seem to be C64/Amstrad low-res ...
    XTM of TMG XTM of TMG April 2010 Games
  • Favourite Dan DareI've just tried Dan Dare III for the first time, it looks interesting although rather diferent from the other games... back in the day I only had Dan…

    ... designs, rather than the updated Dan Dare from the new Eagle comic that ... ran in the 80s.[/QUOTE ... Dare 1 on the C64 as the best game of the series, with its ...
    merman merman May 2010 Games
  • Favourite Dan DareI've just tried Dan Dare III for the first time, it looks interesting although rather diferent from the other games... back in the day I only had Dan…

    ... [QUOTE=dm_boozefreek;443053]What was the deal with that little elephant ... occasionally helped them out. The one in the C64 sub-game is a ... of 'Dan Dare and the Return of the Mekon' from 1982-1985 ... pretty poor, and actually when the new Eagle slipped into 2- and ...
    joefish joefish May 2010 Games
  • Why only 2 colors ?Maybe this question dont go on this part of the forum, but dont know what other part to ask. Why the Spectrum only can show 2 colors at time in the …

    ... them over instantly to show the new screen.

    If you ... 27.

    The C64 had a mix of the two, where you ... could change the colours whilst the TV is drawing the picture line-by ... a small area of the screen. In C64 games it was more ...
    joefish joefish June 2010 Sinclair Basic
  • After-Christmas mapsCavelon [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon"]http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=Cavelon[/url] Doombase [url="http://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?…

    ... any one help me with the game?[/QUOTE]

    Need ... winded.

    First up, the map :-
    [code]
    Metropolis ...
    Bandit Bandit June 2010 Support files
  • Do you think they'll be pissed?I'm not sure if this is in the right forum. It just went up. [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpfM0hNmukM"]Silkworm Intro Music Battle - Who Wi…

    ... chums prefer to make new music with the original chip!][/quote]

    I like the C64, it's just that the Spectrum is what ... ve done C64 graphics and I enjoyed doing it. The Spectrum palette ... and too much contrast overall. The C64 are duller and more like ...
    Sadako Sadako July 2010 Chit chat
  • SlicksApparently this speccy port is MIA,supposed to had being included in Supersports Challenge compilation,so does anyone here have it in their games col…

    GTW64 have uncovered a lot of unreleased Codemasters stuff from the last year of the C64 commercial life including a new CJ game, Captain Dynamo 2 and Grella and Fella (which was released on the CPC, not sure about the Speccy).
    zeropolis79 zeropolis79 July 2010 Games
  • The death of the SpectrumI was reflecting the other day about life and the significance of those interests that we develop during childhood. For many, its football or physic…

    ... has things to teach, brand-new thing even, so rather ... much higher resolution than the C64 but the attribute problem and lack ... than the NES or the Atari 2600 or the Apple II or the C64? The games ... will go nowhere but the ...
    takapa takapa July 2010 Chit chat
  • Knight Lore on c64.. after 25 years..It seems that Knight Lore coming on commode a quarter century after speccy version. ;) Well, better late than never.. The game is still in developmen…

    ... and re-coding that for the C64?

    ...and ... character layout, exactly the same as the C64 and in KL' ... is less similar to the Beeb than the C64's.

    the bottlenecks are. I'll put up a new vid ... when I've done some more work on the ...
    Pegaz Pegaz July 2010 Chit chat
  • Knight Lore on c64.. after 25 years..It seems that Knight Lore coming on commode a quarter century after speccy version. ;) Well, better late than never.. The game is still in developmen…

    ... $00/$01 in RAM (which the C64 uses for things like bank ... to take more advantage of the C64 hardware..

    I think ... great that the 8-bit machines are still getting new games released ... a much requested game for the C64.

    Now hopefully one ...
    ewgf ewgf July 2010 Chit chat
  • Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…

    I've played the c64 version 'back in the day' and to be ... br />
    I could understand the speccy version because there hadn ... alway felt that was the point of making the game, something that ... something similar tried again with the new ula. If I was doing ...
    BiNMaN BiNMaN August 2010 Games
  • Lightforce - a classic?Was [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2010/08/spectrum-games-light-force-classic-zx.html"]Lightforce [/URL](reviewed) a classic shmup? I rec…

    ... 464552]I've played the c64 version 'back in the day' and to ... />
    I could understand the speccy version because there hadn ... something similar tried again with the new ula. If I was doing ... Lightforce is like Sanxion - when the games where you could upgrade ...
    merman merman August 2010 Games
  • Games that looked better on the Spectrum than other platforms?Usually when a hit game was converted from the Spectrum it got a graphical update, or at least a splash of colour. Now does anyone remember a game t…

    ... lot better on the Speccy than the CPC and the C64.

    Take ... graphics. I always preferred the detail that the Speccy can produce.
    the Speccy once the new version is released :)
    Swainy Swainy August 2010 Games
  • Why was/is the ZX Spectrum so popular?Why? How? Even after all this time you have a website like this etc.... It's just amazing!

    ... out the machine (they also did with the C64) - the Speccy and the C64 (and the BBC ... to a lesser extent) were the ... these new and fancy features, and at a fraction of the cost ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers August 2010 Games
  • Spectrum exclsuive gamesWe've discussed almost every Speccy related topic you can think of, but one I don't remember is a discussion of games exclusive to the Spectrum. Thes…

    ... by giving it an association the the C64? :-)

    Slightly more seriously ... ]
    [I][COLOR=Blue]This new isometric perspective (drawing visual comparisons ... showing any connection to the C64. That's why the C64 had so many ...
    ewgf ewgf September 2010 Chit chat
  • Microsoft really know how to sell their products![url]www.metro.co.uk/tech/842500-kinect-demands-a-tidy-room[/url]

    ... you've hit the nail on the head as to ... released some cool new 'gadget' back in the 80's we ... something. If they released the 'A-Bike' we would ... it quite amusing seeing the current set of fanboys ... Speccy fans never admitting that the C64 had ANY decent games. ( ...
    psj3809 psj3809 October 2010 Chit chat
  • Microsoft really know how to sell their products![url]www.metro.co.uk/tech/842500-kinect-demands-a-tidy-room[/url]

    ... some cool new 'gadget' back in the 80's ... something. If they released the 'A-Bike' we would ... it quite amusing seeing the current set of fanboys ... Speccy fans never admitting that the C64 had ANY decent games. ...
    That's because the C64 doesn't have any good ...
    Rebelstar without a cause Rebelstar without a cause October 2010 Chit chat
  • Microsoft really know how to sell their products![url]www.metro.co.uk/tech/842500-kinect-demands-a-tidy-room[/url]

    ... Commodore released some cool new 'gadget' back in the 80's we ... does something. If they released the 'A-Bike' we would have ... ' Speccy fans never admitting that the C64 had ANY decent games. (And ... same for some C64 fans with the Speccy)[/QUOTE]

    Vampyre Vampyre October 2010 Chit chat
  • Microsoft really know how to sell their products![url]www.metro.co.uk/tech/842500-kinect-demands-a-tidy-room[/url]

    ... Commodore released some cool new 'gadget' back in the 80's we ... ' Speccy fans never admitting that the C64 had ANY decent games. (And ... bought, i.e. the Amiga.

    The C64 was still crap though ...
    ewgf ewgf October 2010 Chit chat
  • Computer junkThought i start thread about this,after reading through the capacitor's thread it is true that components will exhaust themselves overtime,so for tho…

    ... the Amiga, caps on the Interface 1 and Micro drives, new or near new ... membranes on most of the speccies etc ... ...I have about 6 c64 ... use for parts too....the processor on the c64 seems a bit flaky ...
    beanz beanz October 2010 Chit chat
  • what games are truly great regardless of format?the old comparisons things turns up here a lot favouring 1 machine or another.. but as I was listing "into the eagles nest" on a certain auction site…

    ... (and that turned up on the C64, Spectrum, Amstrad, Atari 8-bit ... that didn't deviate from the original concept worked well on ... Droid[/b] played about the same across the board although there were ... excellent...

    How about new stuff? [b]Uwol: Quest for ...
    TMR TMR October 2010 Games
  • What was this film called?I'm trying to remember the name of a horror film I saw a year or two ago. As always with these "What was...?" topics, my recollection or description…

    ... .

    The stupid things are the spawn of satan, I ... , instead of buying new components to make the machines, they bought ... a local landfill site, removed the C64's outer casing, and put ... the insides into the self-service-till casings ...
    ewgf ewgf November 2010 Chit chat
  • What was this film called?I'm trying to remember the name of a horror film I saw a year or two ago. As always with these "What was...?" topics, my recollection or description…

    ... , instead of buying new components to make the machines, they bought ... a local landfill site, removed the C64's outer casing, and put ... the insides into the self-service-till casings ... br />
    If you dislike the C64 so much, why did you ...
    grey key grey key November 2010 Chit chat
  • What was this film called?I'm trying to remember the name of a horror film I saw a year or two ago. As always with these "What was...?" topics, my recollection or description…

    ... , instead of buying new components to make the machines, they bought a ... a local landfill site, removed the C64's outer casing, and put ... the insides into the self-service-till casings ... . I'll take the self-service till over a C64 any day ...
    Graz Graz November 2010 Chit chat
  • 3D Racers...what's your favourite?I'm talking along the lines of outrun and super hang-on A personal fave is Nightmare Rally (more for the loading screen), I really wanted to like lo…

    ... still look as fresh and new alongside new games then:

    :-o

    3d racers are the ... B] from the 8 bit era; especially the Spectrum.
    The hardware just ... Boy was way better than the C64 one. Speccy racers are f ...
    Graz Graz December 2010 Games
  • Lennon-30 yearsMight come a shock to some,but coming on 8th marks 30 years of the death of the former beatle,notoriety still surrounds this,some saying there should…

    I was thinking the c64 wasn't 30 years old and Le[B]m[/B]on wasn't that old

    .. I should have gone to [B]spec[/B] savers

    (I asked santa for a new joke book)
    fog fog December 2010 Chit chat
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