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Best version of The Sentinel?Which version of The Sentinel is the best? I have tried the Spectrum, CPC, PC, ST and C64 versions, and of them I still prefer the Spectrum version. …
... (VGA) is the one that I like the best, even though the spectrum version is the one ... of all.
The VGA version of the game is the one that use more ... version Sentinel Returns sound effects with the Speccy ones !!!!
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Zelda cloneHi all you Zelda fans! This game has been moved from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread because it seems to have enough people interested in helping wit…
... do need to know what the game is about first, then what kinds ... you want to happen in the game as far as graphical demands ... actual, running game engine, even if populated entirely with coloured squares is much, much ... -
Zelda cloneHi all you Zelda fans! This game has been moved from the Wanted: Game Ideas! thread because it seems to have enough people interested in helping wit…
... need to know what the game is about first, then what ... means knowing: 1) what the game is about and 2) how ... improve the odds the game can be completed. Writing the game engine is a ... , running game engine, even if populated entirely with coloured squares is much, ... -
There is a better original game for every conversion?[QUOTE=Matt_B]My contention would be that for any good conversion, I could name a better original Spectrum game in a similar format. As such, there a…
... like comparing Pong or even Arkanoid to the likes of Virtua ... for hours upon end with you saving the game as necessary. It ... play it at the higher levels? The game is notoriously slow on the first few ... on a par with Elite and Tau Ceti, even if the graphics aren ... -
Frogs jump into the finals....Not that much of a surprise I suppose, but I had thought it would've been harder for them. Thanks to Zidane, showing that age and skill wins over sho…
... about stereotypes ? The minute i mention unfashionable germans with mullets theres uproar ... fouls as if thats what the game is about.
As for ... consider, as the more research you can get, the better, even if it ... -
Perfect Dark (N64) - best FPS ever?Since we're talking about Half-Life 2 on this board, I thought I'd mention Perfect Dark, the best first person shooter ever. Don't believe me? Hardly…
... game (or any game itself, for that matter) that even approaches the ... With modding, all this is possible. Just because it's not in the game ... don't even begin to change until the game starts up again ... run forwards, you can even run safely backwards down stairs ... -
Perfect Dark (N64) - best FPS ever?Since we're talking about Half-Life 2 on this board, I thought I'd mention Perfect Dark, the best first person shooter ever. Don't believe me? Hardly…
... ) out, with the episodic content (Gabe Newell has stated that this is the sequel ... far better physics (the gravity gun is soooo much fun with the sawblades :-P ... it a better story. Even if a game is the most elaborately written story ... -
The best ever isometric game on the Speccy.Lets see the show of hands in numbers eh? ;) For sheer nostalgia I have a soft spot for Batman and I really enjoyed playing it. However, Head over H…
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Its one of the few Spectrum games I would ... how the game is hard coded into my memory, every jump, every puzzle, even the ... room layouts.
Its definitely not a difficult game. -
Games club wc 19/08/06Trying again!
Crikey, this is even tougher than the original arcade version. ... ->Peripherals. Without that, the game is completely without sound.
... with sound! When did this happen? Even my Blowout re-release is ... play the game, but at least I go out with a ... -
The Most Played Budget Game You Ever BoughtI loved the fact you could pick games up for ?2.99 when I was a kid. We had a local Newsagent that stocked a small selection of games. Twisting my mu…
... far as I know the author of the game is the unfamous G.B.Max ... Genius[/B] for Rack-It with the help of Raffaele Cecco.
even had a son, which appears in the game too.
(These were both flip side, with the Amstrad Cpc version on one ... -
Steve Davis Snooker 128k?I'm in the middle of an, erm, interesting discussion with a bloke on AtariAge. The long and the short of it is he's claiming to have written a 128k …
... well sending me the game itself he even went to the trouble of looking ... Digital Dimension, whose address is given as 160 Great Meadow ... are CLEARLY not his (with one very suspicious and one ... the LGDT forum AND the UKjagfest one , where he is due to attend the ... -
TorchwoodThe wait is almost over! Torchwood will start on Saturday 21st October on BBC1 with episode 2 right after on BBC3 Two whole hours of Captain Jack..…
... the end of the episode when Mickey is, justly, terrified, the Doctor treats him with ... " (the game) should have been that the film itself was), The Girl in the Fireplace, the ... some of the feel of the old series (and perhaps even surpassing it ... -
Adventure CoderAnyone out there remember the fanzine 'Adventure Coder' ? I believe it was a spin off from the fanzine 'Adventure Probe' It's funny but I've spent …
... micros even then.[/QUOTE]
Yes, but if there is a ... sense to use it considering the game is targetted at speccy users. More ... well versed with GAC/PAW as compared to the nuances of the inform ... -
Location, Location, Location.Guys, Quick question. Im starting to plan my game (as stated in a previous post). You are trapped in a house with zoombies attacking left right and…
... want to argue but the design of the game is important, as through that ... grx and even maybe sound.
With machine cade and the spectrum ... and atic atac, is the memory used up more with the graphics or program ... -
RetroGammer magazzine!yesterday I got my first retro gamer magazine(the one that has street fighter on the cover)...and WOW! I didnt knew they imported that magazine to Po…
... on a game, with only one column of text about the game (often taken ... blocky and otherwise graphically limited the game is, making it look ugly and ... , and often never even knew existed. And it is the only magazine I ... -
New Spectrum Game! Cannon BubbleAs some of you already know, our new game "Cannon Bubble" is available to download in our web page! Go get it and don't forget to tell us what you th…
... ]About the PD library, yes, the game is released as freeware, with just ... for a few months after the game release (Ivan, do you ... is" unless I have explicit permission, and even then, I still prefer the ... the game will be added next to the link to start the ... -
Last Speccy game you completed?I've just completed [i]Izzy Wizzy[/i], which I found to be an excellent game. What was the last Speccy game you completed?
... emulator playing with the PC keyboard.
One key to the game is to ... be able to fire the secondary weapon ... fast and I remember that to be difficult on the ... Spectrum with a joystick and ... -
TIPP31 transistor questionYesterday I had the time to try and repair a 4S issue 48k spectrum I had. First of all I replaced all the electrolytic capacitors. The tr4 transistor…
... get hot, I mean the ZTX650 is not even noticibly warm when its ... working.
I have the machine ... loaded with a game and it works for ... -
Top Ten British Things Americans Don't Care AboutThis is A list of ten things that were/are huge in the UK, but (most) Americans don't care about (in no particular order): 1. ZX Spectrum 2. Footbal…
... hate for Football...they say the game is to slow and nothing happens ... Hockey (and true rollerskate Hockey is with regular rollerskates, not inline like ... know a game is slow when even it's video game representation is boring and ... -
Cannon BubbleHello! I would really like to transffer this game ( [url]http://cezgs.computeremuzone.com/eng/card.php?id=14[/url] ) to my REAL +3 disk drive. Becau…
... I see the game is getting enough interest even some months after ... /> - Physical copies of the game should be available for purchase ...
So, about the "unofficial" TAP, the game's makefile created a ... 3 disk - block by block, with load"" / code and save "" ... -
ZX 81 games (and an emulation issue or two)Hi Not really sure this is the right forum, but maybe someone can help. As a Speccy fan, I was always intrigued by the old ZX81, and thanks to the w…
... do this with 100% reliability each time I play the game.
game is tricky even on a real ZX81.
The latest version of the game ... (v2.1 I think), even has a ... if it is, then it adjusts the game timing parameters to ... -
Possible great ideaHello there everybody, I have been toying with the idea of doing a project here with the help of the gurus on the forum. The idea is to start the de…
... and learn at the same time. Once one game is complete, a new ... game can be started so the idea is to start with ... . We could even at the end of certain "lessons" ask the participants to ... -
Possible great ideaHello there everybody, I have been toying with the idea of doing a project here with the help of the gurus on the forum. The idea is to start the de…
... plan of action. Maybe even a set of rules to ... would like to take the programming lead with the big picture in ... taken for the game.
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Since the game is not an ... original one but a port, the planning process ... -
3d gamesWhat do you think are technically the best or most fun 3d wireframe or filled polygon games on the Spectrum? There are several games where the framer…
... as a pancake. Excellent gameplay with real depth too.
the game. Great gameplay though, even if it's ... The Mask looks great, but uses a very cheaty engine and the game is ... -
3d gamesWhat do you think are technically the best or most fun 3d wireframe or filled polygon games on the Spectrum? There are several games where the framer…
... as a pancake. Excellent gameplay with real depth too.
... more effective in the game. Great gameplay though, even if it's ... the game is very primative.[/QUOTE]
Hit the nail on the ... head - couldn't agree with you more. -
horizontal shmupsare there any speccy horizontal shmups where you freely move your ship (or whatever) pixel-by-pixel except penetrator? (i?m glad to realize, the lack…
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i believe, the chief idea of the game is to offer and depict ... unstructered time at once. in the ... at the end, the game becomes even more "timeless" when played in an emulator with ... -
Oneliner contestHello to you all, I dare you to make a program on 1 BASIC line. Here is the place to sent your ONELINERS [url]http://www.zxspectrum.00freehost.co…
... shoot, even when there are no ships remaining, although the game is already "won ... /> But, rather than bother you with any future minor fix or ... , you may as well go with the version I've already submitted ... time in the future, but I'm happy to go with what ... -
Edge top 100 gamesIt's [url=http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6231&Itemid=2]the top 100 games of all time[/url] from the last 15 years
... , and the mostly-too-easy-even-on-hard-difficulty is uneven, with the game at times ... becoming far harder, which is the ... -
Project: M.u.l.e.Wokani came up with a great idea about trying an open-development approach for spectrum games, and I thought why not try with a game I have under dev…
... is called the exploit. This makes up the economic aspect of the game.
The ... very quickly even with a simple array and the bonus is the memory usage is much ... " member. This is because one of the random events in the game is an earthquake ... -
Help hacking Split PersonalitiesI`ve been hacking away at Split Personalities for the purpose of putting new screens and graphics (items). The current screen is at 41187 and is 160…
... twice to save the game. Note that there is no level data ... in the latest Spin, even when allow assembly to ROM is checked ... the game is already running(on the menu), hence the above way of saving the game ... 2nd Edit:
Here is a fix with the pokes in place to ...
