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Games you envied on other systems (but were never converted to the Spectrum)I will admit it: there were times when I considered getting a Commodore 64. Not because I didn't love the Spectrum, but because Llamasoft games almos…
... but because Llamasoft games almost never appeared on the Speccy.
... was - a lot of the games that I fancied on other ... programmers got better and the "impossible" games started to appear: Uridium ... went back to revisit the older games that were now feasible ... -
Games that the ZX Spectrum couldn't handle but did...So what are some of the games that were supposed to be too complex for the ZX Spectrum but actually turned out to be great? R-Type seems to be one.
So what are some of the games that were supposed to be too complex for the ZX Spectrum but actually turned out to be great?
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'Top games' Kindle bookI've recently written a little ebook on quality Spec games, with one game per A-Z letter: I figured I should post about it here! The choices of ga…
... little ebook on quality Spec games, with one game per ... why[/i] the games are favourites. The book is written with the newcomer in ... co.uk/ZX-Spectrum-Great-Games--Z-ebook/dp/B019A5E51A"] ... hardcopy edition.
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DYNAMITE DAN I vs DYNAMITE DAN II - WHICH IS THE BETTER GAME?Welcome to the September 2016 edition of Which Is Best? Last month I placed three Amiga top down racers, Nitro, Super Cars II and Overlander. Overl…
Welcome to the September 2016 edition of Which Is Best?
... time round I place the two Dynamite Dan games head to head ... on the ZX Spectrum, these were ... my games are buzz free :-)
Anyway, so which is the best ... -
New Game: "Willy Games: The First 30 Years Quiz"I am pleased to announce the release of a brand-new game for the ZX Spectrum 128: "[b]Willy Games: The First 30 Years Quiz[/b]". It is a multiple…
... Jet Set Willy (JSW) games for the ZX Spectrum created between 1983 ... -depth knowledge of the games that were created after the original trio.
"Willy Games: The First 30 Years Quiz" [url ... -
X-OUT vs Z-OUT (AMIGA) - Which is the best shooter?Hi everyone and welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed Turrican and Turrican II against each other and after a …
... and welcome to the March 2017 edition of the Which Is Best?
the victory with 52 votes with ... most were torn between the two stating the first Turrican game was ... is but only one of the games could be chosen and most ... -
Jaguar XJ200 vs Lotus 2 (Amiga) - Which Is The Better Racer?Hi everyone and welcome to the June 2017 edition of "WHICH IS BEST?". Last month I placed two versions of Marble Madness on the Megadrive against ea…
Hi everyone and welcome to the June 2017 edition of "WHICH IS BEST ... versions of Marble Madness on the Megadrive against each other which ... just stick to the 8-bit and Amiga games which have shown ... mind I give you this edition to chew over, Jaguar XJ220 ... -
Atic Atac vs Jet Pac - Which is the better game?Hi everyone and welcome to the July 2017 edition of Which Is Best? Last month I placed two of the most famous racers against each other on the Amiga…
... everyone and welcome to the July 2017 edition of Which Is Best ... racers against each other on the Amiga A500 which were Lotus ... different games against each other but both utter classics on the ZX ... and they were both by the same software house "Ultimate",...Atic ... -
Space Invaders vs Pac-Man - Which Made The Biggest Impact?Hi everyone and welcome to the August 2017 edition of Which Is Best? Last month I placed two classic ZX Spectrum games head to head, Atic Atac and J…
... and welcome to the August 2017 edition of Which Is Best ... choosing one of these games over the other and this month ... the game that slingshotted video games into the popular domain in the ... early days and considered the ... -
Pinball Dreams vs Fantasies - which has the better "evil" table?Hi everyone and welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Which Is Best? Last month I placed two iconic classic arcade games against each other a…
... and welcome to the September 2017 edition of the Which Is Best?< ... placed two iconic classic arcade games against each other asking which ... in your minds had the biggest impact on video ... I could show more of the games including the Grim Reaper bonus on ... -
Livestream EP.8 - Atari ST Gaming EditionLivestream EP.8 this sunday 6pm - Atari ST edition Hi all, this sunday at 6pm (GMT) I'll be livestreaming Atari ST games on my youtube retro game ch…
... this sunday 6pm - Atari ST edition
Hi all, this sunday ... ll be livestreaming Atari ST games on my youtube retro game ... , come along and join the fun, games featured will be Ranarama, ... from a previous episode, the ZX Spectrum edition, obviously you won't ... -
Exciting news for visitors of WoS, Some new MIA games and alternate versions to be added to the siteThis is my 1st Post be gentle, I have quite a few games that have been listed as missing in action and have sent the games to Steven Brown (admin) to…
... in action and have sent the games to Steven Brown (admin) to ... be updating the site. I have had about 2500 copied games in ... (lol).
The following is a list of games requested by Steven ... for alternate dumps and MIA games- TOADS TRAVELS by Assassin, ... -
The Games of Jon RitmanJon Ritman was always someone I used to look for when I bought games. I knew that if I could find a Jon Ritman game it was going to be of high standa…
... look for when I bought games. I knew that if I ... his games with some nice music that I have on the Commodore ... Jon Ritman game back in the day and if you have ... -
The Trap Door vs Through The Trap Door - Which is Best?Hi everyone and welcome to the October 2018 edition of the "Which Is Best?" series. This month I'm going to place the 2 Trap Door games on the 8-b…
Hi everyone and welcome to the October 2018 edition of the "Which Is Best ... going to place the 2 Trap Door games on the 8-bits against ... each other, games that was ... -
International Karate vs Way of The Exploding Fist - Which is Best?Hi everyone and welcome to the May 2019 edition of the "Which Is Best?" series. This month I'm going to place two historic 8-bit fighting games ag…
Hi everyone and welcome to the May 2019 edition of the "Which Is Best ... -bit fighting games against eachother,...International Karate & Way of The Exploding ... -
What are the "lost" Ultimate arcade games?I've always been really curious to know what Ultimate did before they were Ultimate, and I've been having a little dig around. We know for sure t…
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The article says that the Stampers made 12 games for Zilec ... So what else did the company publish? Games Database gives us a ... very much got the look and feel of the games we know they ... made, and the timing and ... -
The cheating AI in old Street Fighter gamesHaving acquired a couple of decent controllers for my PC recently, I played a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't get too far on any of…
... a bunch of old fighting games on MAME today. Didn't ... hardly played any of the games against the CPU in the last decade or ... so insanely hard compared to the other games, so I investigated on ... us played some of those games back in the 90s. -
Spectrum games that are both 48k and 128k but where the 128k version is infinitely superior The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but wher…
The only one I can think of is "Rock Star Ate My Hamster" but there must be others . So where are the games where the 128 version is great but where the 48k version is merely mediocre in comparison? Does anyone have any ideas on this? -
Finding and listing the Games that are PWI ( Playable Without Instructions)The idea for this came up here:- [url="https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/58008/what-of-zx-spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referri…
... spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referring-to-the-manual-or-the- ... spectrum-games-can-be-played-without-referring-to-the-manual-or-the- ... #latest[/url]
The first game is "Software House ... by Cult .
So the aim here is to identify ... -
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Onto the games. Somewhere in the region of 700 pieces ... II
William Wobbler
Winter Olympiad
Witchfiend / Odd Job ... /> Marble Madness Deluxe Edition
Masters Of The Universe (Adventure)
Mickey ... -
The BIGGEST Speccy ebay auction everdon't believe me? go looksy [url="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8176797909"]http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&i…
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William Wobbler
Winter Olympiad
Witchfiend / Odd Job ... /> Marble Madness Deluxe Edition
Masters Of The Universe (Adventure)
Mickey ... />
DENIED GAMES!
These are the games for the hard core retro ... -
EPYX 21 Disk only?[URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0013360"]EPYX 21[/URL] It says in the archive 'Only available on disk/microdrive', yet I have …
Has a 'Limited Edition' sticker on front,
has ... 013442 545973'
Just noticed the label with barcode and 'Spectrum ... on it is stuck over the original box writing 'CBM 64 ... br /> 1. The Games - Summer Ediion
2. Winter Games / World Games
Has 2 ... -
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 …
... game.
- [B]The Games, Summer/Winter Edition[/B]: Another multi-load sport ... games, boring.
- [B]A ... Day in the Life ... -
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 …
... game.
- [B]The Games, Summer/Winter Edition[/B]: Another multi-load sport ... games, boring.
- [B]A ... Day in the Life ... -
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 …
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- [B]The Games, Summer/Winter Edition[/B]: Another multi-load sport ... games, boring.
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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 …
... said, the games summer/winter edition, wasn't that just summer games II and winter games?
There was an original summer games on the ... 64, was ok, but Summer games II on the 64 ... -
Most deserving Crash Smashes that weren'tTheres some inexplicable Crash Smashes. (Zoids!). But of the games that didn't make it, what has been shamelessly left out? My top choice would be Tr…
... /> Bobsleigh
Book of the Dead, The
Bruce Lee
Bubble ... !
Enigma Force
Games - Summer Edition, The
Green Beret
Growing ...
Tapper
Tempest
Winter Wonderland
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Unreleased GamesI am working on what I hope will be a complete guide to the games that were either advertised/previewed/written etc but never released for the Spectr…
... be a complete guide to the games that were either advertised/previewed ... /> This was inspired by the feature "The Games That Time Forgot" that recently ... appeared on the TZX archive. I ... -
Missing 2000AD games (again...)Hello, I've posted this on the MIA/MIS forum previously, but nobody seems to have noticed it, so I offer it here for the perusal of all of you, hopin…
... Piranha (where the Rogue Trooper game came from). The games were Judge Death ... 1988, with the consequent demise of Piranha, the aforementioned games were never released ... . Does someone know something about the ... -
What in the hell does...(UL), (AL), (S3) (DI), (DL), (PW), etc. mean? I found these in the games list, and have no idea about the meaning. Thanks in advance
(UL), (AL), (S3) (DI), (DL), (PW), etc. mean? I found these in the games list, and have no idea about the meaning.
Thanks in advance
