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What systems did programmers use?Just a thought that occured to me. What systems did professional programmers use to write spectrum games on? I know it would be possible in theory to…
During the time he was developing Stormlord (crap game by the way) Rafaelle Cecco wrote a log for a few months in Crash Magazine. He was using a PC and I thought they were doing the graphic stuff on an Atari ST. -
Gaming MythsLike mentioned in earlier threads - we have games like Mire Mare, Lunar Jetman and Scooby Doo. Does any other ones spring to mind. They need not be…
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what games did you never complete?What games for the spectrum did you never manage to complete and why.
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Games UNDERated by magazinesYep, a slight twist on the previous topic. Which were the games you thought were underrated by mags, but were really much better in your opinion. …
... underrated by every mag except Crash - it's a fantastic ... was that good for the time!
Most of the ... higher all round except in Crash.
Hydrofool - another underrated ... /> Games that should have got Crash Smashes, imho:
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THE SPECTRUM QUIZ IS HEREOkay folks, here are 30 questions. The person who EMAILS them to me with the most correct is the winner. No cheating, use your memory and not the W…
... have two big problems: a time limit and a shortage of ... parody of Sinclair User on Crash 19, Crash had to apologize. (worth ... -
Games UNDERated by magazinesYep, a slight twist on the previous topic. Which were the games you thought were underrated by mags, but were really much better in your opinion. …
Match Day was grossly under-rated at the time. It only got about 80% in Crash and got a terrible review in Sinclair User. Also, how about Arkanoid - 59% in Crash. -
Rockfall This came on the Crash April 1990 powertape and I once had a cheat that enabled me to start at any level rather than the first level every time I re…
... ENTER. The computer will duly crash. Alter line 205 to read ... Wilbur with capital letters this time. To resume the game, type ... -
Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
... rebuild them under a rigid time limit.
2 ... was the real reason behind Crash's Lloyd Mangram's publicity ... /> 7. What was Newsfield Publications (Crash, ZZap, LM, etc) software house ... -
Quiz IV (Oh God not another one!!!)Yup, another chance to prove your knowledge of Speccy games. Some questions are cryptic, some aren't! One point per corecct answer. Post your answ…
... rebuild them under a rigid time limit.
Splitting ... 7. What was Newsfield Publications (Crash, ZZap, LM, etc) software ... house called?
Crash Micros (games action)
others ... /> High Level User-Friendly Real Time Games Designer
SPECCY GAMES U LOVED BUT PPL HATEDAPART FROM THE CLASSICS BATMAN MANIC MINER THERE ARE SOME SPECTRUM GAMES I COULDNT FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHY PPL DIDN'T LIKE THEM GAMES LIKE.…
I agree with memekon, Shaolins Road was a good game despite the review it got in Crash.
Turmoil is still a great game not mentioned much on WOS (better than Automania, a similar game) and is hated by many not prepared to put the time in.SPECCY GAMES U LOVED BUT PPL HATEDAPART FROM THE CLASSICS BATMAN MANIC MINER THERE ARE SOME SPECTRUM GAMES I COULDNT FOR THE LIFE OF ME UNDERSTAND WHY PPL DIDN'T LIKE THEM GAMES LIKE.…
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Game RemakesWhat games do you think need a PC remake? i nominate The Great Escape and Where Time Stood Still
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I'd do Where Time Stood Still like a proper ... in Coldtiz.
Where Time Stood Still - I agree with ... he gets killed in the crash), which should be good..D&H Games and Cult Software gamesJust discovered this forum recently, hello all. I was just wondering if there is anybody who enjoys/enjoyed the mainly sports management games produ…
... for evaluation. Unfortunately by this time (around 1992) the market for ... , all the games, all the Crash magazines all went. It was ...the happiest days of your life-pt2hello,again i have come up with 2 solutions to the problem of solving this game:- 1.the more people that try to solve this game (by combining diffe…
... SMASH HIT then it say CRASH HIT & YOU Dont need ... library book the correct item time will tell.
[ This ...Crash No.1Anyone got any ideas how much Crash Edition 1 might fetch? My copy is virtually mint as I've kept it in a box with a load of computer spares for 18 y…
Last time I checked out an issue 1 crash auction on eBay was a few months ago. It went for over ?80!!!How To List BASIC?Hi, I want to look at the BASIC coding for a game. Is there a piece of code I can load into a 48k Spectrum which will read in a .TAP file and list i…
... 't work every time (many were set to crash if text appeared ...POKEs that make games harder(!)Why not? I'm sure everyone has a few games that they always come back to, but wish they were a bit harder so it was more of a challenge. Not every ga…
... -20 Alter the amount of time you start with
Poke ... warned... get it wrong and crash ;)What's you happiest speccy related memory?Mine would have to be coming home from school at lunchtime with a couple of friends, loading up manic miner or commando for a quick 30 minute game-pl…
... spent most of my spare time playing that game until I ... to load and watch it crash!
Only now do ...Crash No.1Anyone got any ideas how much Crash Edition 1 might fetch? My copy is virtually mint as I've kept it in a box with a load of computer spares for 18 y…
... to want a copy of Crash 1, or a certain piece ... desirable in say 50 years time in my opinion...Another Spin problem game?Anyone else tried loading Doomsday by Relion software? Doesn't seem to want to load.
... JoeBlade, and it does indeed crash in +2a/+3 modes. It ... I'm assuming for the time being that JoeBlade doesn't ...Can anyone explain how to play Braxx Bluff to me?Well?
... for Spectrum games at the time.
Stage one is misleading ... basic 3D shoot-em-up time. Enemies attack, knock em out ... and steer at the same time, and this juggling of controls ... the humans are saved.
Crash gave it 87%, rightly saying ...What made a good games reviewer?Hi all, I've been quite a regular visitor to this fine web site for any Speccy interested ones. One of the qood things I've noticed here is that you…
I normally went with the reviews in Crash, because they were 9 times out 10 reliable, but most of the time my dad bought new games, and he used to play shoot em ups alot (His favourites were Armageddon-Ocean, Chronos, Pheonix)What made a good games reviewer?Hi all, I've been quite a regular visitor to this fine web site for any Speccy interested ones. One of the qood things I've noticed here is that you…
... /Chemist was selling at the time. (Why did Chemist's sell ... /> I did trust some reviewers : Crash's reviews could be more ....tzx vault updated 31/10/2002Hi Guys, The vault has been updated once again, lots of previously unlisted titles, MIA and STP entries have been resolved. Head over to [url="http…
... ourselves, but for SU and Crash we have most of the ... where I got to last time we had a go at ...Crash CD'shi guys, any of u received the Crash CD's yet? about to order them and wondered what they were like.. regards
... ), the money only covers the time involved in creating them (3 ... />
The reasoning behind the Crash/Zzap cd`s is not ... want to spend a long time downloading 2gb of data.
Crash have got copies and have ...What is your worst Speccy related memory?We've had the good times, but there were bad times too. I will give you two choice cuts from my back catalogue... Over at a friends house, wanting to…
... that was given away with Crash. It ended up screwing up ... a tape player drop - this time some wire came loose that ...crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
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extremely funny though and crash were quite right at the timecrashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
... the online version of the Crash archive and did not find ... Crash was composed by kids that reviewed games in their spare time ... course, in the subsequent years Crash managed to establish itself as ...crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
Sirclive1, I couldn't agree more. It sounds like you and myself where there at the time where as Alessandro is taking his influences from Crash Online.crashHi , anyone got a particular favourite issue of the superb magazine crash , mines issue 13 , just brings memories of xmas back and a cool review of m…
... never stated that everything in crash was wonderful - quote ( ... a clearer picture , crash occasionaly got it wrong ... back on both magazines - crash is still enjoyable to ... dozen issues in the time it can take to ... in one issue of crash . your sinclair was ...
