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What Spectrum to choose?Hi i'm new to the Spectrum. I read 'bout it in CDA (Polish game magazine) and watched LGR review of the 48k and it REALLY interested me. What model m…
[QUOTE=BiNMaN;495579]must admit i haven't tried them, but the early ultimate games were a problem the screen would go black, i'll have to give them a quick test[/QUOTE]
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Spectrum CompilationsI keep meaning to pimp this - I've been doing a series of blog posts about the various spectrum compilations I loved as a kid. [URL="http://jdanddie…
... , I collected partly for the ultimate games.
the one I ... coin-op one with 5 games on
the other ... replay, which is design design games
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum ... for a lot of denied games -
Spectrum CompilationsI keep meaning to pimp this - I've been doing a series of blog posts about the various spectrum compilations I loved as a kid. [URL="http://jdanddie…
... , I collected partly for the ultimate games.
the one I ... coin-op one with 5 games on
the other ... replay, which is design design games
[url]http://www.worldofspectrum ... for a lot of denied games[/QUOTE]
PM me ... -
Iv got a complaintWhy the bloody hell is there so many games to play on the Speccy? And how am I supposed to play all of those :p Im spoilt for choice here.
just be like me and play manic miner, chuckie egg, bugaboo the flea and most of the ultimate games :P -
NEW! Poll Best Spectrum game from 2010 - Everybody vote here please -OK, so since there were several releases after the day I posted the original Poll, I would post this new one to include all the games from 2010. Eve…
I like games that use a random element, ... play, some of my favourite games on the speccy have used ... Attack and some of the Ultimate games like Atic Atac and Sabre ... -
Some new stuff!Hi Folks A few absolute classics here... [url]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/millys-pigdog/m.html[/url] all in superb condition. cheers P
... me for all sorts of games.. and i forget who wants ... is "do you have expensive ultimate games for 20p" like I turned ... -
Blimey...looks what's popped up on ebay![URL="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sinclair-ZX-Spectrum-HOMEBREW-BRAND-NEW-RELEASE-GAME-/380305473769?pt=UK_VintageComputing_RL&hash=item588bf900e9"]http://…
Must admit Homebrew is a class old skool game, bit like the Ultimate games when they did Jetpac/Psst/Cookie etc.
I bought the emulator version, still play it a lot. Great game -
Some new stuff!Hi Folks A few absolute classics here... [url]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/millys-pigdog/m.html[/url] all in superb condition. cheers P
... outbid on all those luverly Ultimate games that I only wanted to ... to scan as many Spec games as I can without losing ... -
Some new stuff!Hi Folks A few absolute classics here... [url]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/millys-pigdog/m.html[/url] all in superb condition. cheers P
methinks you did well :)
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Some new stuff!Hi Folks A few absolute classics here... [url]http://shop.ebay.co.uk/millys-pigdog/m.html[/url] all in superb condition. cheers P
... don't have all the ultimate games yet though.. err bubbler? and ... -
Your favourite Jonathan Cauldwell game?Seeing as Jonathan Cauldwell has just released his 603,823,965th Spectrum game, the really rather fantastic and very wrongly named [I]Utter Tripe[/I]…
... me of the early 16k Ultimate games. Great little game -
Your favourite Jonathan Cauldwell game?Seeing as Jonathan Cauldwell has just released his 603,823,965th Spectrum game, the really rather fantastic and very wrongly named [I]Utter Tripe[/I]…
Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... , i didn't played the ultimate games in real time, and, being ... much of the hype surrounding ultimate - but in spite of that ... technique, but weren't great games. pentagram was a rehash of ... martianoids are probably their minor games.
so, overall the ...Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... thoroughly agree with WIWC. The Ultimate games were major style-setters in ... turned exclusively to 3D their games began to look and feel ... , at least all of their games from [i]Jetpac[/i] to ...Your favourite Jonathan Cauldwell game?Seeing as Jonathan Cauldwell has just released his 603,823,965th Spectrum game, the really rather fantastic and very wrongly named [I]Utter Tripe[/I]…
... me of the early 16k Ultimate games. Great little game[/QUOTE]
Ultimate: Play The GameWhat was all the fuss about Ultimate games? Sure they were technically impressive but for me none of their games stand out in the memory for me pers…
... far.
back then Ultimate games were so far ahead of ... loved Jumping Jack (hell, all games were amazing then); but the ... look forward to the next Ultimate game, to see how good ... />
But that run of games from Jetpack to Knightlore.
games that never lived up to the hypewas there ever any games u throught were good to play but when u played them u did not like them
... - apart from the bit about Ultimate games and [I]Ranarama[/I] of ... found both [i]Fairlight[/i] games to be massively hyped. Not ... , especially when compared with what Ultimate or Jon Ritman were able ... /> The [i]Dan Dare[/i] games are nice to look at ...What constitutes a rare spectrum game?Ive just finished re-typing in a games list after my hard drive had a fault. I have a number of titles, but what is a rare title? Pre 84? Is ther…
... find REAL value in the games.. not just re-sale profit ... I don't have the ultimate games for 50p ;) lol )What constitutes a rare spectrum game?Ive just finished re-typing in a games list after my hard drive had a fault. I have a number of titles, but what is a rare title? Pre 84? Is ther…
I love the 48k tune from...full throttle 2. Those arpegiated chords with vibrato
... on most of the isometric Ultimate games. I love the Knight Lore ...Even Rare feel the pinch (Sabreman and Jetman become jobseekers!)Rare, formerly Ultimate: Play the Game, are, like so many other British companies and organisations, making staff redundant: [url]http://www.next-ge…
... us lot it'd be ultimate and the start of things ... ]
Never liked any ultimate games and never liked any rare ... games. So a pretty consistent company ...Even Rare feel the pinch (Sabreman and Jetman become jobseekers!)Rare, formerly Ultimate: Play the Game, are, like so many other British companies and organisations, making staff redundant: [url]http://www.next-ge…
[QUOTE=Rebelstar without a cause;519818]Never liked any ultimate games and never liked any rare games.[/QUOTE]
go wash your mouth out this instantEven Rare feel the pinch (Sabreman and Jetman become jobseekers!)Rare, formerly Ultimate: Play the Game, are, like so many other British companies and organisations, making staff redundant: [url]http://www.next-ge…
... even though some of their games have gotten reasonably high acclaim ... revered.
I mean, games like Jetpac, Atic Atac, Sabre ... days, and when they say ultimate i think of the speccy ... cause;519818]Never liked any ultimate games and never liked any rare ...Just curious: are we all guys?I was wondering if this spectrum retro mania only affects guys, or if perhaps there are girls around too. And if not: why?! Not that gender is releva…
What an odd thread. 1: For bothering the one poor gal who put her hands up and said, "I'm here." 2: For having a right old pop at Ultimate games. Ooer.Just curious: are we all guys?I was wondering if this spectrum retro mania only affects guys, or if perhaps there are girls around too. And if not: why?! Not that gender is releva…
[QUOTE=guesser;522260]do you want to come back to my place and play on my spectrum?
(well someone had to say it :smile:)[/QUOTE]
Do you have the dizzy games and Ultimate games?Just curious: are we all guys?I was wondering if this spectrum retro mania only affects guys, or if perhaps there are girls around too. And if not: why?! Not that gender is releva…
[QUOTE=Lucy;522265]Do you have the dizzy games and Ultimate games?[/QUOTE]
I don't really have any games at all... :oops:
what games are on the horizons tape? :)Just curious: are we all guys?I was wondering if this spectrum retro mania only affects guys, or if perhaps there are girls around too. And if not: why?! Not that gender is releva…
[QUOTE=Lucy;522265]Do you have the dizzy games and Ultimate games?[/QUOTE]
No, but I can make you dizzy.
Rohypnol - the gamers pulling tool...Unusual "places of interest" in EnglandI often ride across the country on B roads and minor A roads. Friday, for instance we crossed a private toll bridge near Henley on Thames - before th…
mmmmm! cheese & Ultimate games in the same place...
< ...Ad AstraI've just been having a shot on [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2011/04/zx-spectrum-games-ad-astra-classic-zx.html"]Ad Astra[/URL] It's ve…
[QUOTE=psj3809;524677]Agree with the above, you think it'll be shocking when you see the speccy font used on the menu but its a decent shoot em up for its time[/QUOTE]
Why? The early Ultimate games all used the Spectrum font.Ad AstraI've just been having a shot on [URL="http://zxspectrumgames.blogspot.com/2011/04/zx-spectrum-games-ad-astra-classic-zx.html"]Ad Astra[/URL] It's ve…
[QUOTE=karingal;524681]Why? The early Ultimate games all used the Spectrum font.[/QUOTE]
Yeah good point, totally forgot about those. Keep forgetting how old Ad Astra is, 1984 wasnt it ?
