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Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget - Random World of Spectrum gameWell, now you all have a reason to upgrade to Windows Vista... I knocked up a sidebar gadget to load random games from World of Spectrum. Every 15 m…
... , you get the details of a new game loaded, with the loader screen ... ) full size, and selecting the game title loads the Infoseek details in a ... -
What's this game then??Wat was the title of the game that was mastered with the Multiface? I thought it was called bargain basement, but it isn't. Anybody have a clue? A…
Wat was the title of the game that was mastered with the Multiface? I thought ... />
And, what's the game that features the text "I'll fight ... , I just can't remember the title! -
The Biz - audio tracks?Is there anywhere I can get hold of the audio bonus tracks from The Biz? I'm particularly interested in the interview with the creator of the game, …
... get hold of the audio bonus tracks from The Biz?
... particularly interested in the interview with the creator of the game, the Crash review ... his views on the game anyway.
The Biz is scarily ... if you know the bands and DJs of the period, I ... -
Church amits to the existance of AliensJust read Sony news story where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing a shoot-em-up in Manchester Cathedral. [URL="http://news.bbc.co.u…
... where they say sorry to the Church of England for basing ... /6758381.stm[/URL]
The church is saying that shootings ... in the first place!
Now the game is set in the 1950 ... invasion.
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Lowest rated game you intentially bought?What I mean by this is what is the game that you knew full well wasn't rated highly by your fave mag yet, for some unknown reason you bought it anywa…
... this is what is the game that you knew full ... got this game knowing full well that Crash (the only mag ... read anything else) gave the game a lowly 30%! Yet ... I still bought the bastard!
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I'll name that game in ...I was about to recommend Astro Blaster to someone, when I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro Blaster appears to be a space invaders …
... I realised it's not the game I thought it was. Astro ... space invaders variant.
The game I'm thinking of was ... was a pretty well made game for the time, if I recall ... Attack either (a great 16K game!)
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ANN: Tipshop updated Saturday, 30 June 2007Saturday 30 June 2007 Maps and RZX files galore this month! (and the update's on time! Ed) * Colin Attle (AKA Ladderman) sent in his new maps for Er…
... know about it - he wrote the game, after all!
* Mike_Myers ... /> Jet Set Willy: ZX Willy the Bug Slayer , Liberator , Magnetron ,
Nosferatu ... ; South , Sex Tetris (What the..? Ed) , Slaine, the Celtic Barbarian , Tetris , Tetris ... -
Something completely different (new game tech-demo)Since finishing Stranded 2.5 (available soon from Cronosoft - plug!) I've been playing with the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-b…
... the idea of doing an attribute-based, rather than pixel-based, game ... download my current progress on the game from:
[URL=" ... pause (a couple of seconds), the game will start with your cross ... -hairs in the centre of the screen. Use Z - ... -
Platform Game Designer 2?I've started tinkering around with some code today and have decided upon a number of handy little features that it would be nice to have. For the li…
... ) I'd like to allow the game's behaviour to be modified ... will be possible to change the game from a 3-key platformer ... other things.
The explorer game designer (think Jet Set Willy ... , and at what point in the game? Has anybody made use of ... -
Game ideaThinking of a game that could enter the Minigame compo I came to the following idea for a game, although it might not fit 1K or 4K: A mazed snake ga…
Thinking of a game that could enter the Minigame compo I ... the dots the snake grows. The rules are just like any other snake-game ... tail.
The object of the game: eat all dots before ... entering the next level.
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graphics on the speccy...how?I'm curious, coming from a background in computer graphics, what was the drawing app of choice for speccy graphics in the game industry? how did arti…
I'm curious, coming from a background in computer graphics, what was the drawing app of choice for speccy graphics in the game industry? how did artists draw loading screens etc, light pen? -
Remade Speccy game. Chaos.I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place. But if I write Speccy and games then I'm sure it is now! Anyways... Just in case some people …
... new remake of Chaos for the Amiga called Total Chaos. Looks ... fab (although its not the original so it will loose ... it looks like.
The game can be downloaded [URL="http ... ://aminet.net/package/game/strat/TotalChaosAGAr6"]here[/URL].
The weird case of Raw RecruitI was surfing on WoS, when I found this game. but the odd thing is that there is no review of this game in any magazine, but the game is available in…
I was surfing on WoS, when I found this game. but the odd thing is that there is no review of this game in any magazine, but the game is available in the WoS shop, so I guess this game was very bad to be reviewed in the magazines??Cyclone - greatest Spectrum game?I see from many people's top 10 games taht Cyclone is in there. This suprises me in a way , as many people I know have never even heard - nerver mind…
... to retreat or circumnavigate the threat , gives the game a trmendous atmosphere. Do ... now ask the question , is Cyclone the best ever Spectrum game - has it ... stood the test of ...Name that GameHi all, I'm trying to find the title of a game I remember playing a lot in the old days. At first I thought it was Duel, but I can't seem to find th…
... m trying to find the title of a game I remember playing ... a lot in the old ... can't seem to find the game on that title.
... like it, but isn't the game I'm looking for.
The game was set in a typicall ...How can I view code from a game?Hi All, I had a Spectrum years ago and it is what started my love for playing games. I have recently been playing some of the old games I used to pl…
... make a remake on the PC of the 2 games and would ... not interested in copying the code straight from the original but hopefully ... there anyway of extracting the code from the .tzx or .tap file ... that you can load the game into and lists the code?
Port Chuzzle Deluxe for Windows to the ZX Spectrum?Hi all, I've been looking around for a Commodore 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", but haven't b…
... 64 or ZX Spectrum game that's very similar ... to a Windows game called "Chuzzle Deluxe", ... You can read all about the game here - [url]http://en ... a good idea if the game was renamed to something ... like "Pop Goes The Furball" :D !!
< ...Can you help me name that game?OK, It was many years ago so excuse the vague description. I used to play it on my Spectrum 48K+ It was a car game (Not racing though), it was pret…
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It was a car game (Not racing though), it was ... . I can't remember the object of the game I think you had ... to find and shoot the crooks ... car.
The game was based in ...Uridium - doing the twistIn Uridium is there any easy method for flipping your Manta on its side to squeeze through gaps. Once or twice in earlier levels I accidentally did i…
... is a necessary skill of the game and I can't replicate ... the move. If it makes any ... there any Uridium expert in the forums who can spell out ...World of Spectrum The Theme Park.Whilst musing over my computer code I got a stange idea. I think ZX Becky's Manic Miner Thread had somthing to do with it. Ok I have the game Roller…
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Ok I have the game Roller Coaster Tycoon 3. I ...Q. on a Gutz-like game (YANTG).Hello people, and other beings. I was playing [URL="http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseek.cgi?regexp=%5EGutz$&pub=%5EOcean+Software+Ltd$&loadpics=…
... was reminded of another game which may have been ... I don't remember the name of the game.
... Gutz but I think the loading-screen may have ... it is also possible that the game I played may have ... theme.
Any game-names popping up?
< ...The worst games in the archive.What are the worst game in WOS's archive. I came accross two real baddens yesterday: Stupid Sports it so bad its actually fun: [url]http://www.wor…
What are the worst game in WOS's archive.
< ... game goes to Car Journey. It has to be one of the ... most mind numbingly booring and pointless game on WOS ... />
Even the instructions are more intersting than the game.
Passing the torch - Spectrum games in the modern school classroomI teach maths in a middle school (years five-eight), and at the end of lessons we often try to assess learning by playing a maths based game on the i…
... by playing a maths based game on the interactive white board for ... of education games available for the humble Speccy, so I ... Fraction Fever[/url], loaded up the Java version, and had ... t comment once on the graphics, just enjoyed the game of matching fractions ...Very large platform game on SpectrumFor everyone that helped me find it, I can now advise that the game was TANTALUS !!!!!!!!!!!! I have just had a quick go on the Spectrum Emulator an…
... , I can now advise that the game was TANTALUS !!!!!!!!!!!!
... I remember buying a platform game ages ago that had about ... of gameplay.
The actual map was one printed ... (not easy!!!) to remember the name of the game but have no idea ...Slapfight - Hack the speed ?I really want to like this game but the ultra fast bullets just totally ruin it for me. Try as i might i just get wound up with those super fast nea…
... really want to like this game but the ultra fast bullets just ... create hacks/extra features, eg the Bombjack editor (two versions), ... like to play this game much more but the bullet speed is ... as fast as the character) it would make the game much more playableThe Vindicator - Why can't I go up?Maybe you're not meant to be able to, but on The Vindicator (not Vindicators), up is working fine as a control but once I go left or right or down of…
... be able to, but on The Vindicator (not Vindicators), up ... sprite. Is this how the game's meant to work or ... by an alien on the very first screen that ... came out of the door on the right, but the laser came ... hit me before the door had opened and the alien walked ...Battle of the Isometric gamesYes, it is another poll. But I think this one will produce quite an interesting debate. I never really got into these games back in the day but sinc…
... since I discovered WoS and the game saving power of emulation I ... the games on this list.
The 14 games in the poll are the ... 14 that are rated in the ... to your absolute favourite - the one Isometric game you would want to ...New Spectrum game available - Egghead 5Timed to coincide with Egghead's 18th birthday (although it fits in rather well with WoS's 12th as well), Egghead Round the Med. is now available to …
... from my website. Due to the game's size it only works ... his yacht, but have overdone the booze slightly. Egghead awakes to ... 's an option on the menu to change the game type to a ... Graz who again delivered the goods with the loading screen. Great job ...Bad Loading Screens or In-game ScreenshotsI am opening this thread to fix some screenshots (loading screens or in-game screens)that are bad or have something wrong, like corrupted sprites. F…
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For example, the in-game screenshot of Xevious has a ... (one of the enemies)
and the in-game screenshot of Gryzor ... not a representative screen of the game.
If you have ...montys christmas specialwe decided to do a xmas game staring a retro hero , so in conjunction with the retrogamer xmas issue we came up with montys christmas special. here'…
... xmas game staring a retro hero , so in conjunction with the retrogamer ... ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI6BlZKw3Ys&eurl=http://indygamer ... .html[/url]
grab the game here -
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