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Are there any talented speccy programmers out there?Whats happened to all of the spectrum enthusiasts? There are very few new releases for the spectrum and remakes for new platforms don't interest me. …
mean you a game of the only one games character who have face of a pederast???
chack "Mario Islands" in search engine of WOS -
Rom Cartridges Wanted - ?25 to ?35 for each title!Hi I am after any Sinclair Interface 2 Rom Cartridges that anyone wants to part with! I will pay ?35 for any Ultimate title or ?25 for the rest. The…
Anyone know (Derek perhaps?) why Horace Goes Skiing was never on Rom cartridge? It's strange how the middle game of the trilogy is missing. -
Conversions better than the originalRenegade was way better than the arcade version. Better sound, better graphics and better playability. Just load up Renegade in Mame. Any other conve…
... down though is the variety of stuff that comes out of the same machine ... on the history of Williams?) whereby Defender or Robotron or similar game of the time ... had to have the difficulty cranked up ... -
Most controversial game ever...?The most controvertial game that I can personally think of would have to be 'Raid Over Moscow'. You play as the leader of a squadron of US planes and…
... for a criminal game of the past, placeing it in the same bracket as ... mr wongs and not the piece of filth which it actually ... was, which had not been the intention ... in the original post. -
Most controversial game ever...?The most controvertial game that I can personally think of would have to be 'Raid Over Moscow'. You play as the leader of a squadron of US planes and…
... for a criminal game of the past, placeing it in the same bracket as ... mr wongs and not the piece of filth which it actually ... was, which had not been the intention ... in the original post. -
Lord of the ringsAs I've seen, the Speccy version of this game only deals with the first part of this saga. Am I right to assume that they never got round to doing th…
... Manic Miner game of The Hobbit, and a Jet Set Willy game of The Lord Of The Rings ... -
new games you want?some questions about games for Speccy you want to see/play: 1. type? (strategy, action etc) 2. maybe sequel of some cool old game? ;) 3. 48k/128k? 4…
... ] (aka [I]Willy Meets The Taxman[/I]) - unfinished sequel ... of [I]Radzone[/I] - a brilliant Amstrad CPC platform-game.< ... br />
A Spectrum conversion of [I]Gorf ... [/I] - a 1980s arcade-game of the Space Invaders genre.
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new games you want?some questions about games for Speccy you want to see/play: 1. type? (strategy, action etc) 2. maybe sequel of some cool old game? ;) 3. 48k/128k? 4…
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A Spectrum conversion of [I]Gorf[/I] - a 1980s arcade-game of the Space Invaders genre.
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I'm up for doing that, if someone will help with the graphics. -
Where's "Lords of Midnight"?I tried looking in the archive for it, having seen "Retro Gamers"' article on it, and it isn't there! And while I'm here...Whilst browsing through …
I stand corrected, it's the full game of "The Race". *eats humble pie...mmmm, tastes like brambles* -
It's definitely StonkersBeing around here for a couple of months, I have noticed that Imagine's old Stonkers is getting a rough beating here, at least indirectly! I think S…
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what is the worst manic miner/jet set willy clonewhat is the worst jet set willy/manic miner clone? i think it's jet set gertie. but there must be worst!
... Unnamed 90 Game Compilation.
Another compilation-only game of the same type ... was Pyramania... the sprite was an ... obvious rip of JSW, and ... -
Were any speccy games ever given 10/10 or 100% in reviews?Just having a look at the review for Head Over Heals and Crash gave it 97%, and quite rightly so!! GTA San Andreas on the PS2 has had several 100% a…
... Smash TV when interest in the Speccy was delining.
< ... br /> Nowaydays the unofficial mags seem a unlike ... is a good example of the opposite (and is the one mag read ... Monty on the Run for the C64 almost did too. Gyron (Game of the Month ... -
Games Club updateRight first i've setup this new username so people can see posts for the club more easily I've also created a dedicated email address and web site, …
... harrier attack or buggaboo like game for the best score and time ... games club, where we discuss the game of the week and swap tips, and ... /> that kind of thing
the main idea behind the club is ... to get people to invest time in one game ... -
Sporting Lisbon vs. Boro in UEFA cup! :)To all Boro fans out there, and one in special (clue: supported newcastle up to a few months ago) the time has come to match who's the best! Please …
... Sporting Lisbon made a hell of a game at Boro, winning 2 ... 80% of their goals and won the matches in the last 20 ... lose, at the stadium that shall have the final game of the UEFA Cup. ... Boro fans should be very proud of ... -
Booty - Game Over That's it put down your Spectrum's the game is over Our first week is over so how was it for you put your final post's here some topic's to get yo…
... -03-12 19:58, mel the bell wrote:
ive been ... />
On the subject of the Game of the Week, I didn't get ... it wouldn't be fair of me to pass judgement. Next ... week I'll make more of an effort though :) -
Games Club Week 7Last week I asked for games released by Durrell software and of the 5 nominations I recieved only 2 were Durrell games So as this club is a democrac…
By the way has anyone bought cronosoft's platform game designer? are you creating a game and if so would you consider submitting it to ZXClub to be our game of the week,
if so drop me a line
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Games that are impossible to complete due to bugs!I'm trying to compile a list of Speccy games that cannot be completed because of a bug (or simply bad programming)! Here's a few... [B]Frankie Goes …
... a budget re-release of 'Rastan', the game of the coin-op 'Rastan ... , but it was one of those multi-part loaders, ... I believe shortly after the second part loaded there ... I ended up playing the game for only a short ... - you just run to the right, hitting 'fire' a ... -
Old equals New Read somewhere once a comparrison between newgen consoles and 8bits it went like this Spectrum=Playstation Commodore=XBox Amstrad=Nintendo I was d…
... = Striking resemblance to a piece of bedroom furniture, or a food ... = Let us all have another game of "the Revenge of the Sleeping Tomatoes"
Amstrad ... -
Classic games you don't likeProbably most people will hate me but I have to say it. "Manic Miner" & "Jet Set Willy" - two Speccy classic games. But I don't understand why they b…
... 's games blew them out of the water IMO.
[/quote ... were you playing for the two years between Knight Lore ... was one of the games which really pushed back the boundaries of Spectrum ... a league of its own. Obviously, in the ~ 10 year lifetime of the Speccy ... -
Classic games you don't likeProbably most people will hate me but I have to say it. "Manic Miner" & "Jet Set Willy" - two Speccy classic games. But I don't understand why they b…
... 's games blew them out of the water IMO.
[/quote ... were you playing for the two years between Knight Lore ... was one of the games which really pushed back the boundaries of Spectrum ... a league of its own. Obviously, in the ~ 10 year lifetime of the Speccy ... -
Death Star Interceptor - a Crash Smash but 1/5 stars from SU...Having just watched the new RZX of Death Star Interceptor, I checked out the reviews and was surprised to see that while the game was a [url="ftp://f…
Most of the magazines had dodgy reviews back ... :-
"We thought the weak plot perfectly matched the poor graphics, and ... use a control pad properly, the game still sounded good and finished ... *CRAPGAME* is Sy-bun-ets game of the week." - It's painful, really ... -
Death Star Interceptor - a Crash Smash but 1/5 stars from SU...Having just watched the new RZX of Death Star Interceptor, I checked out the reviews and was surprised to see that while the game was a [url="ftp://f…
... Starglider!
Zoids! Another game I never got into. Okay ... .
Incidentally, Gilbert (the current game of the week at ZX Club) also ... -
Graphic issues with SpinOk, I've always meant to get this sorted out but never did for various reasons that I don't remember at the moment. I get choppy framerates with Spi…
I spoke to Dunny directly about it a while back. He couldn't reproduce it, but half the Games Club members were getting grief with it when it was our game of the week. :) -
online speccyHi Is there a community where speccysts play games online (for example by EmuzWin's NetPlay)? Gal
... play on-line any kind of game ment for two or more ... /> Should we call it a "Game of the week " contest and hook simultanusly ... to the same server at the same given time ... -
What will happen when consoles are photorealisticI was talkin to the bloke who runs my local computershop, he said last week he went to a microsoft conference on the Xbox, and he saw one working and…
... photorealistic - won't hollywood and the games industry have to merge ... /> Who will want to buy the game of the film when you can actualy ... 'direct' the film by playing it??
of it' scary enough now, and ... -
the funniest characters that made you ROFLI think there was a similar thread with the funniest games (was it?)- but what about the characters? I remember Pyjamarama Wallie quite funny to me …
Making Popeye (in the game of the same name) climb down to the bottom of the ship allowed his face to appear through the porthole, but due to colour limitations etc, his face is square :D
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Sunk in the OceanOK, from what I've found out Ocean's 'Sly Spy' and 'Beach Volley' were never released full price on the Spectrum. However, with only a few Ocean titl…
I remember a game called Rescue by Mastertronic (1986) it's one of my fave speccy games of all time! Don't remember an Ocean game of the same name though. -
Money money moneyI am now debt-free. Until I buy a house, anyway. Bloody hell. Before I go and see some sort of financial advisor, can anyone give me any inspiratio…
... very low at the moment and following the April BoE meeting ... expect them to change for the remainder of the year.
You ... you might want to consider the stock market, or take ... starting a new financial year. Some of the more bullish analysts believe ... -
10 Years Since The Death Of Brad NowellIt's been ten years since the May 25, 1996 death of Brad Nowell, lead singer/gutairist/songwriter for the 90's Long Beach, CA based ska-punk band Sub…
Hear hear
Not like its the anniversary of Kurt Cobain or something. What next, announcing a 10 year anniversary of the breakup of the 'supergroup' Steps ?
