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  • ZX Demos and the wow factorI remember reading a few comments in the past 3 years regarding demos. Some comments included how boring it was to see this or that effect again, how…

    ... demos starting to lack the wow factor more and more? Or are ... too, but to me the wow factor is very, very important. I ... done to make people say "Wow. Is that a Spectrum? I ... 've seen another type of wow factor, the negative one. I've ... demo who makes us say 'wow!'.
    zxbruno zxbruno March 2010 Development
  • 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'd got over the 'wow' factor of Alien 8 I found ...
    Retrobrothers Retrobrothers January 2011 Games
  • 3DS First ImpressionsGot home yesterday morning after 24 hours travel very knackered. Got woken up at lunchtime by a delivery. Not Happy. Changed to very happy when I fou…

    ... my keyboard defiantly has the "WOW" factor.

    The 3D camera ...
    ADJB ADJB March 2011 Chit chat
  • YSRnRY TV Prog - Update and Haylp!Heya! I've just produced an animation for the TV prog you guys might like - you can get it from: [url="http://www.ysrnry.co.uk/tvprog/"]http://w…

    ... lack a "fun factor". R-Type had a "wow-factor" at the time ...
    NickH NickH September 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What's your favorite arcade game?I guess most of us are pretty much into emulating other platforms as well. One of my other favorite emulators is MAME and I'm curious what people are…

    ... , although shit, had the biggest Wow Factor.

    A quick menction ...
    Cornishdavey:)) Cornishdavey:)) November 2003 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Best sequels...I know the speccy had a bad habit of ruining games with terrible sequels (renegade 3, barbarian, yi ar kung fu, op thunderbolt and so on) but what we…

    ... originals , and had lost the "wow" factor you got the first time ...
    Sard Sard October 2004 Games
  • Why wasn't Alien 8 in Retrogamer's Top 100?I know that some time has passed since Retrogamer's Top 100 was published, but I have been wondering about this. I expect some people will say that …

    ... it didn't have that 'wow' factor. Probably why 'CYLU' or 'MOLECULE ...
    chaosmongers chaosmongers December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • Why wasn't Alien 8 in Retrogamer's Top 100?I know that some time has passed since Retrogamer's Top 100 was published, but I have been wondering about this. I expect some people will say that …

    ... was new, and crated the wow factor but i hated that too ...
    mel the bell mel the bell December 2004 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was yor first spectrumgame ever played?What was your first spectrum game ever played, and where? I remember mine very well, it was Horace and the spiders at an electronics shop that had a …

    ... the level of excitement and 'wow' factor back then as a kid ...
    psj3809 psj3809 July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • What was yor first spectrumgame ever played?What was your first spectrum game ever played, and where? I remember mine very well, it was Horace and the spiders at an electronics shop that had a …

    ... />
    Totally agree about the wow factor too, only two things have ...
    liamenikufesin liamenikufesin July 2006 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • The best ever side scroller on the Speccy.We've seen a lot of threads on this so why not a poll! :) Zynaps by far is the best imo! It's got the colours, the quality and polish, the smooth sc…

    ... R-Type has the greater wow factor on the technical side,e ...
    MartinUK MartinUK August 2006 Games
  • ZX-Poly platform (a mutiprocessor Spectrum)Hello All May be it would be interestingly for you In the New Year 2007 vacation I wrote the emulator of my platform ZX-Poly (idea since 1994) whic…

    ... quite sure why but the WOW factor always seems diminished by emulating ...
    Saboteur Saboteur January 2007 Hardware
  • Battle of Games III :DGreetings, and welcome to the first Battle of Games with a Triple Threat. This time, I'm betting on a more conflituous proposition. Basically three c…

    All 3 are brilliant but Knight Lore brings back the first great memories because of the huge wow factor when that came out
    psj3809 psj3809 January 2007 Games
  • The best speccy software housesThanks to Martijn for increasing the number of poll options to 30. Right, what were the best speccy software houses in your opinion? (multiple selec…

    ... mediocre games released after the "wow" of Knightlore/Alien 8 had ... were mainly overrated. Plenty of "wow" factor, but I get the feeling ...
    NickH NickH February 2007 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • "Binary Love"...anyone seen this?I downloaded a game (or I thought it was a game) for my speccy emulator called "binary Love"...but it's not a game, it's more of a graphics demo. any…

    ... pretty much past the whole "wow" factor of demos now, and design ...
    icabod icabod April 2007 Games
  • Don't Blink!That was one hell of an unnerving episode of Doctor Who. I loved it. The creatures were seriously scary, especially in the scenes when the light kept…

    I was shocked to find out that the angels were people in costumes. I was certain that they were solid props. The Who wow factor goes up another notch.
    Graz Graz June 2007 Chit chat
  • Don't Blink!That was one hell of an unnerving episode of Doctor Who. I loved it. The creatures were seriously scary, especially in the scenes when the light kept…

    [QUOTE=Graz;195668]I was shocked to find out that the angels were people in costumes. I was certain that they were solid props. The Who wow factor goes up another notch.[/QUOTE]

    Blimey... that's a good make-up job...
    NickH NickH June 2007 Chit chat
  • Modern Laptop and TFT Screens.Today I was looking at laptops and TFT computer screens. What is it with these new laptop and now even TFT screens. They are plolished an shiny. Su…

    ... /> It's purely for the wow-factor when they're lined up ...
    Laser Laser July 2007 Chit chat
  • Modern Laptop and TFT Screens.Today I was looking at laptops and TFT computer screens. What is it with these new laptop and now even TFT screens. They are plolished an shiny. Su…

    ... /> It's purely for the wow-factor when they're lined up ...
    Scottie_uk Scottie_uk July 2007 Chit chat
  • Games on the "big" screenI don't know if any of you listen to Chris Evans on Radio 2, but I usually do and a part of his program around 5.45 is the business news where some t…

    ... games on my wall, the wow factor is there at first but ...
    beanz beanz July 2007 Chit chat
  • I've just bought a cheap PS2Well there we have it I've finally bought a PS2, after all I've only wanted one for about 5 years. Anyway couldn't get any Silent Hill games, so I bo…

    ... PS2 can still present a wow factor.
    Graz Graz March 2008 Chit chat
  • I've just bought a cheap PS2Well there we have it I've finally bought a PS2, after all I've only wanted one for about 5 years. Anyway couldn't get any Silent Hill games, so I bo…

    talk about wow factor on the PS2, yesterday I ... god of war 2 and WOW...what an amazzing game, very ...
    VanTammen VanTammen March 2008 Chit chat
  • most graphically impressive....?...probably a re-post of some sort but I been here a year and not seen this thread, so... *not talking about gameplay...only graphics... I reckon t…

    ... game ever had the same WOW factor that Knight Lore did at ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle April 2008 Games
  • SCR database?I want to fill up my spectrum screensaver with them, but I don't want to jump over the WoS FTP limit ;) Is there any big ZIP file containing only SC…

    using screen$ now

    but the noise is bugging me already :(
    its ok technically and the first WOW factor....but i was just downstairs watching telly and could hear it :(
    not good when the kids are in bed lol
    mel the bell mel the bell April 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SCR database?I want to fill up my spectrum screensaver with them, but I don't want to jump over the WoS FTP limit ;) Is there any big ZIP file containing only SC…

    ... ok technically and the first WOW factor....but i was just downstairs ...
    Lee Fogarty Lee Fogarty May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • SCR database?I want to fill up my spectrum screensaver with them, but I don't want to jump over the WoS FTP limit ;) Is there any big ZIP file containing only SC…

    ... ok technically and the first WOW factor....but i was just downstairs ...
    ZnorXman ZnorXman May 2008 Sinclair Miscellaneous
  • I don't know if it's my age or what?Has anyone played games back in the days and thought they were great then played them years later and found them to be totally crap? This hapenned ab…

    ... the time it was the 'wow!' factor of the isometric game, but ...
    Winston Winston June 2008 Games
  • What game gobsmacked you the most?And where were you when you saw it for the first time? Mine has to be, an obvious choice, Knightlore & Underwurlde. We'd all seen the adverts at s…

    ... games had a much bigger wow factor, these were pioneering times when ...
    Nick Elliott Nick Elliott October 2008 Games
  • What game gobsmacked you the most?And where were you when you saw it for the first time? Mine has to be, an obvious choice, Knightlore & Underwurlde. We'd all seen the adverts at s…

    ... a lot although the initial wow factor has to go to the ...
    Fizza Fizza October 2008 Games
  • What game gobsmacked you the most?And where were you when you saw it for the first time? Mine has to be, an obvious choice, Knightlore & Underwurlde. We'd all seen the adverts at s…

    ... -format top 10 on the wow factor:

    1. Mario 64 ...
    zxspecticle zxspecticle November 2008 Games
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