Spectrum Computing

Rifle Range.

Somebody take my turn, please.

Sorry for going off-topic, but I have to respond to this: There was a small community of germans using Sinclair computers instead of Commodores. Let´s guess about maximum 5 percent of all homecomputer users. In eastern germany the Spectrum was much more popular. There are still some hundred active ...

Atomic Shrimp has done some great videos on the subject. Shrimp is a nice bloke, I also like some of his food videos, especially the one where he had 3 meals for one quid. As for scambaiting, I recommend 419eater.com ... it's a goldmine of amusing stories in the "Letters Archive" section.

Wait . . . You’ve never seen Office Space ? :o Seriously, you’ve got to watch it, if you haven’t. Of course I have seen it as well as the other films directed by Mike Judge. Why would I have referenced the red stapler in the first place if I hadn't known the film ;) The reason I linked to that arti...

There might even be a red stapler on the table, obscured from view by the chair. EDIT: What a coincidence! I googled "red stapler" after posting here and came across this article about the movie the red stapler features in, which contains this snippet: The movie was loosely based on Judge'...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Fri Jun 04, 2021 5:34 pmtoday's vid

When the video freezes after playing it to the end, the shot of you looks like Walter White.

Yo Sinclair?

Here's what this thread has made me remember as it is quite similar to some of the pictures posted ... it was on a British site, mid to late 2000s I think - mis-heard game names . The most prominent one I remember vividly was this picture of some teacher/professor looking guy standing in front of th...

Hmm ... DO you have to change the name? How about you contact them and tell them what you're planning to do, maybe they're cool with it?

It's cool to see this happening and I wish you all the best. With your plans to get this done before the event in September there should be plenty of time to get everything sorted out.

No ads? You could use fake ones like I did

Remember "Combat Skool Daze" being mentioned in my CRAP magazine parody from last year?

bluespikey wrote: ↑Fri May 21, 2021 12:48 pm Not an adventure game.

That bloke called Geoff Capes sure likes to roll over cars ... he's a strong man.

Someone can have my turn.

(Jack and the Beans talk) LOL! You had the same idea as me. Last night I was thinking of grabbing a bunch of screen grabs of Mister Bean episodes, but I was tired and said "sod it, maybe tomorrow" :) @Juan F. Ramirez Well, you have started quite a series here. At this rate, spiky-haired J...

Well, maybe it wasn't that easy but I found the green platforms very easy to recognize and as it was a fairly nice game I'll assume it is not too unknown.

Technically it hasn't been guessed as I didn't tell the full title but I might well have spoilt your submission, sorry about that

Hmm, too easy and I don't really want to do the next one. The title starts with S and ends with L ...

And we have a winner! To be honest, I never played the game. I just went into the archive and tried to find a game I've never heard of. Even though I actually own the CRASH issue where it was reviewed, so it's safe to say it didn't leave a lasting impression. The Power House weren't exactly renowned...

Here's another screen (this time taken from a video though).
This was a budget game and the average magazine score was below 50%.

bluespikey wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 1:43 pm I'm just going to say what everyone else is thinking : Technician Ted.

Nope. It's a fairly obscure game.

I'll post a clue tomorrow (I don't access any forums when at work so it won't be before late afternoon in CET time).

Barbarian 2

And since I know this is correct, here's the next one ...

Well, I can't really be bothered to actually grab a pen and doodle something, so I just made this here instead, hope it's not against the spirit of this thread:

Your Computer was also my favourite magazine. I loved reading about all the different computer models that emerged during the 80s. I also read YS, SU, Crash and sometimes C&VG. I knew a guy that imported and sold C64 and Spectrum games and he bought a lot of magazines and gave the old issues to...

Well done!

You are now ready to take on Ma Jolie.

If you want both, it will simply take too many cycles so unless you want it to take place on a small part of the screen, it simply won't be feasible. Especially when aiming for 50 Hz as far as the scrolling is concerned. Even if not, the multicolour has to be done every frame ...

in games magazines, everything was pushed up heavily This seemed to happen a lot more in the UK than in other countries. There's this German retro site I also participate in, and they often mention how some (allegedly) terrible or so-so games often got very high ratings in UK magazines compared to ...

Looks pretty cool, but I can't read some of the text because the scan is a bit too low-res.

The colours you used were leaning a bit towards the Commode's colour palette