Spectrum Computing

For such examples, this site is often entertaining:

https://thedailywtf.com/

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2023 2:10 pm I'm afraid not. I saw this the other week...

Lots of people lead very full lives with the Black Death, at least until the “we all fall down” bit. It was on BBC Breakfast.

Only just starting to dig into Woot but thanks to R-Tape and all the contributors. Also thanks for publicising the Hiatus Hernia Club. I wasn’t aware of this institution but with further reading it’s entirely possible I qualify for membership. In which case it would surely be the first diagnosis by ...

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas Day and Boxing Day.

2.17 Three Weeks In Paradise
2.20 Rambo III

2.7 A Day in the Life
2.9 The Curse of Sherwood

I didn't much like Joe Blade II but I enjoyed 1 & 3, along with Prison Riot , which might as well be Joe Blade 4. A lot of Spectrum games, even full-price ones, boil down to simple maze games but at least these looked pretty and played smoothly. My only problem with Colin Swinbourne games was th...

1. Back 2 Skool
2. Everyone's A Wally
3. Skool Daze

I used to think that colour clash was just an unfortunate design decision, rather than an inevitable result of having a higher resolution display. Eventually I learned that the best of Spectrum, CPC & C64 worlds was incompatible with the hardware that was available back then (at a reasonable pri...

Mpk wrote: ↑Sun Dec 10, 2023 2:56 pm Seraphima's in Round 2, a week from now.

Ah sorry, I misunderstood the format.

I reserve the right to hate you anyway, should I see fit.

Wise. That store of resentment will definitely come in useful at some point.

@Mpk

You’re going to hate me for this, but… no Seraphima?

11. Knight Tyme

1. Green Beret
2. Target: Renegade
3. Mikie

1. Jet Set Willy
2. Manic Miner
3. Styx

I had the best of both. A Spectrum 48k and a Spectrum +2.

Spoiler

Come on, someone had to do it!

Both games are top 10 for me, but I'll have to pick Jet Set Willy. Yeah, it's flawed and feels a bit unfinished in places, but nothing even came close to the excitement of exploring JSW as a kid. I remember so well trying to get to the top of East Wall, up the MegaTree or across the battlements, or ...

Macsen's computerised versions of Pointless and The Chase are predictably useless.

I can see the nostalgia for CRTs, but scanlines? I don't quite get it. You only had really noticeable scanlines on a dedicated computer monitor like a Commodore 1084 or a Phillips 8833. Those sharper displays were better suited to applications. Scanlines weren't particularly noticeable on the kind o...

Auf Wiedersehen Mugsy - WOTS DAT BOSS, WE MOVIN' TO GERMANY?

Firelord & Forget - your character has forgetten where they are and what they're supposed to be doing. It's just regular Firelord, basically.

The House Brian Jacks Built - he's got a nice place.

Contact Sam Fox - you must find and make contact with Ms. Fox to apologise for your lecherous behaviour in the pub.

Tai-Pang - harpooning bubbles on the high seas

Inside Outrun - you escape from the mad lady's house and make off with her Ferrari

The new Marsmare game (delayed as a knock on to the international situation) raised over £12k on Kickstarter so the appetite is there for the right game I think, but it’s not enough to give up the day job. I was surprised Dizzy didn’t do better to be honest but maybe potential backers doubted its ab...

Jet Set Wally - Wally did ok out of the sale of that house

Pi-Manic Miner - a probably dismal game starring the creepy pink pest. Hall of the Mountain King calypso-style on side B.

9. Jungle Trouble

1. Turbo Outrun

17. The Goonies