Really odd that there's minimal call back to the 8 bit era. And in the honourable mention section there is :
Sinclair User (some of the best cover designs of the era),
Which probably means Crash surely. Unless they really did like Kamikaze Bear
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- Fri May 10, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Guardian article on the best video games magazines
- Replies: 16
- Views: 323
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 912
- Thu May 09, 2024 2:15 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 912
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
It needs a bit of beard stroking about what an FPS is.... Theres no shooting in 3D Monster Maze, but what about Zigzag from 1984? Plus it had a great death animation when you catch up with the baddies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K7L7kevtok&ab_channel=zxspectrumgames4&t=187 And I like t...
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:40 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Coincidence!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1977
Re: Coincidence!
Michael Sheard, I think his name was. Thats the one. Legend! Uboat captain in Raiders Of The Lost Ark, and Hitler himself in Last Crusade. Admiral Ozzel in Empire Strikes Back. And most of all, Mr Bronson in Grange Hill. He seems to have played a Hitler character five times in his career. Probably ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Coincidence!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1977
Re: Coincidence!
The CCS game Vulcan was the highlight of traditional wargames on the Spectrum (Admittedly a limited field, unlike the C64). https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/v/Vulcan.scr&border=0 But that was definitely ripped off by other games from the same publisher, none of which ...
- Sun May 05, 2024 10:57 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Hidden code in Brainstorm game
- Replies: 5
- Views: 345
Re: Hidden code in Brainstorm game
Still an interesting read. It's always odd that Pete Cooke started with text adventures, rose to the mighty heights of Tau Ceti and Earthlight, then finished up writing stuff for Firebird and cover tapes.
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:08 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Coincidence!
- Replies: 66
- Views: 1977
- Thu May 02, 2024 9:04 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698
Re: Guess the screen$
Tuareg. Had to do a lot of searching to find similar looking art style, then check all the credits and see if there was a match. Wow, I only know a handful of Toposoft games from other publishers. But they sure made pretty loading screens for 1988. The COLISEUM and SURVIVOR screens are mint. https:...
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 1:45 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: A crap version of...
- Replies: 18
- Views: 624
Re: A crap version of...
Most certainly Yeti is a crap version of Exolon.
- Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:20 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Super Chopper by SSS. "There is... another... Airwolf..."
- Replies: 4
- Views: 329
Re: Super Chopper by SSS. "There is... another... Airwolf..."
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5KXxbt081PhF4y9mi1KgGOBi076uucdXR4sSviHrbYn_Ej-bVtVRgQJq8GLSaqMRitbgDgU8ErsQSKh5n0DbWupLdYvz_Pv3JIuGip59Cv2sWjUC5jt5-1kGSEurVKxPD5XTLqywWMs/s1600/Colossus_3.5.jpg Is this a film reference? Anyway, that was a good read, thankyou. I liked m...
- Fri Apr 26, 2024 12:45 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Who did the graphics for Denton Designs?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 265
Who did the graphics for Denton Designs?
Theres a series of games with very similar graphics/ sprite animation, like : Enigma Force Gift From The Gods Bounces Cosmic Wartoad In each game the graphics are good, and the main sprite especially is a tall filled sprite that leans forward when moving in profile. The only name that connects them ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 11:53 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Cassette 50: calling all Sherlocks...
- Replies: 7
- Views: 542
Re: Cassette 50: calling all Sherlocks...
Very interesting, thanks @Lee P . I didn't know this compilation existed. Its not quite the same without a watch-calculator that the Cascade included.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 4:35 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698
Re: Guess the screen$
Klax?
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:52 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698
Re: Guess the screen$
Tau Ceti - 1983 version?
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 11:12 am
- Forum: SAM Coupé
- Topic: Popular SAM Coupé Misconceptions
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1551
Re: Popular SAM Coupé Misconceptions
Nope - that is completely incorrect. As per an interview I did with Alan, it is "Some Amazing Micro" - not Son of Alan Miles or any other daft variation you may have been told :) Coupe (sorry can't do the accent bit!) is based on the car-like profile, and apparently the shape of an ice-cr...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 12:46 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games with working clocks in them
- Replies: 4
- Views: 292
Games with working clocks in them
Theres lots of games with an in-game timer, usually shown on the GUI in text, to provide a reason for the player to get a move on before the game ends at midnight, or something like that. EG JSW or Sherlock, among many others. However the otherwise unremarkable Grumpy Gumphrey Supersleuth has a neat...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:10 pm
- Forum: SAM Coupé
- Topic: Popular SAM Coupé Misconceptions
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1551
Re: Popular SAM Coupé Misconceptions
For some reason I seem to remember reading in a magazine that SAM stood for S pectrum AM iga and that it was going to be this giant slaying super computer. Apparently not :( Back in the day at one of the roadshows they did, I got it straight from one of the founders (Either Alan Miles or Bruce Gord...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 7:20 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698
Re: Guess the screen$
A day in the life?
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:44 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: The C5 rises from the ashes
- Replies: 3
- Views: 243
The C5 rises from the ashes
Clive truly was ahead of his time. By 40 years no less. Even the three wheel design.
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 9:56 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1006
Re: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
1. Ikari Warriors 2. Rasputin 3. Robocop The demo of Ikari Warriors had a tank which you could drive for half the level. Tanks were rare and not as much fun in the actual game. The demo is therefore better than the game, IMHO. Rasputin was the first playable demo that I saw. Me and my friend laughed...
- Fri Apr 05, 2024 9:13 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: High Score Table tales
- Replies: 8
- Views: 347
Re: High Score Table tales
I just remembered to come here and comment on this. (Theres an article on the file Darkstar at https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240403-dark-star-at-50-how-a-micro-budget-student-film-changed-sci-fi-forever). Crystal and Design Design are the kings of the high score table. Many of the entries ar...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 1:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698
Re: Guess the screen$
Three weeks in paradise?
- Wed Apr 03, 2024 8:37 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Longest wait between Speccy sequels?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 665
Re: Longest wait between Speccy sequels?
Chaos was 1985 and Chaos Reborn was 2015.
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:45 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698
Re: Guess the screen$
Thats it, JSW2. Its the first spaceship screen, but no one cares about the new screens at all.
Over to whoever wants it then. Go on @Lee Bee .
Over to whoever wants it then. Go on @Lee Bee .
- Tue Apr 02, 2024 4:27 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Guess the screen$
- Replies: 7979
- Views: 252698