Spectrum Computing

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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:...

Most certainly Yeti is a crap version of Exolon.

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...

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 ...

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.

Klax?

Tau Ceti - 1983 version?

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...

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...

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...

A day in the life?

Clive truly was ahead of his time. By 40 years no less. Even the three wheel design.

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...

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...

Three weeks in paradise?

Chaos was 1985 and Chaos Reborn was 2015.

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 .

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 2:36 pmAutomania?

No.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:11 am Ah Diddums?

SteveSmith wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:18 am Technician Ted?

Pobulous wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 11:28 amZoids?

All good answers, but not right. Technician Ted is the closest.

Rampage?