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- Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:24 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Head Over Heels (Next)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 675
Re: Head Over Heels (Next)
I see the prices have gone up by £1 (digital) and £3 (physical) since I last posted. Will still pick it up when it’s available. Was never a fan of isometric games (although I recognised their technical achievements) until Batman came out, and then HoH blew me away. Would love a true sequel but this ...
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
- Topic: Head Over Heels (Next)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 675
Re: Head Over Heels (Next)
Not available yet, but:
Digital version £9.99:
https://www.rustypixels.uk/product/head ... s-digital/
Boxed version £19.99:
https://www.rustypixels.uk/product/head-over-heels/
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:21 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What, in your eyes, is the worst games software house?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1910
Re: What, in your eyes, is the worst games software house?
A large percentage of CRL’s output was pretty bad.
- Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:54 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Paul Holmes (coder for Elite and US Gold)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 677
Re: Paul Holmes (coder for Elite and US Gold)
Ah that’s sad to hear. Bomb Jack is such a superb conversion that I enjoy it more than the arcade original. Very talented coder.
- Sat Dec 02, 2023 1:32 pm
- Forum: Sales/Commercial
- Topic: *FREE* Learn Multiplatform Assembly Programming with ChibiAkumas: Volume 2!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 269
Re: *FREE* Learn Multiplatform Assembly Programming with ChibiAkumas: Volume 2!
Yes please! I will PM you.
- Fri Dec 01, 2023 5:08 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Did anyone have the best of both?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 448
Re: Did anyone have the best of both?
Yeah I had both. 48K Spectrum first circa July 1984 and then a C64 for Christmas 1985. Both coexisted happily I got an Atari ST a few years later. Not from a rich family (to say the least), but computers were my sole hobby and with a disabled mum I never got to go to a lot of the places fully abled ...
- Thu Nov 30, 2023 7:13 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Memories of Firebird
- Replies: 1
- Views: 269
Re: Memories of Firebird
Excited by this and just went to pre-order but although you say hardback above, the website says paperback: https://i.postimg.cc/XBSNCwXj/paperback.png Which is it? I was also a little put off by the £5.99 postage charge within the UK. I know this is out of your control, but seems steep compared to ...
- Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:56 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: ZX Spectrum game mash-ups that don't currently exist.
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1421
Re: ZX Spectrum game mash-ups that don't currently exist.
Bomb Jack and the Beanstalk - help Jack overcome his toughest enemy to date… awful collision detection!
- Tue Nov 07, 2023 9:16 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Retro Magazine Issue 20 Released
- Replies: 1
- Views: 144
Re: Retro Magazine Issue 20 Released
Wasn’t aware of this magazine - thanks for posting!
- Thu Oct 05, 2023 6:52 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: If you could turn any 1-player game into a 2-player (simultaneous) game
- Replies: 32
- Views: 713
Re: If you could turn any 1-player game into a 2-player (simultaneous) game
Back to Skool, with one player controlling Eric and the other could be the Swot, trying to foil him.
- Mon Aug 21, 2023 8:02 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Newsfield LM Magazine
- Replies: 13
- Views: 910
Re: Newsfield LM Magazine
Thanks for sharing those PeterJ - I've snaffled them for future reading. I suspect, like hitm4n, that I will remember the "free" issue 0 pretty well once I look through it (I seem to remember a feature on Superman IV, and something about James Bond?), but definitely didn't buy any further ...
- Fri Jul 21, 2023 7:35 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Desert Island 128k Only Titles
- Replies: 10
- Views: 336
Re: Desert Island 128k Only Titles
Nice topic!
I’d remove Yie Ar Kung-Fu and add Technician Ted: The Megamix
I’d remove Yie Ar Kung-Fu and add Technician Ted: The Megamix
- Mon Jul 03, 2023 7:31 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What type of game defines the Speccy?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 1133
Re: What type of game defines the Speccy?
Some of this has been touched on already, but I strongly associate Skool Daze and Back to Skool (and even Contact Sam Cruise) with the Speccy. Just something about the graphic style combined with the unique gameplay. I also think arcade adventures - the Wally Week, Magic Knight, and Dizzy series of ...
- Tue Jun 27, 2023 6:08 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: "Just off for a wander..."
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1007
Re: "Just off for a wander..."
I spent hours exploring routes because I thought I could perhaps reach one of the items seen in the background. Slightly off topic, but this reminded me of doing the same in Ocean’s The Great Escape. There was a door on a raised walkway that I spent ages trying to get to. Years later I discover (th...
- Mon Jun 26, 2023 9:49 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: "Just off for a wander..."
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1007
Re: "Just off for a wander..."
I’d enjoy exploring Wriggler without the various creepy crawlies - especially the terrifying white spider!
- Tue May 02, 2023 10:14 pm
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: Spectrum with 100% new parts (nearly)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 300
Re: Spectrum with 100% new parts (nearly)
Really enjoyed this - found it very interesting and also strangely relaxing! Well out of my skill (and patience!) range to do myself but lovely to see how it came together.
- Mon Apr 03, 2023 7:57 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: ZX Spectrum featured on Saturday Superstore (BBC 1984)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 314
ZX Spectrum featured on Saturday Superstore (BBC 1984)
This popped up on YouTube for me, only uploaded yesterday. Great memories of the show and the lovely Sarah Greene presenting. Features 3 very well known Speccy classics and 1 early release by a legendary coder:
- Mon Jul 25, 2022 10:03 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: What is the average age on here??
- Replies: 94
- Views: 2552
Re: What is the average age on here??
47. The Speccy has been a part of my life for almost 40 years…
- Sat Apr 16, 2022 7:22 am
- Forum: Announcements
- Topic: The Spectrum 40th Birthday Game Mix Tape bundle is LIVE! :D
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1444
Re: The Spectrum 40th Birthday Game Mix Tape bundle is LIVE! :D
Thanks so much for organising this. I’m not rich so only paid the $10 (which converted to £7.99) but hopefully a lot of people will get behind this wonderful idea.
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 4:31 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games you've always wanted to complete (without cheating)?
- Replies: 28
- Views: 812
Games you've always wanted to complete (without cheating)?
Inspired by zeusdaz completing Dynamite Dan II, I got to thinking about other Speccy games I've always wanted to complete. The ones I most want to do are as follows: Trap Door (in Super Berk mode) - I know what I have to do, and have come close, but always run out of time. Herbert's Dummy Run & ...
- Sun Mar 06, 2022 4:17 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Dynamite Dan II, I finally Completed it!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 430
Re: Dynamite Dan II, I finally Completed it!
Be sure to watch the vid, I try not to give too much away ;-) I caved and watched the video. Great job, and I enjoyed the fact you didn't give away what everything does. I'm astonished at how unforgiving the 5th island is. No wonder you skip it! I'd love a proper ending but worse would be it not en...
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:36 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: RIP Andy Remic
- Replies: 12
- Views: 938
Re: RIP Andy Remic
Ah I'm gutted to hear this. Loved his Spectrum Addict videos. I was barely more than a passing acquaintance but we exchanged the odd email over the years. Very sad news. Thoughts are with his family.
- Tue Mar 01, 2022 6:33 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Dynamite Dan II, I finally Completed it!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 430
Re: Dynamite Dan II, I finally Completed it!
Wow, that's great, well done! DDII is my favourite Speccy platformer but I've never got beyond island 4. I must try harder. I haven't watched the video for fear of spoilers, but I was always under the impression that DDII doesn't have an end sequence. Am I right in thinking it just takes you back to...
- Mon Jan 24, 2022 4:49 pm
- Forum: Website
- Topic: Sir Lancelot
- Replies: 15
- Views: 673
Re: Sir Lancelot
The Tipshop has a poke for that (no death tune):
https://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/i ... ne%20House
- Sat Jan 15, 2022 3:48 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Best Crash Smash that never was?
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1114
Re: Best Crash Smash that never was?
So no huge surprises here - Atic Atac a clear winner, with Deathchase pipping Wheelie to second place following some late votes. I can understand why Lunar Jetman got only 1 vote. It's just too fiddly for me - I stuck with it until I got good enough to get to level 3 or 4 (many years ago) and then n...