Spectrum Computing

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 ...

clebin wrote: ↑Thu Mar 21, 2024 12:08 pmthere will be a boxed version and presumably a paid download

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/

A large percentage of CRL’s output was pretty bad.

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.

Yes please! I will PM you.

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 ...

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 ...

Bomb Jack and the Beanstalk - help Jack overcome his toughest enemy to date… awful collision detection!

Wasn’t aware of this magazine - thanks for posting!

Back to Skool, with one player controlling Eric and the other could be the Swot, trying to foil him.

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 ...

Nice topic!

I’d remove Yie Ar Kung-Fu and add Technician Ted: The Megamix

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 ...

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...

I’d enjoy exploring Wriggler without the various creepy crawlies - especially the terrifying white spider!

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.

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:

47. The Speccy has been a part of my life for almost 40 years…

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.

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 & ...

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...

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.

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...

Jbizzel wrote: ↑Mon Jan 24, 2022 2:36 pmBut the bit where you die and have to wait 3 hours for the next go!!!

The Tipshop has a poke for that (no death tune):
https://www.the-tipshop.co.uk/cgi-bin/i ... ne%20House

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...