1. Hyper Active
2. Bobby Yazz
3. Soldier One
I know Batty is going to win this by a mile, but there are some other great games in there.
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- Mon May 06, 2024 1:18 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best exclusive game from a recognised brand on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 16
- Views: 287
- Thu May 02, 2024 1:15 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 14
- Views: 310
Re: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
I finished the Dan Dare II Special Edition back in the day. It took me a heck of a lot longer for the full game though.
- Wed May 01, 2024 2:57 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 14
- Views: 310
Re: The best 'Special Edition' promo on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
1. Lords of Chaos
2. Dan Dare 2
3. Cybernoid 2
2. Dan Dare 2
3. Cybernoid 2
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 6:15 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1124
Re: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
It's been also said about Master Chief earlier, but tbh I'm not sure where does this notion come from. Both these characters have very strong identity, (visual, at least) and the fact that they don't say much or that MC is wearing a helmet doesn't stop me (and clearly a lot of other people) from re...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:27 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
- Replies: 42
- Views: 1124
Re: Lara Croft voted most iconic character ever
I'd think the key thing was that they polled 4000 gamers . You know what they're like. Of course they're going to pick the hot woman with the big tits. :lol: The one I'm most surprised by is Agent 47 in third place. I've enjoyed some of the games in the series but the character is about as much of a...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 12:50 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 45
- Views: 995
Re: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
1. The Bard's Tale
2. Heroquest
3. Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road
2. Heroquest
3. Ivan 'Ironman' Stewart's Super Off Road
- Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:37 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): vote
- Replies: 12
- Views: 452
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): vote
1. The Colour of Magic 2. Bored of the Rings 3. Mindfighter There's something to recommend about all of them though, and I particularly admire his progression from parody into just telling great stories. The Colour of Magic wins out for introducing me to the works of Terry Pratchett. There aren't a ...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:29 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Commodore Pet PC Cases
- Replies: 1
- Views: 465
Re: Commodore Pet PC Cases
I'm guessing that they don't do a model with a built in cassette deck then?
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:30 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1358
Re: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
Yeah, it's a list long on consensus favorites and short on personal picks. I'm probably too well versed in the classic Spectrum library to get totally surprised these days but I'd like to see at least one game on there that's obviously an author's pick. If I was writing it myself, I'd go with someth...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 8:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): discussion
- Replies: 5
- Views: 470
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): discussion
A lot of the others are multi-part games, so you definitely don't want to be splitting those up as well. I liked the way you could save your game at the end of one part and load it into the next. It's an obvious trick when you know how tools like The Quill work, and helps get around the tight memory...
- Mon Mar 25, 2024 12:11 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): vote
- Replies: 28
- Views: 1697
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): vote
1. Factory Breakout
2. Firelord
3. Starquake
WIzard's Lair looks nice, like a mix between Atic Atac and Sabre Wulf, but I never got on with it. Laser Snaker is pretty good fun but a lot simpler than the later games.
2. Firelord
3. Starquake
WIzard's Lair looks nice, like a mix between Atic Atac and Sabre Wulf, but I never got on with it. Laser Snaker is pretty good fun but a lot simpler than the later games.
- Sat Mar 23, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by ERE Informatique: vote
- Replies: 3
- Views: 461
Re: The best Speccy game by ERE Informatique: vote
Pinball Wizard has better physics but the ability to edit the table is what makes Macadam Bumper. Either way, it's their standout game.
I'm struggling to come up with enough for a top three though. They did some great games for the Amstrad CPC but those never seem to have made it to the Spectrum.
I'm struggling to come up with enough for a top three though. They did some great games for the Amstrad CPC but those never seem to have made it to the Spectrum.
- Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:29 am
- Forum: Preservation
- Topic: Fake history
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1170
Re: Fake history
You could fake a game as though it was made during the 80s easily enough. Without the documentary evidence to back it up though, it's kinda pointless. If there are no magazine adverts or articles referring to it, nobody's going to care. That just leaves a very small set of games that were advertised...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Clive Townsend): vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 910
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Clive Townsend): vote
1. Saboteur
2. Saboteur 2
3. Saboteur: Deep Cover
That was surprisingly easy.
2. Saboteur 2
3. Saboteur: Deep Cover
That was surprisingly easy.
- Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:46 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 874
Re: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
There's a third Exxos game, Kult, for the 16-bit platforms.
Mostly the same people went on to found Cryo Interactive, who were a lot more successful and kept making games until the mid-2000s. A lot of that interesting quirkiness did come off though.
Mostly the same people went on to found Cryo Interactive, who were a lot more successful and kept making games until the mid-2000s. A lot of that interesting quirkiness did come off though.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 874
Re: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
I'll go for Purple Saturn Day on the grounds that I've at least got a clue as to some of what's happening in it.
Captain Blood, on the other hand, is one of those games which looks outstanding but seems utterly inscrutable to play.
Captain Blood, on the other hand, is one of those games which looks outstanding but seems utterly inscrutable to play.
- Mon Mar 11, 2024 1:06 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Mike Richardson): vote
- Replies: 24
- Views: 797
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Mike Richardson): vote
The top three are pretty close and the order could be different on any given day.
1. Combat Lynx
2. Turbo Esprit
3. Scuba Dive
Honorable mentions go to Harrier Attack and Thanatos.
Jungle Trouble is the only real duffer. I'd take the magazine type-in over that game.
1. Combat Lynx
2. Turbo Esprit
3. Scuba Dive
Honorable mentions go to Harrier Attack and Thanatos.
Jungle Trouble is the only real duffer. I'd take the magazine type-in over that game.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:32 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Drastic Nintendo DS Emulator for Android currently free
- Replies: 5
- Views: 728
Re: Drastic Nintendo DS Emulator for Android currently free
It certainly sounds like it'll be an uncomfortable time for anyone who charges money for a Nintendo emulator.
If they're going to go after anyone else though, it'll probably be Ryujinx first.
If they're going to go after anyone else though, it'll probably be Ryujinx first.
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 4:43 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Drastic Nintendo DS Emulator for Android currently free
- Replies: 5
- Views: 728
Re: Drastic Nintendo DS Emulator for Android currently free
That's a top notch emulator that works especially well with the Retroid handhelds. I paid for it a few years back and have had absolutely no regrets with it.
I wonder if the decision to go free was prompted by the recent Nintendo vs Tropical Haze lawsuit.
I wonder if the decision to go free was prompted by the recent Nintendo vs Tropical Haze lawsuit.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:25 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 484
Re: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: vote
1. Sim City
2. The Light Corridor
3. Welltris
2. The Light Corridor
3. Welltris
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 5:12 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Keith Burkhill): vote
- Replies: 29
- Views: 755
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Keith Burkhill): vote
1. Commando
2. Gilligan's Gold
3. Space Harrier
It's honorable mentions all round when it comes to technical merit, but some of those other games are just too tough to be fun; I'm looking at you, Marauder and Ghosts n' Goblins.
2. Gilligan's Gold
3. Space Harrier
It's honorable mentions all round when it comes to technical merit, but some of those other games are just too tough to be fun; I'm looking at you, Marauder and Ghosts n' Goblins.
- Tue Feb 27, 2024 11:28 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (David Jones): vote
- Replies: 11
- Views: 353
Re: Devfinitive Edition (David Jones): vote
You'll go stonkers with Bonkers? :? Anyway... 1. Spellbound 128K 2. Knight Tyme 128K 3. Stormbringer 128K I played them all on the Amstrad CPC back in the day but they look basically the same on the Spectrum. Finders Keepers is fine, but I preferred the balance of mostly adventure with only small se...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:02 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 267
Re: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: discussion
I don't understand, aren't games like Captain Blood not by Infogrames? Yes, at least in the Ocean/Imagine sense where you had two labels owned by the same company. Captain Blood was made by ERE Informatique, who got bought out by Infogrames just prior to the game being released and promptly rebrand...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 9:48 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The 20 games with a <= 10% rating from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines
- Replies: 16
- Views: 557
Re: The 20 games with a <= 10% rating from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines
I thought Battlecars was pretty good. There are Crash Smashes that I'd consider worse than it even. It is, of course, a very niche game being an adaptation of a tabletop board/dice game that ideally needs two players, and not exactly the most intuitive thing to pick up and play. Also, Julian Gollop ...
- Sun Feb 25, 2024 8:57 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: discussion
- Replies: 12
- Views: 267
Re: The best Speccy game by Infogrames: discussion
They still exist and some time ago they changed name to Atari but they aren't Atari, my feeling is that they hadn't "moral right" to do it :) There's a company called Atari, but they're not even Infogrames at this point, as they went bankrupt in 2013, closing down all their studios and se...