Spectrum Computing

I'm not personally a fan of how the SID chip sounds but you can't argue it was an excellent sound chip and there were so many great tunes on that system which sadly never came to the Speccy. One thing to note is that the two main variants can sound quite different, and even between chips of the sam...

Couple of influences here: **Screenshot contains swearing. https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=zxdb/sinclair/entries/0035379/0035379-load-1.scr&border=0 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/35379/ZX-Spectrum/Fuck_Off Not sure the Batman logo is nicked, but the main dude is.

How about:



Somewhat less obscure.

I searched for later original period games, title screens only, ordered by magazine score, then started paging back through from the end. I found Bronx on page 49 out of 101, and checked the credits on that one - was still on the no mag scores games at that point. Only took about 20 minutes in total.

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.

Prefer Cribbage to Gin Rummy, so that gets my vote.

Good to see the computer player plays quite quickly, and very nice card graphics.

Stefan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 30, 2024 9:09 am Super Trux!

Although I'm not seeing that image on the loading screen, and with distribution denied its a bit tricky to check

Super Trux it is

Scroll down on the Spectrum Computing entry and it's there.
Mobygames shows the difference between 48K and 128K presentation.

It is a driving game, but it's neither of those.

It's from either the loading screen, or the game menu screen depending on whether it's 48K or 128K version.

Also this might be one of the rare games where the ingame graphics are more detailed in the 128K version, versus the 48K version.

Bit of a shame that there's only one level layout, and only one enemy mechanic, with just a graphical overhaul. Wonder if that's due to just getting it done as fast as possible once it was "cancelled" - could make sense if the graphics were already finished, but the levels hadn't been desi...

How about:

Thingy and the Doodahs

I pictured it being that earlier, but I couldn't remember what the game was called.

Nope.

Here's some more - I've (badly) removed the game name from top-left.

Not that.

Nope.

Nope.

It's from the screen$, not in-game.

The US Gold screens in particular hold a lot of nostalgia for me.

The gravity formula gave it away - first game I could think of where that might be relevant.

How about this one:

The Planets

stupidget wrote: ↑Sun Apr 14, 2024 9:55 am I think there’s a bit of The Mandela Effect going on here as the sign in CE2 looks not like the one you posted:

Is that the Amstrad CPC version, cos the colours and fonts don't match the Speccy version?!

clebin wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:33 pm I can’t really fail to get this one… It’s Smudge & The Moonees.

That it is.

This doesn't look like it's been mapped yet, and was only reviewed by one of the big 3 mags.

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:21 pm Is correct! And actually, Juan's guess of Flunky was pretty close in that both games are 'butler-em-ups' (a small genre that includes Trap Door, any others?)

I recognised the 2nd screenshot, but I still had to search as I couldn't remember the name!

Snodgits!

blucey wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 4:38 pmIs it Wulfan?

It is indeed