Spectrum Computing

I had it, but not sure if I have it now more. IIRC the author sends personalized units in a retro forum with your username, I can't remember where.

Dobsa007 wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 8:45 pm @ +3 code
your ideas for it were great, release your files, ppl will take it forward

What ideas? Are you a bot?

Wow, only $217.06+ $7.49 shipping, let's me see...

Probably not, but could it be from somewhere in the backgrounds of HKM?

https://maps.speccy.cz/map.php?id=HumanKillingMachine

sn3j wrote: ↑Sun May 26, 2024 11:36 pm Ground Attack

Yeah, it was spotted in a previous post, but yes, really fantastic look for simply BASIC and FLASH.

you should make it an emulator, at least we have the experience in software :) I have no idea of programming, sorry; and I'm not really interested in that machine; as curiosy, ok, but I would find more interesting to see in the emulators avaliable some of the freak and marginal hardware designs pub...

Seems somebody started loooong ago with a somehow related idea, https://rk-internet.com/eZXSparky/specs.html
But I would say it's totally dead, so it's in your hands, go on with it.

Aside from CPU speed, I don't think you can improve on the Speccy :-) I would give a vote for the ulaplus too, but that's all. Seems it would have been made with the technology of the time with a somehow double sized and more expensive ula, but it's simply a palette changer, retains the loved 2 col...

The water in thar one:


Roller Coaster by Elite.

I think it's the first time ever I've seen this error while looking the forums:
"General Error
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Too many connections [1040]

An sql error occurred while fetching this page. Please contact an administrator if this problem persists."

It was only for some minutes +-

I don't recall many games using it, but speaking of more recent games, Spectrum version of Castlevania uses it quite nicely: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/30192/ZX-Spectrum/Castlevania_Spectral_Interlude Nah, it's the same as Bionic Commando and Marsmare (and Bugaboo), here they use "p...

Using the second interpretation of "push scroll" pointed by Lee Bee, then Turrican (the first game) could be a good example, I think.

Ps: I loved that game, despite the tape multiload.

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Thu May 23, 2024 6:27 pm You're basically talking about "animated flip-screen games", where the entire screen suddenly scrolls over to the next "room" when you reach the edge.

Yeah, you are right. Bugaboo should be too included in that interpretation of "push scroll".

Bionic Commando?

A recent one is Marsmare: Alienation.

Ps: maybe this needs a separate category/group in the database.

Ps2: the oldest I can find is Splat!

Ps3: error... Splat! isn't push screen, sorry. But interesting, however.

Ralf wrote: ↑Mon May 20, 2024 9:50 am Yes, people are suckers sometimes.

People are suckers always.

Too much clues:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/4 ... d_Cribbage

Can someone take my turn?

While I voted Don Quijote, I think Rescate Atlantis deserves more love, is one of the best Dinamic games (good graphics with scroll like AMC, good in-game music like Simulador, and very playable), so my proportional votes: 1.Don Quijote 2.Rescate Atlantis 3.Phantomas Other games that I can remember ...

Couldn't be some type of coincidence?

You can have the different palettes stored somewhere and then load one or another, but you can't swich them with a simple OUT.

Turrican wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 5:56 pm I've finished Game Over, Phantis and After the War.

akeley wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 11:58 am Cobra's Arc looks pretty good, I wish somebody translated it.

There are English (and French) translations, not sure if oficial. Looks better than it plays.

A lot of good graphics, some nice tunes (Simulador Professional de Tenis), but BITD one I liked a lot was a text adventure, Don Quijote (it was a cartoon TV series too), so it's my vote.

HEXdidnt wrote: ↑Fri Apr 26, 2024 9:10 am One cool little extra - which he gave me the honour of unwrapping - was 'The Art of Selling SAM', the marketing booklet put together for vendors.

"Someone" should scan and preserve that thing.

Weird, I had the same problem months ago with opqa (a message sayind "not fetched" or something so) but now all works fine. No idea why.