Spectrum Computing

Ally Noble was the lead artist, in fact wasn't it her that kept Denton Designs going when they started to split up?

Now does this http://www.allynoble.com/about/

One trick for the 48k games, if they are too low in the RAM, is to load the first few k onto the screen at the end, then copy it to its correct place. You could even include the copy routine in that block. It does mean the picture gets mucked up at the end of the load, but it works well if everythin...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Thu Apr 18, 2024 7:46 pm Great idea. There's a bug though - if you complete a level in learner mode it gets stuck in a loop. It looks like it tried to start a new level, but automatically completes it as the test tube is not reset to zero (still full).

Thanks R-Tape. Now fixed and replaced.

I've added a small update to Nectar. There is now a learners mode, selected from the main menu, which starts with an easier level and you don't lose collected nectar between lives.

Find it at https://luny666.itch.io/nectar

luny wrote: ↑Tue Mar 26, 2024 7:37 pm Hmm, looks like you have found a bug. I'll have to have a play.

I was hoping to find a bit of time to make a new game, but I'm starting to think maybe a version of Nectar that is committee driven, as there have been some good ideas and some interesting feedback.

Bug is now fixed.

Ah, finally a new Spectrum game that’s hand-coded, not AGDed (if I got it right). With great graphics to boot! Much appreciated. Bloody hard, though. :D P.S. Not sure why the TZX file contains raw data, given that the loader seems to utilize the standard ROM routines. P.P.S. It would be great if th...

Nice shooter this :) I like the idea that when you collect the nectar you can use it as bullets though you lose your firepower when you fill the tube thing. Occasionally I managed to clear a wave so that no more aliens appeared, but couldn't figure out if it was random or happened after I destroyin...

Thanks Clebin.

Some nice ideas there. I was considering keeping the nectar levels between lives. Not sure when I'll get time to work on it next, but I'll keep those ideas in mind. Thanks.

Thanks to R-Type's eagle eye, I have now fixed a score bug that he spotted and have updated the files on Itch.

New release is now available on https://luny666.itch.io/nectar . This is a fast paced arcade game for the ZX Spectrum 48k. https://www60.securedweb.co.uk/luny/images/nectar02.png The aim is to fill up with the special alien nectar, from the right, and take it to the bottle for process, on the left. ...

Bet that is a really scary Hpuse!

I was a working class boy with no money. I only got a Spectrum because my mum set up an endowment for my sixteenth birthday which amounted to a £100. The other computers were way out of my pocket, so thank god for Sinclair eh?

This was not a joke! The game I posted is the undisputed winner of the contest! No need to continue the process... Anyway if we have 6 months then a developer can sumbit 6*30 entries by the official end of the 2023 contest... I have submitted so far more than 2*65534 games... :lol: I'll be lucky if...

Gah! Because of the bloody joke comment by Firelord that the compo is closed, I got it into my head that it really is. I was reading that Groniad article about CSCGC and got or enthusiastic about not having entered anything this year and started thinking about what to enter. Then I 'remembered' some...

***DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME*** Some days ago I've watched a streaming where some retro nerds loaded one by one all the games from an old italian pirate tape I used to own , one of the best I bought at the newstand in the eighties, with renamed classics as "I draghi" ( Thanatos ), "Ninj...

Annoyingly brilliant work.

I found another crap BASIC adventure I wrote in the 80s. I got all excited and thought it would be great to release here, it is a standard text adventure but I put three characters as a team and displayed all the stats when 'I' was entered. I then looked through the listing and it only has four loca...

This is quite an old one, isn't it? Android Nim.

Welcome to the rabbit hole that is disassembly hell. Once you start you wont be able to stop, as you'll find all sorts of interesting things and will want to find more.

bluespikey wrote: ↑Wed Jan 11, 2023 10:06 am Yes, Brian Bloodaxe. Well done. You can always tell when a Spectrum game developer is running out of ideas for new sprites because they include angry toilets as baddies. Manic Miner, Brian Bloodaxe, The Pyramid all have them. Maybe its a British thing.

Daleks were another fallback.

Dun is a type of Fort...



Orc Attack (which you play from the top of a fort.)

From the Great Fire of London to ...



Trap Door
(that has a little fire burning)

From the Batman to...


Don Quixote

Jbizzel wrote: ↑Thu Dec 29, 2022 2:58 pm I enjoyed reading (and playing many) of these games/reviews.

My favourite review, and back story was for
Island Adventure by Luny - Unfortunately I couldn't get anywhere at all in the game!!

Vampyre wrote: ↑Tue Dec 20, 2022 11:55 am Gift From The Gods?

Well done Vampyre..



All yours.