Spectrum Computing

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/930626597655052350/1235621376304349354/c10faf2679c327af.png?ex=66350994&is=6633b814&hm=d02002dde8516abb22f0dff9cce558e2b6ed1d2d7478215beb819d2bf1649fe1& Appearently my stuff was in the latest Crash magazine isssue?.. Hi mate, yes Mr Simon Butler hi...

Has anyone compiled a Worst 100 game set? I'm tempted, just for the amusement of having them all ready to play. Does this site allow you to identify the 100 lowest rated games (from the commercial era), English language only? The only equivalent I've found is the old archived bottom 100 on WOS. htt...

Is ther any info on the watches sold with Cassette 50? Here's what was said in the above article: "With sales of Cassette 50 finally beginning to dip, Guy hit upon another unique idea to prolong its life. “I realised at some point that Cascade had become a marketing company rather than a softw...

Hi guys, New here - just found out about the forum/site after following a link back from the Mastertronic Collectors Archive. I'm the Site Editor / founder over there and just wanted to thank everyone for their interest in the site so far. Anyone who wants to get involved and help out, just drop us...

Spent many an hour with On The Bench. Also like Kemshu.

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Tue Oct 16, 2018 9:26 pm Oh yes, YS reviewer Rachel Smith was actually Jon Minson.

And 'her' 'beau', Gwyn!

I interviewed John Cain last week and he explained a lot about this. Will be in Retro Gamer in a couple of months hopefully.

This week on On The ZX Spectrum, I interviewed a coder behind many games for various budget software houses in the 80s. Looking forward to putting the feature together for On The ZX Spectrum #12, out on the 3rd May.

The Dixons pack was one of the best, I remember getting it when I upgraded to a +2, however the play button broke after a few months. When i took the Spectrum back to Dixons to get repaired, they just gave me a completely new one with the Dixon’s Premier Collection pack in. So I managed to keep all...

So, On The ZX Spectrum #11 has been and gone and thanks to a couple of notable mentions, subs are well on their way to 800 now. Friday 03rd May: On The ZX Spectrum #12 Friday 10th May: On The ZX Spectrum: Nextra #2 Friday 31st May: On The ZX Spectrum #13 We welcomed another two Magic Knights last we...

I used to think mine was a Dixons bundle but I'm not sure now. It was a 48K+ Christmas 1985 and I got:-

Chess
Scrabble
Survival (but no make a chip)
Tasword 2

And a bunch of Imagine games:-

Alchemist
BC Bill
Cosmic Cruiser
Pedro
Ah Diddums
Arcadia
Zzoom
Stonkers
Molar Maul
Jumping Jack

I think John Smyth was responsible for a fair few of them, I did think Ray Owen did some but I sort of now think he did the nice loading screens. https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=18136 (J.S) https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/list?label_id=12080 (R.A) If they are John's, they're i...

Latest On The ZX Spectrum schedule. All 5pm.

Friday 05th April: On The ZX Spectrum #11
Friday 19th April: On The ZX Spectrum Paid Patreon Bonus #8
Friday 03rd May: On The ZX Spectrum #12
Friday 10th May: On The ZX Spectrum: Nextra #2
Friday 17th May: On The ZX Spectrum Paid Patreon Bonus #9

Does anyone have any idea who the cover artist was behind Mastertronic's early MAD games? I always loved these comic strip style covers. https://i.postimg.cc/xcwcHg4m/2024-04-03-11-17-15.png https://i.postimg.cc/jLK15rsn/2024-04-03-11-56-52.png https://i.postimg.cc/zLLtMzk6/2024-04-03-11-57-38.png h...

R-Tape wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:18 am It'll be interesting to see what happens to your subscribers from today's shock announcement @Wizwords

I lost 8 subscribers after that newsletter, although I am pleased to say we are now over the total number when it went out and almost at 700.

On The ZX Spectrum #10 has been and gone, as had OTZXS: Nextra and the Magic Knight Patreon extra #7. Latest On The ZX Spectrum schedule. All 5pm. Friday 05th April: On The ZX Spectrum #11 Friday 19th April: On The ZX Spectrum Paid Patreon Bonus #8 Friday 03rd May: On The ZX Spectrum #12 Date TBC: O...

This May! Looks great!

Kickstarter campaign just started: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/zz ... -graftgold

I loved Marauder - an underrated classic

Nice work again Pete - always a fascinating read these threads. Sadly YouTubers often aren't very good at giving credit...

yeah that's got me too! Thought it was Jasper to start off, but it's not

I don't think Spellbound 128 is particularly rare, just expensive compared to normal mastertronic games

I thought this was going to be a post about https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... Headbanger

About half the map in Rebelstar is surplus, like all of the garden, algae tanks and staff quarters. But it all adds to the game somehow, like giving the feeling that you are invading an actual place, rather than the map existing just to serve the game. Yes that's true, it made it feel like a living...

In Rebelstar, there's a lot of extraneous stuff that could have been used for other things like more weapons, objectives etc. Like you can mow the grass. Who cares! Or have a coffee, if you can be bothered to waste 3 or 4 turns mucking about with the coffee tokens. I did speak to Julian about it a f...