Is that based on Rodot Messiah, by Alphadatim? Hope you don't get sued by Chrispian Urquharp.
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- Sun May 12, 2024 11:00 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Robot Messiah loading screen - spot the difference
- Replies: 9
- Views: 312
- Sat May 11, 2024 11:32 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Robot Messiah loading screen - spot the difference
- Replies: 9
- Views: 312
Re: Robot Messiah loading screen - spot the difference
Mike Smith isn't credited with any role in the DB - could it just be that he did the in-game graphics and we assume he did the loader? As for style - I wouldn't say it was that far away from the Gunrunner, so I could believe Mike did both. I do love the idea of discovering a new FD Thorpe screen th...
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:14 am
- Forum: ZXDB Fixes
- Topic: Little bugs in the database 6
- Replies: 148
- Views: 7972
Re: Little bugs in the database 6
Robot Messiah has the wrong .scr attached to it (see this post ). The correct screen can be taken from either the .tzx or .tap. The main design is flipped to match the artwork, and it includes the Alphabatim logo. (I guess the other screen, wherever it came from, can be added to additional file dow...
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:58 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games you played the most with friends?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 448
Re: Games you played the most with friends?
I don't remember playing 2-player games that much. Maybe the odd game of Rampage or Target Renegade on my mate's 128. Whenever I played games with school mates or my cousins it was usually "you have a go, then I'll have a go", or sometimes "I'll be Head, you be Heels".
- Thu May 09, 2024 4:56 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Robot Messiah loading screen - spot the difference
- Replies: 9
- Views: 312
Robot Messiah loading screen - spot the difference
Has anyone else noticed the difference between the Robot Messiah .scr displayed on SC, and the screen that's displayed when you load the tap or tzx? https://i.postimg.cc/g0kjY24V/Robot-Messiah2.jpg Loading screen displayed on SC https://i.postimg.cc/L6LnD7n1/Robot-Messiah1.jpg Actual loading screen ...
- Thu May 09, 2024 1:59 pm
- Forum: Music
- Topic: Tunes you would like to hear
- Replies: 13
- Views: 260
Re: Tunes you would like to hear
Ozric Tentacles made a few tunes in non-standard time signatures. This would be a good start:
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:28 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best exclusive game from a recognised brand on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 22
- Views: 360
Re: The best exclusive game from a recognised brand on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
I was under the impression that Batty was not released because of legal threats from the similarity to Arkanoid, rather than because it wasn't considered "good enough". StooB is talking about Battleships, which eventually replaced Space Harrier on the Best of Elite Vol 2 compilation a cou...
- Thu May 09, 2024 10:14 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 912
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
Not sure about that one, you can see your car on the screen/in the road. Possibly not an official definition but in my mind when someone says FPS I'd expect to: - see a 3D environment through the eyes of the protagonist - not see the protagonist themself (3rd person) - see a weapon/gun at the botto...
- Thu May 09, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 912
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
Turbo Esprit was in first person and there was shooting.
- Wed May 08, 2024 11:08 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: What tune is this?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 276
Re: What tune is this?
Mudhoney and Cyndi Lauper should do a mash up. Girls just wanna touch me I'm sick (Sonic Youth did a good cover of Touch Me I'm Sick too). I make mashups and play them on the radio (see my sig), I'll add that to the list. SPECCY forum fellas! In a vague attempt to get back on topic, I always though...
- Wed May 08, 2024 12:56 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Hidden message in Predator
- Replies: 14
- Views: 361
- Mon May 06, 2024 10:55 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best exclusive game from a recognised brand on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 22
- Views: 360
Re: The best exclusive game from a recognised brand on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
I was playing Batty a couple of weeks ago, and realised how annoying it was... but having given everything else a quick go it's still my favourite game on the list. 1. Batty - harder than Arkanoid but I prefer the game mechanics and the graphics are better 2. Soldier One - surprisingly half-decent s...
- Sun May 05, 2024 5:30 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1724
Re: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
I'm not sure where else you'd put their games, but do Pete Cooke and Cybadyne (Christian Urquhart) count as readers?
- Sun May 05, 2024 3:16 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
- Replies: 21
- Views: 746
Re: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
Finished the DS version now too (with snapshots again). Love the Deep Dark Hole, that took a few attempts!
- Sat May 04, 2024 1:38 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
- Replies: 41
- Views: 524
Re: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
There's nothing to stop people posting their own quizzes at 3am on a Wednesday morning!
- Sat May 04, 2024 8:26 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Rave to the sound of... a ZX Spectrum loading
- Replies: 16
- Views: 772
Re: Rave to the sound of... a ZX Spectrum loading
Fabulous! How did you find that out? Did you just recognise it or was it talked about elsewhere? I guessed it was an Ultimate game from the distinctive noise it made (Ultimate only used 22 of the 24 rows for a loading screen, so there was always a long "blaaaaarp" at the end), and after t...
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:57 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: More Spectrum references in popular music
- Replies: 2
- Views: 191
More Spectrum references in popular music
So we have this, compiled by equinox and hosted on WoS: Spectrum references in popular music . But it's not been updated for a while, so here's a thread where we can add stuff like this. As clebin just posted elsewhere, 'Letter from Hampi Mountain' by Snapped Ankles includes a recognisable snippet o...
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:40 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Rave to the sound of... a ZX Spectrum loading
- Replies: 16
- Views: 772
- Fri May 03, 2024 1:36 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
- Replies: 41
- Views: 524
- Fri May 03, 2024 12:42 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
- Replies: 21
- Views: 746
Re: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
After dying loads on the third screen I've completed the first version (saving snapshots) and now onto the DS version, which seems even more difficult! But it's MM, it'd be no fun if it wasn't a challenge.
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:27 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
- Replies: 41
- Views: 524
Re: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
15. Way Of The Exploding Fist
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
- Replies: 41
- Views: 524
Re: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
6. Starquake
- Fri May 03, 2024 9:06 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
- Replies: 41
- Views: 524
Re: Friday Quiz: SCRambled 6
7. Zynaps
- Thu May 02, 2024 10:54 am
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
- Replies: 21
- Views: 746
Re: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
Hi Lee, Thanks for your message, I hope that you are not getting to put off by level 3. The trick is to work your way up to the top right corner then down to below the key, jump up to collect the key an into the exit. Cheers! I worked it out in the end, using snapshots I'm up to the Meteor Storm no...
- Wed May 01, 2024 10:37 pm
- Forum: Brand new software!
- Topic: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
- Replies: 21
- Views: 746
Re: Manic Miner: The Lost Levels
Parallel universe is right, but I'm finding these really bloody difficult, can only get to the third screen!