Spectrum Computing

Love it - simple, oldschool, cute.

Note for DB - still in development - don't add yet. There's something wrong with the 10 level demo (or me) - the first level has 0 moves allowed which overclocks to 255, and the second level has "1 0" moves, which equates to an impossible 1.

p13z wrote: ↑Sun May 12, 2024 4:31 am Polish sheep must be really stubborn

Just in case any of the ZX diaspora live in strange countries where they don't have sheepdog trials on terrestrial TV, it's a riff on One Man and His Dog.

What do you think? Is it usable enough for a beginner like me? As the author of C.G.D, I can say that it's entirely suitable for beginners and upwards. Everything you need to know should be in the manual and IMO the designer itself is intuitive and fun to use. It was nearly called the Crap Games De...

Yep correct. Sorted. PROCESSED If it was from a crack I wonder why this Mikhail chap went to the bother of reversing it. You seem to have special powers in spotting these things. As we've seen , mirroring is a powerful technique and fools most of us. In other news, keep an out for my new game TODOR...

I also have a theory about who designed the screen. Mike Smith is credited with graphics for the game, but if you compare it to Gunrunner (signed "MS"), or any other games Smith was involved in, it's a completely different style. Mike Smith isn't credited with any role in the DB - could i...

Good spot fellas. The screen currently in the archive has code* hiding under the attributes at the bottom left... https://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/RobotMessiahLoad.gif ...which is more typical of later cracks and snapshots (isn't it?)—like the SCL disk version you link to Stu. A...

if only so we don't accidentally go off topic here and speak about non Spectrum related stuff and get mild chastisement ;) Sorry if it came across that way - I did wonder if I was being too harsh. I like accidental offtopic's, but I felt that thread wasn't just veering off the tracks, it was intent...

Turrican wrote: ↑Fri May 10, 2024 11:01 am Ikari

Of course! I knew I played some multiplayers, but could only think of turn based games like Chuckie Egg. Yep Ikari was a great 2 player, and a good exercise in teamwork, or maybe not - I have mixed memories of camaraderie, underhand tactics, tank envy and bomb envy.

Agree on both counts:

1 - Nice loading screen
2 - Hard!

Sounds fun - especially if you could get some 8 bit Speccy references in there the way IWBTG does with arcade games. 'Fraid I'm not familiar with highrises tool, but MPAGD (runs on PC) and AGD (runs on a speccy) come with a manual and full instructions. They're pretty easy to get into and you can do...

Both the Speccy and the C64 have their share of turkeys and exceptional screens. The Amstrad ones are mostly okay, with nothing really standing out either - must be the curse of the port. I do like the C64's stylish grey Bruce Lee one (Sorry FD Thorpe!),and the C64 Zub is brilliant - just edging out...

I like the changes to the nebulae but I prefer the faces without the red. I think the red can work well, but not as an afterthought.

SPECCY forum fellas!

Nice one. Teh interwebs makes some things very easy! Cheers.

I'm adding the Azipack compilation to the DB (which I think by Azi's own admission has not a little in common with Firebird's Don't Buy This!). One of the games has an opening beeper ditty that I recognise. So I can add it as a musical reference, can anyone tell me what it is? Download here . The ga...

flatduckrecords wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 6:43 pm Pictured: Bodger (left) and Badger (loves mashed potato)

It upsets me most days that it came just too late to be a commercially viable Spectrum game.

Just done Fair Shares. @pavero should I do the rest? (making sure to avoid duplication)

Any chance of a link? I can't find it. I wonder if that gives any more clues to the authors. Bloody hell I've fallen for an Eq tangent! You were talking about Rise out of the Dungeons on MSX. I actually woke in the night and thought "Hang on - the odds of a Blaby release on the MSX are rather ...

Time passes. Not far off 2 years as it goes, and I see the RZX has appeared, so bloody well done Eq on persevering! This game doesn't have any authors attributed. The game mentions them only as 3 letter acronyms "AJS" and "PMC". I'll get these added, but can anyone do any detecti...

Well done on those RZX for Tiny Nightmares @pavero and Whirlwind @equinox. Rollback or no rollback, they are not trivial to complete!

So it sounds like it's an unofficial re-release, that was technically legal in Italy?

If added, is there a precedent for such things @Einar Saukas? Would it just be added as a re-releaser to ID 190 with a note?

Mega Tron seems to be still missing in Spectrum Computing database ;) https://trastero.speccy.org/2024/Thrydhent/Thrydhent.html Ta. Added. Don't forget you can add these yourself via Pav's easy to use tool (red link at top). They're going for Dynamic levels of difficulty - I found it hard to play l...

Alright. Screen 1. I've cleared the (lethal) wheelbarrow, but how do you land on the wall next to it without dyeing?

Keys QW-Space

The listing itself says to remember to SAVE the UDGs. Here's a temporary link to a fix. The file will appear after the next update.

R-Tape wrote: ↑Sun May 05, 2024 4:37 pm Do we have undiscovered gem material here...?

Not in any real sense.