Spectrum Computing

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.

There's a smaller tape file in the zip - that's the UDGs. You need to LOAD""CODE those first.

I'll look at concatenating both files as a bugfix. Do we have undiscovered gem material here...?

Thanks for your efforts on this Frankie. I agree on both conflicting points - it is a lot of effort to go to for an illegal crack, and it is unusual that Vortex doesn't get a mention. So that doesn't help! Alessandro has a good nose for things like this too, just in case. Any chance you can make the...

Nice interface and a good read. I like the cut of Coarsetone's gib with the Overcomposure article. Honest criticism from a standpoint of wanting better, and praise where it was due. The Dave Fountain article has lead me down a rabbithole of old FP and Knucklegirl's demos :o It won't revolutionise ho...

Simon Cooke's label entry links to a Wikipedia article which is actually about a Kiwi olympic sailor of the same name.

I can't find an alternative Simon Cooke at Wikipedia, so the wiki link should be deleted. However, the link to his own site is good, and has a pretty cool speccy themed GUI!

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/w/WarOfTheRoses.scr&border=0 Give that it's The Roses* this weekend- War Of The Roses . Someone needs to make a contemporary speccy game where the battles are played out as track and field sports, plus online & board gaming, debat...

Duncan McDonald Ta for the tip. Bought the book and just finished it. Most of it is really enjoyable, especially as you can trust that at least half of it is true, but towards the end I found the endless madcap dole adventures a bit depressing and drug addled. Overall though, it's like Kerouac's On...

I nearly finished it on bread and water: 84 items and an energy of 009, but I still needed to get back to Minnie. I saved a snapshot and ended up using it. The difficulty is really well judged though - BITD I'd have been happy to go back to the start, knowing I'd probably complete it that time. Ther...