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by Spector
Mon Aug 05, 2019 11:17 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Activision: discussion
Replies: 13
Views: 2351

Re: The best Speccy game by Activision: discussion

I'm sure I remember an interview in Crash magazine circa 1984 with one of the heads of Activision who made it pretty clear that Activision was releasing games on the Spectrum for the money and had nothing but contempt for the machine, seeing it as unable to make proper games, which is why the early ...
by Spector
Wed Dec 19, 2018 4:28 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Super Hang On is a bit overrated
Replies: 7
Views: 1695

Super Hang On is a bit overrated

I had never played this game before, and I don't think I missed too much. Don't get me wrong, it's really fast and looks very nice, but it's unfairly hard to the point of killing the addictiveness. On beginner mode I quickly got the stage three. A week of playing later, I was able to reach...stage t...
by Spector
Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:39 pm
Forum: Sales/Commercial
Topic: Speccy with FREE R@RE Rick Astley sticker!!!
Replies: 6
Views: 1777

Re: Speccy with FREE R@RE Rick Astley sticker!!!

I'm going to snipe this with a bid of one zillion pounds... but it's got to have the sticker :lol:
by Spector
Thu Nov 22, 2018 8:28 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: 3D Ant Attack Question
Replies: 7
Views: 1700

Re: 3D Ant Attack Question

Alessandro wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:43 pm Here you are.
Four minutes! FOUR MINUTES!!!!! :lol:

After all these years, he's still on the ball - thanks Alessandro :)
by Spector
Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:39 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: 3D Ant Attack Question
Replies: 7
Views: 1700

3D Ant Attack Question

I asked this elsewhere years ago and the links given have now gone, so I'm asking again on here: Does anyone have the hacked version of Ant Attack that simplified the keys to make them like the follow up Zombie Zombie? The keys are so damn complicated for the original, and I wish I could get the hac...
by Spector
Sat Nov 17, 2018 5:05 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Introduce yourself!
Replies: 670
Views: 178781

Re: Introduce yourself!

Hello - I'm Spector and have posted on a lot of retro forums through the century, and I couldn't resist coming on here. You have a great up to date archive of Speccy games, and the forum looks pretty good too. Looking forward to some good arguments! :D
by Spector
Sat Nov 17, 2018 4:46 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The inevitable worst game ever thread
Replies: 39
Views: 9393

Re: The inevitable worst game ever thread

Hello everyone. I would like to begin by adding an obvious game to this list: Super Soccer by Imagine. Awful Awful Awful Awful Awful.