Spectrum Computing

Pobulous wrote: ↑Sun May 19, 2024 2:18 pm I thought it was Schizofrenia, when I figured out how to spell it, but it looks like it's actually from Headstart. although they are almost the same game.

It is Headstart! Well done.

Some more:

Not Prohibition or Slap Fight.

blucey wrote: ↑Sat May 18, 2024 1:57 pmHammerfist?

Sorry, nope.

Nope.

Mystic Tower came with Currah Microspeech, pretty sure that was random layout https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3351/ZX-Spectrum/Mystic_Tower Interesting, it says it is part of an unidentified collection, even though it is linked to from the Currah Microspeech page :) I'm just playing this now....

Unlike FPS's, I think the Spectrum was ideally suited to Roguelike games; no realtime gameplay, procedural generation (to save memory) and simple graphics. UDG's would have been ideal. Obviously there was one Rogue game, but why didn't the Spectrum get swamped with them? They could probably have bee...

Next one then:

Is it a ZX-81 game?

Pobulous wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 9:38 amDeactivators

Thanks!

Lee Bee wrote: ↑Tue May 14, 2024 3:27 pm But, statistically, there has to be some kind of "mean" average at the top of a bell curve.

Does there? I'm not a statistician, but since the size of game code can be anything within a reasonable range, the "curve" could look like a mountain range.

I think what Peter means is, you can ask them your question on their FB group. You'll have much more chance of an answer there.

Another podcast, which again doesn't seem to be directly Spectrum related, but covers Planet of Death and The Hobbit in this episode:

https://retroadventurers.podbean.com/e/2/

Any clues for us proles?

Bowls? ( One of the many variations).

They Stole a Million?

Based on the screenshot https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/3 ... lecule_Man I think we can assume this is correct. Time for another?

Really odd that there's minimal call back to the 8 bit era. And in the honourable mention section there is : Sinclair User (some of the best cover designs of the era), Which probably means Crash surely. Unless they really did like Kamikaze Bear I think SU can be divided into 3 periods: the staid se...

I guess one reason it didn't have a 'proper' 3D FPS is because of the control method. You need one for movement of the person and one for the directions. Without a mouse, I can't see how this would work.

Thunderbirds?

One aspect of the otherwise perfect-in-every-way Sinclair User was their Twilight Zone section, where they'd give write up very small reviews and no screenshot. No idea why they did this, unless printing a screenshot took up a lot of resources, but unfortunately Saracen falls into this category, so ...

Oloturia wrote: ↑Mon May 06, 2024 12:50 pm What about Micronaut One? It's not very far from Descent.

That's a good shout. Slow it down, change the controls from "driving" controls,add shooting (I can't remember if it already had this) and you've got an FPS!

Obviously I'm talking about BITD and not in the modern era, but since we had quite a few 3D fast arcade games such as Starstrike, surely it wouldn't have been too much of a leap to transpose the action to a corridor? And the antagonists needn't have been anthropomorphic sprites, just some cuboid rob...

Anyway, how about a new image?

Bit unkind to do a loading screen of a super obscure Spanish release that only got one review (YS caught it on a compilation and gave it 1/10) so I think you've basically won the thread now. I've mentioned this before, but how about an unwritten rule that the game has to have been reviewed by all o...