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- Sun Jun 16, 2024 9:29 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best re-released mail order game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 5
- Views: 167
Re: The best re-released mail order game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
There’s this interesting note on the Wriggler DB entry The free version of Wriggler distributed by Your Sinclair issue 82 (the YS issue 82: Magnificent Seven covertape) is bugged and crashes at a certain screen. The original version works fine. So does that make the YS cover tape version valid? Or d...
- Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:16 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The mystery of Hudson Soft
- Replies: 26
- Views: 924
Re: The mystery of Hudson Soft
And here’s an advert for Kuma’s MSX catalogue, including many Hudson Soft games https://ia800604.us.archive.org/view_archive.php?archive=/1/items/World_of_Spectrum_June_2017_Mirror/World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror.zip&file=World%20of%20Spectrum%20June%202017%20Mirror/sinclair/company...
- Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:12 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The mystery of Hudson Soft
- Replies: 26
- Views: 924
Re: The mystery of Hudson Soft
There’s also a reference here to how Kuma have got an agreement with Hudson Soft to sell their games in the UK
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.ph ... 714&page=4
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/page.ph ... 714&page=4
- Mon Jun 10, 2024 5:06 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The mystery of Hudson Soft
- Replies: 26
- Views: 924
Re: The mystery of Hudson Soft
Interesting topic. Doing a little research, Kuma Computers supposedly published a couple Hudson Soft games; Vegetable Crash https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5551/ZX-Spectrum/Vegetable_Crash Frog Shooter; https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/1882/ZX-Spectrum/Frog_Shooter Both don’t have cover s...
- Sat May 18, 2024 2:45 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have many Roguelikes?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 1041
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have many Roguelikes?
I think it’s maybe down to the term “roguelike” being, what feels like, a fairly modern term. There were a few games that were like the original Rogue on the spectrum, but they maybe didn’t have the random dungeon thing. I suppose the closest genres on the database are “Adventure Game: Dungeon Crawl...
- Thu May 16, 2024 9:09 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy no longer available
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2758
Re: Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy no longer available
There's a bit of history about all of this, although it's a bit fuzzy so it might not be 100%. Matthew Smith joined up with Elite to relaunch Jet Set Willy on iOS back in 2011, there was some agreement between Mathew Smith and Elite in selling the games. However, in 2019 Elite claimed they owned the...
- Mon May 13, 2024 5:52 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best reader-submitted game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 22
- Views: 758
Re: The best reader-submitted game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
Would The Bobby Yazz Show not be included in this list along with the other Cubadyne games? It was supposed to be originally published by Destiny, but they went bust so it ended up on a Crash cover tape after being submitted by Cybadyne. Likewise, Head the Ball was originally to be published by Hews...
- Mon May 13, 2024 2:29 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Dinamic Software: vote
- Replies: 54
- Views: 1578
Re: The best Speccy game by Dinamic Software: vote
i think this is difficult from a UK perspective, because some of these games in the UK were originally released as full price, e.g. Army Moves, Freddy Hardest. Some were originally released as budget, e.g. Freddy Hardest in Manhattan, Hundra, Turbo Girl and one was a giveaway on a cover tape (Dustin...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 9:51 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
- Replies: 37
- Views: 1115
Re: First tape/games you got with your ZX Spectrum
Ridiculously happy with this Dixons pack-in for my 128K +2 in late 1987. I genuinely don't think there's been a better pack-in selection, and that's even counting the Tynesoft duffers and Harry S Price plagiarism. (Alright, maybe if you count a bunch of games from a second-hand seller and/or some C...
- Sat Apr 06, 2024 8:05 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: I ❤️ Kosmic Kanga. Who's with me? 🤣
- Replies: 20
- Views: 638
Re: I ❤️ Kosmic Kanga. Who's with me? 🤣
Kosmic Kanga is a brilliant game, but you have to spend some time with it to learn its “quirky” gameplay. I suppose that came from not owning many games back in the day, so you spent a lot of time with each one to try and get the most out of it. The key thing I remember is using the down button more...
- Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:48 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Starglider being used to gunge children on telly in 1987
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1143
Re: Starglider being used to gunge children on telly in 1987
They’re using the Amiga or ST version of Starglider, here’s the Spectrum version https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/s/Starglider.scr&border=0 The part that represents the cockpit has too many colours and doesn’t use the Spectrum’s default font (which was always made the...
- Wed Mar 27, 2024 8:03 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1618
Re: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
Wanted Monty Mole was definitely a big game on the spectrum, although it was also released on the C64, they were two completely different games. The C64 version was written by Tony Crowther and was more of a Spelunker/Son of Blagger scrolling platform game and was fairly average. The Spectrum versio...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:34 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1618
Re: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
https://www.denofgeek.com/games/the-games-that-defined-the-zx-spectrum The Hobbit Football Manager Jetpac Manic Miner Ant Attack Knight Lore Skool Daze Lords of Midnight Elite Chaos: The Battle of Wizards RoboCop Dizzy A decent list. For me, in order to be the games that “defined” the Spectrum, the...
- Sun Mar 17, 2024 1:50 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): discussion
- Replies: 9
- Views: 625
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): discussion
According to the interview with him in Retrogamer issue 72 (here: https://issuu.com/roylazarovich/docs/retro_gamer_072 ) , the last game he programmed/developed was Firelord. After that he concentrated on graphics, working at Hewson and then Probe. He also did a lot of graphics on the C64.
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 11:50 am
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Amstrad.co.uk...
- Replies: 26
- Views: 1333
Re: Amstrad.co.uk...
According to Whois, the domain is owned by a Benedict Sykes since 2018. The company he is a part of is SEO focused, the link is at the bottom right of the page https://www.vanillacircus.co.uk/ The main site looks like a complete copy of the UK Government site, but for log ins and stuff, it does redi...
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 10:37 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
- Replies: 15
- Views: 928
Re: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
Exxos is a weird one, I always thought of Captain Blood being published by ERE Informartique. What with the main screen on all the versions saying (c) ERE Informatique! But reading into the backstory of Exxos, it does seem a bit out there. From the Wikipedia entry on ERE Informatique The development...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 7:08 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: How hard would it be to hack these racers?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2417
Re: How hard would it be to hack these racers?
Looking at Enduro Racer, which I’m going to presume uses the same engine as Outrun as it’s by the same authors, and while the timer isn’t exactly matched with a real world clock it’s still a lot faster/smoother. Plus it’s moving a lot of sprites around, the other bikes, trees, the various rocks as w...
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 5:00 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: How hard would it be to hack these racers?
- Replies: 61
- Views: 2417
Re: How hard would it be to hack these racers?
The weird thing about Outrun, which I’m surprised that nobody pointed out when it was released, is just how S-L-O-W the timer runs at. Like a second in the game timer takes about 2 seconds in real life. And nobody said “that isn’t right”. it’s also strange that the developers didn’t pick up on this,...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:13 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Game versions 48K vs 128K
- Replies: 30
- Views: 881
Re: Game versions 48K vs 128K
Is there an English hack of this on the Spectrum? I’d love to play it but never found the English version.
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 7:12 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Game versions 48K vs 128K
- Replies: 30
- Views: 881
Re: Game versions 48K vs 128K
I loved the games that appeared like standard 48K loads, as in they didn’t have a 128K version on the B side, but if they were loaded in 128K mode, you got extra features. Off the top of my head Glider Rider, Renegade, Auf Wiedersehen Monty and Death Wish 3 did this. There were loads more games. Whe...
- Wed Feb 28, 2024 2:57 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Keith Burkhill): discussion
- Replies: 11
- Views: 408
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Keith Burkhill): discussion
Space harrier was an incredible achievement and even now looking back on it, it’s possibly the second best conversion of a Sega “super scaler” arcade game (after Super Hang On). There is a 128k enhanced version of Space Harrier, but it’s one of those annoying “enhanced” games which basically consist...
- Sat Feb 24, 2024 1:33 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Owens): vote
- Replies: 11
- Views: 416
Re: Devfinitive Edition (Paul Owens): vote
Tough one… Probably Daley Thompson’s Decathlon because it’s probably the best version out of all the platforms, but I also like Mr Wimpy (if you remove the annoying Frogger type screen at the start, otherwise it’s a pretty decent Burger Time clone). The rest of the early Ocean games are similarly go...
- Fri Feb 23, 2024 12:27 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What on earth is Ball Driver?!?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 468
Re: What on earth is Ball Driver?!?
I think most of the mags went through a "if it's old it must be sh*t" phase. There was an isometric Run It Again article in Crash where the reviewer absolutely mullered some classics. In fairness the reviewer, Will, came on here and admitted to butchering them to get noticed as it was ver...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:44 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Retroarcadia article about Amaurote on the Spectrum
- Replies: 8
- Views: 446
Re: Retroarcadia article about Amaurote on the Spectrum
I thought this was great for its time, especially considering it was a budget release. But it could definitely have done with some improvements. Something even simple like press the fire button to launch the bomb and then press it again to detonate it, which would have got round the issue of having ...
- Thu Feb 22, 2024 6:35 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: What on earth is Ball Driver?!?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 468
Re: What on earth is Ball Driver?!?
I would agree that it’s likely to be Rally Driver… BUT here’s a spanner in the works.. The following month’s SU has this in the charts page, with Rally Driver not in the charts. Unless they’ve just got it wrong and it was knocked out of the top 10, instead of “zooming chartwards”. https://spectrumco...