Spectrum Computing

Stefan wrote: ↑Wed May 08, 2024 11:37 am Note that both trade marks are set to expire next year - based on the current state of the elite web site I would not be surprised if they just lapse.

I've just had a quick look at their website and it does look a bit bare. Has Elite possibly gone, or is going into liquidation?

1. Batty
2. Blind Pamic
3. Moley Christmas

1. Kingdom Of Krell
2. Kick Off
3. Rally Cross

Kingdom Of Krell is a nicely presented, if slightly slow, RPG/Adventure game, Kick Off is OK, while Rally Cross looks good but I found that I crashed quite easily, which had nothing to do with my driving I'm sure

Harry Price time.... Although pretty much all of his games qualify for this thread, the one that, for me at least, sticks out the most is Crimebusters Inc. Why? Well Mastertronic noticed that was such a crap rip off of Spellbound that they actually got it withdrawn from sale. https://spectrumcomputi...

Tried both games, nice presentation and the games are quick. I preferred Cribbage out of the two.

1. Cybernoid 2
2. Seymour
3. Dizzy 3 and a half

1. The Damned Forest
2. Banger Racer
3. Striker

1. Atomic Robo-Kid
2. Armalyte
3. Circus Circus

1. Football Director 2 2. 2 Player Super League 3. Wembley Greyhounds Despite being really slow (although now I just adjust the emulation speed, which helps a lot) FD 2 is probably my favourite management game on the Speccy. I used to cheat at 2 Player SL by using the second club as a sort of feeder...

1. Turbo The Tortoise
2. Dizzy Crash Edition
3. Double Dare

1. The Racing Game 2. Football Fever 3. Cricket Challenge I'm not a horse racing fan but I can remember both my uncle and my dad, who are horse racing fans, playing this and I quite liked it back then. I tried it again a few days ago and it still held my attention for more than a few minutes. Footba...

1. Hero Quest
2. Robocop
3. TMNT - NES conversion

1. Fruity
2. Fruit 2010
2. Fruit 2000

There is definitely an improvement in quality with each version.

1. Bored Of The Rings
2. The Big Sleaze
3. Robin Of Sherlock

1. Firelord
2. Factory Breakout
3. Starquake

The only one I played BITD was Macadam Bumper and thinking that Pinball Wizard was better. Anyway, I've tried three other games on this list that I can understand how to play and here are my top three: 1. Painting Joe - a decent Amidar clone 2. Macadam Bumper - still not as good as Pinball Wizard 3....

1. Saboteur
2. Reaper
3. Saboteur 2

1. Thanatos
2. Turbo Esprit
3. Harrier Attack

It was a tough choice between Harrier Attack and Scuba Dive for third place, but although Scuba Dive has more, err... depth to it, I find Harrier Attack to be slightly more fun to play.

1. Sim City
2. Hostages
3. North And South

1. Commando
2. Ghosts 'n' Goblins
3. Space Harrier

1. Knight Tyme 128
2. Stormbringer 128
3. Finders Keepers

Knight Tyme shades it over Stormbringer by way of being able to move the ship and interact with the various planets. As much as I enjoy Finders Keepers I've always found the jumping awkward.

1. Dollars In The Dust 2. The Crystal Of Chantie 3. Terraform While The Crystal Of Chantie is the most technically impressive of the three, after all it is written using GAC, I enjoyed Dollars In The Dust the most. Dollars is a western themed adventure which has various bandits roaming around, which...

I used to quite like The Boss (I owned the Peaksoft original) although I can understand why a slightly modified version released a few years later would get a poor review. However, I believe that had the original release been reviewed then it wouldn't be on this list. Los Angeles SWAT got awarded 26...

1. Super Chopper
2. Fred's Fan Factory
3. Shuttle Shock

1. DT Decathlon
2. Dragon Ninja
3. DT Supertest