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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:27 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Are the E&J Software guys kicking around somewhere?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 29
Re: Are the E&J Software guys kicking around somewhere?
Incidentally, this has sparked off a bit of curiousity from me. In modern gaming, FIFA is regarded as king of the football games, and Pro Evolution Soccer is the "no, we have FIFA at home" option, with its imaginary teams and players that hint at the real thing , but can't be the real thin...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 10:18 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Coincidence!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 153
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:05 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 10
- Views: 202
Re: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
This is interesting, the demo was bundled in one of the (legal) pirated compilation as a full game. In Load'n'Run magazine's last years of life they stuffed more and more demos into cassettes instead of cracked full games. I wonder why, but the reasons could be multiple: easier to copy, no fuss in ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:53 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 10
- Views: 202
Re: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
Is it possible that I played a version of Circus Circus but with the cannon-man instead? You did! You see, the only traces of Circus Circus are on Sinclair User's Megatape 11, which had Beach Head and Beach Head 2 on side A, while side B had two demos of Circus Circus, followed by Poke City. The fi...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:46 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 10
- Views: 202
Re: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
Uh-oh. Another poll that's gonna have to be re-run! Thanks for informing me though.
I do publish the shortlist a week in advance for it to be checked over, just like the 'discussion' phase for the 'Best game by...' threads.
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 7:24 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by D&H Games: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 342
Re: The best Speccy game by D&H Games: vote
Football Director has won this, with four votes! Everything else gained one vote each, to be joint second: Championship Golf; Football Director II; Football Director: 2 Player Super League and Grand Prix. Here are the proportional results: Football Director: 2 Player Super League 7 Football Director...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:47 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 342
Re: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
And the winner is, unsurprisingly, Dizzy - Crash Special Edition! A rare case of a playable demo being issued long after the actual game was released. That got six votes. Another Code Masters effort is in second place - Steg gets three votes. Hi-Tec's Turbo The Tortoise is in third place with two vo...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:41 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 10
- Views: 202
Re: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
The Tilt screenshot Is wrong. The MIA Is the other Tilt. Oops! And so is the link too. I can't edit posts after an hour has gone, so here's the next best thing... Tilt (playable demo) by Linel https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/t/Tilt_2.scr&border=0 Thanks for poin...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 11:55 am
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: PIMP MY SPECCY! Pick your ultimate ZX Spectrum set up
- Replies: 2
- Views: 99
PIMP MY SPECCY! Pick your ultimate ZX Spectrum set up
Just a daft fantasy thread, where we imagine what's hypothetically the best ZX Spectrum set up. How we do this: Start with an official stock ZX Spectrum from the commercial era . Any Sinclair or Amstrad-owning-Sinclair model. That means no clones, no SAM Coupe or Sinclair Next. Add as many hardware ...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:34 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best game by Esem Software: discussion
- Replies: 0
- Views: 41
The best game by Esem Software: discussion
Literally just two card games from this mail order outlet that advertised in the classifieds section of Your Sinclair: Gin Rummy Six Card Cribbage It appears to be a brand for Bristol-based programmer Steve Williams, who coded these card games in 1989 and 1987 respectively (and apparently was behind...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:12 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Cult Games: vote
- Replies: 8
- Views: 185
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 10:08 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
- Replies: 9
- Views: 507
Re: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
For 28th March 2024: 'Special Edition' promos AKA Games That Are Like Playable Demos Yet Offer An Experience Fairly Exclusive From The Full Game Cybernoid II: The Revenge (playable demo) by Hewson Dan Dare II: SU Edition by Virgin Games Dizzy 3 And A Half by Code Masters Lords Of Chaos (playable dem...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 8:13 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Cult Games: vote
- Replies: 8
- Views: 185
The best Speccy game by Cult Games: vote
A kind of reinvention of D&H Games, and this list would be very short indeed if the sport of football never existed! You have seven days to pick your favourite... 2 Player Soccer Squad https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/123/scr/2PlayerSoccerSquad.scr...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:56 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 10
- Views: 202
The best playable demo of a MIA game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
Those MIA games where they do actually exist... as a fraction of their intended product! I've always wanted to do this. These six playable demos are all that exists (as far as we know) of the full games. But which is the best? You have seven days to choose. Armalyte (playable demo) by Thalamus https...
- Thu Apr 18, 2024 4:14 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: RIP F David Thorpe
- Replies: 31
- Views: 1411
RIP F David Thorpe
https://www.binaryzone.org/thezone/davidthorpe.php "...passed away at the grand age of 84 on January 29th 2024 after a long illness" https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/b/scr/Batman.scr&border=0 https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Something I noticed about Renegade 3
- Replies: 12
- Views: 509
Re: Something I noticed about Renegade 3
I think I'd have been kinder on the ZX Spectrum version of Double Dragon had I have never played the original coin-op nor any other version!
Renegade III though... yeah, I see the point, and it could be a budget game or a reader game on a covertape for me to say it's almost adequate.
Renegade III though... yeah, I see the point, and it could be a budget game or a reader game on a covertape for me to say it's almost adequate.
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 6:55 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Cult Games: discussion
- Replies: 0
- Views: 150
The best Speccy game by Cult Games: discussion
This is the 'cool' imprint from D&H Software. A much better identity than its parent and a slightly broader remit. Yeah, heavily rooted in sports management, but hey, there are interesting outliers like Kemshu, Soccer Q and Software House. And a bit of a 'Harry S Price' situation with The Boxer....
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:50 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by D&H Games: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 342
The best Speccy game by D&H Games: vote
You know the score, you have seven days to pick your fave... Boxing Manager 2 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/b/scr/BoxingManager2.scr&border=0 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/b/BoxingManager2.scr&border=0 Cham...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:28 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 342
Re: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
More Tea Vicar was a great game, but did it really demo on a covertape? It's a 2004 era game, so I can only assume it was some sort of revival magazine if it did. It's from Your Sinclair issue 94 - which is canon or non-canon depending how you interpret its existence. Issue 94 is a Retro Gamer crea...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 1:32 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
- Replies: 9
- Views: 507
Re: The best YS/SU/Crash covertape item of a certain type
For 21st March 2024: Playable demo (of MIA games) You'll have deja vu as you read this list, as they're derived from the previous 'playable demo of a full price game' poll and one's from the 'playable demo of a budget game' poll: Armalyte (playable demo) by Thalamus Atomic Robo-Kid (playable demo) b...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 342
Re: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
1) Dizzy - Crash Special Edition I have a love/hate relationship with the pixelated ovoid. I did play the original game for weeks, no, months! And then it came back with a sequel. And again. And again. A cash cow that got milked with diminishing returns (although Kwik Snax and Fast Food were interes...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:25 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 7
- Views: 342
The best playable demo of a budget game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
Right, fingers crossed all 30 entries here are valid! You have seven days to pick the best playable demo of a budget game that was given away on a covertape on the front of one of the three major UK Speccy mags. (The usual caveat about the links/screenshots being based on the full game, so you may s...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:09 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
- Replies: 45
- Views: 840
Re: The best playable demo of a full price game on a YS/Crash/SU covertape: vote
Right then, I stand by my conclusion that this is a flawed poll and yes, I'll re-run this later in the year, but for now, it's been an interesting 'dress rehearsal' anyway, and the winner of this is one of the entries that legitimately meets the criteria. That being... Ikari Warriors as the winner, ...
- Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Tanglewood Software: vote
- Replies: 5
- Views: 241
Re: The best Speccy game by Tanglewood Software: vote
Well, Cricket Challenge and The Racing Game have tied for first place in the phpBB poll, with two votes each. What we have left, with one vote, is Football Fever. Can we expect a breakthrough in the proportional results? Football Fever 6 Racing Game, The 3 Rugby Fifteen 2 Cricket Challenge 1 Erm... ...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:59 pm
- Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
- Topic: Spectrum memes
- Replies: 1235
- Views: 201448
Re: Spectrum memes
I reckon the entire softography of John George Jones would do. There's even an actual book about the impact of these largely unknown games.SteveSmith wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:42 pm It might be quite good fun to try and identify a Speccy game for each one.