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Hi, Anyone here involved in the following - https://www.mastertronic.co.uk/ ? Looks to be a site commemorating the Mastertronic range - I'm all for things celebrating the era we all enjoy :) I have humbly offered my services to supply some Speccy mastertronic information, as they seem to be lacking ...

and found out why - different graphics set if you load in 128k mode... never even knew this was possible.... ?

I am confuzzled... I agree Maglaxians play very well, but when I play it i have totally different graphics ? I have tried the one from the archive , and a couple of other copies in my trusty Fuse emulator - the main sprite especially is some wobbly legged alien creature for me... and no candlesticks...

and that shows how my memory is... it was in pen, and no squared paper anywhere...

I remember being sooo proud of it back when i was 13 or so - jeez thats 40 years ago now...

Starquake - the memories...

I still have the pencil written massive map i did on squared paper somewhere... now I'm gonna have to go try and find it...

I'll taker the magic knight set with thanks please Spider

spider wrote: ↑Thu Mar 28, 2024 1:44 pm I do have it but its sort of a full set here which is probably not quite what you're after

I'll take it please spider

As luck would have it, both Volcanic Dungeon and Black Crystal have appeared on ebay at the same time - purchased...

just need to track down that pesky 128k version of Spellbound now....

Very good - i stand in awe of you good people who can do such things...

of course, if you want a real challenge then get to the end of Jumping Jack...

'Doorway to Dorkness' in Doncaster (love the name) have 'several hundred' speccy tapes - I shall be visiting tomorrow...

I've got a day off work this week, and decided it might be nice to have a day out wandering around, see if I can find any bricks and mortar retro gaming shops to visit that might have some nice speccy gear... Blimey it looks a bit sparse. Anyone know of a local gaming shop that caters for our partic...

ahh - cheers for that

I've uploaded the inlay using the tool - did it a week back. How long does it take to get processed and appear on the site?

Are there regular update times?

J - Jumbly?

That be Canyon Warrior?

1. Scuba Dive - the thrill of going ever deeper looking for treasure never ever gets old
2. Turbo Esprit - way way way ahead of its time, slightly difficult to control but the concept and execution
3. Combat Lynx - wildly ambitious and manages to deliver

aha - provenance! I probably should have done some investigation myself before posting my ignorance across the forums :) heres a star trek inlay from ZX ART page https://i.postimg.cc/fJyvw6pC/Star-Trek-The-Computer-Program-2.jpg So it looks like i do have an early version... I will load the inlays u...

Howdy, Hoping for some pointers here on a hoary old speccy game, right back from 1982 - Spectrum Golf, by R&R Software On the game page it has the commercial release inlay - i have come across this (see pics) - what do we think? pre release demo cover or something knocked up by a punter who lost...

Mugsy?

1. Marauder - spent many an hour on this, and imho THE best tunes on a 128, both title and main game tunes
2. Commando - perfection of an arcade conversion
3. Gilligans Gold - always enjoy playing it, but find it one of the toughest games i've ever come across

Not 100% sure because my memory has long been getting faulty, but I seem to remember that there was a competition and prize for first completion back when it first came out. I completed it and rang the number, to be told by the nice lady on the other end of the phone the prize had been claimed a wee...

hmmm..

I'm taking it these are pretty rare then.

Again, I think the cost will be out of my league, but someone might want to take a look... 3 R'n'H titles...adult Cover Up What the Butler Saw Fantasy I'm presuming they are MIA - I realise there is a filter to not show adult stuff - I'm sure someone will correct me if these are not MIA... :) https:...

Hi, For some unfathomable reason, I've been collecting the Mastertronic range - possibly because its within my budget range :) I'm stuck on three titles... Black Crystal - MS002 Volcanic Dungeon - MS003 and from leftfield, and not an adventure.. Spellbound 128k - MAD23 If anyone anywhere has a spare...

Welp - I hope whoever bought that MIA game will hopefully send in all the necessary stuff for preservation...

auction just finished - went for £63 in the end!!