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by MatGubbins
Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:57 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: More cryptic Speccy clues from Nodrog
Replies: 26
Views: 5179

Re: More cryptic Speccy clues from Nodrog

Ah!... Agatha's Folly
by MatGubbins
Wed Jan 17, 2018 10:38 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: More cryptic Speccy clues from Nodrog
Replies: 26
Views: 5179

Re: More cryptic Speccy clues from Nodrog

Agatha's Error, Linford Trips, Auction fault... bah, I dunno.
by MatGubbins
Tue Jan 16, 2018 11:57 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game art copied from elsewhere
Replies: 417
Views: 77774

Re: Game art copied from elsewhere

Silent Running
by MatGubbins
Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:36 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Friday Night Quiz: Sports Round
Replies: 30
Views: 6677

Re: Friday Night Quiz: Sports Round

5MinuteRetro wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2018 11:26 pm Oh!

"But happy to discuss further."

...'discuss' = discus. The picture was of the discus, from the discus event in DT's Decathlon.
That's the clue I went with and thought that it was Olympic Challenge. Oh well....
by MatGubbins
Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:09 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Interview with Bo Jangeborg
Replies: 17
Views: 4479

Re: Interview with Bo Jangeborg

Yet another interview that has to have the constant stupid, pointless background music... it really is tick..plinky.. tick..tick..tick. plinky...tick... annoying and I can't focus on what Bo is mumbling about.
Yes, I have perfect hearing.
by MatGubbins
Sat Jan 13, 2018 5:53 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Friday Night Quiz: Sports Round
Replies: 30
Views: 6677

Re: Friday Night Quiz: Sports Round

Daley Thompson's Olympic Challenge
by MatGubbins
Fri Jan 12, 2018 6:59 pm
Forum: Website
Topic: Cannot edit older posts.
Replies: 44
Views: 9769

Re: Cannot edit older posts.

Two hours is more than enough to edit a post to correct a few spelling mistakes, alter a bit of code or make sure that the picture links work properly.
by MatGubbins
Fri Jan 12, 2018 12:19 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Bobby Carrot
Replies: 7
Views: 2549

Re: Bobby Carrot

I had a blast with Bobby Carrot last night and great fun it was too.
by MatGubbins
Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:03 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Short cryptic quiz
Replies: 23
Views: 4512

Re: Short cryptic quiz

2 Amaurote
by MatGubbins
Tue Jan 09, 2018 12:15 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with B: vote
Replies: 29
Views: 6380

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with B: vote

Altnerative Software.... eh? Ah! Alternative Software.
by MatGubbins
Sat Jan 06, 2018 11:43 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game Quiz: Advert slogans
Replies: 44
Views: 8109

Re: Game Quiz: Advert slogans

6 Galvan - Cosmo Police / Galivan - depending on how you read it from the instructions
by MatGubbins
Fri Jan 05, 2018 10:46 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game Quiz: Advert slogans
Replies: 44
Views: 8109

Re: Game Quiz: Advert slogans

8 California Games
by MatGubbins
Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:24 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game Quiz: Advert slogans
Replies: 44
Views: 8109

Re: Game Quiz: Advert slogans

Eh? Where does it say that? I can only find 'coming soooon'. Sir! sir! Rorthron cheated. Can I have the points please? I regret laughing at Matgubbins's typo now. Karma down.... :) Anyway, Werewolves was the first answer in my head too, scampered to the advert - not there, but it is when you click ...
by MatGubbins
Thu Jan 04, 2018 10:52 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game Quiz: Advert slogans
Replies: 44
Views: 8109

Re: Game Quiz: Advert slogans

3 Worst things happen at sea
by MatGubbins
Sat Dec 30, 2017 7:38 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Jilly's Farm Volume 1 - SokoBAArn!
Replies: 21
Views: 9086

Re: Jilly's Farm Volume 1 - SokoBAArn!

Completed. It did get tricky in the mid twenties, to ease off at the end. Having a play with the level designer and came up with this: http://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/sokoBAArnscr.gif Level code here if you can't read the pic: lEya aavW nYqxNauec Aqfa aaam I think it's difficul...
by MatGubbins
Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:47 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Poll: Atic Atac or Sabre Wulf?
Replies: 14
Views: 3966

Re: Poll: Atic Atac or Sabre Wulf?

Sabre Wulf, as I found it easier to play, learn and complete. There was the use of the cyan/red/purple flowers to zip through the sleeping hippos and bears. The natives as they would give small clues to where the amulet was hidden. Learning the flower bloom colour sequence is a must to zip through t...
by MatGubbins
Sat Dec 30, 2017 5:07 pm
Forum: Showcase your work!
Topic: Crap 0.1 first assembly project
Replies: 296
Views: 58265

Re: Crap 0.1 first assembly project

Well done and congratulations for getting this far with machine code. World domination will be soon on the list!
by MatGubbins
Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:59 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Another easy-peasy quiz
Replies: 19
Views: 4239

Re: Another easy-peasy quiz

Thanks for the quiz
by MatGubbins
Thu Dec 28, 2017 3:48 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Jilly's Farm Volume 1 - SokoBAArn!
Replies: 21
Views: 9086

Re: Jilly's Farm Volume 1 - SokoBAArn!

Good fun. Up to level 22 and easy going so far. I like the ability to push more than one haystack at a time, and I love designing Sokoban levels so will come up with some. At first I felt it was a bit of a waste to write your own isometric engine and use it for a Sokoban clone, but it's original, a...
by MatGubbins
Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:53 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Another easy-peasy quiz
Replies: 19
Views: 4239

Re: Another easy-peasy quiz

7 180
by MatGubbins
Wed Dec 27, 2017 11:21 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Another easy-peasy quiz
Replies: 19
Views: 4239

Re: Another easy-peasy quiz

2 room ten
by MatGubbins
Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:35 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best classic Speccy game beginning with A: vote
Replies: 13
Views: 3815

Re: The best classic Speccy game beginning with A: vote

R-Tape wrote: Mon Dec 25, 2017 7:22 pm I voted Ant Attack. Will post a full explanation why tomorrow, got to be quick, I'm hiding in the toilet while strictly come dancing is on. Send for he
he-man?
Ah, must be doing the turkey trotts on Strictly. I'm watching Carry On films (again).
As I'm here....out of that lot.... Ant Attack
by MatGubbins
Sun Dec 24, 2017 3:59 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Beginner's Sprite Tutorial
Replies: 66
Views: 20623

Re: Beginner's Sprite Tutorial

R-Tape wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2017 3:55 pm
PeterJ wrote: Sun Dec 24, 2017 7:36 am Don't get anything too big for me Dave!
I hope you like those chocolates shaped liked shellfish, I've got a box left over from last year :-p
But they were given to you from someone else that had them left over from the year before that! They must be Vintage!
by MatGubbins
Sat Dec 23, 2017 11:24 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Beginner's Sprite Tutorial
Replies: 66
Views: 20623

Re: Beginner's Sprite Tutorial

Very nicely done and written. There will probably be a big HEX/DEC argument, but you've kept it simple with DEC, making things easy for a beginner to understand the values when adding and subtracting without being bogged down in converting numbers and making extra mistakes. As with Bob Fossil's post...
by MatGubbins
Sat Dec 23, 2017 6:15 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: The Spectrum Show 68 Now Live
Replies: 6
Views: 2157

Re: The Spectrum Show 68 Now Live

A great episode. Very informative about the Elite keyboard and ups/downs surrounding it.