Spectrum Computing

I haven't noticed they were all by the same person. These awesome designs, too, by the same man! https://www.binaryzone.org/thezone/thorpe/showjumping.gif https://www.binaryzone.org/thezone/thorpe/mikie.gif https://www.binaryzone.org/thezone/thorpe/daleysdecathlon.gif https://upload.wikimedia.org/w...

Such a talent. No one here could doubt that Mr Thorpe was responsible for many of the very best and most memorable Spectrum title screens of the 80s. One might even say we've lost the "grandfather of Spectrum art". Certainly, his work touched all our lives in one way or another and we pay ...

Totally awesome and highly impressive! You've added a nice new string in the Speccy's bow. And 4px horizontal scrolling is fantastic, given that many games scroll 8 pixels in all directions (and look fine). :dance If you ever need any AY music then I'm happy to help. The only thing that confused me ...

Some people just really enjoy punching dinosaurs. Each to his own.

Joefish wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 5:39 pm Err - can you perhaps photoshop one more brick into that image and re-post it?

Oops. Could have sworn that brick wasn't missing. Must have got poked out.

I added the arcade version of this to my RetroPie setup and was quite taken aback when I gave it a try recently! :shock: If you've ever wondered why the playing area sometimes seems quite small and there are large areas of brick wall background - well, let's just say, on the arcade original (unless...

What gorgeous graphics! I love the twinkly stars.

This is actually my fifth 'golden age' arcade conversion… Forgive my ignorance. Many of your previous games don't seem to have had a lot of exposure, which is a shame. The audio in your game is really fantastic and probably what stands out the most to me. Your "eat ghost" noise is even cl...

Incredible, this is so good! After all these decades of (great) Spectrum Pac-man games, it finally feels like the definitive version has arrived. Makes me wonder if you might tackle some other classic titles.

I remember the game looking like this:

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2024 1:21 pm Is correct! And actually, Juan's guess of Flunky was pretty close in that both games are 'butler-em-ups' (a small genre that includes Trap Door, any others?)

LOL. Does Jet Set Willy count as you basically seem like a servant to Maria?

I didn't have a problem with the top of a blender being called a shaker, it's basically just a big electric shaker.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2024 10:31 am Gremlins the Adventure

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Gremlins the Adventure

Arkanoid - Revenge of Doh

Everyone's a Wally Everyone's a Wall y Boy, it sure was hard finding a videogame containing a wall! :lol: This one's more tricky to guess the word. Can you get it? https://cdn.mobygames.com/screenshots/6490257-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-zx-spectrum-weird-walking-eyeball.png Teenage Mutant Hero Tu...

:D :D I always remember when Steve Wright was on in the afternoon on Radio 1 and he'd have some voice-over guy saying 'chaka demus and his arc welder' . I've no idea why but that really used to tickle me :D :D Ah I shall miss Steve Wright. Funny that I hadn't actually listened to him for years, but...

Nice nostalgic thread! :-) Sounds like some of you had fantastic introductory game packs to the Spectrum, especially Pete Prodge! Alas, my game pack was the Christmas 1986 Dixons Spectrum +2 bundle featuring ten mostly incredibly bland games… Mr Micro software: https://i.postimg.cc/9X9MzGcm/Untitled...

What a cute game, and gloriously fast!

Stefan wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 3:04 pm Make a chip

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Make a chip

Bubble Bobble

Rick Dangerous . https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/r/RickDangerous.scr&border=0 There are some visibility issues and poor colour choices—this is a game that would benefit from the @Ralf treatment. Personally I've always really loved the colours in Rick Dangerous.

Evil Genius wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 8:47 am Dynamite Dan II: Dr Blitzen and the Islands of Arcanum

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Dynamite Dan II: Dr Blitzen and the Islands of Arcanum

Rick Dangerous

Super Gran?

Alchemist Al chemist https://zxart.ee/image/type:prodImage/id:98212/filename:DraughtsGenius.webp Draughts Genius (A slightly dodgy answer but, hey, this is supposed to be fun! I was very tempted to go with Skool Daze again like in this earlier post , but I don't want this thread to be full of repet...

I can confirm that some "girls" in Speccy industry were not real . A wise man named Morpheus once said: "What If I told you everything you knew was a lie?" Though it turns out Morpheus never actually said this line, so everything you thought you knew was a lie. Plus Morpheus nev...

Prophyt wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 4:28 pm Wanted: Monty Mole

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Wanted: Monty Mole

(If this seems familiar: yes, I've literally re-used @Evil Genius's image from way back on Page 2 of this thread.)

Fantastic work! Yes, there have indeed been a few really great modern versions of this game lately, and they're all good, including… 2011 - Simon Owen's Pac-Man Emulator 2022 - Grongy 's excellent and cute Spekku-Man 2022 - Joefish 's beautiful and technically groundbreaking Gnash Man Party 2023 - M...

A good starting point is to check this lego montage from the recent thread: