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by akeley
Thu Mar 28, 2024 9:16 am
Forum: Website
Topic: STM32 Bot
Replies: 10
Views: 324

Re: STM32 Bot

clebin wrote: Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:25 pm A little bit scary. If you never had any shred of doubt it was a bot - and not a weird fanatic with bad grammar - you obviously haven't spent much time on Amiga forums. :D
Hammer time? 8-)
by akeley
Wed Mar 27, 2024 11:37 am
Forum: Sales/Commercial
Topic: The Horace Collection | Kickstarter
Replies: 8
Views: 579

Re: The Horace Collection | Kickstarter

It's not a mullet, allright?
by akeley
Wed Mar 27, 2024 1:44 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
Replies: 31
Views: 511

Re: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum

Not minor by any means, but there's a chasm between us hardcore Speccy fans still using the platform to this day, and what the mass market of Speccy owners were doing back in the day. The reality is that most Speccy users were there for Robocop, Batman, Out Run, Platoon, Match Day, etc. I witnessed...
by akeley
Tue Mar 26, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
Replies: 31
Views: 511

Re: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum

So, wait, games like Chaos (plus all the other fare from JG), Stonkers, Nether Earth, Vulcan, or Lords Of Midnight are routinely ranked as pioneering and high on best-of lists, and yet the genre is supposed to be "minor" at the same time? As for removing Chaos I could sort of agree, I thin...
by akeley
Tue Mar 26, 2024 2:32 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum
Replies: 31
Views: 511

Re: DenOfGeek : The games that defined the Spectrum

blucey wrote: Mon Mar 25, 2024 6:20 pm Knight Lore is a garbage game
No, it isn't. Git gud 8-)

As for the list, it's pretty decent.
by akeley
Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:12 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Realms of Antiquity TI-99/4a
Replies: 7
Views: 252

Re: Realms of Antiquity TI-99/4a

I don't see any specific licence details in the docs. The game's author is a very "visible" person though. He is active on many forums and the game's developement was well documented and publicized. I doubt very much that he pulled a shady move and used the emulator without its author's pe...
by akeley
Sat Mar 23, 2024 6:14 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Realms of Antiquity TI-99/4a
Replies: 7
Views: 252

Re: Realms of Antiquity TI-99/4a

Thank you, you;re right, it's TI files wrapped in an emulator. I didn't read the page properly (sigh). Got it now, just trying to make it run on MiSTer's TI core is proving a bit tricky. This micro requires a lot of rom juggling involved in order to get any extensions going.
by akeley
Fri Mar 22, 2024 2:02 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Realms of Antiquity TI-99/4a
Replies: 7
Views: 252

Re: Realms of Antiquity TI-99/4a

It's a great CRPG. I see it's on sale for PC, which is nice, but I'd rather have the TI version. His link to the shop site seems to be broken though.
by akeley
Wed Mar 13, 2024 5:28 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
Replies: 15
Views: 489

Re: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote

Cryo was more successful because they rode the early CD-ROM release wave, but the games were mostly terrible, substituting awful CGI renders for decent gameplay. That's including Commander Blood, the sequel to Captain. The couple of pre-CD ones - Dune and KGB - are quite good though.
by akeley
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:11 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote
Replies: 15
Views: 489

Re: The best Speccy game by Exxos: vote

Loved Cap’n Blood but has no idea what I was doing! Similar here, though I was quite proud of myself when I made some progress and was able to actually play this game without any manual or magazine help at all. Overall, I think it's one of the better games on ZX Spectrum. It was an incredible feat ...
by akeley
Mon Feb 26, 2024 1:17 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The 20 games with a <= 10% rating from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines
Replies: 16
Views: 474

Re: The 20 games with a <= 10% rating from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines

But, as mentioned, anything below about 80% was magazine code for "not worth the time let alone the money" and just artificially high to keep publishers from pulling all advertising, That really sounds like a vastly exaggerated projection. In reality, I bet the scores between 60-80% were ...
by akeley
Sun Feb 25, 2024 11:58 am
Forum: Emulators
Topic: ZXDS 2.2.2 and 1.4.1
Replies: 9
Views: 455

Re: ZXDS 2.2.2 and 1.4.1

I really appreciate you're still working on it - it's my favourite emulator, and helps me immensely on my Quest To Play Every ZX Spectrum Game.
by akeley
Thu Feb 15, 2024 11:26 am
Forum: FPGA Devices
Topic: ZX-Uno General discussion
Replies: 106
Views: 7673

Re: ZX-Uno General discussion

Why not try just a standard VGA - VGA cable?

EDIT: sorry, scratch that, I was thinking about Uno +
by akeley
Fri Jan 26, 2024 11:55 am
Forum: Website
Topic: PDF manuals
Replies: 21
Views: 1503

Re: PDF manuals

Incredible stuff...nothing beats the original. I just DownedThemAll!, thanks a million.
by akeley
Tue Jan 23, 2024 2:26 am
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: SymbOS multitasking operating system for the Next
Replies: 19
Views: 1347

Re: SymbOS multitasking operating system for the Next

Impressive work! What's the ETA?
by akeley
Mon Jan 22, 2024 11:51 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Game Of The Year 2023 Final Vote
Replies: 25
Views: 3917

Re: Game Of The Year 2023 Final Vote

I did vote for Seraphima, along Wychewald and Speccy Soccer. I think it's got enough meaty gameplay going on there too alongside the eye candy and tech tricks. I'd prefer Wychewald to win, but am happy that a game from this underrepresented on the ZX genre got such big recognition anyway and gave Se...
by akeley
Thu Jan 18, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Atari 400 Mini
Replies: 15
Views: 898

Re: Atari 400 Mini

Checking now online, it may be Mule and Star Raiders are the games to try. These games are a real heavy hitters, alongside Seven Cities Of Gold and Miner 2049 er, plus a bunch of decent arcade ports. I think Atari 400/800 had the strongest lineup of all the micros (well, maybe bar Apple II) up till...
by akeley
Mon Jan 15, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: The World's Greatest Computer Games with Chris Tarrant (UK 1984)
Replies: 11
Views: 661

Re: The World's Greatest Computer Games with Chris Tarrant (UK 1984)

Mpk wrote: Sun Jan 14, 2024 8:31 pm 25 minutes to load a game!
True story with some titles on C64, and I think also Atari 8 bit.
by akeley
Sun Jan 07, 2024 11:03 am
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Tenager claims to be first to beat Tetris
Replies: 23
Views: 1067

Re: Tenager claims to be first to beat Tetris

Since the main theme here is "obsessive", let me pedantically point out that apparently it's possible to reach level 255, so technically he didn't totally beat the game, "just" set a new milestone 8-) I must admit I always have mixed feelings when I read these kind of stories (sp...
by akeley
Fri Jan 05, 2024 3:27 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Retro Gamer article about coding for NES
Replies: 1
Views: 197

Retro Gamer article about coding for NES

Quite an interesting, in depth read about how it was to code for NES back in the Eighties: https://www.gamesradar.com/nes-devs-discuss-the-process-of-creating-classic-retro-games-that-defined-a-generation/ There's a Spectrum/UK connection because it features quotes from people who worked for Rare (P...
by akeley
Thu Jan 04, 2024 7:51 pm
Forum: Music
Topic: Blasphemy! Your favourite C64 SID chiptunes...
Replies: 14
Views: 789

Re: Blasphemy! Your favourite C64 SID chiptunes...

Commando High Score music is probably my favourite tune of all time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=La9XUa4iwpE I think the Spectrum AY main Commando gameplay tune holds its own against C64 but this piece is sadly not included (just the main theme plays over HS too). As for Jeroen Tel... the saying...
by akeley
Wed Jan 03, 2024 6:58 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: Tenager claims to be first to beat Tetris
Replies: 23
Views: 1067

Re: Tenager claims to be first to beat Tetris

Tetris is definitely not a "Nintendo game", no matter how "classic" the NES version is.
by akeley
Tue Jan 02, 2024 12:33 pm
Forum: Design/Ideas
Topic: Mickey Mouse goes public domain, but not quite
Replies: 7
Views: 648

Re: Mickey Mouse goes public domain, but not quite

PeteProdge wrote: Tue Jan 02, 2024 8:48 am Image
Sorry, Mickey, but while these things can indeed be pretty bad in 2024 they are definitely not exactly as bad as they were 100 years ago ;)
by akeley
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:23 pm
Forum: ZX Spectrum Next
Topic: Saboteur on the NEXT
Replies: 5
Views: 844

Re: Saboteur on the NEXT

This seems to have been released in the UK recently(?). Anybody tried it yet?
by akeley
Mon Jan 01, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: Other Retro Stuff
Topic: 50 Times CRASH glitched! (Part 1)
Replies: 4
Views: 375

Re: 50 Times CRASH glitched! (Part 1)

It's a nice article, although the ratings for the first 10 or so entries I read about don't really seem that controversial (and yes, I include 8/10 for Chaos and Chuckie Egg here).