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- Mon May 20, 2024 7:01 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Let's see if I can beat Scrabble Deluxe on highest level then
- Replies: 47
- Views: 884
Re: Let's see if I can beat Scrabble Deluxe on highest level then
Ok, start a new game and give us more time for suggestions. This could be fun.
- Sun May 19, 2024 3:24 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have many Roguelikes?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 339
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have many Roguelikes?
I wanted to reply but then remembered my old post on the subject ... I've spent nearly 3 decades playing normal games. I recall briefly toying with Rogue on ZX in the 90s, it was kind of addictive but I couldn't understand what it's all about and why am I not allowed to save? This was pre-internet s...
- Sun May 12, 2024 11:58 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Dinamic Software: vote
- Replies: 34
- Views: 627
Re: The best Speccy game by Dinamic Software: vote
1.Dustin - what a legend of a game. When I was a kid I was sure it's based on Papillon, but somebody dispelled that notion in the forum era (I still want to believe thou) 2. After The War 3. West Bank They were silly and impossible, but I actually did enjoy Game Over, AMC, Navy/Army Moves, in a way....
- Sun May 12, 2024 10:17 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: The best Speccy game by Dinamic Software: vote
- Replies: 34
- Views: 627
Re: The best Speccy game by Dinamic Software: vote
It's simple, Game Over.
Wait, what, you mean the best game, not the best cover?
Wait, what, you mean the best game, not the best cover?
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:15 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1028
Re: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
V1.2 is up....most likely the "final" one. This update adds Crash Top 100 list plus additional games from it (10). It's a bit weird list - see above - but it's Crash, so I guess we need it too for posterity. But it also shows that Your Sinclair readers were a much more refined bunch, har h...
- Fri May 10, 2024 3:10 pm
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Guardian article on the best video games magazines
- Replies: 16
- Views: 334
Re: Guardian article on the best video games magazines
I think it's actually not a bad mix at all, and it cleverly covers all bases. I would place my favourites (YS & ACE) much higher, but then it's not my list. And yeah, Edge, despite its perceived stuffiness and some hilarious mishaps ( GTA 3 - 7/10 lol) probably does deserve the #1.
- Fri May 10, 2024 1:01 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1028
- Fri May 10, 2024 11:10 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1028
Re: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
Looking closer at the Crash list generates another "what were they smoking?" question, this time of a more editorial nature. Both Renegades and SWIV seem to have double entries...how on Earth can you miss an error like that? It's a top 100 list, not 1000 ;) Or is it me, missing something o...
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:21 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games you played the most with friends?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 462
Re: Games you played the most with friends?
Hah, indeed, playing it should be included into a Citizen Test, voting rights, or some such
- Fri May 10, 2024 9:03 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Which has more games... Spectrum or C64?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 128
Re: Which has more games... Spectrum or C64?
This is a rather tricky question, but the short answer always will be "C64". My usual quick'n dirty metric is looking at the Gamebase collections, since they're very accurate and adhere to 1G1R principle. The latest one for the ZX (v5 by Manguan) counts 15200 and GBC v17 has 28500 entries....
- Fri May 10, 2024 8:02 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 917
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
I guess one reason it didn't have a 'proper' 3D FPS is because of the control method. You need one for movement of the person and one for the directions. Without a mouse, I can't see how this would work. Nah, mouse was only needed for later, fully 3d fps games which had freelook, starting with Quak...
- Fri May 10, 2024 3:45 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 917
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
I'd insist that flight sims, and also assorted 90-degrees games don't really qualify as they're different genres (though some borderline cases like Zig Zag could maybe be called "proto" fps). Catch 23 (and Cholo too) looks amazing, can't believe I've never heard of it before - and that it'...
- Thu May 09, 2024 12:51 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 917
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
I think it's rather important to define an "fps" as having a smooth 360 degrees freedom of movement in some sort of corridor-based environment. Otherwise the list of games which clearly don't qualify (various dungeon crawlers, sims, or even Op Wolf-likes) will be endless. On the ZX, I gues...
- Thu May 09, 2024 7:00 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Games you played the most with friends?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 462
Re: Games you played the most with friends?
Me and my best friend (R.I.P Pusin) were both broke and before we could finally afford our Spectrums we would haunt one sailor-dad (ie rich) dude who had a +2, which in itself was a status symbol. We went there at least a few times a week but, strangely, I don't recall playing any multiplayer games....
- Wed May 08, 2024 4:41 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Hidden message in Predator
- Replies: 14
- Views: 370
Re: Hidden message in Predator
I know you can "bodge" something (2nd language here) but I've never heard that used to describe a person(s). Cute. Especially considering its origin is from wood-dwelling chair makers (probably a rough lot), so it's a clever way to poke fun at fellow coders.
- Wed May 08, 2024 2:16 pm
- Forum: ZXDB Discussion
- Topic: Manic Miner/Jet Set Willy no longer available
- Replies: 45
- Views: 1742
- Wed May 08, 2024 10:23 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Any CPC Wiki forum users?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 433
Re: Any CPC Wiki forum users?
Thank you! PM sent. I'm not terribly active on that forum but like to have a look from time to time, and mostly I'm just curious why this refuses to work. My guess would be it's something a bit deeper in the interwebs and perhaps outside of Gryzor's jurisdiction. Eg flagging connections from Asia as...
- Wed May 08, 2024 5:59 am
- Forum: Other Retro Stuff
- Topic: Any CPC Wiki forum users?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 433
Re: Any CPC Wiki forum users?
Nobody willing to help?
- Tue May 07, 2024 10:16 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1028
Re: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
Thank you. I actually did look at the index pages of these issues but somehow managed to miss the lists. I blame the Nineties web design ;) I must say that Crash list is even more WTF than Stu's YS one. If you look at the top 30 it's all about action games and Dizzy, with some rare outliers such as ...
- Tue May 07, 2024 4:09 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
- Replies: 19
- Views: 1028
Re: ZX Spectrum Top 100 games collection (feat. 274 titles)
I look at Crash's Top 100 list, but it's only 50-1. Am I missing something here or is it really only top 50? Well the article says "the ultimate chart of your all-time fave 50 Speccy games" so I guess it is...just wonder why they called it that, or is there a real Crash Top 100 out there s...
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:37 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
- Replies: 33
- Views: 917
Re: Why didn't the Spectrum have an FPS?
I think 3D Seiddab Attack from Hewson is quite interesting (at least for 1984).
- Mon May 06, 2024 4:18 am
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: "Cleaner" - graphics problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 232
- Sun May 05, 2024 4:33 pm
- Forum: Games/Software
- Topic: "Cleaner" - graphics problem
- Replies: 4
- Views: 232
"Cleaner" - graphics problem
There's a game called Cleaner: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/2 ... um/Cleaner
When I tried to run it (emulators & FPGA) , the gfx is displayed as capital letters. But the screenshots show normal graphics.
When I tried to run it (emulators & FPGA) , the gfx is displayed as capital letters. But the screenshots show normal graphics.
- Mon Apr 29, 2024 2:13 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: playing tap through audio cable from phone
- Replies: 15
- Views: 661
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 12:36 pm
- Forum: Hardware
- Topic: PIMP MY SPECCY! Pick your ultimate ZX Spectrum set up
- Replies: 2
- Views: 196
Re: PIMP MY SPECCY! Pick your ultimate ZX Spectrum set up
I dunno, if I had unlimited cash I'd probably buy a Commie + floppy drive (or Amiga, depending on the year) :D Seriously though, it'd be rather mundane: -Spectrum +3, for the FDD &, more importantly RGB -a decent tape deck -a decent pair of joysticks, probably CompPro or similar -and I'd splash ...