Spectrum Computing

Re: Chaos - I always wondered why TURMOIL would cause you Speccy to crash if you had too much on screen. Does anyone know? I think it's this routine: https://zxnet.co.uk/spectrum/chaos/asm/8741.html But I can't get my head round it without a commentary (hint, hint :lol: ) I would've thought there sh...

I'd say that OotS is one of the more rogue-like... err... rogue-likes :lol: It takes a bit of getting used to because you enter most commands in text format (followed by ENTER). But the monsters don't wait..! They move in real time. I found it best to get used to moving at first. You type GO E (ENTE...

Cripes, some rather good games in this poll.

1. Scuba Dive
2. Saboteur
3. Turbo Esprit

I switched (1) and (2) in my head about 10 times before voting.

Oracle's Cave is ace, IMO possibly the best game I've played written (mostly) in BASIC. I liked the different quests with increasing difficulty. Only thing is I would've liked to have a bit of time to explore the caverns, but the time limit forces you to rush a bit. Druid is often mentioned as a Ga...

Jetbike Simulator?

I suspect it was just a misunderstanding.

Someone probably heard him say:

"I can get to the Vatican"

...which was misconstrued as meaning that he'd played Manic Miner.

Manic Miner - making that final jump into the exit box of the Solar Power Generator with a sliver of energy left.

About £20 has been my limit, and only for a very limited number of items (about a fiver seems right for a Speccy game I'd want to own and play). Also I'd noticed the majority of games that go for stupid prices seem to be rare-and-cra p, not rare-and-good (no Ultimate-related pun intended). About a d...

Wow, that Feud graphic looked familiar but I never noticed the houses had chimneys

5MinuteRetro wrote: ↑Thu Sep 21, 2023 2:01 pm I’m not here for an argument about it.

Yes you are

My surprise was to see Hyper Sports so far ahead of a few of the others by such a large margin. :) It's pretty highly regarded I think. I remember yonks ago that WoS world-cup-knockout-style Best Speccy Game Ever series of polls. Hypersports got all the way to the semi final, knocked out by (eventu...

Doh..! Was properly racking my brain as I knew I'd played it before, but I was totally convinced it was just darts rather than multi sport...

1. IK+
2. Death Star Interceptor
3. Last Ninja II

Some cool games in that list

1. Maziacs
2. 3D Tanx
3. Trap Door

Was going to guess Mindstone, but Crash liked that one I think, so probably not.

To be fair, if it were my SQL being run, the site would be down for a week...

That'll be Mr Freeze then I guess.

Greet Beret was always too hard for me. Me too..! I always thought it looked and played really well, but when we tried playing it recently for the High Score Comp * I didn't get off the first level. There are just too many flippin' enemies coming at you from all directions... :oops: * talking of wh...

1. Hypersports
2. Mikie
3. Cobra

ZX Computing covertape? Interesting.

Wow, it looks as if there was a competition where you could win a Saga 3 keyboard. I don't think I've ever seen any of those in the wild (or on eBay).

[Edit: ignore me, it's a Saga 3 Elite, they definitely exist but are still pretty rare...]

Looks like a slightly familiar logo at the bottom there, but I can't place it...

Cool, I like the Ant Attack one

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:15 pm Think of it, it's a really hard game...

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 7:49 pmalmost impossible

OK, so that'll be Dinamic then probably

Abu Simbel Profanation?

[Edit: Yep, looks like it..! If I'm right anyone feel free to jump in]

TMD2003 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 04, 2023 1:30 pmBut I'll at least squirt out another PLAY jukebox

Ah cool, will look forward to hearing 'Dancing mad' this year.

(That counts as one, right?)

Sir Fred?