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An eye-opening collection of the old and the relatively new! But you know I'm going for Saboteur anyway... Carga de Profundidade by Micro Sistemas https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=zxdb/sinclair/entries/0036987/0036987-open-1.scr&border=0 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/...

Anyone fancy a pilgrimage ? It would kill an hour or so before heading to Cambridge where there's actually stuff to do. Heh, my employment for a Bedford-based IT company came to an end around this time last year. I had a lovely time working for them, for around five years but the grim reaper of red...

This is an odd one. A legend of the commercial era, due to creating and doing much of the Saboteur series. Then there's a LOT of homebrew stuff here, some of it still for sale: Carga de Profundidade by Micro Sistemas Garfield - Winter's Tail by The Edge Jam! by Teknamic Software Lil' Ninja by Joesof...

Rigel looks like a ZX81 game to me, are we putting zx81 games in the votes now? Oops! It is a ZX81 game, that's my mistake. As the title says, it's the best Speccy game, so no, I can't allow in ZX81 (or Sam Coupe and probably not Next) games. Thanks for spotting it! It'll be weeded out before I sta...

Still digging into the connections from Infogrames and Exxos, and I come across this label. I guess it has to be these thirteen games: Androide Awari Don Juans Et Dragueurs Intercepteur Cobalt Lombrix Macadam Bumper Manager Le Millionnaire Objectif Elysee Othello Painting Joe Panique Rigel ...but le...

Here's a two-horse race, 'cos it's Exxos! Captain Blood https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/c/scr/CaptainBlood.scr&border=0 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/c/CaptainBlood.scr&border=0 Purple Saturn Day https://www....

Yeah, I'm a bit late in launching the polls this Sunday but to be fair, I was in Poland this morning and I've just got back. Anyways, here are lots of games from a Durell coder: Combat Lynx by Durell https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/c/scr/CombatLynx.sc...

Sim City has swept the board here, getting 15 votes. In joint second place, we have Hostages and Vera Cruz, with six votes each. The Light Corridor and North & South have three votes each to be in joint third place. Mandragore and Sidewalk are joint fourth, with two votes each. Finally, someone ...

Commando has lobbed a grenade at its competition to easily win this one, with 28 votes. In a distant second place, we have Ghosts N Goblins, on eight votes. Marauder gained four votes to be third. Space Harrier is in fifth place, with four votes. Joint sixth, with two votes each, Gilligan's Gold and...

With Enduro Racer, they've not bothered with sprite masking - the pixels are just plonked on whatever's there, so that makes the graphics easier shift in a fast way.

Mpk wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 10:01 am Spectrum Priority Market Checklist
1 UK done
2 Germany done
3 Belgium done
4 Swaziland
5 France
6 Italy

Only West Germany, mind. You could try flinging some Speccy games over the Berlin Wall, but not sure how compatible it would be with their VEB Robotrons.

StooB wrote: ↑Mon Mar 04, 2024 9:32 am Yes he does.

Wow, so the qualifications clearly aren't remotely related to typography or graphic design.

It's honorable mentions all round when it comes to technical merit, but some of those other games are just too tough to be fun; I'm looking at you, Marauder and Ghosts n' Goblins. The thing is, the original arcade incarnation of Ghosts N Goblins was always tough, so I guess it's a case of being fai...

Posted today on the Spectrum For Everyone FB group by Jamie Laing...



I take it this is definitely still going, right?

Well, very very prolific for Durell! Combat Lynx by Durell Harrier Attack! by Durell Jungle Trouble by Durell Lunar Landing (magazine type-in) by ZX Computing Scuba Dive by Durell Sigma 7 by Durell Spitfire by Encore Thanatos by Durell Turbo Esprit by Durell Anything I've missed? Anything that shoul...

A brand acquired by Infogrames when they bought up rivals ERE Informatique (who I will also be doing a poll on soon). According to this website, ERE Informatique was "renamed from Exxos" . I think the other way round is nearer to the truth! Anyway, an easy one here, because Exxos on the ZX...

The Crystal Of Chantie, The (G.A.C. version) has won this, with four votes. In second place, one vote went to Dollars In The Dust. Only one proportional voter means my work in compiling the proportional results is easy, albeit not exactly reflective of the five voters in the phpBB poll: Dollars In T...

Knight Tyme 128K has got this, with eight votes! In joint second place, with five votes each: Finders Keepers and Spellbound. Spellbound 128K gains four votes to be third. And now, something outside of the Magic Knight series and indeed, outside of Mastertronic - The Fourth Protocol is in... fourth ...

1) Commando
2) Gilligan's Gold
3) Ghosts N Goblins

Vous avez sept jours pour voter pour votre(vos) jeu(s) préféré(s). Bonjour, je m'appelle Jean Claude. J'habite à La Rochelle. Rendez-vous à la page 37 du tome 2 de Tricolore. Hostages https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/h/scr/Hostages.scr&border=0 htt...

You've got seven days to muse over that Ghosts N Goblins screenshot and decide whether its awfulness is a factor in how you vote for that game. Oh and there are some others as well... Afterburner by Activision https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/a/scr/Aft...

International Cricket, though I don't know if it's an actual agreed license deal... https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/i/InternationalCricket.scr&border=0 Not a cricket fan at all, but I'm fairly certain 'Cornhill Insurance' was a highly prominent sponsor of the sport i...

That Wonka Experience feels pretty much like I felt after going to Cadbury World with my kids in about 2010. Okay, it's nowhere near as bad as that, but it's probably the most disappointing day out I've ever had. I/we had been wanting to go for years and I wasn't expecting Willy Wonka's Chocolate F...

You're probably gettign no likes because there is a lack of context. The only reason I "get" that picture now is that someone randomly posted a YouTube video of some bloke talking of that Glasgow Willy Wonka debacle on a Discord server I'm on. Since it's sorta UK news I doubt I would have...