Spectrum Computing

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?

blucey wrote: ↑Sat Sep 02, 2023 10:11 pm

...Looks like the beginning of a text adventure 8-bit version of Skyrim.

1. Match Day II
2. Match Day
3. 3D Combat Zone

blucey wrote: ↑Sun Sep 03, 2023 2:29 pm isometric games are rubbish 99% of the time.

Joefish wrote: ↑Fri Sep 01, 2023 2:07 pm No, the other enemies have googly eyes too.

I stand (or in this case, sit) corrected...

blucey wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 10:06 pm

I thought that was a weird crystalline alien head with beady eyes, didn't realise it was the ships projectiles...

Holy cock! How the hell did you manage to complete it? The parry isn't essential (but does make things a bit easier when you get the timing down) but I'm amazed you didn't even accidentally come across the weapon transform. Fair play to have completed it without using any of those! My Bloodborne st...

Holy guacamole (assuming that's correct).

A tiny graphic from a later part/level from an obscure budget game that I'd never heard of, whose archive entry has no screenshot map or YouTube video.

...Yet someone still manages to guess it

I think considering it has a whopping 512(?) screens, Starquake still definitely 'feels' do-able... I think I've managed about 6 core pieces, without using a map, and I'm probably a fairly average gamer. The more you play it the more recognisable the routes and areas become (though not as learnable ...

In a lot of cases I suspect it was a case of (a) the programmer being the only person to test their own game (while writing it) not realising how difficult it would be to the average player, and (b) reviewers tending not to criticise games for being too difficult. Having said that, I have two words ...

Dungeon and Souls BASIC game with a roguelike feel. Levels are procedurally generated, and it has a whole host of elements that anyone familiar with souls-like games will recognise (campfire base, defeat enemies to gain souls, the odd boss fight etc.). https://i.imgur.com/UtlBuKg.png I do like a go...