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Van_Dammesque wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:25 am 4 - Horrace Goes Skiing
29 - Mikie
30 - Gauntlet

4 and 30 are correct, 29 is wrong.

Pegaz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:59 am 02. Pssst
18. Batman the movie
25. Ollie&Lisa

2 and 25 are correct, 18 is wrong.

5MinuteRetro wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:08 am

Daren wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:09 am Sound 7

7. Hunchback

Correct, but already answered by GreenCard.

All correct so far.

Below are 30 snippets of tunes/ditties/sound effects (mostly tunes) taken from speccy games. Name the games! RULES: 1. Maximum of three guesses per person. 2. No editing of posts. If making another guess, create a new post! Sound 1 Sound 2 Sound 3 Sound 4 Sound 5 Sound 6 Sound 7 Sound 8 Sound 9 Soun...

PeterJ wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:28 pm

Daren wrote: ↑Wed Dec 16, 2020 8:07 pm All the Zoom meetings I've been in lately (no one has the paid version) have let you go passed 40 minutes. You get a message saying you can carry on.

Thanks @Daren,

Are you joining us?

Sure, why not?

All the Zoom meetings I've been in lately (no one has the paid version) have let you go passed 40 minutes. You get a message saying you can carry on.

Zblast SD
Zbylut Owrzodzien w Kamiennym, Kurwa, Zajebanym Czarcim Kregu
ZHL
Zoe's Adventure
Zombi Terror
Zombie Calavera Prologue
Zombo
Zukinox
ZX Striker
ZX Wonky One Key
ZXombies: Dead Flesh

f*** me, this is beautiful!

The Final Matrix. A huge mf of a game.

Starglider 128k used a loading scheme which split the data into several dozen blocks. Each block had a header, which when combined together they took a significant amount of time to load, almost as much as the actual data. I think Bubble Bobble had the same loading scheme.

I did some tests many years ago in a similar thread on t'other forum: https://worldofspectrum.org/forums/discussion/comment/91363/#Comment_91363 For single-loading commercially released games, in descending load time order: Starglider 128k: 14 mins 22 sec DT's Super Test 128k: 12 mins 06 sec Where T...

X=Y=Z
Xelda 1: Quest for the Golden Apple
Xyzolog

19 - The Untouchables

There's the Weetabix game: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/5 ... e_Titchies

Wake Me Up!
Wiwo Dido: The Case of the Lost Keys
Wunderwaffe

1 - Mikie?

18 - Carrier Command 26 - Bionic Commando Both correct. And that's a wrap! https://i.imgur.com/u3vJqW5.png Thanks for the feedback, was fun making it. Sound 1 (Where Time Stoood Still) Sound 2 (Future Games) Sound 3 (I Ball II) Sound 4 (Knight Lore) Sound 5 (Atic Atac) Sound 6 (Cookie) Sound 7 (Chu...

10. Pang! Correct! Just 18 and 26 to get... Sound 1 (Where Time Stoood Still) Sound 2 (Future Games) Sound 3 (I Ball II) Sound 4 (Knight Lore) Sound 5 (Atic Atac) Sound 6 (Cookie) Sound 7 (Chuckie Egg) Sound 8 (Head Over Heels) Sound 9 (Heartland) Sound 10 (Pang) Sound 11 (Exolon 128K) Sound 12 (Mi...

13. Daley Thompson's Decathlon 20. Stop The Express 27. Fruit Machine Simulator All correct! Just three left to get: Sound 1 (Where Time Stoood Still) Sound 2 (Future Games) Sound 3 (I Ball II) Sound 4 (Knight Lore) Sound 5 (Atic Atac) Sound 6 (Cookie) Sound 7 (Chuckie Egg) Sound 8 (Head Over Heels...

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 11:19 am 24 - Avalon
22 - Tapper

Erm, that's four guesses Mr Ramirez!

Those two are correct.

Vampyre wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:58 am 14 - Auf Weidersehn Monty
17 - Splitting Images/Split Personalities

6 is driving me mad - I know that! Edit: is it Cookie?

All correct. Eight to go...

17 - Ping Pong 21 - Glider Rider (and crafty if so, because it's not the main tune... but it sounds like the bit when it gets frantic during the bombing bit or whatever it is -- it's been 30-odd years since I played it!) Both wrong unfortunately. MrBlaz correctly guessed 21 just before you. 11 left...

MrBlaz wrote: ↑Fri Nov 06, 2020 10:21 am 1- Where Time Stood Still
11 - Exolon (128k)
21 - Operation Wolf (128k)

That's a brilliant quiz!!!

All correct.

30 - Robin of the Wood Correct! 14 left, over half way there! Sound 1 Sound 2 (Future Games) Sound 3 (I Ball II) Sound 4 (Knight Lore) Sound 5 (Atic Atac) Sound 6 Sound 7 (Chuckie Egg) Sound 8 (Head Over Heels) Sound 9 (Heartland) Sound 10 Sound 11 Sound 12 (Mikie) Sound 13 Sound 14 Sound 15 (Way o...