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by Evil Genius
Sun Mar 17, 2024 6:09 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

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I'm off to the shops, post a new one when I get back. Assuming that is the right answer, of course!
by Evil Genius
Fri Mar 15, 2024 11:49 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

5th pic :shock:

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No, not a Gauntlet clone
by Evil Genius
Wed Mar 13, 2024 8:33 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

No takers? Ok, 4th pic:

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This is from a major software house, didn't score well in reviews, and perhaps it's most recognised screenshot is not from the main game but from the between-level menu, which I haven't shown you yet ;)
by Evil Genius
Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

It isn't Fat Worm.

3rd pic:

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by Evil Genius
Tue Mar 12, 2024 8:24 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

A different part of the same screen. This is from a major software house btw.
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by Evil Genius
Tue Mar 12, 2024 1:59 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

stupidget wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 6:55 amHeartland?
5MinuteRetro wrote: Tue Mar 12, 2024 11:25 am I'll be annoyed if it is Heartland because I thought that immediately this was posted. Then I took a quick look at the map and thought: "Nah.". But yeah, I still kinda think Heartland.
No, not Heartland. Expanded image coming up soon.
by Evil Genius
Mon Mar 11, 2024 11:01 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

....which looks like Asteroids with unnecessary crapness added.

New one:

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by Evil Genius
Mon Mar 11, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

by Evil Genius
Fri Mar 08, 2024 4:15 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Spectrum memes
Replies: 1235
Views: 204983

Re: Spectrum memes

Isn't Sadako's neck already broken?
by Evil Genius
Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:44 pm
Forum: Programming
Topic: Simple path finding algorithm in assembler
Replies: 33
Views: 884

Re: Simple path finding algorithm in assembler

Idle curiosity: can this be adapted for multiple terrain types with differing movement costs, even at a limited range of say, 6 or 8 hexes?
by Evil Genius
Mon Feb 26, 2024 5:44 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

Is that the whole game? Ride around town on a motorbike and execute some kids robbing an off-licence :shock:
by Evil Genius
Sun Feb 25, 2024 7:07 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Iconic Character Sprites
Replies: 80
Views: 4116

Re: Iconic Character Sprites

And how are your thumbs?
by Evil Genius
Mon Jan 29, 2024 1:58 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

MatGubbins wrote: Mon Jan 29, 2024 12:02 amFlash Gordon
Correct!
by Evil Genius
Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:51 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

SteveSmith wrote: Sun Jan 28, 2024 11:13 pm A long shot, but Terror Dactyl 4D?
Good guess but not the one.
by Evil Genius
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:53 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

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by Evil Genius
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Tall tales about the spectrum
Replies: 39
Views: 2007

Re: Tall tales about the spectrum

Once,at school, a fellow pupil told me he altered the code in double dragon so that the heroes had spikes on their knees and the game was hacked so that their knee was a fatal move and blood(!) Came out of the injured enemies. I borrowed the tape which this game was on....it was blank. He just refu...
by Evil Genius
Sun Jan 28, 2024 2:54 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Guess the screen$
Replies: 7898
Views: 239286

Re: Guess the screen$

My first thought was Glass, but it isn't that. on a hunch i just checked Paul Hargreaves other games and it's The Roads of Plexar
by Evil Genius
Wed Jan 24, 2024 11:14 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Games that made good use of FLASH
Replies: 26
Views: 1591

Re: Games that made good use of FLASH

The game Motte and Bailey was mentioned in another thread, great loading screen

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by Evil Genius
Wed Jan 24, 2024 10:59 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Management games
Replies: 24
Views: 4478

Re: Management games

Twig wrote: Wed Jan 24, 2024 7:27 pmI tried Britain Ltd., but I don't really know what I'm doing.
You sound ideally qualified for the real job!
by Evil Genius
Sat Jan 20, 2024 9:51 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Iconic Character Sprites
Replies: 80
Views: 4116

Re: Iconic Character Sprites

"Loading Facebook SDK. You will need to disable any adblocker, privacy extension, or built-in tracking protection." Ah :? Yeah. Obllocks to that. But if you quote the post you can see the original FB link, and just copy that to a new tab. This is the pic https://i.postimg.cc/bG33GbS5/4197...
by Evil Genius
Sat Jan 20, 2024 4:47 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Iconic Character Sprites
Replies: 80
Views: 4116

Re: Iconic Character Sprites

For the light side:

Saboteur
Exploding Fist
Lords of Midnight
Robocop (II)
Spy vs Spy

For the Dark Side:

Jetman
"Daley Thompson"
Thanatos (might be too big of course, unless you can balance it up with one of similar size on the other side)
by Evil Genius
Fri Jan 19, 2024 4:10 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: New forum game -- Spectrum graphics in the real world?
Replies: 145
Views: 5717

Re: New forum game -- Spectrum graphics in the real world?

bluespikey wrote: Fri Jan 19, 2024 11:23 am wooden barrels Image
Turn them on their sides and they become secret passages
by Evil Genius
Mon Dec 25, 2023 10:23 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: My new game: Tobit
Replies: 7
Views: 544

Re: My new game: Tobit

Isn't that what a Yorkshireman calls the prequel to The Lord of the Rings?
by Evil Genius
Sat Dec 23, 2023 7:06 am
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023
Replies: 124
Views: 2436

Re: Friday Quiz: Christmas MegaQuiz 2023

2.16 Enigma Force loading screen

4.7 Starquake