Spectrum Computing

Mpk wrote: ↑Tue Oct 17, 2023 9:29 pm That's nothing like Zorro!

More like Blue Thunder, maybe?

I'd guess "Cyclone".

I tried another one. It gave me 4 choices and I couldn't chose, so you get all four ... but I suspect even the worst would've been enough :lol: https://i.imgur.com/FrkL3SY.jpg The prompt was; Seen from above, a mole dressed in a aviator outfit climbing into a biplane placed in the foreground. he is ...

This one should be easy;

The_Guy222 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 10, 2023 10:39 pmLike, imagine what a Commodore 64 NEXT would be like. 99% compatibility with C64, but options to have processor ramped up to 8 or 12 Mhz or something, 512 KB RAM or more, dual SID or better, a VERA-like chip.

... and even more brown

equinox wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 10:09 pm10 NEW

Well, to be precise that command doesn't crash the Spectrum - it resets it. Big difference

Cobra is the best technical achievement, but I still prefer the look and gameplay of Hysteria . But ... Cobra has an excellently animated burger in it. How can that be bad? :lol: Still though, it's hard to choose between his games - most of them are very good, but I agree that Cobra is a fantastic ...

I noticed this shop yesterday, so today I stopped and took a picture.
Perhaps I should go in and ask for the location of any Orolas (the small aliens that you're supposed to collect in the game)

Mpk wrote: ↑Tue Aug 29, 2023 1:20 am Nobody's taking about Jon Ritman in his very own thread.

We'll make the best of a bad situation and talk about him when the thread subject is The Oliver Twins instead

PeteProdge wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 11:49 am Jon Ritman is listed as a creator (not the only one) for Dark Star; Forbidden Planet and On The Run.

Oh, I see. I didn't know that. Has it been confirmed though? Does anyone know what his contribution to those games were?

If this is supposed to be about Jon Ritman ... then why on earth do you have some Design Design stuff in the list?

Head Over Heels is an interesting debate - I personally wouldn't have rated it anywhere nearly as highly as Crash did. I agree with you. Well, I will rate HoH very highly due to its technical execution - it's big, has lots of rooms and creatures and innovative gameplay ... but I just never enjoyed ...

Some of Chris Kerry's games would look better with a lot less colour, and some shading/details instead. Agree, I've applied the "less colour" idea to Jack and the Beanstalk, but I'm confident that it'll work perfectly for Monty is Innocent, Giant's Revenge and most of his other games too ...

Einar Saukas wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 2:34 am A modern example (that looks amazing):

https://store.steampowered.com/app/916730/Gato_Roboto/

Indeed, that looks fantastic

Many years ago, I released a utility called Spectrum Graphics Editor for viewing and editing graphics in Speccy snapshot files. It's still available on the old Retrospec site, but it doesn't play nice with modern versions of Windows... I still use it. Sure it could use a bit of an improvement, but ...

StanVanman wrote: ↑Sun Jul 16, 2023 12:47 am Do you live next to a waterfall?

Nice interview. I was writing with Stephen Cargill (probably) about 15 years ago, with the intention to get an interview with him into Retro Gamer Magazine, but as far as I remember - although he said "yes" he never really seemed that interested, so I never pushed the agenda further. But i...

He just won a guy with 1700 international ELO. So, what you're saying, is that he won a grown up person that he can take home with him? Can this person function as a slave, or will he only be available for playing chess? ... and since his father is okay with it, how does his mum feel about that? :l...

I would say probably Dingo . I was my first game for the Speccy and I really enjoyed re-learning Z80 and slowly (but surely) getting things working better and better. Back in the day it would obviously have to be released under the Ultimate brand and around the time of their 16K games ... and I'm su...

There is also a really good version on the C64 that I play (emulated) from time to time.

"Two more variants"?
Well, how about describing what makes them different?

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/k/KingsValley.scr&border=0 King's Valley ? Far from a perfect hit, but I do recall a poke to remove the background. Well, when you say " Far from a perfect hit " I say " That's precisely it " :) Thanks Buddy :)

I also posted this on WoS earlier today, but that hasn't given me the right answer yet, so I'll try here too. I've been meaning to play this platform game again, but I can't seem to remember its damn name. I can't remember much, but here's what I think I remember. Usually when I see a picture of it,...

redballoon wrote: ↑Sat Dec 31, 2022 12:27 pm A Spectrum version of Advance Wars had been on my list of projects to work on at some point for well over a decade now ...

Hah, me too. I love Advance Wars on the GBA.

I've always loved Dingo, released for the arcades by Ultimate ( before the Spectrum years, IIRC). Converted by Tardis Remakes: https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/27162/ZX-Spectrum/Dingo https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/d/Dingo.scr&border=0 Thank you, I'm happy, th...