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Myth?

Christmas Day 1983 - 48K rubber key'd. First game I played on it was Jetpac.

This year, when my Next arrives, I'm going to get the missus to wrap it up for me as a Christmas present. And the first game I'm going to play on it is Jetpac. Think it'll be a nice way to spend the 40th anniversary.

Unfortunately never went to one BITD - was a bit young for them I suppose and there was no chance in hell my parents would take me as they couldn't be arsed with anything outside of their own interests (there's a development here that I found out about very recently that I'm still quite bitter about...

Timmy wrote: ↑Mon Nov 13, 2023 2:41 pm 1. Three Weeks in Paradise. And I really don't care about the colour clash.

Threw Weeks I always remember as the first game that got rid of colour clash (that I took notice of) to be replaced with transparency at the behest of a setting. I don't remember seeing it before then?

1. Three Weeks 2. Stainless Steel 3. Smash TV Three Weeks I completed the day after I got it (i.e. day after release). I accidentally found the infinite lives cheat (SS, D and P when Wally's knocked down) when I mashed the keyboard in frustration. Completing it was pretty much a doddle after that. I...

Extreme?

Just done a quick database query on the Crash reviews which sometimes had a "Screens" value. Some that I don't think have been mentioned yet with 256+: Molecule Man; Project Future; Wizard's Lair; Labyrinthion; Covenant; Noah: 256 Avenger (Gremlin); Con-Quest: 300 On The Run; Head Over Hee...

bluespikey wrote: ↑Wed Nov 08, 2023 9:54 am Starquake is a great map. Its huge, but you learn to find your way around because of the different colours and rock types.

Nodes of Yesod is in a similar vein. 256 screens in that one.

1. Starstrike 2
2. Starstrike
3. Tank Duel

1. Academy - a masterpiece. Never played Tau Ceti (if you're wondering why it's not below). 2. Invincible Island - the second text adventure I ever played (after The Hobbit) and a decent one even if it is written in BASIC. 3. Earthlight - the only other Pete Cooke game I've played (well Micronaut On...

That's the Spirit?

Edit: Nope, that's definitely set entirely in new York. So it's not Ghostbusters either.

Even though I'm certain it isn't I'm going to take a punt at it purely based on the cyan and blue used like they are:

Aquaplane.

U - Fred (that had to appear somewhere given it's Juan )

R - Pyracurse

N - Herbert's Dummy Run

C - Harrier Attack

Splitting Images for me. I think it's one of the best 8-bit games ever made and by a mile the Speccy's best puzzler.

1. Renegade
2. Target Renegade
3. Combat School

Little shout-out to Pool as being the second game, after Jetpac, that I loaded into my Speccy.

Stefan wrote: ↑Fri Oct 13, 2023 3:04 pm 23A Impact

Oh come on - I must get the point for including the link!

Stefan should get the point because... I will admit to being a blatant, utter cheat.

I used my SQL skills to figure it out.

Hangs head in shame and gets coat...

23A - Impact

Hampstead!

Both correct - Jetpac and IK+.

Jetpac would have been better if Jetman was facing the other way like the loading screen. I did specify him facing left but the MS AI is a bit thick

Spoiler

three karate experts fighting ocean backdrop at sunset

Ha ha! This is great! Pretty sure this one's quite obvious: https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.g7D2Nwoyfa3T0HbblYib?w=270&h=270&c=6&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=ImgGn https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIG.SAheSpT15IcmnFzhe1Q.?w=270&h=270&c=6&r=0&o=5&dpr=1.5&pid=ImgGn an ast...

I think a game of the retro month is a great idea. Pete does highlight the date problem well though. How about just grabbing the unique titles from the three main mags per month and presenting those? If a particular title was reviewed earlier by one of the mags then simply exclude it as it's already...