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by R-Tape
Fri Apr 05, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game of the day...
Replies: 597
Views: 96969

Re: Game of the day...

Heh you're playing it wrong blucey - think of it as relaxing car journey, with explosions. I definitely get why it's a marmite game though. Some will like the atmosphere and that it's not too difficult, but I can see why some would see it as a slog. Contrary to most - I like the game but not the mus...
by R-Tape
Thu Apr 04, 2024 10:40 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Dr. Acula
Replies: 43
Views: 1374

Re: Dr. Acula

uglifruit wrote: Wed Apr 03, 2024 9:33 pm I'm really enjoying this. And looking forward to the last one the trilogy "We're Wolves" due out in 2064.
There aren't many things I'd support on crowdfunding these days, but...
by R-Tape
Tue Apr 02, 2024 8:36 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Rossware: vote
Replies: 10
Views: 293

Re: The best Speccy game by Rossware: vote

I wonder if we'll get any mavericks voting for their earlier stuff. For some people that's always the best. I wonder if Stuart Ross is still a fruit graphic designer? StuRoss 8bit Fruit Design LTD made an honest living right up until a few years ago when AI spoiled the party. The Canary Wharf office...
by R-Tape
Tue Apr 02, 2024 5:50 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Rossware: vote
Replies: 10
Views: 293

Re: The best Speccy game by Rossware: vote

Hehe thanks Kryten :mrgreen:
by R-Tape
Mon Apr 01, 2024 10:37 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Penguin Attack
Replies: 4
Views: 329

Re: Penguin Attack

Pure arcade machine feel - it deserves that font!

Btw I've found a bug - sending you an email Andre.
by R-Tape
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:49 pm
Forum: SAM Coupé
Topic: The Lower Caverns
Replies: 19
Views: 872

Re: The Lower Caverns

Jbizzel wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 2:42 pm why was it changed? Seems like that level is almost as iconic as the whole game.
I'd like to know too. That rising and setting sun works well, but to miss out Eugene?

(I meant to post earlier, but I looked at the calendar and then the clock, and held back, just in case... :mrgreen: )
by R-Tape
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:42 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Game of the day...
Replies: 597
Views: 96969

Re: Game of the day...

The Nether Poppleton Treasure Hunt . Since it's been drizzling all day here, I enjoyed a few hours solving puzzles in Nether Poppleton. Both the game and author's names make me picture a quaint village in the 1950s, a bubble which not even my encounter with a local using a mobile phone could burst....
by R-Tape
Mon Apr 01, 2024 5:30 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Spectrum memes
Replies: 1235
Views: 200034

Re: Spectrum memes

TMD2003 wrote: Mon Apr 01, 2024 4:59 pm I see Dragon 32 colours... and from the text screen, at that. If only SCREEN 0,1 had been more useful...
Actually now you mention...orange and brown. At least the Dragon's black on green would be possible on the Speccy. Sorry @hitm4n you'll have to start again.
by R-Tape
Mon Apr 01, 2024 9:18 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: On The ZX Spectrum - A New Speccy Newsletter
Replies: 61
Views: 2917

Re: On The ZX Spectrum - A New Speccy Newsletter

It'll be interesting to see what happens to your subscribers from today's shock announcement @Wizwords :mrgreen:
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:26 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Spectrum memes
Replies: 1235
Views: 200034

Re: Spectrum memes

Image
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:16 pm
Forum: Graphics
Topic: Iconic Character Sprites
Replies: 80
Views: 3994

Re: Iconic Character Sprites

Bloody well done. As I said further up this thread, it's impressive how you just cracked on and did this. Looking forward to seeing it on the wall.

This will confuse archaeologists of the future though - it'll be mistaken for a Rosetta stone or tapestry of a great war :o
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:50 pm
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): vote
Replies: 12
Views: 414

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Fergus McNeil): vote

1 - The Big Sleaze 2 - Mindfighter 3 - The Colour of Magic My top spot goes to the Big Sleaze, despite looking at the solution and realising that I'd never make any progress! That didn't change the fact that it made me chuckle and I enjoyed playing it. I love my hardboiled PI stories, and it has all...
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:16 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Happy Easter folks!
Replies: 4
Views: 185

Re: Happy Easter folks!

Just looking through the archive for "easter", I found Easter Greeting , which wasn't typed in. Now remedied and added to the DB list: https://stonechatproductions.co.uk/zxgames/gameimages/EasterGreeting.gif And here's a temporary link to the TAP if you want to hear the glorious BEEP 0.1,6...
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 2:21 pm
Forum: Sinclair Miscellaneous
Topic: Happy Easter folks!
Replies: 4
Views: 185

Re: Happy Easter folks!

Happy Easter everyone!

Yep I'll go a slice of that Alessandro, but not before I've had my Chuckie Eggs.
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:59 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!
Replies: 44
Views: 1904

Re: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!

gabriele amore wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:53 am oh!... pfff!
had I noticed all these problems I would have not released teh game... :(
Fear not Gab - I completed it and didn't notice any bugs!
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:19 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Tanglewood Software: discussion
Replies: 2
Views: 77

Re: The best Speccy game by Tanglewood Software: discussion

You're an early bird today Prodge - has switching to BST messed with your biorhythms too?
PeteProdge wrote: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:01 am Sporting Combination
This one is a compilation of all the other games in the list.
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:15 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: The best Speccy game by Rossware: vote
Replies: 10
Views: 293

Re: The best Speccy game by Rossware: vote

This breaks Retrogaming Directive 6342.a in which appending a futuristic year at the end of a game title makes it better. 1 - Fruity 2 - Fruity 2010 3 - Fruity 2000 As always, fruit sims are a confusing mess of spinning fruit and flashing lights that I'll probably never bother to learn, but it's cle...
by R-Tape
Sat Mar 30, 2024 8:18 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Clebin's projects for 2023
Replies: 32
Views: 2030

Re: Clebin's projects for 2023

Glad to hear you've returned to this @clebin. I've just rewatched the vids from further up in this thread and I'd forgotten just how good it looked and how close you are. High hopes for this one :)
by R-Tape
Sat Mar 30, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Dr. Acula
Replies: 43
Views: 1374

Re: Dr. Acula

Brilliant! It's 1984 again, minus the sprite flicker :dance
by R-Tape
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Music
Topic: ZX Spectrum 48 beeper music colection
Replies: 20
Views: 873

Re: ZX Spectrum 48 beeper music colection

That sounds far too smooth and soothing for beeper!
by R-Tape
Wed Mar 27, 2024 7:40 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: Screen Shaver
Replies: 1
Views: 207

Re: Screen Shaver

He should have blacked out the PAPER and INK before starting - it spoils the surprise!
by R-Tape
Wed Mar 27, 2024 6:32 am
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!
Replies: 44
Views: 1904

Re: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!

gabriele amore wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:30 pm no that is "Hungry like the wolf" by Duran Duran :D
When Peter mentioned it further up the thread, I thought it meant the intro music and it was a classical reference :oops:
by R-Tape
Tue Mar 26, 2024 8:17 pm
Forum: Brand new software!
Topic: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!
Replies: 44
Views: 1904

Re: SHEEPISH-so much violence in the world of herding!

Superb! This is one of your best games Gab. Your trademark graphics are as gorgeous as ever, and you've got the playability spot on for me. The enemy behaviour is well judged too. They are pretty crafty when they change direction or decide to hang about. Great soundFX and music from Lee too - they r...
by R-Tape
Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:46 am
Forum: Games/Software
Topic: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): vote
Replies: 28
Views: 579

Re: Devfinitive Edition (Steve Crow): vote

1 - Starquake
2 - Firelord
3 - Wizard's Lair

Great games. I just wish they weren't spawnalots - you don't get a moment's peace to appreciate the scenery!
by R-Tape
Sat Mar 23, 2024 5:45 pm
Forum: Design/Ideas
Topic: Totally speculative bicolour 8x8 Jetman ideas…
Replies: 10
Views: 472

Re: Totally speculative bicolour 8x8 Jetman ideas…

Very cool UDG. It's funny how so simple an arrangement is obviously someone wielding a bloody big gun! ( Pew Pew :mrgreen: ) Is it supposed to be straddling more than one character cell? Because you've got too many colours per section in those pics. If you draw them in ZX-Paintbrush as a .btile, it ...