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stupidget wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 3:11 pm Is 27 somethig to do with driving a car? To me it sounds like a game I remember playing where a car was involved.

No it isn't.

redballoon wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 12:55 pm17. Toobin

Correct.

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Sat Dec 19, 2020 11:30 am11 Frost Byte

Yep.

1 Pyjamarama? Yep! Six left to get, and the max. of three guesses rule has been lifted: Sound 1 Pyjamarama Sound 2 Pssst Sound 3 Fairlight 128K Sound 4 Horace Goes Skiing Sound 5 Jack the Nipper Sound 6 Brian Bloodaxe Sound 7 Hunchback Sound 8 Project Future Sound 9 Stormbringer 128K Sound 10 Storm...

Stefan wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:41 pm10 Stormlord 2

Correct!

MrBlaz wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:19 pm

Daren wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 9:14 pm Incorrect.

24 - Fernando Martin Basket Master??

There are several games from Dinamic with tunes that sound too much alike

Correct!

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 8:21 pm 24 - Dustin

Incorrect.

Ok, the three guesses only rule no longer applies.

cmal wrote: ↑Fri Dec 18, 2020 4:41 pm 1 = Atic Atac
18 = Knight Rider

Both wrong I'm afraid.

21 - Marauder by Hewson. Correct. 18 - Robocop? 22 - Midnight Resistance 29 - Nebulus 18 is wrong, you got the other two right. 24- Phantomas 2/Vampyre Incorrect. 8 Project Future 12 Deactivators Correct! 14 Kosmic Kanga so.... nerrrr! Yep. Me too with 15. It's driving me crazy. I had it on the Ami...

There are two I know that haven't already been grabbed (Brian Bloodaxe and Gauntlet were taken), so: 3 = Fairlight, 128K version 13 = Fast Food, 128K version Both correct. 28 = Harrier Attack Correct. 29 sounds so familiar but I can't remember right now. :) I thought it was a Ninja Master, but it d...

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