Spectrum Computing

Matt_B wrote: ↑Wed Dec 22, 2021 10:57 pm

Pobulous wrote: ↑Tue Dec 21, 2021 4:23 pm Voyage into the Unknown - the cover art was pretty good.

I already mentioned that on the first page.

Mind you, good luck in finding something else positive to say about it.

It's ideal for putting a few small routines or a better game onto the tape.

Looks pretty, but yes, the snow kills the browser to zero....

Had a quick blast through everything this evening. Spent most of the time playing the excellent Greed, simple yet oh-so satisfying! SumItUp was a maths intensive challenge that proved I couldn't add simple digits to total 9 grrr! ElementZX had a few Speccy related comments in there that made me laug...

Looking back, my black & white hand-scanner on the Amiga was a bit crap, but somehow I got plenty mileage out of it. I guess I'm turning into one of those old codgers who tell you how they used to spend hours playing with only a cup-and-ball... Gotta agree with you there, I had the Power Comput...

Chuckie Egg:
Nope, doesn't do anything for me.

Nodes Of Yesod / Arc of Yesod / Robin Of The Wood:
You find it, we'll take it back from you.... again and again.

Bubu wrote: ↑Sun Dec 12, 2021 4:38 pm I_cant_remember_it_now = 22395

23295 is your friend (or 23296-1 for the rest of us)

At first I thought the controls were broken as I could only move left. Reloaded and tried another control method, the same.... another reload to try another control method. Yup, the ability to move in other directions have to be found. I've always ignored pop-up messages on any game to state that an...

clebin wrote: ↑Fri Dec 10, 2021 12:07 pm

That explains "Distribution denied".

Howard the Duck...
oh Lea!

Another charity shop find...

That is a great game. Shields and fuel for the hoverboard are picked up later in the game. Played it with EmuZWin, so I could use the roll-back function (yeah, a bit of cheating) to get through the entire game. It does have an end. If you do get to the giant squid thing make sure that you pick up th...

I remember seeing it in its double-box on the shelf in Boots, right next to the compilation 'Solid Gold' for just £1 more. That included Gauntlet itself, Infiltrator , Winter Games , Leaderboard and Ace of Aces . I still consider that £1 wasted to this day. :lol: Hey, Leaderboard is good! 😄 Only wh...

Cyberun and Lunar Jetman (Ultimate), is that the scrolling that you want?

Project Future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU9DZq300Y4

Grabs a riff from the original Battlestar Galactica theme music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzyHxYxc-Mo

Nice! Will that allow me to put all my Van der Graaf Generator albums in order?

Enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okWNg2pZkVI

MatGubbins wrote: ↑Thu Oct 07, 2021 8:25 pm I know sod all about cars......

That's my quote from a month or so ago.....

what type of car was it?
It was a red one officer
Ok, and the type?
It had 4 wheels... and was red
Hatchback?
Nah, that's a crap game
No....Who made it?
Ocean
What?

Yes, I'm useless at cars. Bring them on!

RIP Thanks Bernie for shuffling the pixels.

The static images are working great!!

Very well put together Pete. Enjoyed it! Great Giana Sisters.... Crash, Your Sinclair and Sinclair User had reviews, all three mags guilty of the same crime. Brown envelopes and all that. Then again, Your Sinclair with that YS Seal of Approval on the same ruddy page as the review. https://spectrumco...

It looks great... but just not my cup of tea - can't stand tea either. Ocean's Hunchback on the other hand, that is a pile of unplayble cack.

Avenger - Gremlin Graphics
Gothik - Firebird

Nightshade - Ultimate I ordered this direct from Ultimate when the first advert appeared in a magazine - probably saw it in PCW at a mate's house. Ultimate sent me a price list and couple of folded A2 posters of the game (I sold one of them many years later) in an envelope with a red Ultimate franki...

RIP Daren, thank you for the RZX archive.

It's definitely another of those games that's more fun to program than play. Hence, there are a lot of versions out there but you'd be unlikely to want to spend more than a few minutes with even the best of them. Once you've got the knack it's just a tedious exercise in repetition that grows expone...

That's got it!

Here's a bit more of it...