Spectrum Computing

Sebsplace wrote: ↑Mon Feb 26, 2024 11:45 pm Thank you, very kind. Do you have a channel?

It's in my signature here!

You wouldn't have this one in your list as 1. It's C+VG and 2. C+VG didn't have an Overall rating at the time, but it's possibly the only Speccy review of a game that goes into (averaged) negative marks territory: https://archive.org/details/ComputerAndVideoGamesIssue061Nov86/page/n23/mode/1up?view...

In hindsight this was not enough and I have also added you to the video description. I went down the rabbit hole of ranking the games and forgot to properly credit the original idea properly and for that I apologise. Thanks Seb. I do like quite a lot of your videos BTW and I'll eventually return to...

More generally, video game review scores have always had a problem where an average game is more likely to score around 60-70 and, once you get below 50, the numbers become pretty much arbitrary. Things like how much advertising the publisher has booked may play a role too. Speaking of which, has a...

Am I misunderstanding your thread title? You list games that scored way more than 10% from one or two of the magazines, as confirmed by the averages you mention, yet the thread is called "<= 10% from all three magazines"? To me "from all three" means "The game received a ra...

Los Angeles SWAT got awarded 26% by Crash and 2/10 by both SU and YS, so maybe that should be on the list? Nope, the parameters for inclusion is to be effectively rated 0%-10%. 26% is too high and 2/10 is effectively 20%. As utterly awful as LA Swat is, it's too high for this thread. Obviously the ...

Last year, I made a thread about all the games that got awards from all major ZX Spectrum magazines . It was titled 'The 52 games with awards from all three major ZX Spectrum magazines', as that's what I found in my initial calculation. However, it's actually 53, as I learnt when @zx4ever responded ...

They did a lot more on the CPC, you just need to look in the right places: https://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=database&lettre=all&lemot=Infogrames&r1=1&r2=1&r3=1&r4=&year=&compagnie=&cats=&dumplang=&xplayx=&titlescreen=&unepictold=&unepi...

Still in the Adventures section of YS #19 and Infogrames - not exactly known for any text adventures because it didn't make any - is mentioned because YS are doing that Compo On (Nearly) Every Page thing. Infogrames is of course a produit de France, tu vois. I was expecting them to be a big thing on...

Well, according to a search on this site, Keith Burkhill is responsible in part/fully for these Speccy games: Afterburner by Activision Back To The Future Part III Battle Ships by Hit-Pak Commando by Elite Exterminator by Audiogenic Galaxy Force by Activision Geebee Air Rally by Activision Ghosts 'N...

Super Chopper got this, with six votes!

In second place, Fred's Fan Factory - which got four votes.

We get a richer picture from the proportional results:

Super Chopper 6
Fred's Fan Factory 5
Shuttle Shock 5
Flip Flap 1
Loony Lander 1

Decathlon is by far the winner here, with 14 votes. Also from the Daley Thompson canon is Supertest, second-placed here, with five votes. Gryzor and Short Circuit are tied for third place, with 4 votes each. In fifth place: Cavelon, Dragon Ninja and Mr Wimpy - 2 votes each. Finally, sixth place goes...

AKA Devfinitive Edition (Gary Power): vote , because this software label was simply him and nobody else but him! One for the text adventurers of course... Crystal Of Chantie, The (G.A.C. version) https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/c/scr/CrystalOfChantieT...

Yeah, I know not everyone will be happy at how the 48/128 versions of Magic Knight games are being represented, and if I treated them 'as one' there still wouldn't be overall satisfaction - I think that'd be worse. This is the way I think it should be, it's certainly not without its faults. So, here...

Is that Daniella Westbrook as the sister? Made the mistake of Googling her name... Jesus! She should be a Faces Of Meth poster child. It is, according to Wikipedia and some Queen fan sites. (An old boss of mine knew her as a friend and pointed out the septum problem to me at a time when it wasn't w...

Okay, I'm going with separate releases, so at the moment, my proposed list is this: Bonkers by Procom Software Finders Keepers by Masterstronic Fourth Protocol, The by Hutchinson Computer Knight Tyme by Mastertronic Added Dimension Knight Tyme 128K by Mastertronic Added Dimension Spellbound by Maste...

Not sure why you've got Spellbound listed as two separate entities. :) Knight-Tyme and Stormbringer also have 128K versions in that case. I'm just going on how this website serves them up. I'm only familiar with the first 48K-only games because of that Sinclair User covertape! What should I be doin...

Still on page 86 of YS #19... Three tangible games, all text adventures, from this software brand, which is mainly a name for programmer Gary Power to sell his stuff: Crystal Of Chantie, The (G.A.C. version) Dollars In The Dust Terraform Let me know if there any errors, then I'll start the poll next...

I think the winner will be one of the Magic Knight series. However, these eight titles show there was more to him than just Magic Knight, although the three non-Magic-Knight titles here may not even attract a single vote. Anyways: Bonkers by Procom Software Finders Keepers by Mastertronic Fourth Pro...

Abu Simbel Profanation has won the poll, with eight votes. Army Move comes second, with five votes. Camelot Warriors is third, with three votes. Finally, we have Fernando Martin Basket Master, with two votes. Here are the proportional results: Abu Simbel Profanation by Dinamic Software 14 Camelot Wa...

Souls Of Darkon has won this, with 5 votes.

Super Pipeline II gained 3 votes.

Okey doke, on we go with this poll. Maybe you like a Super Chopper? Flip Flap https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/f/scr/FlipFlap.scr&border=0 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/f/FlipFlap.scr&border=0 Fred's Fan Facto...

Here we go... Cavelon by Ocean https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=pub/sinclair/screens/load/c/scr/Cavelon.scr&border=0 https://www.spectrumcomputing.co.uk/SCRtoImage.php?SCR=/conv_scr/c/Cavelon.scr&border=0 Daley Thompson's Decathlon by Ocean https://www.spectrumcomputing...

five minutes Batty by Hit Pak (Elite) I won't win, I know I won't win, but it's so enjoyable. fifteen minutes of spare time? 180 by Mastertronic I could just about complete it in that time. Even if I don't, I'll have done good. one hour Target Renegade by Imagine. Lose on first go. Do well on secon...