The best Speccy game by Softek: vote

Haven't played any of these but I find it ironic that Tim Langdell was so sh*t hot on his rights to the word 'Edge', but clearly spent his early days in software shitting on everyone else's IP by cloning them for profit.

Ninja edit: the automatic profanity filter here appears to be fucked.

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:22 pm

DouglasReynholm wrote: ↑Sun Nov 17, 2019 6:14 pm Haven't played any of these but I find it ironic that Tim Langdell was so sh*t hot on his rights to the word 'Edge', but clearly spent his early days in software shitting on everyone else's IP by cloning them for profit.

Without naming any names, it's funny how a very recent case about IP ownership is centred around three Spectrum games that rip off well-known arcade classics. It has a whiff of 'receiving stolen goods' about it. Anyway...

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Sun Nov 17, 2019 7:03 pm

1 - Joust. Not a bad clone of the arcade game
2 - UGH! cute

No idea of the rest of games!

WIWC · Post by **WIWC** » Tue Nov 19, 2019 9:03 pm

I used to like Joust.

1) Joust
2) Microbot
3) Starblitz

Hank Scorpio · Post by **Hank Scorpio** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 1:36 am

1Joust
2 Megapede
3 Ugh!

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:50 pm

Well that's something good about The Edj—it gave us Microbot!

1 - Microbot. It's an original idea/theme, and is the most polished and playable of the games here. Maybe [mention]Cosmium[/mention] could do an DX version someday

2 - Starblitz. A properly executed shooter with scrolling. Neither applies to Firebird.
3 - Joust. Not a big fan of Joust games, but it's a decent one.
4 - Ugh. Looks good, polished. The controls? WTF?!!

Morkin · Post by **Morkin** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:59 pm

Gawd, don't know any of these. Might have a go at a few.

R-Tape · Post by **R-Tape** » Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:06 pm

Morkin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:59 pm Gawd, don't know any of these. Might have a go at a few.

Just vote for Microbot.

toot_toot · Post by **toot_toot** » Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:36 pm

Softek games always seemed to end up in the bargain bin market stalls by the late 80s, usually for about a quid each, so I ended up with quite a few of them! I remember Joust and Repulsar being quite good.

Although is Ostron not just the same game as Joust, but clearly renamed due to it blatantly stealing the name?

Joust!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIsuAOSwgrI

Ostron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76hJqgW800E

Juan F. Ramirez · Post by **Juan F. Ramirez** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 6:57 am

Oh no! A triple draw!

Please, vote to break the draw! Watch the video! Joust is not that bad!

toot_toot · Post by **toot_toot** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 3:54 pm

Seeing as Ostron and Joust are the same game, surely those votes should be counted as one???!?!?

hitm4n · Post by **hitm4n** » Fri Nov 22, 2019 10:06 pm

The version i had was Ostron. Toss up between this and Monsters in Hell i remember enjoying that one, went with Ostron. Happy for my Ostron vote to go to Joust though if they are plumped together.

Cosmium · Post by **Cosmium** » Sat Nov 23, 2019 4:03 am

R-Tape wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 8:06 pm
Morkin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:59 pm Gawd, don't know any of these. Might have a go at a few.
Just vote for Microbot.

I'm gathering you really are a true fan of the game

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 9:43 am

1. Joust
2. Microbot
3. Monsters In Hell

PeteProdge · Post by **PeteProdge** » Sun Nov 24, 2019 8:04 pm

I do wish the whole Joust/Ostron thing was brought up in the discussion phase. Ah well, it doesn't appear to have affected anything.

Joust wins with 6 votes, a clear winner there.

Firebirds and Microbot in joint second place with 3 votes each.

In joint third place with 2 votes each: Ostron and Ugh!

In joint fourth place with 1 vote each: Megapede and Meteoroids.

Proportional poll has it like this...

Joust 10
Microbot 7
Starblitz 4
Megapede 2
Monsters In Hell 1

Morkin · Post by **Morkin** » Mon Nov 25, 2019 1:36 pm

I forgot to vote. Sorry..

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