The best Speccy game by Crystal Computing: discussion

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PeteProdge
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The best Speccy game by Crystal Computing: discussion

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Okay, I've exhausted every software label (and associated 'sister' software labels) from the infamous classic ZX Spectrum game A-Z poll of polls.

In order to cover other software labels, I've decided to pick the first issue of Crash, and go through them in order of mentioned software labels. Crystal Computing had an advert on page 2, so here we are!

Bug Blaster
Cosmic Guerilla
Cyber Zone
Dungeon Master, The
Halls Of The Things
Invasion Of The Body Snatchas!
Island, The
It's The Wooluf!
Rommel's Revenge

Now, The Warlock Of Firetop Mountain crops up, understandably as it's developed by Crystal Computing coders Neil Mottershead and Simon Brattel, and it's very much a reskin of Hall Of The Things (and thus has hardly any relation to the book). The thing is, it's not really a Crystal Computing title (although they have a copyright credit), as Puffin Books is the publisher in this case, so I'm not including it here.

Also, utilities like Zeus aren't here, 'cos, well, obviously they're not games!

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Re: The best Speccy game by Crystal Computing: discussion

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Well if nothing else it finally clears up (for me at least) why Halls of the Things looks so much like that Warlock of Firetop Mountain book and game I had around 35 years ago..
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