Do you know how many ......... appear in ZX Spectrum games?

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I also thought of Herbert's Dummy Run at first, but I don't think it is.
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Was thinking maybe King's Keep or Witches Cauldron but I checked the maps and it's neither of those.

There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.

Any clues? Arcade adventure? Graphic from a text adventure?
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I tried to google by image but it turns out that picture recognition network is definitely not trained on Spectrum in-game screens.
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Morkin wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:32 am There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.
Yeah, if you look at the different colours used and thus the number of attribute squares, it's got to be quite large on the screen... :?
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I must be mad, but I spent two whole lunchtimes trawling the archive and maps for this. I got some nice surprises: MASK has a bookshelf in it, and "The happiest days of your life" is a bibliophile's wet dream. Loads of things come close, but nothing I saw exactly matches the pic.

As Morkin and Firefox say, it's must be a decent game with big sprites (unless it's a text adv), but without clues, I'll have to give up on this one.
catmeows wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 5:35 pm I tried to google by image but it turns out that picture recognition network is definitely not trained on Spectrum in-game screens.
Didn't know that was possible!
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Morkin wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:32 am There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.
I reckon this comment might come back to haunt you! :lol:
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RWAC wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:00 pm
Morkin wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:32 am There's some nice detail on the graphic so I'm guessing it's a decent game.
I reckon this comment might come back to haunt you! :lol:
Aaah finally!

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1,000 lines to those who said it was a decent game!
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R-Tape wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:28 pm
RWAC wrote: Wed Feb 26, 2020 10:00 pm I reckon this comment might come back to haunt you! :lol:
Aaah finally!

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No way! :lol:
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That pic is a fake btw. Keep looking. Sorry!
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R-Tape wrote: Thu Feb 27, 2020 7:37 am That pic is a fake btw. Keep looking. Sorry!
I expect you to make reparations for such act of trolling!(*)








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At last!!!

https://twitter.com/tobobobo/status/123 ... 82499?s=19

By the way... does anyone knows it? :roll:
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No. Apparently it's a budget title from 1991.
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Huxley Pig was one of a plethora of kids TV shows that Alternative Software licensed and released games based on them. Others included Postman Pat, Fireman Sam, Sooty And Sweep and Bangers And Mash.
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Never heard on it.. :lol:
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