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ZYTHUM. BY MIRRORSOFT.
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WIWC wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:03 am ZYTHUM. BY MIRRORSOFT.
Something tells me you like this game!

I never really got into it, found it hectic in an unfair way. Why do you like it so much?
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I liked it. Was mesmerized by it, in fact. Tough as nails, but definitely has the “one-more-try” factor to it.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
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R-Tape wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:52 am
WIWC wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:03 am ZYTHUM. BY MIRRORSOFT.
Something tells me you like this game!
No. He keeps posting the same message. Worrying.

ARE YOU OK, MATE?
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z y t h u m
b y
m i r r o r s o f t
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WIWC wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:58 am z y t h u m
b y
m i r r o r s o f t
“Your quest is over, you’ve met your end, only the bravest try again.”
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:11 pm No. He keeps posting the same message. Worrying.

ARE YOU OK, MATE?
Perhaps it's a riddle, he's trying to tell us something.

It's an anagram of 'thrifty rummy bozos'.

But what does it mean?...
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I liked it. Was mesmerized by it, in fact. Tough as nails, but definitely has the “one-more-try” factor to it.
I liked Zythum. It's really playable and actually not that hard.
I'm not any kind of a great player but could reach in the 80s without any pokes the 4th last level.
And 15 years later I finally completed it on emulator, with a litlle help of snapshots ;)
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R-Tape wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 3:35 pm
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:11 pm No. He keeps posting the same message. Worrying.

ARE YOU OK, MATE?
Perhaps it's a riddle, he's trying to tell us something.

It's an anagram of 'thrifty rummy bozos'.

But what does it mean?...
You know very well what it means.

Zythum by Mirrorsoft is not difficult. It's playable.

I don't know/don't remember how mr Daley Thompson jumps, but in Zythum you jump diagonally and then you sort of glide down, again diagonally.
You can control the length of your jump by controlling its height. The higher, the longer. Just keep pressed the jump button until you think you're high enough to glide to the spot you intend to land on. You have to mentally visualize the trajectory.

This is Zythum by Mirrorsoft.

I hate sex.
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Just had a look and Zythum, by Mirrorsoft is missing English .txt instructions in case anyone has them.
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Just had a look and Zythum, by Mirrorsoft is missing English .txt instructions in case anyone has them.
I believe I own Zythum cassette. I'll try to type in the instructions during the coming weekend.
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Lazy Jones. I never heard of it back in the day, but It's a cool program wirh some mini-games to play.

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Ralf wrote: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:01 am
Just had a look and Zythum, by Mirrorsoft is missing English .txt instructions in case anyone has them.
I believe I own Zythum cassette. I'll try to type in the instructions during the coming weekend.
Great! Try (if possible) also to scan the inlay. The one available here doesn't include the spine and back side.
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“The Zythum’s here,
It’s yours at last.
But there’s more to be found,
If you are fast.”
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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I think Zythum, like Fred, deserves an appreciation day in this forum! :mrgreen:
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Aug 17, 2018 12:53 pm I think Zythum, like Fred, deserves an appreciation day in this forum! :mrgreen:
Sounds good to me!

Cruelman ([mention]WIWC[/mention]), which day of the year should be official Zythum appreciation day?
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Which day of the year? Zaturday.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Aug 17, 2018 10:46 am Lazy Jones. I never heard of it back in the day, but It's a cool program wirh some mini-games to play.

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I always heard a lot about this game but for the C64, played it for a while yesterday after seeing this post. It's very cool, like an 80s WarioWare :lol:
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Zona 0 by Topo, a 3D Tron game. Cool.

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Had a go at Zythum (by Mirrorsoft).
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WIWC wrote: Fri Aug 24, 2018 2:07 pm Had a go at Zythum (by Mirrorsoft).
I've never heard of that game . Tell us more.
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Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Fri Aug 24, 2018 4:43 pm I've never heard of that game . Tell us more.
Hehe.

I just checked and Cruelman reviewed it on Spectrum 2.0 back in 2015, it ended on something of a cliffhanger:
But I personally find it rich in playability and addictiveness os it's a
:shock: A what? I'm on tenterhooks!
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So it's a drug.
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Played Exolon by Hewson.

Then Zythum by Mirrorsoft.
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WIWC wrote: Sun Sep 02, 2018 12:32 pm Played Exolon by Hewson.

Then Zythum by Mirrorsoft.
Amazing game.





I'm referring to Exolon...
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