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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:58 pm
by WIWC
Stormlord, Hit, The Real Ghostbusters, Kendo Warrior: all 1989's games just like:

Sidewinder II [Mastertronic Plus]
Cautious and moderately paced vertical shoot'em up.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:14 pm
by WIWC
Satan [Dinamic Software, 1989]
A strange Dinamic game in which it's hard to die and there aren't colourful but clashy graphics, they're in fact small and monochrome.
Your character is an agile guy jumping, clinging and climbing with ease while collecting power up's and annihilating dozen of monsters.
It's playable. Dunno if it can hold one's interest for long though.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:44 pm
by R-Tape
WIWC wrote: Sat Jan 12, 2019 8:58 pm Sidewinder II [Mastertronic Plus]
Cautious and moderately paced vertical shoot'em up.
That sums it up nicely. It's pretty good, but to me it seems like an accomplished tech demo with placeholder graphics, waiting for the artists to give it a personality.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:58 pm
by WIWC
Viaje al Centro de la Tierra [Toposoft]
I can't even get past the chart map section.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:38 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
WIWC wrote: Sun Jan 20, 2019 8:58 pm Viaje al Centro de la Tierra [Toposoft]
I can't even get past the chart map section.
Come on! It's just a puzzle! :D

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2019 2:09 pm
by WIWC
In fact I'm puzzled.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2019 8:39 pm
by R-Tape
Fired up my (so far) trusty +2, and played the Cronosoft release of Buzzsaw+ until the level 4 cutebots handed me my arse.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:47 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Fridge Frenzy by Bug-Byte.
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An bit irritating Manic Miner-like game by Bug-Byte. You have to move quickly due to the limited time to pass the screen.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2019 8:02 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Mummy! Mummy! by Mc Lothlorien.

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A not-bad version of the arcade classic Panic, which I love in every version.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2019 10:16 pm
by WIWC
Still can't get past the first level of The Untouchables. 70% is my top completion score.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 12:20 am
by druellan

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 3:16 am
by djnzx48
Interesting title screen effect, I wonder if it's meant to look something like the patterns in this Interlace demo.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:54 am
by djnzx48
Zig Zag by DK'Tronics.

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An odd game, you have to drive around a 3D maze in pursuit of these weird alien thingies. The aim is to trap them in a corner so you can mercilessly blow them to pieces with your gun, causing the maze to expand and more aliens appearing. It's basically a reverse 3D Monster Maze.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2019 10:06 am
by druellan
djnzx48 wrote: Fri Mar 15, 2019 3:54 am Zig Zag by DK'Tronics.

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An odd game, you have to drive around a 3D maze in pursuit of these weird alien thingies. The aim is to trap them in a corner so you can mercilessly blow them to pieces with your gun, causing the maze to expand and more aliens appearing. It's basically a reverse 3D Monster Maze.
I recommend playing this game with the Currah Speech System :D

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:26 pm
by R-Tape
The ZX-Dev remake of Alley Cat—Misifu la Gatita

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It looks a bit rough round the edges at first glance, but it's very addictive!

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 7:22 pm
by WIWC
The underrated

Astro Marine Corps [Dinamic Software]

A screenshot from the hellish second load:

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 10:14 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Great game that I couldn't play it back in the day.

This is the first Spectrum game I've played on a emulator ('Spectrum' by Pedro Gimeno for DOS) back in 1993. Cool.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 11:11 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
Nohzdive

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The more I played, the more I like it.

My highest score is still only 80 points... after realizing that I not only must avoid walls and certain objects & enemies while falling off but also get the balloons (or are they flying jellyfishes?)

:oops:

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:32 pm
by WIWC
Ok, it's crap.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:36 pm
by Ast A. Moore
WIWC wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:32 pm Ok, it's crap.
Correction: it’s colorful crap.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:44 pm
by stupidget
WIWC wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:32 pm Ok, it's crap.

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Why the absolute F would you choose to play this game?!!! Just seeing the in-game image reminds of the abject misery I experienced after receiving it from those buggers at The Home Computer Club. They sent it me as 'The Editors Choice', pah, editors choice my arse, more likely that the editor hated children and wanted to inflict unimaginable misery which would scar them for years to come. Look at the bloody colours, what kind of damaged mind would do that?!!!!

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:19 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Excellent review.

Don't forget to include it in spectrum20.org

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:55 am
by WIWC
stupidget wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:44 pm
WIWC wrote: Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:32 pm Ok, it's crap.

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Why the absolute F would you choose to play this game?!!! Just seeing the in-game image reminds of the abject misery I experienced after receiving it from those buggers at The Home Computer Club. They sent it me as 'The Editors Choice', pah, editors choice my arse, more likely that the editor hated children and wanted to inflict unimaginable misery which would scar them for years to come. Look at the bloody colours, what kind of damaged mind would do that?!!!!
I still like the colours.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 3:28 am
by djnzx48
If only that nuclear explosion in the background had been detonated just a little closer...

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2019 8:53 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
1942 by Elite.

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A very decent conversion of the original arcade. Cool shooter.