Spectrum Computing

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

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?!!!!

Excellent review.

Don't forget to include it in spectrum20.org

stupidget wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2019 3:44 pm

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

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.

If only that nuclear explosion in the background had been detonated just a little closer...

1942 by Elite.



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

Devil Diver by DK Tronics, by John R. Edmonds, the same author of Fantastic Voyage. It uses the same character and the movement is very similar.



We can define it as 'when Fantastic Voyage meets Scuba Dive'. Entertaining.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Fri Jan 19, 2018 1:46 pm For me, today's game is Eric & the Floaters.


A funny maze game. Use bombs to kill enemies and reach next level. Activate bombs wisely or you'll kill yourself!

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I love the game "Eric and the Floaters"
https://youtu.be/jLscUgl8fbQ?t=379

Playing a lot of JuanFRamirez by Indescomp, lately.

Not a bad game

WIWC wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 5:27 pm Playing a lot of JuanFRamirez by Indescomp, lately.

I had this game on a tape my dad got from bloke he worked with. It got to the point where my dad would come back from work with a huge list of games and I just had to tick the ones I wanted!!! Shocking behaviour

WIWC wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 5:27 pm Playing a lot of JuanFRamirez by Indescomp, lately.

With that many punts, you can conquer a small island country. You just need to recruit more Freds and invest in a few poles.

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Thu May 09, 2019 5:54 pm Not a bad game

What do you know.

Bubbler by Ultimate.



Started to play it yesterday on my phone and in spite of the crap touch screen controls, I spent a nice time.

Travel With Trashman



A game I love a lot. I prefer it to part 1. And it's really addictive.

Worse Things Happen At Sea



I've finally understood how this game works.

This is a historic day, I've finally managed to load the original copy of Movie that I bought a couple of years ago,
after submitting the tape to multiple hair dryer sessions.

Isn't it thrilling?

The Master is a game that was intended to be released by Software Projects in 1984 but finally published by Antartic in 1986. A not-so-good Manic Miner clone, that has an interesting set of levels, including a Blade Runner one:

WIWC wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:54 pm [...]
after submitting the tape to multiple hair dryer sessions.

Where has the tape been stored? In the fridge? In a aquarium?

Juan F. Ramirez wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:26 pm

WIWC wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:54 pm [...]
after submitting the tape to multiple hair dryer sessions.

Where has the tape been stored? In the fridge? In a aquarium?

It belonged to a Spec-chum living at the North Pole.

Ah, now I understand it.

Anyway the game deserves a trip to the North Pole, definitely!

Encyclopaedia Galactica. A very unusual and intriguing game that I don't think I've ever got to grips with properly. Some planets have loads going on, but overall there is a scarcity of animal life, so it feels quite exciting when you land on a planet and discover something*. I remember a similar feeling when playing Captain Blood.

*even more so when you find a sprite you designed yourself!

Reversi by Sinclair Research. Great board game. In one turn you have most pieces in your colour and next turn in a good move of the computer most are his! Thrilling game!

Nemesis [Konami, 1987]



If it wasn't for the scandalous collision detection and other minor flaws, this could have been a very good horizontal shooter.

As it is, it doesn't deserve the Sinclair User Classic it's got.
Were they "encouraged" to give it a good vote? Were they playing an infinite lives or an invincibility + all power up's version?
I don't know.

It surely makes me fantasize that some brave soul could correct its defects and make it good as it could be. It could be a new way to improve the old games, after the recolouring operations some have been subjected to.
Making old games with unexploited potential SU Classic, YS Megagame, Crash Smash worth.

Anyway, right now I'm addicted to Nemesis, because I stubbornly want to overcome the flaws, and I want it to be good as it seems in that Sinclair User review.
I want to see the good stuff I see in those pics, the graphics further in the game. I know I can do it. I did it with the sequel Salamander a couple of years ago.

Wish me good luck.

WIWC wrote: ↑Thu Aug 08, 2019 2:28 pm Wish me good luck.

Buona fortuna.

I'm kind of fond of this game. It's redolent of Transmuter (but better) and Galactic Gunners (and I know Nemesis predates at least one of them!).

I don't see it in quite the same way as you—rather than being almost the finished article apart from a few defects, I see it as ever so slightly naff in all departments. Don't get me wrong though, I like it and think it's wayyy better than Salamander.

Aye the Sinclair User review is interesting. I assume the screens are mock-ups, and I can't understand why they made the player sprite look worse for the finished game.

I also tried Nemesis, after Mr. Cruel's suggestion.

Not a bad shooter, but slow when choosing options and it's got no sounds (???)

Whenever I killed a flood of ships a yellow thing appears and I avoid it because I think it's another enemy ship... until I realize it's a sort of bonus you must pick up!

On the contrary, when a sort of 'walking trousers' appears, I think it's part of a ship you must assemble (just like in Mag Max) and in this case is just another baddie!

A great fun, as you can guess...