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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:22 pm
by R-Tape
It's that time of year, and it came to mind, so I loaded up Kweepa's Advent Calendar.

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I'm still not sure what everything is. Besides the obvious, I can see the Christmas zen master, Saturn and several amorphous blobs.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:08 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Snodgits by Creative Sparks.

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An isometric adventure that seems cool, big graphics. You're Benton, the butler in a mansion when things dissapear. Detective & mistery-novel style.

Now I'm trying to lookk for a dissapearing teapot through the mansion, but an annoying monster is always impeding my way.

[mention]pavero[/mention] , this game needs a map! ;)

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 3:09 pm
by pavero
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Thu Dec 12, 2019 7:08 am Snodgits by Creative Sparks.


@pavero , this game needs a map! ;)
Yep, but I still waiting for RZX firstly. :-)

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Dec 20, 2019 10:31 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Cowboy Kidz by Byte back.

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An interesting find. Similar to Desperado/Gunsmoke, worse graphics but a cool feature: You always ride around a running train while baddies try to shoot you. Sometimes the train can be either a 'shield' or a problem. I like it!

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Jan 13, 2020 8:17 pm
by WIWC
I've started to play The House on the Tor, a 1990's text adventure by Zenobi Software.
It's pretty playable, with no Sudden Death Syndrome, in fact, with no death at all until now.
It's a mystery concerning a house that your uncle left you. No elfs nor trolls.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 8:14 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Backpackers Guide to the Universe by Fantasy Software.

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If you love exploring, this is your game. The third in a series (The Pyramid, Doomsday Castle, BGTTU) starring Ziggy.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2020 10:22 pm
by WIWC
What did Bob Pape do after the miraculous R-Type conversion? Another horizontal space shoot'em up conversion of a Irem coin-op: Dragon Breed [Activision, 1990]. Not spectacular as R-Type but still a high level effort. Damn hard though.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 10:03 am
by Alone Coder
As far as I remember, there was a combo in The Running Man to turn yourself into a dog. But I've never seen it in walkthroughs. Am I mistaken?

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:16 pm
by WIWC
ST. DRAGON [Storm, 1990]
As in Dragon Breed, released the same year, you control a sort of dragon which can use its tail as a shield or as a lethal weapon, while shooting at myriads of nasties in a horizontally scrolling enviroment. It was a Crash Smash. Pretty tough too.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 5:18 pm
by WIWC
Hammerfist [Activision, 1990]
Never understood back in the day how this peculiar sci fi game works, but now that I know, looks like I can't stop playing it (played it for hours last night). After all, it was a Crash Smash (95%), a Sinclair User Classic (92%) and a TGM Star Player too (92%).


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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:31 pm
by WIWC
Robocop 2 [Ocean Software, 1990]
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Simply too hard. You even have to make the old heap of rusty iron jump from platform to platform.
Well done, but a bit overrated: Crash Smash (93%), Sinclair User Classic (91%) and Your Sinclair Megagame (93%).

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 8:05 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
WIWC wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 8:16 pm ST. DRAGON [Storm, 1990]

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Impressive loading screen.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:51 am
by Morkin
WIWC wrote: Fri Jan 17, 2020 11:31 pm Robocop 2 [Ocean Software, 1990]
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Simply too hard. You even have to make the old heap of rusty iron jump from platform to platform.
Well done, but a bit overrated: Crash Smash (93%), Sinclair User Classic (91%) and Your Sinclair Megagame (93%).
I don't know why they had to turn the sequel into a crappy platform game.

Even if they'd just re-hashed the original with some new levels, baddies and graphics it would have turned out a much better game.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 12:08 pm
by Ast A. Moore
Morkin wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 10:51 am I don't know why they had to turn the sequel into a crappy platform game.
I think it’s pretty good. Certainly impressive both technically and graphically.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:06 pm
by WIWC
Robocop 2 doesn't even give you the chance of mindless destruction because some of the baddies must simply be arrested by touching them, and if you shoot them, your energy is drained, so you must constantly be careful. A pain in the iron bottom.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 5:58 pm
by Ast A. Moore
WIWC wrote: Sun Jan 19, 2020 4:06 pmA pain in the iron bottom.
“Uphold the law.”

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:10 pm
by WIWC
Rainbow Islands [Ocean Software, 1990]
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Crash Smash (94%), Your Sinclair Megagame (94%), Sinclair User Classic (94%), C+VG 95%.
Spectrum version programmed by David O'Connor, the author of Zythum.
Which is better.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:00 pm
by Juan F. Ramirez
The programmer of Zythum also made Rainbow Island??

Blimey, he was the dr. Jekyll & mr. Hyde of coders! :shock:

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:51 pm
by Ast A. Moore
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:00 pm The programmer of Zythum also made Rainbow Island??

Blimey, he was the dr. Jekyll & mr. Hyde of coders! :shock:
Why? Zythum is a great game. David O’Connor also did Soldier of Fortune, which is pretty good, too.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 11:20 am
by Morkin
Juan F. Ramirez wrote: Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:00 pm The programmer of Zythum also made Rainbow Island??

Blimey, he was the dr. Jekyll & mr. Hyde of coders! :shock:
I think I can hear WIWC on his way to kill you....

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:50 pm
by WIWC
Night Hunter [Ubi Soft, 1990]
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Time to suck some blood. Crash Smash (91%).

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 8:04 pm
by Manu128k
WIWC wrote: Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:50 pm Night Hunter [Ubi Soft, 1990]
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Time to suck some blood. Crash Smash (91%).

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I loved it, it had not enough recognition, in my humble opinion :D

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:50 pm
by WIWC
It's pretty good once you learn how to control your character and how to use his transformations.
Also, it's got nice details, like the women pointing their crucifix at you, or the way you suck the blood of the people until they wither and become just bones falling to the ground.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:55 pm
by WIWC
The Last Vampire [Atlantis Software, 1990]
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Hunt the vampire in a Hewson's Firelord environment, with night sequences.
72% in Crash, 80% in Your Sinclair.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:01 pm
by Ast A. Moore
WIWC wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2020 9:50 pm It's pretty good once you learn how to control your character and how to use his transformations.
Yeah, that’s something I struggled with. How do I use the keys on doors? Also, I can’t seem to be able to land on the second floor as a vampire. I can fly up there as a bat, and then, once I transform, I fall through to the first floor. Bummer.