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Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Tue Jan 21, 2020 8:50 pm
by WIWC
Night Hunter [Ubi Soft, 1990]
Time to suck some blood. Crash Smash (91%).
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]
Time to suck some blood. Crash Smash (91%).
I loved it, it had not enough recognition, in my humble opinion
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]
Hunt the vampire in a Hewson's Firelord environment, with night sequences.
72% in Crash, 80% in Your Sinclair.
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.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:18 pm
by WIWC
Ast A. Moore wrote: ↑Wed Jan 22, 2020 10:01 pm
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.
That's because this vampire was distracted when they teached how to land on the second floors, at the bat flying course. I tried again and again too, but you just can't. The old stair-climbing method is the only way.
So, how do you get past the trapdoors on the second floors? With the other available transformation.
As for opening the doors, it's just up+fire, IIRC. Of course, you need the right key.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Wed Jan 22, 2020 11:03 pm
by Ast A. Moore
Thanks. Will give it another go. Just need to sharpen my teeth first.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Thu Jan 23, 2020 6:24 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
The Last Vampyre seems a cool game. I didn't know it.
There are lots of hidden gems in those Shaw Bros. games made in late 80s/beginning 90s: Cerius, Heartbroken, ...
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:14 pm
by WIWC
Dan Dare 3: The Escape [Virgin Games]
Crash Smash (92%), Sinclair User Classic (93%), 89% in Your Sinclair, 83% in C+VG, 80% in The Games Machine.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:18 pm
by WIWC
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters [Domark, 1990]
Crash Smash (90%), Sinclair User Classic (91%), The Games Machine Star Player (91%),
Your Sinclair Megagame (when re-released as a budget, 90%), 700/1000 in ACE.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:52 pm
by R-Tape
WIWC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:18 pm
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters [Domark, 1990]
This is a really high quality game, and the release date reminds me that me & friends caught the speccy right at the end. Don't know exactly where, but it's somewhere in my top 10. I fired it up a while back 'just to remind myself' and ended up playing several levels (it's relatively easy to make progress). I don't know exactly why, but you can really picture yourself as the sprite.
Amazing graphics, even though it dares to use the ROM font!
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:22 pm
by WIWC
Pang [Ocean Software, 1990]
Sinclair User Classic (95%), Your Sinclair Megagame (94%), 93% in C+VG, 81% in Crash Smash.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:40 pm
by WIWC
La Espada Sagrada [Toposoft, 1990]
Very cute and playable Spanish arcade/adventure.
No British magazine reviewed it.
MicroHobby gave it only 72%.
It probably deserved more.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 3:55 pm
by RWAC
WIWC wrote: ↑Sun Jan 26, 2020 8:22 pm
Pang [Ocean Software, 1990]
Sinclair User Classic (95%), Your Sinclair Megagame (94%), 93% in C+VG, 81% in Crash Smash.
I think a lot of the magazine's overrated this quite a bit.
It's not a bad game at all but it gets boring pretty quickly.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:04 pm
by RWAC
R-Tape wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 9:52 pm
WIWC wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:18 pm
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters [Domark, 1990]
This is a really high quality game, and the release date reminds me that me & friends caught the speccy right at the end. Don't know exactly where, but it's somewhere in my top 10. I fired it up a while back 'just to remind myself' and ended up playing several levels (it's relatively easy to make progress). I don't know exactly why, but you can really picture yourself as the sprite.
Amazing graphics, even though it dares to use the ROM font!
I never got to grips with the rotate and move controls. Good game though, especially with 2 players.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:06 pm
by RWAC
WIWC wrote: ↑Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:40 pm
MicroHobby gave it only 72%.
It probably deserved more.
You'd give it 73%?
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 4:29 pm
by WIWC
Probably even 74%.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Tue Jan 28, 2020 9:44 pm
by WIWC
Shadow of the Beast [Gremlin Graphics Software]
Crash Smash (92%), 90% in Sinclair User (as a budget re-release), 88% in Your Sinclair, 83% in C+VG.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 10:33 am
by RWAC
The only time Shadow of the Beast should be game of the day is if it's crap game day.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 11:38 am
by WIWC
It's not crap, just plagued by an ubiquitous multiload.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:29 pm
by RWAC
I disagree. The multiload was the best part of the game.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 6:54 pm
by WIWC
Golden Axe [Virgin Games, 1990]
Your Sinclair Megagame (91%), 88% in MicroHobby, 76% in Crash, 71% in Sinclair User, 65% in C+VG.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:12 pm
by WIWC
Rick Dangerous 2 [Micro Style, 1990]
Crash Smash (90%), Your Sinclair Megagame (90%), Sinclair User Classic (92%), 90% in C+VG, 850/1000 in ACE, 84% in MicroHobby.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 6:05 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Great posts, Mr. Cruel. 1990 is a year whose games I don't know much.
Re: Game of the day...
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 11:24 pm
by WIWC
Sly Spy Secret Agent [Ocean Software, 1990]
Sinclair User Classic (90%), 88% in Crash, 85% in The Games Machine, 80% in Your Sinclair, 60% in MicroHobby.
