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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]
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Sinclair User Classic (95%), Your Sinclair Megagame (94%), 93% in C+VG, 81% in Crash Smash.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 9:40 pm
by WIWC
La Espada Sagrada [Toposoft, 1990]
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Very cute and playable Spanish arcade/adventure.
No British magazine reviewed it.
MicroHobby gave it only 72%.
It probably deserved more.

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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]
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Sinclair User Classic (95%), Your Sinclair Megagame (94%), 93% in C+VG, 81% in Crash Smash.

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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]
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Crash Smash (92%), 90% in Sinclair User (as a budget re-release), 88% in Your Sinclair, 83% in C+VG.

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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]
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Your Sinclair Megagame (91%), 88% in MicroHobby, 76% in Crash, 71% in Sinclair User, 65% in C+VG.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2020 8:12 pm
by WIWC
Rick Dangerous 2 [Micro Style, 1990]
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Crash Smash (90%), Your Sinclair Megagame (90%), Sinclair User Classic (92%), 90% in C+VG, 850/1000 in ACE, 84% in MicroHobby.

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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]
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Sinclair User Classic (90%), 88% in Crash, 85% in The Games Machine, 80% in Your Sinclair, 60% in MicroHobby.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sat Feb 01, 2020 10:38 pm
by WIWC
Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles [Image Works, 1990]
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95% in MicroHobby, Sinclair User Classic (94%), Your Sinclair Megagame (90%), 85% in C+VG, 80% in Crash.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2020 8:13 pm
by WIWC
Night Breed [Ocean Software, 1990]
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Atmospheric horror movie license with horror multiload and frightening difficulty level.
86% in Your Sinclair, 83% in MicroHobby (5 Estrellas), 78% in Crash, 70% in Sinclair User.

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edit: just watched the video walkthrough. It's one of the very rare games that gives you satisfying graphical sequences each time you accomplish an important task and when you finish the game. A certain effort has been put into the game.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 7:05 pm
by WIWC
Ivan "Iron Man" Stewart's Super Off Road [Virgin Games, 1990]
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Sinclair User Classic (92%), Your Sinclair Megagame (91%), Crash Smash (90%),
C+VG HIT (94%), 830/1000 in ACE, 77% in MicroHobby.
Extremely playable race game.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:02 pm
by WIWC
Castle Master [Incentive Software, 1990]
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MicroHobby 5 Estrellas (94%), Your Sinclair Megagame (93%),
The Games Machine Star Player (90%), 85% in Crash, 82% in Sinclair User.

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Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Feb 06, 2020 9:12 pm
by R-Tape
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Been playing Alien Syndrome this week. Even though it's a well-known game I never got into it. It's less polished, but more playable than I imagined.

Can't get past the first boss though—it's rock hard! I nearly got it using the flamethrower, but that meant I was in close quarters and lost my last life when it exploded.

Quality game.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:06 pm
by R-Tape
I'VE COMPLETED A TEXT ADVENTURE!!! :shock:

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Trolleymania

There aren't many screens (but still make a map) and the puzzles are all sensible. Took me 731 turns, which is probably terrible by experienced players' standards.

Recommended for people that usually struggle with this genre.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 7:35 am
by Juan F. Ramirez
Bugaboo the Flea

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I've always loved this simple concept, based on a physics formula.

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 10:06 am
by Morkin
I'm convinced that those little spiky overhangs were carefully and specifically placed by Satan himself...

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:43 pm
by RWAC
R-Tape wrote: Thu Feb 13, 2020 10:06 pm I'VE COMPLETED A TEXT ADVENTURE!!! :shock:

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Trolleymania

There aren't many screens (but still make a map) and the puzzles are all sensible. Took me 731 turns, which is probably terrible by experienced players' standards.

Recommended for people that usually struggle with this genre.
Well done!
I managed to get 3/5 trolleys then gave up! I couldn't work out how to get the floorboards!

Re: Game of the day...

Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2020 5:17 pm
by R-Tape
RWAC wrote: Fri Feb 14, 2020 4:43 pm Well done!
I managed to get 3/5 trolleys then gave up! I couldn't work out how to get the floorboards!
Cheers!
Spoiler
If I remember correctly, it's "LIFT FLOORBOARDS", or "LIFT BOARDS"