The best classic Speccy game beginning with Q: discussion

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Quackshot by Sparklers is not completely terrible.
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WIWC wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:56 am Quackshot by Sparklers is not completely terrible.
Yeah, it’s pretty neat, actually.
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Quann Tulla is a nice title, whatever it means.
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But do any of these come near the majesty of Quazatron? Nope. Next letter please.
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Well thanks a lot folks!!! I hadn't played Quazatron since 1986 so I just fired it up and wasted 45 minutes of my life :cry: . I forgot what a brilliant game it was and I still love that grapple mini game.
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Sounds like 45 minutes well spent to me.
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Ast A. Moore wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:57 am
WIWC wrote: Mon Aug 13, 2018 10:56 am Quackshot by Sparklers is not completely terrible.
Yeah, it’s pretty neat, actually.
Rock hard though. I played it a lot as a kid and I don't think I ever made it past level 3!
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Quetzalcoatl - it had a nice bit of box art and a cool name..? Honestly I thought it was an adventure game, not a 3D maze. Still, at least they coloured it in.

I bought Quartet as I liked the idea of Gauntlet done as a run-and-gun game. But on the Speccy it was done with far too much glaring colour in the background and none on the sprites. Without another player it got dull quite quickly. With another player it still got dull.
The only 8-bit run-and-gun game I've ever really enjoyed was Probotector on the GameBoy. There's something about the screen ratio that makes it far more playable than Gryzor or anything else from the Contra series. That's not to put down Midnight Resistance, but I had that on the ST in proper hi-res colour.

No, but Quazatron, obviously.
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