Guess the screen$

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Oi! they nicked Fred 82's screen! :lol:

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Okay, I’ll start you off easy.

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Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

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Mr wino I think?
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Fred?
Stefan wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 4:43 pm Oi! they nicked Fred 82's screen! :lol:
Interesting. The game is from 1990, here's the Atari screen. I wonder what went first and if there was an agreement'.
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' It seems Fred Disk 82 appeared in '98 - that's what google says.

Amstrad CPC version:
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POKE 23614,10: STOP      1..0 hold, SS/m/n colors, b/spc toggle
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Keep guessing.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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The red and yellow and black at the bottom right is real, ie this is some multicolor engine?

Edit: never mind, I just counted eight pixels.
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Nightshade? (Based on first google hit using terms spectrum game potion hi)
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Stefan wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:08 am Nightshade? (Based on first google hit using terms spectrum game potion hi)
Nope.

Time for a bigger snippet/clue?
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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I would have said Golden Axe, but I don't remember those magic potions saying "hi"! :D

I also don't think it's any of the games in Pete's pub thread or his other pub thread.
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Well, let’s zoom out a bit.

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Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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Spud wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 7:55 pmMr wino I think?
I thought @Spud got it with Mr Wino?

Here's the screen the image is from:

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Right you are! My apologies, I must have misread it.
Every man should plant a tree, build a house, and write a ZX Spectrum game.

Author of A Yankee in Iraq, a 50 fps shoot-’em-up—the first game to utilize the floating bus on the +2A/+3,
and zasm Z80 Assembler syntax highlighter.
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Spud's avatar is small and the post above had lots of signature, so it was easily overlooked.
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\o/ Stay tuned, coming right up etc
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Here you go then, another easy one:

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That's easy, it is Advanced White Droplet Falling Near A Brickwall Simulator. It got 21% overall in My Sinclair issue 69.
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Damn, you're quick. Over to you
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Tipp-ex Manager 2?
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Gift of the Gods
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The Trap Door?
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Those walls look like Byte Bitten
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Turmoil?
ZX Spectrum Reviews REST API: http://zxspectrumreviews.co.uk/
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Crazy Caverns?
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All good guesses but they're not quite right.

Here's a little more to enrich your eyeballs with:


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Bumpy?
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