Guess the screen$

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Batty it is. Your turn.
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Right. On your mark, gentlemen!

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Wheelie?
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When someone gets it right, I always like to see the full screenshot. Do others agree that it would be nice if we could all try to reveal the full screen, when convenient?
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Van_Dammesque wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 9:31 am Wheelie?
Nope, but I see now how it might look reminiscent of that.
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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Lee Bee wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:33 pm When someone gets it right, I always like to see the full screenshot. Do others agree that it would be nice if we could all try to reveal the full screen, when convenient?
Sure, why not?

Anyway, here’s a bigger crop:

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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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I was thinking Dynatron but can't really place it.
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sn3j wrote: Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:46 pm I was thinking Dynatron but can't really place it.
No, it’s a slightly earlier game.
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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Sabre Wulf?
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Waldroid wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 11:33 amSabre Wulf?
Nope.


Do you, gentlemen, want a clue or a zoomed out snippet?
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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Ast A. Moore wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 12:02 pm Do you, gentlemen, want a clue or a zoomed out snippet?
Yes please! :)
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Slightly Magic?

Just because of the clue :D
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Waldroid wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:13 pm Yes please! :)
Well, which one?
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Morkin wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 1:19 pm Slightly Magic?

Just because of the clue :D
Ha! Nah, you’re reading too much into it. :lol:
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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Dynamite Dan 2?
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Ast A. Moore wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:04 pm Well, which one?
Zoom out...?
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stupidget wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:11 pm Dynamite Dan 2?
Nope, not Dynamite Dan 2.
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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Waldroid wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 2:39 pmZoom out...?
Awrighty.

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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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Terminus?
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Waldroid wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 5:14 pmTerminus?
Guess again! (Well, when it’s your turn.)
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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Holy Moly, this looks a bit hard to get.
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sn3j wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:12 pm Holy Moly, this looks a bit hard to get.
They’re supposed to be hard. They are Speccy games after all. :)

(But I think you’re onto something there with your opening exclamation.)
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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Ast A. Moore wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 7:53 pm They’re supposed to be hard. They are Speccy games after all. :)
Yeah, but it's not the bleedin' entrance exam to Cambridge, though, is it mate?
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Waldroid wrote: Tue Aug 15, 2023 8:05 pm Yeah, but it's not the bleedin' entrance exam to Cambridge, though, is it mate?
Ain’t gonna make it a gimme either, though. ’Cause where’s the fun in that?

Joking aside, I’ve already doled out two clues. Possibly more . . .
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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Mole on the Dole
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